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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



June 8, 1912. 



Rhodesia and Neapoli among soft blue forms 

 were also excellent. Mr. Downes, gardener 

 to J. T. Bennett Poe, Esq., Holmwood, Ches- 

 hunt, brought up a little group of Utricular ia 

 montana^ the plants all finely flowered . 

 Zonal pelargoniums, a collection of fuchsias, 

 cannas, and irises made up a bright group 

 from Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley. 



Mr. Delmard, gardener to the King of Bul- 

 garia, Sofia, exhibited interesting photo- 

 graphs of Bulgarian gardens and scenery. 

 The Hon. F. Wolseley, Glynde, exhibited a 

 model garden. 



Messrs. Bakers, Wolverhampton, were also 

 exhibitors of hardy flowers, and presented a 

 pleasing little display. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



A superb bank of orchids, every plant a 

 specimen and grandly flowered, was staged 

 splendidly by Mr. H. Alexander, grower to 

 Lieut.-Colonel Sir G. Holford, Westonbirt, 

 Gloucester. There were beautiful examples 

 of LfElio-cattleya Aphrodite, L.-c. Luminosa 

 Canary Bird, L.-c. Canhamiana, with from 

 twenty-five to thirty flowers; L.-c. Martin- 

 eti The Prince, a grandly coloured and 

 large-flowered variety; the chaste Odontoglos- 

 sum armainvilliersense xanthote Westonbirt 

 var., a specimen of Miltonia vexillaria Snow- 

 flake with thirteen spikes and seventy-three 

 flowers, M. v. Empress Augusta represented 

 by eight specimens carrying an aggregate of 

 295 flowers, M. v. marmorata carrying nine 

 spikes and forty-one flowers on one plant, 

 Cattleya Warscewiczi, one having five spikes 

 and twenty flowers, and the graceful Onci- 

 dium dwaricatum, as well as many other good 

 things. A grand group, especially after the 



Westonbirt effort at Chelsea. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Hay wards 

 Heath, had a ver}" pretty and graceful group 

 of orchids. In the centre they grouped about 

 three dozen spikes of Phalaenopsis Rimstad- 

 iana. On either side of these they staged 

 Laelio-cattleya Fascinator, Cattleya Mossise 

 Wagneri, S"^obralia Cliftoni — a lovely white 

 flow^er with pink-tinged lip, Bulbophyllum 

 vivescens, niiltonias, and numerous hybrid 

 odontoglossums and odontiodas. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, put 

 up an effective exhibit of orchids, and showed 

 capital plants of Laelia purpurata, Dendro- 

 bium Gouldei, fine forms of Cattleya Mossise, 

 Maxillaria Sanderiana, Cattleya gigas San- 

 deriana in splendid form, thunias, odonticdas 

 and odontoglossums in variety, and a few 

 graceful phalaenopsis. 



Mr. J. and A. McBean put up some beau- 

 tiful forms of Cattleya Mossiae, several fully 

 grown plants of Miltonia vexillaria, M. Bleu- 

 ana, white forms of Odontoglo&sum crispum, 

 and several good odontiodas. Messrs. Has- 

 sall and Co., Southgate, displayed Cattleya 

 Mossiae in varietv, a white form of C. Men- 

 deli, C. gigas, Angulosa Clowesi, etc. Laelio- 

 cattleya Martineti Southfield var., with yel- 

 low sepals and petals, was sent by W. Waters 

 Butler, Esq., Southfield, Edgbaston. 



Mr. Stables, gardener to De Barri Craw- 

 shay, Esq., Sevenoaks, submitted the hand- 

 some Odontoglosisum Leonides (Hallio-cris- 

 ^pum X triumphans), Odontioda Devoniana 

 and the lovely O. Rosefieldiensis with a pair 

 of beautiful spikes of rich-hued flowers. 

 Odontoglossum Thais from Mr. E. G. Phillips, 

 The Glebes, Sevenoaks, was greatly admired. 



From the Liverpool Orchid Nursery Com- 

 pany, Liverpool, came a group of hybrid 

 laelio-cattleyas, such as L.-c. Cowani, L.-c. 

 Aphrodite, L.-c. dominiana, and the bright 

 L.-c. Eudora. Mr, A. W. Jensen, Haywards 

 Heath, showed a little group of Cattleya 

 Mossise and C, Mendeli in fine varieties. 



A large group from Mr. G. Day, gardener 

 to H. S. Goodson, Esq., West Hill, Putney, 

 occupied a prominent place in the orchid 

 annexe. The plants were capitally arranged 

 over ferns, and included a host of odonto- 

 glossoms, Brasso-Iaelio-cattleya Veitchi Good- 

 son's var., and laelio-cattleyas in variety. A 

 few odontiodas and masdevallias were also 

 included, Mr. H. A. Tracey, Twickenham, 

 put up some lovely forms of Cattleya Mossiae, 

 C. Mendeli, Disa Veitehi, and odontoglos- 

 sums. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, had a 

 very bright exhibit of orchids that included 

 Laelio-cattleya callistoglossa, Dendrobium 

 thyrsiflorum, Cattleya Mossiae, Dendrobium 

 Dalhousianum, miltonias, and Renanthera 

 Imschootiana. 



FRTJIT COMMnTEE. 



Messrs, Laxton Brothers, Bedford, ex- 

 hibited a splendid, highly-flavoured straw- 

 berry of light colour, named The Queen; it 

 may be regarded as an improved British 

 Queen, and a better cropper and grower than 

 that fine variety. Of its flavour we can 

 speak very highly. 



CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS. 



First-class Certificate.— To Elaeocarpus reti- 

 culatus, from Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, 

 Chelsea- and to Miltonia vexillaria Snow- 

 flake from Lieut.-Colonel Sir G. Holford 

 (grower, Mr, H. Alexander), Westonbirt, Tet- 



bury. . , 1 . 



Award of Merit.— To Dendrobium Goldei, 



from Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans; 

 to Odontoglossum Lambeauianum Princess 

 Mary from H. S. Goodson, Esq. (grower, Mr. 

 Day), West Hill, Putney; to Delphinium 

 Duskv Monarch, from Messrs. J. Kelway and 

 Son, l^angport; to Carnations Queen Mary 

 and Attraction, from Mr. Chas. Blick, Hayes, 

 Kent- to Silene Hookeri, from Messrs. T. S. 

 Ware*, Lim., Feltham; to Zonal Pelargonium 

 Champion, from Mr. P. Ladds, Swanley 

 Junction; to Gladiolus Rosina, from Mr. 

 Blamtield; to Sweet Peas Dobbie's Lavender 

 George Herbert, Thos, Stevenson, and May 

 Campbell, from* Messrs. Dobbie and Co., 

 Edinburgh; to Carnation Margaret Lennox, 

 from Mr. Jas. Douglas, Great Bookham ; to 

 Laelio-cattleva xiphrodite Cowan's var., from 

 the Liverpool Orchid Nursery Company, 

 Liverpool ; and to Odontoglossum Thais, from 

 C. G. Phillips, Esq.,' The Glebes, Sevenoaks. 



Gold. 



MEDALS. 



-To Lieut.-Colonel Sir G. Holford 

 (grower, Mr. H. Alexander), Westonbirt, 

 Gloucester, for orchids; to Messrs. Dobbie 

 and Co., Edinburgh, for sweet peas. 



Silver-gilt Flora.— To H. S. Goodson, Esq. 

 (grower, Mr. Day), West Hill, Putney, for 

 orchids; to Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, for 

 carnations; to Messrs. J. Kelway and Son, 

 Langport for paeonies and delphiniums; to 

 Messrs. Paul and Son, Ches'hunt, for roses 



and paeonies. 



Silver Flora. — ^To Messrs. B. Cant and 

 Sons, Colchester, for roses; to G. Ferguson, 

 Esq. (gardener, Mr. F. W. Smith), The Hol- 

 lies, Weybridge, for new delphiniums; to 

 Messrs. J. Peed and Son, Norwood, for gloxi- 

 nias; to V. Phillips, Esq., Orpington, for 

 calceolarias; to Mr. G. Prince, Longworth, 

 for roses; to Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 

 Chelsea, for greenhouse flowering plants; to 

 Messrs. T. S. Ware, Lim., Feltham, for 

 hardy flowers; to Mr. Amos Perry, Enfield, 

 for poppies ; to Messrs. Sander and Sons, 

 St. Albans, for orchids; to Messrs. Charles- 

 worth and Co., Haywards Heath, for 



orchids. 



Silver Banksian 



— To Messrs. J. and A. 

 McBean, Cooksbridge, for orchids; to Messrs. 

 Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, for orchids; to 

 Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, for or- 

 chids ; to Mr. J. Box, Lindfield, for hardy 

 flowers; to Messrs. F. Cant and Co., Col- 

 chester, for roses; to Mr. A. Delmard, gar- 

 dener to the King of Bulgaria, Sofia, for 

 photographs; to Mr. E. J. Hicks, Twyford, 

 for roses; to Messrs. E. W. King and Co., 

 Coggeshall, for sweet peas; to Messrs. H. B. 

 May and Sons, Edmonton, for greenhouse 

 plants; to Mr. C. Blick, Hayes, for carna- 

 tions; to Mrs. Lloyd Edwards, Llangollen, 



for heucheras. 



Bron&e Flora.— To Messrs. Whitelegg and 

 Page, Chislehurst, for hardy flowers. 



Bronze Banksian.— To Messrs, Bakers, Wol- 

 verhampton, for hardy flowers; to Liverpool 

 Orchid Nursery Company, for orchids; to 

 Mr. H. A. Tracey, Twickenham, for orchids; 

 to Mr. A. W. Jensen, Haywards Heath, for 

 orchids. 



Croydon Gardeners' Society. 



This society completed its first sessioii of 

 this year a few days ago, and the pro- 

 gramme was slightly altered owing to the un- 

 avoidable absence of the scheduled lecturer. 

 However, there are members who can at 

 short notice come forward and give a lec- 

 ture instructive and entertaining, and Mr. 

 M. E. Mills, Coombe House Gardens, enter- 

 tained his fellow-members with an illus- 

 trated lecture on " The Cultivation of Rock 

 Plants in Pots and in the Rock Garden." The 

 gardens at Coombe are well known as pos- 

 sessing an ideal rock garden, and it has been 

 the members' pleasure to inspect this garden 

 on paist occasions. For pot culture, Mr. 

 Mills' advice was to first know the natural 

 habitat of the plants to be grown, and in 

 drainage, as w^ell as soil, the idea should be 

 to make as near alike to its natural position 

 as possible. Generally speaking, the soil 

 should be firmly pressed into the pot, and 

 where the plant thrives in dry altitudes a 

 few sm>all .pieces of tufa or sand-stone should 

 be placed on the surface for the plant to 

 rest upon. They require no artificial heat, 

 simply a cold frame, and the pots or pans 

 plunged in spent ashes is sufficient for them. 

 During the winter months very little mois- 

 ture is required, and it is only during their 

 flowering period they require the aid of the 

 water-can. 



Perhaps pot culture does not show thm 

 off to the best advantage, and good clumps 

 of different kinds growing in the rock gar- 

 den, or at edges of garden paths, better con- 

 veys the beauty they possess. The views 

 shown were mostly from photographs taken 

 by the lecturer, and to his audience tliev 

 opened up a picture of pleasing character. Mr. 

 Mills emphasised the fact that in a collec- 

 tion one must study the colour scheme, and 

 also the different times of flowering, for in 

 the latter one can find bloom all the year 

 round. 



The big selection of slides shown on the 

 screen gave evidence of photographic skill 

 as well as cultivation, and it was with much 

 applause and congratulation the hearty 

 thanks of the meeting were given to Mr. 

 Mills when he concluded his discourse. 



An interesting exhibit came from Mr. 

 F. W. Moore, w^ho put up a pot of Ornitho- 

 gatum pyramidalis. Mr. O. Jeal staged a 

 capital brace of cucumoers, and Mr. T. 

 Hayden a dish of Mayduke gooseberries. 



Aralia Sieboidi' — Tim shrub, 



which botanists tell us should be known as 

 Fatsia japonica, is well known, and a favou- 

 rite one for indoor decoration. It is otten 

 popularly though erroneously referred to as 

 the Castor Oil Plant, which is really a mem- 

 ber of quite a different order. Plants oi 

 it in the dwelling-house are apt to beomie 

 tall and leggv, and cutting down is otten 

 practi&ed. It ''is not so generally recognisea 

 that this aralia is quite hardy, and forms a 

 very valuable evergreen, hence plants tna 

 have grown too large indoors may be samy 

 planted out towards the end of May. AJi^- 

 will then become hardened before n 

 winter. Aralia Sieboidi is one of the DeM 

 of all evergreens for towns. — W. T. 



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