June 30, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Dendrobium thyrsiflorum were dotted here and there 
among the Cattleyas, and standing out in bold relief 
had a fine effect. Amongst the Lilias a superb dark 
form of L. purpurata was very attractive and distinct. 
Dendrobium Dearii, growing very strong and flowering 
most freely, seems to enjoy the treatment it receives. 
The old favourite, Vanda teres, was also in flower. 
These are only a few amongst the many that .are to be 
seen in this grand collection, which is handled in a 
thoroughly practical manner by Mr. George Beddoes, 
the gardener.— Busticus. 
Sale of Mr. Philbrick’s Collection. 
The choice collection of Orchids formed by F. A. 
Philbrick, Esq., Q.C., came under the hammer at 
Protheroe & Morris's Rooms on Tuesday and Wednesday 
last, and as the subject of Orchid prices is of consider¬ 
able interest to growers at the present time, we append 
the sums realised by the best lots offered:—Cypripedium 
villosum aureum, £10 10s.; Lselia lilaeina (nat. hyb. 
between L. Perrinii and C. crispa), £21 ; Cypripedium 
Veitchii, £23 2s.; Cattleya Trianae variety, £15 15s.; 
C. T. Backhouseana, £13 13s.; C. Mossice grandidissima, 
£16 16s. ; C. Trianae Clio, £24 3s. ; Phalasnopsis 
Stuartiana nobilis, £12 12s.; Coelogyne cristata alba, 
fifteen bulbs and seven breaks, £18 18s.; Ltelia elegans 
Turneri, £27 6s.; Cypripedium politum, £11 11s.; 
Laelia anceps Dawsoni, £31 10s.; L. anceps Schroderi, 
£17 17s. ; Cattleya Mendelii Wallacei, £23 2s. ; C. 
Mardelii, £11 11s.; C. Skinneri alba, £15 15s.; Phalaen- 
opsis Schilleriana, £10 10s.; Cypripedium cardinale, 
£12 12s.; and Coelogyne cristata Lemoniana, £21. 
Six volumes of the Orchid Album (1882-87) fell to a 
bid of 15 guineas. 
L/elia monophylla. 
Among the many pretty Orchids noted weekly in The 
Gardening World I have not yet met with our 
pretty little scarlet Lselia monophylla. I wonder if it 
is in cultivation in English gardens ! If not it is 
certainly more worthy than many that are, and it 
would grow without much heat, for the uplands where 
it grows here are cool enough, as may be judged by the 
Ferns and other plants growing among them. The 
Filmy Fern seems almost identical with the British 
Hymenophyllum tunbridgense. L. monophylla seems 
to be rare, even in Jamaica, for I have never seen much 
of it, it may therefore not yet be introduced into 
England.— W., Kingston, Jamaica ;. 
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§ HE pEE-f|EEPER. 
Bee Flowers. —It is always interesting to the bee¬ 
keeper to know what his bees are feeding upon, for the 
reason that if he knows that, he is often able to tell the 
quality of the honey the bees are storing away. 
Perhaps, therefore, a list of a few flowers which the 
bees have been deriving a large amount of their food 
from in this neighbourhood may be interesting to bee¬ 
keepers. Generally the first flowers of much service 
to the bees are those of the willow, the abundant 
supply of pollen that is to be obtained, as well as the 
honey, being a great help to the bees for feeding young 
brood. This is quickly followed by the Crocus, which 
is also a good pollen-yielding flower. Before the 
Crocuses have passed away the flowering Maples (Acers) 
open up a large field of work for them. This is one of 
the best spring-flowering trees here ; the great quantity 
of flowers on a large tree, and the number of trees, 
offer to the bees a large quantity of honey and pollen 
without having to go far afield for it. This, when the 
weather is changeable, is also of great importance, as 
often when the weather is cold, and the sun shining, 
the bees are tempted to go out in search of food, and if 
they have any distance to go, great numbers of them 
get chilled, and never return, thus weakening the hive 
at a time when to keep every bee is a matter of great 
importance. 
The Almond, which is one of our most beautiful 
ornamental spring-flowering trees, and the Peach and 
Nectarine, are also, where they are plentiful, of great 
importance to the bees, and let me add also, to the 
trees—and to the gardener as well—as one of the best 
means of fertilisation that we can have to secure a set 
of fruit. Few flowers will escape them in whatever 
position they are. The next subjects which command 
a large share of their attention arc the Gooseberries and 
Currants; they are very.partial to the former, which 
yields a large amount of nectar in proportion to the size 
of the flowers, but unfortunately the honey obtained 
from it is too strong in taste to allow the bees to store 
away for extracting or supering. About this time the 
Arabis alpina and Myosotis will be in flower, and both 
of these the bees are very fond of; the Myosotis, 
although a small flower yields a good supply of nectar, 
as do most of the Boraginaceae, to which natural order 
it belongs. The White Beam tree (Pyrus aria) offers 
excellent feeding, and of which the bees are very fond, 
the trees, when in flower, being fairly swarmed with 
them on a good working day. 
The Plum is also well visited by bees when in 
flower, as also is the Horse Chestnut, first favourite 
among the latter being the scarlet-flowered species 
(jEsculus rubicunda). This yields an abundant supply 
of nectar, and lasts some time in flower, so that the 
bees add fast to their stores ; the honey obtained from 
it is also of good flavour. Another shrub which ought 
to be oftener met with in our gardens is Buddlea 
globosa, which, though introduced over a century ago, 
is not very often seen ; but when in bloom it is a most 
desirable acquisition to our flowering shrubs, its orange- 
coloured flowers, produced in great profusion, forming 
a conspicuous object amongst other shrubs. It yields 
a large amount of food for the bees, of which they are 
particularly fond. Another small plant which is often 
grown in quantity for the bees alone is Limnanthes 
Douglasii ; but let me particularly caution the inex¬ 
perienced against sowing it in front of the hives, as is 
often done. Keep it a little distance from them, 
otherwise it may tempt other bees as well as those it 
was meant for, and thus be the cause of robbing. 
The weather may not be all we want in the garden, 
but the bees round here are making the most of it, and 
in the meantime it promises to be a good honey season. 
The busy little workers are now storing honey fast, and 
where the extractor is used, as soon as the combs are 
filled they should be emptied and returned to the hive. 
The bees work all the better when they see some empty 
combs which want filling.— A. Wright. 
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NEW BOOKS. 
Lindenia. 
The tenth number of the third volume of this fine work 
on Orchids gives excellent coloured plates of Cattleya 
intermedia Gibeziae, which is an albino of C. intermedia, 
the only colour being the rose lines on the lip, a rose 
tinge on the column, and a sulphur-yellow hue in the 
tube of the labellum. The petals are slightly tipped 
with green, which would, doubtless, wholly disappear 
under good culture. Our old friend, Odontoglossuni 
triumphans, is also well figured, as also the rare 
Angracum Sedeni, which has white fragrant flowers 
much like those of A. arcuatum ; and the grandest 
example of the Yanda lamellata Boxallii is illustrated 
under the varietal name “ superba.” Startling as the 
figure may appear we can say that it is as nearly a fail- 
representation as a coloured plate can be, for we have 
seen the plant in bloom. 
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HORTICUL TURAL S OCIETIES. 
Alexandra Palace Rose Show.— 
June 27th and 28 th. 
The Rose season may be said to have fairly commenced 
on Wednesday, the opening day of the Alexandra Palace 
show, but owing to the lateness of the season, and the 
spell of cold weather in the early part of last week, it 
cannot be said that there are yet many flowers to choose 
from in making up the stands. There was, however, at 
the northern palace a very fair sample of the good 
things that are obtainable, and most of the leading 
amateur and trade growers were represented. Un¬ 
fortunately on the first day, the weather, though fine 
at first, turned out very bad for the show, keeping 
away visitors, and much rain fell, but we trust on the 
second day the managers were rewarded for their 
enterprise. 
The nurserymen’s classes were perhaps the most 
strongly represented, but in some of the smaller classes 
there was also a considerable number of entries. The 
first award in the trade competition with twenty-four 
blooms went to Messrs. Paul & Son, who had the fol¬ 
lowing good specimens of Teas, namely, Souvenir 
d’Elise Vardon, Marechal Niel, and Rubens, while 
amongst H.P.’s, Ulrich Brunner, Lady Alice, Mrs. 
Charles Wood and Lady Mary Fitzwilliam were good. 
Mr. Charles Turner, Slough, was second with a good 
collection ; and Mr. Wm, Rumsey, Joyning’s Nurseries, 
Waltham Cross, was third. In the class for twenty- 
four varieties, three blooms of each, for Hybrid Per- 
petuals only, the same order of merit was observed. 
For twenty-four single blooms, Mr. George Prince, 
of Oxford, took the first award with fine speci¬ 
mens of Catherine Mermet, Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
Amazon, Marechal Niel, Souvenir d’un Ami, &c. ; 
Messrs. G. & W. H. Burch, Peterborough, coming in 
second with fine blooms of Countess of Rosebery, Star 
of Waltham and Harry Turner ; Mr. Wm. Rumsey was 
third. The first prize for Tea-scented and Noisette 
Roses went to Mr. George Prince, who had fine 
specimens of Comtesse de Nadaillac, Perle des Jardins 
and Jean Ducher. Messrs. Harkness Bros., Bedale, 
Yorkshire, took the second prize. There was a good 
competition in this class. 
For thirty-six Roses, open only to amateurs and 
gardeners, S. P. Budd, Esq., Bath, took the first prize 
with good blooms of Rubens, A. K. Williams, La 
France, Anna Olivier, and Countess de Nadaillac ; 
Mr. J. Brown, Reigate, was second. S. P. Budd, Esq., 
was again first for twenty-four H.P. blooms, showing 
Etienne Levet, Marguerite de St. Amand, Alphonse 
Soupert, &c. The second prize went to Mr. R. West, 
Firth Dene, Reigate. In the open classes Messrs. 
Paul & Son had the best twelve blooms of any Rose of 
1886-7-8, showing Mrs. John Laing. The Rev. T. R. 
Burnside, Chipping Campden, Gloucester, had the 
best yellow Roses, and Messrs. Harkness Bros, were 
second, both exhibits being Marechal Niel. Messrs. 
Paul & Son had the best white Roses, showing Lady 
Alice ; and S. P. Budd, Esq., was second with Alba 
Rosea. Mr. C. Turner had the best dark-coloured 
Roses, exhibiting Maria Baumann; Messrs. Paul & 
Son were second. Mr. J. Brown had the best twelve 
blooms different from the above, showing Lady Mary 
Fitzwilliam; and Mr. G. Prince was second with 
Souvenir d’un Ami. Messrs. Perkins & Son, Coventry, 
Miss Anne M. Williams, Highgate Hill, and Mr. 
W. A. Holmes took the prizes for a basket of Roses 
and for a hand bouquet in the order named. The first 
prize for twenty Roses in pots went to Messrs. Paul k 
Son, and the second to Mr. Charles Turner. 
A special prize, consisting of the “Wood Memorial” 
Silver Medal, for the best bloom in the show was 
offered by Messrs. W. Wood & Sons, Wood Green, N., 
and it was gained by the Rev. E. G. King, Madingly 
Vicarage, Cambridge, who showed La France. The 
special prize of a Silver Cup, offered by Mr. William 
Colchester, Ipswich, for the most meritorious exhibit in 
the show, was awarded to Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham, 
for a fine group of cut flowers of hardy herbaceous 
plants, which were very effectively arranged. Many of 
the plants were grouped together, the tall ones, such as 
Liliums and Delphiniums, occupying a bank in the 
centre, bounded by a band of Lilium dahuricum. Mr. 
H. B. May, Dyson’s Lane, Upper Edmonton, exhibited 
a beautiful and well-arranged group of Ferns, set off 
with Crotons and Aralias. Mr. B. S. Williams, Upper 
Holloway, exhibited a large and effective group of stove 
and greenhouse plants, and Messrs. Hooper & Co., 
Covent Garden, had a very showy group of stove and 
greenhouse plants, which was very attractive. Messrs. 
Cutbush & Son, Highgate, contributed a large group, 
consisting chiefly of greenhouse plants, and Messrs. 
George Cooling k Sons, Bath, exhibited a large 
box of Moss Roses, mostly in bud. They had also a 
box of Tea Roses, including fine blooms of Rubens, Alba 
rosea, and another box of Teas and H. P. ’s mixed. Mr. 
C. Turner exhibited a box of Tea-scented varieties, and 
a large box of H. P. ’s, amongst which were Lady Mary 
Fitzwilliam, Alphonse Soupert, Madame Marie Verdier, 
Etienne Levet, &c. Mr. G. W. Piper, Uckfield, also 
exhibited some boxes of blooms containing fine specimens 
of Ulrich Brunner, Souvenir d’un Ami, and others. 
Royal Horticultural. —June 26th. 
Compared with that of the last meeting, the number of 
exhibitors were few ; but the large groups of Begonias, 
show and Fancy Pelargoniums, Irises, and hardy 
plants in general, including a grand collection of 
Paeonies, varieties of Pasonia albiflora, both single and 
double, were very fine. Orchids were represented by a 
few groups, many of the species in which were both 
ornamental and beautiful. A Silver Banksian Medal 
was awarded to Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for 
a group of Orchids, included in which were several 
specimens of Cypripedium bellatulum, showing a con¬ 
siderable amount of variation, as did also Cattleya 
Mossi* and C. Mendelii, and the beautiful C. gigas 
Medellin. Cypripediums were represented by C. con- 
color Regnieri, C. Lawrencianuru (a fine piece), and 
C. ciliolare. Dendrobium Cambridgeanum, D. suavis- 
simum, D. Bensoniae (in variety), Vanda Roxburghii, 
V. teres, and Lslia purpurata made up a fine group. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., ALP. (gardener, Mr. 
