1883.] 
BEGONIA THOMAS MOORE.-TULIP SHOWS. 
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BEGONIA THOMAS MOORE. 
["Plate 589."I 
f ^^HE Chiswick collection of tuberous Be¬ 
gonias has acquired well - deserved 
notoriety for the fine and highly 
varied strain of these showy flowers 
which Mr. Barron has worked up, the ex¬ 
cellence of which has been sufficiently attested 
by the number of certificates which have been 
granted to varieties derived from this source, 
amongst which occur A. F. Barron, Mrs. 
Stevens, Queenie, A. Hemsley, Dr. Denny, 
Dr. Hogg, Henry Webb, Nellie Barron, and 
others. Their name is now legion, and the 
strides they have made during the few years 
since they were first introduced has' been 
something extraordinary—the most extra¬ 
ordinary being Mr. Cannell’s six-inch City of 
London and others M. Edouard Andre recently 
TULIP 
EOYAL NATIONAL TULIP SOCIETY. 
HE Exhibition of this, the leading Tulip 
Society, took place on June 2, in the 
Manchester Botanical Gardens. It is 
years since such an extensive and 
thoroughly fine display of blooms has been 
seen ; and it was a great surprise for many, 
for throughout the entire exhibition an ex¬ 
cellent quality was discernible—the flowers 
generally being of good size, fine, handsomely 
marked, with the colours rich and striking. 
The exhibitors we are informed—for circum¬ 
stances prevented our being present on this 
occasion—came mainly from Lancashire and 
Cheshire, some from Yorkshire, and one or 
two from Staffordshire. The date which had 
been fixed on, was too late for Nottingham 
and Derby growers ; and Mr. Thurston, of 
Wolverhampton, who always shows in excellent 
style, had kept his flowers in a cool cellar for 
a week past in order to preserve them for this 
show. On the other hand, Mr. Barlow, who was 
awarded nearly thirty prizes, would have been 
at his best a week later, his flowers generally 
being wanting in growth. There were over 
thirty competitors on this occasion, and though 
since the last Tulip meeting a few have fallen 
away from the ranks through death (notably 
our occasional correspondent the late Mr. 
John Hepworth, of Huddersfield), and other 
causes, it is pleasant to learn that there was 
pourtrayed in the Revue Horticole, and some 
of Messrs. Laing & Co.’s novelties. 
The variety we now figure does not attain 
these enormous dimensions, but it is of large 
size, of brilliant colour, and of a distinct form 
and habit of growth ; so that the Floral Com¬ 
mittee when awarding it a lst-class Certificate, 
on July 7, 1882, regarded it as the foundation 
of a new type characterised by fulness and 
rotundity of the individual flowers. It is of 
erect habit, with short fleshy stems, and 
moderate-sized leaves, while the flowers are 
numerous and bold in character, of a brilliant 
light scarlet, and almost circular in form, being 
composed of five broad overlapping petals which 
are roundish in outline, and make up a beauti¬ 
ful and effective flower.—M. 
SHOWS. 
no lack of enthusiasm and that the ranks of 
the Tulip fanciers have been strengthened by 
the enlistment of new recruits. 
Rectified Tulips. 
Class I. 12 dissimilar, 2 feathered and 2 flamed 
of each class.— 1st, Rev. P. I). Horner, Kirkby 
Malzeard, with beautiful examples of Sir J. Paxton 
and Orion, flamed: Garibaldi and Orion, feathered 
bizarres: Rose Celestial and Triomphe Royale, 
flamed: Heroine and Modesty, feathered roses: 
Talisman and Queen Charlotte, flamed : Mrs. Cooper 
and Alice Gray, feathered bybloemens. Of these 
Alice Gray, Mrs. Cooper, Orion, Queen Charlotte, 
Triomphe Royale, and Modesty, were as nearly 
perfect as Tulips could be—good in size, perfect in 
marking, and pure in the ground. 2nd, Mr. AV. 
Kitchen, Stockport, with Pauline and Ajax, flamed : 
Masterpiece and Magnum Bonum, feathered bizarres : 
Talisman and Chancellor, flamed: King of the 
Universe and Bessie, feathered bybloemens: Triomphe 
Royale and Aglaia, flamed: Clio and Mr. Lea, 
feathered roses. 3rd, S. Barlow, Esq., Stakehiil 
House, Castleton, with Sir J. Paxton and Ashmole's 
Seedling, flamed : George Hayward and Sulphur, 
feathered bizarres : Aglaia and Annie McGregor, 
flamed: Modesty and Heroine, feathered roses; 
Talisman and Adonis, flamed: Mrs. Cooper and 
Bessie, feathered bybloemens. 4t.h, Mr. John 
Morris, Leigh. 5th, Mr. John Wood, Royton. 
In this class there were thirteen stands set up, 
an unusually large number, and a circumstance 
that illustrated in a remarkable degree the vitality 
of the Tulip fancy. The first three stands were 
very close in merit; indeed it was generally 
thought to be a very near run between the Rev. 
P. D. Horner, of Kirkby Malzeard, and S. Barlow, 
Esq., Stakehiil House, Castleton ; but the awards of 
the judges showed that Mr. Horner was 1st; Mr. 
AY. Kitchen 2nd ; and Mr. Barlow 3rd ; and it was 
generally felt that the judges had attached too much 
importance to size and not enough to quality. 
Class II. 6 dissimilar, 1 feathered and 1 flamed 
of each class.— 1st, Mr. I). AVoolley, Stockport, with 
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