Mat 4, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Another meeting, with the Hall in Yin- 

 cent Square packed with exhibits, and, dur- 

 ing a greater part of the day (April 30), 

 med with Fellows and visitors. Orchids 

 were not numerous, but tulips were plenti- 

 ful and gay, and hardy flowers of many 

 kinds filled a large space, while early vege- 

 tables were excellent. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



Some very fine spikes of the blue-flowered 

 Echium truncatum and of the creamy-yel- 

 low Celsia cretica Cliveden var.^from W. W. 

 Astor, Esq., Cliveden, Taplow, were capital 

 novelties, and each secured an Award of 

 Merit. Keeley's variety of Cheiranthus mu- 

 tahilis. shown bv Mr. Rickards, Usk Priory, 



Messrs. Frank Cant and Co., Colchester, 

 had a very pretty display of climbing roses 

 in pots, showing Blush Eambler, Minnehaha, 

 White Dorothy, Excelsa, Yellow Banksian, 

 and Dorothy Perkins behind big blooms of 

 popular H.T. and H.P. varieties. Messrs. 

 Wm. Paul and Son, Waltham Cross, filled 

 a corner of the hall with pillar roses, and 

 they showed splendid specimens of Tausend- 

 slion. White Dorothv, White Tausendshon 

 (very fine), Rubin, and Kathleen, with the 

 showy hybrid briar variety Juliet in front. 



llie magnificent Pink Pearl rhododendron 

 was superbly shown and in quantity by 

 Messrs. John Waterer and Sons, Lim., Bag- 

 shot, who encircled the group with dark and 

 rich-liued Japanese maples. Hydrangeas 

 were finelv shown bv Messrs. H. B. Mav and 

 Sons, Upper Edmonton; H. Moriesi, with 

 huge rosy bracts, H. Mdme, Mouillere, and 

 H. Thos. Hogg were all in first-rate form. 



Dore, Countess of Lathom, the pretty Gold- 

 finch, Aima Ward, Mrs. Waldorf Astor, and 

 the rich crimson Lord Rothschild, clove- 

 scented. Messrs. W. W. Rogers and Son, 

 Red Lodge Nursery, Southampton, exhibited 

 pira?a Van Houttei, S. bracteata, double 

 gorse, Pyrus John Downie, Cytisus praecox, 

 and rhcdodendrons. 



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Sweet peas were delightfully shown 

 Messrs. Dobbie and Co., Edinburgh, 

 lovely were the bunches of Afterglow, May 

 Campbell, Dobbie's Thos. Stevenson, Dobbie's 

 Cream, Mrs. Cuthbertson, Edrom Beauty, 

 Melba, and Stirling Stent. Some exception- 

 ally tine spikes of antirrhinums were in- 

 cluded. In an annexe Mr. C. Breadmore, 

 Winchester, put up a lovely lot of sweet peas, 

 the flowers fine, and on long stems. Prin- 

 cess Mary — a bluish Afterglow — Aggie 

 Elder, Mrs. A. Ireland, Maud Holmes, 

 Lavender George Herbert, Lady Curzon, 



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DEUTZIA LONGIFOLIA. 



A hardy shrub from China with blush-coloured^'flowers. A.M., R.H.S., April 30. Miss Willmott, V.M.H., Great Warley. 



V.M.H., War- 

 it gained an 



Mon., gained a similar award, and appears 

 to be an excellent plant, dwarf and free- 

 blooming. The pink-flowered and graceful 

 Deutzia longifolia, a Chinese introduction, 

 was brought up by Mr. C. Fielder, V.M.H., 

 gardener to Miss Willmott, 

 ley Place, Great Warley; 

 A.M., and was much admired. 



The roses from Messrs. George Mount and 

 ^ons, Canterbury, were very lovely, the 

 blooms large and on long stems. Mrs. John 

 Laing, Lady Hillingdon, White Killarney, 

 Mrs. Alfred Tate, the splendid Richmond, 

 Mdme. Abel Chatenay, Mrs. G. Shawyer, 

 Liberty, Ulrich Brunner, and Frau Karl 

 l>ruschki were largely shown, with Tausend- 



overhead. A grand display. Another 

 exhibit of roses was from Messrs. B. R. Cant 

 Song, 



p J^'^a^ the new cream-pink H.T. variety ; 

 goldfinch, Elizabeth, Claudius, Rose du 

 ^arri, Caroline Testout, etc. 



Azalea Marwelli, A. ledifolia, and A. 

 amcena Fosteriana were shown by Messrs, 

 R. and G. Cuthbert, Southgate. 



Of great interest were the varieties of 

 Araucaria excelsa exhibited by Messrs. T. 

 Rochford and Sons, Broxbourne, A. excelsa 

 Silver Star, with silvery tips to all the 

 branches, was very effective, and ^^J^fj 

 less so was A c. elegantissima aurea (A.M.), 

 with yellowish-green tips. Pteris Parkeri, 

 very bold, with broad divisions to the iron<ls 

 was exhibited by Messrs. J. J. Parker and 

 Co., Whetstone, and promises to be a good 



useful plant. 



Flowering .shrubs were capitally staged 

 Messrs. Wm. Cutbush and Son, High- 

 who had handsome «nf^imens ot 



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Colchester, who displayed St. 



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Wistaria, Cvtisus praecox, Azalea mollis. 

 Hydrangea Mouillere, the lovely Daphne 

 cneorum major, and rhododendrons ihe 

 carnations from Highgate included excel- 

 lent flowers of Miss Winnie Hey, Rose 



May CamplwU, and Marjorie Linzee were all 

 fine among many others. 



Splendid carnation blooms from Mr. t±. 

 Burnett Guernsey, included famoiLs exam- 

 ples of Marmion, R. F. Felton, Scarlet Glow 

 Pluto, White Wonder, Mikado, and 

 Britannia. Messrs. Allwood Bros., Hay- 

 ward's Heath, presented a small set of car- 

 nation blooms set in artistic vases; Lady 

 Alington, Gei»ha, Empire Day, Scarlet Glow, 

 and La Rayonnante were a few striking 

 varieties. Mr. C. Engelniaun, Saffron "\Val- 

 den, exhibited carnations in fine form, put- 

 ting up large sheaves of Carola, Regma, Rex, 

 Salome, the yellow Sunstar, and Lady 



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The greenhouse plants exhibited by Messrs. 

 Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, included 

 Acacia pendula, A. cordata, A. armata. 

 Correa cardinalis, the sweet-scented Boro- 

 nia heterophylla, etc. The same firm 

 put up a large exhibit of carnatioiw in 



