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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ April 14, 1881. 
extremely fine and pure white, attracting much attention. Mr. Bull, 
Chelsea, sent several new plants and Sarracenias, two specimens of 
S. Drummondi bearing over a dozen flowers each of very deep colour. 
Azalea balsamasflora was also shown very well flowered. It is an 
extremely neat variety, the flower being of moderate size but of 
excellent form, and rosy salmon in colour. It is also very floriferous. 
A very distinct Dracmna named 1). Lindeni was shown with leaves 
3 or 4 inches broad, striped with two shades of green, a dark band in 
the centre, and lighter on each side. 
Mr. B. S. Williams, Upper Holloway, London, sent specimen plants 
raised from their selected strain of double Cineraria seed. They were 
generally of compact habit; the flower neat in form, full, and brightly 
coloured, especially the purple and crimson forms. Mr. J. Speed, 
gardener to the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, was accorded a 
vote of thanks for flowers of the remarkable Amherstia nobilis, for 
which Chatsworth is noted. The flowers are orange scarlet in colour, 
three of the petals being tipped with yellow, and they are borne on 
pedicels 2 or 3 inches long in racemes of a dozen or more. Mr. J. 
Guyett, gardener to Mrs. J. Perrett, Lynton House, Clapham Common, 
was accorded a vote of thanks for several heads of Rhododendron 
Nuttalli, each bearing four to six enormous flowers, some exceeding 
(i inches in diameter, and possessing an extremely rich fragrance. 
Mr. J. Douglas, gardener to P. Whitbourn, Esq., LoxfordHall, Ilford, 
sent a plant of Pinguicula valisnerifolia with violet purple flowers 
and a whitish eye. Mr. J. Wilkinson, gardener to Viscount Gage, 
Eirle Place, Lewes, was accorded a similar recognition for a group of 
seedling plants of Anthurium Schertzerianum, some with very large 
spathes and brightly coloured. Mr. W. Carmichael, The Gardens, 
Nowton Court, Bury St. Edmunds, sent two Azaleas—one named 
D. T. Eish, with extremely large pale salmon and crimson-tinted 
flowers over 4 inches in diameter and of good shape ; the other, named 
Mrs. Wills, was one of the amoena section, the flowers being extremely 
dark crimson. Mr. G. E. Wilson, Weybridge, was accorded a vote of 
thanks for a collection of seedling Primroses in fine condition. 
Mr. G. Smith, New Villa, Hedge Lane, Edmonton, exhibited plants 
of two seedling Polyanthuses, one named Byron and the other Nelson, 
both good gold-laced varieties, the flowers of fairly good form, and 
the ground colour dark maroon. Mr. R. Dean, Ealing, exhibited 
several beautiful hardy Primroses and Polyanthuses. Primrose 
Beatrice, with bright purplish lilac flowers, was especially noticeable. 
Votes of thanks were also accorded to Sir Charles Strickland, Bart., 
for a specimen of Cattleya citrina growing on a block, and to Col. 
Clarke for a species of Hippeastrum with small bright scarlet flowers. 
In the conservatory there was a pleasing and bright display of 
plants, occupying one side of the central path and forming a fine 
bank, the arrangement generally being very tasteful. Messrs. Veitch 
and Sons staged a group of Roses in pots, all in excellent health, 
and the flowers fine for the season. The specimens in the best con¬ 
dition as regards the number of flowers were Dupuy Jamain, Madame 
Lacharme, and Beauty of Waltham. Plants of the early-flowering 
Magnolia stellata were also shown, with a basket of the dwarf Pri¬ 
mula pubescens, and several Amaryllises. A gold medal was awarded. 
Mr. B. S. Williams was awarded a silver-gilt Flora medal for a large 
and handsome group of Orchids in excellent condition. Especially 
notable were good specimens of Odontoglossum vexillarium, Den- 
drobium chrysotoxum, D. Dalhousianum, and D. nobile. Cattleya 
Trianae nivea, a pure white variety, w; s also notable, with many 
choice and beautiful species. Messrs. Barr <fc Sugden obtained a 
silver-gilt Flora medal for a fine group of Daffodils, comprising about 
sixty varieties, some extremely choice, and all more or less beautiful. 
A silver Banksian medal was awarded to Mr. J. Aldous, Gloucester 
Road, for a tasteful group of flowering and fine-foliaged plants, 
chiefly Azaleas, Spiraeas, Roses, Lilies of the Valley, Palms, and 
variegated Maples. Messrs. H. Lane <fc Sons, Great Berkhampstead, 
exhibited a group of Rhododendrons in pots, the central plant being 
a specimen of the variety Snowflake, bearing about three dozen 
trusses of white flowers ; several other good varieties were also 
shown, and a large group of Roses was also contributed, for which 
a gold medal was awarded. A group of Dielytras and Cinerarias, 
with several Primulas, was sent from the Society’s gardens, and 
Messrs. Smith and Larke, Kensington, sent several wreaths and 
crosses of white flowers tastefully arranged. 
First-class certificates were awarded for the following plants :— 
Gymnogramma schizophylla (Veitch).—This elegant little Fern, of 
which we gave an engraving last week, was again deservedly honoured 
with a certificate. The specimen possessed the chief characters of 
the plant well developed, both the proliferousness and the branching 
of the fronds being shown. 
Adiantum monochlamys (Veitch). — An elegant Japanese species, 
somewhat suggestive of A. assimile. The fronds are bipinnate, with 
triangular light green pinnules, each having the outer margin dis¬ 
tinctly notched. The habit of the plant is graceful. 
Dioscorea retusa (Veitch).—This plant has now been in cultivation 
several years, and has been previously awarded a botanical certificate. 
It is, however, very graceful, and merited the recognition it has now 
received. It is of climbing habit, with dark green digitate leaves and 
numerous spikes of small white flowers in dense clusters, which are 
pendulous from the axils of the leaves. When trained on a trellis of 
some kind, so that these clusters can be easily seen, the appearance of 
the plant is very graceful. The plant was figured in this Journal 
several years ago. See vol. xxxi., page 108. 
Omphalodes Krameri (Veitch).—A pretty little Japanese herbaceous 
plant, with lanceolate leaves 4 to 5 inches long and 1 to 2 broad. 
The flowers about the size of a large Myosotis dissitiflora, bright 
blue, and borne in racemes 6 inches in height. The specimen had 
been grown in a frame, but would probably prove hardy in sheltered 
positions. 
Ivy-leaved Pelargonium Anna PJitzer (Cannell).—Many members of 
the Floral Committee considered this the most interesting plant 
shown on this occasion. It is a variety with fine double soft pink 
flowers 2 inches in diameter and of good form. The trusses are 
large and compact, some bearing nine or ten flowers, and the habit of 
the plant is dwarf. The leaves are deep green and of the usual Ivy¬ 
like form characterising this section. 
Ccelogyne cristata alba (Bull).—A pure white-flowered variety of 
Ccelogyne cristata, exactly resembling the one for which Mr. Richards 
of Leeds obtained a certificate at the last Exhibition of the Royal 
Botanic Society. 
Pinguicula Balceriana. —A specimen of this very distinct Butterwort 
■was shown by Messrs. F. Sander <fc Co., St. Albans, who were accorded 
a first-class certificate for it. It has small, fleshy, spathulate or ovate 
leaves in a dense rosette, very much like some of the Sempervivums. 
The flowers are borne singly on peduncles 8 or 9 inches high ; they 
are about 1 j inch in diameter, of a rich crimson colour, darker towards 
the centre, and with a white throat, which relieves the deep colour of 
the petals. All the characters of the plant shown correspond with 
those of Pinguicula caudata now flowering in the porch of the Orchid 
house at Kew, where it succeeds under similar cool treatment to that 
afforded other species of the genus. 
Primrose Amaranth (Dean).—A pretty variety, with large well- 
formed flowers, deep crimson in colour shading to maroon, and with 
a rich yellow eye. The plant was flowering very freely. 
Scientific Committee. — Galls on Artemisia ? —Mr. Pascoe ex¬ 
hibited a specimen from the Sahara, somewhat resembling the woolly 
gall on Veronica charoaedrys, of an unknown insect, but the plant 
resembling an Artemisia could not be determined. 
Canker on Apple Wood.—Dv. Masters exhibited a specimen to elicit 
opinion as to the cause. Dr. Hogg attributed it to frost, observing 
that water would often settle in the axils, form ice there, which then 
destroyed the tissues. Trees which were of a more delicate nature, 
such as Newtown and Ribston Pippins, were more subject to it than 
others. If the roots of such trees reached a cold damp soil similar 
results followed, the general previous condition being an unripeness 
of the wood which leads to canker. Hyacinth Bulbs attacked by Acari. 
—He showed some bulbs with these insects, but they were regarded 
only as a consequence and not the cause of the decaying state of the 
bulb. Viridiscence of Primula sinensis. —He exhibited an umbel of 
which every flower consisted of a ball-like mass of green leaves. 
Sarracenia. —He showed a blossom in which the exterior surface of 
the foliaceous stigma produced folds and tubular outgrowths not 
infrequent in Cabbage leaves. Potato Disease. —He exhibited leaves 
from a correspondent taken from plants in frames; five kinds were 
attacked, and the earliest sorts took it last. 
Nolina georgiana was exhibited by Mr. Elwes, it being the first 
occasion of its flowering in England. It is a native of the coast of 
Carolina. Its blossoms resemble a Squill, but with the foliage of 
Bomarea. Cattle are said to eat it greedily, hence it is called Buffalo 
Grass. He also exhibited a Tulip from the Elbury Mountains near 
to T. violacea, but with the colour of T. saxatilis, which moreover 
possesses broad shiny foliage. He also showed Tulipa iliensis, allied 
to T. sylvestris. Mr. Elwes remarked upon the rapid changes which 
Tulips undergo under cultivation, not merely in the glabrous or 
downy filaments but in the shape of the stigmas, Ac. He commented 
on the growth of Arisaema speciosa, an Aroid from Sikkim. The 
spadix bears a long filiform appendage. This latter is always found 
wrapped up in the terminal part of the leaf long before the spathe 
unfolds. 
Boronia megastigma. —Messrs. Veitch exhibited plants bearing pale 
as well as dark-coloured blossoms on the same stem. A discussion 
arose as to the possible interpretation of this—that it might be the 
first step towards self-fertilisation. 
Dr. Siemens exhibited a bunch of green Bananas from a tree which 
was only 18 inches high in March, 1880, but had had the benefit of 
the electric light for the first three months at night. During the 
summer it had only sunlight, but for the last six or eight weeks the 
electric light had again been employed at night. The benefit 
appeared to be due to starting the growth last spring. 
Col. Clarke exhibited specimens of Cowslip, Oxlip, and Primula 
acaulis, which seems often to simulate both the others. Mr. G. Bun- 
yard exhibited specimens of the Mezereon with tumour-like growths on 
the stems and roots. They were too old to pronounce as to the cause, 
whether it be hypertrophy of the bark or of a fungoid character. He 
also sent flowers of a Polyanthus with the petals separate. Rev. G. 
Henslow exhibited some resin-like inspissated sap from the Alder, 
from Lord Ly tton’s Park, Knebworth. 
Lecture. —The Rev. G. Henslow took the Narcissus as the subject 
for his lecture, there being a fine display from Messrs. Barr A Sug- 
deii’s nurseries. He drew attention to the characters of the family 
Amaryllidaceae, to which the genus belongs, and pointed out the sole 
distinction between it and the Lily family (Liiiacese), that in the 
latter the ovary is free from the tube of the perianth, whereas the 
latter organ was adherent to it in Amaryllids—it thus becomes 
