MAT 2*> 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



( Continued from page 340. ) 

 nd acers with coloured foliage, assisted the bamboos to make a 

 an . d ac , e M. .1 w side of the central mound were large plants of 



«*~ E22d while « eWH •»* of the central mound 

 flKSE of Azalea mollis 

 *2?*b ed Mikado much wa 

 nam a „H the larce- 



H 



evidence, as were the hydrangeas, notably 



b ti>e forepou^ tf smaU spikes of bIue flowers , Vll|? neteropnyua 



^thus Veitcn an , phi , ade ] phus Lemoinei ; Azalea glauca stricta, very free 

 itriegii* y er > * * ,£fcte-Hfce flowers ; Andromeda speciosa cassinefoha, with 



baskets 



rniiaaeipnus coronanus duuic ^ ^i^»^> 

 small spikes of blue flowers ; Vitis heterophyll 



i»> , , . ' u nnPV suckle-like flowers ; Andromeda speciosa 



*' *K flowers ' and the brilliant yellow Azalea Anthony Koster. Stand- 

 :f . x ,p 1D g wMW n ' ' d many other choice subjects were standards of Cyti,us 

 ^ np amid all tnes ^ Wichuiiana Manda ' s Triumph, standard 



Andrew ^ . ^ rf ^ bo]d Eremurus hima i a i cus . 



Mivus, ana ■ ^ . J n Hf>n fl rnn c 



ramp from Messrs. T. Waterer and 



b uti 



^Sff^ Madame "Carvalho, white ; John Waterer, scarlet ; Countess of 



S^nton blush and rose ; Baroness de Rothschild, scarlet and pink ; and 

 fS^m W e blush, were remarkable for their bold trusses and tine blooms. 



n«fcrplants of equal beauty were Duchess of Connaught, Countess of Ilchester, 

 !iBk margined with scarlet ; Pink Pearl, and Fastuosum with a bluish -purple tint. 

 Sears. J. Cheal and Sons, Craw ley, put up a pretty exhibit in one of the large 

 beds on the grass near the entrance ; this consisted of several specimens of rhodo- 

 dendron Fred. Waterer, Azalea amcena splendens, lilacs in variety, .Mollis azaleas, 

 brilliantly-coloured Japanese maples, elegant conifers, including Cupressus Law- 

 •OBtt&us filifera glauca, Cornus Spathi, golJen yews, coloured beeches, and many 

 other choice ornamental trees and shrubs, notable for their fine foliage or their 

 fcfldsome flowers. 



In addition to their large, crescent-shaped groups, Messrs. Fisher, Son, and 

 Sibray had a star-shaped group of their charming maples and ivies. In the larger 

 jnby there was a background of golden oaks, Cornus siberica elegantissima, a 

 aass of silver and gold foliage, and before these were arranged a collection of at 

 east thirty distinct varieties of Japanese maples, including all the well-known 

 ud popular palmatum and dissectum forms, and also a fine lot of A. palmatum 

 rc'jculaium. Larix leptolepsis is a tree that has a great future before it, being 



budier and yet a* more vigorous grower than the Tyrolean larch; as an orna- 

 acotal plant it is also likely to be in demand. Another fine subject is the purple 

 peach, a free grower, and with fine red -purple leafage. Other effective plants, 

 boh tries, Uimus Wreedi aurea, and the large-leaved Quercus macro- 

 glia; Q. concordia, the Golden Oak; Betula purpurea, the purple birch ; and 

 dgelia Looymannsi aurea, the latter worth growing alone for its bright foliage. 

 Mean. Fisher, Son, and Sibray excelled their effort of the previous year, and set 

 twelves a task for the future. Messrs. J. Waterer and Sons, Bagshot, 

 Surrey, were large exhibitors of the deservedly-popular and extremely-elegant 

 Jipwese maples, showing pleasing specimens of all the principal varieties already 

 anmooed with reference to other displays ; particularly notable were the speci- 

 wwof Acer palmatum argenteum, A. p. ornatum, A. p. involutum, a small, 

 Myndivided green form ; and A. dissectum purpureum, a cascade of finely- 

 •wed red-purple foliage. J 



rJXT ma ?K S W . Cr , e W t 11 Sh0wn ^ Messrs - W - Fromow and Son, Sutton 

 « wh lililf W1 tk' Wh ° ? - anged f Ch ° ice Set of ^ell-grown plants with 

 Eeum A A Z L. • 7 ,nl f e j tln S ma P les «'ere Acer palmatum san- 

 Ei vS f Um ', A ' d - P ur Pureum,A. palmatum marmoratum, 

 tSTSSZ^SS: f nd A> Palm f Um aureum - Aralia Pentaphylla variegata 



RiSTS oten, 4 g H° UP ° f ? harn Y Dg and handsome plants. 



c i ° hs and SInensi s azaleas, shown by Messrs K and G 



*^ tin? tT' "tV finC g ' eam ° f rich colour at Temple fnd of tt 

 4 ten,. The rnoH* forms we. of _especiall y high quality. aSd every plant 



Kate Waterer 



W£ e S n brillianT^ ^^i^l^ 

 V««er, o™„S tinted • bL^P y* 11 ™? Anthony Kwter, rich yellow ; General 



Tkeie were also verv S?l5fr 7**2* ^ amon g lhe most attractive, 

 ferous babi andLn ' l bushes of rusUca forms, all remarkable for their 



l*«»ion of h2^SS£ tffeCtIVeness - Tke Cuihbert had a fine 



n*fo, snd tall «tarH,r f i , e were a njm ber of elerant Acei 



2« dictum S^3SM«S£f ' C ^ fly -^ d aDd P-P>ef°4ed forms 

 Russell'* Silver * 1 • sect l ons - The ivies were very bri^t, espe- 



-Arborea Sil^r oJJ^ZJTV^' S l™> Pll ^m aure/m, 

 fcned an ... J! ^J*?Jw& handsome. Euonymus latifolius albus 



From Messrs. Little 



Kalian 



nsle ca me b k£t of fmaU p,^ n ° ts of ^ 0 iVen"£ n 7 H 0 ^ U a e 

 S° e ^/^ dg ^. Holl ^ the ^.iage is bro D a g d "Al 



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^■Ktten maikiDe on 111 U1C young ioiiage. The older leaves have P ,ancs snown in nower presentea no un:ungruiiy or nower ana iear, ouc racner j 



^^dDairprln ^ but the new leafage is blight golden most brilliant and charming effect that approached gorgeousness, and would have 



^Me, nit vigorous I Y and ° ne that has P rov *d perfectly hard v at been excessiveI y bright but for the lighter colours and delicate shades-associated 



Jltrranged in a ^tar^ha dT a A gr ° Up ° f ba,nboos an d hardy rhododendrons with lhe richer ( orms \ Altogether Messrs. Veitch staged between four and five 



rasrs bright"; cCed . ,h ,: a r imen - s t were of f s r -h *»- 



broad-leaved Readi WarrenP ISn'JS? Tf • ^"I ^ f were Q ueen Victoria, the 

 Albert Truffant, both w th 'Ce 25 I uTv ? Ugene Chantrier 



Golden King, Sunbeam SunS « 5" ght f ° ,,age ' Al g burth Gem, Hawkeri, 



tive group was arranged' by Mr \V fe:^ A ° effeC " 



S WT, and was greatt admired K Nurseries, Putney Park Lane, 



Araucaria excelsa , Z \d *nd S K P *' aEd / oco / P aI ™, bamboos, and 



pure white hlums disused ^ gTmnd ^ ctntK ' 



caladiums with broad TSndsZe ^eenery. Crotons, gaily coloured; 



orang-s rrassula/ «„5 J ^ ° ,,age ' h?aths » hl y ot the va Hey, Otaheite 

 E^Bdf^nS i^rf -ere tastefully disposed in the 



streake" ™i ^ deep red Meirs T* 1^ «ned, Zd 



drac^nas named [ Ro«J 1 9 i„„ a\\- Lamg and Son ' Forest HilI > sent two new 

 has beTn ^"yTescS -ery handsome, and 



Tuberous Begonias. 



S Wari^^m f tuh rr, he * 0nUiS arran & ed in the third tent by Mr. T. 

 Ware, Tottenham consisted almost entirely of double forms, and these were 



S CS ^ ubiect at W fe le thC haWt ° f the P lants ' so dwarf a nd 



corfc k W , C0DSlder able comment. Fringed and picotee-edged 



sorts have been much developed during the year, and there appeared^ to bf a 

 greater predominance of the camellia flowereri fo ms than usuah A few Sod 



Woo^ deep at vXw ^ * ™* Mrs. Dumkr 



Wood deep yellow; Brilliant, orange scarlet; Golden Queen of England • 



Samu.l Pope, cream, with pink margins; Princess of Wales, cream^Snk \ 



Advancement, a curiosity m pink and cream and scarlet ; Mrs S. Po^pure 



white ^Reynolds Sharp, scarlet ; and Beauty of Bexley, salmon. F 



lvJ n £n T nZ g °i laS I er ? fi f dy St ^ ged by Messrs - J' L ^gand Sons, Forest 

 Hi I who set up a long bank of remarkably well-grown stuff, staging the varieties 



in little groups so as to produce an undulating whole. Single sorts were promi- 

 nently good, and among these Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, yellow ; Mrs. Davis, 

 apricot ; Earl of Aberdeen, crimson ; Countess of Aberdeen, white ; General 

 l^ckhart, salmon with flowers six and a quarter inches across ; and Marchioness' 

 of Salisbury, yellow, were exceptionally fine. Duke of Fife, Mrs. Griffiths, 

 fringed and wav red, white ; Lady Tweedmouth, carmine ; Lady Gifford, salmon! 

 pink ; and Lady Charles Beresford, rich red, were a few notable and handsome 

 double varieties out of a large collection cf fine forms. 



A grand bank of begonias from Mr. J. R. Box, West Wickham, was evidence 

 that this exhibitor is in the front rank of raisers and cultivators of the tuberous 

 begonias. The single varieties were remarkable for the size, form, and brilliance 

 of their flowers ; and the double sorts, notable for their stocky habit, and full, " 

 elegant, and substantial blooms. Miss Leanard, cream; Zelinda, orange; 

 Hogarth, orange scarlet ; and Eureka, yellow, were especially good double varie- 

 ties ; while ot the named sicgie sorts, Proserpine, deep rose; Beloma, white, 

 Magnitude, rose ; and Canary, yellow, were the most prominent and handsome. 

 A hne lot of tuberous begonias was staged by Mr. H. J. Jones in No. 4 tent, and 

 made a most effective attractive bank near one of the entrances. The great variety 

 of shades of colour represented in this collection was a great feature for Mr. Jones 

 had all shades of crimson, scarlet, orange, yellow, cream, white, pink, salmon, and 

 rose, as well as combinations of several colours. Both single and double 

 begonias were brought from the Ryecroft Nurseries, and on many there was an 

 exquisite fringing that added to the general beauty of form and colour : Star, 

 pink ; Mrs. Beckett, salmon ; Delight, rose ; Primrose Queen May Manser, rose 

 and scarlet ; Dr. Shaw, orange scarJet ; Ryecro r t, «a!mon buff; Beacon, a lovely 

 crimson ; and Novelty, a curious shade of apricot-oraDge, were the pick of the 

 singles. 



Cacti. 



The display of phyllocacti hy Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, was 

 certainly the most novel exhibit at the Temple Show, and no other excited more 

 interest or drew forth more admiration from the visitors. A wonderful improve- 

 ment has been made in these during the past few yeais, and now we may have 

 plants in forty-eight sized pots carrying three of four huge flowers in various stages 

 of expansion, each flower lasting in perfection for three or four days. The colours 

 are as numerous as one could well wish ; there are pure whi'e flowers, cream, 

 pink, rose, red, scarlet, orange tinted, pale crimson, salmon, and some wilh 

 purple shading. The blooms are about seven inches across, and composed of 

 several rows of broad segments around a central tuft of elegant stamens. The 

 foliaceous stems are themselves not devoid of beauty, and certainly the group of 

 plants shown in flower presented no incongruity of flower and leaf, but rather a 

 most brilliant and charming effect that approached gorgeousness, and would have 



?£«nged in a star-, haped bed IB > a " d hard y 'hododend 



"■Wendron* '"pea pen out of doors, and create, m,,^ 



TV 

 ttt 



fcfcboos 



both tall and dwarf were' V^T ° f brilliant flowers - 



- Popular, ^r™ these 



**»««. F S an(1 jj „ Stove P! *nts. 



5*M* amount Sfr feS £2 Z ^ ° f new ***** that 



^ ° f?he CCntral 



*»it*d in an abundance of its lnn«r ^ 



wm » v a a w m * w*. a & - - — - — — Q ■ — 



hundred plants in their group, and are to be congratulated upon their fine display. 



Mr. G. J. Pritchard, Godwin Road, Forest Gate, exhibited a somewhat large 

 and very interesting collection of cacti, a novel exhibit in which the specimens of 

 Echinocactus aureus, E. Grayssoni, a melocactus, Cereus fligelliformis, C. 

 geometrizans, Pilacereus senilis, Mamillaria Kleimschmidti, Opuntia microdasy, 

 and O. maxima attracted most aitention. 



crimson tassels, 



Stflderi 5S f0n \ wl,h marked foiiag 



»«h c , M ;L* nthunur n Novelty, with snarls li 



r > 



2,J» St. AnKmdi G a h ™, a . t "?f,"! e . M " h »n';!»s came ftom M. de Smet 



« J all were seedlings from 



JUthed 7«Z' anun '' ai «i » .™" U B B . nom ™ variations of 



- ,Dd Sen? S ° me 

 ■ ; Mocr.fi^ T SCarlet fpathe t De <J m ^ r, — i . >3"iroaer, with a 



l^v^^'lTscr^ 1 Du , VIVler ' with "imson spathe ; 

 bed f °° - s F»the : an A .r>Jr spotted, on a white cround ? k^^a;^ ' 



notable varieties 



are was t be large percentage of 

 were Baron Schroder, with a 



ofT h l ; a »d prince E ° n a > Rotundiflorum 



K. "5 Unison color/r U ^: a ,"!, ea _ tw,n - s P a, ^d, or even triple- 

 curious. __ ulu «r # lrns little erouD of anfKn«,™«. '^li^ 



essrs. T. \r^u^ 



group of anthuriums attracted 



lay. 



ged a handsome 



Gloxinias. 



A brilliant lot of gloxinias was submitted by Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, who 

 showed splendidly- flowered plants, representing a grand display of beautiful 

 varieties and plants of the very best habit and growth. Achille, white and red ; 

 Mars, scarlet ; Virginale, white ; Triton, purple and' crimson ; Seraph, scarlet 

 and pink ; Cordelia, rose-spotted on white ; Aveline, pale pink and cream ; 

 Monarch, rich red ; Galatia, blush ; ard Eclatant, scarlet and white, attracted 

 our attention most. Gloxinias in variety w T ere arranged in a bee of ferns by 

 Messrs. J. Laing and Sons, Forest Hill ; for the depth of colour, fine shape, and 

 robust growth, the Forest Hill strain is well known. A new form in which 

 crimson and purple were peculiarly associated in the body of the 

 flower, and with the broad white margins to the segments, 

 spotted with purple, was a most distinct advance in a new direction, 

 and promises us a new shade of colour — interesting combinations. 

 The Messrs. Cannell and Sons, of Swanley, displayed their excellent strain of 

 gloxinias in an admirable way, by arranging a moderate number of well-grown and 

 freely- flowered plants in a bed of maidenhair fern. This allowed one to fully 

 comprehend the decorative capacity of each plant, and revealed that not only were 

 the flowers of fine colour or exquisite shape and mottling, but that the plants 

 possessed a first rate habit. White Queen, Princess of Wales, Prince of Wales 



