THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



November 9, 1912. 



orange- 

 one of the very 



Rich colouring wixs 



Cookson, Oak wood, Wylam-on-Tyne, for 

 Calanthe Angela, rich dark crimson ; C. Cook- 

 soniae. large, pure white; and Odontioda 

 Bradshawiae Cooksoniae, brilliant 

 scarlet, purple, and pink- 

 finest odontiodas. 



Botanical orchids were shown only by Sir 

 Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Rei- 

 gate, and hus group attracted not a little 

 attention from lovers of the curious; Den- 

 drobium Coelogyne, Steuoglottis longifolia, 

 Ornithidium sophronitis, and Angraecum din- 

 tichum were a few notable species. This 

 interesting collection gained a Silver Cup. 



NURSERYMEN. 



A large circular group, occupying a cen- 

 tral position in the hall, was greatly admired. 

 It was from MeKcirs. Stuart Low and Co., 

 Eniield, and its towering structure, as well 

 the grace and l)eauty ot its arrangement, at- 

 tracted everyone. ITie white Dendrobium 

 t'ormosum giganteum crowned the group, and 

 springing out from l>eIow these were many 

 long sprayts of the golden Oncidium varico- 

 sum, with planta of Cattleya labiata, C. 

 Harrisonae, and Dendrobium Phalaenopsis 

 Schroderiana. The latter orchid was also 

 arranged in outstanding vasog at intervals 

 around the group, other vases being filled 

 with golden oacidinms. In the body of this 

 circular pyramid plants of particular interest 

 were Brasso-cattleya Imperatrice de Rueeie, 

 with a long wliite and yellow lip; the chaste 

 Cymbidium erythrt^tylum, the gorgeous 

 Laelio-cattleya Luminosa, Cattleya Endora 

 gigas, C. aurea, C. Octave Boin, and Vanda 

 Kimballiana. The Messrs. Low were awarded 

 a well-de.served Gold Medal. 



A particularly pleasing group from Messrs. 



J. and A. McBean was especially graceful 

 because of the host of arching spikes of 

 Odontoglossum crispum, with O. eximum 

 McBean var. (A.M.). and Odontioda Charles- 

 worthi, it contained. 



provided by Cattleya aurea, Epidoudrum 

 vitellinum majus, Cattleya labiata, C. 

 Bowringiana, C. Fabia, and the handsome 

 Vanda Sanderiana, while Cypripcdium in- 



f<igne Sandera*, finely grown, filled tlie cen- 

 tral foreground. This exhibit gained the pce- 

 mier award in the class for nurserymen, the 

 sp;ic(^ ncciipii'fl not to exceed liX) chij. ft., and 

 it gaiiu'd a Silvor Cup. 



In the samechiss a very pleasing group of 

 orchids, especialh' noticeable for the tasteful 

 arrangement of flowering and foliage plants, 

 maiutaiiu'd t lie reputation of Messrs. J . 



Cypher and -Sons (Silver-gilt Flora Medal). 

 Good nse was made of the graceful Dendro- 

 bium Phalaenopsis Schroderiana, Oncidium 

 varicoeum, and odontogloe>sums, while under 

 these a fine selection of cypripediunis was 

 dit^posed advantageously, with Platyclinis 

 Cobbiana, Odontogiot^isum grande, Cattleya 

 Bowringiana, C. Fabia, L.-c. Luminosa, and 

 Oncidium ornithorhynchum. The ever-popu- 

 lar Cypripedium insigne Sandvrie tilled a 

 large part of the group from Mi . i:. V. Low, 

 Hayward's Heath, and formed a t^oud setting 

 for the white-flowt red Cattleya labiata Le 

 President, C 1. Daphne, C. 1. La Vierge, and 

 C. I. W. R. Lee, the latter carrying eight 

 lovely blooms. (Silver Flora Medal.) 



The group in thi^ cla.ss from Mr. Harry 

 Dixon, Spencer Park Xur.^ery, Wandsworth 

 Common, was prettily arranged; Odontoglo? 

 sum crispum, Yanda cserulea, Cattleya Fahia. 

 Oncidium vaxicosum, and cypripediums were 

 the leading subjects. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 

 Very interesting plant> were grouped by Mr. 

 S. W. Flory^ Tracey s Nursery, Twickenham^ 

 and of special importance were Cymbidium 

 Tracyanum, with very large spikes, Odon- 

 tioda Charlesworthi, Odontoglossum Lam- 

 beauianum, and Brasso-cattleya Meronise 

 (Silver Banksian Medal.) 



The beautiful Calanthe Harri^i with pure 

 white flowers, was largely and well >howii in 

 a group from Messrs. J. Vt-iteh and Sons, 

 i^-heisea. Thin was not a large group but it 

 contained good examples of Lselio-cattleya 

 l^ueen Alexandra, Brasso-cattleya Ilene, with 



i^?^!f1 lip; L.-c. Lamorna, a pro- 

 mismg hybrid befwoon L.-c 

 C. Hardvnn.i ; L \ 



Dominiana and 

 y^a, and L.-c. Priam. 



(Silver Banksian Medal.) The little group 

 from Me^rs. W. Baylor, Hartland, and 

 Sons, Cork, suffered in the matter of arrange- 

 ment, and in many cased the paper-bound 

 stickrt used for packing and carriage had not 

 been removed. A little batch of Cypripe- 

 dium triumphans in this group attracted at- 

 tention. (Bronze Banksian Medal.) 



Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 invariably show cypripediums well, and on 

 this occasion they had a handsome exhibit 

 of these plants, and used palms and ferns 

 and crototts with their orchids. At all four 

 corners they had delightful batches of the 

 lovely yellow and white C. insigne Sanderse, 

 while in the centre were C. i. Harefield Hall, 

 C. FuLshawenee, C. Sir Redvers Buller, the 

 pretty C. Minog Veitehi, and the bold C. 

 Felicity. (Silver Cup.) Mr. G. W. Miller, 

 Clarkson s Nurseries, Wisbech, contributed 

 cypripediums in this class, and the chief 

 kinds staged were C. insigne Sanderae, C. 

 triumphans, C. Spicerianum, C. Mandiae,'and 

 C. Ma 



um. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 

 The best specimen orchid in the nursery- 

 men's division was a large Cymbidium 

 Tracyanum, carrying several sturdy spikes 

 of large cream and red-brown flowers. This 

 was shown by Mr. S. W. Flory, Twickenham 

 and gained a Silver Banksian Medal. 



Royal Horticultural Society's 



novel- 



iviisceiianeous Show 



Ihe Floral Committee had numero 

 ties to consider, but the groups coming 

 under their adjudication were few, as the 

 hall was, a^ Jilready notified, given over 

 largely to orchids. 



An exceedingly bright bank of winter- 

 flowering begonias from Messrs. J. Veitch 

 and Sons, Chelsea, again demonstrated the 

 value of these flowers; B. Elatior, B. Mrs 

 Heal, and B. The Gem are all first rate, 

 while m B. Emita (A.M.), orange-apricot- 

 and B. Optima (A.M.), buff-pink, tlie firm ha& 

 two fine nev intxoductions tliat show a 

 break-away from the commoner carmine 

 shades. The same firm exhibited a famous 

 lot of dwarf chrysanthemums in pots finely 

 grown and freely flowered. On several occa- 

 sions we have referred to these wonderfully 

 decorative specimens so finely grown at the 

 firm's Feltham nursery. 



Winter-flowering begonias y^ere largelv 

 shown by Messrs. William Cutbush and Son 

 Ilighgate ; a bright bank of plant.s from this 

 firm included batches of B. Julius, B. Emilv 

 Cabran, B. Beauty of Hale, the very useful 

 B Ensign B Winter Cheer, and the new 

 white, B. Lady W^aterlow. Mr. G. Beuthe 

 showed a number of nerines and saxifrages 

 lerpetual carnations in considerable varietv 

 were well shown by Messrs. AUwood Bros 

 Haywards Heath and Meesrs. Stuart Low 

 n»,H t £nfield, had a small PxbiKi-f 



flowers. 



fine 



pcpuk 



The bertolonias and sonerilas from Mr L 

 B. Russell, Richmond, were delightful knd 

 we wish we had space to refer more fuiw to 

 these elegant and brilliant foHage plants A 

 hno orange tree, grown from a pip, without 

 graf ing, and cultivated within '^^^en mS^ 

 o { luiruur Cro«3, was submitted bv Messrs 

 lelton and Sons, Hanover Square ^ its 

 TOP of fruity attracted no small attention 

 ^he gra^id Queen Mary chrysanthemum and 

 the scarcely-less fine Mrs. Gilbert Drabble 

 wore conspicuous in the exhibit from Messrs 

 U ells and Co Merstham. Viscount Sey 

 Blagdon, contributed perpetual carnation?- 

 and Mevssrs Cragg, Harrison, andCraga seni 

 sonie splendid new single chrysanthlmums 

 The large group of ferns from Messrs h' 

 B May and Sons^ Edmonton, contained man^ 

 of the newer things, notably Adiantum mi 



i>. e. vViilmotta> ^A.M.), verv ffrao^ful 

 finely divided ; N, Whitmanni^mpS 

 Osmunda palu8tris undulata. lieLnit' C^v 

 men and B Pi„k Beauty, two fibS roS 

 vanet.es o prreat Wauty. wei^ submftSd by 

 Me^rs Blax-kmore and Langdon. Twerton 

 Bath ; the pink variety i« ^ery chaTS"' 

 and It m the result of a second^rv croTs B 



Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryeeroft, Lewisham, and 

 ethers sent a lew new chrysanthemums. 



CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS, 



We hope to describe the following in our 

 next issue: 



First Class Certificate. — To Odontoglo^um 

 Aurora ■ (Lambeauianum x Rossi rubescens), 

 from Messrs. J. Veiteh and Sons, Chelsea; 

 to Cattleya Peetersi, Westonbirt var.^ and 

 to Vanda coerulea Lady Holford, from Sir 

 George Holford (grower, Mr. H. Alexander;, 

 Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucester; to Odon- 

 tioda Bradshawiae Gattonensis, from Sir Jere- 

 miah Colman, Bart, (gardener, Mr. Collier), 

 Gatton Park, Reigate ; to Laelio-cattleya 

 Orion var. Othello, from Messrs. Charles- 

 worth and Co., Haywards Heath. 



Award of Merit. — To Laelio-cattleya Walter 

 Gott, from Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. 

 Albans; to Cattleya Fabia Gloriosa, C. Fabia 

 Sunset, C. Hardyana La Perle, Laelio-cat- 

 tleya Golden Fleece, and Cypripedium 

 Muriel, from Sir George Holtord; to Cattleya 

 Venus var. Princess, and Cattleya Rhoda 

 The Jewel, from Messrs. Charlesworth and 



Co., Haywards Heath ; to Brasso-cattleya 

 Hyeae, and Cattleya Oberon, from E. K. 

 Ashton, Esq., Broadlands, Camden Park; to 

 C3'-pripedium Lataniianum, from J. Gurney 

 Fowler, Esq., Gle'belands, South Woodford; 

 to Odontoglossum eximium McBean's var., 

 from Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooks- 

 bridge; to Begonia Emita and B. Optima, 

 fr< m Messrs. Jame® Veitch and Sons, Chel- 

 sea; to Chrysanthemum Queen Mary, from 

 Messrs. W. Well-s and Co., Merstham; t-o 

 Hoheria popul.iea, from the Countess of II- 

 chester; to Carnation St. Nicholas, from 

 Mesrs, Stuart Low and Co., Enfield; to 

 chrysanthemums Miss A. E, Roope and Hec- 

 tor Menzies, from Mr. H. J. Jones, Lewis- 

 ham; to chrysanthemums Portia and Snow 

 Queen, from Messrs. Cragg, Harrison, and 

 Ciagg, Heston, Hounslow ; to chrysanthe- 

 mum Mr. Leonard Harrison, from Mr. Harri- 

 son, East Grinstead. 



MEDALS. 



The following awards were made to mis- 

 cellaneous displayi^: 



Silver Gilt Banksian. To Messrs. James 

 Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, for winter-flower- 

 ing begonia^s and chrysanthemums. 



Silver Flora.— To Mr. L. R. Russell, Rich- 

 mond, for bertolonias and sonerilas. 



Silver Banksian.— To Messrs. William Cut- 

 bush and Son, Higheate, for winter-flowerinof 

 begonias: and to Messrs. H. B. May and 

 Sons, Edmonton, for ferns. 



R.H,S. Scientific Committee. 



BORDEAUX INJURY.— Mr. 

 showed, on behalf of 

 apples to 



Mr. 



A. W. Hill 

 Mas»see, some 



illustrate the russeting due to 



the action of Bordeaux mixture upon their 

 skins. 



ANTIRRHINUM SPORTING.— Mr. Chit- 

 London 



short, 



tenden showed from a garden 

 stems of an antirrhinum bearing ^x.^.., 

 leafy growths in the axils of the bracts in- 

 stead of flowers. The leaves were very 

 sniall. A similar specimen was subsequently 

 sent by Mes^^rs. R. Veit^ih, of Exeter, like 

 the former in every way. 



^ J^^"^ANESE RHODODENDRON SPORT- 

 ING.— Sir George Holford exhibited a small 

 rhododendron raiised from the cross R. 

 lavanicum Ruby x R. j. Ne Plus Ultra. It 

 bore two inflorescences, one having bright red 

 flowers, the other not quite so deep in colour 

 and with yellow corolla tubes. The two 

 parente had both crimison-scarlet flowers of 

 slightly different shades. The flowers on 

 the two trusses were of the same age. Ten 

 plants of the cross had flowers each bearing 

 iloweps of a richer colour than either of the 



none of the others had shown 

 similar sporting proclivities. 



GREY OAK.— Dr. Voelcker sent a piece 

 ot oak wood of a peculiar greyish-blue 

 colour from a tree struck by lightning. The 



r'?!r^;r® thought the coloration was pro- 

 bably the result of exposure to sun and air, 

 especially as the tint approached that of 

 weathered oak palings 



