THE FLORAL MAGAZINE 



NEW SERIES.] DECEMBER, 1876. [No. 60. 



FLORAL EXHIBITIONS. 



At this dull season the most enjoyable floral exhibi- 

 tions are those afforded by our best nurseries, where, 

 in spite of murky fogs. and cold rains, choice Orchids, 

 flowering bulbs, Ericas, and last, but certainly not least, 

 Chrysanthemums, serve to enliven the gloom of the 

 waning year. The display of the last-named flower, 

 grown by Mr. Newton at the Temple Gardens, has 

 been a most excellent one, and at the Crystal Palace 

 Mr. Thomson has given us an opportunity of seeing 

 some excellent blooms of White Globe, Aurea flori- 

 bunda, and other sorts, while Dr. Sharp (crimson) and 

 Fleur de Marie (snowy white) were conspicuous among 

 the decorative kinds. In the Royal Exotic Nursery at 

 Chelsea, Messrs. Veitch and Sons have just had a very 

 attractive display of Chrysanthemums tastefully ar- 

 ranged, with other seasonable flowers. The exhibition 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society, held at South Ken- 

 sington on November 8th ult., was a most successful 

 one in every way, and more certain evidence of the 

 power possessed by our trade-growers could not well 

 be given. Messrs. Veitch and Son contributed a 

 splendid group of Orchids, among which we noted the 

 golden-lipped Oncidiuni tigrinum, Cypripediurn Sedeni, 

 Vanda ccerulea, the true V. insignis, Odontoglossum 

 Alexandras, Calanthe Veitchi, and other rare kinds. 

 In the same collection was also a plant of the some- 

 what rare Htemanthus cinnabarinus, bearing three 

 trusses of cinnabar-scarlet flowers, having mahogany- 

 coloured scapes, and broad, bright green, strap-shaped 

 leaves. A group of richly-coloured Persian Cyclamens 

 also came from the same exhibitors, together with 

 hybrid greenhouse Rhododendrons, Aralias, and Palms. 

 Good collections of Chrysanthemums came from several 

 exhibitors ; among those from Messrs. Veitch were the 

 following : — Emily Dale, rich creamy-yellow ; Fair 

 Maid of Guernsey, a large Japanese variety, with pure 

 white flowers; Erectum superbum, also a Japanese 

 variety, with rosy-pink petals, sometimes tipped with 

 white. Amongst yellow kinds Jardin des Plantes still 

 maintains the superiority over all others, both in form 

 of flower and richness of colour. Mrs. Forsyth is a 

 grand white variety ; and John Salter ranks amongst 

 the best of the bronze-coloured kind; Dr. Masters is 

 a fine flame-coloured Japanese variety, single blooms 

 of which measure from nine inches to ten inches in 



diameter. We also noticed some tall standard young 

 plants of the small Pompone varieties, the best of all, 

 perhaps, being Bob and Golden Cedo Nulli. From 

 Mr. Turner came George Glenny, a creamy-yellow 

 flower, with incurved petals ; Mrs. George Rundle ; 

 Gloire de Toulouse, a brilliant magenta flower streaked 

 with white ; White Globe, and the Cossack, a brilliant 

 scarlet-flowered Japanese variety. Mr. Turner- had 

 also well-grown, bush-trained plants in the Pompone 

 section. Amongst these we noticed the yellow, white, 

 and pink varieties of Cedo Nulli, also Golden Aurora, 

 Julie Lagravere, and Marabout. Messrs. Henderson 

 had some handsome plants, amongst which the best 

 were Prince of Anemones, a white-quilled variety with 

 pink edges ; Boule de Neige, a fine white flower with 

 a creamy-coloured centre ; Gloria Mundi, an excellent 

 yellow-flowered kind ; and John Salter, a good bronze. 

 Mr. B. S. Williams furnished a miscellaneous group of 

 Orchids, Ferns, and other decorative plants in excel- 

 lent condition, including Masdevallia Veitchi, and a 

 good specimen of Eucharis amazonica. Mr. F. New- 

 man, gardener to Mr. Michael, of Cholnieley Park, 

 Highgate, showed a well-grown plant of Dendrobium 

 Wardianum, bearing about eighty flowers. Messrs. 

 E. G. Henderson and Sons sent a new seedling Eche- 

 veria of the E. rotundifolia type, and also plants of 

 the delicate, grassy -looking Kyllingia monocephala, a 

 cyperaceous plant well worth attention for decorative 

 purposes. Mr. H. Canned, of Swanley, Kent, showed 

 six plants of the new Zonal Pelargonium New Life, a 

 variety in the way of Vesuvius, except that the vivid 

 scarlet flowers are irregularly but boldly striped with 

 salmon and white. It is one of the most distinct and 

 desirable of all new varieties, and should be extremely 

 useful to hybridisers as containing the germs of a 

 new race. 



NOTES. 



Rose Stocks and Spring Frosts. — Mr. R. Smith, 



of Worcester, who grows 30,000 to 40,000 Tea Roses 

 for sale every year, propagates them in heat by graft- 

 ing on the Manetti stock. The operation is begun 

 during November, and many of the plants then grafted 

 flower the following May. We may point out, how- 

 ever, that the Manetti stock is very easily excited into 



