November 23, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



893 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The large and int-eresting exhibition held 

 at Vincent Square, Westminster, on Tues- 

 day. November IS, attracted ^'^^J many 

 visitors, and for two honrs or more it was 

 a very difficult matter to get from one part 

 of the hall to another, because of the crowd. 

 Among notable personalities who vieited the 

 hall there were the Right Hon. the Speaker, 



of the hall bv Messrs. John "Waterer and 



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Sons, Lim., Bagsliot. These were all ever- 

 green subjects, chiefly conifers and hollies, 

 with an edging of veronica. Golden yews, 

 cupr&ssus, and retinosporas were very charm- 

 ing, but probably the most effective plants 

 were the long-stemmed standards of T?oliiio- 

 spora filifera aurea, E. ob1n-a ;tunM. lli'x 



aranged on the floor hy Mr. G. Reuthe, 

 Keston. Tliougli it^v of ihv<:^ were in bloom, 

 one could not fail 1 o Ix' alt raited by the 

 handsome leatage of the iiumercms sjiocies 



of Himalayan riiododendroiKs. 



A particularly good bank of winter-flower- 

 ing l)eg(Hiias, from Messrs. Cliluan^. Allrin- 

 cliani , in (Ileal ed t lu^ \ al iif nl 1 lir^e ]>lan>- 



NEAY PEEPETUAL CAENATION SNOWSTORM 



A large, pure white, deliciously fragrant variety. A.M.. 11. li- 



November 19. Mr. W. T.awrpn-nn. Yarm-on-Tees. 



the Duke of Marlborough, Sir Albert RoUit, 

 and Mr. and Mrs. Winston. Churchill. 



Chrysanthemums, carnations, and winter- 

 flowering begonias were largely shown, or- 

 =ehids were fairly well represented, and so 

 were trees and shrubs; while vegetables, 

 fruits, and paintings of garden scenes and 

 flowers were quite plentiful. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



cxxi*^ ^^xxrubs were very much in evi- 

 dence on this occasion, and a large and in- 

 teresting exhibit was staged acrons the end 



aquifolia argentea pendula, I. a. \\atereri, 

 I. a. aure-a, Taxus adpreasa,T. baccata aurea 

 and Thuia occidentalis pendula. Some ot 

 the hollies were grandly berried, notably a 

 specimen of 1. a. balearica with don-o clus- 

 ters of deep red fruits. The small-loaved 

 Hex crenata and I. c. aurea, and th;' black 

 berried I. c latifolia were very distinct ; 

 while the big pyramids of golden and silv.^r 

 hollies weie grand s|K'ciinens. ami tlien^ was 

 tine example of the elegant Phillyrea Vil- 



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morineana. 



Another considerable group of shrubs was 



to 



flowering. 



Th 



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large 



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N('.veml>er _ 

 wvvv capitaily grown, and carried 

 nunilKM'> of flower.-. Mis^ flibran. 

 braus Piiik, and Kmily Clibran were 

 flnelv represented, l^ut thi' new varieties were 

 oven more brilliant— t Ik-.' w<Te Splendour 

 ( V M ) deep scarlet; Kelip>e (A.M.). salmon, 

 red- Scarlet lleauty (A.M.). bright scarlet; 

 uul Lucy (iii)ran (A.M.), bufl. suthised rose; 

 caeli ^vcured nu-ognition. Wmter-flowenng 

 i>egonias wrre also presented in large num- 

 lx?rs bv M.-Mv. J. Veitch and Sons, and in 

 tb-ir exhibit the variety The Ciem was a 



