1884 .] 
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a lily that, like L. speciosum and some others, 
forms a new bulb inside of the other for some 
two or three years, after which it begins to 
form small bulbs at the base of the stem. In 
order to keep up a stock, these small bulbs 
should be taken off and planted in a rich, 
deep soil. It is essential that they be planted 
deep, in order that the young bulbs may form 
above the old one, which they will not do if 
the old one is near the surface ; they should 
be planted at least ten inches deep, and they 
will continue to increase and bloom for a long 
time. If a large bulb be planted near the 
surface it will gradually waste away. Young 
vigorous bulbs being the best for planting.— 
C. E. Parnell {in Gardeners' Mo^ithly). 
THE IMPEPJAL LEMON. 
[Plate 616 .] 
"E are indebted to Mr. Kivers for the 
fruit now illustrated, as well as for 
the following descriptive notes :— 
The “ Imperial ’’ Lemon, of which 
a very exact portrait is here given, is a very 
large and highly perfumed variety of the Lemon 
(Citrus Limo7ium). Eisso and Poiteaux cite 
five varieties, but I do not find one answering 
to the description of the “ Imperial,” and it is 
possible that it may have been introduced since 
the time of these writers. The plant is very 
robust, and near Torquay it has been culti¬ 
vated on a wall for some years, bearing abun¬ 
dant crops of fine fruit. 
In this part of England glass is of course 
necessary, but a winter heat of 40° Fah. at 
the lowest point is sufiicient. As a trained 
tree, with care and good cultivation, large 
crops may be obtained. The fine flavour and 
perfume of the fruit renders its cultivation a 
source of great pleasure, if not of profit.—T. 
Francis Eivers, Sawbridgivorth, Herts. 
THE NATIONAL CAPtNATION AND 
PICOTEE SOCIETY. 
Southern Section. 
B HE Annual Exhibition of the National 
Carnation and Picotee Society, Southern 
Section, which was held on July 
22, proved to be a remarkably good 
one notwithstanding the sneers and inuen- 
dos levelled against the management of the 
Society, all of which it can well afford to pass 
by without notice. The Veitch Memorial 
Prize was won by Mr. James Douglas, of 
Great Gearies, Ilford, the competition being 
between him and Mr. E. S. Dodwell. The 
exhibit consisted of 12 Carnation blooms 
and 6 Picotee blooms; as regards the former 
the competition was very close indeed, there 
being scarcely a point of difference, but Mr. 
Dodwell’s Picotees were later than Mr. 
Douglas’s, and were consequent!}' small and 
not bloomed out, and here the advantage fell 
to the Ilford collection. The flowers staged 
were of Carnations : J. Douglas p.f., William 
Skirving p.p.b., H. Cannell s.f.. Admiral 
Curzon s.b.; T. S. Ware p.p.b., Kob Eoy r.f., 
Mrs. Gorton c.b., Florence Nightingale p.f. ; 
Jessica r.f., Squire Whitbourn p.f., 913 
Dodwell C.B., J. Crossland. Of Picotees: 
Brunette h.r., Her Majesty l.p., Zerlina 
H.P., Constance Heron h.sc., Mrs. Payne 
H.Ro., Mrs. Gorton l.r. Mr. Turner’s flowers 
were wonderful for their size and general 
excellence. 
In reference to the special merits of 
the show, one of our contemporaries ob¬ 
serves :—The most ardent lover of the Car¬ 
nation had no reason to find fault with the 
display made by his favourite flower on this 
occasion. It was essentially and entirely a 
show made by Southern growers, and what a 
barrier Nature has placed in the way of the 
Southern and Northern growers meeting in 
friendly rivalry, is shown by the fact that the 
northern show in Manchester is on August 
12th, and Mr. Samuel Barlow is actually 
pushing on his flowers into bloom under 
glass, so as to have some of them ready by 
that date*. On this occasion there was a good 
competition in all the classes, while the 
flowers were of a high order of merit—large, 
full, pure in the ground, and finely marked. . 
It was emphatically Mr. Turner’s year, for 
this veteran grower was very strong at all 
points, staging superb blooms, and taking off 
something like fifty-seven prizes, many of 
them being firsts. Mr. Douglas and Mr. E. S. 
Dodwell were also well represented. It was 
in all respects a satisfactory exhibition, and it 
served to illustrate in a remarkable degree the 
activity of the growers of the Carnation and 
Picotee in the South. But then, were there 
not this among the “special” societies, no 
such exhibition of the old July flower could 
have been presented to a London public. 
