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roseum, and Lilium Mrs. Anthony Waterer, white dotted with red. Mr. 
Hole, Commercial Road, Teignmouth, had Carnation Devon Beauty. 
Mr. Whiteley, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, showed a Chrysanthemum named 
Mrs. Whiteley, a large white flower with fluted florets. Mr C. G. Van 
Tubergen, jun., Haarlem, had a small collection of hybrid Gladioli, for 
which a broDze Banksian medal was awarded ; and Mr. J. Walker, 
Thame, was commended for an excellent strain of Quilled Asters. 
Messrs. J. Yeitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nurseries, Chelsea, had Lilium 
auratum rubro-vittatum, L. a. virginale, L. a. platyphyllum, Francoa 
ramosa, freely flowered; Hydrangea paniculata, and Abies (Picea) 
Omorika, referred to below. A bronze Banksian medal was awarded. 
First-class certificates and awards of merit were adjudged to a 
number of Ferns ; but interesting as the many varieties are to specialists, 
FIG. 40.—MR. M. DUNN, DALKEITH. 
it is practically impossible to indicate their special characteristics in 
a brief description. They were as follows :—First-class certificates to 
Mr. Druery for Athyrium filix-fcemina plumosum Drueryi, and to Mr. 
Lowe for Scolopendrium vulgare crispum decorum, S. v. supralineatum 
Moonas, S. v. rameo inrequale laudabile, Asplenium filix-foemina luvu- 
latum Wellsias, Aspidium angulare grandiceps tasda, A. a. cruciatum 
Nymphae, A. aculeatum cristatum hybridum, Nephrodium paleaceum 
Wellsite, and Osmunda regalis capitata. Awards of merit to Athyrium 
f.-f. superbum densum and A. f.-f. revolvens from Mr. Druery. Also 
to the following from Mr. Lowe:—Scolopendrium vulgare muricatum 
superbum, S. v. m. crispum, Aspidium angulare grandiceps coronale, 
A. a. setosum gracile, A. a. plumoso-divisilobum gracile, A. aculeatum 
cristatum adrastia, and Asplenium Ceterach var. multifolia cristatum. 
Botanical certificates were awar’ed to him for Scolopendrium vulgare 
peraperens nepenthesoides and Aspidium aculeatum cristatum circum- 
globatum. 
Awards of merit were made to the following flowers Show Dahlia 
Arthur Rawlings, deep crimson, exhibited by W. Keith, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. J. T. West), Cornwalls, Brentwood ; Show Dahlia William Powell, 
rich yellow, well formed, from the same exhibitor ; Decorative Dahlia 
Mrs. Keith, a combination of rose and yellow, the former suffusing the 
florets somewhat deeply, same exhibitor ; Decorative Dahlia Claxton’s 
Harlequin, yellow, flaked and streaked with crimson, from Messrs. Paul 
and Son, Cheshunt ; Gladiolus George Meredith, white heavily flaked 
with crimson, pale yellow throat (this and the following Gladioli came 
from Messrs. Kelway & Son) ; Gladiolus Laiy Brooke, ivory white, with 
a few short streaks of crimson ; Gladiolus W. S. Gilbert, salmon with 
paler throat, excellent form ; Gladiolus Sir Arthur Sullivan, brilliant 
scarlet, splendid spike ; Gladiolus Sheila, white, purplish carmine 
throat; Croton Golden Ring, a graceful variety with slender twisted 
leaves, yellow marbled green, exhibited by Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton. 
Botanical certificates were awarded to Messrs. James Yeitch & Sons 
for Abies (Picea) Omorika, a graceful species from South-east Europe, 
with dark green foliage ; and for Davallia assamica. 
Orchid Committee. —Present: Dr. Masters (in the chair), Messrs. 
Jas. O’Brien, E. Hill, C. Pilcher, H. Ballantine, A. H. Smee, and T. B. 
Haywood. A first-class certificate was awarded to Baron Schroder 
(gardener, Mr. Ballantine) for Miltonia Blunti var. Lubbersiana, a large 
flowered form, the sepals dull greenish grey nearly covered with broad 
brown blotches, the lip white very faintly suffused with rose, the upper 
portion, as also the base of the sepals, purplish mauve, lined and 
blotched with brown. Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, received a 
botanical certificate for Mormodes buccinator var. aurea, with small 
deep yellow flowers. A similar award was made to them, and also to 
W. Wright, Esq., Denmark Hill (gardener, Mr. G. Parrott), for Catase- 
tum fimbriatum, an interesting form, with green lip and throat, sepal3 
and petals light green dotted wuth brown. Messrs. F. Sander & Co., 
St. Albans, received a similar award for Cattleya granulosa var. dijan- 
ceana, a peculiar form, the solitary flower having sepals of a light 
brownish green, and a small fringed magenta coloured lip. They also 
exhibited Vanda Hookeriana, Cattleya crocata rosea, Lrelia elegans 
Robinsonianum, L. e. marlboroughensis, L. e. Turneri, Vanda cmrulea, 
Peristeria elata, and Dendrobium undulatum. T Statter, Esq., Stand 
Hall, Manchester (sardener, Mr. Johnson), exhibited Lmlia elegan 9 
Turneri atro-ruben9, L. e. Turneri Stand Hall variety, L. e. blenheimensis, 
Mesopinidium vulcanicum, Odontoglossum Harryanum superbum, and 
Saccolabium Blumei longiracemosum. A vote of thanks was awarded. 
D. 0. Drewett, Esq , Riding Mill-on-Tyne (gardener, Mr. Keeling), had 
Cypripedium Beatrice and C. Eyemannianum Drewett’s var. C. J. Lucas, 
Esq , Warnham Court, Horsham, received a cultural commendation for 
Angrascum articulatum, and Messrs. Charlesworth, Shuttleworth & Co-. 
Heaton, Bradford, a vote of thanks for Oncidium macranthum var., a 
freely flowered deep yellow form. 
CARNATION SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON. 
Very rarely do we see these beautiful flowers grown to such per¬ 
fection in a private establishment as their merits deserve. Theirr 
culture being simple, and fire heat not necessary, amateurs with only an 
unheated structure should include them in their collections. They are 
easily increased by cuttings or layers, the latter being the surer and 
quicker method, besides being more likely to afford strong plants. 
About the middle of July, when the plants have flowered, they should 
be taken out of the pots and planted deeply in a warm south border in 
which a quantity of leaf mould and sand has been incorporated. The 
shoots can then be pegged down and layered about 6 inches from the 
tops, for if too low they never make such good plants. In about a 
month, if the operation has been successful (watering in dry weathen 
being well attended to), they will be well rooted and ready for potting. 
Three-inch pots are the best, the compost being three parts loam, one 
part lea? mould, and a dash of coarse sand. 
After potting stand them on ashes in a cold frame, the lights being 
left off as long as there is no danger of severe frosts or too much rain. 
During winter they are best kept in a house from which frost is excluded, 
as near the glass as possible. A look out must be kept for green fly, 
which is apt to attack them in all their stages, fumigation on two or 
three successive evenings, or where that is inconvenient an occasional 
dusting with tobacco powder, being efficacious. When they show signs 
of renewed growth in the spring they may be shifted into their flowering 
pots, 6 or 7 inches being most suitable. For this potting some- 
horse droppings, prepared as for Mushroom beds and rubbed through a 
sieve, may be mixed with the soil. The plants should have as light and 
airy a situation as possible, no advantage being derived from hurrying 
their growth. Where large blooms are desired some of the buds may 
be cut away, leaving five or six to the spike. When the buds are swelling 
a little feeding, either with liquid manure or some good plant invigorator 
used as a top-dressing, may be applied with advantage. Some of the 
side shoots will throw up flower stems in the autumn, which can be 
developed with a little heat. A fresh annual stock should always he. 
maintained, one year plants giving by far the best reults.—0. C. 
NATIONAL DAHLIA SOCIETY. 
SeptemberjAth and 1th. “ ' '''■"-■srntil 
Gloomy skies, with the concomitant absence of sunshine, heavy rains, 
boisterous winds, and low temperatures have combined to make the 
Dahlia exhibitor’s lot the reverse of a happy one this season. That 
other specialists have suffered in a similar manner is, according to the 
gospel of Rousseau, some consolation, but otherwise it does not mend 
matters. Roses were backward, Carnations were backward, Dahlias are 
backward. There has been an all-round retardation in the flower 
gardens as well as in the corn fields of wettest England, and following 
as it does on the cold summer of lbst year, and the severe winter that 
succeeded, gardeners will begin to feel uncomfortable misgivings that 
Flammarion’s prophecy of another glacial epoch may not, like others of 
that accomplished savant’s ideas, be so absurd as many have suppesed. 
Last year a fine autumn enabled Dahlias to do yeoman’s service in 
compensating for summer disappointments, and although the start i& 
not promising, it is not too late to hope that we may he similarly 
favoured this season. So lar the cold and wet have greatly retarded 
