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same number, his piants being exceedingly well flowered, and the 
varieties good. Duchesse de Nassau, Cedo Nulli, A. Borsig, and 
Etendard de Flandres were the best. Messrs. Jackson ife Son were 
second with globular specimens evenly trained, healthy and bright. 
Messrs. Peed & Son were third. 
HOSES. 
As usual these occupied the banks at each end of the marquee, 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, staging their gigantic specimens near 
the entrance, and secured the premier position for nine. The plants 
were mostly in fine condition, but a few, such as Charles Lawson for 
instance, had a number of unexpanded buds, giving promise of a 
later display. Juno, Centifolia rosea, Cheshunt Hybrid, and Dr. 
Andry were the most forward, a corner group of the small white 
Hose Parqueritte, and a marginal line of smaller specimens, with 
which Messrs. Paul & Son secured the first prize for twenty Hoses,all 
served to constitute a group of great beauty. Mr. C. Turner secured 
the second position in the class for twenty with small plants, but for 
healthy vigour, size and abundance of blooms, all that could be 
desired. They were in 10-inch pots, well clothed with rich green 
foliage and the blooms finely coloured. Souvenir d’un Ami, Marie 
Baumann, Edouard Morren, Royal Standard, Paul Neyron, and 
Beauty of Waltham were amongst the most notable. 
PELARGONIUMS. 
The “ combination ” class for six Show and six Fancy varieties 
brought only two competitors, Mr. C. Turner winning first honours 
with profusely flowered specimens of Kingston Beauty, Yiscount, 
Prince Leopold, Claribel, Maid of Honour amongst the Show varieties, 
and of Princess Teck, Fanny Gair, and East Lynn amongst the 
Fancies. Mr. Wiggins, gardener to H. Little, Esq., Hillingdon Place, 
Uxbridge, was a good second, both Show and Fancy varieties being 
well flowered, though less even than the first collection. Lucy, Prin¬ 
cess Teck, and Hoi des Fantaisies amongst the Fancies were very 
good, as was also Miss Bradshaw in the Show section. 
ORCHIDS. 
Two collections were staged in the amateurs’ class for ten Orchids, 
and all included good specimens, not large, but well flowered, fresh, 
and healthy. Mr. Salter, gardener to J. Southgate, Esq., Selborne, 
Streatham, gained the premier award with finely flowered examples 
of Dendrobium Wardianum, Cattleya Mossise Southgatei, Odonto- 
glossum citrosmum, Dendiobium nobile, and Cattleya Warneri 
amongst others. The second position was obtained by Mr. Child with 
a praiseworthy collection—Masdevallia ignea aurantiaca with thirty 
flowers, Yanda suavis with six spikes, Dendrobium nobile, D. Wardi¬ 
anum with nine growths well flowered, Lrelia cinnabarina, and Cypri- 
pedium barbatum with two dozen flowers or more. These two collec¬ 
tions were extremely close in order of merit. 
In the nurserymen’s class for a group not exceeding fifty plants 
Mr. H. James, Castle Nursery, Lower Norwood, took the lead with a 
fine collection arranged with Ferns. A central plant of Cypripedium 
Stonei with a dozen flowers was very notable ; Dendrob'iums, Onci- 
diums, Masdevallias, Odontoglossums, and others constituting the 
bulk of the group. Messrs. Jackson & Sons were second with a pretty 
collection, but not so effectively arranged. 
The competition for Sir Trevor Lawrence’s prize of £10 for twelve 
plants, made-up specimens excluded, was confined to two exhibitors, 
Mr. Child deservedly gaining the award with beautiful specimens. 
Yanda suavis with ten spikes, Dendrobium Farmeri with eight fine 
spikes, Saccolabium Rollissoni with four spikes, Cypripedium bar¬ 
batum superbum with thirty flowers, and others equally good. Mr. 
James was second with smaller plants. 
CLEMATISES. 
Only one collection of nine specimens was staged in the open class 
—namely, from Messrs. George Jackman & Sons, Woking, who gained 
the first prize. These handsome plants were in the same fine con¬ 
dition as they have been at recent metropolitan shows, the flowers 
large, abundant, and evenly disposed over the globularly trained 
specimens. Excelsior, pictnrata, Duke of Norfolk, and William 
Kennett were the best of the single blue varieties. Fairy Queen, 
lanuginosa Candida, Imperatrice Eugenie, and alba magna were the 
best of the single whites ; and Duchess of Edinburgh, double white. 
FINE-FOLIAGE PLANTS. 
The grand specimens from Mr. Rann, gardener to J. Warren, Esq., 
Handcross Park, Crawley, Sussex, occupied the bank at the end of 
the tent facing the large Hoses, and formed a most effective group, 
gaining the first prize in the class for eight. The enormous plants of 
Latania borbonica, Cycas revoluta, and Areca sapida were in fine 
condition ; Croton albicans, C. Queen Yictoria, Pandanus Veitchii, 
Croton Challenger, were also well coloured. Mr. King, gardener to 
P. Crowley, Esq., Waddon House, Croydon, was a close second with 
smaller specimens, but vigorous, fresh, healthy, and attractive ; Da- 
vallia Mooreana, Croton Weismanni, Microlepia hirta cristata, Croton 
Youngi, and Thrinax elegans being admirable examples. Mr. H. 
James, Castle Nursery, Lower Norwood, was third, his plants com¬ 
prising fine specimens of Pandanus Yeitchii 8 feet high, Theophrasta 
imperialis 9 feet high, Cycas revoluta, and Stevensonia grandifolia. 
FERNS. 
Though not very numerous the specimens of these were very 
creditable, and were deservedly admired. Mr. Rann obtained the 
leading prize for six plants with very vigorous examples of Gleichenia 
rupestris gigantea, Dicksonia antarctica 12 Let or more in height, 
Cyathea Burkei, Davallia Mooreana 7 feet in diameter, very strong 
and fresh, and Gleichenias rupestris and Mendeli. The second prize 
was awarded to Mr. Child for a beautiful collection, including grand 
specimens of Phlebodium aureum 5 feet in diameter, healthy and 
fresh ; Davallia Mooreana 7 feet in diameter, in similar fine condition ; 
Microlepia hirta cristata, wonderfully vigorous, G feet high and 8 feet 
or more in diameter—one of the finest specimens ever shown. 
GROUPS. 
A material addition to the attractions of the Show was formed by 
the groups of plants for effect. The first prize was obtained by 
Messrs. W. Frornow & Sons, Turnham Green, for a beautiful group of 
Aralias, Ferns, variegated Maples, Ferns and Lilies, with a ground¬ 
work of Stocks, Ferns, Caladiums, and Orchids. The second prize 
was obtained by Messrs. Hooper <fc Co. for a fine collection of Palms, 
Ferns., Crotons, and miscellaneous flowering plants, freely but 
effectively arranged. Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, were 
placed third with a highly effective group, a number of tall Cordy- 
lines, surrounded by Palms, and with hollows of Spiraeas and mounds 
of Ericas. The second prize was awarded to Messrs. Hooper & Co. in 
the class for a group of hardy plants for good specimens of well- 
selected species of Trillium grandiflorum, Saxifraga Wallacei, Geum 
coccineum, Ranunculus aconitifolius fl.-pl., Aquilegias, and Funkias. 
Hardy Flowers. —The first prize was awarded to Messrs. Hooper & Co., 
Covent Garden, for a pretty collection of hardy flowers, comprising 
Trillium grandiflorum, Trollius europseus, Allium album, Saxifraga 
granulata fl.-pl., several Irises, Yeronicas, and Primulas. A fine box 
of Ixia craterioides, a bright rose-coloured form, was also shown 
and greatly admired. 
Pansies. —For sixty blooms of fancy Pansies Messrs. R. B. Laird 
and Sons, Edinburgh, were first with handsome blooms of carefully 
selected and richly coloured varieties. Mr. H. Hooper, Bath, followed 
closely with a collection of similar merit, and Mr. W. Meddick, Bath- 
wick, was third with richly coloured blooms. 
Messrs. J. Laing & Co. were the only exhibitors of Tuberous Be¬ 
gonias in the class devoted to those plants, and were awarded the first 
prize for very strong healthy plants bearing a profusion of large 
flowers, and diversely coloured scarlet, rose, yellow, and white. The 
most notable varieties were Lothair, Hon. Mrs. Brassey, Golden Gem, 
yellow ; Snowflake, and Delight, -white ; and Mrs. J. Freeman, pink. 
YEITCH MEMORIAL PRIZES. 
The special prizes of a medal and £5 offered by the Yeitch Memo¬ 
rial Trustees for the best Orchid in the Exhibition was won by Mr. 
Child, the plant selected for the honour being the handsome Vanda 
suavis in the collection for which he was awarded the second prize. 
It had two fine leads 5 or G feet high, each with three large spikes of 
richly coloured flowers, and well merited the award. The prize for 
the best stove or greenhouse plant in the Show was given to Mr. 
Chapman for the beautiful Anthurium Schertzerianum in his first- 
prize collection of twelve. It was about 4 feet in diameter, and had 
about seventy spathes, large and richly coloured, though the plant 
appeared to be a little past its best. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Groups and collections of plants were very numerous, each possess¬ 
ing considerable interest. We cannot, however, particularise all their 
attractions, and a general outline will suffice to indicate the features 
of the display. Very prominent in the large marquee was a grand 
bank of Orchids and new plants from Mr. B. S. Williams, Upper 
Holloway, for which a silver-gilt Banksian medal was awarded. Both 
the plants and the style of arrangement were very satisfactory; the 
Orchids were flowering freely, and imparted a richness of colouring 
to the group, which was most pleasingly toned by the graceful Palms 
and Ferns associated with them. 
Messrs. J. Laing & Co. contributed an extensive and beautiful group 
of stove and greenhouse flowering and fine-foliage plants. Ericas, 
Tuberous Begonias of many fine varieties, Crotons, Ferns, and a 
number of handsome new Caladiums constituted the chief portion of 
the collection, which was honoured with a silver Banksian medal. 
Mr. Anthony Waterer, Knap Hill, was awarded a silver Banksian 
medal for two large collections of hardy Azaleas, forming effective 
groups each side of the marquee near Mr. Turner’s Roses. 
Mr. C. Noble, Bagshot, was adjudged a silver Banksian medal for 
some well-grown specimen Clematises, not.of gigantic proportions, 
but bearing numerous fine flowers, the varieties being very select. 
Messrs. J. Carter & Co., High Holborn, exhibited two large, groups 
of seedling Dracsenas and Calceolarias, the former containing a 
number of handsome varieties, and the latter distinguished by the 
vigour of their foliage and the size of their flowers. I or these silver 
and bronze Banksian medals were awarded. Messrs. Barr & Son, 
Co vent Garden, were awarded a silver Banksian medal for two ex¬ 
tensive collections of hardy flowers, including a fine selection of rare 
and choice species and varieties. A bronze Banksian medal v. as 
adjudged to Messrs. W. Frornow & Sons for a group of Rhododendrons. 
Silver medals were also awarded to Mr. C. Turner for a beautiful 
collection of Azaleas ; to Mr. Bird, gardener to J. A. Causton, Esq., 
Lodgemere, Dulwich, for a group of well-grown and highly coloured 
Crotons; and to Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, tor ten 
boxes of exceedingly fine Rose blooms. 
