THE ELOEAL MAGAZINE. 
NEW SEKIES.] 
SEPTEMBER, 1873. 
EXHIBITIONS. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, Aug. 6. 
There was on this occasion a very small display of 
flowers and plants, so small indeed that it might have 
been very well arranged in the Council-room. The prin- 
cipal plants were Phloxes ; and any one who knows the 
excellence of culture displayed by Messrs. Uownie, Laird, 
and Laing in this beautiful tribe of plants, will not be 
surprised to hear that they took the first place. 
Amongst the varieties exhibited by them were Lothair, 
salmon red; Madame Dombrain, white, crimson eye; 
Philippa Penglase, fine lilac rose with carmine centre ; 
IMons. Domage, Madame Domage, M. Malet, IMarguerite 
de Turenne, lilac; John Laing and M. de Lamy. Mr. 
AYare, of Hale Farm Nurseries, was second. Messrs. E. 
G. Henderson and Co. exhibited good plants of Cannas, 
for which prizes were offered. The collection included 
Musafolia hybrida, bright green ; Premice de Nice, 
yellow ; Schubertii, Rubra superhissima, with dark 
bronze veins, and Rendatlerii, deep green. Air. Denning, 
gardener to Lord Londeshorough, exhibited a group of 
Orchids displaying his usual excellence of culture ; it in- 
cluded Saccolobium Blumei, with seventeen spikes, a 
splendid flower; Epidendrum vitellinum, with thirty- 
eight flowers, Disa grandiflora, Oncidium macranthum, 
very fine; Thunia alba, Saccolobium Blumei superbum, 
&c- Air. Turner had some nice blooms of Carnations 
and Picotees : amongst them was a fine large yellow self 
called King of A'ellows, which obtained a first-class 
certificate. He had also a fine stand of Verbenas, Perry’s 
strain, amongst which, conspicuous for its fine colour, 
was Prince of Wales, vivid scarlet. Although prizes 
were offered for Petunias none were exhibited, nor did 
any amateurs exhibit for the prize for Phloxes. 
Aug. 20. 
This was also a very small Exhibition, but it brought 
together the finest collection of Gladioli ever yet shown; 
indeed, we are every year surprised to find how great 
are the strides which have been made ; and when we re- 
collect not only the flowers exhibited, but the manner of 
setting them up, we cannot but congratulate all lovers 
of this beautiful but fickle flower on the success which 
has attended its culture and exhibition. Foremost 
amongst the exhibitors was of course Air. Kelway, of 
Langport ; and as, in his stand of twenty-four, twenty 
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were seedlings of his own, and four out of six that he 
exhibited for a first-class certificate obtained that honour, 
it will be seen that he has attained a position which it is 
hopeless for any one to attemjit to rival him in. Lord 
Hawke was the most successful exhibitor amongst ama- 
teurs, Air. Douglas and the Rev. H. H. Dombrain 
running him very close ; in fact the stands were all most 
creditable. Amongst the finest flowers we noticed 
Horace A^ernet, splendid amaranth ; Legouve, brilliant 
scarlet ; Alarie Stuart, delicate soft pink ; Aladame Des- 
portes, fine white; Eugene Scribe, light rose ; Jupiter, 
red marked with dark crimson ; Aladame Furtado, very 
fine rose ; Orphee, rose with dark carmine marking ; 
Primatrice, fine rose, slightly tinted lilac ; Octavie, pale 
rose, slightly flamed with red ; Didon, white, slightly 
tinted lilac. AYe have not included in these Air. 
Kel way’s seedlings, but he had Ball of Fire very bril- 
liant, Lord Bridport, a beautiful colour, Scopax Pictum, 
a very beautifully marked flower. One great feature in 
these flowers is the number of blooms which come into 
flower at the same time, imparting an air of great 
grandeur to the spike. Lord Hawke and Air. Chater of 
Saffron AA’^alden also exhibited some splendid spikes and 
cut blooms of Hollyhocks, but of miscellaneous collections 
there were not so many as usual. 
TAUNTON, Aug. II. 
This is one of those provincial Exhibitions which, 
while settins’ forth the love for horticulture which exists 
o 
so largely amongst us, at the same time shows how ex- 
ceedingly well things can be managed in the provinces. 
There were to be seen at this Exhibition as fine specimens 
of culture as one need wish to see anywhere; while in 
cut flowers the noble stands of Gladioli exhibited by 
Alessrs. Kelway and Son were such as to excite universal 
admiration ; and the arrangements were so admirable 
that notwithstanding the great mass of visitors, and that 
as usual there were disappointments by exhibitors not 
coming forward who had promised to attend, all went 
smoothly ; and the indefatigable exertions of the secre- 
tary, Air. S. B. Saunders, and the committee were amply 
rewarded by a most successful exhibition. As is gene- 
rally the case in provincial Exhibitions, the day was re- 
garded as the day of the year ; the whole town was eti 
fete, and for miles around the people both gentle and 
simple flocked in in large numbers. AA^e were also gra- 
tified to find that Air. Alarshall of Belmont, whose de- 
lightful grounds and garden are situated cjuite clo$e to 
