THE FLORAL MAGAZINE 



NEW SERIES.] JUNE, 1878. [No. 78. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



Our monthly record commences with that of the 

 Second Spring Exhibition of the Royal Botanical 

 Society on April 24. As is usually the case, new 

 plants were somewhat largely produced, and Certificates 

 awarded with considerable prodigality. Several of 

 these fell to the lot of Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, 

 Chelsea; who had the award for the following novel- 

 ties : — Adiantum Lawsonianum, a garden variety, 

 resembling a finely cut form of A. cuneatum ; Dios- 

 corea retusa, bearing long catkin-like inflorescences, 

 an elegant conservatory climber ; Hsemanthus Kal- 

 breyi, a species from the west coast of Africa, with 

 very deep crimson flowers ; Lastrea aristata variegata, 

 a distinct variety, with willow green midribs ; and 

 Rhipidopteris peltata gracillimum, a finely cut form, 

 but quite distinct from R. peltatata : to Messrs. 

 Rollisson & Sons, Tooting, for Grevillea robusta filici- 

 folia; to Mr. B. S. Williams for Dracasnas Mrs. 

 Bause, Bauseii, and Renardiae, three very fine and 

 handsome new forms : to Ixora hybrida, a free 

 flowering buff yellow coloured variety : to Wallichia 

 zebrina, a fine new Palm previously described : and 

 Gloueria jasminiflora, a useful and very handsome 

 white-flowered stove-shrub ; to Fancy Pansy Fred. 

 Perkins, deep velvety purple, edged with magenta ; 

 from Mr. H. Hooper, Bath : to H. P. Rose, Boiel- 

 deau, a very large flower, colour rose tinted with 

 pink, and very attractive in the bud; from Messrs. 

 Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross : to Azalea Madame 

 Lefevre, with large white flowers ; from Mr. C. 

 Turner, Slough : to H. P. Rose, Mrs. Laxton, deep 

 crimson, a very promising flower from Messrs. Paul 

 & Sons, Cheshunt : and to Polyanthus Admiral 

 Hornby, a goldlaced variety from Mr. Geo. Smith, 

 Edmonton. 



The National Auricula Society's Show at the 

 Crystal Palace, on April 2oth, deserves a record, be- 

 cause of the great success which attended it, and ■ the 

 many evidences of its growing popularity. Of novel- 

 ties staged on this occasion, the following received 

 First-class Certificates : — Silvia, a grey-edged flower 

 of rare promise, the result of a cross between 

 Robert Trail and George Lightbody ; and to Alpines 



Mrs. Meiklejohn, Queen, and Barlows' Annie ; the 

 first-named, a shaded flower of great beauty ; all from 

 Mr. J. Douglas, Loxford Hall Gardens : to white- 

 edged Auricula Omega, and to Alpines National and 

 Mariner ; from Mr. C. Turner, Slough : to Polyanthus 

 Sovereign, a fine golden self of great beauty, and 

 Polyanthus Lustrous, deep shining maroon, with a rich 

 golden centre ; from Mr. R. Dean, Ealing : to Poly- 

 anthus Golden Eagle, yellow, with orange centre; from 

 Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham: and to Fancy Pansy 

 Fred. Perkins ; from Mr. H. Hooper, Bath. 



At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 on May 7, many novelties of interest were produced, 

 and the following, from Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, 

 were awarded First-class Certificates : — Phipidopteris 

 peltata gracillima, Adiantum Lawsonianum, Coleus 

 George Bunyard, a novel garden variety, with leaves 

 of a deep rose ground colour, puce coloured veins, and 

 edged with dark bronze; Azalea indica Madame 

 Eeckhaute, a very large semi-double white variety, 

 very free and good in quality : and to Primula acaulis 

 sulphui'ea major, a very fine double form of the 

 yellow primrose, flowers large and very full. First- 

 class Certificates were also awarded to Mr. B. S. 

 Williams for Adiantum Lawsonianium, and for Coleus 

 Kentish Fire ; another garden hybrid of the same body 

 colour as George Bunyard, but of a lighter green 

 colour on the edge and with the leaves crimped on the 

 margins. Mr. John Wills, of Onslow Crescent, staged 

 from his Anerley Nursery, a remarkably fine collec- 

 tion of Seedling Gloxinias ; and to one of these named 

 Beauty of Anerley, a First-class Certificate of Merit 

 was awarded. It is a large and well-formed erect 

 flowered variety, dark scarlet throat, the segments soft 

 rose. The same award was made to Mr. J. Douglas, 

 Loxford Hall Gardens, for Alpine Auricula Silvia, a 

 self maroon coloured variety : to Mr. R. Dean, Ealing, 

 for Aquilegia alpina superba, deep purplish violet in 

 colour : and to Mr. William Bull, for Marica pacifica, 

 a most beautiful coloured Irid, with three white sepals 

 and three charmingly marked petals, cinnamon spotted, 

 with a large blotch of purplish violet : to H. J. 

 Elwes, Esq., for Iris Leitchlinii, a hybrid between 

 I. susiana and I. iberica, and for Camassia Brownii, 

 a grand purple form allied to C. esculenta : to the 

 Rev. H. N. Ellacombe for Bomarea caldasi, having a 



