THE FLORAL MAGAZINE 
NEW SERIES.] 
SEPTEMBER, 1880. 
[No. 105. 
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 
As the summer advances the Exhibitions are much 
fewer, and are now confined to the meetings of the 
Royal Horticultural Society. At that held on July 
27th, the production of novelties was somewhat limited, 
and the following will be found the most prominent of 
those seen on this occasion : — Iris Ktempferi, var. 
Magnificence, the flowers of medium size and hand- 
somely marked with lines of violet and red on a pale 
ground ; and Crimson King, another fine form of this 
splendid Iris, purplish-crimson in colour, large broad 
petals and fine form ; also Microstylis metallica, a 
dwarf plant suitable for growing in a pan, having very 
dark metallic foliage, and bearing small spikes of tiny 
dark purple flowers. These came from Messrs. Tames 
Yeitch and Sons, and were awarded First-class 
Certificates of Merit. From G. F. Wilson, Esq., 
Heatherbank, Weybridge, came Lygodium palmatunq 
a beautiful and perfectly hardy climbing Fern from 
North America, the small fertile fronds of which are 
delicately cut into segments, the barren fronds being 
palmate. It is said to be perfectly hardy in the open 
ground. Mr. B. S. Williams had a plant named 
Oleobachia palustris (?), which bears a strong resem- 
blance to Aralia Yeitchii, but the digitate leaves are 
green in colour, and the plant bears a greenhouse 
temperature, which will render it all the more valuable 
for table and decorative purposes. This also was 
awarded a First-class Certificate.] 
New Roses were to the fore on this occasion, and to 
two of them First-class Certificates of Merit were 
awarded, viz., Mrs. Jowitt, a full, deep, and well-built 
flower, of the Marie Baumann type, the colour rosy- 
crimson shaded with lake; said to be a vigorous grower 
and remarkably free of bloom. This came from the 
Cranston Nursery and Seed Company, Hereford. 
And Duke of Connaught, like the foregoing a Hybrid 
Perpetual, very full and of a bright crimson colour, 
with the delicious perfume of the old Cabbage Rose. 
It came from Mr. C. Noble, Sunningdale Nursery, 
Bagshot. 
Other novelties of an interesting character included 
a white Phlox from Messrs. Standish and Co., Royal 
Nursery, Ascot, named Perfection, almost pure white, 
and having long spikes of bloom : the double May 
Weed, Matricaria inodora flore pleno, with pure white 
flowers, very useful for cutting from at this season of 
the year, from Mr. R. Dean, Ealing : and some fine 
Hollyhocks from Messrs. J. Laing and Co., Forest 
Hill, which it was a treat to look upon. 
The National Carnation and Picotee Society held 
their meeting at the same time, and the following new 
flowers were awarded First-class Certificates of Merit : — 
Carnation, Robert Lord, a fine scarlet Bizarre flower, 
large, full, and of fine outline : Master Fred Hewitt, 
pink and purple Bizarre, good smooth petal, very pure 
white ground, and handsomely marked : Arthur Med- 
hurst, a fine scarlet Bizarre of great beauty and finish : 
Crimson Banner, a crimson Bizarre, a fine coloured 
flower of great beauty : Thomas Moore, crimson Bizarre, 
large, full, and very handsome : and Squire Llewellyn, 
pink and purple Bizarre, with a fine build and width of 
petal. The foregoing were raised by Mr. E. S. Dodwell, 
Larkhall Rise, Clapham, and Mr. B. Simonite, Rough 
Bank, Sheffield. The following Picotees were similarly 
distinguished : — Baroness Burdett-Coutts (Turner), a 
medium purple-edged flower with broad petals and a 
pure white ground : and Constance Heron (Turner), a 
fine and promising heavy red-edged flower. 
The meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
held on August 10, was specially interesting for the 
new forms of Lilies produced by Messrs. James Veitch 
and Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea. To three of these 
First-class Certificates of Merit were awarded, viz., 
L. speciosum, var. gloriosoides, a strikingly distinct 
variety introduced from Japan through M. Maries. It 
resembles the type in habit of growth, but the leaves 
are longer and much narrower. The flowers are of the 
ordinary size, but the petals reflex considerably more 
than usual ; so much so, indeed, as to resemble those 
of a Gloriosa. The colour is a brownish-erimson in the 
lower half of the petals, with spots of a darker hue, 
but pure white in the upper half. L. auratum, var. 
platvphyllum; the flowers of this new form surpass 
all that we have hitherto seen, both in size and form. 
The blossom, which is about nine inches in diameter, 
has petals of a remarkably thick texture, fully three 
and a half inches in breadth, and spread in a broad 
open manner. The golden band is very bright and of 
great width, and the spots, though not profuse, are 
very conspicuous. The foliage, too, is much shorter 
and broader than in an ordinary variety, and more 
resembles that of L. speciosum. The third of this fine 
