THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



NEW SERIES.] OCTOBER, 1879. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on 

 August 26th, a very fine collection of Gladioli — un- 

 usually fine, considering* the season — came from Messrs. 

 Kelway & Son, the Nurseries, Langport, the well- 

 known cultivators. Of the many fine varieties staged, 

 the following were selected for First-class Certificates 

 of Merit : viz., Samuel Jennings, rich bright carmine- 

 red, white throat, very fine form, and large imposing- 

 looking spike ; Duchess of Connaught, delicate blush, 

 the sides of the segments slightly feathered with 

 bright purple, and rich purple flame on the throat ; 

 Duke of Connaught, fiery salmon-carmine, flaked in 

 the case of the older flowers with flesh colour, white 

 throat, rich looking and very fine; Thos. S. Ware, 

 very bright pale vermilion, flushed on some of the 

 segments with delicate purple, very fine spike ; and 

 Electra, delicate pink feathered and margined with 

 magenta, very distinct and fine. The following new 

 and striking varieties were shown in fine form also : 

 Jessica, Pictum, Earl of Morley, Queen Mary, Lorenzo, 

 Grandeur, and Egyptian King, dull-red feathered 

 with black, very distinct and novel in character. 



The same award was made to a very fine stove-palm 

 named Carludoviea Drudei, handsome and unique in 

 appearance, with large deeply-notched leaves divided 

 into four parts ; also to Kentia Wendlandiana, a 

 pinnate-leaved species, first introduced from Queens- 

 land into the Royal Gardens, Kew ; and to Agapan- 

 thus umbellatus albus, a pure white counterpart of the 

 well-known blue African Lily, the flower scapes of 

 which measured two feet six inches in height, and 

 terminated with a large umbel of pure white flowers. 

 These came from Mr. William Bull, New Plant Esta- 

 blishment, King's Road, Chelsea, who also had Aga- 

 panthus umbellatus flore pleno, Wiegelia amabilis 

 Looymansii aurea, a golden-leaved form, and a pan of 

 cut blooms of the showy Tigridia graudifiora. 



From Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, came 

 a batch of his new yellow -ground Picotees ; and First- 

 class Certificates of Merit were awarded to the follow- 

 ing : Lady Rosebery, a clear yellow Self of a bright 

 pale-golden colour, properly a Clove Carnation, as, we 

 believe, Self Picotees are not acknowledged by florists ; 

 Princess Beatrice, pale-yellow ground with an edging 



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and slight flakes of bright red; and Sultana, orange- 

 salmon, suffused and flaked with red, very fine petal. 

 These are all large flowers, of full substance, and with 

 vigorous constitutions, quite unlike in that respect the 

 delicate Yellow Picotees that were cultivated a quarter 

 of a century ago. Other fine new flowers were The 

 Dove, Ne Plus Ultra, Lightning, Mrs. Purvis, and 

 Flavius. 



Mr. H. Canneil had a very fine lot of cut Verbenas 

 that were much admired. From Messrs. T. Perkins & 

 Sons, Nurserymen, Coventry, came a new Hybrid 

 Perpetual Rose, named Henry W. Eaton, a large and 

 full bright-coloured flower in the way of J. S. Mill. 



The meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on 

 Sept. 16th, gave the Dahlia l-aisers an opportunity of 

 showing what they can do in the way of producing new 

 varieties. The season has told against the Dahlias, 

 however ; there has been an absence of warm sunshine 

 and pleasant nights to get the flowers up to a fine 

 finish ; consequently, the blossoms were a little rough. 

 As is usual, Messrs. John Keynes & Co., Castle Street 

 Nursery, Salisbury, were to the fore, but though they 

 had some very fine flowers, but one was considered by 

 the Floral Committee good enough to receive an award 

 of a First-class Certificate, viz., Ethel Button, a lovely 

 delicate flower tipped with lilac-pink, very pretty and 

 soft, with high centre, fine petal and outline. Other 

 fine varieties were Triumphans, rich glossy rosy 

 purple, flushed with bright purple on the circum- 

 ference of the flower, a fine hue of colour, full high 

 centre and excellent substance ; Mrs. Hodgson, a 

 striking variety with a golden-ground colour in the 

 centre of the flower and lemon on the edges, the petals 

 tipped with pale purple, very distinct fine outline, and 

 full substance. Triumphans, for its rich and distinct 

 colour, and Mrs. Hodgson, for its fine quality and 

 novelty of character, well deserved First-class Certifi- 

 cates of Merit. A thoroughly good and distinct fancy 

 flower was also among the seedlings, named Frederick 

 Smith, of a pucy lilac-pink ground, striped with pale 

 purplish-red, fine shape, and excellent petal. There 

 was also a glowing red Self, named Victor, bright 

 orange-red in colour, small in size, but of excellent 

 shape. 



Mr. J. F. Mould, Nurseryman, Pewsey, Wilts, sent 

 a batch of seedling Verbenas of capital quality, to one 

 of which, named Mr. Thompson, a First-class Certificate 



