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464 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ November is, mo. 
able exhibits from Cahir, while the Castletown collection from Col. 
Yilliers Stuart was awarded a special first prize. Other features 
of this Exhibition were Mrs. Bagwell’s splendid floral table deco¬ 
ration design, the large collection of Coniferm and ornamental 
evergreens from the Clonmel nurseries, and the collections of 
Potatoes and Gourds, numbering eighteen varieties, from Lord 
Donoghmore’s, Knocklofty. Much credit is due to the courteous 
and energetic Hon. Secretary, Rev. James Millington, Rector of 
Kilronan, for the success achieved this year in spite of many 
difficulties.—W. J. M., Clonmel. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
• November 16th. 
Seldom has the November meeting of this Society been fuller and 
more interesting than the one on Tuesday last. Both the Fruit and 
Floral Committees had ample employment, but the former especially, 
while the vegetables staged in competition for Messrs. Suttons’ and 
Hooper’s prizes produced an extensive display in the vestibule. 
Fruit Committee. —Henry Webb, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Maw, 
Severn House, Handbridge, Salop, sent a seedling Apple which did 
not possess any distinctive quality. Messrs. Saltmash & Son, Chelms¬ 
ford, sent a seedling Apple called “ The Queen,” a large, round, and 
somewhat oblate-shaped Apple, highly coloured and striped. It had 
a resemblance to Cox’s Pomoma. The flesh was tender and brisk, 
with good cooking properties, and was awarded a first-class certificate. 
They also sent Beauty of Essex, another seedling Apple, with a 
strong acidity. It was considered good, and the Committee desired 
to see it again accompanied with full particulars as to its origin. Mr. 
Osborn Daintree of Swivesey Manor, St. Ives, sent a seedling Apple 
handsome in shape and colour, but it was not thought to be worthy 
of special mention. Mr. Balchin of Hassocks Gate, Sussex, sent a 
seedling Apple which was recognised as being Annie Elizabeth, an 
Apple already in cultivation. 
Mr. Thomas Laxton of Bedford sent a seedling Apple called The 
Schoolmaster. It was raised from seed of an Apple imported from 
America, and from a branch taken from a bush tree on the Paradise 
stock; it has the appearance of being a highly prolific variety. It 
is a cooking Apple, but has also dessert qualities. It was awarded a 
first-class certificate. Mr. Laxton also sent two seedling Pears which 
were not ripe. 
The Committee passed a resolution that in future no seedling fruits 
will receive any attention from the Committee unless accompanied 
with a full statement as to its origin, place of growth, and a certifi¬ 
cate that it is known to be a new variety ; and in the case of all fruits 
except Pine Apples six specimens must be exhibited. 
Mr. James Brown, The Gardens, Abercairney, Perthshire, sent a small 
bunch of the Abercairney Seedling Grape, which Mr. Brown says was 
raised from seed by his father-in-law forty years ago. It is there¬ 
fore not identical with Gros Guillaume, but the Committee consider 
there is so close a resemblance between them as to be undistinguish- 
able. Rev. A. Matthews, Yumley, Market Harborough, sent a seed¬ 
ling green-flesh Melon which was not equal to others in cultivation. 
Mr. R. Gilbert, Burghley Gardens, Stamford, sent a brace of Mont¬ 
rose Seedling Cucumber, which was considered similar to Telegraph. 
He also sent a bunch of Trebbiano and Black Alicante in very good 
condition, to which a letter of thanks was awarded, 
Mr. W. Fmlay, The Gardens, Wroxton Abbey, Banbury, sent a 
seedling Onion, the result of a cross between Improved White 
Spanish and Williams’ Magnum Bonum. It was considered a fine 
Onion, but not an improvement on Magnum Bonum. A letter of 
thanks was awarded. Messrs. Backhouse & Son of York sent a 
seedling Onion, which was considered too much like Red Spanish to 
be distinct. 
Mr. Barron sent from the Society’s Gardens at Chiswick bunches 
of Gros Column, Alnwick Seedling, and Alicante, all of which were 
grown in the glass wall. They were very fine, and a cultural com¬ 
mendation was awarded. 
_ Mr. Wilson, gardener to Lord Fortescue at South Molton, sent 
eight handsome Smooth Cayenne Pines, weighing in the aggregate 
59i tbs., to which a cultural commendation was deservedly awarded, 
Mr. Wilson having previously had a medal. 
Mr. Atkins, gardener to Colonel Loyd Lindsay, Lockinge Park, 
Wantage, sent six handsome bunches of White Muscat of Alexandria, 
three of Alicante, and three of Black Hamburgh Grapes, all very fine, 
and to which a cultural commendation was awarded. He also sent a 
collection of twenty dishes of Apples, which also received a cultural 
commendation. Mr. Charles Ross, Welford Park, Newbury, sent three 
Smooth-leaved Cayenne Pine Apples, to which a letter of thanks was 
awarded, and also a collection of six dishes of Apples, six of Pears, six 
of kitchen Apples, to which a cultural commendation was awarded. 
Messrs. Yeitch ife Sons exhibited a new Potato called St. Patrick, 
said to be a very heavy cropper, 4 lbs. having produced 236 lbs.; 
3 tbs. 180 lbs.; and two tubers 100 lbs. Messrs. Charles Lee & Son, 
Hammersmith, sent a collection of sixty varieties of Potatoes. It 
included one called Defiance, a very long red kidney-shaped variety. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons of Reading sent a large collection of Pota¬ 
toes, to which a vote of thanks was awarded. Also a similar aw r ard 
w r as given to Messrs. James Carter & Co. for Potatoes and other 
vegetables. The collections are referred to below. 
Floral Committee. —Dr. Denny in the chair ; there being a very 
large attendance of the Committee. Although the plants in the 
Council-room were not unusually numerous, the tables were com¬ 
pletely filled ; the brightness of colour was remarkably fine, and 
the general excellence of the exhibits notable. The most striking 
collection was that immediately facing the entrance, from Mr. H. 
Cannell of Swanley, who contributed stands of Salvias, Pelargoniums, 
and Primula blooms in extremely fine condition. Of these the 
Salvias attracted by far the largest share of attention, and worthily, 
for rarely are such brilliant and effective examples staged. The rich 
blue Salvia Pitcheri was excellent, but as it is referred to in another 
column it does not require description here except to recommend it 
to the attention of cultivators generally who desire a useful plant 
for the greenhouse at this time of year; and the same may be said of 
the others noted below', which are already moderately w'ell knowm 
and appreciated. Salvia splendens Bruantii is a fine contrast to S. 
Pitcheri, the long corollas, gaping calyxes, and bracts being of a 
most brilliant scarlet hue. Salvia Bethelli has its bright rosy purple 
flow'ers thickly clustered in whorls on the upper part of the branches, 
with a peculiar terminal and spherical bud of the same colour. 
Another one was shown under the name of S. pseudo-coccinea, w’ith 
a rather lax inflorescence and comparatively small crimson flowers. 
Double Zonal Pelargoniums were also fine, some of the most effective 
being Mr. Henry Cannell, a good scarlet; Nymphe, white; Eugene 
Bandouin, pink; and Sylvia, pink. Trusses of Pelargonium Beaut6 
de Lyon w'ere sent in fine condition, and flow'ers of Mr. Cannell’s 
strain of Primulas, including several good shades of colour. A vote 
of thanks w'as accorded. 
Messrs. Yeitch & Sons, Chelsea, exhibited flowers of two fine Pompon 
Chrysanthemums—Maiden’s Blush, white with a faint lilac tinge, and 
Purple Pompon, good form and colour. A specimen of Dendrobium 
phillipinense with a long growth, bearing about tw'o dozen of its 
faintly coloured yellow flow'ers, the pointed labellum of a deeper 
shade and streaked with maroon. A small specimen of Cypripedium 
Fairrieanum w'as shown with a single flower, the two petals hairy on 
the back and margined with deep purple, the upper sepal similarly 
streaked and the edge undulated, the labellum being small and green. 
Mr. R. Gilbert of Burghley sent several profusely flowered double 
Primulas—White Lady, having large, W'ell-formed, pure white 
flowers ; Mrs. A. F. Barron, white, streaked, and tinged with pink ; Lord 
Beaconsfield, a deep fleshy pink, very large flower, white beneath ; 
and Marchioness of Exeter, similar to Mrs. A. F. Barron. 
Messrs. Osborn & Sons, Fulham, sent a box of blooms of Gilbert’s 
double Primulas, the trusses being unusually large. Messrs. Carter 
and Co., Holborn, exhibited a plant of Griffinia hyacinthina maxima, a 
pretty Amaryllidaceous plant flow'ering without its leaves, and bearing 
an umbellate scape of white and purplish-blue flowers. Mr. J. King, 
gardener to G. Simpson, Esq., Wray Park, Reigate, contributed 
several Coleuses, Mr. John Baxter being very brightly coloured. 
Mr. H. B. Smith of Ealing staged considerably over a hundred 
healthy plants of Cyclamen in 48-pots, the foliage large and finely 
marbled, the flow'ers numerous, excellent in form and colour, the 
crimsons and whites being particularly noteworthy. The handsome 
white variety Mont Blanc, certificated by the Royal Horticultural 
Society in 1878, was also showm with specimens of Rosy Morn, 
awarded a similar honour in the same year. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, had a Primula with varie¬ 
gated foliage, and one with very large white flowers, named Waltham 
White. Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, St. John’s Wood, sent a 
seedling Primula named Duke of Edinburgh, not particularly distinct, 
though the flow'ers were of fair form. Mr. C. J. Salter, gardener to 
J. Southgate, Esq., Selborne, Streatham, submitted a flower of the 
Chrysanthemum Lady Selborne, the beautiful white sport from 
James Salter, described in another column. The Committee, while 
admiring it, w'ould not award it a certificate until they have seen 
more flowers or a plant. An assumed hybrid Fern was shown by 
Mr. J. P. Kendall, gardener to H. L. Holland, Esq., Templeton, Roe- 
hampton ; it w'as named Pteris Prattiana, being said to be a cross 
between P. tremula and P. seriulata, the fronds appearing to partake 
of the characters of both, but larger in size. Mr. W. Kipps, gardener 
to John Crosfield, Esq.. Walton Lea, Warrington, had flowers of an 
incurved Chrysanthemum named Mrs. John Crosfield, of a faint lilac 
tint, but not considered sufficiently distinct to merit a certificate. 
From the Society’s garden a number of fine single Primulas, all varie¬ 
ties of P. sinensis and fimbriata, were sent; among them the follow¬ 
ing were particularly fine :—Rubra violacea, lilacina marginata, Chis¬ 
wick red, alba, and carmine. Messrs. C. Lee & Son, Hammersmith, 
sent plants of the Japanese Chrysanthemums Mons. Crousse and 
Clythe, with a Pompon named Sanguineum, but they were all passed. 
Messrs. Smith and Larke were accorded a vote of thanks for two 
handsome bouquets of white, yellow, and red Chrysanthemum blooms, 
very pretty and effective. 
First-class certificates were awarded for the following plants :— 
Salvia Pitcheri , S. splendens Bruantii , and S. Bethelli (Cannell).— 
A trio of handsome Salvias already described, and for greenhouse 
decoration at this time of year they can scarcely be excelled. 
The rich blue of the S. Pitcheri, the intense scarlet of S. splendens 
Bruantii, and the soft rosy purple of S. Bethelli are three fine distinct 
colours, and in combination with the free growth of the plants and 
their floriferousness are sufficient to recommend them to all. 
Bouvardia Dazzler (W. Balchin, Hassocks Gate, Sussex).—An 
