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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



June 22, 1912. 



EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS. 



Royal Horticultura.1 Society. 



JUNE 18. 



A beautiful exhibition was held at the 

 Roval Horticultural Hall, Westminster, on 

 Tuesday last, and, though there was a good 

 attendance, the crush was not nearly so 

 great as usual. OrcTiids filled compara- 

 tively little space. Delphiniums, pseonies, 

 roses, and sweet peas were very much in 

 evidence, while alpines and greenhousie sub- 

 jects were well represented. 



FLOEAL COMMITTEE. 



Eight across the end of the hall Messrs. 

 Sutton and Sons, Heading, put up a beautiful 



phiniums. The deep blue, white-centred Del- 

 phinium Huish Beauty, w^as very fine, and the 

 Dusky Monarch and the , lighter Star of 

 Langport were other superb varieties; while 

 the single pa&onies Heart's Desire, White 

 Knight, Eileen Kelway, Elf, Queen Alexan- 

 dra, and Admiral were all exquisitely beau- 

 tiful. Messrs. Barr and Sons, Covent Gar- 

 den, filled a long table with a bright ex- 

 hibit of hardy flowers. Their chief subjects 

 were delphiniumSj Anchusa italica Dropmore, 

 and A. Opal, the lovely Dimorphotheca au- 

 rantiaca, nemesias, lupins in variety, phloxes 

 and Spanish and English irises in a wide 

 range of colouring. 



The delphiniums from Messrs. Blackmore 

 and Langdon^ Twerton-on-Avon, Bath, were 

 charming. There were grand spikes of Rev. 

 E. Lascelles, the large velvet-purple Henri 

 Mois&an, Robert Cox, King of Delphiniums, 

 Eva, Walter T. Ware, and the long-spiked 



A splendid new 

 petals, and a 



OpONTIODA COOKSONI^ FOWLER'S VARIETY. 



hybrid. Flowers large, crimson-.scarlet, with rosy tips to 

 white apex to the yellow-crested lip. P'.C.C., R.H 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards Heath. 



the 



sepals 

 June 



and 

 18. 



exhibit of sweet peas. The background was 

 formed of ten arches, but only the pillars 

 were filled with sweet peas, the arching por- 

 tion being clothed with smilax and aspara- 



Beneath each arch bunches were 



variety) to form wedg 



were 



The 



Novelty. Messrs. W. and J 

 ford, showed 



groupea (in one 



shaped masses. Below these, again, 

 vases of flowers set over black velvet. 



whole arrangement was excellent, and over- 

 crowding had been carefully avoided. A few 

 of the leading varieties were Sky Blue, Im- 

 perial Blue Spencer, Doris Usher, 

 Foster, Audrey Crier, E. F. Felton, 

 George, Thos. Stevenson, Southcote 

 Mrs. Cuthbertson. Clara Curtis, and 



Chas. 

 Prince 

 Blue, 

 Edrom 



Beauty. 



A large group from Messrs. J. Kelway and 

 Son, Langport, once more demonstrated the 

 beautv and usefulness of pa&onies and del- 



Brown, Sitam- 

 a goodly group of Lilium 

 Sovitzianum, with Gaillardias Lady Eolles- 

 ton and The King, both very fine. Messrs. 

 William Bui] and Sons, Chelsea, sent a wide 

 selection of Spanish irises. Mr. E. Prichard, 

 of West Moors, Wimborne, a new exhibitor, 

 showed a small group of alpines. 



A large and handsome group of hardy 

 flowers from Messrs. Wm, Cutbush and Son, 

 Highgate, had a little pool of water-lilies 

 in the foreground, a background of spikes of 

 Eremurus robustus and sheaves of E. Bungei. 

 In front were groups of English irises, Eom- 

 neya Coulteri, Lilium Humboldti magnifi- 

 cum, Sidalcea Candida, and Gladiolus 

 America, a lovely pink form. Messrs. G. 

 Bunyard and Co., Maidstone, presented a 

 bold exhibit of the finer varieties of delphi- 



niums, with bunches of Pentstemon tubi- 

 florus, Centaurea macrocephala. Iris Mon- 

 nieri (fine), Engli.A irises, pgeonies, and 

 Oriental poppies. 



A little rock garden from Messrs. J. Cheal 

 and Sons, Crawley, was daintily filled with 

 dwarf campanulas, mimuluses, sedums, pri- 

 mulas, violas. Genista shipkaensis, etc., 

 backed by Japanese maples. Messrs. Carter 

 Page, and Co., London Wall^ put up cactus 

 and pseony-flowered dahlias, and a collection 

 of fragrant and pretty violas, staged in low 

 pans. 



A handsome collection of hardy flowers 

 from Mr. Maurice Prichard, Christchurch, 

 included pseonies and delphiniums, Cam- 

 panula grandis pallida. Watsonia Ardernei 

 alba, Kniphopia Goldelse, and the showy 

 Lavatera Olbia (A.M.), with large silvery- 

 rose flowers. Messrs. Pulhams, Elsenliain, 

 were represented by a small collection of her- 

 baceous and alpine flowers and plants. 



Messrs. G. and A. Clark, Dover, filled a 

 corner with a most effective group of harrlv 

 flowers. Iris Monnieri, I. Monspur, delphi- 

 niums, pyrethrums, Geum Mrs. Bradshaw, 

 alstremerias, and Gilia coronopifolia were 

 all finely represented. Mr. G. Eeutlie, Kes- 

 ton, put up a collection of alpine flowers and 

 shrubs, the Edelweiss attracting a good deal 

 of artt>ention. 



Messrs. A. A. Walters and Son, Bath, put 

 up a group of delphinium spikes, the most 

 conspicuous variety being the handsome Eev. 

 E. Lascelles. Canterbury bells of enormous 

 size, notably the big cup-and-saucer varie- 

 ties, ranging from purcist white to deepest 

 blue, were shown finely by Mr. W. J. God- 

 frey, Exmoiith. 



In the group of hardy flowers staged l)y 

 Messrs. E. Wallace and Co., Colchester, we 

 noticed such good things as Lilium myno- 

 phyllum, Incarvillea Delavayi, Eremurus 

 Warei, Iris Monnieri, Campanula macrantha, 

 and Iris spuria lilacina. Messrs. Georg-e 

 Jackman and Son, Woking, showed Delphi- 

 nium Eev. E. Lascelles in grand style, Gail- 

 lardia Meteor, a selection of pinks, Clematis 

 recta, Crambe maritima, etc., in their group 



of hardy flowers. 



A pretty exhibit of sweet ]>eas from 

 Messrs. E". W. King and Co.. Coggc^hall. 

 included Anglian Lavender, Mrs. C. \\- 

 Breadmore, Gladys Burt, Eosabelle, Mrs. \\ • 

 King, and Constance Oliver. 



Mr. Jas'. Box, Lindfield, filled a corner witJi 

 a beautiful lot of delphiniums, pseonies. 

 Spanish irises poppies, Helenium Bigelovi, 

 Canterbury bells, and a fine set of heucheras. 

 Mr. Box also set up a lar^re exhibit of s\y^eT 

 peas, his best varieties being Audrey Crier, 

 Chas. Foster, Mrs. H. Dickson, Mrs V\. J- 

 Enwin, Orange Perfection, and Bertna 

 Massey. Messrs. E. H. Bath, Wisbech, put 

 up a splendid lot of delphiniums, Spamsii 

 irises, and herbaceous paeonies; amonef Tiic 

 latter Mons. Chas. Leveque, carnea elegans, 

 Mandarin, Her Grace, Victor Lemome, and 



Marie Lemoine were fine. -. 



T. S. Ware, Feltham, showed del- 

 phiniums, pseonies, and eraillardias }^^F'.f^: 

 and set up a collection of very damty litti^ 

 dwarf alpine campanulas. Ins ochroleuc<i 

 was Avell represented. Delphinium Lamartinc, 

 D. Moerheimi, Viola cornuta purpurea . tne 

 pretty Mimulus Bennetti, Clianthus Aliiom, 

 and Oriental poppies were shown by Messrs.. 

 Bakers, Wolverhampton. 



Mr. Vincent Slade. Taunton, showed soim 

 excellent zonal pelargoniums and a ^ ' 

 plants of the pretty Polypodium vidgare cam 

 bricum. Messrs. W. Wells and Co., Merst- 

 ham, had a little exhibit of Oriental popf^' 

 delphiniums, etc., and Messrs. Hobbies LOT- 

 Dereham, sent a good new crimson s^J^^-^^^." . 

 climbing rose named Effective (A.M.), a m 

 form. Charles Blick (A.M.) Ls 

 white Malmaison carnation, shown f^^^-^ 



Blick, Hayes, with lovely ^'^^"^^f^^l-^^y 

 Arthur- Scarlet Gem. Bli^^^^>"th ShifJne^^ 

 John Euskin, Dora Blick, and other gooa 



border varieties. 



Mr. P. Ladds, Swanley. showed the 

 pink pelargonium Champion, finely 

 Messrs. Gunn and Sons, Olton, ^P^^^^J^'f 

 season of phloxes with a l^ris^ht exhibit 

 the finest varieties, the white L. 



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