THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
August 
234 
NEW GREENHOUSE AND HARDY PLANTS 
DESERVING CULTIVATION. 
Rose-coloured Lapageria (Lapageria rosea ).— 
This will certainly succeed in our greenhouses, and, 
perhaps, in our borders, being a native of the cool 
districts of Chili. It is a climber, and is possessed 
by Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter. Its flowers are crim¬ 
son, spotted with white, but have not yet bloomed in 
this country. It will probably require the same 
treatment as the genus Eustrephus —growing in sandy 
peat, and propagating readily by cuttings.— Hot,. 
Mag., 4447. 
Apricot ( The Haisha). —This is a native of Syria, 
sent to the Horticultural Society by J. Warmington, 
Esq., who had it from the garden of J. Barker, Esq., 
at Suedia, in that country. Fruit earlier than the 
Breda, roundish, about two inches in diameter, 
acutely channelled, semi-transparent, slightly downy, 
pale citron colour, marbled with red; flesh tender, 
juicy, sugary, delicious, citron coloured, and parting 
freely from the stone ; stone small, with kernel 
sweet like a nut.— Hort. Soe. Journal, iv. 189. 
New Firs. —From the mountains of Upper Cali¬ 
fornia, Mr. Hartweg brought seeds of four firs, 
which, as well as plants raised from them, have been 
liberally distributed to members of the Horticultural 
Society. They are all hardy. Pinus Benthamiana : 
this noble pine seems to be entirely a mountain 
species, its stem sometimes attaining the height of 
200 feet, and a circumference of 28 feet. There is 
little doubt but it will prove quite hardy, and yield a 
very valuable timber in England. Pinus radiata: 
this grows on the level of the sea, and very near 
the beach, in California, and is therefore likely to 
be valuable for sea-side plantations. It is very 
handsome, attains a height of 100 feet, and is 
feathered with branches down to the ground. Pinus 
muricata is a mountain pine, growing within a few 
miles of the sea-shore in California. Its height 
seldom exceeds 40 feet, nor the diameter of the stem 
12 inches. It is the Obispo, or bishop pine, of the 
Californians. Pinus tuberculata grows close to the 
beach, as well as far from it, on the mountains of 
California. Extreme height 30 feet, and diameter 
of stem 10 inches. It will probably be good for 
plantations in our maritime districts. — Ibid. iv. 
211—20. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S SHOW. 
July 11th. 
Agreeable to our promise, we proceed to notice 
some parts of the exhibition, either omitted or very 
briefly noticed in a former number. As we com¬ 
menced with single, new, or rare plants, we shall 
now give a brief account of single specimens show¬ 
ing superior culture. As might have been antici¬ 
pated, on account of the advance of the season and 
the long succession of sunny hot days, the plants of 
this description were less in number than at previous 
shews this year. There were, however, some speci¬ 
mens that displayed as much as ever the untiring 
zeal and successful skill of the present race of gar¬ 
deners. Twenty years ago, the worst specimen pre¬ 
sent would have been considered as the perfection of 
cultural skill. Nor have we yet reached the acme of 
perfection. So long as the public patronize such ex¬ 
hibitions, and so long as the managers of exhibitions 
give liberal prizes, the same spirit of emulation will 
spur on the exliibiters to produce more perfect objects 
lor their patrons to admire and councils of horticul¬ 
tural societies to reward. 
Single Specimens of Orchids. —Messrs. Veitch 
obtained a well-deserved prize for a noble specimen 
of that fine species, Saccolabium Blumei, with five 
spikes of its beautiful flowers, each more than a foot 
in length. Mr. Ivison had a prize also for a noble 
well-flowered plant of the Oneidium guttatum. Mr. 
Woolley, gardener to H. B. Ker, Esq., Clieshunt, ex¬ 
hibited and obtained a prize for Oneidium leucochi- 
lum, with very bright coloured flowers. Mr. Green 
had a prize for an Aerides odoratum, past its best. 
Single Specimens of other Plants. —The follow¬ 
ing obtained prizes: Mr. Ivison, for a good specimen 
of that elegant plant, Leschenaultea splendens ; Mr. 
May, of Ealing, for the difficult-to-grow plant, Roella 
ciliata ; Mr. Green, also, for a well-grown and finely- 
flowered Leschenaultia formosa ; Mr. Ivison, for that 
new and handsome plant, Balsamina repens ; and Mr. 
Glendinning, for an excellent specimen of that beau¬ 
tiful variety, Gloxinia Wortleyana. 
Single Specimen of PIeatiis of superior culture. 
—The only prize awarded was one to Mr. Bruce, 
gardener to Boyd Miller, Esq., of Tooting, for a fine 
E. depressa. 
Amongst the miscellaneous subjects there was from 
Messrs. Veitch a neat specimen of the new pitcher 
plant, Nepenthes sanguinea, with four of those singu¬ 
lar, large, blood-coloured, elongations of the leaf, 
commonly called “ pitchers, ” from their similitude 
to that domestic article. We must notice also under 
this head the elegant Lycopodium, from Mr. Warner’s 
garden. It is of an upright, almost shrubby habit, 
with blue-greyish leaves, in the way of L. ccesium. 
Pelargoniums. —Considering the lateness of the 
season, these class of flowers were exhibited in res¬ 
pectable condition, though not so numerous as on 
former occasions. Collections of six new and first-rate 
varieties in 8-inch pots:—1st prize, to amateurs, Mr. 
Staines, for Rosamond, Lalla Rookh, Foster’s Ariel, 
the Pear], Marion, and Forget-me-not. 2nd prize, 
to Mr. Robinson, gardener to I. Simpson, Esq., for 
Ainora, Oberon, Beauty of Clapham, Negress, the 
Pearl, and Annette. Collections of six in 11-inch 
pots:—1st prize, to Mr. Parker, gardener to I. Ough- 
ton, Esq., of Roehampton, for Hector, Isabella, Duke 
of Cornwall, Camilla, Rosy Circle, and Zenobia. 2nd 
prize, to Mr. Reddel, gardener to F. Ashley, Esq., of 
Staines, for Sarah Jane, Duke of Cornwall, Desde- 
mona, Arabella, Orion, and Pulchellum. Collections 
of six, by nurserymen, in 8-inch pots:—1st prize, 
Mr. Beck, of Isleworth, for Star, Governor (seedling 
of 1848), Painter, Princess, and Cassandra. 2nd 
prize, to Mr. Bragg, of Slough, for Ariel, Ondine, 
Lalla Rookh, Grenadier, Alonzo, and Alderman. 
Collections of six in .11-inch pots :—1st prize, to Mr. 
Gaines, for Magog, White Surrey, Lord Warden, 
Sarah Jane, Princess, and Mary Queen of Scots. 
Fancy Varieties. —1st prize, to the same, for Hero 
of Surrey, Queen Victoria, Jenny Lind, Bouquet tout 
fait, Virgil, and Multata. 2nd prize, to Mr. Staines, 
for Anais, Woodsii, Statuiska, Nymph, Madame 
Meillez, and Yeatmanii. 
Carnations. —This most lovely class of flowers 
was shown in excellent condition, and did great 
credit to the exliibiters. We cannot but observe 
here that the Council committed a mistake in not 
separating the two classes of exliibiters—amateurs 
and the dealers in florist flowers. We are quite 
sure the latter felt a repugnance in exhibiting against 
their customers. This mistake ought to be remedied 
at future exhibitions. 1st prize, to Mr. Ward, of 
Woolwich, for Hepworth’s Hamlet, Colonel of the 
Blues, Cartwright’s Rainbow, Martin’s President, 
