April 23, 1888.] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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- “J. W. C.” semis the following paragraph—“ I wish to draw 
your attention to three good things for the garden—namely, Glazed 
Pots, Anthracite Coal, and Lethorion Cones. My arguments 
in favour of glazed pots are—cleanliness, saving in labour in watering 
and scrubbing. Softwooded plants grow remarkably well in them with 
care after potting. The coal is the best, cleanest, and I think the 
cheapest I have used. The cones are good for small greenhouses, and 
especially suited for Orchids. We could not banish the yellow fly until 
we used the cones rather stronger than recommended, but they are 
rather expensive if used on a large scale.” 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
April 24th. 
The combination of the National Auricula Show with the exhibits 
before the Fruit and Floral Committees of the Royal Horticultural 
Society produced the most extensive display yet held in the Drill Hall 
at Westminster. Four tables nearly the whole length of the hall, 
besides several at the ends, were crowded with plants, and the numerous 
persons who visited the hall during the afternoon were amply 
satisfied with the exhibition. The tables near the walls were devoted 
to the Daffodils. At the upper end of the hall were groups of fine 
Roses, the two central tables being occupied with Auriculas, Primulas, 
Amaryllises, double Cinerarias, Mignonette, Orchids, and Roses, the 
last-named having a fine appearance down the centre of the tables. 
Novelties were numerous, and fourteen were found worthy of certi¬ 
ficates. 
Fruit Committee. —HarryJ. Veitch, Esq., in the chair, and Messrs. 
J. Wright, G. Norman, J. Cheal, John Lee, T. Saltmarsh, Philip Crowley, 
R. D. Blackmore, W. Marshall, Sidney Ford, T. F. Rivers, and W. Warren. 
At the commencement of the proceedings Mr. Veitch, in appropriate 
terms, referred to the great loss the Committee had sustained by the 
lamented death of Mr. J. Woodbridge, and proposed that an expression 
of condolence should be conveyed by the Committee, of which he was 
an effective member, to his widow in her great bereavement—a sugges¬ 
tion that was unanimously adopted. 
E. E. Evans, Esq., Brinscombe Court, Strood, Gloucestershire, sent an 
Apple named Beauty of Brinscombe, a late-keeping variety, in use from 
February till June. It was supposed to have been raised by the father 
of the exhibitor, but the Committee thought it too closely resembled 
Besspool to be regarded as distinct. A seedling culinary Apple that 
had been previously before the Committee was sent by Mr. Neill, The 
Gardens, Wythenshawe, Northenden, near Manchester, a good looking 
conical Apple, but.every fruit partially decayed in the centre ; it was 
consequently passed by the Committee. Mr. J. C. Mundell sent a 
sample of the Moor Park Pippin Apple. It bears some resemblance to 
the Hollandbury, and is said to be a good keeper, and particularly 
attractive in spring by the beauty of its blossom. No special award was 
made. A. H. Smee, Esq. (Mr. G. Cummins, gardener) sent dishes of 
very fine fruit of Pears Madame Millet and Pius IX, but the quality 
was inferior. The former is occasionally very good, but proverbially 
uncertain, and Mr. Rivers remarked that the tree is the reverse of a good 
grower. Pius IX. is a very large Pear of no particular merit. Messrs. 
Saltmarsh, Chelmsford, sent a firm medium-sized Apple named Blanders 
Apple, a medium sized firm fruit, and the best late Apple on the table ; 
also a dish of the Queen Apple, and the fruit, both in regard to appear¬ 
ance and quality, met with the approval of the Committee. The two 
dishes were sent to show the keeping qualities of the varieties. Mr. 
J. Lockie, The Gardens, Oakley Court, Windsor, sent specimens of his 
new Cucumber Lockie’s Perfection, a straight dark green medium-sized 
fruit, resembling Veitch’s Perfection. The Committee desired to see it 
again later in the season. Lullington’s Variegated Broccoli, from the 
Society’s Garden at Chiswick, was placed before the Committee. The 
leaves are white in the centre, edged with green and fringed, the heads 
being about the size of a breakfast cup. The samples were decidedly 
attractive, and a first-class certificate was awarded to the Broccoli as a 
distinct and ornamental variety. 
Floral Committee. —Present : G. F. Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., in the 
chair, and Messrs. Shirley Hibberd, W. Wilks, W. Goldring, H. Herbst, 
W. Bates, W. H. Lowe, C. T. Druery, G. Paul, C. Noble, C. Pilcher, 
R. Dean, J. Dominy, H. M. Pollett, J. O’Brien, A. J. Lendy, B. Wynne, 
E. Hill, J. Walker, and Dr. Masters. 
From the Royal Gardens, Kew, came an excellent collection of 
Primulas, hardy and other plants, including some remarkable rarities. 
The Primulas comprised twenty or thirty species and varieties, some of 
the best being Denyana and Escheri, small neat flowers, bright purple, 
the latter especially good ; pubescens alba, rosea, obconica, denticulata, 
viscosa, Obristi, verticillata, and Palinuri. Other notable plants were 
■ the white-flowered Corydalis tuberosa, the wild type of Tulipa suaveolens, 
with scarlet flowers, found in Turkestan ; a remarkable Saxifraga, S. 
latepetiolata, from Spain, having large divided leaves and small white 
flowers ; the graceful Heucl-.era sanguinea, with small bright red bell¬ 
like flowers in spikes ; the pretty Narcissus triandrus albus, often seen 
as calathenus, having creamy white drooping flowers ; the diminutive but 
charming N. rupicola, with bright orange .lonquil-like flowers ; and the 
American Dicentra canadensis, with elegant finely divided foliage and 
small white flowers. From the temperate and other houses in the same 
establishment came grand flower-heads of Rhododendrons Aucklandi 
and R. Griffithi, also dense spikes of Echium callithyrsum, 9 inches 
long, the flowers blue, closely packed, with pink stamens. The extremely 
distinct Anemone Fannini, with broad peltate lobed leaves and large 
whitish flowers, together with long wreath-like flower-laden branches of 
the intensely rich crimson Bougainvillea spectabilis, which is too seldom 
seen in flower, attracted much attention. Many other interesting plants 
were included in this interesting exhibit, such as the large-flowered 
Pleurothallis insignis, the pretty pink Pinguicula grandiflora, and the 
brilliant Cereus Mallisoni. 
A collection of Himalayan Rhododendron flowers from J. T. D. 
Llewelyn, Esq., Penllergare, formed a pleasing group, and amply 
justified the praise the exhibitor bestows upon these plants for the 
adornment of the garden. They had been all cut out of doors, and in such 
a late season as the present this was the more remarkable, as they were 
much more forward than many in the south of England. The deep 
red R. Thompson! and a blush-tinted one named Campbell! were the 
finest, but barbatum, companulatum, ochraceum, and others possessed 
considerable beauty. F. G. Tautz. Esq., Studley House, Hammersmith 
(gardener, Mr. Cowley), exhibited a group of Orchids, which included 
several fine examples of Oncidium Papilio majus (the Butterfly Orchid) ; 
a remarkably rich dark variety of Cypripedium Lawrencianum, named 
atro-rubrum ; large handsome flowers of the distinct Odontoglossum 
Harryanum, the lip broad, pale yellow on the upper half, veined with 
crimson at the base ; Cypripedium selligerum majus had three large 
highly coloured flowers ; C. Hookerte majus, an unusually fine variety ; 
C. grande, Cymbidium Lowianum, the curious brownish orange Onci¬ 
dium Leitzi, with Cattleya Schi’oederffi, and C. Lawrenciana rosea were 
well represented. A. H. Smee, Esq., The Grange, Wallington (gardener, 
Mr. Cummins), contributed a fine collection of Masdevallias, comprising 
well grown plants of M. Shuttleworthi, the large dull reddish M. 
Trochilus, Houtteana, Estradas, xanthocorys, and a dark coloured and 
handsome variety of M. ignea. 
H. Selfe Leonnard, Esq., Guildford, contributed an interesting collec¬ 
tion of small alpine plants. Mr. S. Ford, Leonardslee Gardens, Horsham, 
was awarded a cultural commendation for long shoots of Passiflora prin- 
ceps, crowded with bright reddish flowers. Jlr. J. Crook, The Grange 
Gardens, Farnborough, sent a plant of Begonia glaucophylla in a basket 
to show its fitness for that mode of cultitre, the stems drooping and bear¬ 
ing salmon red-shaded flowers very freely. Mr. Sullivan, gardener to 
D. B. Chapman, Esq., Downshire House, Roebampton, exhibited some 
very capitally grown Mignonette with long massive spikes of flowers 
(cultural commendation). 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, sent several new Azaleas, hybrids 
between the Ghent and mollis types, which we fully described and 
illustrated last year. They are most useful decorative plants, and well 
adapted for forcing. Belle de Gand, Perle, Etoile de Flandres, and 
Comte de Kerchove were the best of the varieties shown, and with them 
were some fine Pieonies, one of which was certificated. Mr. B. S. Williams, 
Upper Holloway, showed plants of Amaryllis Black Prince, a handsome 
rich dark scarlet variety of the Dr. Masters type (vote of thanks) ; 
Miltonia Tolliana, the flowers veined with crimson ; Cattleya Mendeli 
grandiflora ; Oncidium undulatum, with brown sepals, and recurving 
petals tipped with white, and veined with purple at the base ; and 
Odontoglossum Rossi F. L. Ames, for which a certificate was awarded. 
The groups of plants were numerous and beautiful, but we can only 
briefl.y refer to them this week. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, contri¬ 
buted a magnificent group of Roses in pots (silver-gilt Banksian medal) 
and a collection of herbaceous plants (silver Banksian medal). Mr. 
Walker Whitton had a large and varied group of Daffodils (silver-gilt 
Banksian medal). Messrs. Barr & Son, King Street, Covent Garden, 
and Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham, showed fine collections of Daffodils 
similar to those we have repeatedly noticed from these firms this season ; 
a silver medal was awarded to the former and a bronze medal to the 
latter. Messrs. Collins Brothers & Gabriel, Waterloo Bridge Road, were 
also awarded a silver medal for a group of Daffodils, and Messra. H. 
Lane & Son, Berkhampsted, a bronze medal for a group of Roses. Mr. 
W. Riimsey, Waltham Cross, had a fine group of Rose.s' in pots (silver 
medal). The contributions of these firms added greatly to the attrac¬ 
tion of the Show. 
Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, exhibited a new bright red 
H.P. Rose, Meteor, and a delicate pink or blush H.P. variety named 
Madlle. Germaine Caillot, together with the white American Rose 
The Puritan. Messrs. Hart & Co., High Street, Guildford, showed a 
bold and effective Coleus named Hart's Conqueror. Mr. R. Clarke, 
Twickenham, contributed a group of excellent Cyclamens. Mr. Howard, 
Southgate, brought some fine Mignonette grown by Mr. Sweet. Mr. 
J. Chambers, Isleworth, sent plants of a white Viola named Snow¬ 
flake, and the dark blue double Violet Victoria. The Civil Service 
Co-Operative Stores exhibited two baskets and a bouquet of Daffodils. 
Messrs. Kelvvay & Sons, L.angport, had a group of Amaryllises, mostly 
with medium-sized but well-formed flowers well varied in colours, 
also some double Cinerarias. Messrs. H. Canned & Sons, Swanley, 
staged a handsome group of the floriferous Beronia Carrier! villosa, 
which appears to be of stronger habit than the ordinary Carrier!, 
corapact, and having large flowers. Mignonette Cannell’s Perfection 
was much admired, as also were the double Cinerarias from the same 
firm. A variety of Adiantum scutum, named roseum, was shown by 
Mr. H. B. May, the young fronds being of a reddish tint. 
A novel and simple appliance for propagating softwooded plants was 
