THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



NEW SERIES.] JANUARY, 1878. [No. 73. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



The meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on the 

 1th of December was most attractive, and not only was 

 the council chamber in which the meetings are gene- 

 rally held full to overflowing, but a good portion of the 

 entrance hall had to be utilised also. Only one thing 

 remains to make these meetings satisfactory to all, that 

 is, that the exhibitors might have the gratification of 

 seeing the Fellows of the Society present to view their 

 productions. But because fashionable London has 

 filtered itself away into the country, the Fellows are 

 " conspicuous by their absence." 



Mr. Robert Parker's collection of hardy flowering 

 plants and shrubs and berried plants formed a very 

 interesting group, because illustrating certain useful 

 decorative subjects for this season of the year. The 

 collection included Tritonia grandis, Gynerium argen- 

 teum fl. rosea, with the plumes tinted with brownish- 

 red ; Megasea rubra, a reddish flowered form of what 

 is better known as Saxifraga cordifolia ; Helleborus 

 niger maximus, Aponogeton distachyon, Tussilago 

 fragrans, Jasminum nudiflorum, Lonicera fragrantis- 

 sima, Berberis Darwinii, Cotoneaster Simmondsii, etc. 

 Many other subjects might be added to this unique 

 collection. 



Of new plants the following subjects received First- 

 class Certificates of merit : — Chrysanthemum Fulton, 

 one of the Japanese section, with large flowers of a fine 

 golden yellow hue, of great size when well grown. It 

 is of continental origin, and not yet in commerce. From 

 Messrs. T. Jackson & Son, Nurserymen, Kingston ; 

 and Mr. J. W. Moorman, Combe Lodge, Kingston. 

 To Chrysanthemum, Golden Empress of India, a dis- 

 tinct pale golden sport, from the well-known white 

 variety; from Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, 

 Pine Apple Place Nursery, Edgware Road. Other of 

 the newer Japanese Chrysanthemums comprised 

 Grandiflora, Fair-maid of Guernsey, Striatum, Magnum 

 Bonum, Laciniatum, a distinct and charming variety ; 

 La Nymph, Oracle, Fulgare, Nora, To Kio, Nuit 

 d'Hiver, and Emperor Nicholas. A few of these are 

 not yet distributed, and they are generally of a very 

 promising character. The following new Pompone 

 varieties came from Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son : 

 Purpureum odoraturn, deep magenta purple, very 



pretty ; Prince of Orange, orange, tinted with chest- 

 nut; Miss Wheeler, reddish puce; and Variegata, 

 pale purple, pink and white, a pretty and attractive 

 variety. 



Other new plants certificated on this occasion com- 

 prised : — Zonal Pelargonium White Vesuvius, a pure 

 white sport from this variety, which appears to 

 possess a wonderful capacity for appearing in un- 

 expected forms : from Mr. Henry Cannell, Nursery- 

 man, Swanley, Kent. To Tree Carnation, A. Alegatiere, 

 with small very bright crimson flowers, very free and 

 excellent habit, a capital variety for cutting from at 

 this season of the year : from Mr. Charles Turner, 

 Royal Nursery, Slough. To Geonoma princeps, a dis- 

 tinct and bold habited South American Palm ; to 

 Cibotium primatum, a distinct and handsome Tree Fern 

 from the Sandwich Islands ; and to Corton picturatus, 

 an extremely elegant and distinct form, highly coloured 

 and effective, the leaves dashed with green carmine, 

 orange and yellow ; the leaves are divided about mid- 

 way, where they are continued by a kind of excurrent 

 thread : all from Mr. William Bull, New Plant Esta- 

 blishment, King's Road, Chelsea. In addition Mr. Bull 

 had Dracaena Goldiana, in fine condition ; Eucepha- 

 lartos Hildebrandii, a very handsome form from East 

 Africa ; Cibotium Menziesii, the broad pinnae on large 

 and boldly-arched fronds, being of a handsome glaucous 

 character : the leaf-stems covered at the base with dark 

 hairs ; the curious and distinct Anthurium Veitchii, 

 in a much smaller form than when first seen, and pro- 

 mising to make a very useful table plant in a small 

 state ; the beautiful blue Tillandsia Lindeni, etc. A 

 First-class Certificate was awarded to Climbing Tro- 

 peeolum Perfection, a very richly coloured and hand- 

 some type of the Lobbianum section, very free, and 

 admirably adapted for blooming in conservatories in 

 winter : from Mr. R. Dean, Ranelagh Road, Ealing. 



In a very handsome group of fine flowering plants, 

 contributed by Messrs. Veitch & Sons, King's Road, 

 Chelsea, was a grand specimen of Cattleya exoniensis, 

 with seven spikes and twenty-one richly coloured 

 flowers. It was so superbly grown and flowered that 

 the Floral Committee recommended the special award of 

 a medal. The group also comprised some fine Orchids 

 and a basket of the sweet-scented Daphne indica 

 rubra, a plant too little grown in these days. 



