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is figured in his “ Illustrations.'’ The (rue C. rotunlifolii appears to be a 
much handsomer plant, the flowers, although small, being of an intense 
Gentian-blue colour. C. lurida is a climber, the only hardy plant of 
the order we know having that habit. When well trained it looks very 
well, the stems turning loosely and forming pretty festoon 5 . The flowers 
are as large as the Canterbury Bell, grey white, and spotted or streaked 
■with purple brown, the sepals much la ger than in the other species, ani 
seirated at the edges. The leaves are often very large, ozate, pointed, 
cordate at the base, and evenly serrated at the margins as well as being 
covered with fine white hairs. It requires much the same treatment as 
the above species, and is also a native of Northern India, flowering June> 
July, and August.—D. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
August 10th. 
Tuberous Begonias, Gladioli, hardy flowers, and Roses formed the great 
attraction at this meeting, but there were numbers of other interesting ex- 
himts which served to render the Show extremely varied and interesting. 
Not the least of these were the Hollyhocks, the appearance of which seemed 
like a revival of a once popular and beautiful flower, but which in recent 
years has been seldom seen in its best condition. It is rarely, too, that we 
see so many fine Roses in the middle of August as were staged at Kensing¬ 
ton on Tuesday. 6 
Fruit Committee. —Present: Dr. R. Hogg in the chair, and Messrs. 
Harrison Weir, John Woodbridge, V/. Warren, C. Ross, G. T. Miles, J. 
Ell-im, G. Norman, Philip Crowley, G. Silverlock, R. D. Blackmore, G. Bun- 
yard, James Smith, and G. Goldsmith. 
Messrs. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, sent three varieties of Apples, Red 
J uneating, Mr. Gladstone, and a new early American named Tetofskv, the 
latter being considered a good early dessert Apple, but not superior to others 
m ciiltivat'on. Mr. H. Condle, The Gardens, Springfield, Ulverston, sent 
six Noblesse Peaches, very large fruits, from a tree twentv-four years old 
(cultural commendation). Half a dozen fruits of Royal George Peaches 
were also shown from a four-year-old tree. Mr. W. F. Barlow, Stamford 
Hill, sent three dishes of Tomatoes, fourteen fruits of which weighed 7J lbs. 
v r * "V /V? re » ^°^ en ^ am > was awarded a vote of thanks for fruiting 
branehes of Eljeagnus edulis. Messrs. J. Carter & Co., High Holborn, ex- 
fr 2, lts °* Blenheim Orange Tomato, a cross between Greengage and 
JJe am ravourite > the specimens were of medium size and deep yellow. 
Messrs. Vilmonn & Cie, Paris, had a collection of Endives, comprising Paris 
Summer Curled, White Curled, Rouen, Imperial, Laciniated, Moss Curled, 
largo Winter and Summer Curled, together with the white and round-leaved 
Hatavian Endive. A cultural commendation was awarded for the collection. 
Samples of preserved fruits in tins were shown by the South Australian 
Commissioners, including Green Gages, Apricots, Pears, and Quince Jelly, 
he last named being of excellent flavour. A commendation was awarded 
or the preserved fruits, and a vote of thanks for fruits of the Navel 
Orange. 
Floral Committee.— Present: G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair, 
and Messrs. John Lamg, H. Cannell, Shirley Hibberd, H. Herbst, J. Douglas, 
H. Ballantine, C. Noble, John Dominy, H. M. Pollett, James O’Brien, A. J. 
jt! 1 hi' m i Harry Turner, William Holmes, James Walker, Amos Perry, 
and Dr. M. T. Masters. 
A Mr ' Cllelsea . .sent plants of Cattleya Schofieldiana with a large 
ower, Mutonia spectabilis bicolor (certificated) ; the handsome Impatiens 
Hawken with its brilliant rosy scarlet flowers, relieved by a white eye ; and 
the curious zingiberaceous plant, Cienkowskia Kirki. with large pink and 
white flowers blotched with yellow in the centre. Messrs. E. H. Krelage 
and bon, Haarlem, showed several pretty seedling Gladiolus from purpureo 
auratus, the colours varying from yellow to crimson. Mr. Alfred Chater, 
Cambridge showed some very flue blooms of double Hollyhocks, large, full, 
and very clear in colours. ’ 8 ’ ’ 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, contributed a beautiful collection 
o eroena flowers, representing the best of their numerous varieties. From 
t e same firm came plants of Fuchsia Rose of Castile Improved, the flowers 
larger than usual ; Lobelia Fascination or Blue King, dark blue with a 
xr 1 t tv , 6 ’ j 11 ,’? a collection of single and double Tuberous Begonia blooms. 
Mr. J. Blundell, West Dulwich, S.E., showed plants of Lobelia fulgms, with 
brilliant scarlet flowers. The same exhibitor had four stands of Hollyhock 
blooms very fine, several being certificated. Messrs. J. Carter & Co, High 
Holborn, sent collections of double Balsam blooms of their Challenger 
strain, and single Petunias of their Emperor strain, both bein°- extremely 
fine. Messrs. Webb & Brand, Saffron Walden, had a collection of three 
xrM^rT 00 ^ .H°llyhock blooms, most varied colours and good substance. 
MM. Vilmorm, Andrieux & Co, Paris, had a collection of Liliputian Asters, 
tne tloweis very neat in size and clear in colours, the plants averaging 1 foot 
1I J ;l. n £. ' I 1 tp m the same firm came seedling Petunias, an excellent strain 
o mmas, which was commended, and some fine Camellia flowered Balsams 
(si ver medal). Messrs. H. Low & Co, Clapton, showed a plant of Beaufortia 
sp endens (vote of thanks), with the flowers clustered on the upper part of 
the stems, the scarlet filaments having a pretty appearance. Mr. F. Barlow, 
Stamford Hill, sent plants of a Tree Carnation named F. Barlow, salmon 
nikel with rose. R. I. Measures, Esq, was awarded a vote of thanks for 
t^ypridmm Laurencianum atro-purpureum, very large and deeply coloured, 
u u .\ rl , cho P l la luteo-purpurea, which was regarded as a probable natural 
hybnd between T. coccinea and T. tortilis. A plant of Cattleya velutina, 
wi four flowers, was also shown. Mr. Hodges, Lachine, Chislehurst, 
snowed, a scarl t double tuberous Begonia named Incendie. From the 
iciety s Garden at Chiswicx came blooms of a bright scarlet Carnation 
named Chiswick Red, very effective ; also a number of dwarf Fuchsias, 
Asters, and Hydrangea paniculata. 
*^ RO w PS ANt L? L ^ NTs -—Roses were grandly represented by several exhi- 
l ors, Messrs.,IV . Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, Herts, having an especially 
ninasome display ; fourteen boxes, containing at least twenty-four blooms 
each, and a dozen baskets with twenty or th rty blooms each of special 
varieties, constituted a magnificent, varied, and rich exhibit. The colours 
were bright and the flowers of good substance for the time of year. Yery 
beautifui was the orange free-flowering William Allen Richardson, the pale 
yellow Tea Marie Van Houtte, the bright yellow Perle des Jardins, Marie 
Biumann, the white floriferous Boule de Neige, Niphetos, the New Tea The 
Bride, very sweet, white, faintly tinted with sulphur, very neat in the bud ; 
the pink-tinted Homere ; Madame de Watteville, white, tinged with rose ; and 
the white Etendard de Jeanne d’Arc were the best of the Tea varieties, 
which were especially noteworthy. A pretty Polyantha variety named 
Perle d’Or, of a delicate salmon colour, tinted orange, was much admired ; 
it is extremely free, and charming in the bud. Hybrid Perpetuals were also 
well shown, some of the best being Charles Lefebvre, Senateur Vaisse, 
Madame Eugene Yerdier, Paul Neyron, Alfred Colomb, and Grand Mogul, 
very dark. A silver-gilt medal was awarded for this collection. 
R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Flodden Road, Camberwell, 
(gardener, Mr. H. Simpkins), was awarded a silvermedalfor a graceful group 
of Orchids and Ferns, which occupied the end of one of th e central tables. The 
Orchids comprised two good plants of Oncidium Jonesianum on blocks, with 
two racemes, each of six to twelve flowers, the lip pure white and the 
sepals and petals spotted with rich brown ; Angrsecum articulatum Ellisi 
with a raceme of pure white long-spnrred flowers ; Cypripedium ciliolare, 
very fine ; Aerides virens superbum ; Anguloa Clowesi; Odontoglossum 
vexillarium ; Dendrochilum filiforme, bearing some dozens of its slender 
spikes ; Oncidium Papilio, Maxillaria grandiflora with eight large whole 
flowers; Burlingtonia Candida gigantea, a large-flowered variety; Cattl -y,i 
Regnelli, and a wonderful plant of Aerides odoratum bearing about 
twenty spikes of expanded flowers. It had been grown without fire heat 
during the summer, and the winter in a temperature not exceeling GO 5 by 
day and as low as 50 s at night. The plant was in excellent condition, 
healthy, and vigorous. The group was margined with Caladium argyrites, 
Pilea muscosa and Adiantums, which formed an excellent finish. 
Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset, were awarded a silver-gilt 
Banksian medal for a superb collection of Gladiolus, compris ng nearly 200 
spikes of numerous varieties, several of which were certificated. Other 
noteworthy varieties were the following :—Demerata, salmon pink, crimson 
centre; Princess Irene, white with a few pink streaks; Mrs. Langtry, white, 
streaked crimson ; Queen Mary, white, crimson centre; Julia, streaked rose 
on white; Countess of Craven, striped crimson rose ; Ball of Fire, brilliant 
scarlet; and Lord Halsbury, scarlet, white stripes. A stand of very fine 
Gaillardias was also shown by the same firm. The New Plant and Bulb 
Company, Colchester, were awarded a bronze medal for a large collection of 
Lilium auratum and other flowers. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, had fourteen boxes of Rose blooms in 
excellent condition, including many blooms fully up to exhibition standard ; 
also a large and varied collection of hardy flowers, Phloxes, CEnotheras, 
Pentstemons, and border Picotees. A silver-gilt Banksian medal was 
awarded for these groups. The usual group of hardy flowers from Mr. T. S. 
Ware, Tottenham, occupied the greater portion of one side of the con¬ 
servatory, and comprised a great number of flowers most tastefully arranged, 
collections of Papaver nudicaule, album, and miniatum, Gaillardias, the 
white CEnothera speciosa, the bright golden Harpalium rigidum, Phloxes in 
variety, Lilies, <fcc., with tall plants of Lilium auratum and spikes of Sparaxis 
pulcherrima, 4 feet high, being large numbers of its bright rose-purple, 
bell-like drooping flowers (vote of thanks.). There were some boxes of 
Pink and Carnation blooms, Cactus, Pompon, and single Dahlias, Lilium 
longiflorum, Antirrhinums, and the white Clove Gloire de Nancy. A silver 
medal was awarded to Mr. Ware. 
Tuberous Begonias. —In the class for a group of Tube ous Begonias 
Messrs. John Laing & Co., Forest Hill, were awarded the first prize for an 
imposing bank of plants, which formed the principal feature of the Show. 
The plants varied in size, from small ones in pans lifted from the open 
ground, to specimens 3 or 4 feet high and 2 to 3 feet in diameter, all alike 
being laden with large, grandly formed, richly coloured flowers, the habit 
of the plants being compact and sturdy. The colours ranged from pure 
white through yellow, orange, scarlet, crimsoD, and rose, some of the 
flowers having a white ground colour, edged with ro3e or crimson. The 
dwarf plants, from the outside beds at Forest Hill, attracted much notice, 
owing to the brilliancy of their colours and the size of the flowers, both 
single and double varieties, being represented as in the general group. 
For nine BegoniaB in the amateur class, Sir E. Saunders, Fairlawn, Wimble¬ 
don Common (gardener, Mr. A. Newell) took first honours with compact 
handsome plants of excellent large-flowered varieties ; W. N. Cheesman, 
Esq,, The Hall, Dulwich (gardener Mr. W. Monk), following with good 
plants, but not Buch fine varieties ; Mr. H. Little, Twickenham, being third 
in a class of six exhibitors. 
Fuchsias. —With six Fuchsias, A. S. Price, Esq., Parkside House, Ewell, 
Surrey (gardener, Mr. J. Buss), was first, showing beautifully flowered plants, 
about 3 feet high, and not formally trained ; Gustave Dore, purple calyx and 
white corolla (double), was very attractive, as also were Rifleman, Souvenir 
de Chiswick, and Mrs. Marshall. The second prize was accorded to H. W. 
Segelcke, Esq., Elflndale Lodge, Herne Hill (gardener, Mr. J. Lambert), for 
tall and old plants, some 7 feet or more high, fairly well flowered, but not 
so graceful as the first-prize plants. Mr. Edgar Cook,26, Queensberry Mews 
East, South Kensington, was third, a large plant trained on a trellis being 
the best. Gloxinias were exhibited by Mr. J. Lambert, Mr. C. J. Waite, 
and Mr. W. Monk, who gained the first, second, and third prizes in the order 
named, the first being well flowered. 
Cut flowers in competition were not very num rous. The best twelve 
Chrysanthemum-flowered Asters came from Mr. J. Buss, who was first with 
clean bright handsome flowers. With twelve Paeony-flowered Ast-rs Major 
Scott and J. Rain, Esq., Nightingale Lane, Balham (gardener, Mr. W. Clark), 
were awarded second and third prizes for medium blooms. For twelve 
quilled Ast rs Mrs. Gibson, Saffron Walden (gardener, Mr. Archer), Major 
Scott, Wray Park, R-igats (gardener, Mr. Morgan), and Mr. J. Buss, were 
the prizetakera in the order named, the first two showing very well. 
Messrs. Webb's Prizes for Vegetables. —There were three good 
collections entered for these prizes. Mr. C. J. Waite, Glenhurst Gardens, 
Esher, was awarded the first prize with twenty-three vari.tie3, all repre¬ 
sented by very clem ?ample3, Pe fectim Tomatoes were very fine, other 
