THE FLOKAL MAGAZINE. 



NEW SERIES.] JULY, 1S75. 



FLOWER SHOWS. 



Royal Horticultural Society — June 2nd. — Great 

 Summer Show. — A first-class certificate was awarded to 

 Messrs. Cripps and Son, of Tunbridge Wells, for Cle- 

 matis Lord Nevill. The sepals of this plant possess 

 remarkable substance, and are mauve-lilae in colour, 

 with a purple bar. A second-class certificate was given 

 to the same firm for Clematis Lady Alice Nevill, a scented 

 rosy-lilac flower, with mauve bar and good form. A 

 second-class certificate was awarded to the extremely 

 elegant Lilium Hansoni (L. avenaceum and L. macu- 

 latum), exhibited by Mr. G. F. Wilson, of Heatherbank, 

 near Weybridge. The same gentleman also exhibited 

 blooms of L. Thunbergianum splendens, of fine rich 

 orange colour and large size. A first-class certificate was 

 given to Mr. Bull for Oncidium curtum, a distinct and 

 pretty species, with broadish bronzy petals and sepals, 

 and a broad smooth yellow lip. A similar award was 

 made to Mr. B. S. Williams, of Upper Holloway, for 

 Polystichum lepidocaulon, a handsome Fern, some time 

 since illustrated in the Gardeners' Chronicle, and now 

 figured in Mr. Williams's newly-issued catalogue. A 

 second-class certificate was voted to Mr. Bull for Pelar- 

 gonium Prince of Wales, a useful decorative variety, with 

 rich vermilion-red petals, having fulled edges and pale 

 eye. From Messrs. Veitch and Sons came Cypripedium 

 selligerum, a hybrid between C. laavigatum and C. bar- 

 batum, a plant partaking in a modified degree of the 

 character of both parents, which parents were exhibited 

 together with the hybrid. 



For twelve new plants, exclusive of Orchids, Mr. Bull 

 took the first position with a magnificent group, which 

 included excellent specimens of — 1. Aralia Veitchii ; 2. 

 Croton majesticum; 3. Anthurium crystallinum ; 4. 

 Kentia Moorei ; 5. Dracaena Hendersoni ; G. Phyllota?- 

 nium Lindeni ; 7. Croton Imperiale ; 8. Pritchardia gran- 

 dis;9. Draca3na Goldieana; 10. Pheocnemia Leuzeana ; 

 11. Dracaena Baptistii ; and 12. Croton spirale. Several 

 of the above-named plants have been for the first time 

 fully illustrated in recent numbers of the Floral Magazine 

 and the Gardeners' Chronicle. This fine group of twelve 

 new plants was considered to be the best and most no- 

 table collection of twelve first-rate novelties ever staged. 

 Mr. B. S. Williams, of Upper Holloway, this time took 

 a second position with — 1. Alsophila australis, var. 

 Williamsii; 2. Cyathea Burkei; 3. Zamia Lindeni; 

 4. Dracsena amabilis ; 5. D. Shepherdii ; 6. D. Fraseri; 



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7. Croton majesticum ; 8. Metroxylon filiare; and other 

 plants of less immediate interest. Mr. Bull was first for 

 a new Orchid, in flower and not in commerce with 

 Odontoglossum Roezlii album, a plant recently figured 

 by us in the Floral Magazine ; first with Blandfordia 

 princeps, figured by us in the present Number, for one 

 new plant in flower, and first for six new plants, exclu- 

 sive of Orchids, which included — 2. Pritchardia grandis; 

 2. Dracsena Goklieana ; 3. Lomaria dobroydensis ; 4. 

 Croton picturatum; 5. Dracsena canescens; and 6. Bland- 

 fordia princeps. The first prize for new Crotons also fell 

 to Mr. Bull's share in — 1. Croton majesticum; 2. C. 

 spirale; 3. C. undulatum; 4. C. volutum; 5. C.Weis- 

 manni ; 6. C. Youngii. A gold medal was awarded to 

 Mr. John Wills for perhaps the largest and most taste- 

 fully arranged group of miscellaneous plants ever staged, 

 and a silver medal to the same gentleman for a magnifi- 

 cent group of Dracaenas ; to Mr. B. S. Williams for a 

 beautiful group of stove and greenhouse plants, and to 

 Mr. John Laing for a large and attractive group of foli- 

 age and flowering plants. 



The general exhibition was remarkable for its fine 

 foliage plants ; magnificent specimens of which were 

 sent by Mr. Bull, Mr. Wills, Mr. Croucher, and Mr. J. 

 W. Wimsett. In the Davis competition, the first prize 

 was awarded to Mr. Batty, gardener to R. Thornton, 

 Esq., Sydenham Hill. Hardy Ferns were remarkably 

 well shown by Messrs. Ivery and Son, and Mr. R. 

 Parker, the former firm taking the first position. 

 There was only one group of six Lilies, and these 

 plants came from Mr. Bull, who took the first prize. 

 Several of the species exhibited have been already figured 

 in the Floral Magazine. In herbaceous plants Mr. 

 Parker was to the fore, the second prize going to Mr. 

 R. Dean, of Ealing. Altogether, this summer show was 

 one of the highest interest, although it was held in the 

 dreary arcades on both sides of the Conservatory. Mr. 

 Bull's liberal prizes, offered for the best specimens of 

 the New Plants introduced by him during the last 

 three years, brought together a grand collection of 

 well-grown and handsome novelties, which were exhi- 

 bited side by side with the cups offered in competition. 

 The first prize, amongst nurserymen, in the class for 

 twelve new plants, sent out since the commencement of 

 1872 — the competition being confined to those who 

 had never won one of these prizes before — went to Mr. 

 H. Wright, Lee, Kent ; Mr. W. E. Dixon, Norwood 

 Nursery, Beverley, being second; and Mr. Cypher, 



