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EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS, 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, May 10. 



smaller gathering and display on this date than 



THERE was a much 



Ln T" oVnnn* fortnightly meeting. Many exhibitors were, no doubt, saving 

 1 lh %^T^^miIg Temple Show, and a few for the Royal Botanic 

 themselves 1 A at many wisiiors were doubtless kept away by reason 



JSrawing Room held the same day. It was by no means a poor show, 

 Soever, and there were several novelties. 



Floral Commitiee. 



\fn<t of the exhibits came before this body, and they consisted chiefly of 

 tiilios hardy flowers and shrubs, crotons, and azaleas. There were few 

 Celtics before this committee, and auriculas and azaleas almost monopolised the 



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m Koses in pots, as well as a goodly number of cut blooms, were shown in fine 

 mndition by Messrs. W. Paul and Son, Waltham Cross, who were awarded a 

 Sver Flora medal for their two groups. Some of the best-flowered specimens 

 « ere of such charming varieties as Marchioness of Lome, Jeannie Dickson, 

 fustave Piganeau, Enchantress, Gloire Lyonnaise, La France, Madame Fanny de 

 Forrest Victor Verdier, Triomphe de Caen, Caroline Testout, and Prince Camille 

 de Rohan ; the cut blooms were chiefly Marechal Nieland Magna Charta ; Medea. 

 Corinna, Empress Alexandra of Russia, Queen Mab, and Zephyr, all Messrs. 

 Paul's introduction ; La France, Dr. Andre, Jules Finger, Madame Lambard, 

 and Viscountess Folkestone. From Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, came 

 a large basket of the sweet, rose-flowered Daphne Cneorum, Anemone nemorosa 

 flore-pleno, Hydrangea japonica Mariesi, a form with huge bracts ; Rubus 

 deliciosus, a handsome bramble, and the yellow-foliaged form of Sambucus 



racemosa. 



Messrs. Barr and Son, Covent Garden, staged a most interesting group of 

 hardy plants and flowers. Primulas were well represented, so also were saxifragas, 

 aubrietias, candytufts, pansies, violas, and terrestrial orchids, the latter including 

 Orchis provincialis, O. papilionacea, O. mascula, O. tenthredinifera, O. italica, 

 and 0. bombilifera, all very pretty and interesting. Spanish irises were very 

 beautiful. Tulips were much admired, and represented by fine bunches of good 

 flowers ; May Queen, Glow, Queen of Roses, Hecla, crimson ; The Sultan, 

 blackish marone ; Early Dawn, bright rose ; and Scarlet Beauty were among the 

 most distinct of the Darwin tulips. Tulipa saxatilis, rose and yellow, is a very 

 distinct species, as is T. Batalini, pale yellow. Picotee was well represented, as 

 also were the parrot tulips, a set of remarkable shape and gorgeous colours. The 

 Messrs. Barr gained a silver-gilt Flora medal, the highest award of the day, for their 

 extensive display. Messrs. J. James and Son, Farnham RoyaL Slough, showed a 

 few more of their cineraria hybrids ; the plants were the result of crossing the pro- 

 geny of Cineraria cruenta, crossed with garden forms, with Cineraria lanata. The 

 plants were dwarf, and many showed very distinctly their lanata parentage by the 

 woolly leaves and stems ; one or two retained some of the characteristics of the 

 garden form, all were dwarf, and their colours varied from pure white to deep 

 blue and white. Mr. A. Tulett, Crocken Hill, Swanley, staged a basket of 

 plants of Pelargonium A. Tulett, a bright semi-double sport from the well-known 

 F. V, Raspail. 



From Messrs. W. Balchin and Sons, Hassocks, Hove, and Brighton, showed 

 lome very interesting plants. There was a small group of Browallia elatior, 

 covered with rich blue flowers, all well grown in small pots; Boronia serrulata, 

 clothed in rosy blooms ; Erica perspicua nana, a mass of blooms ; and some tiny 

 plants of Boronia heterophylla, carrying plenty of its scented flowers. Some hand- 

 some azaleas came from Mr. Charles Turner, Slough : Marie Vervaene, white and 

 scarlet ; Mons. C. Vuyleteke, scarlet ; Louise Cuvelier, creamy white ; Ami Charles 

 \ ermeire, scarlet ; and Dryade, white, semi-double, were conspicuously good. Mr. 

 Turner also sent a pretty plant of the polyantha rose Thalia, a white-flowered 

 Rambler ; and also a few flowering specimens of the Princess May form of Souvenir 

 « la Malmaison carnations. Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, showed 



^J X p n £ IVC gr ° Up ° f bnght P lants » deluding Erica ventricosa minor, E. hyemalis 

 jUba, b. Cavendishi, mollis and Indian azaleas, Hydrangea Thomas Hogg, Boronia 

 neterophylla, and some tall wistarias, these being arranged amid elegant-foliaged 

 Japanese maples, palms and ferns ; a silver Banksian medal was awarded. 



A magnificent lot of cut roses came from Mr. George Mount, Exotic and Rose 

 xsursenes, Canterbury ; those cut with long stems again excited the wonder of 



growers and visitors by reason of the wonderful strength of the growth and foliage: 

 ilr?\.K T - WaS P erfect > with ^t petals of good colour, and fragrant. 

 TaS., J i2 n V ai T n , g, . C l ar ^ line Testout > Catherine Mermet, Captain Hayward, General 

 u£^ n °f ^l Ul ^ ch Brunner > ^ France, The Bride, and Madame Montet were 

 awaS o ? 7 £ e ' and the va "eties most freely staged ; Mr. Mount was 

 Co FuiK a Sll p r medal for his fra 8 rant exhibit - M ^srs. F. Miller and 



forms we£ m a a ' Sh ° wed SOme very fair East Lothian stocks ; the white 



was an ^ sweetly fragrant ; the edging of market boxes of pyrethrum 



of a new *S ' d ' Mes ? rs - Paul and Son, Cheshunt, showed some pretty sprays 

 of duarf °^ e wmte ch frry, and also of Cerasus Watereri. There were pairs 

 Arenaria haCE? ^a^ ^ rockety decora tion, candytufts, the pretty 

 fo ' which the fir • I nm i u a rosea g randiflora in the group of hardy plants 



21 th - firm gained a silver Banksian medal. 



^Otons in Prear tmrUfr* ~ r_ tt 



all the other 

 f^kian medal 

 ~§*&her of 



Derby were notable and highly-coloured examples, and these 



* sons shown were finely grown plants, though not large ; 

 rt«T im Storne ' St - Madge's Cottage, Glencarse, showed 



silver 

 a large 



f" inform to&JEB and ? a 6 rant border auriculas ; these, if they did not 



and fratfJl-lt standard » were greatly admired for their freedom, 

 th * plants had eveM ; • m *)°**y wen! yellow and shades of yellow ; none of 

 ^rations of Jin e r Ven she,ter ' and a11 were the result of fifteen years of 



****** sent several I gS 1 ° De . original planL Mr ' J ames Douglas, Great 

 ^ n » Clytf ?nLr andsome auriculas, all alpine forms ; Perfection! gold and 

 ° lc ' c ^^^ J. Gilbert, purple and white ; and Dean 



f^Me, S?T2K " tT * fine - Mr. B. Bennett, Cheverells Park, 



Inland Son * branched fl owering-spike of Dracaena indivisa. 

 «dy low.;.. n \ ^ ra wley, staged a erouD of bunches of m* .nrovc ^ n 



?« all s viau. : r 1 ■. mm ' 1 • *■ sm Liaii> uim'ciix wjk among 



Messrs. 



vcriniF shruhQ i 8 a gr ° Up ° bunches of cu t sprays of the various 



klas SeaS °^ ; C >' tlsus precox was among the most beautiful 



fe^Wue Sd^olet^P ^ , g °^ ,or the ^ d ^ e * 

 ^rta*], rosv mo 5 1 encaitl and, white : Skylark, blu 



Lord Elcho, yellow ; 

 ue edged ; Duchess of 



Oncidium ampliatun Tma S 0^1?' ,ar S" xam P ]es °j Cymbidium Lowianum, 

 drum WallUi as blXZT a d ? n l to e lossum Halh, \ anda tricolor, and Epiden- 



Oncidium spilopterum A S^**?™ /^driguezia pubescens, 



latter a fine ola ThV tleya , Ascania ' and Cattle y a intermedia alba, th; 



worth A ^lver^ih F^n 'ovely and pure-white flowers, a specimen of great 



Hi Part Enrie d^ Messrs « Hu g h ^ and Co., Bush 



some *T* handsome varieties of Odontoglossum crispum, 



i findy S P° tted ' Cattle y a Mendel i in fine form^ 



SMolor at^ Skinneri ' & °- C * intermedia 



thrarchinS f n ^ g ? rch dists ' while the ' adi es greatly admired 



A rW^r 1 t f f Marshallianum ; silver Banksian medal, 

 and Tnni 1, odontoglossums and miltonias came from Messrs. L. Linden 



cr^^ there Were some Iovel y white of O. 



crispum, and a splendid branched spike of O. Pescatorei, carrying sixty-four flowers. 



^ ][ y handsome ' and ^ evidence of 

 remarkably hi-h cultivation. Some thirty spikes of O. crispum were staged. 



1 M rm T ed ^ a ' . F ° W,er ' S Variet ^ with a ™*™Y Kp and P purple tip,^was 



Sl b J d M U rde T t0 J - Gume y F ° wler " »*. Glebelands, P South 



Woodford. Mr. Stafford, gardener to F. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on- 



Mersey, sen some beautiful forms of Lxlia purpurata and two blooms of the pure 

 white sobraha; Sophro-cattleya George Hardy, obtained by crossing Sophronitis 

 grandiflora and Catdeya Acklandiw, was the gem from Tyntesfield ; Cattleya 

 Lawre-Mossise and Cypripedium Goweri also came from this collection. Mr. 

 Bond, gardener to C. L. N. Ingram, sent Leelio-cattleya Fascinator, a magni- 

 ficent hybrid between L. purpurata and C. Schroder* ; this has a huge purple 

 apex to a yellow-throated lip. Mr. J. Robson, Bowdon, Cheshire, sent a form of 

 Odontoglossum Rochfordianum. Mr. Johnson, gardener to T. Statter, Esq., 

 btand Hall, Manchester, gained a cultural commendation for Cypripedium 

 macrochilum giganteum with two big flowers. 



Mr. W. Cobb, Tunbridge Wells, gained a first-class certificate for the Dulcote 

 van of Laeho-cattleya Hippolyta, a very brilliant form. A good form of Cypri- 

 pedium hirsutissimum came from Mr. Harris, gardener to P. Crowley, Esq., 

 Croydon. Mr. F. Thome, gardener to Major Joicey, Sunningdale Park, showed 

 a fine example of Anguloa Ruckeri atrosanguineum, a plant with six large blooms 

 to one growth ; Mr. Thome also sent Sriopsis rutidobulbon, with a spike of 

 eighteen flowers ; this is a rare orchid, and one not wanting in beauty. Some 

 very handsome forms of Odontoglossum crispum were shown by Mr. Barrel], 

 gardener to Welbore Ellis, Esq., Dorking ; the spikes were strong and the flowers 

 large, substantial, and in many cases prettily spotted; two Miltonias, one with 

 nine and the other with eleven spikes, were both very handsome specimens of good 

 varieties of the well-known M. vexillaria. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, 

 staged Spathoglottis aureo-Viellardi, a hybrid between the two species its name 

 indicates ; it has yellowish flowers with rojy-red spottings ; this firm also sent 

 Lselio cattleya Wellsiana albida. Vanda teres Candida from Messrs. II. Low and 

 Co. was very beautiful, its sepals and petals being pure white ; this firm also sent 

 a natural hybrid dendrobium, no doubt a cross between D. Boxalli and D. 

 Hildebrandi. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 



A large collection of radishes grown in frames was brought up from Chiswick 

 by Mr. S. T. Wright. These had been on trial there, and now came lxifore the 

 committee. Five varieties gained awards of merit, and these are referred to in 

 another column. The collection was of great interest to those who have to culti- 

 vate early radishes. Mr. James Hudson, gardener to Messrs. de Rothschild, sent 

 sixteen handsome fruits of Rivers' Cardinal Nectarine, all gathered from pot trees 

 started December 2 ; the fruits were gathered on May 2. Mr. John Ryder, 

 gardener to the Dowager Countess of Limerick, St. Albans, sent some splendid 

 Alexandra peaches for which a cultural commendation was awarded. Mr. Taylor, 

 gardener to C. Bayer, Esq., Tewkesbury Lodge, Forest Hill, showed Waterloo 

 peaches taken from trees in pots started on New Year's Day. 



By far the most attractive display before this committee consisted of thre 

 boxes of Royal Sovereign strawberries, staged by Mr. G. Norman, gardener to 

 the Marquis of Salisbury, Hatfield ; the fruits were of enormous size, and yet of 

 very fine shape ; one hundred and twenty eight magnificent fruits were staged, 

 and Mr. Norman well deserved the silver Knightian medal awarded ; the fruits 

 averaged an ounce and a half in weight. 



Mr. Banten, Buscot Park Gardens, sent a new melon that, however, failed to 

 gain an award ; he also sent two good dishes of Royal Sovereign strawberries. 



From the Syon House Gardens, Brentford, Mr. G. Wythes showed a seedling 

 lettuce of great merit and earliness ; also dishes of Wythes' Improved Mohawk, 

 Syon House Mohawk, Ne Plus Ultra, Sutton No. 66, and Early Forcing trench 



The first prize for the best-flavoured apple was awarded to Mr. R. Bullock, 

 eardenerto C. P. Serrocold, Esq., Maidenhead, for Hereford Pearmainj Mr 

 Woodward, Barham Court Gardens, second with Calville Rouge, tor the best 

 pTa Sond prize was awarded to Mr. C. Herrin, Dropmore, for Beurre 

 Bretonneau in first-rate co ndition. 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. 



Notwithstanding the frequent suggestions of rain ^^J^.fJ^ 



clouds alternating with scalding gleams of sunshine, no rain fell 

 to mar the summer show of the K^ya 



boisterous north-west wind tha mad the^^ 0 £ f and made up 



R^tt ££ consequently llJ Empson's exhibit was most welcome. 



Competitive Exhibits. 



„ „f ™rhiHs Mr Craee, gardener to W. Walker, Esq., Winchmore 

 For a group of orchids Mr. 8 odontograms, interspersed with 



Hill, secured first prize with a showy uxo g Oncidium Marshal- 



r^ 1 ^I^A^3' G. Keif, g^dener to 

 Sf^KW SStJSJk was first for six specimen palms, showing big speci- 

 MrS ' A b f ^ r£ lutes ens PhcSix reclinata, Cham*rops humilis, and Latama 

 mens of Areca £^ ens > first for a pair of dracamas, one being a large D. 

 borbonica. Mr. tmpson w j and tocsoafc 



Sandenana ; **»f2£££m waf secured by Messrs. G. Jackson and Son, 

 The first pme J™ ^J^, Crimson Rambler, Madame Lacharme, Senateur 

 Woking, with large examp w* Rumsey, second. Mr. 



Vaisse, La France , Celine Jo « r ' ose his set including fine blooms 

 G. Mount, Canterbury, was fet for twenty • F and Mane 



•*^^> rosy man 17* . a t VV — ' 1U ' uiuc eagea ; uucness 01 r*im + r.nrprhnrv was hrst lor iweiuy-iuui iww, uu. au u.v. to 



n «*bj y SST^: a Jr^"^ yelI ° W ; ^ Bridesi " aid > pale lemon, J ^ W^ntwriABninnef, General jacqueminot, La France, and Marie 



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Orchid Committee. 



Finger ;*Mr. W. Rumsey, second. 



Non Competitive Displays. 



Dd haDdsome collecUon of orchids was tastefully staged by Messrs. A large and handsome exhibit was contributed by Messrs. J. Laing and 



