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about it which cannot be transferred to paper. These bronzy hues 
vary greatly ; but all are beautiful, and it is to be hoped that we shall 
get many of them. Another bronzy double, a totally distinct type of 
flower, is Iona, a light golden bronze of great beauty. Its blooms partake 
of the Kanunculus shape, a clear break from the Hollyhock section. 
Amongst many other good doubles the following may be noted :—Queen 
Victoria, rosy blush, is a fine variety which received a certificate at 
Earl’s Court ; the bloom is excellent, and the plant flowers freely. Mrs. 
Fell, which w as seen last year, is a large and very fine salmon pink, 
free and good ; Bexley Gem is a glowing carmine of great beauty, 
representing a first-rate type of plant and flower. Rosebud is now 
well known ; this charming little variety is becoming a universal 
favourite. Alba Magna is an admirable type of white, flowers and habit 
both being of the best. Beauty of Belgrove, soft silvery pink, free and 
good in every way, may be taken as a standard variety in its colour 
just as the comparatively old Henshaw Russell may be amongst the 
scarlets. Brilliant, rich scarlet, a bold grower and free bloomer, is 
another excellent red. Amongst the pinks one of the best is Pavona ; 
FIG. 5. —CARNATION ATTACKED BY EELWORMS. 
and Una, rosy pink, is equally pleasing. Of the yellows a prominent 
position must be accorded to Duchess of Teck, an excellent sort in every 
way. The flowers are light in colour, and might be described as lemon- 
hued. Another light yellow is Solferino, but this is flushed with pink. 
At the risk of making the list appear formidably long I add mention of 
another trio—Viscountess Cranbrook, salmon red, with white centre; 
Jennie Fell, deep crimson, a Camellia-flowered variety of exceptional 
charm, and Picotee. 
The singles are quite as meritorious as the doubles, perhaps as a 
whole they are even better. I commence with what is quite likely to 
become one of the most popular of all, and that is Champion, a variety 
in which flowers of a distinct and lovely golden bronze shade are asso¬ 
ciated with grand habit and foliage. Perfection, something in the same 
way, was good, but Champion is far better. Then there is a light bronze 
seedling with a faint Tea Rose odour ; I am sorry to be unable to dis¬ 
tinguish it by a name. When our friends get hold of a good thing why 
do they not name it at once ? Angelina Scraggs would be better than 
nothing. What is wanted is something to distinguish it by. Pride of 
Bexley is a splendid type of white, and Sovereign of yellow. The 
former has large and perfectly round pure white flowers freely borne, 
and Sovereign, in addition to its excellent flowers, has grand foliage. 
Bexley White is another splendid variety, larger than Pride of Bexley, 
but less rounded. Lord Byron, scarlet with white centre ; Zanda, a 
V ly large rosy red ; Alba Fimbriata, a white with round fringed flowers ; 
Black Knight, very dark velvety crimson, well rounded, and a free 
bloomer ; Magneta, vermilion ; Venus, rich dark crimson with white 
centre ; Heroine, rich bronzy scarlet, well rounded and free ; Nerissa, a 
glowing rose with immense flowers ; Superba, a fine light red; and 
Moravia, a crimson with flowers of perfect form, are all worth growing. 
So is Sunset, a free and beautiful golden bronze. Other notabilities are 
Marginata, white with a broad crimson margin ; Crimson Bedder, a 
most vigorous and free flowering dark red ; Alba Marginata Fimbriata, 
white with broad carmine edge; and Goliath, a large bronzy buff with 
immense foliage. 
It is perhaps a little injudicious to name so many, but after all there 
are many tastes to cater for. It is pleasing to be able to record that the 
strong-stemmed and erect-flowered type of plant is being maintained. 
Of the 200,000 plants out of doors it is yet too early to speak, but 
judging by last season there will be as big a blaze as if the Old Crook 
Log had caught fire by-and-by. For this, however, we must have a few 
lapses from the 120° in the sun reading, otherwise the season will be too 
dry to give them a fair chance.—W. P, W. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S FOUR DAYS’ 
SHOW. 
As regards the above subject, I, as a grower and exhibitor of fruit, 
entirely concur with the remarks of the correspondents, “ A Fruit 
Grower and Exhibitor,” and “A Midland Counties Fruit Grower” 
(page 9). A four-days show may be some advantage to the Royal 
Horticultural Society, but I think the Council should be reminded 
that it is a serious matter for exhibitors to absent themselves from 
home for nearly a week, and at the same time expose their employer’s 
property to the parching heat and dust of the Agricultural Hall till it 
is completely ruined. During the past few weeks I have heard men 
well qualified to give an opinion say that unless the period of the Show 
is shortened many would-be exhibitors may go elsewhere, and this is 
the course which will be adopted by—F.R.H.S. 
[Our correspondent is one of the best and most successful exhibitors,] 
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY’S EVENING FETE. 
July 5th. 
An evening floral fete was held in the gardens of the Royal Botanic 
Society, Regent’s Park, on Wednesday, July 5th. Fine weather prevailed, 
and the gardens were brilliantly illuminated. Prizes were offered for 
dinner table decorations, groups of plants, bouquets, and other floral 
arrangements, and in most classes the exhibits were very good. Several 
exhibits of plants and flowers, not for competition, came from various 
nurserymen. These included a grand collection of Roses from Messrs. 
W. Paul & Sons, and hardy flowers from Messrs. Barr & Sons and 
J. Cheal & Sons. 
In the competitive classes Messrs. Osier & Co., 100, Oxford Street, W., 
were awarded the first prize for a dinner-table decoration, Mr. W. P. J. 
Youens, Tower Cottage, Dartford, Kent, being the other prizewinner. 
Miss M. V. Seale was first for a table decoration for dessert, the other 
prizes going to Messrs. Osier & Co., and Miss M. Gardner, Park House, 
St. John’s Wood Park, N.W., respectively. The last-named exhibitor 
received a silver medal for her arrangement of a buffet. The class for 
the decoration of a supper table brought forward some admirable work, 
the exquisite use of Shirley Poppies gaining for Mr. J. R. Chard, Bruns¬ 
wick Nurseries, Stoke Newington, N., the first prize. Other successful 
competitors were Mrs. Howard White, and Mr. H. O. Garford, the Floral 
Depot, Stoke Newington. Mrs. H. 0. Garford was first for her arrange¬ 
ment of an epergne, while the second and third prizes were awarded to 
Miss Alice Perkins and Messrs. Osier respectively. The silver medal for 
flowers for personal adornment was awarded to Messrs. Perkins & Sons. 
For a bridal bouquet, Messrs. Harwood Bros., Balham Nurseries, Balham, 
were first ; Messrs. Perkins & Sons, and Mr. J. Russell, Devonshire 
Nursery, Haverstock Hill, N.W., being second and third ; and for a 
ballroom bouquet Messrs. Harwood Bros, were first, Mrs. H. O. Garford 
and Miss Minnie Barrett being second and third respectively. 
Mr. H. 0. Garford, Messsrs. Perkins & Sons, Coventry, and Mr. R. 
Potter, gardener to Sir Mark Collet, Sevenoaks, were awarded the prizes 
for a sideboard decoration in the order of their names ; while in the use 
of hardy flowers for sideboard ornamentation the successful competitors 
were Mrs. M. Gardner and Mrs. E. Sperling of Southend. Mr. R. Scott, 
gardener to Miss Foster, The Holme, Regent’s Park, was first for his 
decoration of a window ; and for a group of plants in a recess Mr. W. 
Chalk, Langworth, Streatham Hill, following in both classes. 
DISEASES OF CARNATIONS. 
Few, if any, garden plants have of late years suffered from disease 
to an equal extent with Carnations. The chief ailments are one caused 
by microscopic eelworms, and two caused by parasitic fungi. One of 
the latter, although widespread and virulent, has, as far as I know, 
never been described as British till a brief notice was published in 
the Jo^irnal of Horticulture on June 15th last, page 480. At any 
rate it is not given in any text books of the most recent date. 
A few weeks ago a correspondent of the Journal of Horticulture 
sent examples of “ Malmaison ” Carnations infested with eelworms 
to a degree I had never seen before. The stems were swollen, and in 
several instances the leaves were spirally twisted as if writhing in agony. 
