THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



a large erect-flowered variety, greyish white, with a 

 purplish violet throat ; Begonia Victor Emanuel 

 (Watson), a scarlet flowered variety with a neat habit 

 of growth ; and Clematis Souvenir du Prince 

 Imperial, a large, broad, pale blush six-petalled flower, 

 with pink bars, occasionally semi-double, from Messrs. 

 Cripps and Son. 



The Eoyal Horticultural Society held its usual 

 meeting on July 8th, and the annual exhibition of the 

 Pelargonium Society being held in connection with 

 this meeting, a goodly number of novelties were 

 brought together. First-class Certificates of Merit 

 were awarded to Messrs. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, 

 for Begonia Constance Veitch, a tuberous rooted 

 variety of a dwarf habit, free of bloom, the flowers of 

 a rich deep shade of crimson ; and Rhododendron 

 Duchess of Teck, a new garden hybrid, with fine 

 trusses of buff yellow flowers. To Messrs. John Laing 

 and Co., for Begonia Reine Blanche, with pure white 

 flowers and a free habit of growth, a good advance as 

 a white-flowered variety. To G. King, Esq. Wray 

 Park, Reigate, for Coleus Maude, a striking variety 

 with much warmth of colour, [the leaves lemon yellow, 

 blotched with crimson. To Mr. C. Edmonds, Hayes, 

 Middlesex, for variegated Zonal Pelargonium, named 

 Mr. H. Cox, with finely formed and very handsomely 

 coloured leaves. To Messrs. J. and J. Hayes, Nursery- 

 men, Edmonton, for Pelargonium Princess of Wales, 

 a pretty decorative variety of the regal type, with 

 flowers white, blotched and veined with soft rose on 

 all the petals. To Mr. Fred. Perkins, Leamington, 

 for Pelargonium Volunte Nationale, a dwarf decorative 

 variety, having white ground flowers blotched with 

 rosy pink, and dark maroon on the upper petals. To 

 Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, for H. P. Rose, Duke 

 of Teck, vivid-red or scarlet-colour, very fine and 

 striking, the flowers large and full, a variety we hope 

 to figure shortly ; and to Mr. H. Canned, for Begonia 

 Edward Morren, having large full double scarlet 

 flowers. 



The following large-flowered Pelargonium received 

 First-class Certificates of Merit in connection with 

 the Pelargonium Society's Exhibition : — Charlotte 

 (Matthews), Flag Captain, The Baron, Fireball, Sensa- 

 tion, The Pope, and Alice, all raised by E. B. Foster, 

 Esq., Clewer Manor ; Fancy Pelargoniums, Electric 

 Light and Sarah Bernhardt, from Mr. C. Turner, 

 Royal Nursery, Slough ; Zonal Pelargoniums, Fanny 

 Thorpe, Edgar Catlin, and Lizzie Smith, raised by 

 Mr. Catlin, Finchley ; Commander-in-Chief, Dudie, 

 Horatio, Leander, L' Allegro, and Romeo, single 



varieties ; also Dauntless and Pioneer, double varieties, 

 from Dr. Denny, and to Decorative Pelargonium, 

 Black Prince, from Messrs. J. and J. Hayes. 



Planting out Yodng Azaleas. — The Gardeners' 

 Chronicle calls attention to this practice of the conti- 

 nental growers, and informs its readers that it is 

 carried out at the Ascot Nurseries of Messrs. John 

 Standish and Co. with the best results. Every one 

 who has had to do with large quantities of young 

 stock of Azaleas, grown in little pots, is aware of the 

 amount of labour and attention required in watering, 

 and how persistently these small plants get dry in 

 bright sunny weather, when its effects have such a 

 tendency to induce a stunted condition. Seeing what 

 was being done in the continental nurseries, the man- 

 ager of the Ascot Nurseries thought, by modifying 

 the practice a little, so as to make up the difference 

 caused by our clouded climate and shorter summers, 

 he would secure the freer growth resulting from 

 planting out, and effect a saving in the labour of 

 watering. The beds, occupying a warm sheltered 

 position, are made five feet wide by thirty yards long, 

 the soil composed of peat reduced to a fine state, with 

 a little leaf mould and sand, the surface sunk about 

 two inches below the dividing paths. Some six thou- 

 sand of last summer's grafted plants are turned out of 

 their pots about the end of May, and planted six or 

 eight inches apart, the soil pressed firmly to them ; all 

 the attention they receive or require through the 

 summer is to water the beds freely once or twice a 

 week according to the weather. The growth made is 

 nearly double that obtained from ordinary pot culture. 

 Towards the end of September, the whole are taken 

 up and put in pots, as small as their roots can be got 

 into, and they are at once transferred to houses kept 

 warm for about six weeks, by which time the greater 

 portion are set with flower buds, and the largest big 

 enough to sell; the smaller remaining ones again in 

 May are taken out of the pots, the balls soaked, a con- 

 siderable portion of the soil removed, and planted as 

 before ; giving them more room, treated during the 

 summer, and potted in September as previously, with 

 warmth under glass in like manner. At the end of 

 this second season the plants have attained a size equal 

 to what would have been the result of three sum- 

 mers' growth in pots, and are clothed with a good free 

 foliao-e. Turned out clear from thrip, and with the 

 heads of the plants in close proximity to the ground, 

 this pest causes but little trouble to the cultivator. 



