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flat, with cross pieces of triangular stout bars, is worth notice, and is, 
no doubt, useful. 
Messrs. J. Warner & Sons, Cripplegate, have an imposing collection 
of garden engines, pumps, syringes, fountains, water barrows, and 
other articles, all well executed, and meriting the silver medal awarded 
for them in that class. Mr. G. Knowles, Finsbury Pavement, E.C., 
were adjudged the bronze medal in the same class for a smaller but 
meritorious collection. 
Mr. J. Deverill, High Street, Slough, has samples of his patent 
irrigators, a very ingenious and useful contrivance for watering 
lawns. It consists of pipes of various lengths, elevated on a wheel 
carriage, and furnished with jet and spray roses. It can be readily 
moved about, and would greatly facilitate watering. A special 
certificate was awarded for it. 
Messrs. Lloyd, Lawrence, ifc Co., 34, Worship Street, E.C., show 
their Pennsylvania lawn mowers and boxes, and were awarded the 
silver medal in the class for hand mowers. The machines are con¬ 
structed of various sizes, to cut from 10 to 18 inches in width, and can 
be fitted with box or not as desired. 
Other exhibitors are Messrs. Follows & Bates, Dutton Street, 
Manchester, who have samples of several good lawn mowers, the 
Manchester, Anglo-American, and Climax being prominently notice¬ 
able. Messrs. Edgcumbe Rendle, Victoria Street, have several 
houses and frames, showing their system of glazing without putty. 
Mr. B. Edgington, 2, Duke Street, London Bridge, has a large number 
of tents, marquees, shading materials, &c., obtaining the silver medal, 
the bronze medal in the same class being secured by Messrs. Unite, 
291 & 293, Edgware Hoad, W., who have a large collection of table- 
blinds, netting, cordage, <Src., and excellent examples of lawn tennis 
apparatus, for which a silver medal was adjudged. Messrs. T. Green 
and Son, Surrey Works, Blackfriars Road, have a number of their 
useful lawn edgers, garden rollers, lawn tennis markers, &c. Mr. 
W. Wells, Redhill, shows some of his spray-diffusers. The Pall 
Mall Lawn Edger Company, 15, Pall Mall, exhibit specimens of then- 
patent lawn edgers, very useful and easily worked machines. Mr. 
A. T. Jenkins, Kimberworth, Rotherham, has a variety of articles, 
comprising boilers and pipes. Messrs. Deane & Co., 46, King William 
Street, E.C., show garden seats and tables of various designs. Mr. 
H. Lovegrove, Slough, has a number of ornamental rustic summer¬ 
houses and garden seats ; and Mr. G. Knowles, 72, Finsbury Pavement, 
E.C., has a stand of garden engines and syringes. 
We may remind our readers that the Implement Show will be 
continued until June 21st, so that visitors will have ample oppor¬ 
tunity of inspecting the exhibits. 
COMMITTEES. 
The work of the Committees was not very onerous, and was of 
short duration. 
Fruit Committee.— Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the chair. The 
following were present:—Messrs. W. Paul, J. Willard, Thomas 
Laxton, G. Goldsmith, S. Lyon, A. Howcroft, Charles Silverlock, 
John Lee, George Bunyard, Phillip Crowley, Henry Webb, R. D. 
Blackmore, J. Burnett, and J. Woodbridge. 
Votes of thanks were accorded to Mr. Ward, Longford Castle 
Gardens, Salisbury, for fine samples of Victoria Rhubarb ; and for a 
dish of fruits of Citrus medica from the same garden a cultural 
commendation was awarded. This is a large-fruited Citron, pale 
yellow, somewhat like a large Lemon, fully 6 inches in diameter. 
A Melon was sent called Longford Castle Hybrid, but was passed, 
as was also one from Mr. Coysh, Newbold Revel, Rugby. Mr. 
Mortimer, gardener to Major Storer, Purley Park, Reading, was 
awarded a cultural commendation for fruits of Purley Park Hero 
Cucumber, which the Committee considered to be a good stock of 
Telegraph. 
Floral Committee. —G. F. Wilson, Esq., in the chair. The 
following were present:—Messrs. G. Duffield. J. James. John Dominy, 
H. Ballantine, John Wills, Harry Turner, James M’lntosh, James 
Cutbush, W. Bealby, H. Bennett, Rev. G. Henslow, W. B. Kellock, 
John Fraser, John Laing, H. Ridley, and H. Ebbage. A number of 
new plants were exhibited before the Floral Committee, and first- 
class certificates were awarded for several of the most distinct. 
Mr. B. S. Williams, Upper Holloway, had some very interesting 
plants, which were referred to the Scientific Committee, and others 
were certificated. The purple Epidendrum Frederici-Gulielmi, the 
rosy variety Maxillaria Harrisonse rosea, and the small Bulbophyllum 
psittaglossum, with peculiar brownish yellow flowers, were especially 
notable. A vote of thanks was accorded to Messrs. Heath and 
Son of Cheltenham for plants of Cattleya speciosissima, with mauve 
sepals and petals, and a rich crimson lip ; and a rose-tinted variety 
of Odontoglossum Alexandra. A vote of thanks was accorded to 
G. F. Wilson, Esq., for a grand plant of Utricularia montana with 
about twenty spikes of flowers, and for flowers of Odontoglossum 
Alexandra and other Orchids. 
A cultural commendation was awarded to Mr. Wilson, gardener to 
H. M. Pollett, Esq., Fernside, Bickley, for a handsome plant of Odon¬ 
toglossum Halli magnificum, the flowers being large and richly 
coloured. A cultural commendation was awarded to Messrs. Back¬ 
house & Son, York, for a well-grown specimen of Azalea l osseflora, 
2J feet in diameter and beautifully flowered. A vote of thanks was 
accorded to H. J. Elwes, Esq., Preston, Cirencester, for a collection 
of Polygonatums, comprising nine forms—P. officinale, P. latifolium, 
P. giganteum, P. bracteatum, P. punctatum, P. verticillatum, P. japo- 
nicum, and P. multiflorum. A vote of thanks was accorded to Messrs. 
Carter & Co. for boxes of Mimulus Queen’s Prize and Ruby, both 
beautiful varieties, with large heavily blotched flowers. Messrs. 
F. A. Sander & Co., St. Albans, sent a box of Odontoglossum blooms, 
chiefly forms of O. crispum, 0. Ruckerianum, and 0. Andersonianum. 
Messrs. Jackson cfc Son sent plants of a decorative Pelargonium, well 
flowered, Alfred Snell, a bright salmon scarlet vai-iety. Messrs. J. 
Laing & Co. had some new Tuberous Begonias and a box of fine 
Niphetos Roses. 
First-class certificates were awarded for the follow-ing plants :— 
Azalea Dr Hermann Wiegel (Turner).—A beautiful variety, with 
large double rich flowers, rosy scarlet in colour, and very freely 
produced. 
Carnation Field Marshal (Turner).—One of the tree section, with 
full dark scarlet flowers of good form. 
Philo delphus mexicanus (Walker).—A charming specimen of Mock 
Orange, with large rounded flowers, white, and exceedingly fragrant. 
Begonia Prince of Wales (Laing).—A double form of Tuberous 
Begonia, the flowers very full, and intensely dark scarlet. 
Begonia Dr. Duke (Laing).—Also double like the preceding, but of 
a lighter brighter scarlet hue. Very effective. 
Cattleya nobilior (Linden).—A handsome variety, the flowers of 
great size ; sepals, petals, and lip bright rosy crimson. 
Iberis gibraltarica hybrida (Dean).—One of the finest of the Candy¬ 
tufts, the heads of white and purple-tinted flowers large. Habit 
dwarf. 
Dendrobium Dearei (Sir Trevor Lawrence).—A very distinct and 
beautiful Dendrobe, the flowers pure white, in racemes of six to eight. 
The plant shown had three racemes near the apex of the growths. 
Scientific Committee.— Sir J. D. Hooker in the chair. 
Tulips. —Mr. Loder exhibited a number of fine flowers of doubtful 
nomenclature. They were referred to Mr. Baker for identification. 
He also exhibited the following plants :—Polemonium Richardsoni 
—the true species is small, tufted, and a native of Arctic climes, 
but the present form has rather different foliage, is much larger, 
and with finer blossoms ; Ranunculus glacialis from the Engadine, 
and cultivated by him ; Astragalus adsurgens ; and a Violet from 
America, perhaps V. pedata, the great majority of the seedlings of 
which are pure white. 
lxiolirion. —Mr. Elwes observed with reference to the Ixiolirions 
described at the last meeting, that Boissier maintained that I. mon- 
tanum was not the same as tartaricum ; that the true Lede- 
bourianum has reddish flowers, was not a good botanical species, 
but horticulturally was very distinct. He thought that there were, 
however, three distinct species. 
P. Nordmanniana Attacked by Coccus. —Mr. Maclachlan alluded to 
the specimen sent to the last meeting by Mr. Koble, and commented 
on the supposed winged form received from Mr. Noble. This, how¬ 
ever, was a dipterous insect, unconnected with the injurious one. 
Coccus on Orange. —He had transmitted the specimens to M. Signori 
of Paris, received from the Bahamas, who pronounced the Coccus 
to be a species of Diaspis, possibly new to science. The branches, 
covered with white scale, were attacked by the male, while the 
female made a blackish cocoon. Paraffin and milk as an emulsion 
was suggested as a remedy. 
Polygonatum sp. —Mr. Elwes exhibited P. multiflorum var. brac¬ 
teatum, Kunth, which he thought resembled an American form ; P. 
officinale, which he considered like P. japonicum, the stem of which 
is remarkable for its angularity ; and a pubescent form, possibly P. 
latifolium, as well as a Himalayan species, possibly P. punctatum, 
which he thought resembled oppositifolium ; but he observed that 
P. oppositifolium is epiphytal in the Himalayas, though possibly in 
the western and drier parts it may be terrestrial and change its 
character. He also showed a specimen of Streptopus roseus, wrongly 
called Disparum sinense and Uvularia sinense. 
Xiphion Fontanesii (?).—Mr. Elwes showed a blossom of this species, 
which was distinct from X. tingitanum. It is a very shy-flowering 
species unless the offshoots are removed and the bulb well nourished. 
Lastly, he exhibited a spike of Ornithogalum lacetum, as he thought 
it to be, a hardy plant with broad leaves and a flower stem 4 feet 
high. The above were referred to Kew. 
Hybrid between Black Currant and Gooseberry. —Dr. Masters showed 
sprays of this hybrid, the female parent being the Black Currant, but 
the male is the Gooseberry. The anthers w-ere perfect, but the pollen 
abortive. It was received from Mr. Culverwell of Thorpe Perrow. 
Peach Leaves Diseased. —He showed Peach leaves with the well- 
known milky appearance, due to the separation of the epidermis from 
the underlying tissue. Many Plum orchards are being destroyed in 
Kent in the same manner. It is probably due to innutrition of the 
roots. Portugal Laurels suffer much in the same way on gravelly 
soil about Ealing and Isleworth. 
Abies. —He brought sprays to show the different way in which the 
buds develope. In some years the terminal bud shoots first, in others 
it is the lateral which put out their leaves before the others. No 
law apparently exists which regulates the order. Sir J. Hooker 
said he had often observed a similar thing in Terminalias in the 
Himalayas. 
Araucaria Seed, —Mr. Maclachlan asked if English seed proved 
fertile. It was generally thought that seedlings from cones produced 
in this country were not so hardy as native ones. 
