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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 1, 1880. 
services to the Society during his connection with Messrs. Veitch,” 
who also presented him with a cream jug to match “ in com¬ 
memoration of his having been the first successful hybridiser of 
Nepenthes and Orchids in Europe.'’ He also holds the large 
silver medal of the above Society “ for his perseverance and success 
in raising the first hybrid Orchid,” this medal being dated 1858, 
and refers to Calanthe D»minii, the result of a cross between 
C. masuca and C. furcata. But it will be well to present in 
tabulated form the results achieved by this assiduous worker which 
we have obtained from hi*] ; the names to which asterisks are 
attached indicate the plants raised, those above and below being 
the parents :— 
Calantlie masuca 
♦Calanthe Dominii 
Calanthe furcata 
Phajus rand folius 
♦Phajus irroratrs 
Calanthe vestita 
Cattleya guttata 
♦Cattleya hybrida maculata 
Cattleya intermedia 
Limatodes rosea 
♦Calanthe Yeitchii 
Calanthe vestita 
Cattleya Loddigesii 
♦Cattleya Brabantise 
Cattleya Aclandise 
Cypripedium barbatum 
♦Cypripedium vexillarium 
Cypripedium Fairrieanum 
Cypripedium Peareei 
♦Cypripedium Dominii 
Cypripedium caudatum 
Cattleya Mossise 
-Cattleya Manglesi 
Cattleya Loddigesi 
Cypripedium barbatum 
♦Cypripedium Harrisianum 
Cypripedium villosum 
Cattleya Aclandise 
♦Cattleya quinquecolor 
Cattleya Forbesi 
Cattleya (Lselia) crispa 
♦Cattleya (Lselia) Pilcheri alba 
Cattleya (Lselia) Perrinii 
Cattleya (Lselia) crispa 
♦Cattleya (Lselia) Pilchei'i 
Cattleya (Lselia) Perrinii 
Cattleya maxima 
♦Cattleya Dominii alba 
Cattleya amethystina 
Goodyera discolor 
♦Ansectochilus Dominii 
Ansectochilus xanthophyllus 
Fuchsia serratifolia 
♦Fuchsia Dominii 
Fuchsia spectabilis 
Such a record needs no comment, and it fully justifies us in 
bestowing a meed of honour on a man who has proved by his 
works that he so well deserves it. He has set a worthy example, 
and we know there are many others working earnestly in the same 
cause and who will win public approval of their services. 
Many will join us in the hope that Mr. Dominy will live long 
in the esteem of a host of friends and enjoy the rest to which he 
is so justly entitled. 
ANTWERP ROSE SHOW. 
The schedule of the Antwerp rosarians has been kindly sent 
to me by the President, M. Lenaerts, a gentleman now known, at 
least by name, to most members of the National Rose Society. 
The following abstract of the schedule may be of interest to your 
readers. In the first section (amateur members) there are ten 
classes : the first six are for cut Roses of any sort consisting of 
ten, fifteen, twenty, thirty, fifty and one hundred varieties. The 
prizes are silver and bronze medals in each class. Class 7 is for 
fifteen Teas, Noisettes, and Hybrid Teas ; Class 8 for twenty-five 
“ Roses de premier choix ; ” Class 9 for pot Roses in flower (no 
number specified) ; Class 10 is for lady amateurs, and consists of 
a collection of Roses not exceeding fifty. Classes 7 to 10 have 
three medals. 
In the second section (nurserymen members) there are twelve 
classes. The first seven consist of collections of fifteen, twenty, 
twenty-five, fifty, seventy-five, and one hundred of any sort, and 
twenty Teas, &c. The eighth class is for “ the most remarkable 
and the most numerous collection.” Classes 9 and 12 are similar 
to Classes 8 and 10 in the amateurs’ section. Classes 10 and 11 
are for pot Roses, Class 11 being special for Roses grown on franc- 
de-pied and greffd rez terre stock. The prizes throughout are 
medals. The third section is open, and consists of three classes. 
Class 1 is for the most beautiful collection of the newest Roses ; 
Class 2 is for fifteen Roses remarkable for perfume ; Class 3 for 
twenty-five of special merit in form and colour. It is to this last 
class that the National Rose Society medals have been allotted. 
The Hon. President offers a gold medal to the exhibitor who 
shall have by the number and beauty of his exhibits contributed 
most efficiently to the general attractiveness of the Exhibition ; 
then follow medals for bouquets, ball, wedding, table, hand, &c., 
and a medal for a work dealing practically with the cultivation of 
the Rose. 
As this Rose Show is to be held (August 22nd to 24th) at the 
same time as the fetes in connection with the fiftieth anniversary 
of Belgian Independence, travellers, if rosarians, will perhaps like 
to make a note of it in their pocket-books. Antwerp itself is 
thoroughly well worth seeing, and the Rose Show there will by its 
novelty in effect and arrangement prove an additional item of 
interest. 
I shall be happy to send this schedule to anyone who might 
think of competing and would like to examine the necessary 
conditions for doing so.—J. M. Fuller. 
REIGATE ROSE SHOW. 
Reigate this year commences the season certainly a week too 
soon, though that might have been overcome but for the torrents of 
rain. Most acceptable in other ways, rain in June does not suit on 
the eve of a Rose Show. The result was a small Show, and Roses 
hardly up to the standard. The Show was held, by permission of 
Lady Henry Somerset, in the beautiful grounds of The Priory, which 
the public were permitted freely to traverse, while a band during the 
afternoon further enlivened the proceedings. The Judges were the 
Rev. H. H. D’Ombrain and Messrs. Gf. Paul and Francis. A box of 
new Roses was exhibited by the Messrs. Mitchell, who also attended, 
while Mr. Ivery of Dorking contributed further to the tents’ adorning. 
For the twenty-fours only three boxes were entered. The prize- 
takers were in order Messrs. Waterlow, Haywood, and Sargant. The 
principal contest was, as usual, amongst the twelves and for the 
ladies’ challenge cup, taken yearly by the best box of twelve in the 
room. Collections of nine were shown by Messrs. Haywood, Cheales, 
and Sargant, who were first, second, and third respectively ; an extra 
being awarded to Mr. Hawtry. For six of any kind Messrs. F. Pawle 
and E. Chambers were first and second. For twelve Teas Mr. Water- 
low was first, and Messrs. Cheales and Hawtry equal second. Messrs. 
F. Pawle and E. Horne were first and second with six Teas. 
In this Association the National Rose Society’s medals are given 
for the best H.P. and best Tea. The former was taken by Mons. 
E. Y. Teas (Mr. Haywood), the latter by Madame Bravy (Mr. Cheales). 
For twelve of any kind Messrs. Haywood and Waterton took the two 
prizes with Marie Baumann and Marquise de Castellane respectively. 
Table decorations were shown by Miss West, Miss T. Thornton, and 
Mrs. F. Guimareaus, who received the prizes in the order named ; 
hand bouquets by Mrs. C. D. Harding and Lady Henry Somerset; 
and button-hole bouquets by Miss Cheales and Miss Horne, one from 
Miss Edith Cheales being highly commended. 
After concluding their labours the Judges, Committee, and visitors 
were entertained at luncheon by the President of the Association, 
G. Baker, Esq. The new class of Hybrid Teas was not shown in by 
nurserymen. Two boxes were entered by amateurs, the H.T.’s shown 
being, of course, Cheshunt Hybrid ; Beauty of Stapleford, good sub¬ 
stance ; and Heine Marie Henriette, the most promising of new Roses. 
THE PRIMROSE, POLYANTHUS, AND OXLIP. 
The English Oxlip, fig. 4 {Primula pratensis, Nobis ; P. veris 
P elatior, Linn.; P. vulgaris, var. canlcsccns, Bab.).—This is the 
true English Oxlip. It is the Oxlip of Shakespere and other 
poets, and is not to be confounded with another plant which is 
very rarely met with, called the Bardfield Oxlip, which is the 
Primula elatior of Jacquin, but not the Primula veris P elatior of 
Linn reus, although the latter is generally given as a synonym of 
the former. I have examined the specimen in the Linnsean her¬ 
barium, where it is marked Primula veris pallido flore elatior, and 
there cannot be a doubt that our English Oxlip is the P. veris P of 
Linnaeus. 
The true English Oxlip is perfectly distinct from either a 
Primrose or a Cowslip. Its flowers are numerous, forming a 
spreading umbel on a tall, nearly smooth, or slightly downy scape 
rising from the centre of a rosette of leaves. Corolla flat, with 
five cordate deeply notched segments, the edges of which are dis- 
Goodyera discolor 
♦Goodyera Yeitchii 
Ansectochilus Yeitchii 
Nepenthes distillatoria 
♦Nepenthes hybrida 
Nepenthes, spotted species from 
Borneo, unnamed 
Cattleya (Lselia) crispa 
♦Cattleya Devoniensis 
Cattleya guttata 
Cattleya granulosa 
♦Cattleya hybrida 
Cattleya Harrisonise 
Nepenthes distillatoria 
♦Nepenthes hybrida maculata 
Nephenthes, spotted species from 
Borneo, unnamed 
Cattleya maxima 
♦Cattleya Dominiana 
Cattleya amethystina 
Nepenthes Rafflesiana 
♦Nepenthes Dominii 
Nepenthes, green species from 
Borneo, unnamed 
Cattleya Mossiae (Syon House vars.) 
♦Cattleya exoniensis 
Lselia purpurata 
Cattleya (Lselia) crispa 
♦Cattleya Sidniana 
Cattleya gransilosa 
Aerides affine 
♦Aerides hybridum 
Aerides Fieldingi 
Dendrobium nobile 
♦Dendrobium Dominii 
Dendrobium moniliforme 
Cattleya labiata 
♦Lselia Yeitchiana 
Cattleya (Lselia) crispa 
Cattleya crispa 
♦Cattleya (Lselia) Felix 
Cattleya Kegnelli 
Cattleya Dowiana 
♦Cattleya Dominiana 
Cattleya Exoniensis 
