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GA RDENERS MA GA ZINE. 



ing as many different genera, M. A. Rigouts was placed first with Peperoma 

 argyrea, an old plant now not often seen ; Drac&na Sanderiana, Dieffenbachia 

 Jenmanni, Maranta Veitchi, Pandanus amaryclidifolius, and Croton Oerstedti 

 (labelled Aureo-punctatissima). Mons Gustave Botelberge, Ghent, showed four 

 large tubs of Atrelizia Regime, carrying in the aggregate twenty spikes of their 

 curious yellow and purple-blue flowers; such large examples are scarcely ever 

 seen in this country outside our leading botanic gardens. 



M. Rigouts practically swept the board when competing in classes for stove 

 plants, and he secured a gold medal for twelve specimens with ornamental foliage 

 with the same kinds of plants as shown and enumerated elsewhere, Abutilon 

 Sellowianum in the third prize set of twelve stove plants was remarkable for its 

 thick but soft foliage, quite yellow, finely speckled with green and brown, and 

 veined palest green ; this was shown by M. Millet- Richard, Ledeberg. M. 

 Rigouts secured the silver-gilt medal for half-a-dozen specimen stove foliage plants, 

 Croton Andreanum, Alocasia pucciana, and Croton Baron J. de Rothschild being 

 conspicuous. The first prize group of twenty miscellaneous plants, amateurs, 

 was from M. Bedinghaus ; big ferns and dieffenbachias were shown in addition 

 to pretty examples of Acacia cordata, Ruellia Mackoyana, with deep rosy flowers ; 

 Vriesia Lubbersi, with three spikes, Eriostemon linifolium, &c. 



Camellias. 



Camellias were not contributed in large numbers, but those shown were 

 of great merit and remarkable for profusion of flowering, having regard to the 

 comparatively late period. In the great class for thirty, M. L. Eckhaute, St. 

 Denis, Westrem, was awarded the first prize, consisting of an object of art, for 

 spendidly developed specimens, chiefly trained in pyramidal form, and freely 

 flowered. The varieties were mostly those well known in the United Kingdom, 

 but we noticed a few beautiful varieties that are comparatively unknown in this 

 country. One of the finest of these is Madame Cochet, which has large and 

 superbly formed flowers, of a delicate flesh colour, occasionally striped and flaked 

 with brilliant carmine. Camellias : Societe Anonyme Horticole were awarded a 

 gold medal for an excellent collection. The finest of the collections of camellias 

 was that of fifteen plants shown by M. E. de Cock. 



Dracaenas and Crotons. 



The Societe Horticole Gantoise secured the large gold medal offered for 

 twenty-five handsome foliaged draexnas ; all the specimens were well grown, 

 though the colours were scarcely so brilliant as one would expect a month or two 

 later. D. Goldieana, D. Gladstonei, D. Wilsoni, D. Barteti, and D. amabilis 

 were represented by handsome specimens with robust foliage right down to the 

 pots.^ Near the water basin a group of dracsenas did not seem so much out of 

 keeping as at first one would imagine them ; these were a second prize lot, and 



* ;cond class; D. Lindeni, D. Baptiste, D. Norwood- 



lense, U. impenahs, D. amabilis, D. Smetiana, D. speciosa, and D. Alphonse 

 deLock were the most attractive examples. 



m The twelve crotons that secured for La Societe Horticole Gantoise the first 

 prize in their class were beautifully coloured and moderately large bushy sped- 

 mens, clean and most attractive, the collection forming a fine patch of colour near 

 some draci-nas and aroids. The varieties shown were Madame Bause, Sunshine, 

 K"! e i; int ? n < ver * gpW and green foliage), Mons. Bause, Madame 



Ruff ant, Morti, Countess, Madame Bruant, Madame Leon Duval, Georges 

 Lebucer, Amirai Cuverville, and Albert Truffant. 



Cycads. 



mJkm JlSSi f°J ° f « fiftCCn i CyCad ? Came from M ' de Ghellinck de Walle, and it 

 " ^ Belgium that such a collection should come 



kkn, 7 fSSSS*™ Encephalartos Altensteeini, E. horrida, Zamia Perows- 

 Ate£T& \°°v Cdule ' CyCaS drdnalis ' Z - Ghellincki (a feathery form 

 HLSK \ ? mttk * Z ' vcr ™osa, & Katzeriana, Z. Madura, 



scCnT im t h V fUnk fivC and a haIf feet hi &)> Z - Hildebrandi, and Cycai 

 scamensis, a very handsome cycas, well furnished. 



Palms. 



JcW S le fir n ,t r n re ^"i ^ Horticole Gantoise was awarded the gold 



few ens s fin 6 Ll , CUa,a Dr V ° xle * Calamus subangularis, Daemonofops 

 hon s ?ftGeonoma acauhs, one of the species with short Items and undivided 



Ki2£«?K SB£' Llv » ,onia Hoogendorpi, Ceratolobus concolor, a 

 S I S Xn S^J*^"' T ^hycarpus Khasyanus, Penanga Kuhli a 

 V™ Cocos nucifera > Oncospermum 



ch.cfatt ac u^^hh 8 [ andlS V and the 051 Pa,m > Elais guineensiC The 

 men ' 1 clas 1 ses / or F»l™ was the class for twenty-five sped- 



SSt^nSS^^ ^ fart °i? ered ^ M « ,e Comte de Kerchove de 



IfwtS rllnU, ? 9*% This coveted award Ml to the Societe 



large and clean specimens that 



ffii^EhlT SS£ ° f the ar S est ha »- Chief among thesfpalms were 

 llSSLiA^l Max ' mihana regia, Verschaffelia splendida, Cocos inside, 

 ^P^Vft^c^^^^ a Phcenicophorum, Areck lutescens, a^fg 

 plant P of £ 5S? urens ^ Cham f dorea d W Kentia Lindeni, a prettj 

 spikes • Thr \Zr *w ' a 5*°* Astrocaryum mexicana, with two flower 

 spikes 1 hnnax elegans, and a huge Rhapis flabelliformis. 



awaid^^ P alms th * first P rize ™* unanimously 



houses or where fhT* Cock f° r examples that could only find space in huge 



Thri?a argen ea CerTvlon ^ "P" . a,,OW ° f ** **« ° f 

 Rhapis aabelUf^ niveimi ' Kcntia Forsteriana, Phrcnix senegalensis, 



imperiali, t „d £SeWl5S ^ Ccha ? f ^ Livistonia altissima, Geonoma 

 fold medal Sfi sern^H ^S^S?* WCre cons P J ^us examples. The 

 \. ... . « as a second prize for fifteen palms (nurserymen) was won by 



jarge specimens, the set including Kentia mi^Ki 



was 



llnormis, SaUal Rlacl 



^et hi^h, and a ^ s^Z77p^ £S *™ lOTthl * eIe S ans > 

 he .palms shown by iTTd £ Pi" T^T^ r * 



negated Latania Lrbonica oui ^lercq-van-Ghyseghem, Ledeberg, 



uomca ' ( iu»te a large specimen. 



A handsome group of J*T ""^ 



fin the wint« £dtn, conS'T A!{?! endid ^ > *e rustic bridge and 



larger 



P0Od in the winter earden r m °l 



and was beauUfully fn keeoin? coll «tion of thirty tree and^"« fcTr^ 



v.omtesse de Kerrh^ s V rrou t ndln g* °f grass and water. This 

 » b 'g specimens of rS co,, « :,ion * «"> d included among the 

 «at» WilHnc klf to d haSS**- Barometz, C. princeps, Cyathea 

 sancta KatheriiL-e a S 0 .'*"" evecta - Smaller specimens were 

 eophylhim. I)A^maedSv!?' le A I Pol ?P 0 ^ Billardieri, Gonio- 



n interesting group of 1 ra nodosa ' and Asplenium 



iwuve ornamenul asnarair,,.. L ma. 



iantum 



APRIL 2 3 , 1896. 



Duriez freres, contained fair specimens of A. deflexus^A^^f • 

 medius, A. plumosus nanus, A. comorensis, A. plumosus crktl?^^' ^ 

 sonetti, A. retrofractus aborescens, A. Sprengeri and a Brous - 

 the latter a decidedly handsome plant, though not so valuable for \- 

 plumosus and its forms. M. Ed. Pynaert van Geert secured a ^ • B 15 ^ 

 Elk's Horn Fern showing a large and old example of the nonular P for * 



measuring nearly six feet through. The same exhibitor gained a sS^ V*'. ^ 

 silver medal— for Poly podium aureum, grown in a tub. M p vn P pnze ^ 

 had to be content with second place for thirty ferns, winning L ^ Geert 

 miscellaneous collection that followed that of the Comtesse de Kerchove * 



In a miniature greenhouse, and well closed in from the influence nf rt, a • 

 atmosphere around, M. Arthur de Smet, Ledeberg-lez-Gand sho d 

 filmy ferns ; these were comparatively small, the biggest specimen h!-*** 

 example of the Killarney fern, Trichomanes radicans \ others were T I hK™ 

 num, T. reniforme, Todea superba, a neat example ; T. pellucida T s ■ 2* 

 plumosa, T. hymenophylloides, Hymenophyllum demissium, H* caudSTt ' 

 and H. flexuosum. The Comtesse de Kerchove was successful for six tie f 



sprnrincr the wnrk nf art offered hv the ronnril fk« • . ^ . terns, 



— i u 7 T . — II g TV" r T , ' ? -^i^ liuuk.5, ine JJicksoma beirw 



probably nearly twenty feet high. The Messieurs Duriez freres easily came firrf 

 for a dozen ferns, notable specimens being Adiantum marrophyllum fol var a! 

 fragrantissimum, Asplenium Belangeri, and Acrostichum crinitum, the Elephant's 

 Ear fern. M. Ed. Pyra-rt van Geert secured a silver medal of the first class for 

 twelve pterises, his set containing such comparatively new sorts as P Mavi P 

 Reginae, P. serrulata gracilis, P. Victoria, P. Wimsetti, and P. ' loniifoiia 

 Mariesi. ^ 



The only group of ten Elk's Horn ferns came from M. J. de Cock, Ledeberg 

 and included a big example of Platycerium alcicorne, and smaller* ones of P 

 grande, P. Hiffi, P. Willincki, P. majesticum, P. bicornis, and P. alcicorne maius! 

 P. Hilli was very good. 



Bulbous Plants. 



Bulbous plants were plentiful and good. In the six classes provided f r 

 hippeastrums the Britfshers were delighted to see that Messrs. R. Ker and Sons, 

 Aigburth Nurseries, Liverpool, secured all the first prizes ; they arranged a large 

 collection around the salon, and throughout these exhibits great excellence, both 

 of strain and cultivation, was evident. Flowers were round and segments broad, 

 the green bases to the sepals and petals were almost absent, and there was a con- 

 siderable variety of coloration observable. In the class for forty specimens 

 Messrs. Ker were followed by MM. Krelage and Son, Haarlem, whose plants 

 seemed to have suffered somewhat during transit. Messrs. Ker and Sons took 

 the only prizes offered for twelve amaryllis with a first-rate set, and won the gilt 

 medal for half-a-dozen examples— one form, named Nestor, rich orange- scarlet 

 and white, being of especially good form and size. The work of art offered for 

 the best seventy-five hippeastrums also comes home to Liverpool, and the plants 

 that won it were the centre of admiring crowds throughout the exhibition ; nearly 

 every plant in this set carry four flowers per spike, a high percentage. Whatever 

 there was to be won for amaryllis the Messrs. Ker secured easily. Polyanthui 

 narcissi were best shown j by M. Kuyk, Mont St. Amand, but they were not a ic 

 average excellence. 



Hyacinths did not strike us as being of special excellence ; but tho* 

 specimens shown by M. Byvoet, and gaining the work of art as first prize for 150 

 plants in fifty varieties, were moderately good. The best varieties were King 

 of the Blues, Tabista, Leonicas, Cardinal Wiseman, King of the Yellows, King 

 of the Blacks, Moreno (pink), Czar Peter, and Charles Dickens, all popular sorts 

 at home. The Messrs. Byvoet freres, Overveen, had much the best hyacinths in 

 the show, and, besides the set already alluded, they scored for 100 hyacinths, 

 uithaneven set of very fair merit; La Grandesse, Princess Amalie, Charles 

 Dickens, Grandeur a Merveille, Lord Derby, Bird of Paradise, and Piennmaim 

 were the varieties showing the finest spikes. M. Kuyk came second, and It 

 Van Houtte third; but reversed their order of precedence in the previous cto* 

 No particular new variety was to be seen in M. Kuyk's first prize set of fifty 

 narcissi. M. L. Van Houtte was to the fore with small collections of hyacinths. 

 M. Kuyk, Hillegom, won a large gold medal for a large group of hyacinths, 

 staged effectively in pans of separate varieties, ten bulbs per pan, and iisuaily 

 nine to twelve spikes on each ; these pans, bedded with ferns, were very effec- 

 tive— Gertrude, Queen of the Blues, Madame Van der Hoop, La Grandesse, 

 and Cavaignac were very fine, as was the yellow Ball of Gold. 



M. Kuyk had a bright exhibit of tulips, showing these in pans, ten bulbs p0 

 _ ; there were thirty pans, so that the blaze of colour can be imagined. £ 

 gold medal was awarded. Double tulips were best shown by M. Kuyk, ana w 

 varieties were all popular, especially the double Tournesols. 



The cyclamen classes were monopolised by M. L. P. de Langhe- A t 

 Brussels, who made extensive displays of his variously coloured papilio tonnsj, 

 of which we figured some time since. These show the variation of form tw c- 

 be evolved from the ordinary type by following up any small break from » 

 usual shape ; all the colours save the deepest crimson were seen in ». « 

 Langhe s collection, and he won the gold medal for fifty examples, and aLow 

 Wi hams Memorial medal offered for the best twenty-five specimens. ™ c j»£^ 

 cyclamens are quite as floriferous as the commoner forms, but seem scare*/ 

 effective. 



Bromeliads. * 



These interesting plants are extensively cultivated in Belgto flW rf 

 nurseries, and were accordingly very strongly represented. A co " cc ;^ tbe 

 thirty bromeliads exhibited by Al. y de !I Ruye-Cardon, Lrfd*&^ 

 gold medal awarded. Leadin, examples ^^1^^^ 



pan 



one 



Leod 



flower ; *fl 



attention 



of 



interesting 



ouia wow — r.nna-* 

 . cardinal* and C^T 



the best three br^ ; - y 

 For twenty-rive exarop ^ 



SH «.i C s me m;u. Duval put up a little comps 

 Scepd 6 Cnmson scar,et spathed hybrid between 



I'oelmar'-" 



aad V. *>» 



Belgian friends, but manj - 

 5 r \fnpns. Lede, ga<n" 



them 



, — ' — popular witn our x> 



Y er y handsome except when in flower, w. j . ------ 



pme in the amateurs' class for fifteen specimens. Tillandsia 

 maulanum argenteo-strealum were good specimens. 



