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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
September 17, 1887. 
labour is well employed. It will be advisable shortly 
to draw the soil to the stems of the Broccoli, as a pre¬ 
ventative against injury by frosts ; and this operation 
will also greatly assist in the destruction of weeds. 
Lettuce now turns in very slowly, but to make amends 
we tie up now and again a few rows of Neapolitan, and 
by this means we have a full supply of well-blanched 
salading. 
Mustap.d and Chess will now be better if grown 
under glass in a gentle heat, and nothing will be found 
so good for the purpose as spent tan. L T se should be 
made of the thinnings from the first sowing of Spinach 
if they are carefully gone over and the forwardest 
drawn ; they will be much appreciated, and yet the bed 
remain intact as far as the supply is concerned. Our 
late Peas were a failure, but not so the French Beans, 
which are now coming well into fruit, and will carry 
us on until the frost destroys the crop. 
Cakdoons, like Celery, will now need earthing up, 
but previously they should be wrapped round with hay- 
bands to prevent the soil entering the hearts of the 
plants, and also to assist in protecting them ; the 
foliage of some of ours is as much as 5 ft. in length, 
with scarcely a bolted one among them. We have 
dusted a good coating of gas-lime over the square 
intended for Ellam’s Cabbage, as a preventative 
against both grubs and slugs. — Walter Child, Croome 
Court. 
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ORCHID NOT ES AND GLEANINGS. 
Catasetum Bungerothii. — Amongst recent 
introductions this is a most welcome novelty, being a 
plant of sterling merit, and those who have not yet 
procured it I would advise to do so, for it is a gem 
worthy of a place in the most select collections ; it 
appears an easy plant to grow, from what I saw the 
other day when visiting the fine collection belonging to 
Arthur Potts, Esq., Hoole Hall, Chester. Mr. Potts 
is the fortunate possessor of several plants which are 
doing remarkably well and flowering freely just now. 
Suspended from the roof of one of his houses are some 
half-dozen plants in flower, some carrying two fine 
spikes of beautiful creamy white blossoms, of fine form 
and substance. It is most deliciously scented also. 
The varieties differ more or less, but all I have seen so 
far in flower are meritorious. Mr. Taylor, the gar¬ 
dener at Hoole Hall, is to be congratulated on doing 
this novelty so well.— Busticus. 
Aspasia Tunata superb a. —The general appear¬ 
ance of this Orchid and its congeners is that of an 
Epidendrum, owing to the labellum being adnate to 
the column, but the structure of the anther relates 
them to the great tribe, Yandae. In the normal form 
the linear sepals and petals are spotted with brown on 
a pale greenish ground; but in the variety Superba 
the spotting is much more conspicuous and pretty, 
being of a bright purple tint. The labellum is compara¬ 
tively large for the species, squarish and furnished 
with a large purple, somewhat crescent-shaped blotch, 
from which the specific name has been derived. In 
shape and colour the latter organ also resembles a 
Miltonia in no small degree. The variety mentioned 
above is now flowering in the Sudbury House collection 
at Hammersmith. 
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HORTICUL TURAL SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural.— Sept. 18th. —A pretty 
and varied little show was held to-day, autumn flowers, 
fruits and vegetables of various kinds being liberally 
staged by exhibitors, it must be said though, in sorrow, 
for their own delectation only ; for there were of 
visitors literally none, outside the members of the 
committees. An exhibit which much attracted the 
notice of the plant-growers consisted of eight pyra¬ 
midal specimens of Selaginellas, each about 30 ins. 
high and most perfectly clothed. They were exhibited 
by Mr. A. Wright, gardener to E. H. Watts, Esq., 
Devonhurst, Chiswick, and well deserved the Silver 
Banksian Medal which was awarded to him. A 
Cultural Commendation was awarded to Mr. Cowley, 
gardener to F. G. Tautz, Esq., for a well-grown bit of 
Dendrobium superbiens, bearing a spike of seventeen 
lovely blossoms. A vote of thanks was accorded to 
B. D. Knox, Esq., Caversham, Reading, for three 
flowering Orchids ; and from Mr. T. S. Ware, besides 
numerous Dahlias, came a pretty group of cut flowers 
of herbaceous plants. Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons were 
awarded a Bronze Banksian Medal for three grand 
boxes of Cactus Dahlias, specially noteworthy among 
which were W. T. Abery, a semi-double flower of an 
exceedingly showy character, the petals being white, 
banded on the margin with bright scarlet ; Lady 
Brassey, scarlet with a dash of orange ; Lady E. Dyke, 
clear yellow ; and Empress of India, deep maroon, 
very rich and a wondrously free bloomer. 
At the meeting of the Feuit Committee, Messrs. 
W. Paul & Son exhibited a large collection of Apples, 
and a number of Peaches and Nectarines in pots. 
Messrs. H. Deverill & Co. contributed a remarkable lot 
of Onions, consisting of grand bulbs of Ailsa Craig, one 
of the finest strains of the white Spanish ; Rousham 
Hero, another good strain of the same variety ; Cocoa 
Nut, a large variety of the James’ Keeping shape ; and 
Improved Wroxton, a medium-sized, globular-shaped 
bulb. From W. Roupell, Esq., Harvey Lodge, Roupell 
Park, came some good bunches of several varieties of 
Frontignan Grapes, grown as described in our last issue; 
and several varieties of Apples and Pears, which 
afforded evidence of good cultivation. 
The special prizes offered for various kinds of vege¬ 
tables brought out a nice lot of samples in each section. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons prizes for twelve fruits of their 
Perfection Tomato went to Mr. C. J. Waite, Air. L. 
Jennings, Forest Lodge, Farnborough ; Air. T. Lockie, 
Oakley Court, Windsor, all showing admirable ex¬ 
amples. The same firm also invited competition with 
their Early Gem Carrot, a short-horn variety, the best 
samples of which measured 5 ins. to 6 ins. in length, 
and 3 ins. to 3J ins. in diameter. There was a brisk 
competition—although all the samples showed the 
effects of the drought in irregularity of outline—and 
the awards went to Air. R. Lye, Sydmonton Court, 
Newbury ; Air. J. Baker, Bampton, and Air. W. Pope, 
Highclere Castle. 
Alessrs. Webb & Son’s awards for nine Tomatos went 
to Air. J. Aluir, Alargam, for Webb’s Sensation ; Air. 
AY. Pope for Webb’s Jubilee ; and Air. C. J. Waite for 
Sensation. 
Alessrs. James Carter & Co.’s awards for their Per¬ 
fection Tomato went to Air. T. Lockie, Air. C. J. Waite, 
and Air. L. Jennings ; and in a very good competition 
with their Jubilee Runner Beans, a broader pod than 
Neal’s Ne Plus Ultra, and 8 ins. to 9 ins. long, the 
prizes were taken in the order named by Air. Richard¬ 
son, Chase Green Avenue, Enfield ; Air. J. Bunting, 
Enfield ; and Air. T. A. Beckett, Penn, Bucks. 
Alessrs. Deverill & Co. ’s awards for the best samples 
of Neal’s Ne Plus Ultra Runner Bean brought out a 
fine competition, no less than nineteen dishes being 
staged. This is undoubtedly a very fine introduction— 
a variety that should become universally popular, and 
on that account it is desirable that the true character 
of the Bean should be clearly shown. In this com¬ 
petition the raiser, Air. G. Neal, of Bampton, showed a 
handsome dish of straight and beautifully smooth¬ 
skinned pods, yet these were only placed third, the 
first and second prizes going to Air. P. Cornish and 
Air. J. Binting, both of Enfield, who had samples of a 
longer and coarser Bean altogether. Both types cannot 
represent the same variety, and we should like to know 
which was the right one. 
National Chrysanthemum. — Sept. 14 th 
and 15 th. —The second summer exhibition of this 
popular and flourishing society was held on Wednesday 
and Thursday last at the Royal Aquarium, West¬ 
minster ; and though it exhibited a falling off in 
number of Dahlias and of some other autumn flowers, 
as compared with last year’s show, the display of 
Chrysanthemums was certainly more extensive, and of 
better quality all round. The three or four groups of 
plants shown in class one were very good, both in 
extent and as representative of well-grown and well- 
flowered plants of the leading varieties in bloom at 
this season. The finest collection came from Alessrs. 
Davis & Jones, of Camberwell ; the next best being 
staged by Air. Witty, gardener at the Highgate 
Cemetery ; and Air. G. Stevens, St. John’s Nursery, 
Putney, in the order named, both of whose contribu¬ 
tions were highly creditable to them. Alessrs. Davis 
& Jones also took the second prize for a group of 
Pompons ; and again for twelve plants, a class in 
which the highest award went to Air. H. Neary, 
gardener to the Rev. W. Powell, Hornsey, for well- 
grown and neatly bloomed specimens. 
The cut bloom classes brought out a well varied 
selection of early varieties. For the best collection Air. 
Kendal, of Roehampton, came in first with some fifty 
good bunches of bright fresh blooms ; Alessrs. Davis & 
Jones coming in a good second ; and Mr. Robert Owen, 
Alaidenhead, third. The class for a dozen blooms of 
Aladame Desgrange, the finest of all the white early 
bloomers, brought out some grand specimens, especially 
worthy of honourable mention being the first prize 
stand, shown by Air. Blackburn, gardener to James 
Scott, Esq., Elmstead Grange, Chislehurst; who was 
followed with smaller blooms by Alessrs. Davis & Jones, 
and Air. J. Doughty, Anglay Park, Cranbrook. For 
twelve blooms, any varieties except Aladame Desgrange, 
the judges read the terms of the schedules very liberally, 
and gave the highest award to Air. H. Elliott, gardener 
at Leyden House, Alortlake, who had a stand of grand 
blooms of the yellow George Wermig ; Alessrs. Davis 
& Jones, who took the second award, had some half- 
dozen varieties in their stand, including Edouard 
Audigueur, Aladlle. Lacroix, a good white ; and Alons. 
E. Pynaert van Geert, orange and buff. Air. G. 
Stevens was third with George Wermig. "With a dozen 
Pompon varieties, a more valuable set of plants at 
this season than the larger bloomed sorts, Alessrs. 
Davies & Jones came to the front again with a very 
pretty lot, including Early Blush, very richly coloured; 
Blushing Bride, one of the best of all—being pretty in 
shape, of good high colour, and possessing the valuable 
characteristic of yielding two crops of flowers the same 
season ; Airs. Cullingford, a beautiful white; Miss 
Davies, a good deep pink sport from Airs. Cullingford ; 
Alice Butcher, the best of the bronze-coloured 
section ; and Flora, a good yellow button-like flower. 
For six bunches of Aladame Desgrange, Air. Black¬ 
burn again held his own with grand blooms; 
Alessrs. Davies & Jones coming in second ; and Mr. 
Stevens, third. The special prize given by M. Simon 
Delaux for six new sorts of this year, was taken by 
Alessrs. Davies & Jones, but none of the varieties staged 
can be considered acquisitions. 
The Dahlia classes suffered somewhat in regard to 
numbers, in consequence of other exhibitions being 
held at the same time at Brighton and Alanchester, but 
the flowers that were staged were of undeniably good 
quality for the time of the year—being refined in form, 
clear in petal, and bright and pure in colour. In 
the competition for sixty blooms the awards went to 
Air. Turner and Messrs. Keynes, Williams & Co., for 
most admirable sets of flowers ; and for forty-eight 
the awards went to Mr. Turner ; Messrs. Saltmarsh & 
Son, Chelmsford ; and Air. J. Walker, Thame, in the 
order named, all showing well. With a dozen blooms 
the Chelmsford growers took a higher positi n, beating 
both Air. Walker, and Air. H. Steer, Southend Road, 
New Eltham, who were respectively second and third. 
Air. AValker was stronger with twenty-four, and easily 
beat Air. Saltmarsh, and Air. G. Humphreys Kington 
Langley, Chippenham. 
Of Gladioli, only one collection was forthcoming, 
but that was an unusually good one, staged by 
Alessrs. Burrell & Co., Howe House Nurseries, Cam¬ 
bridge, and which consisted of some 150 spikes of 
remarkably fine quality. 
To the miscellaneous class, Mr. W. Gorden, Twick¬ 
enham, contributed an extensive and most attractive 
group of Liliums, mainly varieties of auratum and 
speeiosum, and including the very best types of both. 
Alessrs. H. Cannell & Sons sent a grand collection of 
Show T and fancy, Pompon, Cactus, and single Dahlias, 
put up in their best style, and a showy lot of tuberous- 
rooted Begonias, from the open-air. Air. R. Owen, 
Alaidenhead, had also good blooms of single and double 
Begonias. Air. T. S. Ware sent a handsome contribu¬ 
tion of choice-named early Chrysanthemums, Cactus 
and Pompon Dahlias, &c., which added materially to 
the general effect, as did also a fine group of Palms, 
contributed by the genial secretary to the society, Air. 
W. Holmes, of Hackney. Several certificates were 
awarded by the Floral Committee, and are enumerated 
in another column. 
Royal Caledonian Horticultural.— Sept. 
1th and 8th. —The autumn show of this society was 
held in the Waverley Alarket, Edinburgh, and, as 
might have been expected, remembering the large 
amount of sunshine we have had this season, the 
exhibition was one of the finest that has been held under 
the auspices of the society for years. Experienced 
nurserymen declare that it would be necessary to go as 
far back as the ’60’s to find the record of a show which 
could stand comparison with that opened on the 7th 
inst. The total number of entries was considerably 
over 1,900, as compared with 1,450 in the autumn of 
1886. Fruit, of course, was the feature of the show, 
and in this department the display of Grapes stood out 
prominently. There were 450 bunches of these, com¬ 
pared with 400 last year, and the quality was of a much 
higher standard than has been the case for a consider- 
