July 3°# l8 9 8k 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



497 



AND M 



EXHIBIT!* 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, July 26. 



There was a splendid and varied display of fruits and flowers at the Drill Hall, 

 on the above date. Orchids were not numerous, but graceful bamboos were 

 plentiful. Hardy flowers of all kinds were splendid, especially the sweet peas 

 and roses. Fruit was good, the trained gooseberries and currants from Messrs. 

 T. Veitch and Sons forming a most interesting display. 



Floral Committee. 



The bulk of the exhibits came before this body, and the members had a busy 

 time making the various awards and allotting medals to meritorious displays. 



Messrs. Dobbie and Co., Rothesay, had an extensive display of hardy flowers, 

 sweet peas and violas ; particularly good were the bunches of Godetia Gloriosa, 

 crimson and rose ; yellow sweet sultan, marguerite carnations, white sweet sultan, 

 and the sweet peas named Meteor, Salopian, Queen Victoria, and Duchess of 

 York. Liliums and irises in quantity were tastefully displayed by Messrs. R. 

 Wallace and Co. , Colchester ; Lilium speciosum album, L. odorum, L. Browni, 

 L. Humboldti, and L. auratum were very handsome. Hemerocallis aurantiaca 

 major was first-rate, and other interesting subjects in the display were calochorti, 

 brodiasas, Kaempfer, irises, carnations, and Michauxia campanuloides, a noble bien- 

 nial with white flowers. Mr. M. Prichard, Christchurch, Hants, showed a splendid 

 lot of bunches of hardy flowers, and among the good things staged we noted 

 Platycodon grandiflorum pollidum, Menziesia palifolia alba, Spirrea palmata, 

 Hfliopsis scabra major, Gentiana thibetica, Liatris spicata, Stipa- gigantea— an 

 elegant grass, Lathyrus latifolius albus, &c. ; Mr. Prichard also showed a handsome 

 example of Campanula mirabilis, carrying a fine lot of palest blue flowers. Messrs. 

 A. W. Young and Co., Stevenage, showed a group of annuals and other hardy 

 flowers ; sweet Williams, carnations, coreopsis, &c, were largely staged. 



Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton, showed finely- flowered plants of Bouvardia 

 jasminoides and B. Queen of Roses ; he also put up a handsome collection of pterises, 

 consisting of one hundred species and varieties : P. ludens, P. Regince, P. gracilis 

 multiceps, P. tremula Smithiana, P. tripartita, P. falcata Doniana, and P. 

 sagittifoha were all fine. Mr. J. Fitt, gardener to T. W. Campion, Esq., Reigate, 

 showed a magnificent lot of sprays of the lovely Crimson Rambler rose, all the 

 flowers being finely developed. Mr. Tomlinson, gardener to B. Hoffman, Esq., 

 Thornton Lodge, West Dulwich, showed a pretty group of caladiums, all the 



Ehnts being well coloured, fresh, and nicely associated with maidenhair fern ; 

 Ions. Leon Say, Fred Moore, Louis Van Houtte, &c, were all charmingly 

 coloured, and represented, as all were, by neat, well grown specimens. Hardy 

 flowers in quantity were exhibited by Messrs. Barr and Sons, Covent Garden. 

 Gaillardias were very good ; phloxes, lychnis, Kaempfer irises, Inula glandulosa, 

 Lathyrus latifolius albus, coreopsis, and eryngiums were especially good. Messrs. 

 J. Carter and Co., High Holborn, exhibited a large number of varieties of sweet 

 peas, staging them in small, tight bunches, with a spray or two of asparagus 

 plumosus. What might have been a fine exhibit was spoiled by inartistic display. 

 Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, showed three large stands of finely developed 

 carnations and picotees and among them the yellow and yellow ground fancies 



Se of^riilns C ' " RalH ' Lady Co ° k ' Wanderer > Voltai 'e» ™* 



.it ?* Eckford, Wem., Salop, showed a dozen new varieties of sweet peas, 

 s L S? g ■ °l mS ' MrS - L Du g dale > b »ght rose and white ; Duchess of Westmin- 



Jhke S ?i° r K ge - Shaded l, C ° Cd ^' loV f y SCarlet •> Sadie Bur P ee « P«e 

 white and hooded ; Fascination, blue and lavender ; Duke of Westminster deeD 



c , U ™n d TP 1 ?. 5 ^ 0the,Io 'j he da ' k *st variety ^t produced inter ^ e 'purple 

 crimson, were those we most admired. All were fine flowers, and three fWrs 



bued Vl^^ t ^L J 1 '' T - & . W "* HaIe Farm, Tottennam, exh 

 central K ofl r ^"J*™*™, herbaceous flowers, and a 



W CutbS fnl I % l DCluded a SpeC1 T en of L ' "epalense. From Messrs. 

 flowers it £i° n ' Hl ? h S ate ' «** a bi g of large bunches of hardy 



maSuD a faSfi f ryn S Ium f.' engerons, sweet peas, phloxes, and carnations 

 SrnEs A mnlt tf on «ther side of a small group of handsome Malmaison 



£ SandeJ'and f n I IT* ^ f? 1 ° f , ne * P knts arran g ed h Y Messrs. 



its Sndfnf ' h AI , baD V ltco . nsis ted largely of Acalypha Sanderiana with 



multffloruf s^peX! 1 ' ^ Vatic ^ d A ' Godseffianum, and Hsemanthus 



werfweH fh^T^ St f ged in round baskets containing one variety 



S ^ri5£ n I 5^S!?!i W ' ^ aDd S ° n ' J VaWmm Cross ' a few ° f th * 



r arl eties represented were the pretty polyantha Mienonette Madame 



ScgSK^"? K\ Gr0l tf ' BeHe M™ ht > Encrnues?, sSvSE 

 var Tho^ e CarnW T ! S f s ^ Souvenir de Lady Ashburton, Milton, Louis 

 uvVnir a/ J T f tout, Crimson Rambler, Captain Christy, and the new 

 Z^T\ d , C Madame L evet, a rich yellow dwarf tea rose. Cacti and Taring 



and Sons, 



markabt ^ ve^itv^?/^ 'i n * comprehensive one, and showed the re^ 

 eus Fwt^V^^ 7 ™ ' f SemhS) °P untia ^icrodasys, Pilo- 



-taSKS. WkS, Echmocac,us G,usoni ' aDd Eoph< » bil 



Ga rm? ^^^^T ™ the length of the hall by Mr. 



^in^^^VZ^?' ^l man Mltf ° rd ' Esq ' CB " Batsford Park > M° re " 



d va Sties SfiJ U^l' ?u gr ° Up re P r l sented a ^rge number of species 



eneral y 1™^^^ T ^ e grace and of well-grown bamboos is 



ristata/a7S^ « Arundinaria 



A K ^^^ fld ^ c ^» Comtesse de Nadaillac, Ethel Brownlow 



of L! m V Dd Ma T Cochet were specially good. This was a gocS «t 

 Mr ^Tanner I "k " 4n f^ ^d successful a/ Lateur as is Mr cffinS 

 named ^80^% ^V^' Sh ° Wed a 6ne S ° ft ^^^-red carnation 

 W^^rSi?^ 5 -"? Mn C Sa,ter ' g ardenef to T.B. Haywood, Esq. 



nlSSi^^ 9 SeDt a magnificent broad dee P 5Carlet ^y! 



bira^Sn 1 ^^™^ 80 ^ W o e L C 0DCe ^ the onl y exhibit ors of annuals and 



™ f allowed a walk over. Godelias, linums, stocks, tagetes, sweet peas 

 gypsophila and clarkias were especially fine and bright. S 1 W 



rJr.n * Ti C T ^ the fo " owi ng awards. Gold Medal 'to Mr. J. 

 ^feglS* t0 a\ B - ^ reeman Mitford ' Batsford Park ^ for bamboo! 



iSsSf r\ ^ t t0 ^ CSSrS ' J" Veitch and Son ^ for bamb ^ 5 - Silver Gill 

 C^fo m iu r, t t0 H ' £• May ' forferns ^nd Messrs. R. Wallace and 

 r£c ivi T lt ^ A i ^ medals to Messrs - Dobb ie and Co for sweet 



fnr ™ n R ' "j ffman »f° r Radiums ; Messrs. W. Paul and Son, Wakham Cross, 

 S M £ ; and M f es k srs ; H - Can nell and Sons, for cacti. 5//^r Banksian medaU 

 to Messrs. J. Veitch, for carnations ; Messrs. Cutbush and Sons, for hardy flowers : 



fln~ Mr ?T 0nS, i 0 '^ flowers ; Mr. T. S. Ware for bamboos and hardy 



^-^Tr^ R , edrUth ' for bamboos 5 Mr - C - J- Grahame, for cut roses 5 

 and M. Pnchard, for hardy flowers. 



Orchid Committee. 



There were but comparatively few orchids on view at this meeting, but among 

 tnose exhibited was a magnificent specimen of Odontoglossum coronarium, shown 

 by Mr. Robert Shand, gardener to W. G. Groves, Esq., Holehird, Windermere : 

 trie specimen occupied a raft about three feet by over two feet, and carried two 

 enormous spikes, each carrying about three dozen beautiful flowers of immense 

 size ; it was probably the finest specimen of O. coronarium ever exhibited ; the 

 orchid committee were so delighted with it that they awarded it a silver Flora 

 medal. Mr. H. J. Chapman, gardener to R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge 

 Lodge, Camberwell, showed Laelio-cattleya Schilleriana, Cambridge Lodge var!, 

 a fine form with a brilliant purple lip. Mr. E. Shill, gardener to G. W. Law 

 Schofield, Esq., New Hall Hey, Rawtenstall, showed a lovely form of Cattleya 

 Ilardyana, named New Hall Hey variety; the lip was large, and of a wonderfully 

 hne hue, with golden blotches in the throat. Mr. W. Murray, gardener to 

 Norman Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, showed a beautiful cattleya, 

 C. Lord Rothschild, with two handsome rosy-segmented flower?, with a golden- 

 stained throat to the soft rose-tinted lip. 



Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, sent a few good orchids, 

 notably some pure white forms of cattleyas ; good forms of C. gigas and Vanda 

 caerulea were also well shown ; silver Banksian medal. Mr. de Barri Crawshay, 

 Sevenoaks, brought a handsome form of Cattleya Gaskelliana named Crawshayana ; 

 it has light rose sepals and petals, and an orange stained lip. Messrs. F. Sander 

 and Co., St. Albans, sent Cypripedium Orion, a cross between C. selligerum 

 majus and C. Rothschildianum, a bold form with dark purple stripes and spots. 

 Mr. Jones, gardener to W. C. Clarke, Esq., Orleans House, Sefton Park, Liver- 

 pool, showed Cypripedium Mrs. Walter Clark, a bold hybrid obtained by crossing 

 C. Ashburtoniae expansum with C. Stonei ; this has drooping, greenish, and black- 

 purple spotted sepals ; a very pale lip with green lines, and a big dark rose 

 coloured lip. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, showed Lcelio cattleya 

 calistoglossa ignescens, L.-c. Zephyra, a pretty buff-coloured hybrid between 

 Cattleya Mendeli and L. xanthina ; L.-c, Lucilia, L.-c. Amesiana, L.-c. Ingrami 

 gigantea, very fine ; and Masdevallia Imogen, obtained by 4 crossing M. Schlimi 

 with M. Veitchi. 



Fruit Committee. 



A large display of trained gooseberries and currants was put up by Messrs. J. 

 Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, and many of the visitors were highly astonished at the 

 wonderful crops carried on comparatively small standard, goblet-shaped, fan- 

 shaped, and cordon-trained specimens. About fifty varieties ot gooseberries were 

 on view, and about the best croppers were Coiner, yellow ; Broomgirl, yellow ; 

 Whitesmith, Forester, red ; Whinham's Industry, Langley Beauty, and Langley 

 Gage. Dessert currants of good growth and crop are Red Champagne and White 

 Crystal. The firm also showed some well-grown nectarines in pots, the variety 

 being Precoce de Croncels, these carrying fine fruits ripened without heat ; silver 

 Knightian medal. Mr. W. Allan, Gunton Park Gardens, sent two-year plants of 

 Lord Suffield strawberry to show its value as a late variety, a value fully 

 recognised. Lettuce and turnips from Chiswick Gardens were shown, and some 

 awards made at the gardens were confirmed. Mr. W. H. Divers, gardener to the 

 Duke of Rutland, sent boxes of splendid fruits of Waterloo, Gunton Park, and Dr. 

 Hogg strawberries. The Messrs. Laxton Brothers, Bedford, showed a basket of 

 the fine Trafalgar strawberry referred to in our last issue ; they also sent two fruit- 

 : — -1 — ~c Fillbasket strawberry, a most prolific variety raised h " 



crossing x^aiesi ui nu auu xw/«* ~ M . 6 .u ; .i». W uiv« 



mid-season variety. Mr. W. Carmichael, Edinburgh, sent a number of strawberries 

 bearing somewhat small fruits, but evidently of high flavour, judging from the rate 

 at which they disappeared. Messrs. Wright Brothers, Mansfield, showed a fine 

 new pea named Mansfield Show, a fine cropper. Mr. H. Eckford, Wem, Salop, 

 showed finely-cropped haulms of Rex, Wem, and Monarch, culinary pea*, all 

 splendid stocks. 



Mr. W. Johnson and Son, Boston, Lincoln, sent about fifty dishes of finely 

 developed culinary peas, and among them we noted especially fine examples of 

 Duke of Albany, Prince Edward, Satisfaction, Wem, Captain Cuttle, Telephone, 

 Rex, John Howard, Sturdy, and Heroine ; silver Banksian medal. Messrs. T. 

 r>:~ ?rs an( j g on Sawbridgeworth, Herts, showed some magnificent cherries, the 

 s of Bigarreau Napoleon, Bigarreau de Schreken, Early Rivers, White Bigar- 

 tha, the ^'£^(Zi^T mu ^^ M 'T Mm T^ WZ mx *» A - metallica, and A. re au, and Large Black Bigarreau being very lar^e ; Belgian Purple and Rivers' 

 ndinaria LavSkeri n2 77 a ^ > handso , me - A seedling plant of Early Transparent plums were also wonderfully fine, and were greatly admired ; 

 " at Batsford. wmI^ ^ d . been "P e ncd in the open silver Banksian medal, Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons sent a collection of straw- 



Batsford 



racemosa, Bambusa 



e ssrs. T. Veirrh ««i c ? v"*"*™! raised in this country. 



group comainJnf .T* 9 ^ 1 *? 1 ' * , h ™ 6 *>™ g™up of bamboos, 



ForfuS t T^? 1 T ld A USl ^- s P*? me ™ * Arundinaria auricoma, Bam- 

 asasa, &c ' ThJ^ ' , , A ™, nd V? ar ^ mtlda ' A ' j a P<>nica, Phyllostachys 

 also showed TZt J^ ere a » Mendid plants in fine condition/ The Chelsea 

 handsome M P ne ^ si ngle hollyhock named Primrose Queen, very full 

 «iums f and fini\ Perry l h ° Wed a feW fine gaiHardias, Inula ensifolia, 

 « shown bv \f! T^ e ^ us chrysanthemums. Some beautiful waterlilies 

 n,«k.._.. x/ iVAr - J- Hudson, gardener to LeonolH P^c^kiM Tr C n 



trees 



new raspberry named Golden Queen. Mr. O. Thomas, Frogmore Gardens, sent 

 nine huge, pale green-fleshed melons, the variety being named Lord Edward 



Cavendish 



laea 



eda l for a beautiful 



C 1. 7 F J,muv ' » **" u ^« sanguinea, deep red. 

 bamboos, associating them with a few bold and brilliant 

 ^uilloi, and B. tesselata were well shown. 

 ., Wrydelands, Leatherhead, gained a silver Banksian 

 of cut roses, about eight dozen handsome blooms, among 



NATIONAL CARNATION AND PICOTEE SOCIETY, July 27. 



The annual exhibition of this society was held at the Crystal Palace on Wed- 

 nesday, the 27th inst., instead of on July 20 as originally arranged. There were 

 forty classes provided, open only to members of the society, and the value of the 

 prizes offered was estimated at upwards of ^200. The season is a very late one 

 for carnations, for even Mr. Martin Smith in his warm Kentish garden at Becken 

 ham had not more than five per cent, of his seedlings in flower at the date of 

 exhibition. The show, however, was a good one, notwithstanding the seasonal 

 difficulties growers have had to contend with. The classes were fairly well filled 



