August 3, 1912 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



599 



HORTICULTURAL SHOW ADVERTISE- 

 MENTS are inserted in this oolumu at bix- 

 peooe per line, the minimum chargre being- two Shil 

 lini^'fi and Sixpence. Officer, 148 and 149, Aldersgate 

 Street. London. E.G. 



EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS- 



Conspicuous varieties 

 bluish-mauve flowers 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



On July 30, there was another small exhibi- 

 tion at the E<>yal Horticultural Hall, West- 

 minster. Phloxes and gladioli were very 

 much in evidence. Orchids were not largely 

 represented, and no Certificate or Award of 

 Merit was granted by the Orchid Committee. 

 The Florail Committee had a fairly busy sit- 

 ting, and granted nine Awards of Merit; 

 while the Fruit and Vegetable Committee 

 granted three Awards of Merit and one First 

 Class Certificate to potatoes that had been 

 grown at Wisley and tested for cooking 

 quality. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



A rare display of very fine gladioli from 

 Messrs. Jas. Kelway and Son, Langport^ pro- 

 vided one of the leading features of the 

 meeting. The spikes were iset up lightly with 

 asparagus sprays. Several of the new Lang- 

 prim hybrids were shown, but large-flowered 

 forms were most in evidence, and of these 

 we were specially interested in Crown Jewel 

 (A.M.), pink and yellow; and Lady Muriel 

 I^i^by^ Lady Regnart, Cowslip, Hall Caine, La 

 Parisienne, Prince of Orange, Golden Mea- 

 sure (very fine), and Miss Zena Dare. AH 

 these latter were of yellow or yellowish 



colouring, and formed a distinct and attrac- 

 tive set. 



Several small collections of gladioli were 

 staged by Dutch growers, notably Messrs. 

 Jean Earth Bros., G. Zeeetraten and Sons, 

 and P. Vos. There was no style in the disposi- 

 tion of the spikes; in one case there was a 

 printed label to designate ownership; in an- 

 other a pencilled note; and in another case 

 a name and address was written in ink on a 

 piece of soft paper, 

 were Badenia, with 

 marked with violet; Glory of Noordwyk, 

 soft yellow^ that has gained a F.C.C. at 

 Amsterdam, Haarlem, and London; Willy 

 Wigman, white, with red-brown blotches; 

 Emperor of India, darkest maroon-crimson; 

 and the small yellow Sulphur King. 



Messrs. Jas. Yeitch and Sons, Chelsea, ex- 

 hibited four graceful rafter plants of 

 fuchsias, set over a collection of oannas, in 

 splendid variety, Browallia speciosa major, 

 ^. viscosa, Ealanchoe flammea, and a set of 

 beautiful greenhouse rhododendrons, among 



7t^-u^ ^^^^ rosy-carmine Clorinda 



(A.M.), a fine variety, obtained by crossing E. 

 ]asmmiflorum carminatum with E. Minerva, 

 these two parents bein^ also shown. Thalic- 



*l^P*^rocarpum, with its graceful spikes 

 ot bluish-mauve flowers, also figured in this 

 gfroup. Haemanthus Andromeda (A.M.), 

 with large, dense beads of bright salmon- 

 scarlet flowers, and large, broad green leaves, 

 was represnted by seven flowering specimens, 

 ^xhibited by Mr. Cobb, gardener to E. E. 

 Jp'^^>'- Esq., Duffryn, St. Nicholas, Cardiff. 

 J^nis haemanthus reminds us of H. Katherinae. 



A ^^hibit from Messrs. H. B. May 



ana Sons, Edmonton, conspicuously beauti- 

 lul terns were Adiantum Farleyen^ glorio- 

 T'^'x^- ^^i^chi, A. cardiochlaena Nephro- 

 lepis Neuberti, and N. Mavi, Mr. F. Cooper, 

 ^rdener to N. C. Davidson, Esq., Borlases, 

 A-wyiord, Berks, sent a batch of seedling 

 coieuses, but the colouring was not particu- 

 ^rly brilliant. A bank of carnations from 

 ^^srs. Wm. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, 

 was composed chiefly of perpetual varieties, 

 such as Mikado, Eose Dore, the new light 

 yei^w-ground Miss Winnie Hev, Mrs. 

 ^cKinnon, a new red, Carola, Goldfinch, and 

 ^- ^ . Felton, 



Messrs. Bees, Lim., Liverpool exhibited 



ing variety, with bright blue, white-eyed 

 flowers; Eoscoea capitata purpurata, with 

 purple flowers, and Dracocephalum Forresti. 

 with soft lavender-blue flowers, and Lilium 

 lophophorum, were also staged by the Liver- 

 pool firm. 



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

 large exhibitors of phloxes and pentstemons, 

 and they showed the latter particularly well, 

 staging a dozen spikes or so of such showy 

 and beautiful varieties as Fire Dragon, Sala- 

 mander, Damocles, Arethusa, Eros, the vivid 

 and white-throated Diamond — a splendid 

 sort. Lady Halle, Sylviane, Taurus 

 red, a dense spike, Mrs. E. Paget, and 

 Capella. Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., En- 

 field, set up a few perpetual carnations, but 

 their most prominent subject was Clethra 

 arborea (A.M.), with horizontal spikes of 

 pendant, pearly-white flowers; some of the 

 plants, in five-inch pots, were flowering 

 quite freely and beautifully. Where it 

 thrives out of doors this is a fine flowering 

 shrub. Hardy flowers in variety were con- 

 tributed by the Guildford Hardy Plant 

 Nursery Company, Guildford. 



An effective bank of hardy flowers from 

 Mr. iMaurice Prichard, Christchurch, in- 

 cluded a selection of the best phloxes, the 

 pretty Heeria elegans, with rosy-purple 

 flowers; Lysimachia Henryi (A.M.), of dw^arf 

 habit, and bearing clusters of yellow flowers; 

 delphiniums, gladioli, Montbretia George 

 Davison, and the handsome Crimson Powelli. 

 Phloxes were largely staged by Messrs. W. 

 Wells and Co., Merstham, the leading varie- 

 ties being Champs Elysees, Selma, Elizabeth 

 Campbell, Henri Eegnault, Le Prophete, the 

 large-flowered Eose Queen, Geoffry St. Hil- 

 aire, and the dark purple Le Mahdi. Messrs. 

 Eich and Co., Bath, presented a collection 

 of pentstemons, but, unfortunately, the 

 flowers had not travelled well ; the same firm 

 contributed a collection of phloxes that in- 

 cluded the leading varieties. 



Mr. Jas. Box, Lindfield, displayed phloxes 

 in fine style, his group being quite artistic, 

 as well as effective. There were great 

 mounds of such lovely sorts as Sheriff Ivory, 

 Le Mahdi, Lindfield Beauty, G. A. Strohlein, 

 Fiancee, General von Hentz, Frau A. Buch- 

 ner, and Selma. Tlie new, large-flowered 

 Francois de Neufchatel — greyish blue; and 

 Widar, soft blue, another new sort, were 

 two very promising varieties of considerable 

 distinction. Messrs. Webb and Brand, Saf- 

 fron Walden. exhibited fine spikes of splendid 

 hollyhocks, the big double blooms being very 

 attractive. A few outstanding varieties were 

 Walden Primrose, Fire King, Peri, Ovid, 

 Eosy Morn, and Lady Bailey. 



The phloxee exhibited by Mr. H. J. Jones, 

 Lewisham, were well staged, and notably 

 good were the spikes of Mdme. Paul Dubrie, 

 soft blush; Brilliant, Antoine Mercier, Le 

 Mahdi, G. A. Strohlein, and Elizabeth Camp- 

 bell. Two stands, composed of sprays of 

 Bocconia microcarpa and Solidago altic^ima, 

 attracted a great deal of attention, the 

 ladies being loud in their praises of this 

 pretty combination of greeny-grey and gold. 

 Meissrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, filled 

 a large space with a brilliant exhibit of 

 cannas and begonias, the latter chiefly repre- 

 sented by double varieties. Their pendulous 

 double scarlet variety, named Decorator 

 (A.M.), was especially graceful and suitable 

 alike for pots and baskets, for while the 

 stem is fairly sturdy, the flowers hang grace- 

 fully on longish stems. Tlie parents of this 

 variety were Washington and Fleur de 

 Chrysantheme. 



The Eev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering, ex- 

 hibited Eose Danae (A.M.), a small-flowered, 

 pale yellow variety, suggestive of Allister 

 Stella Gray, but bearing its blooms more 

 sturdily in lax clusters. One of the most 

 brilliant floM^rs in the show was E^ch- 

 scholtzia Mikado canaliculata (A.M.), a vivid 

 scarlet variety, with orange-yellow centre, 

 and with the petals beautifully crimped or 

 goffered (the ladies would probably say 

 pleated), in regular lines from base to mar- 

 gin. This was shown by Mr. W. H. Gar- 

 diner, St. Osyth. 



OECHID COMMI^PTEE. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 put up a small collection of orchids, and here 

 were Odontoglossum Harryanum, O. Eolfeae, 

 O. Elaine, Cattleya gigas, Odontioda Cliarles- 

 worthi, Dendrobium Dearei, etc. Messrs. 

 Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, submitted a 

 group of considerable size, and made a quite 

 good show with Cattleya Warscewiczi, C. 

 Harrisonae, C. granulosa, Brasso-cattleya 

 Maronae, Eenanthera Imsehootiana Miltonia 

 Lambeauianum, and Disa grandiflora. From 

 Mr. E. H. Davidson, Borlases, came a six- 

 flowered spike of Vanda Sanderiana, Cattleya 

 Eex, with two spikes, Odontioda Cooksonise- 

 with two fine spikes, etc. 



Messrs. Charleswortli and Co., Hay^vards 

 Heath, had a small exhibit, and hero the 

 leading plant was Odontioda Madeline, a 

 lovely crimson-flow^ered hybrid between O. 

 Charle^worthi and Odontoglossum crispum; 

 Cattleya Warscewiczi raajestica, Stanhopea 

 oculata, Habanaria Siizannae with white, 

 fringed flo%vers, Grammangis Ellisi and 

 Brassavola Digbyana were also well shown. 

 Mr. W. H. White, orchid grower to Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford Lodge, 

 Dorking, showed a fine specimen of Cypripe- 

 dium W. E. Lee, with five spikes, '^and a 

 total of thirteen flowers ; a cultural com- 

 mendation wa« awarded. Odontoglossum 

 Jasper was well fIiowti by Mr. De Barri 

 Crawshay, Eosefield, Sevenoaks. 



Mr. Thurgood, gardener to H. T. Pitt, 

 Esq., Eosslyn, Stamford Hill, exhibited Catt- 

 leya Dowiana, C. Warscewiczi, Frau Melanie 

 Beyrodt with five lovely flowers, Odontioda 

 Charlesworthi, Brasso-cattleya Helen, and 

 the quaint little Bulbophyllum barbigerum. 

 Mr. H. A. Tracey, Twickenham, also sent a 

 few orchids. 



FEUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



The Church Army sent a large collection 

 of vegetables grown at gardens in Stilling- 

 ton Street and Elverton Street, Westmin- 

 ster; dwarf beans, carrots, marrows, endive, 

 onions, parsnips, and turnips were specially 

 well represented. 



Several potatoes, cooked and uncooked, 

 were brought up from the society's gardens 

 at Wisley, and a%vards were made as under. 



CEETIFICATES AND AWAEDS. 



First-class Certificate. — To Potato Witchill 

 Seedling, from Messrs. Smith and Son, 18, 

 Market Street, Aberdeen. 



A^vard of Merit. — To Lysimachia Henryi, 

 from Mr. Maurice Prichard, Christchurch ; 

 to Gladiolus Crown Jewel, from Messrs. J. 

 Kelway and Son, Langport ; to Begonia De- 

 corator, from Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, 

 Swanley; to Eliodod'endron Clorinda, from 

 Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea; to 

 Haemanthus Andromeda, from E. E. Cory> 

 Esq., Duffryn, St. Nicholas, Cardiff; to Cle- 

 thra arborea, from Messrs. Stuart Low and 

 Co., Enfield; to Eschscholtzia Mikado canali- 

 culata, from Mr. W. H. Gardiner, St. Osyth; 

 to Eo-se Danae, from Eev. J. H. Pemberton, 

 Havering, Eomford; t^ Astilbe simplicifolia, 

 from Mr. G. Eeuthe, Keston, Kent; to 

 potato Imperial Beauty, from Mrt^sr^^. Barr 

 and Sons, Covent Garden, W.C: iind to 

 potatoes Irish Grem and King George V., 

 from Mr. W. E. Sands, Hillsborough, co. 

 Down, Ireland. 



MEDALS. 



Silver-Gilt Flora.— To Messrs. J. Kelway 

 and Son, Langport, for gladioli. 



Silver-Gilt Banksian.- — To Mr. Jas. Box* 

 Lindfield, Sussex, for phloxes; to Messrs. T. 

 S. Ware, Lim., Feltham, for pentstemons 

 and phloxes. 



Silver Knightian Medal.— To Westminster 

 City Church Army Gardens, for vegetables. 



Silver Rora, — To Messrs. H. B. May and 

 Sons, Edmonton, for ferns and campanulas; 

 to Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, for 

 greenhouse plants; to Messrs. Stuart Low 

 and Co., Enfield, for orchids; to H. T. Pitt. 

 Esq. (gardener, Mr. Tliurgood), Stamford 

 Hill, for orchids. 



Silver Banksian. — To Messrs. H. Cannell 

 and Sons, Swanley, for begonias, ete. ; to 



