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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
November 29, 1894. 
arranged at the back of the group, which also included good 
examples of Vanda coerulea, Laclia marginata, Dendrobium 
bigibbum, and a fine Brassavola. The flowers of this latter were 
pure white with the exception of the lip, which was light yellow 
margined with white. This was labelled B, grandiflora.—H. R. R. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
November 27th. 
As is usual at this time of the year there was a falling off in the 
number of exhibits in the Drill Hall, James Street, Westminster, on this 
occasion. Orchids were not very numerous, the same applying to green¬ 
house and stove plants generally. Chrysanthemums were fairly well 
represented, and a few collections of fruit and vegetables were exhibited. 
Fruit Committee. —Present; Philip Crowley, Esq. (in the chair) ; 
Eev. W. Wilks, Dr. Hogg, Messrs. T. F. Rivers, H. J. Yeitch, H. J. 
Pearson, G. W. Cummins. G. F. Miles, A. Dean, J. Willard, J. Hudson, 
F, Q. Lane, J. Smith, D. Balderson, G. H. Sage, and T. J. Saltmarsh. 
Messrs. Harraway & Scott, Warminster, sent a dish of a new seedling 
kidney Potato called Scott’s Main Crop, and also a dish of Sirius, a 
heavy cropping round. Pears President Dronarda and Fondante de 
Sondre were shown by Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, while 
Messrs. H. Lane &; Son, Berkhampstead, sent handsome bunches of 
Grapes, for which a cultural commendation was accorded, and a dish of 
Red Blenheim Orange Apples. Mr. Farr, gardener to A. Pears, Esq , 
Isleworth, sent freely fruiting plants of Tomato All the Year Round, but 
doubt was expressed as to its distinctness from King Humbert and 
Chiswick Red, and it will be grown side by side of these varieties at 
Chiswick next year. 
An interesting and instructive collection of Potatoes was staged 
by Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, and a silver Banksian medal 
was recommended. Amongst the best ot the varieties shown were Mr. 
Bresee, Lady Fife, Stourbridge Glory, Snowflake, Jeanie Deans, 
Early Puritan, Boston Q.Q., Colossal, and Chieftain. A silver Banksian 
medal was recommended to Messrs. C. Lee & Son, Hammersmith, for an 
extensive and diversifled collection of Apples, comprising numerous 
varieties. 
Floral Committee. —Present : W. Marshall, Esq. (in the chair) ; 
Messrs. J. Laing, C. T. Druery, H. Herbst, R. Dean, H. B. May, 
G. Stevens, C. J. Salter, J. Jennings, C. F. Bause, R, Owen, G. Gordon, 
W. Bain, C. Jeffries, H. Selfe Leonard, J. T. Bennett-Poe, C. E. Shea, 
J. Walker, C. Noble, E. Beckett, H. J. Jones, and E. Mawley. 
The most beautiful exhibit, and the one that attracted the most 
attention, was shown by Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryccroft Nursery, Hither 
Green, Lewisham, S.E. Chrysanthemums of course formed the pre¬ 
dominating feature, the large handsome blooms being tastefully arranged 
with Ferns, Asparagus, Smilax, and autumn foliage. Amongst the 
Chrysanthemums shown were Madame Carnot, Silver Cloud, Good 
Gracious, Niveus, Duchess of York, and some incurved. The vases used 
in this stand were admirably and tastefully fiPed with flowers (silver- 
gilt Flora medal). A number of fine spikes of Canna Queen Charlotte 
were sent by Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, and made a bright 
display. Cyclamens in various colours were exhibited by Messrs. Hugh 
Low & Co., Enfield, in which the white kinds were by far the best 
silver Banksian medal). 
Mr. W. Salmon, Ivy Cottages, Elder Road, Upper Norwood, showed 
jome combinations of Chrysanthemums and foliage in the form of 
bouquets, epergnes, and sprays, in which much tas'e was manifest 
(silver Banksian medal). Chrysanthemums in great variety and ex¬ 
cellent form were staged by Mr. W. Wells, Earlswcod Nurseries, Red 
Hill ; W. H. Lincoln, Robert Owen, Mdlle. Th^rcie Rey, Florence Davis, 
Lord Brooke, Viscountess Hambledon, Mr. H. Broomhead, Crown of 
Thorns, and Madame Carnot (see below) were a few of the kinds seen. 
Sprays of single varieties were also staged by the same exhibitor, and 
looked very charming (silver Banksian medal). Mr. R, Gilbert, 
Burghley Gardens, Stamford, showed splendid blooms of a sport from 
W. H. Lincoln, and named William Cecil. Blooms of Chrysanthe¬ 
mums were shown by Mr. Pascoe, gardener to Captain Torrens, Baston 
Manor, Hayes Common ; and small blooms of Chrysanthemums came 
from Mr. J, Tucker, Rose Bank, Caterham Hill. 
Begonias in great variety were staged by Messrs. J. Sander & Co., 
St. Albans. Most of them were the result of crossing B. socotrana with 
B. Rex, and possessed some of the good qualities of each parent. 
Winter Queen (award of merit), Winter Cheer, Winter Jewel, Winter 
Charm, and Winter Beauty were among the most noticeable. Mr. Bain, 
girdener to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Burford Lodge, Dorking, received an 
award of merit for Reinwardtia tetragyne and also for Ruellia 
macrantha. for descriptions of which see below. Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale 
Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, showed pans of Narcissus monophyllus and 
also a pan of Gaultheria procumbens. 
A handsome collection of Pernettyas was exhibited by Mr. 
A. Waterer, Woking, all of them being seedlings (bronze Banksian 
medal). From Mr. R. Owen came blooms of Chrysanthemums, in which 
Black Prince (see below), Owen’s Crimson (see below), Mrs. Seebohm, 
Mods. Meg (see below), and Waverley were noticeable. Mr. J. Smith, 
St. Leonard’s Road, Windsor, staged blooms of Chrysanthemum Royal 
Windsor; and Mr. Duncan, gardener to C. J. Lucas, Esq , Warnham 
Court, Horsham, showed plants of Primula capitata, Loxwood variety. 
Okchid Committee.— Present: H. J. Veitch. Esq. (in the chair) ; 
Messrs. J. O’Brien, H. M. Pollet, R. Brojman Wh te, Chas. Pilcher, 
E. Hill, H. J. Chapman, H. Ballantine, T. Statter, J. Douglas, and 
S. Courtauld. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, sent a collection of Cattleyas, 
Lselias, and plants of the beautiful Vanda coerulea. Some plants of 
Cypripedium Charlesworthi were shown by the same firm. A. H. 
Smee, Esq., The Grange, Wallington (gardener, Mr. G. W. Cummins), 
exhibited a plant of Cypripedium Smeeana (C. Argus X C. villosum), a 
very fine hybrid, and another of C. Dautheri superba. S. G. Lutwyche, 
Esq., Eden Park, Beckenham (gardener, Mr. Paterson), had plants of 
Cypripedium insigne Lutwycheanum and C, tonsum Lutwycheanum, 
T. Statter, Esq., Stand Hill, Manchester (gardener, Mr. R. Johnson), 
sent Cypripedium Lucianum superbum (award of merit), and a bloom 
of C. Leeanum giganteum. Mr. P. Weathers, Silverhall Nursery, Isle- 
worth, had Cattleya labiata var. Weathersiana, a distinct form. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Sons, Upper Holloway, contributed a small 
group of Cypripediums and OJontoglossums. Phaio-Calanthe Sedeni 
rosea was shown by the same firm, who staged the quaint green-coloured 
Cypripedium reticulatum. Mr. P. McArthur, The London Nursery, 
Maida Vale, W., had a group of Orchids arranged with Ferns and other 
foliage plants. Mesisrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, sent a collection of 
choice Orchids, including the popular Dendrobium Phalrenopsis in 
variety, with some distinct Calanthes and Cypripediums. Among the 
latter were C. J. Bartels (C, Boxalli x C. callosum), and C. Doncasteri- 
anum (C, hirsutissimum x C. callosum), both fine hybrids. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, sent Lselio- 
Cattleya Decia (first-class certificate), Habenaria carnea alba, Cypri¬ 
pedium Milo, and Helianphora nutans. A first-class certificate was 
granted for Phaio-Calanthe Sedeniana, shown by Baron Schroder, The 
Dell, Egham (gardener, Mr. Ballantine). The same exhibitor had 
Cypripedium insigne Sanderiana, for which an award of merit was 
adjudged. C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham (gardener, 
Mr. Duncan), secured an award of merit for Odontoglossum Insleayi 
splendens aurea, W. Thompson, Esq , Walton Grange, Stone (gardener, 
Mr. W. Stevens), had various Orchids, as did Mons. Jules Hye, Ghent, 
the latter securing an award of merit for Cypripedium triumphans, a 
rich coloured kind. Mons. A. A. Peeters, St. Gilles, Brussels, secured an 
award of merit for Cattleya labiata var. ; and N. C. Cookson, Esq., 
Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gardener, Mr. W. Murray), won a similar 
honour for Calanthe Harold, a distinct form. Major Joicey, Sunningdale 
Park, Sunningdale (gardener, Mr. F. J. Thorne), exhibited the rare 
Serrastylis modesta, for which a botanical certificate was awarded. 
Mr. J. F. Williamson, The Gardens, Highlands, Minchin Hampton, had 
some Cypripediums in rare form. 
Certificates and Awards of Merit. 
Begonia Sander's Winter Queen (F. Sander & Co.).—This is a new 
break in Begonias, and was raised by fertilising B. socotrana with the 
pollen of the varieties of B. Rex. The leaves are very handsome, grey 
and green, the shades being clearly defined and spotted white. The 
flowers were not expanded, but they appear to be of a pink colour. 
The plants exhibited were raised from seeds sown the first week in 
February of this year. 
Calanthe Harold (N. C. Cookson).—This is a charming form, with 
bright rosy pink flowers of an attractive appearance (award of merit). 
Cattleya labiata, Peeters' var. (A. A. Peeters).—This is a distinct 
variety, the flowers being large, of a rosy maiive shade, suffused and 
margined with a lighter shade (award of merit). 
Chrysanthemum Duchess of York (H. J. Jones).—This handsome 
yellow variety was figured and described in the Journal of Horticulture 
for October 25th of this year (award of merit). 
Chrysanthemum Madame Carnot (W. Wells and H. J. Jones).— 
A delicate creamy white flower with very long twisted florets (award of 
merit). 
Chrysanthemum Owen's Crimson (R. Owen).—An incurved variety of 
a good substance, deep crimson colour (award of merit). 
Clbvysanthemum 3Ions. Meg (R. Owen).—This flower has brick red 
florets with a yellow reverse (award of merit). 
Chrysanthemum Blach Prince (R. Owen).—A rich deep crimson 
slightly incurved Japanese variety of good form and substance (award 
of merit). 
Cyprig)edium Lucianum superhum (T. Statter).—The upper sepal of 
this variety is large, pale green, spotted chocolate colour, with a broad 
whitish margin. The sepals and lip are shiny brown suffused with 
green (award of merit). 
Cyprigyedium insigne Sanderiana QiAvou. Schidler).—This is a light 
coloured form of an old favourite, the petals and lip being a bright 
yellowish green. Half of the upper sepal is pale green, the other portion 
white (award of merit). 
Cypripedium triumphans (Jules Hye).—The flower of this kind is 
large and very showy. The upper sepal is bright green, thickly spotted 
with chocolate, the margin being pink and white. The petals and lip 
are bright shiny brown (award of merit). 
Lcelio-Cattleya Decia (J. Veitch & Sons)—This is the result of a 
cross between Cattleya Dowiana aurea and Lcelia Perrini. The sepals 
and petals are pale rose, as is the centre of the lip, the margin of the 
latter being a rich purplish crimson (first-class certificate). 
Odontoglossum Disleayi splendens aurea (C. J. Lucas).—This is a 
distinct Orchid, the flowers being large and of a dull yellow shade, 
except the lip, which is bright golden dotted reddish brown (award of 
merit). 
Phaio-Calanthe Sedeniana (Baron Schi cider). — A very distinct 
bigeneric hybrid, being the result of a cross between Phaius grandi- 
