June 23. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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are decided improvements, and worthy of cultivation. 
Messrs. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place, sent a Pelar¬ 
gonium called Countess , a lree-flowering, ligh't variety, 
suited for bedding purposes, that is, if it will bear ex¬ 
posure in the open air. There was also a new striped 
variety, from Mr. Macintosh, of Maida Yale, which 
promises well. It had a truss of flowers upon it of a 
bright scarlet. The plant has all the habit of the 
scarlet Tom Thumb, being dwarf, compact, and bushy. 
Messrs. Henderson had a specimen of their white, 
horse-shoe-leaved Geranium, called Boule de Neige, a 
desirable bedding variety. 
In new Stove Plants, the most remarkable one was 
Plectranthus concolor picta. The leaves are its chief 
attraction, being of a dark crimson colour edged with 
green. The lovers of coloured leaves will be delighted 
with this plant. 
There was also a plant named Phrynium splendidum, 
belonging to the ginger tribe, with a fine head of bright 
crimson flowers, with a white centre. 
The Orchids were more numerous than at the last 
meeting; they filled one side of one of the long tents 
completely, and they were not only more numerous, but 
even better bloomed. The following wei'e additions to 
those I noted on the last occasion: — BurlingIonia 
venusta, twelve spikes. B.fragrans, four spikes. Aerides 
affine, twenty spikes, many of them much branched ; a 
most splendid plant. A. affine rosea, ten spikes; very 
beautiful. A. odorata purpurescens, twenty spikes; very 
well grown and profusely flowered. Dendrobium secundum, 
the dark variety; I never saw this so well bloomed or 
better coloured; fourteen spikes. D. transparens, nu¬ 
merous spikes; a lovely, small flowered species. D. 
clavatum (new) ; the flowers of this species are like 
D. Paxtonii, but have no fringe to tire lip, and the plant 
is of a more dwarf habit. D. Devonianum ; I mentioned 
this as being at the previous Show, but on this occasion 
it was grown as it should be, in a basket, with the 
flower-shoots drooping downward; the plant was large, 
and had numerous spikes clothed with their beautiful 
flowers. D. tortile, though not showy in colour, this is a 
delicately beautiful species, producing its pretty flowers 
very abundantly. Anguloa Clowesii, with three large, 
golden-coloured flowers. Anguloa, Humboldtii, a large 
plant, with long, drooping spikes. Cattleya Mossice, the 
orange-tipped variety, twenty flowers. Lycaste tyrian- 
thina, well bloomed. Calanthe niasuca, ten spikes. Vanda 
Roxburghii ccerulea, two spikes, with many flowers. V. 
teres, six flowers; Sobralia macrantlia, with sixteen 
flowers, very highly coloured. These were the most 
remarkable plants, in addition to a display of other 
kinds of Aerides, Dendrobiums, and Phalaeuopsis, 
making altogether one of the most splendid exhibitions 
of orchids ever seen. 
In Miscellaneous Collections of stove and green¬ 
house plants there was no lack of fine, well-bloomed 
specimens—stove plants preponderating more, as might 
be expected, than at the last show. There certainly 
were not so many very large plants, because the collec¬ 
tion from Ealing Park was not there; but I question 
much whether such immense plants are so attractive as 
smaller ones profusely bloomed. The following are 
additional:— 
Hoya bella, syn. Paxtonii, a good, well-bloomed plant, 
3 ft. by 3 ft.; Allamanda cathartica, 4 ft. by 4 ft.; Cho- 
rozema grandijlora, 3 ft. by 3 ft.; Clerodendron splendens, 
trained to a globular trellis, and profusely bloomed, 
3 ft. by 3 ft. ; Rondoletia speciosa, very shapely and 
profusely bloomed, 3 ft. by 3 ft. ; Dipladenia splendens, 
a large plant, well-flowered, 5 ft. by 4 ft. ; Boronia 
serrulata, a favourite plant, 2£ ft. by 2 ft.; Tetratheca 
verticillata, 2 ft. by 2 ft.; Aotus gracillimus, very elegant 
and profusely bloomed, 3 ft. by 3 ft.; Chorozema macro- 
phijUa, trained as a twiner, 3 ft. by 2£ ft.; Hiblertia 
Cunninghamii, a bright yellow-flowered species, 2 ft. by 
2 ft.; Cyrtanthera magnijica, rather new, allied to Jus- 
ticia, with large spikes of reddish flowers, 2 ft. by 2 ft.; 
Burcliellia capensis, 3 ft. by 3 ft., well bloomed ; Poly- 
gala Dalmaisiana, 21 ft. by 2 J- ft.; and P. grandijlora, 
3 ft. by 2^ ft. 
Heaths were exhibited in great numbers, and exceed¬ 
ingly well bloomed, especially Erica splendens, 2 It. by 
2 ft.; E. Westphaliegii, 2A ft. by 2 ft. ; E. ventricosa 
fasciculata rosea, 3 ft. by 3 ft.; E. ventricosa grandijlora 
(the best of all the Ventricose heaths), 3 ft. by 2^ ft.; 
i E. tricolor, 3 ft. by 3 ft.; E. odorata, 9 ft. by H ft.; 
i E. Massonii, 2 ft. by 2 ft.; E. metulajlora, the true 
species, a compact bush, well bloomed, 2£ ft. by 2^ ft. 
! Greenhouse Azaleas were exhibited in considerable 
i numbers, but the plants were generally smaller than at 
! the May shows. They were, however, well-bloomed 
I Florists’ Flowers. 
Roses in Pots. —These were quite as good as in 
1 May, and there were several fresh varieties exhibited. 
I noted the following as being good, in addition to those 
mentioned on the last occasion— 
White. — Lamargie, Madame Legras, Madame 
White. — Lamargie, 
Plantia. 
Blush Rose. —-Blairi, Souvenir de Malmaison, Magna 
rosea (very large and double), Mandalein, Armosa. 
Deep Rose. —Triomplie d’Angers, Dr. Marx, Charles 
Facquier, La Reine, Madame Latfay, Triomphe de Lac- 
quier. 
Yellow. —This colour was more plentiful than ordi¬ 
nary. Pauline Plantia, La Pactole, Eliza Sauvage, and 
others. 
Crimson. —Louis Peronny, Velours Episcopale, Au- 
, gustus Mouschelet. 
, Pelargoniums. —The collections of this effective show 
flower were numerous, and generally finely-bloomed. 
There were many additions to the varieties I mentioned 
as being at the May meeting; the best were as below— 
Dark. —Nandee, Claudiana, Jupiter, Sahib, Narcis- 
t sus, Optimum (very fine), Oscar, Painter—improved. 
Scarlet, or approaching to it.—Mars, Renown, In- 
1 comparable, Basilisk. 
1 Purple. —Governor, Purpurea, Tamberlik, Cruenta. 
Light. —Leonora, Medora, Enchantress. 
Rose.- —Emily, Nonpareil, Zaria, Majestic, Elise, May 
Queen, Don Carlos. 
The lesser, or fancy varieties — Light: Celestial, Flora- 
bunda, Nourmahal, Delicata, Formosissima, Jenny Lind. 
In dark varieties, there were no additions worth noticing, 
excepting one named Lady Hume Campbell. 
Calceolarias. —There were several collections in fine 
condition ; the best were Bertha, dark crimson, spotted 
with orange; Rising Sun, a glowing scarlet, nearly self- 
coloured; Alice, a large, round flower, yellow ground, 
spotted with crimson ; Miss E. Mills, and Delicata. 
Fuchsia. —There was one collection of six shown in 
fine condition, consisting of Light varieties —Rosamond, 
Elizabeth, Dr. Grove; Dark varieties —A jax (very 
good), Falstaff, Count Beaulieu. 
Miscellaneous. — Under this head, there was ex- 
i hibited a fine collection of Stove Ferns, two collections 
of British Ferns, and a collection of Lycopodiums, all 
well grown ; also, a considerable collection of Anecto- 
chilus, in various species, shown under bell-glasses. 
Variegated hardy plants, a collection ol 45 varieties; a 
collection of cut wild flowers, and four collections of 
interesting Alpine plants. 
Fruit. —The Society offered prizes for fruit at this 
meeting, and the growers mustered strong, and produced 
a very fair display. There were twenty-one Pine Apples, 
five baskets of Black Grapes, 12lbs. each, twenty-one 
dishes of Black Grapes, three bunches in each, and 
seven dishes, of three bunches each, of White Grapes ; 
dishes of Peaches, six dishes of Nectarines, 
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