THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



NEW SERIES.] NOVEMBER, 1881. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



During the three first and the three last months of the 

 year the meetings of the Royal Horticultural Society 

 are held monthly instead of bi-monthly. At the 

 meeting on the 11th of October, some remarkably fine 

 novelties were produced by Messrs. Veitch and Sons, 

 King's Road, Chelsea, S.W., and First-class Certifi- 

 cates were awarded to the following : — Nepenthes 

 Rajah, probably the grandest of all the species, the 

 full-sized pitchers being more than a foot in length 

 without the lid. It was introduced from Borneo by 

 Mr. Burbidge and Mr. Peter Veitch ; the colour of the 

 pitchers being deep red. The tendril is given off from 

 the leaf, not from the apex, as usual, but from the 

 under surface, a short distance below the apex. 

 Nepenthes Madagascarensis, a new species from Mada- 

 gascar, having handsomely-formed pitchers of a deep 

 blood-red hue. Quite small plants are said to produce 

 pitchers freely. Globba coccinea, a Bornean plant of 

 the Gingerwort family, remarkable for the great length 

 of time during which it continues to produce its 

 scarlet bracts and yellow flowers ; it is a very graceful 

 plant, and extremely useful for cutting from. Masde- 

 vallia Velifera, a species with very thick board-like 

 oblong acute leaves, and large olive-yellow three-tailed 

 flowers, extremely rare, belonging to the section with 

 curiously-shaped, but not very showy flowers. " Its 

 vile perfume," remarks the Garden, " resembling that 

 of some of the carrion flowers, somewhat detracts from 

 its merits." This came from the collection of Mr. 

 John Day, Tottenham, and it is believed he was the 

 only possessor of it, until it was sold and passed into 

 the hands of Messrs. Veitch and Sons. And Adiantum 

 cuneatum grandiceps, a distinct variety, having the 

 fronds terminated by a broad fasciated crest, rendering 

 it very handsome, and quite distinct from any other. 



First-class Certificates were awarded to the following 

 in the collection of Mr. William Bull, King's Road, 

 Chelsea : — Odontoglossum vexillarium rubellum, re- 

 specting which it may be remarked that the type- 

 species and its varieties so far have all proved spring 

 and early summer-flowering plants, and exhibit great 

 variations in the size, colour, and markings of the 

 flowers, whereas in this form, which is flowering now, 

 and promises to continue so till Christmas, the colour 



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and markings of all the blossoms are exactly alike; 

 Dion edule lanatum, a variety of a noble Cycadaceuus 

 plant, having the leaves more woolly than in the type ; 

 and Laalia autumnalis atro-rubens, distinct alike from 

 the type-species and the variety known in some col- 

 lections under the name of Grandiflora ; it has larger 

 flowers, of a much deeper and richer colour than those 

 of the ordinary form, and one of the finest Orchids in 

 cultivation. 



To Mr. B. S. Williams, Victoria Nursery, Holloway, 

 for Amaryllis Mrs. Garfield, au interesting hybrid 

 between A. reticulata and a garden variety named 

 Defiance, with large bold flowers of a blush ground 

 colour, and the venation well-defined with rose-pink : 

 this new form combines the particular characters of 

 the two parents in a striking degree ; Davallia 

 Gibberosa, a haresfoot Fern, with large fronds about 

 two feet long, the pinnae being finely cut, making the 

 plant one of the most beautiful Davallias in cultivation; 

 and Ccelogyne massangeanus, an elegant Orchid, 

 having pendulous racemes of blossoms from one and a 

 half to two feet in length ; the flowers, which are 

 about one and a half inches across, and produced 

 numerously, are creamy-yellow, the tip being sur- 

 mounted by a golden crest. 



The same award was made to Adiantum Lathomii, a 

 bold free-growing Fern of the A. Scutum type, which 

 promises to become a popular exhibition plant. To Mr. 

 C. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, for Fancy Dahlia 

 Beauty, a very distinct and pleasing variety ; the flowers 

 large and fine form, the florets yellow, quaintly streaked 

 and tipped with white. To Mr. G. King, gardener to 

 G. Simpson, Esq., Wray Park, Reigate, for Coleus Ada 

 Sentance, a brilliant variety having large leaves, with a 

 broad medial band of the richest carmine, encircled 

 by deep crimson, and edged with the brightest emerald- 

 green, a strikiug combination of colours. And to Mr. 

 R. Lloyd, The Gardens, Brookwood Asylum, Woking, 

 for Coleus Dolly Varden, one of the most distinct and 

 beautiful varieties yet exhibited ; the combination of 

 colours in the foliage is quite indescribable, and the 

 colouration seemed to be uniform in all the plants 

 exhibited. 



A Cultural Commendation was awarded to Mr. W. 

 Bull for Oncidium incurvum, a pretty distinct dwarf 

 Orchid, producing white and brown flowers during 

 autumn and winter ; it is a very fine species when well 



