THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



NEW SERIES.] JUNE, 1879. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



The flood of novelties lias set in with vigour, and the 

 meetings of the Royal Horticultural and the Royal 

 Botanic Societies testify to the numbers in which they 

 are produced. We take up our record at the meeting 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society, on April 22nd. 

 Hymen ocallis macrostephana, a white flowered plant, 

 allied to Pancratium, from the Duke of Northumber- 

 land, Syon House, and supposed to be a garden 

 hybrid, probably between Hymenocallis caribaea and 

 Ismene Calathina, was awarded a First-class Certi- 

 ficate of Merit ; and the same award was made to the 

 following : — Asparagus plumosus, a handsome South 

 American species, introduced about three years ago ; 

 Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Schizopetala, the petals deeply 

 fringed, and the flower not unlike that of a huge rose- 

 flowered Clarkia ; Psychotria (Glouera) jasminiflora, a 

 stove shrub, with laurel-like leaves, and trusses of white 

 jessamine-like flowers ; and Lgelia flammea, a hybrid 

 between L. cinnabarina and L. Pilcheriana, having 

 dark orange scarlet flowers, with a crimson apes to 

 the lip : all from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, King's 

 Road, Chelsea. To Primula platypetala plena, a bright 

 violet, double-flowered Primrose, known also as 

 lutescens plena and Arthur Dumoulin ; a variety that, 

 like the crimson-purple double variety, throws up a 

 flower scape : from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, 

 Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, and from Mr. R. Dean, 

 Ranelagh Road, Ealing. To Gloxinia Mrs. Bause, a 

 flower of tremendous size and splendid form, clear 

 white in colour, with a broad ring of bright rose at the 

 apex of the throat or tube : from Mr. John Wills, Onslow 

 Crescent, South Kensington. To a very fine, deep 

 rosy violet-flowered Primula, shown under the name 

 of P. cilliata ; the identification of which seemed to 

 be a matter of some uncertainty, but is referred to 

 some competent authority : from Geo. E. Wilson, Esq. 

 To a new and very-free flowering pure white Lilac, 

 shown under the name of alba-grandiflora, supposed 

 to be a sport from the large flowered Charles X., and 

 certainly a fine companion to it : from Mr. Denning, 

 gardener to Lord Londesborough. To a seedling 

 Narcissus, raised by Mr. Leeds, named N. iucompara- 

 bilis albidus expansus, rather paler in colour than the 

 type, with a larger and more spreading crown : from 



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Messrs. Barr & Sugden, 12, King Street, Covent 

 Garden. 



Some discussion having taken place in regard to 

 the awards of the Floral Committee, it has been re- 

 solved to institute a new one — namely, a Certificate of 

 Merit ; and this was awarded to Echium fastuosum 

 Decaiseanum, a plant suitable for a cold greenhouse, 

 with lanceolate leaves, and a noble dense spike of rich 

 purple flowers. This came from Mr. Green, gardener 

 to Sir George Macleay, Bart., Bletchingley. An object 

 of some interest was present in Adiantum Farleyense, 

 var. Alicorne, " a curious and interesting sport from 

 A. Farleyense, affected by what is usually called the 

 marginate type of variation, in which a thickening and 

 protrusion of the epidermis of the lower surface takes 

 place. The effect of this, in the present case, is to 

 split up the pinnules into broadish and unequal lobes, 

 which are, in many cases, suggestive of the form of an 

 elk's horn, whence it may very appropriately be desig- 

 nated by the name adopted." From Mr. Parr, gar- 

 dener, Gernons Grove, Leatherhead, came a new 

 yellow Abutilon of considerable promise, named King 

 of the Yellows. 



The show of the National Auricula Society (Southern 

 Section) was held in connection with this meeting, and 

 First-class Certificates of Merit were awarded to the 

 following fine new varieties of Auriculas : — Grey Friar, 

 a large grey-edged flower oversized as shown, and 

 rather weak in the tube, the body colour dark purple : 

 from J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq. Ringdove, a lovely 

 dark self of a deep violet crimson maroon hue, raised 

 between C. J. Perry and Pizarro, both fine self 

 flowers : from the Rev. F. D. Horner, Kirkby Malzeard, 

 Ripon ; and to Alpine Auriculas A. F. Barron and 

 Duchess of Connaught; the former, bright rosy violet, 

 shaded with mauve ; the latter, rich reddish maroon, 

 shaded with rosy violet ; both very fine, and distinct 

 varieties. 



At the meeting of the Royal Botanic Society, on 

 April 23rd, the most attractive novelties were Croton 

 Hawkeri, a distinct new species, with the stem and 

 leaf-stalks, and the greater portion of the leaf creamy- 

 white, margined with pale green at the apex in the 

 form of an arrow : Odontoglossum odoratum, a New 

 Grenadan species, with hawthorn-scented flowers of a 

 yellow ground colour, heavily spotted with brown : 

 O. Ruckerianum, from the same habitat, haviug white 



