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TUB GAkDENERS" MAGAZINE. 



J° N * 18, 189? 



Royal horticultural Society, 



green 



June 14. 



Notwithstanding the March-like coldness of the weather and heavy, leaden skies 

 thZ selmed more suited to December or January than June, there was a first-rate 

 t 1 3 SlnS Hall on the above date. Orchids, hardy flowers, and carnations, 

 wSJ thVfe^ng fruit and vegetables being a very small display. There 



We attendance, and, we believe that a very large number of new fellows 



itaged 



Orchid Committee. 



foliagi 



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was a 



\dneA oiTthis occasion 



Floral Committee. 



Hardy plants and flowers were freely exhibited and occupied by far the largest 



There was a choice display before this body, and a fairlv . . • 

 om Chelsea Messrs. J. yeitch and Sons sent several freelv fl ^ one «k 

 Ltelio-cattleya Canhamiana, Cattleya Mossfce Reineckian, ° T wered «n»plei 



PJ«y; 



Epidendrum radicante-vitelhnum, Trichopilia suavis alba 

 Epiphronitis Veitchi, Disa Langleyensis, and D. Veitchi m/ 

 ...m.. o:- Lawrence - 1 ■ - ' Ar * 



'glossum 



SF 1 1Q T V Meod eardener to T. P. Morgan, Esq., Dover House, Roehamp- bium, and a grandly-flowered D. Bensoniae, with about forty fl 



.~ M J:/^ p^ d0 : bu b - A sons, cooiLbri 



ton was the largest exhibitor of the day, and his splendid display down the centre of 

 the'hall was greatly admired ; it consisted of a large number of grandly grown speci- 

 mens of Souvenir ce la Malmaison carnations, each of these carrying about thirty to 

 thirty-six flowers and buds apiece. Had the weather been a little brighter of late 

 the expanded flowers would have been more numerous, but as It was they were 

 plentifu 1 large and substantial. Around these monuments of horticultural skill 

 were arranged smaller plants, all in the pink of health and representing the several 

 seedling forms of Malmaison carnations that have of late been raised. The whole 

 exhibit was bedded in maidenhair fern, edged with Caladium argyrites, and with a 

 few palms down the the centre. We congratulate Mr. McLeod upon his fine 



exhibit and upon its arrangement. < . . 



Messrs. Kelway and Sons, Langport, were extensive exhibitors, showing a 

 grand lot' of peonies, pyrethrums, and delphiniums ; among the latter, the 

 varieties Beatrice Kelway, blue and white ; Albert Edward, violet blue; Amyas 

 Leigh, pale blue ; True Blue, very deep ; and Clovelly, soft lavender ; were specially 

 good in colour, flower, and spike. Extremely beautiful was the exhibit of Messrs. 

 Wallace and Co., Colchester; it consisted very largely of irises, both the 

 germanica forms and the Spanish) varieties. Among the former there were baskets 

 of \ ictorine, white and purple ; Sanspareil, yellow and red and white ; Chelles, 

 yellow and ruby ; and Mr. Newell, blue, all very fine. Among the Spanish iris 

 we liked Chrysolora, yellow ; Belle Chinoise, golden ; British Queen, white and 

 yellow ; Potigier, blue and yellow ; Reconnaissance, brown and gold ; and 

 Emperor of the West, blue and yellow. Anthericums, ixias, calochorti in variety, 

 brodias, ixioHrions, liliums, and hemerocallis made up a most interesting display. 

 Mr. Wallace had a number of flowering plants of the new beautiful Lilium 

 rubellum. 



Baskets and boxes of splendid trusses of rhododendrons were shown by Messrs. 

 W. Paul and Son, Waltham Cross, and these made an effective display ; a 

 crimson-rose variety, named Joseph Whitworth, was especially noteworthy ; this 

 firm also showed a lot of bunches of garden roses, showing rugosa forms in good 

 condition, and also a display of the double white and Scotch rose ; hybrid sweet 

 briars added fragrance to beauty, and proved a great attraction to the ladies. 

 A goodly display from Messrs. II. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, Kent, included a 

 collection of aquilegias in handsome bunches, both double and single forms of 

 the highest beauty and elegance being displayed. Tuberous begonias were finely 

 shown, the flowers being full and bright, and the plants in first-rate condition. 

 Marquise de Travers, pink ; Lord Sherborne, crimson scarlet ; Lady Lindsay, 

 yellow ; Lady Naylor Leyland, carmine ; Rosebud, rose pink ; and Miss M. 

 Griffiths white, were among the best forms in a splendid collection. Mr. 

 Norman, gardener to the Marquis of Salisbury, Hatfield House, showed a basket- 

 full of splendid spikes of the yellow Mrs. Audry Campbell, and the scarlet 

 King Arthur carnations ; the spikes were staked, and the bases fixed in damp 

 moss, so a grand sheaf of blooms was the result. Mr. H. B. May sent a good 

 collection of ferns, showing well-grown specimens of pteris, gymnogrammas, 

 aspleniums, adiantums, and nephrolepis ; Gymnogramma grandiceps superba, 

 and G.'Mayi were fine, as was Phlebodium Mayi. This group consisted of sixty 

 varieties of ferns, each one raised by Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton, and on that 

 score alone it was highly interesting. Mr. May also showed a fine rose- pink zonal 

 pelargonium, Millfield Rival ; a dwarf marguerite, and a golden tropceolum, 

 named Sunlight. Messrs. Collins Brothers, Waterloo Road, and Hampton, 

 showed sheaves of the more popular hardy herbaceous flowers, arranging these 

 effectively; a bright rose single pyrethrum, named Monarch, was very attractive 

 in the centre of this display. Cannas in great variety were staged freely by 

 Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt ; the plants were all dwarf, and carried spikes 

 of the most brilliant flowers. Incarvillea Delavayi, two good spikes, was an 

 attractive item among rhododendrons, geums, pyrethrums, poppies, irises, and 

 the graceful loose-racemed Laburnum Alkekengi. 



A bold group of hardy flowers from Messrs. T. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, con- 

 sisted largely of a fine collection of irises, these being repiesented by baskets of a 

 variety ; Walneri, Fairy Queen, Bergi, Arnoldi, Virginica, Abou Hassan, Brides- 

 maid, Pallida, and Mrs. H. Darwin were among the best. Pyrethrums, 

 Heuchera sanguinea, an exceptionally fine coloured form ; Eremurus robustus, 

 and E. himalaicus were all splendidly represented. Hardy flowers in great variety 

 were shown by Mr. J. Russell, Richmond: irises, pyrethrums, Muscari comosum 

 monstrosum, and Hemerocallis flava being exceptionally Jgood. Messrs. Barr and 

 Sons' contribution was a large one, and consisted of an immense variety of hardy 

 flowers ; there was a choice collection of ixias, hemerocallis, pyrethrums, pceonies, 

 Spanish irises, German irises, and other choice subjects. Limits of space prevent 

 us detailing the varieties of iris, but the Messrs. Barr had all the leading kinds 

 and many choice forms not commonly seen, and representing the several sections. 

 Carnation Primrose Queen, a broad petalled variety of primrose hue, was shown 

 in fine condition by Mr. F. Perkins, Leamington. The big group of cannas 

 staged by Mr. H« Cannell and Sons, Swanley, was the most gorgeous exhibit in 

 the show ; the plants were splendidly grown in small pots, and each carried a 

 massive spike of brilliant blooms ; Aurea, Konigen Charlotte. Ami J. Chretien, 

 Conquerant, Duchess of York, Milne Redhead, Explorateur Campbell, Alex, and 



BiHard were a few of the most impressive varieties in a collection where all were 

 of the greatest value. 



single rx 

 and flowered. 



». r. Miller and Co., Fulham Road, S.W., exhibited a good strain of 

 unias, and a fknmu. W nf mU. v*:n„.'. beautifully grown 



mignonette 



i uZUr'^I ?™™s cxlestis, Fraxinus Mariesi, a prettily- flowered tree ; and 



and Sorh p JR ^| n,ai a form with hu K« bluish bracts - Messrs - J- Cheal 



Wd«£ \^u\l y \£* d Z *? " hibit of cut s P lkes tosses of rhododendrons, 



V n rx ft U ^ a * a .. 1 ^> tlsus Andreanus. Soirrci Van Houttei, Colutea crocea. 



Sons, Chelsea, put up a basket 

 carrying massive blue-tinted he 



these 



of XeVS iTnHSacteAXna £±5 ' V^r 222? * ^ P 



cences an.! ,kn . , "^Pha banden with a profusion of crimson mflores- 



^S^^^tS^^ VanC8aled IX Godseffianum ; a few thunias and 



origmened the eihibit con Sl derably. Globba calophylla with queer 



pure white; O. elegantius Baroness Schroder, DendrobiumTrUh? HHE* 

 bium. and a grandly-flowered D. Bensonice. with a hour (nrtxt q >wers 



showed Udontogiossum crispum in considerable variety ; some ofAe^tW 181 ' 

 forms were very pretty, while one large flower with red-brown smu^^ 



aw, Esq., The 



considerable attention. Mr. H. Wiffen, gardener to J. Bradsh 

 Grange, Southgate, staged a nice but small collection. His cho«« -nrr'a.. 

 were Lselio-cattleya Aphrodite, L.-c. Arnoldi, very fine; Leelia gTandis teneS? 

 with four splendid flowers ; Cattleya Mossioe Reineckiana, C. VYagneri 2 

 good forms of Odontoglossum crispum and O. maculatum, and also a rosy-UnS 

 C. Mossioe, named Admiral Bradshaw. 1 



Mr. W. H. Young, [orchid grower to Sir Frederick Wigan, CUr e Lm. 

 East Sheen, showed a seven-flowered specimen of the somewhat rare Sar ^. 

 Hadweni, Lselio-cattleya Canhamiana var. Iolanthe, a superb broad lipped form- 

 the lovely Lselio-cattleya Lady Wigan, ^ Cattleya Mossiae Maxima, L-i 

 Arnoldiana, Loelia grandis tenebrosa, Cymbidium tigrinum, Lcelio-cattleya supaU 

 elegans, and Miltonia vexillaria var. Constance Wigan, with a fine white li* 

 Messrs. Stanley-Mobbs and Ashton (late W. L. Lewis and Co.) put up aim 

 handsome group of orchids, showing a considerable number of fine form of 

 Cattleya Mossioe, one named Madonna and having purest white sepals and petab 

 and very light lip, being of especial merit ; C. M. Aurea, C. M. Sir Thos. Liptoa, 

 also a white form with yellow marked lip, were also attractive. Lelia purpmfc, 

 Oncidium crispum, Leelia tenebrosa, Cypripedium Evenor Southgate var., C 

 Rothschildeanum, C. Gertrude Hollington Southgate var. , very fine : C. Sir Tito. 

 Lipton (C. bellatulum album crossed C. ciliolare), whitish with black spots | aad 

 C. Donald Ross in the way of C. Lowianum were on view, as also was the 14 blue' 

 Dendrobium Victoria Regina. „ 



Mr. James Hudson, gardener to Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunneab«y 

 House, Acton, showed a large specimen Leelia purpurata, that carried ten good 

 spikes, each with three or four flowers ; this specimen was remarkable foe it 

 fact that it has been in cultivation for thirty-seven years, and under Mr. Hud* : 

 care for only three years less than that period. Mr. H. J. Chapman, gardeao 

 to R. L Measures, Esq., Camberwell, sent a very light form of Lelia purpurata, 

 named L. p. Ernesti. Messrs, Linden and Co., Brussels, sent hulophia cup 

 ensis, with large rosy flowers. The Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, sent ^^Ukfi 

 Hippolyta aurantiaca, a rich orange colour, and one of the very bngbtal 4 

 orchids; they also sent L.-c. Canhamiana superba, a glorified form of i •<* 

 well-known hybrid ; L.-c. Eudora splendens, Cattleya Gertrude (L. Vmm 

 crossed C. superba), and other choice novelties. Mr. S. Cooke, 

 De B. Crawshay, Esq., Sevenoaks, staged a pretty form of Ultleya Mefidtt, 

 named Sprite, and a good L. purpurata. Messrs H. Low and Co., ttoM 

 exhibited a grand plant of a magnificent form of Odontoglossum cns£*t* 

 spike carrying twelve grand flowers of large size, ^sepals and ^| 5 ju ~ m ^^ 



MclWi niwy 



ractive. Mem 

 ^ Morning 



yellow disk ; this form was worthily named Prince 



pals 



— - — — — — # 



having large red blotches. 



Mr. H7 Druce, Regent's Park, showed four cypriped 



of the J e J te *J 



group, U. b. Uruceanum, u. Mrs. n. uiu^^- , l^tom 

 Walkerianum (C. concolor crossed C. bellatulum , « w \ anot ^ r | [° e l ™ ^,3 

 cross; one had a big flower, white with black spots, and the otttr 



yellowish flower with tiny dots of blackish purple. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 



Very few exhibits came before this body, the largest being two R 

 cucumbers shown by Mr. S. Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham , one > 

 Keeper, and the other Sensation, and both have Telegraph 

 were excellent cucumbers, tailless and free fruiting, aw. ■■ ^ ^ 



House Gardens, Elstree, showed the Carter spinach, and gainea 



mendation. _ - .j t»..-i,c ihc.ved l'<- 



named H 



utatJ^ 



cabbage, a fine early and quick-hearting variety of g q ua J 

 gardener to Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., ^^^^^S^TkO^ 

 sixteen fine fruits of Lord Napier nectarine, and two punn 



cherries ; cultural commendation. 



Medals, 



Swanley 



Silver i 



Ma*- 



L 



tiauksian medal to Messrs. Barr ana oun, ^ Edmonton : 

 to Messrs. Kelway and Son, Langport ; Mr. 11.^ ,J\ rrhiAs . Mess**** 

 Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, for hardy flowers and ."" e ^ e r dals t0 >lr. J- HjJ* 



Mobbs and Ashton, Southgate. Silver ^Z ZTn***' Art * SS 

 gardener to Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., < -unne sou r> ^ ^ 



II. Low and Co., Clapton, for Odontoglossum enspun^ in^ ^ 

 Wm. Paul and Son, Waltham Cross; Messrs- »' • mM d. 

 and Mr. Norman, gardener to the Marqimofbamw 



Smilax 



'decaS* 



uch its twining growths ^'^^f ffhfto s« it fW* 

 gardener feels it to be his duty to grow a few pots o '^,^,,,0111 

 quantity, it is needful to look into one of our mar furnisb ea. I , 

 of it are found by hundreds, and a constant success. ^ Beon«B»^^ 

 day or two since looking through Messrs. Ha w ^ ithjlj^, 



Twickenham, where smilax is now largely S* 0 ™^"^ easily a^Z* 



tood Ptetty ** 



only some two years, 

 are finally put into nine-inch pots, 

 rows across a centre bed. wires areli 



These are 



across each 



9* 



over the pots ^ — - -f^.hnve. auiu *~ — . ->-«r three _ 



These strings are filled with pretty climbing grow^ ^ ^ 

 then cut, and others take their places, 

 considerable. 



Prices are 



