THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



NEW SERIES.] OCTOBER, 1877. [No. 70. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 

 At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on 

 August 21st some new plants of considerable interest 

 were staged. First-class certificates of merit were 

 awarded to Lobelia Queen of the Whites (Messrs. 

 Veitch and Sons), a broad, smooth, pure white 

 flowered variety of the tuberous-rooted section, and a 

 valuable addition to this popular class of plants. To 

 Oncidium prastexurn (Messrs. Veitch and Sons), a new 

 species, remai-kably free flowering*, the brown sepals 

 and petals marked with yellow, the labellum yellow 

 marked with brown. To Ixora formosa (Mr. John 

 Fraser), a new and distinct garden hybrid bearing 

 large bold trusses of flowers of a bright Indian yellow 

 hue. To Phaius Dodgsoni (Mr. B. S. Williams), a 

 fine new addition to this genus obtained from the 

 East Indies ; having terminal spikes of pure white 

 flowers, the upper surfaces of the lips pale cinnamon 

 red. To a variety of Streptocarpus Greenii, named 

 delicata (Mr. Green, Pendell Court Gardens, Bletch- 

 ingley), the flowers white, faintly shaded with blue. 

 To the following Gladioli, from the fine collection of 

 Messrs. Kelway and Son, Langport, viz. : — Cymbeline, 

 rosy pink with white throat, large in size, and of 

 excellent quality. Prince George, rich deep vermilion 

 red, with dark crimson centre, a noble spike ; Oda- 

 lisque, white, flaked, and marbled with rosy purple at 

 the base of the segments, a charming variety of 

 excellent quality ■ Charles Noble, scarlet, with a 

 shaded white centre ; and Baroness Burdett Coutts, 

 pure white, suffused with purple on the lower segments, 

 an exceedingly attractive variety of excellent quality. 

 To Abies Menziesii Parryana (Mr. A. Waterer), a 

 beautiful blue Spruce Fir from Colorado, the identity 

 of which has not been clearly set forth, though it is 

 supposed to be a perfectly distinct form. To Begonia 

 Empress of India (Messrs. E. and J. Perkins, Leam- 

 ington), a magnificent new form, with large and very 

 fiue flowers of a deep blood-red colour. A second- 

 class certificate was awarded to Caalogyne corrugata 

 (Mr. C. Green), a small white-flowered species with 

 a yellow blotched lip ; and a Botanical commendation 

 was voted for a species of Primula from J. A. Henry, 

 Esq., obtained from the Sikkim Himalayas, in which 

 the leaves are small and sharply serrated, and the 

 powdered flowers of an ultramarine-blue shade of colour. 

 At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society 



on September 4th first-class certificates were awarded 

 to the following new plants. Zonal Pelargonium 

 New Life (Mr. H. Canuell), bright pale scarlet flaked 

 with white, a remarkable fine striped variety, greatly 

 in advance of any of the continental forms produced 

 of late years, the flowers large and of fine form and 

 borne on bold trusses. To the following Dahlias from 

 Mr. John Keynes, Salisbury : Henry Bond, bright 

 lilac, with violet rose centre, a large well-formed flower 

 of grand petal, outline, and centre. Louisa Neate, a 

 singularly delicate and beautiful flower, colour apple- 

 blossom-tinted mauve, large, full, and of fine form. 

 The Countess, pale ground, tipped with purple, large, 

 flat, and inclining to coarseness, and certainly not up 

 to first-class mark. Bessie Ford, very soft lilac, 

 deeper in colour towards the edge, a beautiful flower 

 of the finest form, petal, and outline. Charles Wyatt, 

 a fancy variety of great beauty, pale pinkish purple 

 ground, striped and flaked scarlet and crimson, pro- 

 nounced by Mr. Keynes to be the best fancy Dahlia he 

 has ever raised, in form, petal, outline, and centre, as 

 perfect as it can well be. It will also come as a Self- 

 lilac and a Self-purple, and in both instances is very 

 fine for exhibition purposes. 



On the occasion of the Exhibition at the Alexandra 

 Palace, iMuswell Hill, on Thursday, September 13th, 

 Seedling Dahlias were also shown, and Mr. Keynes 

 received First- Class Certificates for Bessie Ford, 

 Louisa Neate, and Maid of Athens, an attractive fancy 

 variety, the ground colour maroon tipped with red and 

 white, distinct in character and likely to be very use- 

 ful. Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseiy, Slough, received 

 First-Class Certificates for Charles Lidgard, golden 

 yellow, tipped with purplish lake, a fine and attractive 

 flower of excellent build • and Lady Golightly, white, 

 delicately tipped with soft lilac, a beautifully formed 

 flower of a very attractive character. Messrs. Raw- 

 lings Bros., Romford, had the same award for James 

 Willing, a fine Self-crimson tipped with magenta, 

 purple, very attractive and distinct in character. 



The present year has undoubtedly furnished some of 

 the finest new Dahlias yet raised ; and the good 

 flowers are more abundant than usual. Particularly 

 is this true of the flowers raised by Mr. John Keynes, 

 some half-dozen at least of which are real acquisitions, 

 and will be warmly welcomed by lovers of this fine 

 summer and autumn flower. 



