June 27,'.1895. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
565 
Mulgreave Castle, sent fine examples of Tomato “Excelsior.” Mr. 
E. Filkins, gardener to Miss Alexander, Chislehurst, staged Potatoes 
Queen of the Earlies and Early Laxton for comparison. Messrs. 
Jas. Carter, High Holborn, sent samples of “ Long Standing ” and 
“ The Carter ” for comparison. The same firm also sent fine plants 
in pots of Tomato Duke of York, which were thickly covered with 
excellent fruit. 
Z. Floral Committee. —Present: W. Marshall, Esq. (in the chair); 
with Messrs. H. B. May, H. Herbst, R. Dean, G. Stevens, H. Selfe 
Leonard, J. D. Pawle, G. Gordon, J. T. Bennett-Poe, J. W. Barr, 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, were well represented in a 
fine exhibit of hardy fiowers, in which Delphiniums were a feature. 
Amongst others were noticed True Blue, Castro, George Taylor, Britannia, 
Lord Balfour, Masterpiece, Lord Brassey, and Diomedes. Amongst 
other fiowers were Phloxes Mrs. J* Ross, Forward, A. McKinnon, and 
Mrs. Gibson Black, Aquilegia chrysantha. Chrysanthemum maximum, 
Erigeron speciosus, Heuchera sanguinea, Centaurea montana rosea. 
Spiraea filipendula. Campanula macrantha, and Veronica latifolia 
(silver-gilt Flora medal). From the same firm came an excellent 
exhibit of Roses, consisting of cut blooms of Marchioness of Dufferin, 
J. Walker, H. J. Jones, C. Blick, G. Paul, C. E. Shea, J. Laing, C. T. 
Druery, and H. Cannell. 
Messrs. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, exhibited a fine bank of Mal- 
maison Carnations in pots, many of the blooms being exceptionally 
large (silver Banksian medal). From Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham, came 
a large and varied collection of hardy flowers. The exhibit was 
arranged with taste, and consisted of Delphiniums in variety. Spiraea 
astilboides, Lilium colchicum. Inula glandulosa, Alstioemeria cbilensis, 
Aquilegia chrysantha, Lilium Dalhamsoni, Erigeron speciosum grandi- 
florum. Campanula cordata, with Irises, Papavers, and other fiowers 
(silver Flora medal). 
Merveille de Lyon, A. K, Williams, Catherine Mermet, Duke of Edin¬ 
burgh, Viscountess Folkestone, Madame Cusin, Ulrich Brunner, La 
France, Marie Van Houtte, and others. 
Messrs. R. Wallace & Co., Colchester, staged hardy flowers, which 
included Liliums, Irises, and a fine collection of Calochortus, of varieties 
venustus oculatus, venustus pictus, pulchellus, venustus citrinus, 
venustus vesta alba, venustus roseus, and others (silver Banksian medal). 
From Messrs. Geo. Jackman & Son, Woking, came a varied collection 
of cut flowers, consisting of several good stands of Roses, spikes 
of Delphiniums, fine flowers of Iris pyrenaica, with Pinks Ernest 
Ladhairs and Her Majesty, Potentilla Golden Cup, Phlox Mrs. Baxter, 
