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[supplement] 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



Mat 25, 1912, 



groups of anthuriums or Flamingo flowers, 

 these carrying big spathes of cream, red, 

 scarlet, or crimson. A few especially remark- 

 ably fine subjects included were the exqui- 

 site bertolonias, Leea amabilis, Aglaonema 

 picturata. Rex begonias, the excellent Dra- 

 caena Bruanti variegata, Tillandsia te«sellata 

 with its vivid scarlet-bracted spikes, T. 

 zebrina major, Cyanophyllum magnificum, 

 and showy-leaved marantas. Groups of 

 Kalanchoe flammea, of Clianthus Dampieri 



with glowing scarlet and black flowers^ of 

 gorgeous cannas, added further colour and 

 brilliance to an already grand display that 

 covered an area of 2,100. square feet. 



Mr. Manda, New Jersey, U.S.A., brought 

 over about a dozen and a-half stately palms, 

 all grand specimens, of kentias, cocos, and 

 phoenix, from twelve to twenty feet high, 

 and every one a perfect example of that 

 grace which only palms can give. 



In an oval group Messrs. Fisher, Son, and 



Statice profusa, ixoras, ericas, and Indian 

 azaleas were reminiscent of old times; some o± 

 them measured nearly six feet across, and 

 were smothered with flowers. Backing on to 

 the specimen was one of the tasteful groups 

 of orchids, excluded, for which they are 

 famous; here crotons, caladiums, kalanchoes, 

 liliums, crotons, alocasias, yellow arums3 and 

 palms were associated delightfully so as to 

 form a bright, elegant, and pleasing scene. 



Messrs. J. Peed and Sons, Norwood, put up 

 a group of caladiums that attracted a good 

 deal of attention, as it included handsome 

 specimens of the new pink and green King 

 George, the scarlet Eufus, a superb Silver 

 Queen, 'and equally good Golden King, with 

 the giant criiji^son John Peed behind in com- 

 pany with Adolphe de Eothschild, and the 

 lovelv pink J. Pierpont Morgan. 



From the School of Pomology and Horti- 

 culture of Firenze, Italy, came a wonderful 

 collection of new hybrid anthuriums of the 



gems contained in the group. We m 

 this word in description, ^ but there was 

 nothing bank-like ^r solid about the 

 exhibit, for, on the other Irand, the 

 ferns were ingeniously arranged, and theie 

 were winding paths in amongst the plants 

 just as there might be in a tropical forest 

 We cannot pretend to describe one-half of 

 the types represented. They were so very 

 numerous, but big tree ferns stood up in re- 

 lief above the masis of other forms. A con- 

 siderable amount of taste was displayed in 

 the arrangement, and very charming were 

 the masses of Nephrolepis Marshalli com. 

 pacta, and the specimen plants of Nephron 

 lepis 'Duffi, Nephrolepis elegantissima cris^ 

 tata, and Nephrolepis exaltata multiceps. 

 Little gems of the fern family were ex^ 

 hibited under glass domes, and at one end 

 were some forms of Osmundas regalis and 

 spectabilis, along with other ferns, suitable 

 for cool culture. It is quite fair to say that 



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A FINELY-FLOWERED COLLECTION 



Cypher 



AND GR 

 Cheltenha 



PLANTS 



Sibray, Handsworth, Sheffield, disposed a 

 beautiful lot of medium sized crotons, splen- 

 didly coloured and perfect from potato top 

 Golden Ring, Warreni, Thomsoni, Duke of 

 Portland. Countess Donoughmore (quite 

 new), and Mrs. Joe Grace (another graceful 

 new seedling, with golden-centred leaves), lie- 

 hind the crotons some splendid ^anthuriums 

 were staged, and, besides the/'- " 

 forms we noted Fisher's variety ot A. An- 

 dreanum with gorgeous spathes about nine 

 inches across; A. Andreanum Handsworth- 

 ensis, pink; and A. A. W FitzwiUiam, 

 with salmon-red spathes. There were many 

 other things, but with a mention of Musa 

 sapientum rubrum, with purplish leaves, we 

 aust pass on. 



Messrs. J- Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, were 

 the only exhibitors of twelve specimen stove 

 and greenhouse flowering plants, and their 

 t,i,<TP aTificimens of Clerodendron Thomsoni, 



Andreanum section, some of huge size and 

 fine colour. Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, 

 won the coveted award for alocasias, and a 



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premier for the lovely-leaved bertolon 



FEENS. 



It was quite relieving in the great marquee 

 to turn the eye from the maze of brilliant 

 flowers to the soft green of the great banks 

 of ferns, which were amongst the distinc- 

 tive features of the exhibition. For a long 

 time now those great fern specialists, Messrs. 

 H. B. May and Sons, Edmonton, have been 

 waiting for an opportunity to show what 

 they can do in the way of putting up a 

 group of ferns, and when it came, at the 

 International, they certainly took every ad- 

 vantage of it. To say that the exhibitors 

 surpassed all their former efforts by no means 

 does them justice, and one could have spent 

 a long time inspecting the many beautiful 



such a group of ferns has never been seen 

 before under canvas in this, or probably ^ . 

 other, country. 



Tastefully arranged on a bank of ^bre 

 a collection of hardy ferns, sent by Mr. iu^ j 

 Perry, of Enfield, Middlesex, and among 

 them we noticed lovely forms, such as Aiuj^ 

 rium plumosum elegans, Athyrium F^^^ 

 reum, Scolopendrum vulgare cnspum urd^^ 

 Osmunda japonica, Adiantum ^4^1^^'^^^^ 



U.S.A. 



Onoelea sensibilis, the latter being a 

 graceful plant. 



Mr. W. A. Manda, New Jersey, 

 brought from across the Atlantic a n^^^g 

 of magnificent specimen ferns. ^^^^ j. 

 indeed were the examples of Davallia ep 

 phylla, Dicksonia Baronetz, P«>lyP^^!);a 

 Knightae, Davallia fijiensis robusta, 

 Polypodium quercifolium. The same exm»>^j 

 tor also set up another effective ^^^"P^t 

 ferns, and in this collection the n* 



