THE ELOEAL MAGAZINE 
NEW SERIES.] 
JUNE, 1874. 
FLOWER SHOW. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, May 13. 
The Roses in pots displayed at this Show by Messrs. Paul 
and Son, of Cheshunt, and Mr. Turner, of Slough, were 
unusually fine, probably the most superb specimens ever 
exhibited. The principal award, for twelve plants, was 
made in favour of the former firm, although the com- 
petitors were almost evenly matched. For the twenty 
roses in eight-inch pots, however, Mr. Turner justly 
received the first award. The Azaleas certainly fell short 
of what we have seen in previous years; but some fine 
plants were sent by Messrs. Williams, Turner, and Lane, 
who were the principal prize-takers. Messrs. Jackman 
and Noble exhibited several new and valuable forms of 
Clematis; and Messrs. Dobson, of Isleworth, made their 
usual display of well-grown highly-coloured Calceolarias. 
First-class certificates were awarded to Messrs. Veitch 
and Sons for Tea Rose Duchess of Edinburgh ; Mr. 
B. S. Williams, for Gymnogramma triangularis and 
Adiantum gracillimum ; to Mr. Jackman, for Clematis 
Robert Hanbury ; to Messrs. Rollinson and Sons, for 
Ilypolepis Bergiana; to Mr. R. Dean, for Viola White 
Swan ; and to Messrs. H. Lane and Son, for Azalea 
mollis Alphonse Lavallee. A very showy Haemanthus 
was shown by Messrs. Henderson and Son, of St. John’s 
ood, under the name of II. Cooperi. 
THE LATE JOHN SALTER. 
It is with deep regret we announce the death, by para- 
lysis, on the 10th of May last, of John Salter, late of 
the Versailles Nursery, Hammersmith, at the age of 76 
years. For ten years in succession figures of Mr. Salter’s 
new Chrysanthemums and Pyrethrums have graced the 
pages of the Floral Magazine; and with regret we 
are obliged to say, that, since his retirement from 
business in 1869, no other man has been found to 
efficiently fill his place, and no really new Chrysan- 
themums of sterling merit have been produced since 
1869-70. 
HYBRID MIMULUS. 
Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, of St. 'John’s 
Wood, made an exceptionally fine display of handsome 
varieties of Mimulus at the last meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society : the flowers were altogether larger 
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in size and richer in colour than anything we have seen 
before. Messrs. Henderson, as is well known, have paid 
especial attention to this plant for many years, and the 
improvement on the old yellow, scarlet, and coppery 
flowers is something marvellous : the purple, crimson- 
purple, and the crimson flowers with white grounds, were 
especially lovely. 
MASDEVALLIAS. 
Two new extraordinary Masdevallias are just now attract- 
ing some attention. The first is M. Estradse, described 
by Professor Reichenbach in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for 
April 4th, and of which we secured a sketch of a 
flowering specimen at Mr. Day’s establishment at Tot- 
tenham last month. It has a semi- prostrate habit, with 
sepals of extraordinary shape and length ; the flower 
when in bud mimics the shape of the beak and head 
of the Ibis, and when open and the three sepals are 
thrown back, it looks like some extraordinary insect. 
We also saw a small plant of this species in flower in 
Mr. Williams’s Nursery about a week ago. The other 
plant is M. nicterina, which we also saw and sketched 
in one of Mr. Day’s houses ; this plant has bat-like, 
dusky sepals, greatly elongated into fine threads. A 
flowering specimen of this plant was sent to the last 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society under the 
incorrect name of M. Chimajra. 
ADIANTUM GRACILLIMUM {Moore). 
The plant described under the above name, by Mr. 
Moore, in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for January 3rd last, 
is certainly the most elegantly beautiful of all the 
“ Maiden-hair” Ferns. It most deservedly received a 
first-class certificate at the last meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, and specimens may, we under- 
stand, be purchased of Mr. Williams (who has the entire 
stock) in the ensuing autumn. The pinnules are so small 
that they measure only from one-sixteenth to one-eighth 
of an inch in length, and the whole plant at first sight 
bears a considerable resemblance to an elegant bouquet 
of “ Quaking Grass” {Briza). It is believed to be a 
spore-sport or spore-hybrid, but its graceful dwarf habit 
is perfectly constant. It was originally exhibited by 
Mr. Williams, at Bath, under the provisional name of 
Adiantum elegantissimum, and Mr. Moore is of opinion 
that A. cuneatum and A. glaucophyllum may be its 
parents if it be really a spore-hybrid. 
