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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ May 10, 1888 
trees are some rows of the brilliant scarlet Anemone fulgens and 
its variety multipetala, which seems to succeed very well, and is 
had in flower as early as February in mild seasons. The plants 
grow strongly and flower freely, but it is essential that they be 
protected from wind or their beauty is soon destroyed. 
Before summing up the results of Mr. Walker’s extraordinary 
work we must glance at the Whitton Farm, and as that would take 
too much space this week, the notes will be reserved until next 
issue.—L. C.\STLE. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
May 8th. 
Sufficient exhiliits were contributed by amateurs and trade 
growers to render the meeting in the Drill Hall, James Street, on 
Tuesday an interesting one, but the visitors were by no means so 
numerous as might be expected at this time of year. The Fruit Com¬ 
mittee was not very long occupied, but the Floral Committee had a 
number of novelties submitted to its consideration, of which twelve were 
honoured with certificates. Upon the side tables were arranged the 
collections of Daffodils and hardy flowers from Messrs. Barr & Son and 
T. S. Ware, the centre table being devoted to Boses, Orchids, and miscel¬ 
laneous plants. 
Fruit Committee. —Present: Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the chair, 
and Messrs. John Lee, Joseph Cheal, G. W. Cummins, Charles Boss, 
Ch.arles Howe, W. Marshall, J. Wright, J. Smith, B. D. Blackmore, and 
Harrison Weir. The duties of the Committee are usually light at this 
period of the year, and only a few examples of fruit and vegetables 
were submitted for examination. 
Messrs. Barron & Sons, Elvaston Nurseries, Borrowash, sent a seed¬ 
ling Apple, which had been before the Committee on a previous occa¬ 
sion. It is named Barron’s Al. It is a medium-sized Arm fruit, greenish 
yellow streaked with red, and evidently a good keeper ; flesh firm and 
brisk in flavour. The Committee were favourably impressed with this 
culinary Apple, and expressed a desire for information respecting its 
origin, history, and the chameter of the growth of the tree. A dish of 
Asparagus was sent by Jlr. W. Palmer, gardener to W. F. Hume Dick, 
Esq., Thames Ditton House, Thames Ditton ; also Cucumbers grown on 
the north side of a span-roofed house, on the opposite of which had been 
grown a crop of Melons. The fruits were good, and the Asparagus was 
noticeable for its great length of colour, greenish purple, while the stems 
were large and succulent. A cultural commendation was awarded. 
Mr. E. Beckett, gardener to H. H. Gibbs, Esq., Aldenham House, 
Elstree, sent dishes of Lady Downe’s Grapes, and President Strawberry, 
For the latter, which were fine and well coloured, a cultural commen¬ 
dation was awarded ; and for the Grapes, which were cut on January 
2nd, and were very firm, a vote of thanks was accorded. 
Some seedling Bhubarbs were examined by the Committee, but only 
two of them were thought to possess merit, one of them being too much 
like the Victoria and the other Linnajus, to merit further consideration. 
Flqeal Committee. —Present : G. F. Wilson, Esq.. F.B.S., in the 
chair, and Jlessrs. H. Herbst, W. Bates, B. Wynne, J. Fraser, G. Duf- 
field, C. T. Druery, T. Baines, G. Nicholson, B. Dean. C. Noble, H. 
Ballantine, C. Pilcher, J. Dominy, H. M. Pollett, J. O’Brien, E. Hill, 
A. J. Lendy, J. Fraser, W. Goldring, G. Paul, J. Walker, the Bev. W. 
Wilks, and Dr. M. T. Masters. 
Roses. —Several beautiful collections of Eo.se blooms were exhibited, 
and very notable amongst them were those from Mr. J. Walker of 
Thame. Two boxes were shown comprising twenty-four blooms each of 
Niphetos and Mar4chal Niel, the former deep substantial pure blooms, 
the latter wonderful examples, grandly formed, full blooms, of the 
richest colour. They were cut from plants on the Briar stock, and some 
of the specimens are said to be thirty years old (silver Banksian medal). 
From Mr. H. Bennett, Shepperton, came five boxes of Pedigree Boses, 
Princess Beatrice, a finely shaped Hybrid Tea, of a bronzy yellow hue, 
very handsome, an undoubted acquisition; the charming little pink 
Polyantha Bose, Little Dot, and about twenty dozen blooms of Lady 
Mary Fitzwilliam, all handsome full blooms of good substance, varving 
from a very pale blush, nearly white, to a deep pink shade (silver 
Banksian medal). Mr. W. Bumsey, Waltham Cross, showed a choice 
collection of Tea and Noisette Boses, the varieties best represented 
being Boule d’Or, Souvenir d’EIise Vardon, Souvenir d’un Ami, Safrano, 
Eubens, Madame de Vallombrosa, Etoile de Lyon, Marie Van Houtte, 
Niphetos, and Mar^chal Niel. The graceful Polyantha varieties. Mig¬ 
nonette (pink) and Paqueritte (white) were also included (silver Bank¬ 
sian medal), klessrs. IV. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, were awarded a 
certificate for the yellow Tea Bose, Madame Hoste, and also showed 
plants of the new deep crimson H.P. Bose Gloire de Margottin, and a 
semi-double form of Bosa rugosa alba, named Madame Georges Bruant. 
Orchids. —Though, according to the programme, there should have 
been a special display of Orchids at this meeting, there were really fewer 
than usual, but these comprised some interesting plants, notably Mr. 
B. S. Williams’ group of Cypripediums from the Holloway nurseries, 
for ■which a silver Banksian medal was awarded. All the plants were 
very strong healthy specimens, and all were in flower. Very fine were 
C. Swanianum, C. Druryi, C. selligerum majus, C. Boxalli and its variety 
aureum, C. lo grandis, C. .argus, and C. grande, with three to ten flowers 
each. A large variety of Oncidium sarcodes, named superbum, was also 
shown with a new Amar 3 'llis, Mr. B. H. Measures, the flowers pink, 
barred and edged with white. H, J. Buchan, Esq., Wilton House, 
Southampton, sent a plant of Cactleya Lawrenceana delicata, a pretty 
variety, with soft mauve tinted flowers. From Mr. P. Blair, Trentham 
Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, came a plant of Odontoglossum cirrhosum, 
Trentham variety, which has large u'hite flowers, heavily spotted with 
maroon. A. H. Sinoe, Esq., The Grange, Carshalton (gardener, Mr. 
Cummins) exhibited a remarkably strong plant of Odontoglossum 
Marriottianum, which was grown in the open air during the summer of 
1887. It h.ad several stout pseudo-bulbs and strong groivths, with two- 
fine racemes of si.xteen and seventeen flowers each (cultural commenda¬ 
tion). A scarce Orchid, Odontoglossum crinitum sapphiratum, wa? 
shown from the same garden, with one small flower, the sepals and- 
petals yellowish, the lip triangular in shape, 'white, spotted with bright 
purple. Capt. Maxwell, Terregles, Dumfries, sent a variety of Odonto¬ 
glossum Andersonianum, with pretty creamy white flowers heavily 
spotted with brown. B. D. Knox, Esq., 17, Gloucester Place, Portman 
Square (gardener, Mr. Laurence), exhibited Odontoglossum Buckerianum,. 
the flowers dotted with brown, and beautifully flushed with purple ; 
also Oncidium curtum Gardnerianum, like O. sarcodes (vote of thanks). 
G. C. Daux, Esq., East Moulsey, showed a plant of Dendrobium 
densiflorum, with three long racemes (vote of thanks). 
Daffodils and, Hardy Flowers. —Silver-gilt Banksian medals were 
awarded to Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham, and ta- Messrs. Barr & Son, 
King Street, Covent Garden, for large groups of choice Daffodils and 
hardy flowers. In Mr. Ware’s collection were several novelties, a white 
variety of Anemone appenina and Polemonium confertum being selected 
for certificates, while a large pan of the rich blue Gentiana verna was a 
most attractive feature. Messrs. Barr & Son also obtained two certifi¬ 
cates for Narcissus bicolor Mrs. J. B. M. Camm, and N. incomparabilis 
Gloria Mundi. The numerous forms of the Leeds! type were well 
shown, the pure white variety Beatrice being very attractive. These 
two groups formed a most important addition to the display, as they 
filled the tables near the walls, extending the whole length of the hall.. 
G. F. Wilson, Esq., Oakwood, Wisley, was adjudged a vote of thanks 
for a series of varieties of Gentiana acaulis collected by Mr. Scott 
Wilson in Switzerland in 1885 and 1886. They were specially interest¬ 
ing as showing a marked variation in colour from deep blue through 
several shades of pale blue to nearly white, and one was of quite a pink 
tint. Five or six distinct varieties were exhibited. Professor M. 
Foster, F.B.S., Shelford, Cambs, showed several Irises, one named Iris 
Suworowi, var. (lineata) had small flowers veined with brown, and 
central bright blue crests ; the other 'w-as of the I. ibcrica type, but 
smaller, with pale “ standards ” and purplish mottled “ falls.” 
Miscellaneous. —Mr. F. Boss, Pendell Court Gardens, Bletchingley, 
showed flowers of Cantua dependens with long orange-tinted tubes and 
rosy crimson lobes, pale on the inner surface. It is grown at Pendell 
Court trained to a wall in a cool house and flowers profusely every year 
(vote of thanks). Specimens of Callistemon salignus were also sent 
from the same garden with long dense creamy white spikes. Mr. J- 
Doughty, Angley Park, Cranbrook, Kent, exhibited a bright scarlet Car¬ 
nation named Angley Park ; Mr. W. Seaman, gardener to J. Briggs, Esq., 
Brentwood, sent a seedling Coleus with deeply crenated tapering leaves 
splashed with yellow, crimson, and green ; Mr. J. Knight, The Oaks, 
Epsom, showed flowers of Carnation Mrs. G. F. Wilson and Rob Roy, 
white and salmon tipped with red (vote of thanks) ; Mr. C. Smith, 
Brighton, exhibited plants of Mignonette Smith’s Defiance (vote of 
thanks), of bushy habit, the spikes long but not so large as some varieties j 
compact single specimens in iS-size pots were shown. 
Magnolia conspicua was admirably represented by some dozens of 
handsome pure white flowers shown by Mr. J. Hudson, Gunnersbury 
House Gardens, Acton. The tree from which they were gathered is 
over .80 feet high, well proportioned, and loailed with flowers, which are 
unusually large and pure. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, contributed a 
specimen of Rhododendron exoniensis with large white Azalea-like 
flowers ; a basket of Tree Pmonies ; Acer Negundo aurea variegata, a 
golden variety in which the colour was not fully developed ; the browrk 
and bronze-leaved Prunus Pissardi vi-as, however, in capital condition, 
amply demonstrating the distinctness and value of this tree. Bose Lady 
Alice, recently certificated, and the graceful Fairy Rose Bed Pet were 
shown by the same firm. Mr. C. Turner, Slough, had a collection of 
beautiful Alpine Auriculas, several of which were certificated. Messrs. 
Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset, sent flowers of varied Amaryllises 
cut from bulbs that are grown in cold frames from May or June until 
January or February, when they are lifted, potted, and placed in a 
house to develope their flowers. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, sent a well-flowered specimen of 
the Tasmanian shrubby plant, Olearia Gunni, which has a great number 
of white starry flowers resembling Michaelmas Daisies. Messrs. G, 
Bunyard & Co.,' Maidstone, showed a double white Dcutzia named Pride 
of Rochester, much like the double variety of D. crenata. Mr. W, 
Thompson, Tavern Street, Ipswich, sent plants of a seedling Primula, 
with deep purple flowers, dwarf and free (vote of thanks). Mr. J. H. 
Virgo, Walton-in-Gordano, Clevedon, exhibited a large-flowered variety 
of ilyosotis dissitiflora, named grandiflora, also a darker variety named 
Blue Perfection (vote of thanks) ; and Mr. E. Dean, Ealing, had a 
basket of the dwarf free large-flowered Wallflow-er, Bedfont Yellow, 
which has been previously certificated. Primula Sieboldi Snowflake, 
pure white, and a large dark Polyanthus named Mr. John Woodbridge 
(certificated) were also contributed by Mr. Dean. 
Jlessrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, were accorded a vote of thanks 
for a large yellow Calceolaria named Souvenir, very effective either for 
culture in pots or bedding. 
