THE ELOBAL MAGAZINE 
NEW SERIES.] 
AUGUST, 1874. 
EXHIBITIONS. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, July 1. 
The Rose Show held on this date -brought a grand collec- 
tion of blooms to the Western Arcade, when the first 
prize, for seventy-two flowers, was awarded to Mr. G. 
Prince, of Oxford ; Mr. Turner being second ; Messrs. 
Paul and Son, of Cheshunt, third; and Messrs. J. 
Mitchell and Sons, fourth. For three trusses, each of 
forty-eight varieties, Mr. Turner was first, and Messrs. 
Paul and Son second. For thirty-six blooms, Mr. 
Cranston, of Hereford, was first; Mr. Eraser, of Lea 
Bridge, second ; and Mr. G. Prince third. The Amateurs' 
class was well represented, the best forty-eight trusses 
being sent from the Rev. G. Arkwright, Pencombe 
Rectory, Herefordshire ; the next best from the Rev. 
J. B. M. Camm ; and then Mr. Farren, of Cambridge, 
third ; and Mr. W. Ingle fourth. The twenty-four 
truss competition was equally well contested. The best 
twelve new Roses of 1871, '72, and '73 were sent from 
Mr. Cranston. In the Eastern Arcade choice collections 
of plants were sent by Mr. B. S. Williams and Mr. 
Aldous of South Kensington. 
July 15. — First-class certificates were awarded to 
Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood, for 
Sonerila Ilendersoni and S. Ilendersoni-argentia, two 
handsomely marked melastomaceous plants ; to Mr. 
Smith, of Wilmot Road, Leyton, for Campanula Smithii, 
an accidental hybrid between C. fragilis and C. pumila- 
alba; to J. Fraser, of Leyton, for Ixora Fraseri, a highly 
coloured variety of more hardy constitution than some 
of these plants; to Mr. Wm. Paul for his new purple- 
leaved Birch and for Zonal Pelargonium Jeanne Ale- 
gatiere, a large double-flowered lilac-tinted pink variety ; 
to Mr. George, of Putney, for Pelargonium Sir Garnet 
Wolseley, a large bright scarlet form. 
The show of Pelargoniums, though containing many 
fine plants, did not call for any special remark, and the 
same may be said of the Fuchsias ; both classes (especially 
the latter) were well represented. For Clematis, Mr. 
Jackson, of Woking, was first. Two miscellaneous 
groups of plants contributed by Messrs. Yeitch and Sons 
and B. S. Williams were of a very interesting and at- 
tractive character. 
Subsequently to this meeting an examination of Bed- 
ding Pansies was made at Chiswick. Those considered 
best were from Messrs. Dickson and Co., of Edinburgh, 
and Mr. It. Dean, Ealing : the selection from the plants 
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of the former firm being Golden Gem, Dickson’s King, 
Dickson’s Queen, and Tory ; and those of the latter, 
Tyrian Prince, Imperial Blue Perfection, Blue Bell, Lily- 
white Tom Thumb, Miss Maitland, and Mulberry. 
Messrs. Dickson and Sous’ Chieftain took a second place. 
Several of these plants were selected for figuring in 
the Floral Magazine. 
THE HOLLYHOCK DISEASE. 
Since our last issue, we have received a letter from Mr. 
Downie, of the firm of Downie, Laird, and Laing, in 
which he states he has found a remedy for this dreaded 
plague of the Malvaceae. Mr. Downie also submitted 
specimens to the members of the Scientific Committee 
at the last meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
in which it was quite apparent that the disease had been 
arrested, and it appears that had not some remedy been 
found, Messrs. Downie and Co. would inevitably have 
lost their entire stock of Hollyhocks. We understand 
the cure has been effected by alternate applications of 
“ Gishurst’s Compound ” and Flowers of Sulphur twice 
a week, the compound made at the strength of a Is. to 
3s. box to twelve gallons of water applied to the under 
surface of leaves, and the sulphur through one of Pooley's 
distributors. 
THE NEW DOUBLE POINSETTIA. 
We have recently had an opportunity of seeing a dried 
specimen of this recent Mexican discovery of Benedict 
Roezls, living plants of which are shortly expected in this 
country. This new feature of doubleness in Poinsettia 
pulcherrima consists in a repeated branching and multi- 
plication of the coloured tracts at the top of the flower- 
stalk, making the head of the plant many times more 
conspicuous than the ordinary head of Poinsettia as com- 
monly seen in our stoves. 
IRIS K/EMPFERI. 
Far. Filward George Henderson. 
The truly superb blooms of this gorgeous Iris as ex- 
hibited at the Royal Horticultural Society on July 1st by 
Messrs. E. G. Hendeison and Son, of St. John’s Wood, 
resembled, at first sight, some of the fine deep purple 
varieties of Clematis, made so well known to us by 
Messrs. Geo. J ackman n and Son, of W oking. As a garden 
