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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



JtJLT 20, 1912. 



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(VOr. Trail Karl 

 ( *r:) wford. Pink 



Gniin and Sons, 

 stands, and the 



the latter strain (A.^I.) were obtained by 

 crossing G. gandavensis and others with G. 

 primulinus. G. prinmlinus maculatus, deep 

 yellow with red-bro^n blotches, was very 

 charming, and the race is promising ; Ella 

 Kelway, Queen of Fairies, and Wraith 

 were all very pretty. 



Mr. Maurice Prichard, Christ<?hiirch, was 

 a large exhibitor of hardy flowers, and put 

 up a quantity of perennial phloxes, and 

 goodly bunches of Delphinium cineraria. 

 Carnation 01 down Yellow^ Heliopsis scabra 

 escelsa, Crinum Powelli, and C. P. alba. 

 Dainty little plants of Lysimachia Henryi, 

 Campania purafla alba, C. garganica, 

 Stachys Corsica, Campanula Isabel, C. Zoysi, 

 and Primula Monroi were also shown. A 

 bold and effective group of har<ly flowers 

 from Messrs. T. S. Ware, Feltham, was a 

 source of interest. Here were fine bunches 

 of good phloxes, coreopsis, campanulas, 

 achilleas, heleniums, delphiniums, etc. 



Several score of stately spikes of Eremurua 

 Olgee, and E. O. alba, staged by the King's 

 Acre Nursery Company, were greatly ad- 

 mired. The spikes of E. Olgse showed some 

 considerable variation in form and shade, 

 and the plants producing them were col- 

 lected from 3,()()0 to 6,000 feet above sea 

 level On the El bury T?iinge in the Persian 

 province of Khorasmi. Tlic deep ])ink forms 

 were very charminiJf. Mi'ssrs. Stuart liow 

 and Co., Enfield . ])ri'- ■ntvtl st;nirls of such 

 lovely roses as T-yon. Ifayon 

 Druschki, Molly Shn rniaii 

 Liberty, and Dean Hole. 



The phlo\o> from Messrs. 

 Olton. were set up in tall 

 varieties Cybele, I/Aiglon, George A. Stroeh- 

 lin, Elizabeth Campbell, Le Mahdi (gor- 

 geous). Border Beacon, and Duke of West- 

 minster, were among the best. The display 

 from the Guildford Hardy Plant Company 

 included Bomneya Coultori, Spiraea vennsta, 

 Buddleia Veitclii, and Campanula grandi- 

 flora. 



The little water and bog garden arranged 

 by ]\rr. Amos Perry, Enfield, was delightfully 

 •cooling. Nymphaea, Marlia ccn carnea, N. 

 Jas. Brydon, N. Froebolli. and X. Marliacea 

 albida, were quite plentiful on the water, 

 while in the background were Senecio macro- 

 phyllus with :i flozcii and a-half of it« mas- 

 sive golden spikvs. Tu the foreground were 

 Japanese irises, Lilium ITuniboldti. L. H. 

 magnificum, L. pardalinum, T.. cnnadense, 

 and L. F^rowni ; while spira^an and grasses 

 formed flanking groups. Seedling gloxinias 

 exhibited by Messrs. J. Peed and Son, West 

 Norwood, represented an excellent strain; 

 the netted and spotted varieties were espe- 

 cially good. Streptocarpuses, too, were good, 

 and showed a wide range of colouring. 



A bold and showy group of carnations, 

 grouped with palms, bamboos, and ferns, by 

 Messrs. Wm. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, 

 stood opposite the doorway. In tall stands 

 were large sheaves of White Enchantress, 

 F. Felton, Mrs. W. Ward, Mrs. L. Mac- 

 Tdnuon, Winsor, May Day, Kose Dore, and 

 Beacon. In the centre of the group were 

 pot plants of several popular malmaison and 

 perpetual carnations. 



The exhibit from Messrs. Jas. Veitch and 

 Sons, Chelsea, was composed of bright hued 

 rhododendrons of the Javanico-jasminiflorum 

 group, Solanum Wendlandi, the brilliant 

 Clianthus Dampieri, Hibiscus magnificus, 

 carnations, Thalictrum dipteroearpum , and 

 a verv fine selection of cannas. Messrs. 







H. J. Jones, Ryecroft, Lewisham, displayed 

 phloxes, and in the collection submitted we 

 made note of G. A. Stroehlin, Distinction, 

 Frau Ant. Buckner, Antoine Mercier, Gen. 

 Hentz, Dr. Charcot, and Mrs. John Hark- 

 ness, being very distinct and beautiful. 



Messrs . PhiJl ips and Taylor, Lily Hill, 

 Bracknell, provided a pool of nymphgeas 

 with a background of reeds, rushes, bamboos, 

 grasses, and Alisma plantago. In one corner 

 of the pool the double form of Sagittaria 

 japomca plena was shown. This firm also 

 displayed a bank of hardy flowers wherein 

 galegas were well represented. A charming 

 new astilbe named A. Rhenania (A.M.) was 

 exhibited by Mr. W. Profittlich, Twicken- 



white- 

 spots. 



ham. This is the result of crossing A. Queen 

 Alexandra with A. Arendsi Ceres; it has 

 erect spikes fof pink flowers, each flower 

 tipped with purple. 



Plagianthus Lyalli (A.C.C.), a 

 flowered shrub that succeeds in war] 

 wias shown by Meters. Bob3rt Veitch and 

 Sons, Exeter; this grows well at Kew against 

 a wall ; the same firm showed the ]jretty 

 creamy Rosa Souleiana and Dorycnium hir- 

 sutum. Mr. Phillip Ladds, Swanley Junc- 

 tion, brought up some good pelargoniums, 

 notably Salmon Paul Crampel, White Queen, 

 Champion, and double Paul Crampel. Mes'srs. 

 W. Fells and Son, Hitchin, exhibited a col- 

 lection of phloxee, and showed all the popu- 

 lar sorts. 



Some very -fine border carnations were 

 shown in vases by Mr. Chas. Blick, Hayes, 

 Kent ; particularly effective and beautiful 

 were Linkman, August, Daffodil, the rich 

 Cyclops, the deep purple edged picotee named 

 Her Majesty, Hercules, Father O'Flynn, 

 Dora Blick, and Herbert Chapman. There 



were in all thirty-seven varieties, and they 

 made up a most interesting exhibit. Messrs. 

 H. B. May and Sons, Edmonton, brouorht up 

 the new double marguerite, Mrs. Sander, 

 Campanula Mayi, some examples of Ixora 

 macrothyrsa, and a numl^er of elegant ferns, 

 chiefly the plumose, nephrolepis^ and adian- 

 tums. 



Two beautiful nymphseas, N, Attraction 

 (A.M.), with crimson colouring, and N. For- 

 mosa (A.M.), lovely pink with red flushes 

 On the back of the petals ; both come from 

 Mr. Jas. Hudson, V.M.H., gardener to 

 Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury 

 House, Acton. 



Patrinia palmata, a rare hardy plant with 

 neat palmate leaves clustering near the 

 ground, and branching spibes of small, 

 sweetly-scented and clear yellow flowers, was 

 shown by Miss Willmott, V.M.H. (gardener, 

 Mr. C. Fielder, V.M.H.), Warley Place, 

 Essex, and gained an A.M. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



Orchids were by no means largely staged, 

 but there were several distinct novelties. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, had 

 a quite good group of orchids, and the chief 

 features of the display were Dendrobium 

 Dalhousianum, Oncidium macranthum. Mil- 

 tonia Bleuana, Cattleya Mendeli, Odonto- 

 glossum Williamsi, Stanhopea tigrina, 

 Odontioda Charlesworthi, and Bulbophyllum 

 Godseffianum. 



A fine form of Cattleya Hardyana Dell 

 var., from Mr. Shill, gardener to Baron 

 Bruno Schroder, Egham, was greatly ad- 

 mired ; it carried three glorious blooms!! Mr. 

 R. G. Thwaites, Streatham, contributed an 

 interesting little colection of odontiodas, O. 

 Charlesworthi and 0. Thwaitsi were those 

 niastly represented. Miltonia vaxillaria 

 Queen Alexandra was also included. From 

 Burford Lodge, Dorking, Mr. White, grower 

 to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., brought up 

 Eria rhyncostyloides, with dense arching 

 spikes' of pink flowers; and Laelio-cattleya 



Adolph-Harrisopiae, with purple-spotted 

 flowers. 



M, Firmin Lambeau, Brussels, showed the 

 finest plant of the day, and gained a F.C.C. 

 for his Cattleya Warscewiczi alba var. Firmin 

 Lambeau, which carried three large, ex- 

 quisitely beautiful, pure white flowers, each 

 with a soft lemon-yellow throat to the lip. 

 Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate ex- 

 hibited Cattleya Thurgoodiana and L.-c. 

 rubens. From Messrs. Charlesworth and 

 Co., Haywards Heath, came Zygopetalum 

 Brewi (A.M.), a pretty plant obtained by 

 crossing Z. Perrenondi with Z. rostratum"^; 

 it has a deep purplish rose area on the lip. 

 0dontoglo6«um Epicaste (A.M.), also from 

 Haywards Heath, has deep black-purple 

 flowers, with rose-purple edging; this comes 

 from 0. Clytie and O. crigrpum. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



A particularly fine exhibit was one entirely 

 of gooseberries, staged in fine style by Messrs. 

 Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. As a back- 

 ground the firm staged freely cropped stan- 



dards and cordons of popular varieties \m 

 the chief interest centred in the baskets d 

 one hundred varieties of these useful huiU. 

 All the fruits were ripe, and ranged iu colour 

 from white to deepest crimson-red. In siw 

 too, there was a wide difference between iht 

 tiny Pitmaston Gage and the big Speedwell 

 Leveller, and Fearless. In the matter of 

 flavour there is also a wide range, but pro. 

 bably the finest in this respect are Langlet 

 Gage, Langley Beauty, Golden Gem, Iron, 

 monger, Warrington, Pitmaston 



Green 



g^age, 

 smith 



G ascoy ne , B room gi r 1 , 

 and Keen's Seedling, 



Green- 



White. 

 Very fine sorts 



are Whinham's Industry, Ironmonger, Max 

 Duke, Trumpeter, Whitesmith, Sulphur. 

 Lancashire Lad, White Champagne, Mount 

 Pleasant, Leveller, Marlborough, Careless 

 Gipsy Queen, London, Monarch, and Dan's 

 Mistake, and these were splendidly repre- 

 sented in a collection that wel] deserved the 

 Gold Medal awarded it. 



Very fragrant and enticing were the twenty 

 handsome irruits of Queen pineapples, staged 

 by that master of fruit culture, Mr. Thoe. 

 Coomber, gardener to Lord Llangattoek, The 

 Hendre, Monmouth. Messrs. S. Spooner and 

 Sons, Hounslow, submitted trays of bright 

 fruits' of Early Bed Margaret and Mr. Glad- 

 stone apples. 



Collections of peas and lettuces from 

 Messrs. John K. King and Sons, Coggeshall. 

 proved interesting. The lettuces included 

 fourteen cabbage varieties, and of these Tel- 

 low Market, Sutton's Favourite, May King, 

 Al] the Year Pound, and the bronze-leared 

 Eclipse, were the most notable. Over fifty 

 dishes of peas were shown ^ and here a good 

 selection was Thos. Laxton, Twentieth Cen- 

 tury, Essex Star, Pioneer, Telephone, Quite 

 Content, Senator, Gradus, Sutton's Seedling. 

 Pilot, and Telegraph. 



Mr. Baines, gardener to Sir Trevor Law- 

 rence, Bart., Burford Lodge, Dorking, ex- 

 hibited an old peach named Royal Char- 

 lotte (A.M.), which resembles Noblesse in 

 size, form, and flavour, but is" very highly 

 coloured instead of being light-skinned. Mr. 

 Hills, gardener to E. M. Kennedy, Esq., 

 Leaves Green, Keston, sent a crop of 286 

 shallots, obtained from fifteen sets. Fruit 

 ing sprays of a small, dark-fruited hybrid 

 between the black currant and gooseberry 

 came from Mr. R. NichoUs, Dunstable; the 

 flavour was not particularly attractive. Mr. 

 Walker, Oak Hill Park Gardens, Enfifld, 

 sent some fine samples of red currants. 



CEETIFICATES AND AWARDS. 



First-class Certificate.— To Cattleya War- 

 scewiczi alba var. Firmin Lambeau (a Gold 

 Medal was also awarded for this beautiful 

 orchid), from M. Firmin Lambeau, Brussels: 

 to Plagianthus Lyalli, from Measrs. Eobert 

 Veitch aad Sons, Exeter; to Nephrolep 

 exjaltata muscosa, from Messrs. H. B. May 

 and Sons, Edmonton. 



Award of Merit.— To strain of Gladiolus 

 primulinus hybrids, from Messrs. J. Kelway 

 and Sons, Langport ; to Patrinia palmata, 

 from Miss Willmott, V.M.H., Warley Place- 

 Great Warlev; to Crossandra undulsefolia, 

 from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (gatdener, 

 Mr. Baines), Burford Lodge, Dorking: to 

 Astilbe Ehenania. from Mr. W. Profittlicli. 



Attraction and 



Twickenham; to Nymph; 

 Formosa, from Leopold de Ilothschild (gar- 

 dener, Mr. Jas. Hudson, V.M.H.), Gunners- 

 bury House, Acton ; to Zygopetalum Bre^, 

 and to Odontoglossum Epicaste, from Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co., Haywards Heath: ana 

 to Peach Royal Charlotte, from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart., Dorking. 



MEDALS. 



Gold 



—To Mr. T. Coomber, V.M.H. , gar- 

 dener to Lord Llangatt-ock, The Hendr*. 

 Monmouth, for pineapples; to Messrs. Ja*- 

 Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, for gooseberries, 

 and to M. Firmin Lambeau, Brussels, for 

 fine white form of Cattleya Warscewiczi. 



Silver-gilt Banksian.— to Messrs. H. i>r 

 May and Sons, Edmonton, for ferns, 

 to Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea 

 flowering plants. 



Silver Flora.— To Messrs. H. Cannell a; 



etc.^ 



