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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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blaze of brilliant carmine, while Winter 

 Cheer, Julius, Success, and Ensign were all 

 good and freely flowered. Another large ex- 

 hibit of }>egonias was made by Messrs. Wni. 

 Cutbush and Son, Highgate, and the white 

 Lady Waterlow was a conspicuouei 

 with these the Highgate firm showed 

 polyantha roses and perpetual carnation«. 



Chrysanthemums made a brave show in 

 tlie hall, and gave a splendid touch of colour. 

 Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewis- 

 ham, contributed a striking exhibit, in whicli 

 there were lx>]d stands of Japanese varieties, 

 and beautiful bunches of such singU's as 

 Mensa, Florrie King, and Sylvia Slado. Tlic 

 new Japanese variety, Mis« l{<M)pe, was vcrv 

 well shown. A corner group ot singles frotii 

 McHsrs. Cragg, Harrison, and Oagg, Heston, 

 Houiislow, included l>eautiful vases of 

 Klt rida, Klsa, Crimson Queen, Miss W. Wells, 

 Merstham Jewel, (\>lia, and Mensa. 



A bold group of single and drcmat i ve 

 chrys<anthemums eanu' timn M ^^i - .1. V'^itch 

 and Sons, Chelsea, antl, tin- dwarf 



plants were capitally gnjwii aiiu beautifully 

 flowered. The brilliant single named Felt- 

 ham Crimson formed a fine central block \u 

 this eftective display. Messrs. J. Petxl and 

 Sons presx^nted single sorts in great varit tv, 

 and M't tbem up in iigbt bunches. The 



feUigle .vcllow vaiiily, J. i\ I'ill.han, vva> 

 very hnely shown by Messr^. 11. Cjiniicll and 

 Sons, Swanley, in a group <.! i liivsanthe- 

 mums and cut pelargonium-. 



Messrs. W. Wells and ( Mt i^tl 

 up big ])yramids of Inigj l>h)t:ni> (jf Japan .-e 

 chrv>aii t lu-niuni^ W in . Turner, Qut-Mi Al arv, 

 and Mis, DrcXr^l, wjrli hn-gr s^roupiuLr, r,f \ 

 single varielie-, .\len-:i. the y(]lt.\\" 

 JJryant, tin* eriiii-wn i ii in !i t n , and t Ik' de- 

 coi at ive ^orts Ada ISi nuk,' and 1 let'em her 

 G<dd, arranged in lietwee.! Mie lar^^'e l)l(!oni-. 

 A very hold and effective i'liut rihnt i(tn. The 

 Mi--e> IMer .umI I'iie. (irove Park, L. e. di^- 

 l>laye(l r-ingle i hry-an: heininns and soine good 

 t a mat ion hh)nni>. Sjnuj,. ehrv-anthemunis 

 were very w til .-Imu n ' i»y Mv, [\ Ward. 

 Bishop's St(irl t<>: (I pnpnlai' vai iet ies being 



well displayed. .laine> P»n\. Mndfield, 



exhibited ;t very handxune grr up of •^inglos 

 chxse to one (tt the annexe>. lie iia<l large 



bold stands of Ijcautifnl flnv, ]-. of Ceddie 

 Mason, crimson ; Pliyllis IJryant, yellow ; 

 l ii:- King, ror-e-red: Sylvia Slade, deep rose; 

 lalitli Pagrani^ Leo, and Clias. Hale. 



Air. Ciiapnuin, gardener to L. Harrison, 

 Esq., Orchards, Kast Grinstead, sent a verv 

 bright single <'hrysanthemum named .Michael 

 HarrixHi (A.M.); frnni the Alanor Xui>;'rir> 

 Cardirt'. came Audrey (A.M.); Mr. H. J. Jones 

 -Miu 'd an A.M. for :\ri->s Mary Fox; and 

 Mr. A. Sa.itti. The Convent Gardens, Koe- 

 i)ani[)t(eii, ohtained a lik.' award for the white 

 Japane-e variety. Mrs. \V. T. Smith. Mr. 

 May, gardener tlie Countess of Maeelrs- 

 tield. Shirbnrne Ca^tl,, Watlington. >]i(nved 



a bright single ehry-ant henuim named Coun. 

 tess of Maeelestield. 



A splendid htt of itloorus of the new per- 

 petual carnation Snowstorm (A.M.). S(^t u]) 

 by Mr. \V. f^iwrcnson, Varn-<)n-UVes, was a 

 centre of attraction . This i-. a grand i>nre 

 white, fringed varirtv of large -ize, great 

 purity, and excellent "sn bstanee. The ealyx 

 L^'Miil, and the Howors arc very .^weetlv 

 c^cented, like the Old Clove variety.^ Messis. 

 S. Low and Co., Enfield, had the new car- 

 nations Benora and Rosette on view among 

 vases of popular sorts. The (a mat ions 

 shown by Messrs. Allwood Brothers Hay- 

 ward's Heath, contained two good new 

 varieties, i.e., Salmon Enchantress, a sal- 

 mon sport from an old and popular .sort; 

 and Mary Allwood, rich rosy-cerise, with 

 broad outer petals, and making up a' hand- 

 some bloom; an Award of Merit was granted 

 in each instance. Sun-star, a good vclh>w 

 variety, was conspicuous in the group of ear 

 nath>ns >ubniitted by Mr. C. Kngelnumn, 

 Saffron Walden. 



Tlie handsome Polypodiuni Mandaianum 

 was again finely shown by Mr. W. A. Manda, 

 ^C A!l)ans. aiid he also showed the varie- 

 iXated Antiierieuni Alandaianum. which 

 ^iiould prov<> a popular basket plant. Plum- 

 bago eoeeniea, with its slender graceful 



spikes of small red flowers, was exhibited in 

 some quantity by Mr. Fitch, gardener to 

 Sir George Faudell-Phillips, Hertford. Cy- 

 claments, poiiLsettias, and standard capsi- 

 cums were associated with ferns by Messrs. 

 H. B. May and Sons Edmonton. 

 ■ Some interesting alpines, chiefly saxi- 

 frages, sedums, and other lowly plants, ^vere 

 contributed by Messrs. Whitelegg and Page 

 Ch isle hurst ; Aubrietia Violet Queen was 

 notably l)riglit and good. Alessrs. T. S. 

 Ware. Fain. I't^liliam, showed a large collec. 

 tioi! of alpiiK's, and the pan of Androsace 

 eonmopifolia, carrying its dainty white 

 fh>wers, was very pretty. Saxifages in 

 great variety, largely encrusted sorts, were 

 -hnu n in little pans by Messrs. J. Piper and 



Sons Havswater. 



OIH HID COMMITTKi;. 



A large and handsome group of orchids 

 which attracted general attention wa^ staged 

 by M .-. II iMit er, gardener to the Duke of 

 AlarMx reui^h, lUeniieim Palace. It e(m>i,-:t?d 

 cliicfiy ot thr beaut it ul l)lue Vanda caerulea, 

 andtht rr wer, alioii; twr) hundred and sixty 

 fine s|>ikes un two hundred and twenty 

 plant airanged over moe^-s and ferns, with 

 a large niinilHu* of Cypripedium insigne and 

 C i, Satuier;e at thi> )'ase The efPect of the 

 ^4"' "''P ^^-'^ utifurl unalely largely spoiled by 

 tla^ use <:f vivid scarlet draping from the 

 edge (►! the >tage to the floor. There were 

 «-(>ni.' th:- forms of Vanda cserulea staged, 

 and ainong lh--e we made special note of V. 

 c. ( uiti^, witii undulating sepals and reti- 

 culating deep blue veins; V. c. Airs. Spencer 

 rhureliill. deep blue; and Y. c. ilargnretta, 

 with very broad segments, 



S<(nie capital cyprip: fliun^> were shown bv 

 Me^M>. J. Cypl ler and Sou^, Cheltenliam, and 

 then^ were IniidM.rne, suh.tantial flowers of 

 Thalia gigauti'a, ('. Le.'aaum giganteum, 

 Milf» Weston hirt vai .. ('. Actaens gigantea' 

 Mdnie. .lults Hye, the bold C. Fulshaw- 

 ^"1(1 the light-hurd C. Milky Way. 

 :\IesM s. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, brought 

 iq) tlic lumdsomc deep purple-lipped L^lio- 

 cattleya Haroldiana. the finely-spotted Cypri 

 pedium Pyranin^ lilaek Prince, and the broad 

 C. Dreadnought: l.'plio-cattleya Statteriana 



was well -hitwn in tiie group. 



Orehids were shown by Messrs. J. Veitch 



and Sons, Chelsea, and tlie group consisted 

 largely of cypripcdiuius, with a few odonto- 

 ^lossums and Laelio-cattleya Pedro L -c 

 Pnain, and L.-c. Xysa, C. Baron 'Scliro- 

 flor ( . Actspus Tracey's var., C. Eegina, and 

 * . J.eeanum Clinkabenyanum were notable 

 among the cy])ripediumK. Very bright were 

 the cvpripediuins exhibited by Alessrs Swan 

 and Priers Keytield. St. Albans. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., ^^outhgate sent 

 A tew cypripediums and odontoglosvsums and 

 Messrs. (Miarlesworth and Co., Hayward's 

 Heath, staged Odontioda Bradshawiae the 

 fine rvpnpedium eboraicnm, the quaint little 

 OncHlioda Marjorie, produced from Oncidium 

 Forl.oM and T'ochlioda Xoetzliana; and On^ 

 cid.um hvbridum. Oncidium varicosnm 

 bogcrsi, Vanda caerulea, Cattleva \rm- 

 stronga^, C. Fabia and L.-c. St.^Jothard 

 were among the best things in the group 

 from Messrs. S. Low and Co. Enfield 



F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq./The Shrubberv, 

 Oxford, showed a few choice orchids and 

 secured an Award of Merit for Laelio'-catf- 

 leya Scylla, a free-flowering yellow hybrid 



pretty hybnd from C. Leeanum and C. Baron 

 Scln-oder. Mr. W. H. Davidson, OrclS 

 Dene Iwy ford, gamed a First Clas^ Certi- 

 ficate for a fine plant of Laelicvcattleya Bella 

 Orchid Dene witli large purple blooms. 

 Prom \\estonbirt, Tetbury, Mr. Alexander 

 orchid grower to ^ — ""^^i^ 



ir George Holford, 



brought up Cypripedium Latona (AM) a 

 broad, shapely flower white and green. 



cams, the brilliant-hued Chilian beet, and 

 red cabbages. In the foreground a few of 

 the best dishes from a goodly set were 

 Hollow-crown parsnips, Ailsa Craig onions 

 the new Intermediate beet, white artichokes^ 

 celeriac. Snowball and Yellow Perfection 

 turnips Model carrots, and potatoes. 



A very fin-e collection of fruit, consistino^ 

 of about seventy dishes of clean, well- 

 coloured apples, twenty-two dishes of pears^ 

 eighteen bunches of Black Hamburgh, Mus- 

 cat of Alexandria, Cooper's Black, and Prince 

 of Wales grapes, with three dishes of med- 

 lars, an Emerald Green melon, quinces, and 

 nuts, was staged by Mr. Edwin Beckett, 

 V.M.H., gardener to the Hon. Vicary Gibbs^ 

 Aldenham House, Elstree, 



A collection of cabbages and kales from 

 M-essrs. Jas. Carter and Co., Paynes Park,„ 

 was interesting as showing the great varia- 

 tion in one species of plant. Model cabbage, 

 the Russian kale, Couve Tronchuda, Christ- 

 mas, Drumhead cabbage, White Prizetaker 

 cabbage, and Drumhead kale were a few par- 

 larly noticeable and useful sorts. 



Mr. W. M. Bennett, gardener to C. Goring, 

 Esq., Wiston Park Gardens, Steyning, con- 

 tributed about thirty dishes of apples; and 

 Mr. C, Prentice, gardener to Mrs. W. 

 Gordon Cumming, Hartpury House, Glouces- 

 ter, di^pbiy^^d iibijiit fifly dishes of apples had 

 pears, grouped with small crotons and palms. 

 Mr , S t a n a rd , The G a.r de ns , P a ns h a n ge r , 

 Hertford, was awarded a Cultural Commen- 

 dation for a dish of White Ischia figs. 



CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS. 



First-class Certificate. — ^To Laelio-cattleya 

 Bella Orchid Dene variety, from Mr. W. H. 

 Davidson, Orchid Dene, Twy ford. 



Award of Merit. — To Carnations IV^ary 

 Allwood and Salmon Enchantress', from 

 Messrs. Allwood Bros.^ Hay wards Heath; 

 to Carnation Snowstorm, from Mr. W. Law- 

 renson, Yarm-on-Tees ; to winter-flowering 

 begonias Eclipse, Scarlet Beauty, Lucy Cli- 

 bran, and Splendour, from Messrs. Clibrans, 

 Altrincham; to Chrysanthemum Miss May 

 Fox, from Mr. H. J. Jones, Dewisham; to 

 Chrysanthemum Mrs. W. T. Smith, from 

 Mr. A. Smith, Convent Gardens, Roehamp- 

 ton ; to Cbrysanthemum Audrey, from 

 Manor House Nurseries', Cardiff; to Chry- 

 santhemum Michael Harrison, from Mr. 

 Chapman, gardener to L. Harrison, Esq.^ 

 Orchards, East Grinstead; to Cypripedium 

 Latona, from Sir George Holford, W-eston- 

 birt, Tetbury; to Laelio-cattleya Scylla and 

 Cypripedium Elatior, from ' F. Menteith 

 Ogilvie, Esjq., Oxford. 



MEDALS. 



Gold.— To Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons,. 

 Chelsea, for vegetables; to Mr. Hunter, gar- 

 dener to the Duke of Marlborough, Blen- 

 heim, for orchids, and also a Silver Lindley 

 Medal; to Mr. E. Beckett, gardener to the 

 Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Elstr?e, for fruit. 



Silver-gilt Flora.— To Messrs. J. Waterer 

 and Sons, Bagshot, for evergreen shrubs; 

 to Messrs-. W. Wells and Co., Merstham, for 

 chrysanthemums. 



Salver Flora.— To Messrs. Stuart Low and 

 U)., Enfield, for orchids- to Mr. F. Gals- 



r^^if-^' ^^^^*^^y' paintings of flowers; 

 to Mr. H. J. Jones, Lewisham, for chry- 

 santhemums; to Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 

 Chelsea., for begonias and chrysanthemums. 



Silver Knightian.— To Mr. Prentice, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. W. Gordon Cumming, Hart- 

 pury House, Gloucester, for fruit ; to Messrs. 

 E. \\estmacott and Co., Leadenhall Street, 



o i ^ African preserves. 

 „ ^a^ksian.— To Mr. J. Box, Lind- 



held, for chrysanthemums; to Messrs. Cli- 

 brans Altrincham, for begonias; to Messrs. 

 VVm Cutbush and Son. for carnations, be- 



gonias ete. ; to Messrs. H. B. May and Sons. 

 Vf ^^"^^'^^ for eyclamens and ferns; to 



Vegetables finelv grou„ and finelVstV^oH fnf^i'i ^^^^"^ ^<^- Rayn^s P^^^k, 



:'om Me.M-.. J.s V^itHi uul Sons Vl J;?!!^^ f^"^ cabbages and kales; to Mrs. Miller, Moy- 



' ' "'^ ^ ''"''^^^^ l/en Marlow, for preserves and sweetmeats : 



to VIi.>s Sewell, South Kensington, for jams. 



lironze Banksian.- To Mr. Bennett, gar- 

 dener to C. Goring, Esq., Wiston Park. 

 Steymng, for fruit. 



FRUIT AXD VKfil-TAHLE COMMIITEE. 

 fi 



formed a very liandsomo and educational 

 feature ot the exhibition, lliero wore a hun 

 dred varieties on view, and the background 

 was formed of celery, kales, broccoli,^capsi- 



