JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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M. Noman, Madame Ducher, and Francois Michelon. Mr, H. 
Bennett, Shepperton, Middlesex, showed four boxes of handsome 
Rose blooms, the varieties Earl of Pembroke, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, 
and Mary Bennett being in fine condition, together with two varieties 
that were certificated. 
An extensive collection of Zonal Pelargoniums was shown by Mr. 
J. R. Pearson, Chilwell Nurseries, Nottingham, including a great 
number of handsome varieties, fine shades of scarlet, pink, and 
orange. A cultural commendation was awarded for a plant of Metis 
with six expanded trusses of bright scarlet flowers. Mr. G. Prince, 
Oxford, exhibited three boxes of Rose blooms, chiefly Tea varieties, 
and all in fine condition. Mr. C. Turner, Slough, exhibited a stand of 
handsome Carnation blooms, large and diversely coloured. Mr. H. 
Hooper, Bath, sent several boxes of Roses, Carnations, and Pansies, 
representing a great number of fine varieties. Mr. H. S. Hutton, 
Newbridge Hill, Bath, showed a siiver-foliaged Pelargonium, Duchess 
of Connaught, with double pink flowers, a very attractive variety. 
Mr. E. J. Lowe, Shirenewton, Chepstow, was awarded a vote of thanks 
for flowers of curious Pansies. Mr. Hooper, Bath, sent several 
brightly coloured Pyrethrums. Mr. W. Stacey, Great Dunmow, 
showed stands of Yerbenas, several of which were certificated. 
G. Hardy, Esq., Pickering Lodge, Timperley, showed a plant of 
Cattleya Sanderiana with two handsome flowers, the lip very large 
and intensely rich crimson in colour, a band of white at the base 
relieving it grandly. The sepals and petals are also of a warm 
crimson hue. A vote of thanks was accorded for it, and a good 
variety of C. Warneri with four fine flowers, and Lselia purpurata 
with two spikes, four flowers each. Mr. H. James, Castle Nursery, 
Norwood, sent several choice and rare Orchids, including Trichopilia 
picta, Thunia Marshalliana, and Nanodes Medusae. A cultural 
commendation was awarded to G. F. Wilson, Esq., Weybridge, for 
a fine stem of Lilium Szovitzianum, about 5 feet high, and bearing 
fourteen large flowers. 
Mr. B. S. YYilliams, Upper Holloway, exhibited a beautiful group 
of Orchids and choice stove and greenhouse plants—Cypripedium 
superbiens with twelve fine flowers, Thunia Bensonise, Dendrobium 
suavissimum, Cattleya Mossiae, Mendeli, and Morganiae, with Tri¬ 
chopilia suavis alba were very notable. Messrs. Yeitch also showed 
a dark-coloured Heliotrope Roi des Noirs, and spikes of Andromeda 
speciosa pulverulenta, with large white bell-shaped flowers, very 
beautiful. Several new plants were shown and certificated. A 
cultural commendation was awarded to Mr. J. Yelks, The Gardens, 
Higham Hill, Walthamstow, for a grand spike of Cymbidium 
Lowianum, with twenty-seven flowers. A vote of thanks was 
accorded to J. Gair, Esq., Falkirk, for flowers of a superb variety 
of Cattleya Warneri, the lip extremely rich crimson in colour. 
First-class certificates were awarded for the following plants :— 
Rhododendron Diadem (Yeitch).—A magnificent variety of the 
greenhouse hybrid section, the flowers nearly 3 inches in diameter, 
the petals broad and rounded, of a fine orange scarlet hue. 
Yucca gloriosa variegata (Yeitch).—A distinct variety, wit narrow 
leaves streaked with white and cream. 
Pritchardia grandis (Yeitch).—A handsome Palm, with broad 
roundish ribbed leaves, regularly cut at the margin. 
Pratia angulata (Yeitch).—A clump of plants lifted from the ground 
was shown, covered with small white Lobelia-like flowers. 
Leucothoe Davisice (Yeitch).—A compact-growing evergreen shrub; 
the leaves elliptical, an inch long, dark green ; the flowers are white, 
bell-shaped, and borne in dense racemes clustered near the summit 
of the stems. 
Begonia Prince Albert Victor (J. Laing & Co.).—One of the finest 
double forms of the Tuberous section, globular, dense, nearly 3 inches 
in diameter, and bright scarlet. 
Delphinium Dick Sand (Belby).—A double-flowered form, with rich 
dark purple flowers on a dense spike. 
Pose Violette Bouyer (J. House, Peterborough).—A Hybrid Per¬ 
petual, one of Lacharme’s Roses of last year, a seedling from Jules 
Margottin, white or delicately blush-tinted, with shell-like petals ; 
neat and compact, and very sweet. 
Verbena Delicata (Stacey).—Flowers very large, pale pink, trusses 
dense. 
Verbena Miss Maynard (Stacey).—Flowers neat, rich purple, white 
eye. 
Verbena Mabel (Stacey).—Flowers of moderate size, mauve, good 
truss. 
Verbena Fantastic (Stacey).—Flowers large, pink, curiously streaked 
and spotted with scarlet. 
Begonia Zenobia (Benary).—A double tuberous variety, very dark 
scarlet, very full and handsome. 
Begonia Orange Giant (Royal Horticultural Society).—Flowers of 
great size, 5J inches in diameter ; petals very broad, orange scarlet 
in colour. 
Rose Henrich Schultheis (Bennett).—A Hybrid Perpetual pedigree 
Rose ; large, full, with broad rounded petals of a deep rose hue. 
Rose Mrs. George Dickson (Bennett).—A Hybrid Perpetual pedigree 
variety, with neat conical flowers ; broad petals, the margins revolute 
and of a delicate soft pink colour. 
SPECIAL PRIZES. 
Seven competitors entered for Messrs. Webb & Sons' prizes for six 
dishes of vegetables. Mr. Beckett, gardener to J. P. Currie, Esq., 
Sandown House, Esher, took the lead with a good collection, includ¬ 
ing White Naples Onions, fine Woodstock Kidney Potatoes, Early 
London Cauliflowers, Canadian Wonder Beans, Early Nantes Carrots, 
and Culverwell’s Telegraph Peas. Mr. Ward, gardener to the Earl 
of Radnor, Longford Castle, Salisbury, was second with a very 
creditable collection. Leviathan Beans, Telephone Peas, and White 
Naples Onions were admirable, Early London Cauliflowers being also 
fine. Mr. Haines, gardener to the Earl of Radnor, Coleshill House, 
Highworth, was third; and Mr. Meads, gardener to Yiscount 
Barrington, Beckett Park, Shrivenham, was fourth. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, offered three prizes for four 
dishes of Peas, Mr. Ward taking the first position with President 
Garfield, Laxton’s Supreme, Culverwell’s Giant Marrow, and Laxton’s 
John Bull—all fine well-filled pods. Mr. G. Goldsmith, Hollanden, 
Tonbridge, was second with smaller examples of Hero of Kent, Day’s 
Early Sunrise, Improved Champion, and Ringleader; Mr. Haines 
following with small pods of First-and-Best, Ringleader, Kentish 
Invicta, and William I. The prizes offered by the same firm for six 
varieties of Lettuces were well competed for, seven collections being 
staged. Mr. Beckett won the chief prize with fine examples of 
All-Heart, Superb White, Improved Black-seeded, Blonde de Berlin, 
New Marvel, and All-the-Year-Round. Mr. Fyfe, gardener to W. F. 
Dick, Esq., Thames Ditton House, Surrey, followed closely; Superb 
White Cos, Neapolitan Cabbage, St. Albans, All-Heart, and Marvel 
being the best varieties ; and Mr. Meads was thud. 
Mr. Goldsmith had the only collection of twelve Gloxinias in the 
class for Messrs. Sutton & Sons’ prizes, and was awarded the first 
prize for remarkably good plants, some with two dozen flowers. 
Scientific Committee.—A. Grote, Esq., in the chair. 
Melon Leaves Diseased. —Mr. G. Murray reported that he had ex¬ 
amined the leaves sent by Mr. Boscawen to the last meeting, and 
found that the treatment of sulphur and lime had quite destroyed 
the fructification of the fungus, but the mycelium was still present 
within the tissues of the leaf. He thought it might prove to be a 
Peronospora, but would examine it further and report. 
Potato Disease. —Mr. S. Wilson forwarded fresh material for Mr. 
G. Murray to examine, remarking that the results of the chemical 
tests he had applied were that the so-called sclerotia were insoluble 
in spirit, not coloured by iodine, but are soluble without effervescence 
in nitric acid ; they are also soluble in acetic acid. Alkaline tests had 
not been applied. They fall out readily from the macerated tissue, 
not being in the cells but between them. Mr. Wilson also adds that 
Prof. Dickson distinctly denies that they are Tubercinia or Proto- 
myces. Mr. G. Murray will report further on the nature of these 
sclerotioid bodies. 
Alchemilla vulgaris. —Mr. G. S. Boulger exhibited a fine specimen of 
the common Ladies’ Mantle grown in a garden for three years, and 
which then formed a very ornamental plant. 
Pinus Thunbergii (Massoniana of gardens).—Dr. M. T. Masters 
showed young cones of this species having anthers at the base. He 
observed that he had seen a similar occurrence in P. rigida. 
Torsion in Sweet William. —Mr. Bennett exhibited a stem showing 
the spiral arrangement of the leaves by torsion. It is noticeable that 
the “opposite and decussate” arrangement characteristic of the 
Caryophylleae is not departed from, but one leaf of each pair grows 
slightly higher than the other m contact with the next pair, thus 
producing the spiral torsion. Teazle stems grown from seed were used 
as parasol handles under the name of Eucalyptus (!) having the same 
torsion. 
Synanthic Digitalis. —Mr. Loder showed a plant where the terminal 
flower had grown in a campanulate form by two or three flowers 
having combined. It was fully expanded, though the raceme was 
blossoming upwards as usual. 
Ranunculus aquatilis. —Mr. Henslow showed a specimen growing on 
damp soil, in which several of the usually floating leaves were par¬ 
tially divided, showing a transition to the filiform state, while the 
latter, which formed a perfect carpet, were provided with abundance 
of stomata, though when submerged they are devoid of them. 
PELARGONIUM SOCIETY’S SHOW. 
June 26th. 
Although the large tent devoted to the Pelargoniums presented 
a display of great brilliancy as a general view, we have seen the 
exhibits more numerous and also of better quality generally. Seve¬ 
ral competitors who have taken a prominent part in previous Shows 
were absent, and the Uxbridge specimens, which are usually of such 
fine quality, were not up to their usual standard, and judging from 
this Exhibition the Pelargonium Society cannot be congratulated on 
the advancement that has been made in the culture of its special flower 
Show Varieties. —These were fairly but not largely represented, 
Mr . C. Turner, Slough, taking the chief prize for six plants, healthy 
and fairly well flowered. Yictory, Despot, Modesty, Amethyst, 
Archduchess, and Mountaineer were'the varieties. Mr. J. Wiggins, 
gardener to H. Little, Esq., Hillingdon, Uxbridge, was second, but 
his plants were not of their usual good quality. For eighteen varie¬ 
ties Mr. Turner was first with very healthy plants, bearing large 
richly coloured flowers, but rather scanty in number on some of the 
plants. Amethyst, Statesman, Victory, Comet, and Joe were, how¬ 
ever, in fine condition. Mr. Wiggins followed closely with similar 
plants but rather smaller. Ruth Little, Rosalind, Formosa, and 
