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Trees and Shrubs 



j^^K &ing 'Pikes of p* I ae ■S-aag SI'S M-ie 

 ^Sfor 'iSJSSSS from'St de Bock Ghe„, ; 



S?*' "J'irf torf M <<' B^k secured several medals for forced hbcs, 

 were admiramy itw cr ,^ n HiHlv flowered. 



V ^T^S'^'TSm -dal for a collection of 

 ■V Fred. Burvemch^ gg^f ^ want | d some choice variegated forms 



ttajkn; this wisagood exhii) , Pof w arDUS Koriana, Picea excelsa 



enliven 



» whole- Tuniperus sinensis, Podocarp' . 



,C dwarf), Abies lasiocarpa, and A. Norfn«im w«e d««rving 



fe^sffiK conifers ' and ™ n the . chief 



IST^n ere we Sid not lind, however, any specially meritorious varieties 

 ,*>* *^ere ^ we c collec tions were of good average quality. Hardy 



!^shX were fa* arranged out of doors, and in bulk added not a little 

 SSJS £ of the whole exhibition; they consisted of seedling aucubas, 



els oonymuses, buxus, berberis, &c. M. Burvemch set up a really 

 ^ of well-fruited aucubas in pots, both green and variegated forms. Standard 

 E, were a little out of the common, and the chief collection came from M. 



ESJhius. H. arborea aureo-variegata and II. a. marginal* were by far the 

 ^ Wulsome though all those staged were very well grown, from four to seven 

 EThkh and with heads two and a half to three feet through. Four specimen 

 ZuShl laurustinus freely (lowered and fragrant, were much admired ; these 

 Jot placed close to the Conpure entrance by M. E. Eeckhart. M. Leon tretin 

 ELlfe !<st standard bays, marvels of patient cultivation, and admirable as 

 M. Bernard Spae was responsible for some gigantic phormiums, both green 



mi nrfegated, and some standard laurustinas full of fragrant white trusses of 



Shrubby plants with ornamental foliage were a feature, and admirably 

 eootributed by M. A. de Mayer and M. J. de Cock ; Laurustinus aureo- 

 nriegatus, Eleagnus pungens medio-picta, Skimmia japonica variegata, 

 Eaoarmuses in variety, Hedera argentea, aucubas and hollies made up interesting 



exhibits that suggested we do not take full advantage of coloured foliage for 

 ptenhouse and conservatory decoration during winter. The Comtesse de 

 Kocbove secured the first prize for a specimen eriostemon with a bulky example. 

 Kj enonymuses came from M. Bedinghaus, and some of the varieties of E. 

 jtponicus were immense examples, but fairly coloured. Standard roses from M. 

 C Vanderhaagen, pere, were nicely flowered, and made up a fragrant exhibit ; 

 the varieties were mostly popular sorts. 



Greenhouse Plants. 



Greenhouse plants, remarkable for the beauty of their flowers, were represented 

 bt numerous collections, consisting of specimens so highly developed that they 

 ootid hardly (ail ,to afford pleasure to those of our compatriots who are interested 

 ia htrdwooded plants. For a collection of plants introduced from the Cape or 

 Hew Holland M. E. Collumbien was awarded the gold medal for excellent 

 eomplea of Diosma fragrans, Correa cardinalis, Boronia hetrophylla, Acacia 

 !*u»moodi, Polygala Dalmaiseana, and other well-known subjects. In the cor- 

 wpooding class for amateurs M. E. Bedinghaus was awarded premier honours. 

 Serenl good collections were contributed to the two classes for twenty Cape and 

 ■ew Holland plants, and the Comtesse de Kerchove and M. T. de Cock were 



hi* 



in the amateur and trade classes respectively, the premier award being in 

 •cn case a gold medal. The remarkable beauty of Boronia elatior when grown 



21 * iGf' w C V W admirabl y exemplified in the collection of twenty plants 

 w aaichM. Iters, Ghent obtained premier honours. These ranged from two 



Zl «!LZ? m • Cter ' and were P rofuse »y bloomed, the bright pink campanu- 

 tate nowm presenting a pleasing contrast to the elegant bright green foliage 



F« iujur g t P rT 1 t . w _ ent y- five greenhouse plants was worthily won by M. 

 Soli!™ rS* ^ m -' * ,tb :l handsome exhibit <> f large plants of Eriostemon 

 S^&^T 'if T' , VCry ^ raCefuI ;ind free 'y tlowered ! A ^cia grandis, 



\S ; f'V-f" 5 "^ 1 Cymbidium Lowianum, with seven 



ffiaWofSKfrn n ' Sth ^ W -' Uh S ° ft yel,OW tlowers: Azalea lineari- 

 «W A r 'ffil! T- ^m' and :, nfinc condition, such as we do not see it 



^ «P a fine exhibit S SKS!? ******* some and camellias, 



war fa, fift^n „ t M - Be dmghaus, who was second in this class, led the 



fi«l£c£JE^ Plants, showing towering acacia^ a fine 



W M tl r F 1 IDg aalea> y* T H Van Houtte . si * or seven 



m. iiedinghaus made a reputation for N 



his exhib itsVem E \ fu re P" tatl ° n for N «w Holland and Cape 

 PA £ England rr" d H £? ° f ^ dayS * when these sub J ect s weVe 



Cr«^ I freS/5ow«Ur ? ^° th - f ° r tWenty and ten specimens, showing 

 "Si^'^^m^ff^ ° f Aca - C j a ^"ata, A. linearis, A. arumata! 

 SScvtTsufK ' ? T e " c ° ldes > Metrosideros semperflo, 



- SOTSTS: testes? wi i h ifcss*! h V s - 



Sta 

 foMen 



•copanum, Bauera ericoides, Metrosideros semperflorens alba. 



rfaKS M m c e TuL^sr c t f Cock - A ^^is»SuT of 1££ 



***** ! a charming ^SS^L f T by reason of its size ' ™os™ 



■« I notable toeri^7„; P nt * ,th ' ar ge white (lowers, each with red basal vein. 



^ ^hwuVnDT^* 1 ■ C ° ,lumbien f- Py-midsand standardsof 

 2*,« rw T white flower, Ir^ C w gIy , P retty ' " shown smothered 

 4n ^A lot! rf Chrus ^sinensis *Jt ™ ? ^ynckel, Ghent, staged a finely 



A set ouTSS^n 0 ^ .^ n ^ ***** all over the large 



(i >-*«b« ; E heSS anH T? encas p w ^. f d ^g honours for M. de Clerque 

 ' the of rSSSSw 1 fo ' ms « E ' . Wl »nioreana and E. arborea odorata 



, r J T- m 'Y d , lm e ,0 . t ' . M - Bedinghaus's large standard Polygala 



<*» gZTu "TT « n <?™P^ °f carerul SfSfbS 



iln'?; ^ Bernard . ^hent, merited a trold medal for 



notably 

 Rulei, 

 fine 



lMS ^^red a chief award, but was scarcdy f u „ 

 itift>u a^ • '-b^^mont were curious finp 



--^nas, » speciality in rL7 7 L F J «neni f merited a gold me 

 Mfc** robuTC he ZotI a 'tm 'n^? forms of A - ^« ls a, . 



I** Po*er, and some otLt xT^r ' A " £°° ki ' A ' g efride Regans, A. 

 V£^ *^^™™Ja ^° n .^ etin .' Mierebeke, I Iso 'had 

 * Sd A. CuSgham gLtcJ CuDmnghami ' C ^i, A. glauca n 



a 



robusta, 



Tin 



Avoids were 

 Premier 



Aroids. 



contributed in large quantities, and 



■ «-r^cr gr 0up of thirtv nWe\^ ^ wu ° n the whole wel1 cultivated. 



ron gloriosum, AlocasL 

 «ds M. Rigouts again led 

 I>ieffenbacfiia Baumanni 



^ ^"'Sri^^£. who anthurmmV A^la^murcost;^; 



^r fifteen „o'ds \! R- AI °? S f P«cciana. and Nephythiti; 



• *»ong which ltff!'^ tS ^ n led the wa y with highly-cultivated 



van Houtte, pere, took secondary position here. M. de Smet Duvivier contri- 

 buted a considerable number of anthuriums, crotons finely coloured, alocasias, and 

 bertolonias, gaining numerous gold medals for the displays. The Societe Horticole 

 Gantoise arranged twelve pretty spotted forms of Anthurium Scherzerianum, one 

 named A. Princess Clementine having its spathe very heavily checked with scarlet 

 on a white ground. A new medium-sized Richardia named Perle von Stuttgart 

 came from M. Wilhelm Pfitzer, Stuttgart ; it is a compact grower, and rather 

 larger in the spathe than Little Gem, 



Dieffenbachias were plentiful in all the large collections, and in the class for 

 ten specimens M. Rigouts maintained his position as a splendid cultivator by 

 carrying off the silver -gilt medal as first prize, with well-coloured examples ; the 

 kinds were D. Memoria Corsi, D. Gartneri, D. picta, D. Bowmanni, D. nobilis, D. 

 Fournieri, a pretty plant ; D. imperialis, D. Jenmanni, D. magnifica, and D. 

 Bausei; some specimens had as many as ten growths. The best set of fifty 

 caladiums was set up by M. L. van Houtte, pere ; they were medium-sized 

 examples, but far too crowded together to be seen to advantage ; the best-coloured 

 specimens were of Candidum L'Automne, one of the yellowish green varieties ; 

 Louis van Houtte, deep burnished crimson ; Ovala, Gabriel Lemoinier, and 

 Raymond Lemoinier, creamy with rosy crimson centre. M. A Dalliere, with 

 dwarf plants, gained a silver-gilt medal as a first prize for caladiums ; his varieties 



M. Bause, M. de TAigle, and Countess being the best shown, and each highly 

 coloured. 



Miscellaneous. 



Bertolonias from M. Dalliere were very handsome, especially the silver and 

 rose-coloured Souvenir de Antoine Chantin and Fr. Marchand ; Comtesse de 

 Kerchove, silver and green, Prince Albert, bluish silver and green, were also very 

 attractive. The same exhibitor contributed a yellow variegated form of the now 

 popular Saintpaulia ionantha. M. Jules de Cock sent a good lot of bertolonias 

 highly coloured and most robust. A large example of Nepenthe? mixta won for 

 M. L. Van Houtte, pere, a gold medal ; it carried about fifteen pitchers, 

 same firm were awarded a gold medal for a collection of nepenthes, but the 

 pitchers were past their best. 



Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux, and Co., Paris, were large exhibitors of both 

 double and single cinerarias of good form and colour ; they also staged a splendidly 

 flowered lot of white Primula obconica that met with much appreciation. 

 Herbaceous calceolarias from MM. Vilmorin gained a gold medal, while the 

 cinerarias and primulas gained their share of leading awards. Tricolor and other 

 coloured foliaged pelargoniums from M. H. de Coninck, St. Denis, were of 

 interest to not a few, Bijou d'Or, Princess of Wales, Crystal Palace Gem, Canary, 

 and Sappho were good golden sorts, while tricolors were represented by Lady 

 Cullum, Alpha, Countess of Graiz, Sophie Dumaresque, and Mrs. Pollock, the 

 two last being the most handsome. 



Dracaena Goldieana was superbly shown by Messrs. De Reuse freres, Ghent, 

 who staged twenty-five splendidly coloured specimens, bedded in asparagus. For 

 this display they justly gained a first-class silver medal as first prize for the best 

 coloured draccenas. Some magnificent specimens of Dracama Doucetti were staged, 

 and these were four and five feet high, and furnished to the ground with hand- 

 some leafage ; M. G. Gyzelinck had the best pair, but there was not much to 

 choose between the second prize pair, and we have never seen finer specimens. 



Aralia leptophylla is an imposing plant when well grown, and its inflorescence, 

 if not adding to its beauty, does to its interest ; a big specimen was shown by M. 

 G. Gyzelinck, Melle. 



The 



obtained the large 

 There were some 



Succulents were poorly represented, though M. Bedinghaus 

 gold medal for the best collection of twenty-five specimens, 

 good yuccas here, but the agaves looked starved. 



Non-Competitive Exhibits. 



A magnificent group of hippeastrums came from Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 

 Chelsea ; the variety in colour was especially observable, the white grounds being 

 of especial note ; some of the blooms gave evidence of somewhat hard forcing, 

 but on the whole it was a brave show, and delighted the eyes of our continental 

 friends. In addition to the hippeastrums the Messrs. Veitch made a fine show of 

 nepenthes, sarracenias, and other pitcher plants, including Heliamphora nutans, 

 Cephalotes follicularis, Darlingtonia California ; the pitchers of the nepenthes were 

 remarkable for their size and production at such an early month of the year ; N. 

 Dicksoniana, N. Veitchi, N. mixta, N. formosa, N. cincta, N. ampullacea, N. 

 Burkei excellens, N. Curtisi, N. Mastersiana, and N. sanguinea were among the 

 finest of the specimens staged ; a few droseras, ferns, and asparagus furnished an 

 edging and groundwork to this splendid exhibit. 



Carnations were well shown by Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate ; the 

 varieties were principally Souvenir de la Malmaison forms, Winter Scarlet, Day- 

 break and E. G. Hill. A few palms formed an admirable background for a dozen 

 and a'half flowering specimens of Richardia Elliottiana. 



An extremely interesting group was the large and fine display by Messrs. 

 Linden and Co., L'Horticulture Internationale, Brussels, and set up to show as 

 far as possible the comprehensiveness of the late Mons. Jean Linden's introductions. 



To mention a quarter of the species displayed would occupy far more space than 



^ r ■ — * 4 * We may 



well-known plants as Bignonia Rodigasiana 



alba, Cyanophyllum 

 Maranta illustris, Iresine 



we can spare, and would serve no useful purpose at the present time, 

 remind our readers, however, that they are indebted to M. Jean Linden for such 



- - - Caraguata cardinalis, Leea amabuis 



splendens, Cocos Weddell^na, Spathiphillum floribundum, Dioon edule, 

 Phvllotc^num Lindeni, Gunneia mamcata, Anthurum magnificum, Dichonsandra 

 angustifolium, Stenandrium Lindeni, Maranta majestica - - ™ 



magnificum, Tradescantia superba, Dracaena Lindeni . 

 Lindeni, Hrcmanthus Lindeni, Acalypha tnumphans Fictoma argyroneura, 

 Anthurium crystallinum, Odontoglossum ci "hosum O. luteo-purpureum, O. 

 Pescatorei O crispum, O. triumphans, Cattleya Mendeli, C. labiataWarocqueana, 

 C Trian-e and Miltonia vexillaria, in addition to very many fine palms and large 

 growing stove plants such as find a place in all well-appointed gardens. Aralia 

 gracillima was one of M. Linden's finds. ^ 



A big specimen of Cyntodeira fulgida, grown in the shape of an armchain 

 was sent by M. A. Dalliere, Ghent. This was a remarkable case of patience put 



to a poor use. 



Autumn-sown Onions.—" A. D." is quite right, as far as our experience 

 goes in surmising that the harder brown skinned varieties of onions, if sown in 

 the autumn, will keep a great deal longer than the Tripolis. " T 1 L " J 

 a pound in weight of Sutton's A I grown from autumn-sow 



- - How much longer they would keep I cannot say 



We have had bulbs 

 sown seeds and as sound 



was conspicuous. M. Louis 



as" possible in January. Wow mucn longer mey wouia Keep i cannot say. In the 

 event of a very mild season, as a preventive to bolting, we have found it answer 

 well to transplant in autumn instead of waiting till spring.— C. J. DiCKPR, Frqnt 



Cpifrt. 



