December 7, 1912 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



933 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



During the afternoon of December 3 there 

 was a great crowd of visitors at the Royal 

 Horticultural Hall, Westminster, to see the 

 last show of the year. From about 2.30 to 

 4.30 the. hall was packed with people. The 



and Sons^ Chel&ea ; we have many tim^s re- 

 ferred to tlie varieties raised by this firm, 

 but a special word of praise eeems due to the 

 variety Elatior, which carries its numerous 

 bright salmon-pink or carmine flowers erect 



B. Gloire de Lorraine, was s^hown in quan- 

 titv and in capital condition by Mr. CI. 

 Laiige, Hampton. Mr. Lan^o also showed 

 fifteen plants of hydrangt^Us in -^S^sized pote, 

 carrying enormous heads. Tlie varieties 



G.M.559. 



A beautiful white, autumn-flowerin 



display was a good one, and there was plenty 

 of variety, as begonias, orchids, carnations, 

 fruits^ bottled fruits, chrysanthemums, and 

 paintings were all shown freely^ so that the 

 exhibition did not lack either variety or 

 brilliance. 



FLOKAuL COMMITTEE. 



"Very gay were the winter-flowering be- 

 gonias so well shown, by Messrs. Jas. Veitch 



PRUNUS MIQUELIAXA. 

 species, A.M., E.H.S., December 3. Colonel 



and in sturdv clusters: this should make a 

 tine market plant, as it carries " well. Of 

 B. Julius we may say that at Feltham it 

 has proved a capital basket plant, l^ouvar^ 

 dias, azaleas, and single chrysanthemums in 

 pots formed part of the display made by the 

 Chelsea firm. Messrs. J. Peed and Sons, Nor- 

 wood, also put up an exhibit of winter- 

 flowering besfonias. 



Eegonia Glory of Cincinnati, in the way of 



Stephen Clarke, C.B., Cuckfield. 



were Mdme. Emile Mouillere, Mdlle. and 

 Renee Gaillard, and of the former one head 

 was a foot wide and ten. inches deep. Mr. 

 A. Shambrook, gardener to the Eev. H. 

 Buekston, Sutton Hall, Derby, contributed 

 a batch of cyclamen®, in wbich the papilio 

 or fringed varieties were iu especially fine 

 condition, large, and freely-flowered. 



Poinsettias and cyclamens from Messrs. 

 H. B. May and Sons, Edmonton, were very 



