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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[May 20 
any export or emigrant’s ironmonger’s; it has an adjusting 
screw, by means of which it can he made to grind fine or 
coarse, and the corn for the chickens is crushed more 
coarsely as they get older.” 
DAILY WORK TO BE DONE. 
The same as last month. 
Good lime-washing should be repeated this month. 
Anster Bonn. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S SHOW. 
CHISWICK, May 3rd. 
STOVE ORCHIDS. 
Of these there were eleven collections, including 134 
plants, every one of which was creditable to its grower. We 
must include in our list all which deserved especial notice, 
appending such other remarks as our space permits. 
Acineta Barkeuii (Rollison), 'two expanded spikes. 
A. Humboldtii (Rollison), one expanded spike. 
TErides affine rosea {Franklin), one spike, 18 inches long. 
iE. crispum (Veitch), four spikes. 
iE. suavissima ( Mylam ), a new and rare species, spike 15 inches. 
Aegophyllum {Williams), new species, sepals and petals deep rose; 
lip, rich purple. 
Anguloa Clowesii {Ivison), a nice plant, with two large flowers. 
Bletia Tankervillje (Kinghom), more than 20 spikes. 
Burlingtonia fragrans {Blake), one 8-flowered spike. 
B. rigida {Rollison), rarely bloomed; eight spikes. 
Calanthe veratrifolia {Blake), 15 spikes. 
Chysis bractescens {Mylam), 22 flowers. {Blake), numerously 
flowered. 
Cattleya Skinnerii {Blake), nine spikes, one 8-flowered, (Carson), 
12 spikes, highly coloured. 
C. intermedia pdrpurea {Williams), six spikes. 
C. Mosaic {Franklin), well bloomed. 
Camarotis purpurea (Carson), 4 ft. by 3 ft., finely bloomed. 
Cypripedium barbatum (Blake), 1? perfect flowers. (Veitch), 17 
flowers in perfection. 
C. Lowii (Williams), three flowers on a 2 ft. spike. 
Cyrtochilum filipes (Woolley), with five long stems judiciously 
trained. 
Dendrobium nobile (Mylam), 5 ft. by 3ft., thickly flowered. (Veitch), 
3 ft. by 3 ft., a dense mass of bloom. (Rollison), largest specimen, 
4 ft. by 4 ft., and full of bloom. (Franklin), 3 ft. by 3 ft., densely 
flowered. (Green), 31 by 31, with very stout flower stems. 
D. fimbriatum (Mylam), 5 ft. by 3 ft. (Rollison), 13 spikes. 
D. densiflorum (Mylam), nine spikes. (Williams), 13 spikes. 
D. Devonianum (Mylam), numerous flowers, trained to a trellis beau¬ 
tifully. (Williams), 0 spikes. (Veitch), so numerously flowered we 
could' not count them, and larger flowered than we ever saw. 
D. aggregatum (Mylam), a fine specimen. 
I). Farmerii (Williams), 13-flowered spike. 
D. Wallichii (Williams), 3 ft. by 3 ft. 
D. macrophylla (Williams), nine spikes. (Carson), six spikes. (King- 
horn), seven spikes. 
D. pulchella (Williams), 21 ft. across, covered with flowers. 
D. moniliforme ( Veitch ), 2l ft. by 2 ft., well flowered. 
1). Pierardii latifolia (Veitch), numerous spikes, some 5 ft. long, 
yet covered with flowers; a remarkable specimen. 
D. tortile (Veitch), rare, with several spikes. 
D. cierulescens (Franklin), 2l ft. by 2.1 ft., well flowered. 
Epidendrum bicornatum (Williams), rare, and rivalling the Phalte- 
nopsis. 
E. crassifolium (Carson), well bloomed. 
Leptotes bicolor (Mylam), many flowered. 
Lycaste Harrisonii (Carson), 18 perfect flowers. 
Oncidium bicolor (Mylam), noble flowers. 
O. phymatochilum (Williams), two spikes, much branched. 
O. amplicatum major (Williams), noble specimen, three large spikes. 
(Ivison), three spikes. 
O. Bauerii (Kinghom), numerously spiked, 
i O. leuchochilum (Ivison), three spikes. 
PiiALAiNOpsis grandiflora (Blake), 25 large flowers. (Veitch), 18 
flowers. (Franklin), 13 flowers. (Kinghom), 16 flowers, best 
bloomed at the Show. 
P. amabilis (Veitch), with no less than 30 flowers. (Franklin), 22 
fully expanded flowers. (Blake), 25 large flowers. 
Phaius Wallichii (Blake), six noble spikes. (Williams), eight spikes, 
i Schomburgckia violacea (Mylam), had twelve flowers on a 6-ft. 
spike. 
Saccolabigm guttatum (Blake), one spike, 12 inches long. (Frank¬ 
lin), two long spikes. 
| Triciiopilia tortilis (Blake), numerously flowered, 
j Vanda suavis (Mylam), spike of 10 flowers. (Veitch), true species, 
two 12-flowered spikes. 
I V. tricolor (Mylam), six spikes of flowers. (Blake), pale variety, two 
good spikes. 
j V. cristata (Mylam), rare, 22 flowers. 
Mr. Mylam, gardener to J. Rucker, Esq., Wandsworth, 
took the first prize (£15) for the best collection of 20. Mr. 
Blake, gardener to J. H. Schroeder, Esq., Stratford, took 
the second prize (£10) for the next best 20, and for the 
next best 20, Mr. Williams, gardener to C. B. Warner, Esq., 
Hoddesden, received the third prize (£7). Among the 
Nurserymen, Messrs. Veitch, Exeter, received the first prize 
(£7) for the Lest collection of 15; and Messrs. Rollison, 
Tooting, the second prize (£4). For collections of 10, Mr. 
Franklin , gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, Ealing Park, received 
the first prize (£7), and Mr. Carson, gardener to W. F. G. 
Farmer, Esq., Nonsuch Park, the second prize (£4). For 
collections of 0, Mr. Kinghom, gardener to Earl Kilmorey, 
Twickenham, had the first prize (£4) ; Mr. Green, gardener 
to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., Clieam, the second prize (£2 10s.); 
Mr. Woolley, gardener to H. B. Kerr, Esq., Cheshunt, the 
tim’d (£1 15s.) ; and Mr. Ivison, gardener to the Dowager 
Duchess of Northumberland, the fourth (£1 5s.). 
STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
There were 14 collections of these, comprising 104 plants, 
all of considerable merit, and the greater part of surpassing 
excellence. Among them the following were most con¬ 
spicuous. 
Adenandra speciosa (Frazer), a good plant. (Taylor), 4 ft. by 4 ft. 
(Croxford ), 2) ft. by 3 ft. 
TEschynanthus Boschianus (Green), 21 ft. by 2 ft., well bloomed. 
M. speciosus (Dodds), neat, 10 heads of flowers. 
Aphelexis macrantiia puRruREA (Gi-een), 21 ft. by 21 ft., handsome. 
A. sesamoides major (Stewart), 3 ft. by 21 ft., seldom seen. 
A. splendidissima (Williams), beautiful, and tastefully trained. 
A. iiumile (Kinghom), 3 ft. by 3 ft., well flowered. 
Azalea indica var. Murrayana (Cole), 21 ft. by 3 ft., covered com¬ 
pletely with blossom. 
A. indica var. Gem (Carson), 3 ft. by 3 ft., well bloomed. 
A. indica lateritia (Dodds), 3 ft. by 21 ft., well bloomed. 
A. indica var. prestantissima (Hamp), 4 ft. by 2 ft., very fine. 
A. indica alba (Williams), 8 ft. by 4 ft.,splendidly bloomed. 
A. indica var. Prince Albert (Williams), 3 ft. by 2 ft., rosy red 
flowers. 
A. indica var. optima (Kinghom), 5 ft. by 2) ft. richly bloomed. 
A. variegata (Green), 4 ft. by 3 ft., densely flowered. 
A. decora (Green), 3 ft. by 3 ft. 
Boronia serrulata (May), 2 ft. by 3 ft., perfect specimen. (Frazer), 
2 ft. by 2 ft., well bloomed. (Dodds), 2$ ft. by 2l ft., handsome. 
B. pinnata (Frazer), 2 ft. by 2 ft., well bloomed. (Green), 2ft. by 2 ft. 
(Dodds), 21 ft. by 2.) ft., handsome. 
B. anemonifolia (Carson), 21 ft. by 2$ ft., finely bloomed. 
Clerodendrum splendens (Cole), balloon trellised, well bloomed. 
C. fallax (Speed), with 12 panicles of splendid flowers. 
Chorozema Lawrenciana (Frazer), 3 ft. by 3 ft., well bloomed. 
(Croxford), 4 ft- by 3 ft. 
C. Henciimannii (Frazer), 3 ft. by 2 ft., well bloomed. 
C. varium nana ( Frazer ), 3 ft. by 2 ft., well bloomed. 
Cytisus latifolia (Williams), 31 ft. by 21 ft., finely bloomed. 
Dilwynia juniperina ( Pamplin ), 5 ft. by 3 ft. 
Daviesia latifolia (Stewart), good plant, scarcely in bloom. 
Epacris grandiflora (May), an immense plant, 8 ft. by 8 ft. (CVo.r- 
ford), 5 ft. by 5 ft., finely bloomed. (Over), 3 ft. by 4 ft, (Stanley), 
3 ft. by 3 ft., good plant. 
E. pulciiella (Over), 2 ft. by lj ft., an old species, well grown. 
R miniata (Kinghom), 3 ft. by 3 ft. 
Eriostemon cuspidatum rubrum (May), new variety, 8 ft. by 6 ft., 
full of bloom. 
E. buxifolium (Hamp), 3 ft. by 3 ft. 
Erica intermedium (May), 5 ft. by 5 ft., well bloomed. (Speed), 3 ft, 
by 3 ft., well bloomed. 
E. vestita alba (May), 5 ft. by 5 ft., very good. 
E. grandinosa (Pamplin), 5 ft by 3 ft. 
E. pubescens minor (Pamplin), 2J ft. by lift. 
E. peusoluta alba (Pamplin), 3 ft. by 21 ft. 
E. propendens ( Taylor ), 1) ft. by 2 ft., well flowered. (Croxford), 
21 ft. by 2j ft., thickly bloomed. 
E. trossula (Stewart), 4 ft. by 4 ft., covered with bloom. 
E. Sindriana (Stewart), 21 ft. by 21 ft. 
Feanciscea acuminata (Cole), 21 ft. by 3 ft. 
F. latifolia (Carson), 21 ft. by 2 ft., neat though usually straggling. 
Hovea Celsii (May), difficult to get into form, but this well regulated 
and full of flower. (Cole), 3 ft. by 2 ft., well managed. (Pamplin), 
a nice plant. 
Hoya imperialis (Cole), 8 ft. by 5 ft., with eight beads of flowers. 
H. campanulata (Over), well bloomed and trained. 
Ixora Javanica (May), rather new, 3.) ft. by 3 ft., with full 100 heads 
of flowers. 
I. coccinea (Cole), 3.1 ft. by 21 ft., numerously flowered. (Green), 
3.) ft. by 21 ft., flowers numerous and large. 
Lesciienaultia Formosa (Green), 21 ft. by 2 ft., densely flowered. 
(Taylor), 2 ft. by 3 ft. (Carson), a pretty specimen. (Speed), 2 ft. 
by 21 ft. (Kinghom), 21 ft. by 2.1 ft. 
L. biloba superb a (Green), thin, yet well bloomed. 
Oxylobium Pulten-e,® (Carson). 3 ft. by 3 ft. 
Podolobium stauropiiyllum (May), densely bloomed, ^ ft. by 5 ft. 
P. CHOROZEM.EFOLIUM (May), 3 ft. by 3 ft., very fine. 
Pulten^a stipulacea (May), another plant difficult to regulate, but 
here in good form ; scarcely in bloom. 
Pi Melea spectauilis (Pamplin), 3 ft. by 3 ft. (Taylor), 3 ft. by 3 ft., 
good condition. (Croxford), 2 ft. by 2 ft., large flowered. (Stewart), 
4 ft. by 4 ft. 
P. lanata (Pamplin), in good condition, 3 ft. by 3 ft.; a plant seldom 
seen. 
P. Hendersonii (Croxford), 2j ft. by 21 ft., well grown. (Speed), 2 ft. 
by 2 ft., nice healthy plant. (Williams), 3 ft. by 3 ft. 
Polyqala oppositifolia (Taylor), large and well bloomed. 
P. cordifolia (Taylor), 3 ft. by 2J ft. 
