July 30, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
763 
Lilium chalcedonicum.— Of all hardy plants— 
except, perhaps, Roses—which excel in stateliness and 
beauty, the Lilies must ever take a prominent position 
in the embellishment of the garden. Their only fault— 
if fault it be—lies in the fact that their glory is but of 
short duration, especially in such an arid season as the 
one we are now enduring. However, their name is 
legion, and their colour, habit, and variation is all that 
can be desired, so that a well-assorted collection cannot 
fail to produce a continuous display of bloom from June 
to September. Last year I had Lilium auratum in 
good condition as late as October; but this is a 
digression. The subject of my remarks is L. chalce¬ 
donicum, and a very brilliant and effective subject it is, 
either for the border or in a pot. This, with others, 
has suffered considerably through the drought, the 
result being shabby foliage and poor flowers. These 
said flowers are of pendulous form, beautifully reflexed, 
and of the most intense scarlet. The stem is erect, and 
rises from 2 ft. to 3 ft., producing terminal blossoms 
ranging from one to six in number. It is a native of 
Greece, an old-fashioned garden favourite, and one 
which deserves a better recognition than it receives.— 
C. B. G., Acton) TF. 
Venus’s Looking Glass. —This old-fashioned 
garden plant, Specularia pentagonia, although of 
annual duration only, is not on that account to be 
despised, for when properly grown and tended, its tri- 
coloured blossoms are interesting in themselves apart 
from their intrinsic beauty. The only fault in con¬ 
nection with them is their tendency to close soon after 
the sun has reached the zenith. But as the glory of a 
garden is any time before noon, this should not operate 
to their disfavour. The plant hails from the Levant, 
and is about 1 ft. high, and produces flowers freely. 
The corolla has a white base, the middle parts of the 
lobes being blue, and the outer edges bluish purple, 
which gives the plant a very effective appearance. It is 
useful either as a bordering to taller subjects, for.rock- 
work, or for pot culture. In this latter position under 
glass it takes on a semi-pendulous habit, the peduncles 
elongating considerably, thereby showing the blossoms 
off to greater advantage. I have done well with it 
this season, both in and out of doors. I may here 
state that the seed was sown on March 6th, germinated 
March 27th, transplanted May 1st, and bloomed June 
27th, from which time it has flowered profusely, and 
apparently will continue for some time. I forgot to 
add that the blossoms are broadly campanulate in form, 
and, in fact, the plant is generally grown in gardens 
under the name of Campanula pentagonia.— C. B. G ., 
Acton. 
Runner Beans. —In spite of the heat usually so 
harmful to the setting of the bloom on Runner Beans, 
the promise is very good, and considerable gatherings 
took place last week, the chief consignment going into 
market on Saturday, when prices varied from 10s. 
down to 7s. per basket, though 6s. seemed to be the 
general price for fair samples. Peas have given out so 
generally, the collapse of the crop being sudden, that 
it was expected Runner Beans would have proved, last 
week, an unusually good thing. We may expect to 
find fair samples of these excellent vegetables down to 
4s. 6 d. to-day, such is the rapidity with which market 
prices find their level. A very partial rainfall has 
helped to cool the atmosphere and moisten the foliage 
and flowers; but a soaking of twenty-four hours’ 
duration is needed to reach the roots of the Beans, and 
so enable them to carry good crops until the winter 
comes in. With the exception of Peas, none of the 
pulse tribe are grown so largely as Runner Beans for 
market, and none others are more highly appreciated. 
I am growing that fine new variety, Ne Plus Ultra, for 
the first time this season. It is really a fine cropper, 
the pods being long, straight, handsome, and of a dark 
green hue. I think this is the Prince of Scarlet 
Runners, and in a year or two will be universally grown. 
As it does so well on the ground in the open field, I am 
satisfied that it must be a grand bearer indeed when 
grown on rods, as is usually the case in gardens.— 
A. D. 
Allamanda Hendersoni. —This is, without 
doubt, one of the finest of the genus and a grand object 
when given a suitable situation. In a division of a 
span-roofed house at Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, the 
princely place of Mrs. Gregory, there is, at present, a 
sight which is at once beautiful and wonderful to 
behold. Trained upon the roof is a plant literally 
covered with flowers ; the trusses are enormously large, 
and there are hundreds of flowers expanded. Never in 
the whole of my travels have I seen a plant of this 
variety more profusely flowered or a grander object 
than the one mentioned. Mr. Vinden, a thoroughly 
practical gardener, delights in doing things well, and 
he may well be proud to show anyone anything so 
interesting as the plant mentioned.— A. 0. 
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EXHIBITION OP ROSES AT 
MANCHESTER. 
A much better exhibition of Roses than could well 
have been anticipated, took place at the Royal Jubilee 
Exhibition buildings, Manchester, on the 22nd inst. 
Altogether there was a remarkably good show when 
the season is considered, and as was expected, the 
northern growers had it pretty much their own way. 
Such growers as Paul, Turner, the Cants, Rumsey, 
and others could not exhibit. Messrs. George Cooling 
& Son and Mr. S. P. Budd were there from Bath ; the 
Rev. J. H. Pemberton, from Romford ; Mr. John 
Cranston came from Hereford ; but all the rest, almost 
to a man, came from north of the Trent. The show 
was arranged on tables placed along the centre of the 
splendid nave forming the new annexe, and a line of 
Crotons, Palms, &c., furnished by the Liverpool Horti¬ 
cultural Company, was placed along the centre of the 
tables, and had an excellent effect. The visitors to 
the exhibition appeared to thoroughly enjoy the Roses; 
they crowded the latter the whole of the day, and the 
number on a half-crown day appeared to be consider¬ 
ably in excess of the average attendance. There was a 
remarkable absence of competition in the classes where 
three trusses of blooms were required, showing the 
straits to which exhibitors were put to obtain triplets 
of one variety. 
Nurserymen. — In the nurserymen’s class for 
seventy-two distinct Roses, single trusses, Messrs. 
James Cocker & Son, Sunny Park Nurseries, Aberdeen, 
were first with highly creditable blooms of Merveille 
de Lyon, Victor Hugo, Prince Camille de Rohan, J. S. 
Mill, Innocente Pirola, Antoine Ducher, Mrs. Baker, 
Devoniensis, Souvenir de Victor Hugo (Tea-scented), 
Madame Bravy, Alfred Colomb, Duke of Teck, A. Iv. 
'Williams, Anna Olivier, Edith Gifford, Gloire de Bourg 
la Reine, Rubens, Elie Morel, Horace Vernet, Charles 
Lefebvre, Violette Bowyer, Due deRohan, Etienne Levet, 
Madame Victor Verdier, Sunset, Duke of Wellington, 
Ulrich Brunner, Dr. Andry, Marie Baumann, Comte 
de Raimbaud, Mons. E. Y. Teas, General Jacqueminot, 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, &c. Second, Messrs. Harkness 
& Son, nurserymen, Bedale, Yorkshire, whose cut 
blooms were Duke of Edinburgh, Antoine Ducher, 
Her Majesty, Harrison Weir, Jean Sury, Mons. E. Y. 
Teas, May Quennell, Marie Rady, Dr. Andry, Dr. 
Sewell, Beauty of Waltham, A. K. Williams, Rosieriste 
Jacobs, Horace Vernet, Pierre Notting, Fisher Holmes, 
Dupuy Jamain, Alfred Colomb, Mrs. Jowitt, Charles 
Lefebvre, Due de Rohan, Marie Baumann, Avocat 
Duvivier, Madame Victor Verdier, &c. Two exhibitors 
only competed. There was no competition in the 
class for forty-eight varieties, three trusses of each, 
but in that for the same number of single blooms, 
there were eight competitors, Messrs. J. Cocker & 
Son being again placed first with nice fresh blooms 
of Ulrich Brunner, Merveille de Lyon, Annie Laxton, 
Comtesse de Seren}^, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Alfred Colomb, 
Mdme. Cusin, Senateur Vaisse, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Duke of Albany, Marie Finger, Horace Vernet, Marie 
Rady, Souvenir de Gabriel Drouet, Etienne Levet, 
Madame 0. Crapelet, Catherine Mermet, Queen of 
Queens, Marie Verdier, &c. Second, Messrs. R. Mack & 
Son, nurserymen, Catterick Bridge, with Duchess of 
Bedford, Horace Vernet, Due de Rohan, Mons. E. Y. 
Teas, Baron Haussman, J. S. Mill, Jean Chopin, 
Dr. Andry, Harrison Weir, Countess of Rosebery, 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, and Sir Rowland Hill, a fine 
and distinct purple H. P. of great promise, said to be 
not yet distributed. Third, Messrs. James Dickson & 
Sons, Newton Nurseries, Chester. Fourth, Messrs. 
J. Cranston & Co., King’s Acre Nurseries, Edinburgh. 
There were also eight competitors in the class for 
twenty-four varieties, single blooms, and here Messrs. 
R. Mack & Son were first with Pierre Notting, Mdme. 
G. Luizet, Sir Rowland Hill, La France, Duchess of 
Bedford, Charles Lefebvre, Marie Baumann, Comtesse 
de Nadaillac, Due de Rohan, Comtesse de Serenye, 
Abel Carriere, Marechal Niel, Horace Vernet, Harrison 
Weir, Niphetos, A. K. Williams, Emile ILausberg, 
Alfred Colomb, Catherine Mermet, and Grace Darling. 
Second, Messrs. J. Cranston & Co. Third, Messrs. 
Harkness & Son. In the class for twenty-four varieties, 
three trusses of each, there were three competitors, 
Messrs. James Cocker & Son being again first with Her 
Majesty, Alfred Colomb, Marie Baumann, Comtesse 
d’Oxford, Merveille de Lyon, Etienne Levet, Madame 
Gabriel Luizet, Duke of Wellington, Lady Mary Fitz- 
William, Francis Michelon, Mons. E. Y. Teas, and 
Charles Lefebvre. Second, Messrs. Geo. Cooling & Sons, 
nurserymen, Bath, with M. P. Wilder, Charles Darwin, 
Camille Bernardin, Baron Gonella, Lady Sheffield, 
Arthur Dickson, Alfred Colomb, Baroness Rothschild, 
Francis Kruger St. George, Pierre Notting, Duke of 
Wellington, and Niphetos. Third, Messrs. Cranston 
& Co. In the class for three bouquets there was a brisk 
competition, Messrs. S. Perkins & Sons, nurserymen, 
Coventry, being first ; Mr. J. House, Eastgate 
Nursery, Peterborough, second ; and Messrs. Todd & 
Co., nurserymen, Edinburgh, third. 
Amateurs. —In this division there were six collections 
of forty-eight varieties, single trusses, and here that 
successful grower, Mr. T. B. Hall, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, 
was first with a bright fresh even lot of blooms, though 
showing the effects of drought. Second, the Rev. J. H. 
Pemberton,' Haveriug-atte-Bower, Romford, who had 
smaller in some cases and, therefore, less even flowers. 
Third, Mr. S. P. Budd, Bath. There was but one col¬ 
lection of twenty-four varieties, three trusses of each, 
and here Mr. T. B. Hall was first. Second, Mr. W. J. 
Grant, Hope Cottage, Ledbury. Third, Mr. W. Boyes, 
Derby. The class for twelve varieties, single trusses, 
brought seven competitors, and Mr. T. B. Hall was 
first. Second, Mr. W. J. Grant. Third, Mr. W. Boyes. 
In the class for twelve varieties, three trusses of each, 
the Rev. J. H. Pemberton was first. 
In the class for three bouquets there was but one 
exhibitor ; the first prize was withheld, and the second 
awarded to Miss Halliday, Edinburgh. She also had 
the best single bouquet ; Mr. R. P. Gill, Ashton-on- 
Mersey, being second ; and Mr. J. H. Abbott, Heaton- 
on-Mersey, third. 
Prizes were also offered for district-grown Roses, the 
limit being within twenty miles of the Town Hall, 
Manchester. There were five collections of eighteen 
blooms, Mr. Thomas Tatham, Wilmslow, being first. 
Second, Mr. James Brown, Heaton-on-Mersey. Third, 
Mr. George Burgess, Ollerton Cottage, Knutsford. Mr. 
Geo. Burgess had the best twelve varieties out of ten 
competitors. 
Prizes were also offered for the best collection of 
Roses, other than the usual exhibition varieties, and 
Mr. S. Barlow, J.P., Stakehill House, Manchester, 
was placed first, with a large representative group, 
including varieties of Moss, Provence, Rugosa, &c. 
Second, The Rev. J. H. Pemberton. Third, Mr. T. 
B. Hall. 
There were also three open classes for Tea and 
Noisette Roses ; that for twenty-four varieties did not 
bring a single competitor, and Messrs. Geo. Cooling & 
Sons were the only exhibitors of twelve varieties, having 
good blooms of Edith Gifford, David Pradel, Etoile de 
Lyon, Larette, Francois Kruger, Catherine Mermet, 
Beaute de l’Europe, Perle des Jardins, Gloire de 
Bordeaux, Sunset, Niphetos and Boule d’Or. There 
was but one exhibitor of eighteen varieties, three 
trusses of each, Messrs. J. Cocker & Sons being placed 
first with Sunset, Madame de Sertot, Souvenir d’Elise 
Yardon, Madame Welch, Devoniensis, Caroline Kuster, 
Perle des Jardins, Souvenir d’un Ami, Jean Pernet, 
Madame de Watteville, Marie Yan Houtte, Anna 
Olivier and Niphetos. 
A First Class Certificate was awarded to H.P. Rose, 
Earl of Dufferin, a very fine dark-shaded crimson 
flower of great merit, shown by Messrs. H. Dickson & 
Co., of Belfast. The same award was made to Messrs. 
Dickson & Sons, Newton Nurseries, Chester, for Clove 
Carnation, Mrs. Hole, a very free and well-formed 
terra-cotta-coloured variety. 
Several boxes of Roses were shown by Messrs. F. & 
A. Dickson & Sons, Upton Nurseries, Chester ; hardy 
herbaceous cut flowers by Messrs. J. Dickson & Sons ; 
Orchids by Mr. W. Owen, Hartford Nurseries, North- 
wich ; Carnations and Picotees by Mr. R. W. Proctor, 
Chesterfield ; Poppies by Mr. R. P. Gill; and Roses 
and hardy flowers by Messrs. Dickson, Brown, & Tait, 
seedsmen, Manchester. 
