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The Orchids comprised Dendrobiums, Odontoglossums, Masdevallias, 
and others similar to those noted at the Crystal I’alace Show. 
Cyclamens from Mr. C. Turner, Slough, formed an extensive and 
imposing group ; some hundreds of well-grown plants were shown, 
representing a fine .strain of seed and good varieties, the flowers large 
and very abundant. A box of handsome Tree Carnation flowers also 
came from the Slough Nursery (vote of thanks). Messrs. Lane &: Son, 
Berkhamsted, had a large collection of Roses in pots arranged with 
Deutzias, and an extremely eifective group. Amongst the Roses plants 
of General Jacqueminot. Princess Mary of Cambridge, and Countess of 
Rosebery were noteworthy for the size and number of their blooms. 
Roses in pots, Amaryllises and Lilacs from Messrs. Paul& Son, Cheshunt, 
constituted an attractive group. The Roses were cajntal for such an 
early show, the plants healthy, and the blooms in several cases admirable. 
The be.st were Comtesse de Camando, Avocat Duvivier, Celine Forestier, 
Ur. Andry, and Souvenir d’un Ami, besi<les the graceful white Par- 
queritte and pink Mignonette Polyantha varieties. Piants of Lady 
Alice, the light coloured sport from Lady Mary Fitzwilliam (which it 
closely resembles), and the American Rose, The Puritan, were also 
shown and attracted much attention. The Amaryllises were distin¬ 
guished by large brilliantly coloured flowers, and the fine white Lilac, 
Marie Lemoine (certificated) was remarkable for the size of its blooms 
even in comparison with alba grand! floi'a shown with it. 
Camellias, contributed by Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, 
were greatly admired. Twelve boxes of blooms were shown, and a fine 
selection of varieties included. These will be noted more fully in an 
early issue, but the following were prominent for their distinctness. 
C. 11. Hovey, Alba plena. Princess Charlotte, Corallina, Fimbriata, 
tricolor, Mathotiana, Bonomiana, Benneyi, Fatima, and Romaniensis. 
Daffodils and hardy flowers filled one side of a long table, but the 
collection from Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nursery, Tottenham, amply 
merited the silver medal awarded. All the chief sections of Daffodils 
were represented, the pseudo-Narcissus, incomparabilis, 'and poeticus 
types being in strong force, and comprising some exceedingly beautiful 
varieties. There W'ere fine pans of the charming blue Chionodoxa 
Lucilire, with the darker C. sardensis. Grape Hyacinths in variety, 
Dielytras, and numberless other choice plants. Messrs. Barr cfc Son, 
King Street, Covent Garden, exhibited a choice collection of Daffodils 
and hardy flowers similar to the above, but not quite so numerous 
(bronze medal), and Messrs. Collins Bros., 39, South Lambeth Road, 
S.W., had a group of Narcissus obvallaris, the golden Tenby Daffodil, 
and the delicately coloured N. pallidus prsecox most effectively arran ed 
in glasses (bronze medal). Mr. R. Drost, Richmond, sent large flower¬ 
ing branches of line white Lilac. 
Hsemanthus bicolor from Mr. W. Bull, Chelsea, was awarded a vote 
of thanks. It is very distinct, with red stamens and linear blush tinted 
nearly white perianth divisions, the flowers being borne in a dense 
umbel, as with others of the genus. Similar recognitions were awarded 
to Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for Masdevallia Sanderiana, 
which has dark reddish-purple flowers, white in the centre and long 
yellow tails : and for Mr. Cookson’s hybrid Cypripediums, linio'are and 
pluneurum (venustum x villosum), the latter having a dark lip and 
petals with a green striped dorsal sepal. Mr. C. Boss, Welford Park 
Gardens, Newbury, showed a plant of Croton Rossi (vote of thanks.) 
It is the result of a cross between Weismanni and Veitchianus, and 
has broad leaves, rich gold in the centre and green margins, very 
effective. Mr. Moggridge of Topsham was also accorded a vote of 
thanks for a seedling Abutilon, with very dark red and well-formed 
flowers. Mr. Troughton sent a plant of Clivia miniata superba, 
having a large truss of deep orange red flowers. A. S. Smith, Esq., 
Silvermere, Cobham (gardener, Mr. Qu^rterman), exhibited a plant of 
Ocelogyne cristata with two racemes to a pseudo-bulb, having six and eight 
flowers each. Mr. C. Herrin, Dropmore Gardens, Maidenhead, sent a 
box of fine Camellia bloom. Mr. Divers, Ketton Hall Gardens, Stam¬ 
ford, showed Camellia blooms and Clianthus magnifleus, and Mr. C. 
Ford, Leonardslee Gardens, Horsham, was awarded a bronze medal for 
a beautiful collection of Camellia blooms. 
CERTIFICATED PRINTS. 
Spatlinglottis Kimhalliana (Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P.),— 
A pretty terrestrial Orchid, with a scape over 2 feet long, having three 
expand^ flowers and several buds at the apex. The flowers are 
21 inches in diameter, the sepals and jjetals oval, similar in size, shape, 
and colour, a bright shade of yellow ; the lip is small dotted with red at 
the base. The leaves are long, narrow, and plicate. 
Dendroh/um emKsinndc .9ii])e?djitm (Sir T. Lawrence).—A handsome 
variety with large flowers, the sepals, petals, and lip deeply tipped with 
rich rosy crimson. 
Dfl)idr(d)ium. .<<plendidi.'t.9!nntm grandiftorum (Sir T. Lawrence).—.4 
hybrid between the same spepics as D. splendidissimum—namely, D. 
aureum and D. nobile, but from finer varieties. It is a grand Dendro- 
bium, with broad sepals and petals tipped with crimson, the lip broad 
and open, intensely rich crimson in the centre. The plant shown had 
three flowering growths. 
PlialminpxU .Jtdni Seden (Baron Schroder).—One of the Chelsea 
hybrids, and bearing its raiser’s n.ame. It was obtained from a cross 
between P. grandiflora and P. Luddemanniana, and has plain green 
leaves with flowers 2 inches in diameter, white, freely dotted with 
purple, the lip three-lobed and tinged with reddish purpie. It is the 
most distinct hybrid I’h.alxnopsis yet obtained, and is very attr.ictive. 
Lilac LLavlc (Paul & Son).—An extremely fine single 
white variety, the flower,s seven-eighths of an inch in tliameter, in large 
dense tru.sses. Very handsome. 
JLixe (rloirc dr I'olgantha (Paul & Son).—.\n attractive and grace¬ 
ful variety of the polyanthi type, with small neat blooms, deep rose, 
with white centre. 
CRYSTAL PALACE SPRINQ SHOW. 
March 2Ith. 
The first Sydenham Show of the present year was held on Saturday 
last, and, notwithstanding the unfavourable season, the display was a 
varied and satisfactory one. The Crystal Palace Company have pro¬ 
vide 1 a long series of important exhibitions for 1888, and the schedule is 
an unusually full one. The summer Show is fixed for May 12th (forty- 
five classes) ; the National Rose Society’s Metropolitan Exhibition for 
July 7th (forty-seven classes) ; the National Co-operative Flower Show, 
August 18th, when £3.70 and ten medals will be offered. The Fruit 
Show takes place on September 7th and 8th (forty-seven classes) ; the 
National Dahlia Society’s Show being fixed for the same date (twenty- 
two classes). A Hardy Fruit Show will be held October 11th to 13th, 
and a Chrysanthemum Show on November 9th and 10th. Numerous 
special prizes are also offered on each occasion, so that an interesting 
horticultural programme is provided under Mr. W. G. Head’s direction. 
At the spring Show the chief attractions are invariably the nurserj'- 
men’s contributions, with the Hyacinths, Tulips, and Polyanthus Nar¬ 
cissi in competition, and on the occasion under notice these were the 
leading features. The amateurs’contributions of Cinerarias and bulbs 
were not of first-rate quality, but the season is undoubtedly to blame for 
many of the defects in these classes, as wherever attempts have been 
made to hasten the development of the plants the results were not quite, 
satisfactory. In the open classes for bulbs Messrs. H. AVilliams and 
Son, Fortis Green, Finchley, and Mr. II. R. Wright, Turner Road, Lee, 
shared the prizes, the first-named leading with thirty-six Hyacinths, 
thirty-six Tulips, and twelve pots of Lilies of the A’'alley ; Mr. Wright 
being second with Hyacinths and Tulips, and first with twenty-four pots 
of Polyanthus Narcissi. The Finchley Hyacinths comprised some good 
specimens of Czar Peter, La Belle, The Sultan, Lord Derby, La Gran- 
des.se, Gigantea. King of the Blacks, A''uurbaak, and Lord Macaulay. 
The best of the Tulips were Proserpine, Rose Gris de Lin, Reisers Kroon, 
White Pottebakker, Vermilion Brillant, A''an der Neer, and Joost A’an 
Vondel. The two collections of Narcissi were very close in merit, Mr. 
Wright’s plants having fine spikes and flowers of Her Majesty, Gloriosus, 
Laura, Queen of the Netherlands, Newton, White Perfection, Apollo, 
and Bazelman Major. Mr. J. May, Tvvickenham, and Mr. J. Odell, Hil¬ 
lingdon, were first and second respectively with Cyclamens, and Messrs. 
Paul and Son, Cheshunt, were first with twelve Amarjdlises, strong 
well-formed plants. 
An extremely bright and tasteful group of miscellaneous plants 
gained Messrs. Laing & Son, Forest Hill, the premier award in the class, 
flowering and foliage plants being well proportioned. Palms, Draemnas, 
Crotons, Aralias, and Ferns were the chief of the latter, while amongst 
the flowering plants Orchids were prominent, especially Cattleyas, Mas¬ 
devallias, and Dendrobiums ; the peculiar D. Brymerianum was notable, 
also D. crassinode, D. Wardianum, and D. densiflorum. Small plants of 
Ericas, Cyclamens, Azaleas, and a neat margin of Selaginellas com¬ 
pleted the group. Azaleas were shown by Mr. R. AVells, Sydenham, 
and Mr. C. Nunn, gardener to J. Soames, Esq., Maze Hill, Greenwich 
Park, but the plants were not quite up to exhibition style in either 
case. 
In the amateurs' classes Mr. C. J. Salter, gardener to C. J. South- 
gate, Esq., Selborne, Streatham, was the leading exhibitor of twelve 
Hyacinths, showing capital plants of Solfaterre, La Grandesse, 
Gigantea, Leopold II.,, Leviathan, Czar Peter, and LTnnocence. 
Some of the spikes were very fine. Mr. . Kemp, gardener to H. Barry, 
Esq., Bushill House, AVinchmore Hill, and Mr. T. N. Penfold, gardener 
to Rev. Canon Bridges, Beddington, were second and third, the iast 
named being first with twelve Tulips and twelve Narcissi. Mr. C. J. 
Salter had six good Amaryllises, winning the first prize. Cyclamens, 
Cinerarias, and Lilies of the VRalley being shown by several competitors. 
Air. Phillips was placed first with twelve large Cyclamens, but many 
preferred Mr. Hiobert’s second prize plants. 
Special prizes were awarded as follows—To Air. B. S. AA^illiams, 
Upper Hollowajq for a large and handsome group of bulbs and flowering 
plants ; to Messrs. AA'’. Paul & Son, AV'altham Cross, for a choice collection 
of Camellias ; to Air. VV. Hibbert, Kingston-on-Thames, for collection of 
Cyclamen ; to Mr. AA'^. Kemp, AVinchmore Hill, N., for eighteen Chinese 
Primulas ; to Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, for collection of alpine 
plants ; to Mr. H. AAT-ight, Lee, Kent, for collection of flowering plants ; 
to Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent Garden, for collection of Daffodils, ikc. ; 
to Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham, for collection of herbaceous plants and 
Daffodils; to Alessrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, for collection of 
winter-flowering Begonias, Cinerarias, and cut Pelargoniums ; and to 
Air. J. Odell, Hillingdon, Middlesex, for collection of 100 Cyclamens ; 
Air. H. Bennett, Shepperton, also had a box of Rose blooms, including 
several promising new varieties. 
Certificates were awarded for the following 
Lady Alice (Paul & Son).—A Hybrid Perpetual of the Lady 
Mary Fitzwilliam type, previously described. 
Xarruiom .Tiduixtoni (Barr & Son).—A pretty Narcissus with deflexed 
flowers, bright yellow, the crown long and straight. 
