THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



NEW SERIES.] AUGUST, 1878. [No. 80. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



During the last few weeks New Roses have been to the 

 fore at horticultural shows, and the main of these from 

 the hands of English raisers. With but few excep- 

 tions the New English Roses of the past few years have 

 proved fine additions, and this success is stimulating 

 raisers in the good work. At the meeting of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society on July 2nd, Mr. C. 

 Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, received First-class 

 Certificates for the following two new English-raised 

 Roses, viz., — Dr. Sewell, a well-built flower of an in- 

 tense crimson colour, the petals broad and stout, o f full 

 substance and excellent form ; and to Penelope Mayo, 

 bright carmine red, a distinct and exceedingly pleasant 

 flower that can scarcely fail to take a high position. 

 The new varieties Mr. Turner has hitherto distributed 

 have given such satisfaction that there is reason to 

 believe these new additions will be as greatly welcome 

 as their predecessors of the new double Ivy-leaved Pelar- 

 goniums, described in the July number of the Floral 

 Magazine. First-class Certificates were awarded at 

 this meeting to Elfrida, A. F. Barron, and Lucie 

 Lemoine ; the examples thus honoured came from the 

 gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, at Chiswick. 

 A First-class Certificate of merit was also awarded to 

 Freesia refracta, var. alba. A charming little bulbous 

 plant, with white yellow blotched flowers, larger in 

 size than the yellow blossoms of F. refracta. This came 

 from the New Plant and Bulb Company, Colchester. 



A new rose named Duchess of Bedford, an English- 

 raised seedling obtained by Messrs. Paul and Son, the 

 Nurseries, Waltham Cross, also received a First-class 

 Certificate. It is of a very bright reddish cherry 

 colour, well built and full substance, with stout bi'oad 

 petals of fine quality. Notwithstanding the number 

 of bright coloured roses already in cultivation, we think 

 this fine variety will be much grown when well 

 known. 



Messrs. Paul and Son, the Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, 

 had three new varieties, named Charles Darwin, Duke 

 of Teck, and Countess of Darnley, but owing to the 

 prevailing heat they were not up to the mark. We 

 hope to have an opportunity shortly of inspecting these 

 new varieties at Cheshunt, and then we shall be able 

 to report on them with confidence. 



At the meeting of the National Rose Society, held 

 at the Crystal Palace on June 29th, there was a 

 class for twelve new Roses not in commerce previous to 

 1875 ; and it may interest our readers to have the 

 names of the best dozen shown by Messrs. Paul and 

 Son, Cheshunt : — Marie Baumann, Duchesse de 

 Vallombrosa, Sultan of Zanzibar, Rev. J. B. M. Camm, 

 Jean Soupert, Emily Laxton, Duke of Connaught, 

 Marchioness of Exeter, Star of Waltham, Madame 

 Devert, and Magna Charta. Other new varieties com- 

 prised Richard Laxton, Oxonian, Prince Arthur, 

 Marguerite Brassac, John Stuart Mill, Penelope Mayo, 

 Henry Bennett, and Royal Standard. 



The Royal Botanic Societj^ held its las'j great show 

 on July 10th, and as usual a goodly number of new 

 plants were staged. First-class Certificates were 

 awarded to Picotee Ne Plus Ultra, clear yellow, edged 

 and slightly barred with reddish scarlet ; Sultana, red- 

 dish buff, with stripes and flakes of scarlet, a large, 

 full and handsome flower ; and to Lady Roseberry, a 

 clear primrose self, very pleasing indeed. These fine 

 forms were raised by the exhibitor Mr. Charles Turner, 

 Royal Nursery, Slough ; a yellow Picotee named Prince 

 of Orange, which has been in cultivation some time, 

 and is much grown for culture. From some other seed- 

 lings of much merit from the same batch of seedlings 

 were also shown, viz., — Princess Marguerite, Dove, 

 and Lightning. The same award was made to Dove 

 Caimation Rosa Bonheur, a flesh-coloured self flower 

 of excellent quality ; and also to Rose Harrison 

 Weir, deep rose in colour, large, full, and of fine form ; 

 one of the most promising of the new roses ; both came 

 from Mr. C. Turner. Rose Countess of Roseberry, 

 from Messrs. W. Paul and Son, Waltham Cross, had 

 the same award, with that glowing fleshy carmine 

 colour peculiar to Etienne Levet; but of a greater depth 

 of petal. We hope shortly to be able to illustrate a 

 few of the new Roses of the present year. 



TACSONIA INSIGNIS. 



We have lately seen this fine species in flower in the 

 neighbourhood of London ; and as it is at present quite 

 scarce, it is fitting its praises be sounded abroad that 

 it may become more generally grown. Being of a 

 very robust habit of growth, it should be planted out 



