August 13. lg 9 8 - 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



53i 



EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, August 9. 



had a slight effect upon the meeting of the above date as the 



TH1 holiday season 

 \ Hall was Wf 



phloxes, stove 



usual 



There 



plants, and gooseberries being the leading subjects on view. 



Floral Committee. 



--/most of the novelties gaming aw«»iua p«« a <=u uwuic www — ~ -"'-j™ 

 2^referred to there were good carnations, campanulas, some hardy sfcrubs, 



^K^rThomas, gardener to II. M. the Queen, Windsor, showed a collec- 



** r * .. nfomnrt tKom C Hn^c- ™r»r a h#*H nf maidenhair 



^^**wi.**v»* o-iuui; ^u*i* r*~ ~ — > w — 



with berries like pale blue glass beads, and 



Dahlias were 



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Lady Penzance, 



! N. JNorthiana, J>. lviascersi, in. mixta, in. i^cKbuuiaua, »uu x^. 

 Hookeriani. ' Sprays of asparagus were twined around the stand stems, and a 

 few plants of Acalypha Sanderi were placed under the central tall stands ; a fine 

 l\tj^V : "7iIver-giIt Flora medal. Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, showed 

 hardy plants, including a basket of ' 1 1 1 ' -:_-~.:r„i:„ 



mcrophyllus, Coprosma acerosa, 



Pa via nucrostachys, with plumes of small creamy- white flowers. ___ 



jbown well by Mr. S. Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham, who staged nine boxes of 

 fe: and bright show and cactus \ - # A? - .« e^-^-u 



Tirid scarlet ; Britannia, salmon, p _ r f 



yellow ; Mrs. Nelson Noble, salmon and rose ; and Major Hosskins, crimson 

 Kirlet, as particularly good ; silver Banksian medal. Mr. J. Walker, Thame, 

 0n>o, sent eight stands of show, cactus, and pompon dahlias, all fresh and bright 

 -.owers, if not over large ; good pompon varieties were Sunny Daybreak, orange ; 

 Darkness, crimson ; Dr. Jim, rose and crimson ; Fairy Tales, pale primrose- 

 ycQow ; and Bacchus, scarlet ; silver Banksian medal. Messrs. Webb and 

 Bond, Saffron Waldon, showed a collection of named varieties of double- 

 r.owcred hollyhocks on bright green boards ; the flowers were very good, but 



seeded presenting in some better style ; Crimson Qaeen, Waverley, Rose Queen, 

 Sanset, pretty pink ; Primrose Gem, and Heliotrope were fine ; bronze Flora 



medal. 



Mr. J. Garrett, gardener to A. B. Freeman-Mitford, Esq., Batsford Manor, 

 Maeton-in-the-Marsh, showed a lot of beautiful water lilies, almost all being 

 Mm Marliac's productions ; flowers and leaves were arranged in two large 

 .Allow baths, and constituted a feature of the meeting. N. Marliacea albida, N. 

 It rosea, N. rtammea, N. Marliacea chromatella, N. lucida, N. gloriosa, and N. 

 (M were m fine condition ; a dozen varieties were shown and a silver Flora 

 ■Al awarded. Mr. Allan, gardener to Lord Hillingdon, Hillingdon Court, 



\ \ f ' a charmin S lot of border carnations in bunches of a variety, all 



: ''^"^f 1 ** * ^w new sells and fancies were on view: Ketton 



Kc* wis especially good ; bronze Banksian medal. A handsome group of 

 Wulas was staged by Mr. G. Wythes, gardener to Earl Percy, Syon House, 



Sfeh i^ P ^ ntS .K had Py ramidal s P ik es from three feet to four feet nine 

 J^h clothed with pure white or several shades of blue flowers. This is a 



*m 2S ! r "i \ ythe r cultlvates so well. The arrangement with Cocos 

 J-jW and maidenhair fern was very good ; a silver Banksian medal was 



S ° nS> Highgate ' an interestiQ g Srono of 



SK ^T^c^f^ P r eaS * x> S ° me g °° d bunches of Pantheon; W. 

 TS^ I ^l^ ne ^ Denw »J«a Bart, and Charlemagne phloxes were 



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Banksian medal. 



■ iuiaco?e 



Mr. M. Prichard, Christchurch, contributed 

 imong other beautiful subjects, fine bunches 



Montbretia 



Adnfa tubero« \Z , ^ ?, g omer Deau "tul su 

 ^£rand,rto?a Frtin D1 u Um Na P ellus > Rudbeckia lac 



Solium £odi iTu? ??^ ehal p S * He,eDiU i n g randi cephalum striatum, 

 *o Binbian nS.1 5"! ' T«gndia Pavonia, and Lathy- 

 Ac •Kr.i/^? m «ial. Messrs. Ke' *— - J 



Skfi of one ^ble with 



Sir 



ilZL VB'' 1 a J°i? ia » and l-athyrus latifolius roseus ; 

 table Jtl - and Son > ^angport, Somerset, occupied 



paouloides 



noTea 'mTfS ^ ^ ^llaS 



— 1. ^uwier, red ana cream : Duke nf Pn^u. 



Lewcol 



m 



Among the 



^ toiy 

 doren 



Rrcuy 



sp; 



e, orange • Orm. in" ° re T 5 Duk ^ of B^ccleuch, pink and 

 ^ope ; ?nd v£ knr. C r °u Se ; - Numa ' blush and cream ; 



g£d idea oftK %? i rple ' M ^ Vln . g ^ eciall y fin e and hand- 

 o.—.j "'c aispiay can be obtained when wr> «tntP t>, Q t 



4t <l by shea 



erour, of t Ti v,ttl,ace "a t.o., Colchest 



me varieties, 



1 weaves of tnVrW — <*uia L uin m several \ 

 K l fc ^ EStaStSS^ g ail t rdias ; border carnations, and 



c^JL VV ; Robi nson 



b^'fc it'" 11 ' ^ e -t7 C Leopdd 

 on fo.i"! D ' a . Iso s ent water lilies. R hn£L 



be leading Marliacea forms 



A 



seas as growing in a lake, 

 ; not many of the flowers 



er with 



s ^cies 



Specially 



i S ' .^ nis P^duces 

 f. ; Sllvcr Banksia 



up a group 



nan medal. 



h2 f Specime x ns » notably N. exaltata 

 Messrs W m Pauland Son Waltham 



wte a £n 



•"-^ p L h f S^^^ «j» -nt a 



Thiba 



size and colour ; 

 Lord Ravlei^h. 



showed e^^r — 3 / c P r esenrea ; su 



ng> but ^ere was nothing 



borde cTSion Geotf I MeSSFS - ^ Vdtch and Sons exhibited their °ew 



The Chds^f fi rm ?hS^ aC}U f y ' a pure White variet y' of g° od form and habit - 

 and Kalosanthe? S ^ interesting plant, a hybrid between Rochea falcata 

 «nrt,V« £ 1 coccmea ; it was named Kalo-rochea Langleyensis ; the Kalo- 

 ?Je Chel '«S ^ e T d Pa T 5 , tha P ,ant is ^ermediate betwefn the parents. 

 m7i St j auu a, l° a s P le " d i d collection of annual flowers. 



sm'eL A ^h'i / ^ , Chard ' sent a box of blooms of the curious Gloriosa 

 superba. A goodly display of carnations was made by Mr. James Douglas, Eden- 



silt ^ M ^ 5 S T\° { the newer selfs ' Iike Q ueen of Sc °ts, Mrs. Colby 



thP feilf? S * Gie ?' Buchanan . a " d Nox, deepest crimson, were all beautiful ; 

 toe fancy forms were also good. 



Orchid Committee. 



., 1 °? ids were almost conspicuous by their absence, but on a corner of one 



Em. SSTT S f eD r PlantS r ^ d a s P ike or two ' Mr - J- Dou g ks . Gre «t Book- 

 ham, exhibited a fine form of Denbrobium formosum giganteum with immensely 



broad petals. Messrs^ Hugh Low and Co. , Clapton, showed a few cattleyas, a 

 handsome variety of Oncidium papilio, and a plant of Cypripedium Olivia carry- 

 ing one large and handsome flower. A tall spike of Vanda Batemanni, carrying 

 ^venty flowers and buds, was shown by Mr. C. Salter, gardener to T. B. HaywoodT 

 Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate. Mr. G. Shill, gardener to G. Law Shofield, 

 .esq., JNewliall Hey, Manchester, sent a very small plant of Odontoglossum 



s var., a very prettily-marked form that will 



improve with age. 



Fruit Committee. 



A magnificent exhibit of gooseberries from Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 

 Chelsea, was also an extensive one, and merited a gold medal. There were no 

 less than a hundred and six varieties staged, but, of course, this number is largely 

 reducible for small gardens. The best red varieties for dessert were Forester, 

 Champagne, Keen's Seedling, and Warrington. The best green and yellowish 

 varieties were Langley Beauty, Whitesmith, Transparent, Pretty Boy, Broom 

 Girl, Coiner, Early Sulphur, Legerdemain, Keepsake, Langley Gage, Yellow- 

 smith, and Golden Drop. The Chelsea firm also displayed some splendidly- 

 fruited white and red currant growths, and also staged trays of fruit, the trays of 

 La Versaillaise and Cherry currants being first-rate ; the firm also showed some 

 late cherries. The raspberry-blackberry hybrid raised by Mr. Seden was shown, 

 and is a remarkable fruit of large size, and precisely intermediate between the 

 two parents, both in growth, size of fruit, and flavour ; a decided acquisition to 

 succeed the raspberries, if only the fruits parted readily from the stem. 



Mr. Keif, gardener to Mrs. Abbott, South Villa, Regent's Park, set up a fine 

 collection of fruits showing plums on pot trees, dishes of plums and gages, 

 Bellegarde, Royal George, and Barrington peaches, finely developed ; Buckland 

 Sweetwater, Black Hamburgh, and Muscat of Alexandria grapes, and good 

 melons ; all this fruit was grown within two miles of Charing Cross, and the able 

 gardener thoroughly merited the silver-gilt Knightian medal awarded. Messrs. 

 Harrison and Sons, Leicester, staged a very comprehensive collection of broad 

 beans, showing a remarkable difference in the size of pods from the immense John 

 Harrison to the small Beck's Gem ; Longpod, Harlem Windsor, Invicta, &C, 

 were all represented. Messrs. T. Rivers and Sons, Sawbridgworth, staged a 

 beautiful lot of cherries, plums, and gages finely developed, highly coloured, 

 covered with bloom, and well arranged. Especially grand was the basket of Early 

 Rivers nectarine, grown in a cold orchard house on pot trees. Silver Banksian 

 medal. Mr. Miller, gardener to Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, Esher, had an 

 exhibit of well-grown peaches, plums, gages, melons, &c, all shown in that 

 excellent condition that invariably characterises Mr. Miller's produce ; silver 

 Knightian medal. Mr. Carmichael, Edinburgh, sent strawberry Britannia, a 

 pleasantly flavoured late variety. Messrs. Kelway and Sons, Langport, Somerset, 

 showed the new strawberry-raspberry in good condition. Mr. A. Dean, Richmond 

 Road, Kingston, showed a dish of Snowball turnips in fine form. 



HEADINGTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, August i. 



The eighteenth exhibition was held in the grounds of the Manor House, Old 

 Headington, and proved quite a success financially and otherwise. Some three 

 thousand persons passed through the tents during the afternoon, including the 

 whole of the school children in the district, and the wives and children of the non- 

 commissioned officers at the military barracks at Cowley, the colonel's lady (Hon. 

 Mrs, Kingscote, The Beeches) having provided the tickets of admission. Entries 

 were more numerous than for the past two seasons, and a fair standard of quality 

 was maintained in nearly all the classes. The non-competitive exhibits included 

 a fine bank of tuberous begonias very effectively arranged by Mr. J. Stringer, 

 gardener to Thomas Arnall, Esq., Brookside, Headington Hill; the plants 

 numbered nearly forty full-sized specimens, and were a batch of seedlings of a 

 most excellent strain, and were single and double. One other exhibit also made a 

 mass of colour ; no less than forty-two bunches of tea-scented rosebuds, m vases 

 and mounted on black velvet ; these formed a background to three dozen blooms 

 of hybrid perpetual roses of full exhibition merit, Mr. J. Mattock being the 

 exhibitor. From Mr. George Chaundy, jun New Marston, ™*}™ f™£ 

 specimen carnations of high quality, some of the yellow-ground being simply 



10V PLANTS.-In division three, prizes were offered for groups for effect on a space 

 eieht by four feet. Three competed, the premier arrangement was a most graccM 

 llmt^cZ cone-shaped pyramid, having a feathery Grevillea robusU ^ thc 

 centre around which were posed cannas, Lihum lancifohum album and rubrum, 

 cocos S dracenas, clove tarnations, fuchsias, streptocarpus, celsias, Trachehum 

 S3£mS^ by blue lobelia and variegated forms of panicum and sedum , 

 SS»7 ca/d to Mr. W. Clarke, flower gardener to Mr, S. WooUen- 

 Wootten. Headington House ; the second prize going to Mr. W. T. Mattock, 

 BleS Nurserf, Barton, who had masses of very showy tuberous begonias, 

 SS^S^Sr^ muscaica, coleus, pancratiums, zonal geraniums Lihum 

 amatum the centre being a number of spikes of Ornithogalum pyramidale, the 

 SSlSfaS^ blue lobelia; Mr. J. Green, Church Lane third, with 

 ground line oe ng ^eag sub j ects . The best three plants in the amateurs' 



VC T- TSif^JFtoi they were neat fuchsias, but the varieties were not 

 section came from Mr • ^ r ^ n ' t y lants suitable for table decoration, Mr. W. 



T ManocI ^ in 4e cE ^six ; Mrs. Wootten-Wootten second. The 

 L^faSXS geraniums were dwarf grown and 



cuiLagcia » depending mass of the blue Campanula 



SiT Zott fto fffi Lucy Fxnnis ; Tnd thf third to fuchsia Charming. 



ffi F'r owers made a very pretty feature. For twenty-four roses Mr. J. 

 ™ V7~hJ ? fine form) took first prize, his premier blooms being 



S*m£, Marshal Mel, Marchioness of Londonderry, Marie Biu- 

 Marsnal f. w naer, wmiams Mrs. J. Laing, Horace Vernet, Comtesse de 



Rodocanaihi, General Jacqueminot, Dapny Jaaaam, and White L»dy ; Mr. W. T . 



