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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ April 10,1884. 
awarded to Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham, for a large group of choice hardy- 
flowers, Primulas, Anemones, Daffodils and Muscaris. Especially notable 
were some pans of the bright blue Anemone appemna and its white variety. 
Messrs. Shuttleworth, Carder & Co, 191, Park Road, Clapham, exhibited a 
pan of Masdevallia Shuttleworthi bearing some dozens of flowers, also a fine 
Odontoglossum Wilckeanum. 
First-class certificates were awarded for the following plants :— 
Odontoglossum crispum guttatum (Sir Trevor Lawrence).—Flower very 
neatly formed but rather small, white ground heavily spotted with dark 
brown. 
Oncidium cucullatum giganteum (Sir Trevor Lawrence). — A beautiful 
variety with unusually large flowers, the sepals and the petals very dark, 
and the lip a uniform mauve purple tint, and a few darker spots near 
the base. 
Cypripedium ciliolo.ro (Sir Trevor Lawrence).—Somewhat suggestive of 
C. superbiens, the dorsal sepal broad, veined with green and tinged with 
purple, the petals edged with dark hairs, suffused with purple, and spotted 
with a much richer shade of the same colour. The lip is neatly formed 
and dark puple. 
Odontoglossum Shuttleworthi (Shuttleworth, Carder & Co.)—A very 
distinct form of the 0. Alexandras type, with a lip like 0. Wilckeanum, 
the sepals covered with brown to near the tips, the petals broad and heavily 
spotted with the same colour. 
Phams irroratus purpureus (Veitch).—A hybrid between Phaius grandi- 
folius and Calanthe vestita, very interesting and pretty. The sepals and 
petals are narrow, white, somewhat like the Calanthe parent, the lip like the 
Phaius, of a rosy crimson colour. 
Amaryllis Virgo (Yeitch).—Flower of moderate size, scarlet with a white 
centre bar in each petal. Four flowers in a head. 
Amaryllis Zitella (Yeitch).—A most distinct and beautiful variety, the 
flowers rather rough but distinct in colour, white ground streaked and 
flushed with a distinct and pretty shade of rose. 
Davallia Mariesi cristata (Yeitch).—An elegant form of this well-known 
Fern, the fronds of which terminate in a neat bunched crest. 
Adiantum strictum (Williams).—Previously described. 
Narcissus bicolor J. B. M. Camm (Barr).—Yery neat and softly coloured, 
petals creamy white, and crown li inch long, pale lemon yellow, margin 
slightly revolute. 
Narcissus incomparabilis sulphurous Queen Sophia of the Netherlands 
(Barr).—A handsome variety, remarkable for an excessively long name, and 
beautiful form. Flower 3 inches in diameter, petals broadly elliptical, pale 
yellow. Crown shallow and saucer-like, 1^ inch across, rich orange with a 
wavy margin. 
Narcissus incomparabilis James Dickson (,T. Dickson & Son).—A magnifi¬ 
cent variety with flowers 4 inches in diameter, the petals 1^ inch broad, 
elliptical, pale yellow. The crown is inch deep and as much in diameter, 
pale orange, the margin waved. 
Narcissus Leedsi Queen of England (Barr).—A beautiful variety, flowers 
3^ inches in diameter ; petals white, elliptical; crown pale clear yellow, three- 
quarter inch deep, and 1 inch across, with a slightly recurved margin. 
Auriculas Mungo, St. George, and Conservative (Turner). — Previously 
certificated. 
Azalea Princess of Wales (W. Nicholl, Lower Merton).—Pure white, full 
flowers, the margin of the petals slightlv undulated. 
Azalea Souvenir du Prince Henri (Yan Houtte).—Double, rosy crimson, 
very handsome, full, the petals much waved. Yery free, and of good habit. 
Azalea Souvenir du Due d’Albany (Yan Houtte).—Single, a magnificent 
variety, the flowers pure white 5 inches in diameter, the petals broad and 
undulated on the margin. The finest white variety yet obtained. 
Azalea Mdlle. Marie Stockman (Yan Houtte).—Double, pure white, almost 
like a Petunia, very full, substantial, and handsome. 
Azalea Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild (Yan Houtte).—Double, violet 
purple, very distinct in colour, extremely free and beautiful. 
Azalea Mr. B. S. Williams (Van Houtte).—Single, flowers very large, 
4 inches in diameter ; the petals rounded, of a rich rosy crimson colour. 
Azalea John T. D. Llewelyn (Van Houtte).—Double, very handsome 
variety, broad rounded petals, white faintly suffused with pink, with spots 
at the base of deep rose. 
Azalea Comte de la Torre (Yan Houtte).—Single, well-formed flower, 
white suffused with pink, the upp°r petals heavily spotted with red. 
Azalea Comte de Paris (Van Houtte).—Single, broad rounded flower, pink, 
the petals edged with a broad white band. 
Azalea Comte Andrien de Germiny (Yan Houtte).—Single, of a peculiar 
reddish colour, the upper petals purple. 
Scientific Committee.— Dr. M. T. Masters in the chair. 
Canker in Apple Trees. —A communication was read from Mr. Plowright 
on a form of this disease as caused by Nectria ditissima. He observed 
that Sphaeriacei usually attack dead organisms, but there are some excep¬ 
tions, as Yalsa parmularia on living Oak, and many of the Dothidiaceas. The 
specimens sent were from several localities, but in almost every case the 
cankered part bore the fungus, and which was not found anywhere else. He 
likewise forwarded drawings illustrative of the growth of the fungus. When 
the parasite gains an entry into the bark of a medium-sized branch it at first 
causes the death of the bark and subjacent wood to only a limited extent. 
The bark cracks concentrically. In the cracks and upon their edges the 
perithecia are most commonly found. They are most abundant in those 
cases in which the devitalised area has become surrounded by an enlarged 
and swollen margin of healthy bark. Further details will be given when 
the paper and figures are published in extenso in the Gardeners' Chronicle. 
(Ecidium Fahce — Mr. Plowright also sent specimens of Bean plants with 
this fungus artificially produced. They were infected with the germinating 
teleutospores of the Uromyces on the 6th February ; on the 29th the sppr- 
magonia began to appear. It was not until the end of March that the perfect 
CEcidium was developed. 
Apples Diseased by Fungi. —Mr. Murray and Mr. Smith reported that the 
Apples brought to the last meeting by Mr. MacLachlan were attacked by 
Septorium Ralfsii. 
Potato Culture to Prevent Disease. —A plan of the cultivation carried on 
under the direction of the Sub-Committee appointed at the last meeting 
was shown, while Mr. Murray informed the Committee that every Potato 
bad been carefully examined, and about twelve rejected that were found to 
be diseased. 
Gymnosporangium Jumped. —Mr. A. Smee exhibited branches of Juniper 
badly diseased. It was suggested that experiments should be carried out 
to impregnate the Hawthorn and vice versd. He also brought Some mal¬ 
formed Calceolaiias, which were referred to Rev.G. Henslow for examination 
and report. 
Primulas. —Col. Clarke exhibited the results of crossing the true florists’ 
Polyanthus crossed by the garden Primrose. This cross, recrossed by the 
former, gave innumerable varieties of colour in the seedlings. He observed 
that he had often tried to cross the Cowslip with the Primrose, but had 
always failed. 
Agricultural Implements from Naagar Hills, Assam. —Dr. M. T. Masters 
exhibited a number of rude implements used by the natives, who were 
almost unknown to Europeans, consisting of a hand-plough, a large round- 
ended knife, used also for village fights, and wooden hoes, together with 
samples of the native produce— e.g., Chick Pea, Rice, etc. 
Lecture. —The Rev. G. Henslow first called attention to a group of 
Australian plants exhibited by Mr. Cutbush, containing species of Correa 
known as native Fuchsias, as they somewhat resemble that plant, but belong 
to a very different family ; the leaves of some species are used as tea. Species 
of Boronia and of Leptospermum, the latter of the Myrtle family, and 
therefore allied to the Gum Trees. L. lanigerum grows to 30 feet, and 
furnishes wood for the spears of the natives, while L. scoparium supplies the 
hard and heavy wood called Manauka wood in New Zealand. Genetyllis, 
called Hedaroma by Lindley, and also Darwinia, is remarkable for the 
mimicry in its flowers ; for while the latter are minute and inconspicuous 
they are surrounded by coloured bracts in the shape of a Tulip. A species 
of Epacris furnished a comparison with Erica or Heath to illustrate their 
“ representative ” character. Though apparently resembling one another, 
yet their floral structure is different; and while Erica is found at the Cape, 
Epacris charactei ises New Holland. The lecturer remarked on two charac¬ 
teristic features of the foliage of Australia—its harshness in somp, and the 
habit of hanging vertically in other plants, so that the latter affords little or 
no'shade. The dryness of the atmosphere is accountable for the harshnesp, 
and the object gained by those plants with vertical foliage is probably the same 
as that acquired by the so-called “ sleep,”—namely, to avoid the ill effects of 
radiation at night. This is seen in species of Acacia, which generally in 
Austraha have no blades but only a flattened leafstalk or phyllcde, the 
edges of which point sky and earthwards. He next called attention to a 
remarkable “bigener” of Mr. Yeitch—viz., a cross between two genera, 
Phajus grandifolius and Calanthe vestita. The latter Orchid (“ Botanical 
Magazine,” 4671), discovered by Dr. Wallich in India, and flowered at 
Messrs. Yeitch’s establishment first in 1848. Phajus grandifolius (“ Flore des 
Serres,” & c ., vii., p. 259), is from China, with yellow orange sepals and petals, 
the labellum alone being purple. In the bigener the flower is white, as in 
Calanthe, but the labellum of a rose colour. Angraecum dependens, 
exhibited by Mr. Yeitch, is remarkable like other species of this genus for 
the long spur ; that of A. sesquipedale is usually over 1 foot long. Tropical 
Africa and Madagascar supply them, and it is remarkable that it cannot be 
fertilised except by some insect with a proboscis as long as the spur. 
One species, A. fragrans, furnishes a material for a tea in its leaves, which 
are used in Bourbon, Mauritius, and in Paris for pulmonary complaints. 
A species of Acacia with spinescent stipules called for remarks on the 
peculiar modifications which those organs undergo, and the lecturer described 
the remarkable “ Bullock’s-horn ” Thorn, as A. sphserocephala is called, of 
Nicaragua, and the peculiar habit of ants which live in them, and are supplied 
with food by the shrub in the form of honey in honey pits on the petiole, 
and oily “ fruit bodies ” at the apices of the leaflets. These ants keep others 
off which would strip the tree of its foliage. 
Plumbago and Statice furnished remarks on the peculiar method of 
securing fertilisation secured by the former genus, both being of the same 
family. The ovule is suspended by a curved funiculus, and the tissue opth i 
style is prolonged downwards till it reaches the micropyle, thus conveying 
the pollen tubes directly into the latter. Many species are excessively acrid 
in this juice, such as P. scandens, called Herb du Diable of San Domingo. 
Beggars use the juice for raising blisters, as they do in England with the 
juice of Ranunculus scelaratus. He next called attention to a hybrid raised 
by Mr. Yeitch between Cypripedium niveum and C. Druryi, in which the 
yellow colour of the latter had disappeared but the narrow lip retained, the 
flower of the hybrid being white. 
AZALEAS AT SHIRECLIFFE HALL. 
The Azalea house at Shirecliffe Hall, Sheffield, the residence of 
H. E. Watson, Esq., J.P., is now quite ablaze with a rich profusion of fine 
blossoms of varied colours and markings. Every year at this season the 
house is noted for a good display, but probably on no previous occasion 
have the plants been so laden with flowers as at the present time. They 
are all of a bushy character, and have been grown from small nursery 
plants, but have not yet attained a large size, the largest specimens 
in the collection being 4£ feet through. Some, of course, are more 
floriferous than others, but the majority are masses of rich colours, quite 
dazzling, and many have their foliage completely hidden by the thickly 
clustered blossoms. All are very healthy and vigorous, and show uu- 
mistakeably that unremitting attention has been given to their require¬ 
ments. Shirecliffe unfortunately is situated too near the manufacturing 
portion of the town, and the large volumes of noxious gases emitted daily 
from the, numerous furnaces and huge chimneys which are dispersed 
thickly over that suburb, with the assistance of the fumes of a neighbour¬ 
ing gasworks, are destroying all vegetation except the most robust and 
hardy kinds. The beautiful Oaks that for years were such an ornament 
to Shirecliffe and surrounding district are fast dying in consequence of 
the poisonous state of the atmosphere. Those at Shirecliffe are nearly all 
dead. The successful cultivation of many plants under glass is therefore 
conducted at a great disadvantage, but the health and beauty of these 
Azaleas prove that they are plants adapted for town life. 
