THE ELOEAL MAGAZINE 
NEW SERIES.] 
MAY, 1874. 
[No. 29. 
FLOWER SHOWS. 
At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
held at South Kensington on April 1st, a fine new 
Hybrid Perpetual Rose, “ Duchess of Edinburgh,” sent 
by Mr. II. Bennett, of Stapleford, near Wilton, was 
awarded a first-class certificate. This new Rose is pink 
in colour, very large, and of great substance : it is likely 
to prove a great acquisition, and we hope to shortly 
figure it. At the same meeting Messrs. Veitch and 
Sons, of Chelsea, sent a new Tea Rose, also named 
“Duchess of Edinburgh.” Like the last, this is a 
grand new Rose of a different character, but of perfect 
form, great substance, and intense crimson colour; this 
rose is said by Mr. Radcliife to be the best seen for 
some years past, and we intend to shortly figure it. 
Mr. Williams exhibited his new Anthurium Williamsii, 
and was awarded a first-class certificate for a magnificent 
blood-red Amaryllis named A. OriJIamme. Mr. Little, 
of Twickenham, received first-class certificates for the 
finest purple Cyclamen 3 r et seen, named C. Royal 
Purple, and a rose-coloured variety, named C. Rose 
Queen. Mr. R. Dean, of Ealing, contributed a fine 
Polyanthus named P. purpurea, which deservedly 
received the same award. Many other plants, as Roses 
from G. Paul and Son ; Cinerarias and Pinks, from 
Messrs. Standish ; Clematis, from Messrs. Jackman and 
Son; and varieties of Narcissus, from Messrs. Barr and 
Su<rden, were of srreat interest. At the meeting of 
April 15th, first-class certificates were awarded to 
Messrs. Veitch and Sons for Cattleya gigas, and for 
Ficus Parcellii, the latter a very remarkable plant, with 
great handsome leaves, elaborately marbled ; to Mr. 
C. Noble for a fine purplish Clematis, “Lord Gifford;” 
to Messrs. Jackman and Son for Clematis “Countess 
of Lovelace,” and C. “ Marquis of Salisbury ;” this 
latter is the most distinct Clematis we have ever seen, 
and intense crimson-brown in colour (Messrs. Jackman 
and Son have kindly promised to shortly supply materials 
for a coloured plate of this plant for the Floral Magazine ) ; 
to Mr. B. S. Williams for a Ceterach from Teneriffe, of 
extraordinary size and beauty ; this fern has fronds a 
foot long, and four inches broad. Messrs. Backhouse 
exhibited Dianthus glacialis, a charming rock plant. 
Th is being the great show for Rhododendrons, Azaleas, 
and Auriculas, these plants were well represented, a 
good display being made in all classes. Messrs. Lane 
and Son, of Great Berkhampstead, and Mr. Turner, of 
Slough, were the principal exhibitors of Rhododendrons 
and Azaleas, whilst of course the latter gentleman was 
the foremost exhibitor of Auriculas. A great number 
of Orchids were also shown, both by nurserymen and 
amateurs, whilst Roses, Cyclamens, Cinerarias, and other 
seasonable plants were well represented. 
THE INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 
SHOW AT FLORENCE. 
This great show is to be held at Florence from the 11th 
to the 25th of May. No less than one hundred gold 
medals are offered by the Societe Royale Toscane iV Horti- 
culture, two hundred and twenty-one silver medals, one 
hundred and thirty-one of bronze, and five prix d’honneur 
are offered by the King of Italy, the Minister of Agri- 
culture and Commerce, and the province and town of 
Florence, whilst the Princess Margaret is expected to 
open the Exhibition in person. The gardens of Florence 
will be visited, and an excui'sion made to Pisa. This 
exhibition is the lineal successor of the series of Inter- 
national Exhibitions held at Brussels, Amsterdam, Lon- 
don, Paris, St. Petersburg, and Vienna, the first of its 
kind ever held in Italy, and one likely to prove the most 
important of the whole series. 
ANTHURIUM SCIIERZERIANUM. 
New White Variety. 
In Vol. VI. of Floral Magazine, Plate 349, we gave a 
coloured plate of the normal form of this truly magnificent 
Arad, with its great crimson scarlet spathes, now such com- 
mon ornaments in our stoves. When it was first introduced 
these spathes measured only one inch and an eighth in 
length, whilst after a few years of cultivation the same 
appendages measured no less than seven and one-half 
inches long. Whilst sketching in Mr. Williams’s “Vic- 
toria and Paradise” Nurseries, at Upper Holloway, on 
the 28th of March last, our attention was directed to a 
lovely white spathed variety of this grand Arad, which 
must pi-ove simply invaluable when it becomes better 
known and distributed for sale with the commoner scarlet 
form. The colour of the spathe is creamy-white, and 
the spadix bright yellow. A large wood engraving of 
one of these plants in the possession of Mr. Williams is 
given in the Gardener’s Chronicle for April 18th last. 
