THE FLORAL MAGAZINE 
NEW SERIES.] AUGUST, 1880. [No. 104. 
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 
The last of the great summer exhibitions of the Royal 
Botanic Society took place at the Regent’s Park on 
June 16th, when a large group of novelties were brought 
together. Among those furnished by Messrs. Veitch 
and Sons, Chelsea, were Pteris Moluccana, a handsome, 
erect-growing Fern, from Malaya, having long fronds, 
with pinnae arranged in opposite pairs, and of a polished 
green hue : Laelia Philbrickiana, a beautiful hybrid 
Orchid, obtained by crossing Cattleya Aclandiae and 
Laelia elegans ; the progeny is strikingly intermediate 
between the two parents, both in growth and in the 
character of the flowers : Croton Nevillias, a handsome 
kind, very distinct in the leaves, which are lance-shaped 
in form, and bright olive-green barred with golden- 
yellow : Acer polymorphum septemlolum elegans, one 
of the prettiest forms of the elegant Japanese Maple 
we have yet seen, the leaves being elegantly divided, 
and dashed with various shades of crimson : and 
Quercus cuspidata variegata, an ornamental variety of 
Japanese Oak, with the leaves variegated with white 
and bright green on plants in a small state ; how the 
markings will appear on older plants remains to be 
seen, but it is expected they will be as distinct in the 
young as in the advanced state. All the foregoing were 
awarded First-class Certificates of Merit, as were also 
the following novelties from Mr. Bull : — Anthurium 
insigne, one of the trilobed leaved section and very 
handsome, as the leaves in a young state shine with a 
bronzy lustre : Croton insigne, a handsome variety, 
with long and rather broad leaves of a bright green, 
barred and marked with golden yellow and various hues 
of crimson : Adiantum aneitense, a distinct and orna- 
mental species in the way of A. hispidulum, promising 
to make a good and useful free-growing Fern : Dieffen- 
bachia Rex, a highly ornamental variety, and one of the 
finest of the new kinds, with bold velvety green foliage, 
copiously and heavily marked with spots of a lighter 
shade : Oncidium crispum grandiflorum, a form de- 
cidedly superior to the original type, as the flowers are 
considerably larger, and the colour is brighter and 
more pronounced : Selaginella involvens variegata, a 
pretty variegated form of a compact-tufted character; 
the almost pure white and deep bottle-green of the 
leaves produced a fine and striking contrast : and 
Lilium nitidum, a charming little Lily in the way 
of L. parvum, but said to differ in essential par- 
ticulars. 
The same award was made to the following novelties 
from Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, Pine Apple 
Nursery, Edgware Road ; viz., Freesia odorata, an ex- 
quisite Cape Iridaceous plant of dwarf growth, producing 
an abundance of pure white tubular flowers, which 
have a conspicuous yellow blotch on the lower division, 
and they are also deliciously scented : and Crinum 
petiolatum, one of the C. amabile type, but with white 
flowers borne numerously in umbels on tall stems well 
above the foliage, which is a deep green ; the sweet 
perfume of the blossoms likewise increases its value. 
Mr. B. S. Williams, Victoria Nursery, Holloway, 
secured First-class Certificates of Merit with the fol- 
lowing plants : — Croton Rodeckianum, a highly-coloured 
kind, with narrow, graceful, recurved foliage, and de- 
cidedly one of the best in its way : Asplenium Baptisti, 
a remarkably distinct and handsome Fern in the way of 
A. schizodon ; the fronds have the pinnae arranged 
palmately and sharply toothed at the edges, giving it 
a highly ornamental appearance : Nepenthes compacta, 
one of the varieties remarkable for bearing a profusion 
of well-formed and large pitchers, while the plant is in 
a small state, and these are of a deep red colour on the 
outside : and Cyphokentia robusta, an elegant and 
vigorous-growing Palm, with pinnate leaves, which, in 
a young state, are almost of a claret colour. The fore- 
going all received what are termed Botanical Certificates 
of Merit. 
Floricultural Certificates of Merit were awarded to 
Coleus Acme (Veitch and Sons) having broadly ovate 
leaves of a pale yellow hue, conspicuously veined with 
crimson of various shades; C. Faro (Veitch and 
Sons), in much the same way, but handsome and 
effective : to two Begonias of the large-leaved or 
Rex type, named respectively Argentea zebrina, and 
Comtesse de Thellusson (E. G. Henderson and Son), 
the former with metallic-green leaves, transversely 
barred with silvery markings ; the latter with velvety 
green leaves, also of a metallic lustre : to large- 
flowering Pelargoniums — Alice, Emperor William, and 
Minotaur — representing fine and distinct forms raised 
by E. B. Foster, Esq., Clewer, Windsor : to P. Russell 
(Rev. A. Matthews), with large and brilliant-coloured 
flowers of fine form : P. Martial (C. Turner), a large- 
flowered variety of great merit : to Duchess of Con- 
