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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



October 30, 19U9. 



showing the leading sorts, and putting these Skinneri album, Cirrhopetulum appendicula- tubers. feo ^f^J^^ "^'"^^ 

 up in triangular bunches. The same firm turn, Grobya galeata, Cycnoches chlorochilon immune from disease 

 displayed an attractive collection of sprays Oncidium Lanceanum, etc. Messrs Ja^. An 'J'^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'''^^^^^^ 

 of shrubs with coloured and otherwise orna- Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, had a bright ex- mitted by Messi-s G Massey and Sons, 

 mental foliage. The paeony-flowered dahlias hibit of orchids, consisting largely of Cat- Spalding the l^^^^ii'^f ,^^^^"^^^1^ ^'"^^ ^e- 

 from Messrs^ Bakers, Wolvirhampton, made tleya labiata and Odonto|lossum' grande. cord, Ailsa Craig, Golden Glote, and Cran- 

 a brave bit of colour, and among the many Cattleya Bowringiana and Cypripedium Fair- ntons Lxcolsior. from the Horticultural 

 varieties Lady Savile Faust, Pius X., Cod- rieanum were also well represented, and ex- College, Swanley, Kent came a collection of 

 sail Gem, Mrs. J. Chamberlain, The Warrior, amples of Brasso-cattleya Digbyanogigas, apples, nu ludu.g popular culinary and dem- 

 and Mrs. A. Worsley were very showy. Sue. Cypripedium elatior (Leeauum and Baiou '^'^^'^'r'-,, . q Glansevern 

 culents and various alpine shrubs were ex- Schroder), C. Thalia, and C. insigne Sanders. Mr. ^- ^"mphreys Uwen, Ixlan^^^^ 

 hibited in a rock garden by Messrs. J. Peed Messrs. Jas. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, Berrier, K >.0., wa* awarded a silver bank- 

 and Son, West Norwood. contributed a useful lot of cypripediums as- 8iau medal for a do^n dishes of apples Mr. 



Mr. H. J. Jones, Rvecroft Nursery, Lewis- sociated with Dendrobium phal^nopsis, on- G. Keif, gardener to M Drummond, Esq., 

 ham, again showed Michaelmas daisies well^ cidiums, and cattleyas. Among the former Welwyn, showed about tnree aozen awnes 

 and also had a very bright lot of early chry- we noted C. Niobe superba, C. Maudi^e, C. of apples, and the same number of pears ; 

 santhemums and some large Japanese blooms Fairrieanum in considerable numbers, C. the former were somewhat email, but maiiy 

 of Sir Frank Crisp, Master James, F. W. Triumphans, C. Minos Veitchi, C. Milo Wes- of the peam were quite good Messrs W . 

 Lever and others a very pretty exhibit, tonbirt var. C. nitens magnificum and C. Seabrook and Sons, Chelmsford, put up a 

 Gleichenias were very well shown by Messrs. insigne Harefield Hall. Mr. Edward V. Low, very fine collection of well-grown applet and 

 T TTiii ^on Ti.rrowfield NurscTy, Ed- Vale Bridge, Hay wards Heath, showed a pears, the former being represented by ex- 

 side of one table with few very cLice orchids, the white forms of cellent samples of Lord Derby, R.\)ston Pip- 

 3. flabellata, G. dicho- Cattleya labiata being prominent, notably pin, Qmnm, Ecklinvillo, Motlu^r 

 a, and G. Mendeli; C. 1. Redleyensis, C. 1. G. G. Whitelegge, lee, Chelmsford ^Vonder Bisinarrk 151ei,hoim 

 of considerable size C. 1. Daphne, C. 1. alba var. Purity, C. 1. R. Pippin, Emperor Alexander May (. .UH-n New 

 ■ssrs. .^brose Palmer L Measures, and Cypripedium Olivia. Hawthornden, Pea.good s Nou.uc h, and Al- 

 t, Grosvenor Square, Mr. G. F. Day, gardener to H. S. Goodson, Imgton Pippin ^ 

 chrvsanthemums and Esq., Fairlawn, Putney, put up a large group Mr. Henry \\ liiteie\ . t . -\i ai .\ i iiii i (. ii loi- 

 fruit. ^ ^ « ^£ l^^^.^^^ pl^^ts ligTitly anS quay, submitted a coll<...1 ...n nt <>«e 

 Messis. W Cutbush and Son, High- to good advantage, though a few more ferns hundred varieties ot apples, tlicbt incinai ig 



being Beacon, White Enchantress, Mrs. tini, C. Bowringiana, C. labiata, C. gigas, and there i 



Burnett, ITie President, White Perfec- Odontoglossum crispum, O. grande, the Seedling, Peasg. 



tion. Mikado, Aurora, and the large maroon- lovely Odontioda Charlesworthi, Cypripe- Lmpero- — 



coloured Lady Nora Brassey. Messrs. Stuart dium Maudiae, and C. Fairrieanum. In the oyig^^*), 



Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, dis- group of orchids submitted by Messrs. Sander Charles 



played Otaheite oranges, a fine batch of the and Sons, St. Albans, we noted a fine Vai ' 



graceful Phoenix Eoebelini, and a few per- caerulea, Dendrobium formosum gigantei 



) filled the 

 il ferns of 

 ongipinna 



I great beauty. M« 

 I Co., Mount Stre( 



batch of Lomaria spicant ser- tleya Klondyke (Harrisonee and Marriotti- Norfolk Beauty 



irieties, very useful and pretty ana;, and C. Empress Frederick var. San- Christmas Pearmain, Rival, 



?ht up by Messrs. H. "B. May and derae, the latter a lovely white-petalled Hamblmg s Seedhng; Mr. 



nonton, who also again exhibited variety. 



and bush plants of named varieties Epidendrum 



. J. G. Wil- 

 was placed 

 apples, lead- 

 larles Ross, 



essrs. Charlesworth and 



bold group of Michaelmas daisies, phy- Co.'s group of orchids, and round this use- ^a^t^'t ^1 



, pentltemons, and solidagos was put up ful orchid were grouped Odontoglossum cris- King Edward YIL ; Mr. J. Mayn 



ush and pum, O. Lambeauianum, the bright Od "" 



in good style by Messrs 

 Son, Hjgli&ate. ^ Mr^_F. 



of biff bunches of early chrysanthemums, C. pui^urata, Miltonia vexillana Leopold!, ^^"."^F K^^^^ ^ „ ^ ^ 



pentstemons, phloxes, and Michaelmas and Cattleya Empress Frederick gigantea. main). Mr. Bacon led w. 



daisies; the vas^ and plants of Savoie, a new M. Mertens, Mont St. Amand, Ghent, pear with^St. Luke, and Mr.^J. G 



and delightful white (fi " " ' ' ' ^ ""^^ """"^ ^ " 



?ure^f tii?Xpl^''?t i's"! "-err^elegairt; GrmmieanumTaTn^tuTallybrid with";^^;; Lo«i HiHingdon Hillingdon 



free-flowering, and useful plant. of greenish-buff flowers, was shown by Major b^dge, scored with St. Luke, L^ 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. and^thf'^^u^S' a CuftuSl'Smm' 



^ with Wra. 



Bacon h 



th Princess. For three dis 

 pears, Mr. A. R. Allan, gardener t( 

 Hillingdon, Hillingdon Court, Ux 



r^es Ernest, all in good 



of finelv grown orchids Some very fine plants of Cattleya Bow- AWARDS. 

 ; contributed by Lieut.-Colonel Holford, ringiana, carrying beautiful spikes of richly- Award of Merit.^To Chrv^anthei 

 ■ ' "-ere shown by Messrs. J. and Mre. R. Luxford and Altrinc-ham Y< 



, Tetbury, 



. McBean, Cooksbridge, Sui 



To Chrvsanthei 



ill along the background Oncidium showed some cypripediums, odontoglossums 



Rflgersi was freely used, the long and Cattleya Portia Perfection. Cattleya Mr. H. Perkins, Henley-on 

 nravs of golden blossoms serving Fabia Blenlieim var. was shown by the Duke To Perpetual Carnation 



?ispLy^**Thrgrmip , , ^ . , ^ , 



ted the beauty and 'value of tlic '--'I-. \\'>kiiig, v^lnlHlt'tl M'vcml pit^tty white Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield. 

 - " " Fabia (lal- ' ' ' ' ■ ' ^ ^ ^ • - . . ^. ^ ^ 



Bath, Lim., Wisbech; 



hybrid Cattleyi 



this grand orchid there wiie vviy puio. Beckett, Y.M.H. 



ty splendid specimens carrying a total of -^'i- ■}■ g.ird<.m-)- to 1.. 1! Asliton, Elstree. 



^,it threP hundred mauve and Tjurule and l^^;' Bioadlauds, ( anideu Park lunbridge To Columnea 



Uells, put up a very pretty exhibit of or- Lawrence, Bart 



gold flowers. Altogether^ there^ wei 



hundred 

 and hybi 



'^"^'d Sy "werV'catttya' species -^m«f & o^^er g6od things thus shown were "To C^riped^ 

 , and these, including C. Fabia, ^wringiana, t.. labiata, C Ins, James Veitch £ 



- Odontoglossum grande, Oncidium varicosum To^Cypriped 



us odontoglos- Lieut.-Colonel Holford (Mr 

 ' """^"^ ^ 'Vestonbirt, Gloucest< 



excellent 



MEDALS. 

 Gola.— To Lieut.-Colonel 1 



Vlant iuL, La-lio-eattkn-a Aiethusa. 1 ' R TIT A N 1 > V 1 !( i I ri' A it LE COMMITTEE. 



.. Itrasso-cattlrya Digbyai.a-gigas Mtv.r.,. Laxtou IJiotl'ers, Bedford, had an "Yiiver^gHrFlorr— To^H^^^ Vicary Gibbs, 



ig l.looms ; the lovely ( yinbidium extensive exliii)it <>t 1 nut , and their display Aldenham House, Elstree, for Michaelmas 



um, Cypripedium Hera hnryadcs, was well arranged. Piomincnt amon^ the Hn,«,P«- +^ t tt,ii '.^a -Rdmon- 



;ii£ Holford s var., the pale yellow many kinds on view were Allii 



for ferns; to Messrs. J. Veitch 

 , Chelsea, for winter-flowering bego 

 [r. C. Aahton, Tunbridge Welle, fo 



Stuart Low and Co., T^"«b ^P^r^ K"h^ K^nlied;?' x V^'^T^ ^i.^'^^' Putney, for orchids, 



leld, had in their group of orchids Soulscut, ( astle Kennedy, ^.B., brought up Silver-gilt Banksi- 



resting things as Bulbophyllum hybrids of Solanum tnU'ro^a and S. Com- and Sons, Chelmsfoi 



um, Cypriijedium Aldrae. George mei!«>ni, these oeing m Hower, and bearing to Mpssrs W 



Odontoglo^um blandum, O. Uro violet-hued flowers. llie cross hao ,vhitl cLvsanthemums 



