October 30, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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referred to, [Mr. Barlow|had[one~wliieh, in his opinion, 
beat everything he has ever seen exhibited ; a fine black- 
ground of superb quality, which he unfortunately lost. 
Mr. Barlow is so painstaking a florist that we may 
reasonably look for something very good indeed from 
the crosses he contemplates.— H. D. 
The Grand National Dahlia Show, 1886. 
—The list of prize money awarded at the annual 
exhibition held at the Crystal Palace in September 
last, together with a balance sheet, has just been issued 
by Sir. Thomas Moore, the hon. sec. and treasurer. 
We find there were thirty-six prize-takers ; the highest 
amounts went to Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, 
and Messrs. Keynes & Co., Salisbury; the lowest 
amount fell to the lot of Mr. J. Bullard, Norwich. 
The amount of subscriptions was £66 14s., contributed 
by fifty-one subscribers, and to this was added a grant 
of £50 from the Crystal Palace Company, making in 
all £116 14s. The amount of prizes awarded was 
£105 10s., and expenses, including luncheon to the 
judges, secretary’s assistant, printing, postage and 
parcels, and miscellaneous payments amounted to 
£11 4s., so that the receipts just covered the expenses. 
It was a good show, well managed, in Mr. Moore’s 
usual business-like style, and the expenses, it must be 
admitted, were very low. It is to be hoped this exhi¬ 
bition will be continued annually, and that the lovers 
of the Dahlia all the country through will rally to the 
support of the committee. 
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ORCHID HOT ES AND GLEANINGS. 
Zygopetalum rostratum. —A very fine variety 
of this showy Orchid is now in flower with B. Lemon, 
Esq., Moat Lodge, Beckenham. The flowers are over 
6 ins. in length, their large labellums reminding one 
of a white form of Odontoglossum vexillarium. Z. 
rostratum is not a good-tempered plant in everyone’s 
hands, but at Moat Lodge, like all the other Orchids 
there attempted, it thrives well. It wants rather more 
heat and moisture than the other Zygopetalums, and 
usually thrives well in a basket suspended over the 
Odontoglossum Roezlii, or with the Bolleas and Pes- 
catoreas. It comes from Demerara, and is a speciality 
with Mr. J. E. Bonny, now of the Ilextable Nurseries, 
Swanley, Kent. 
G-ongora quinquenervis (maculata). — 
From Reginald Young, Esq., of Fringilla, Ullet Road, 
Liverpool, comes a grand spike of this curious Orchid, 
2 ft. 6 ins. in length, and bearing thirty-three of its 
singular insect-like flowers, which are yellow heavily 
spotted with purple. In the same basket recently 
flowered a very handsome orange-coloured variety of 
the same plant, flowers of which were also sent to us. 
We are glad to note that Gongoras, Stanhopeas and 
other curious Orchids are now getting more in favour 
than formerly. 
Vanda Sanderiana. —In the gardens of E. A. 
Leatham, Esq., Misarden Park, Cirencester, under Mr. 
Exeell’s care, a very fine plant of this superb species is 
in flower. On the main stem it has two spikes of nine 
and ten flowers respectively, and the three smaller 
growths at its base have each a spike of flowers ; it is, 
moreover, a very large and well-coloured variety. 
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HORTICUL TURAL SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
The last exhibition of the year, held at South 
Kensington on Tuesday and Wednesday, was certainly 
worthy of the occasion, and the place being, as far as 
it went, both for extent and quality, an admirable 
representation of the flowers and vegetables of the 
season. Indeed, nothing better in the way of vegetables 
could be desired ; while the collection of Apples staged 
by the Canada Commission, afforded food for serious 
reflection. The new plants which received First Class 
Certificates were Rhododendron jasminiflora carmi- 
nata, one of the hybrid greenhouse varieties, with 
pretty carmine red blossoms ; and Cratiegus tartarica, 
a species with large, showj 7 pyriform berries of a dark 
crimson colour, from Messrs. James Veiteh & Sons. 
Chrysanthemum Elise Dordan, an exceedingly pretty 
pompon variety, rose-pink in colour, and almost 
a globe in shape, from Messrs. John Laing & Co., 
Stanstead Park, Forest Hill ; Messrs. H. Cannell & 
Sons, Swanley; and Mr. R. Owen, Maidenhead. Chry¬ 
santhemum William Stevens, a very promising Japanese 
variety, large, bronzy red, and yellow on the reverse 
side of the petals, from Mr. G. Stevens, Putney. 
Odontoglossum blepharicanthum, a small - growing 
species, in the way of 0. niveum majus, with dense- 
cinnamon-spotted blossoms, from Mr. C. Cowley, 
gardener to F. G. Tautz, Esq., Studley House, Gold- 
hawk Road, Hammersmith. Cattleya Eldorado vir- 
ginalis, a fine clear white variety with a lemon-coloured 
blotch on thelabellum, from H. M. Pollett, Esq., Fern- 
side, Bickley. Bignonia Chamberlaynii.an old species,but 
little known, with pale yellow blossoms, from Mr. D. 
Kemp, gardener to C. Scrase Dickens, Esq., Coolhurst, 
Horsham. Chrysanthemum Buttercup (Salter), an 
exceedingly fine, compact, flat-petalled variety of a 
distinct and bright shade of yellow, from Messrs. James 
Veiteh & Sons ; and Chrysanthemum Toulousain, a 
pretty pompon variety, rosy lilac, edged with silver- 
white, from Mr. R. Owen, Maidenhead. 
A Botanical Certificate was awarded to G. F. Wilson, 
Esq., F.R.S., for Primula Reidii, a small seedling 
plant, with a short spike of three pendent white bell¬ 
shaped blossoms, very distinct, and promising, when 
fully grown, to be a very good thing. Cultural com¬ 
mendations were awarded to Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons’ 
for Begonia Double White, a decided acquisition in the 
tuberous-rooted section, with blossoms as pure white 
and as fine in shape as a good Pieotee ; a plant of 
moderate growth and neat habit, and a most profuse 
bloomer ; and to F. G. Tautz, Esq., for Dendrobium 
superbiens, with one fine clean growth with two spikes, 
one of which bore ten richly coloured blossoms. 
Among the miscellaneous subjects, we noted a small 
group of evergreen Amaryllis, of the Mrs. Garfield and 
Mrs. Williams Lee type, from B. S. Williams ; a new 
pillar Rose, H. P., Paul’s Single White ; and Erica 
Maweana, a dwarf-growing species with reddish purple 
flowers, from Messrs. Paul & Son ; a very pretty lot of 
dwarf, well-berried seedling plants of Pernettya mu- 
cronata, in various colours, from Messrs. W. Cutbush & 
Son, Highgate ; a seedling tesselated form of Pteris 
tremula from Mr. H. B. May, Dyson’s Lane, Edmonton ; 
a strong plant of Warscewiczella cochlearis, with white 
sepals and petals, and the broad lip blotched and 
veined with purple, from Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., 
Clapton ; Saxifraga Fortunei, a wondrously free- 
blooming species with dark green foliage, and small 
greenish white blossoms, Colchicum speciosum and 
Sternbergia lutea, from Mr. T. S. Ware ; a choice 
collection of Chrysanthemums from Messrs. H. Cannell 
& Sons ; and a nice group of tree Carnations from 
Messrs. Hooper & Co., Covent Garden, both of whom 
were awarded bronze medals. 
The two Chrysanthemum classes both brought out a 
good competition, and if the high-class quality of the 
blooms staged may be accepted as an indication of what 
is to follow during the next few weeks, the Chrysan- 
themumbloom of 1886 promises to be the best on record. 
With groups of plants in pots, there were four com¬ 
petitors, and for the first prize the race lay between Mr 
F. N. Davis, of Camberwell, and Mr. G. Stevens, of 
Putney, both of whom were in rare form ; but Mr. 
Davis having the greatest variety, this point carried him 
through, and Mr. Stevens secured only second honours; 
Mr. J. Townsend, Providence Nurserjq Gardner’s Lane, 
Putney, being third. The class for twenty-four cut 
blooms was an exceedingly good one, all the stands 
being more than passable, and the winniug ones es¬ 
pecially good. The first prize was won by that excellent 
all-round plant grower, Mr. Ridout, gardener to T. B. 
Haywood, Esq., Woodhatcli Lodge, Reigate, with a 
collection of Japanese varieties, as remarkable for their 
good even size, refined form, and bright clear colours, 
as we shall probably see this season. The varieties 
staged were Madame de Sevin, Criterion, L’Triomphante, 
Comte de Germiny, Coquette de Castille, Jean Delaux, 
Elaine and Dormillon, in the back row ; Dr. Macary, 
John Laing, Mons. B. Rendatler, Bouquet Fait, Mdlle. 
Lacroix, W. Robinson, Mons. Sarin and Maiden’s 
Blush, in the second row ; and Lady Selborne, Mons. 
Freeman, Lakme, Phcebus, Margot, Mons. Astorg, 
Triomphe du Nord, and Chang, in the front. Mr. 
E. S. Cole, Woodside, Bristol, who was second, had a 
capital lot of Japanese varieties also, but among them 
were some of what are now regarded as “ the ragged 
division”—large loose flowers, with nothing but their 
size to recommend them. The third prize collection, 
which consisted of Japanese and recurved varieties in 
equal numbers, came from Mr. McKenzie, Linton 
Gardens, Maidstone. 
The vegetable show was again an unqualified success, 
both as regards numbers and quality, Potatos especially 
being wonderfully well shown. For a collection of 
vegetables, Mr. G. T. Miles, Wycombe Abbey, again 
came to the front from among seventeen competitors 
with an admirable lot of garden produce. The second 
prize went to Mr. James Neighbour, Bickley ; and the 
third to Mr. S. Haines, Coleshill, Highworth. In a 
good competition with twelve kinds of Potatos, Mr. 
Hughes, gardener to -Col. Cartwright, Eydon Hall, 
Byfleet, came well to the front, showing splendid 
samples of Mr. Bresee, M.P., Purple Perfection, Snow¬ 
drop, Reading Russett, London Hero, Adirondack, 
Champion, Sutton’s First and Best, Edgcote Purple, 
Sutton’s Seedling, &c. Mr. E. S. Wiles, gardener to 
R. A. Cartwright, Esq., Edgcote, Banbury, was a good 
second ; and Mr. W. Kerr, Dargavel, Dumfries, and 
Mr. W. Ellington, West Row, Mildenhall, were 
declared equal third. For six kinds, Mr. Hughes and 
Mr. Wiles again held the same relative positions, the 
third prize going to Mr. C. W. Howard, Canterbury. 
The single classes for vegetables brought out very 
fine competitions in every instance, and required very 
close scrutiny to pick out the best. For Celery, the 
prizes all went to the red varieties, exhibited, in the 
order named, by Mr. Pope, Highclere Castle ; Mr. 
Timbs, Tyler’s Green, Amersham ; and Mr. Richards, 
Somerley, Ringwood ; though we think at least one 
exhibit of white Celery should have had a place among 
the prize winners. Of Parsnips, the leading varieties 
were the Maltese, Student and Elcomb's Improved, and 
the prize winners were Mr. Meads, Beckett Park, 
Shrivenham ; Mr. Palmer, Thames Ditton House ; and 
Mr. Bloxham, Brickhill Manor Gardens, Bletchley. 
Carrots were especially fine in quality, both Long and 
Short Horn varieties, Sutton’s New Intermediate being 
contributed in the greatest number. The awards went 
to Mr. Jas. Neighbour, Bickley ; Mr. Robins, Hartwell 
House, Aylesbury; and Mr. John Baker, Bampton. 
The best varieties of Turnips exhibited, were the 
White Stone, Early Six-weeks, Dobbie’s Model, 
Early Snowball and Sutton’s Snowball ; and the 
prize winners were Mr. May, Northaw House, Barnet ; 
Mr. E. S. Wiles, and Mr. G. Bloxham. Onions con¬ 
sisted, in the main, of various strains, all good, of 
the White Spanish; and the awards in this class 
went to Mr. Finlay, Lee’s Court, Faversham; Mr. 
G. Neal, Bampton, and Mr. S. Haines. The Brussels 
Sprouts were a fine class, no over large ones, but quality 
all through. Of strains or selections we noted The 
Wroxton, Aigburth, Carter’s Perfection, Yeitch’s 
Exhibition, ami May’s Northaw, all excellent sorts, 
and as shown in dishes, not a pin to choose between 
them ; the winners here were Mr. W. Finlay, Mr. R. 
Lye, Sydmonton Court, Newbury, and Mr. W. Pope. 
The Beet class, though good as regards numbers, ran 
too much in the direction of size, most of the samples 
staged being, in our opinion, too large ; the principal 
varieties were Pragnell’s Exhibition, Sutton’s Dark Red, 
Dell’s Crimson and Nutting’s Dwarf Red; and the prize 
winners were Mr. J. Neighbour, Mr. C. J. Waite, and 
Mr. S. Haines. As regards Cauliflowers, there was 
only one in it—Veitch’s Autumn Giant; and with 
admirable samples, Mr. Miller, Rood Ashton, Mr. 
G. T. Miles, and Mr. W. Meads secured the prizes 
offered. The Leeks were especially fine, and notably 
The Lyon and Ayton Castle, which carried the palm 
for thickness of stems from the Musselburgh and 
Sutton’s Prizetaker. Mr. Miles had the finest samples, 
followed by Mr. C. Ross and Mr. Waite ; and the 
successful exhibitors of Tomatos were Mr. R. Farrance, 
Chadwell Heath, Mr. F. Hughes and Mr. Meads ; the 
principal sorts staged being Reading Perfection, Trophy, 
Hackwood Park Prolific and Acme. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading—who exhibited fine 
samples of a large number of varieties of Potatos, for 
which they were awarded a Silver Gilt Medal—also 
offered special prizes, in seven classes, for vegetables, 
for which many of the exhibitors in the previous classes 
competed, the competition in every case being close. 
Mr. C. Fidler, Reading—who took a Silver Medal for a 
good collection of field-grown samples of Potatos—also 
offered special prizes in three classes, and was also 
rewarded with excellent competitions. Messrs. James 
Carter & Co. also contributed a collection of Potatos ; 
and an interesting display of home-grown samples of 
Tobaccos, for which they were awarded a Silver Medal. 
