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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
May 23, 1895. 
Mr. Prewett, Hammersmith, exhibited rustic designs for table decora¬ 
tion which were exceedingly light and attractive. An effective floral 
arrangement was exhibited by Mr. L. A. Calcutt, Stoke Newington, in 
which elegance in display had evidently been the object in view, and in 
this respect left little to be desired. Messrs. Phelps & Co., Cardiff, 
staged magnificent shower bouquets, in which Roses, Odontoglossums, 
and Pancratiums were predominant. 
The floral designs of Mr. J. R. Chard, Stoke Newington, were in 
every respect worthy of merit, the flowers and colours being pleasingly 
discriminated. Messrs. Perkins & Sons, Coventry, staged shower 
bouquets, sprays, and floral designs such as might have been expected 
from this well-known firm. They were all beautiful, but one represent¬ 
ing a harp and another an anchor, were worthy of an especial word of 
praise. From the Horticultural College, Swanley, came tastefully made 
bouquets and small but effective table decoration. Mrs. Hodgkins, 
Didsbury, Manchester, exhibited an attractive display of botanical 
anatomy in which the tissues of many skeletonised leaves were shown 
in perfection. 
Noticeable in one of the beds in the lawn were a number of admirably 
furnished specimens of the Umbrella Pine of Japan, Sciadopitys verti- 
cillata. They had been planted a day or two previously by Messrs. 
Veitch & Sons from their Cocmbe Road nursery. It is rare to find this 
distinct Conifer in such deep green colour. They were grown with 
Rhododendrons in soil which contains naturally a good deal of peat or 
vegetable matter. This, then, is what the Umbrella Pine needs to make 
it flourish. The specimens alluded to had no protection whatever 
during the arctic frost of February, and they sustained not the slightest 
injury. 
Certificates and Awards of Merit. 
Begonia White Camellia (T. S. Ware).—This is an admirably named 
double variety (award of merit). 
Begonia Lady Annesley (F. Sander & Co.).—This is a silvery-leaved 
form, with dark veins and a dark green blotch at the base (award of 
merit). 
Begonia Bex Sander's Masterpiece (F. Sander & Co.).—The leaves 
of this Begonia are somewhat small in size and of a dull crimson shade, 
with dark green blotches at the edges (award of merit). 
Begonia Samuel Pope (T. S. Ware).—This is a charming Begonia 
with cream coloured blooms, each petal being edged with rose (award of 
merit). 
Caladium Bose Laing (J. Peed & Sons).—This is a large-leaved 
variety of greenish-white colour with rose marking towards the centre 
(award of merit). 
Caladium Henry Irving (J. Veitch & Sons).—This is a dwarf-growing 
variety with medium-sized leaves. The centre colour is silvery grey 
with broad bright green edge and rose veins (award of merit). 
Caladium Lord Berly (J. Veitch & Sons).—The leaves of this 
Caladium are of rosy red shade with broad green veins and edges (award 
of merit). 
Cattleya Mendeli dtllensis (H. Ballantine).—The sepals and petals 
of this handsome form are delicate rose pink in colour, while the beautiful 
lip is deep purplish rose with a yellow throat, in which are crimson veins 
^first-class certificate). 
Cattleya Lawrenceana atro-ruhens (Jules Hye).—The petals of this 
'Cattleya are rich deep rose, the sepals being much paler in colour. The 
lip is very beautiful in form, and of a deep velvsty crimson purple shade 
- (award of merit). 
Cattleya Mossite Prince of Wales (F. Sander & Co.).—The sepals 
1 and petals of this Mossim are of good substance, and deep rose colour. 
The lip is deep rosy purple with a paler edge and white mottling. The 
lip is jellow and crimson (award of merit). 
Cattleya Mossics Lady Wigan (Sir F. Wigan).—This is a very 
distinct variety, with almost pure white petals and sepals. The lip is 
white mottled and flushed pink, with yellow blotches in the throat 
(award of merit). 
Cattleya Mendeli grandis (Hugh Low & Co.).—The broad petals of 
this flower are very faint blush in shade, the narrow sepals being of a 
somewhat deeper hue. The lip is fine with a rosy purple central 
blotch, and white margins with a yellow throat (award of merit). 
Clematis Buchess of York (G. Jackman & Son).—The tubular flowers 
of this variety are of fine shape and delicate pink colour (award of 
merit). 
Cypripedium Stonei platytcenium (VV. H. White). — This superb 
variety is a great improvement on the type. The dorsal sepal is white 
with purplish black lines. The petals are dull yellowish white, heavily 
blotched very deep purple towards the tips. The lip is of peculiar form 
and rosy colour (first-class certificate). 
Braccena Godseffiana (F. Sander «fc Co.).—This is apparently a 
variety of the old D. surculosa, and has bright green leaves with white 
spo's (first-class certificate). 
Gloxinia Prince of Wales (H. Cannell &c Sons).—The handsomely 
formed flowers of this Gloxinia are velvety crimson in colour (award of 
merit). 
Incarvillea Belavayi (W.'Qa.xn), —This is a Chinese plant of recent 
introduction, having beautiful rose-coloured flowers very much 
resembling a Gloxinia in shape. It is an herbaceous perennial, and 
said to be perfectly hardy in our gardens, and if such proves to be 
the case will certainly become popular. I. Delavayi is depicted in the 
woodcut, fig 75 (first-class certificate). 
Lcelia purpurata Bella (W. L. Lewis & Co.).—This is a grand pur- 
purata with white sepa's, petals, and lip, the latter towards the throat 
having crimson purple blotches, with veins of the same shade (award 
of merit). 
Masdcvallia Shuttryana. — This is a hybrid of dwarf habit with 
reddish salmon flowers, having yellow tails. The bloom is of a medium 
size (award of merit.) 
Masdevallia Harryana miniata (W. H. White).—This is a very rich 
bright scarlet form of the type, with perfectly formed flowers (award of 
merit.) 
Miltonia Bleuiana virginalis (Jules Hye).—This is chastely beau¬ 
tiful, with pure white sepals, petals, and lip. The base of the petals 
has a charming flush of rose (first-class certificate). 
Odontoglossum Fescatorei La Perfection (Ch. Vuylststeke).—The 
flowers of this variety are of almost perfect shape. The ground colour 
is white, slightly flushed rcse, and with deep rosy purple spots (award 
of merit). 
Pceony Lord Iveagh (Kelway & Son).—This is of the tree section, 
and has superb flowers of a rich rosy red colour (award of merit). 
Pelargonium Buchess of York (J. Prewett).—This, a very brightly 
coloured tricolor Pelargonium of dwarf habit (award of merit). 
Phyllocactus Excellent (J. Veitch & Sons).—This is a very beautiful 
variety with orange scarlet flowers. The margins of the petals are 
crimson (award of merit). 
Stbtkorpia europcea aurea variegata (J. Backhouse & Sons).—-This 
is a charming yellowish green form of the type (award of merit). 
Fruit and Vegetables. 
Some difficulty was experienced in giving anything like a systematic 
report in this section, inasmuch as the collections were not separately 
arranged. Some exhibits consisted of vegetables alone, some of fruit 
and vegetables, and in others plants and flowers were also included. 
Prominent in this department was a remarkable contribution of 
produce from Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading—remarkable in extent, 
variety, excellence, and, it may be added, novelty. It is not too much 
to say that a similar display has never been seen at any show in any 
country. For instance, a row of Peas, and a splendid row too, in full 
bearing, is quite an innovation at a “flower” show in May, while 
Runner Beans 6 to 8 feet high is a fresh start in the art of exhibiting. 
The Beans, it may be said, were Sutton’s Tender and True, four plants 
grown in 12-inch pots, each plant with its stake, and bearing splendid 
pods from base to summit, like fine examples of Canadian Wonder, 
These pillars of Beans were both useful and ornamental, and arrested 
much attention. 
The “ row of Peas ” first mentioned was formed by a number of 
plants grown in large pots and then placed side by side. They were 
bearing a very full crop of fine pods to a height of 3 feet of Sutton’s Al, 
and were timed to the day. A dwarfer Pea, Sutton’s Favourite, 18 inches 
high, was bearing prodigiously, the plants moreover being as green and 
healthy as if growing naturally in the open ground. Still a dwarfer 
Pea, about the height of American Wonder, but with pods thrice the 
size, was equally well represented, as, too, were the taller varieties, 
Sutton’s Empress of India and May Queen. These were not confined 
to one or two pots of each variety, but were in sufficient number to 
form rows. All were admired, but perhaps the Sturdy Dwarf with its 
large pods was the favourite with the public, and it has, no doubt, a 
good future before it. 
Then we pass to the Tomatoes, of which it is impossible to speak in 
too high terms of approval. The several varieties were admirably grown 
in pots, the heavy crops of fruit being ripe or ripening. The long 
racemes of Sutton’s Dessert, with its Plum-like red fruits, and Golden 
Nugget, with fruits of similar size, the racemes trained upright to a 
central stake, were in their way unique ; but all the same the effect was 
artificial, and it would perhaps have been well to have shown some of 
the plants in their natural character. 
Among other varieties plants of Sutton’s Abundance had clusters of 
large fruits within 3 inches of the pots, and to a height of a little more 
than 2 feet. Maincrop plants were a little taller, and fruits perhaps a 
trifle larger. The tallest plants were of a new variety. Princess of 
Wales, magnificently grown, bearing large clusters of handsome scarlet 
fruits from within 6 inches of the pot to a height of 4 feet or more. Still 
there were more. Sutton’s Tender and True, a dwarf crimson variety, 
bearing prodigiously ; Sunbeam, with golden egg-shaped fruits of great 
beauty, and Sutton’s Best of All, perhaps the gem of the collection, the 
plants 2 feet high, and fruits large, smooth, symmetrical and attractive, 
some of them almost or quite touching the soil. We have said enough 
to justify our remaiks as to the character of this imposing exhibit with¬ 
out dwelling on the grand display of Calceolarias, Begonias, Gloxinias, 
and other flowers, by which the vegetable crops were flanked. 
The next objects which we came near, or rather stood under, were 
umbrella-trained Cucumber plants, grown by Mr. H. W. Ward, of 
Longford Castle—variety Carter’s Earliest of All, apparently of the 
Cardiff Castle type, bearing abundantly well-shaped fruits of the first 
table quality. The Cucumber pots were “plunged” in a groundwork 
of Carter’s Harbinger Lettuce—a curled-leaved, light green, tender¬ 
looking variety, suggesting a touch of Endive in its composition. Cos 
Lettuces and very fine Radishes in several varieties were included in 
the group, of which, however, Mr. Ward’s “tree” Cucumbers were the 
prominent feature. They were well grown, and must have been 
skilfully packed to arrive in suet fresh condition. 
Mr. W. J. Empson, gardener to Mrs. Wingfield, AmpthiU, arranged 
an extensive and excellent assortment of vegetables, including Carter’s 
Model Broccoli, very fine ; large Leeks, as well as superior Potatoes, 
also Tomatoes, Carrots, Beans, Asparagus, and almost everything in 
