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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 30, 1888. 
Bickerstaffe), Burford Lodge, Dorking, exhibited 
Thunia nivalis, Epidendrum atropurpureum Randii, 
Dendrobium Bensoni® (a grand piece), Cattleya Mossiae 
Reineckiana, several fine pieces of Masdevallia 
Harryana (Bull’s Blood var.), with large very richly- 
coloured flowers, which, together with a number of 
others, made up a pretty little group. A vote of thanks 
was awarded to F. G. Tautz, Esq. (gardener, Mr. C. 
Cowley), Studley House, Hammersmith, for a beautiful 
specimen of Ornithocephalus grandifiorus. He also 
showed Epidendrum atropurpureum Randii, Physo- 
siphon Loddigesii, Saccolabium Rheedii, and a finely- 
coloured Cattleya Acklandise. A species of Brassia, 
1 ronounced by Mr. O’Brien to be B. caudata, a very 
variable plant extending from Mexico to the "West 
Indies, was shown by Mr. G. T. White, Drayton 
Villa, Winchmore Hill. 
A Silver-Gilt Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset, for a grand 
collection of Paeonies, single and double varieties of P. 
albiflora. Several were certificated ; and we also noted 
the following doubles as being very fine — namely, 
Vanderlit, pink, Minytus, crimson, Aucoria and 
Leonora, both rose. They also showed ’some Gail- 
lardias, Lupinus arboreus, and a fine mass of richly 
coloured Delphiniums, among which Banquo, Ma¬ 
gician, Figaro and Bassanio were particularly good. 
A rich collection of Irises came from Mr. J. Walker, 
Whitton, consisting in great part of Spanish Irises, 
such as Almances (blue standards and white falls), 
Rembrandt and Vondel (yellow), Lusitanica sordida 
(deep coppery yellow falls), as well as a few English and 
German varieties. He was awarded a Silver-gilt 
Banksian Medal. Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm 
Nurseries, Tottenham, was awarded a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a group of hardy herbaceous plants, 
including Lilium colchicum, L. parvum, L. tenui- 
folium, L. croceum, Oriental and Iceland Poppies, a 
vote of thanks being awarded for Papaver nudicaule 
sulphureum, as well as many beautiful species of 
Calochortus or Mariposa Lilies. Messrs John Laing & 
Sons, Forest Hill, were awarded a Silver Banksian 
Medal for a large group of tuberous-rooted Begonias, 
both single and double, in many beautiful tints and 
shades of colour; some had also enormous-sized blooms. 
Beautiful single varieties were Empress Victoria, rose ; 
Duke of Edinburgh, scarlet ; Guardsman, orange- 
scarlet ; Princess Sophie, magenta, &c. The group 
was arranged with Palms, Aralias and Asparagus. 
Some hybrid greenhouse Rhododendrons were shown 
by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, including 
Hyppolyta, scarlet, and Juliet, soft yellow. They had 
also a fine group of hardy shrubs, consisting of Japan 
Maples, Veronica Girdwoodiana, Escallonia maerantlia 
sanguinea, Senecio elteagnifolia, Raphiolepis ovata, 
Robiuia hispida, Weigelia rosea Looysmanii aurea, and 
several other things, which were certificated. Mr. 
Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, exhibited a 
showy group of Pelargoniums, both show and fancy. 
Many were new, and some were certificated. A fine 
variety was Magnate, rose, with the two large upper 
petals of a velvety crimson ; Volonte Nationale, white, 
with large rose blotches ; Purpurea, velvety black and 
carmine-rose ; and Magpie, white, with large purple 
blotches. Messrs. Paul &.Son, Cheshunt, exhibited a 
quautity of herbaceous Pseonies and a group of Alpine 
plants, the latter including Dianthus Greivii, a hybrid 
between D. barbatus and D. alpinus ; Liparia lilifolia 
and Lithospermum petramm. 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, exhibited 
a box of tuberous Begonia blooms, both single and 
double, in shades of scarlet, orange, yellow, crimson, 
rose and pink ; the blooms were also of large size and 
regular in outline. A very showy collection of Shirley 
Poppies, selected varieties of the Corn Poppy (Papaver 
Rheeas), were shown by the Rev. W. Wilks, Shirley 
Vicarage. They were large, frail, exceedingly pretty 
and delicately coloured. Mr. F. Ross, gardener to Sir 
George Macleay, Pendell Court, Bletchingley, exhibited 
some specimens of Aristolochia ornithocephala with 
huge flowers, for which a vote of thanks was awarded ; 
he also showed A. trilobata, another fine stove species. 
G. F. Wilson, Esq., P.R.S., Heatherbank, exhibited 
Cereus Alice Wilson, Campanula G. F. Wilson, a very 
pretty garden hybrid, and a species of Anemone. Messrs. 
E. Collins & Sons, Cumberland Park Nurseries, Willes- 
den Junction, showed two large specimens of Carnation 
Gloire de Nancy, a white tree variety. Mr. J. R. Box, 
The Nursery, Croydon, showed Caladium La Lorraine, 
a red-leaved variety. 
Melons, Strawberries and Grapes were shown at the 
meeting of the Fruit Committee. Seedling Melons 
were shown by Mr. A. Bennett, Cobham ; Mr. M. 
Gleeson, Clumber Gardens, Worksop ; and Woolston 
Gem by Mr. Alfred James, The Gardens, Woolston 
Rectory, but none came up to the recognised standard. 
Several early varieties of Strawberries were sent up from 
the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens, Chiswick ; 
they included Laxton’s Noble, a heavy-cropping variety 
with fruit of great size, and which proves to be a most 
desirable 'acquisition ; King of the Earlies and Lieu¬ 
tenant, two medium-sized early varieties ; Messrs. Paul 
& Son also showed Laxton’s Noble. Mrs. Eyre, an 
oblong white seedling Grape from Black Monukka, was 
shown by Mr. C. Ross, Welford Park, Newbury, but 
was much wanting in flavour. 
The Royal Oxfordshire Horticultural.— 
June 19 th. 
More delightful places in which to hold flower shows 
can scarcely be imagined than the College Gardens in 
the City of Oxford, for they have fine stretches of soft 
turf, delightful trees affording shade, they are situated 
within the city, and easily reached. Some of them, like 
Worcester College (in the grounds of which the 
Commemoration Show was held on the above date), 
have a lake, which is a great attraction. It was very 
cold on the above date, but the gardens being so full of 
trees were pleasant, though the dampness of the turf 
made it uncomfortable sitting about listening to the 
band. There were three large tents, and the arrangement 
was good throughout, the members of the committee 
lending valuable assistance in the way of staging. The 
acting secretary is Mr. William Greenaway, a most 
active, zealous, and painstaking officer. 
The leading features of the exhibition were in the 
classes open to all England. These included a class for 
nine stove and greenhouse plants in flower, in which 
Mr. James Cypher, of Cheltenham, was first ; Mr. 
J. F. Mould, nurseryman, Pewsey, Wilts, second ; and 
Mr. H. James, of Lower Norwood, third. Mr. Cypher 
had some fine fresh specimens, Mr. Mould being a good 
second. Then there was a class for six Heaths, in 
which Mr. Cypher was again first, and Mr. H. James 
second. A class for twelve Pelargoniums brought but 
one ordinary collection, for Mr. C. Turner did not 
exhibit as usual, and there were no fancies. There 
were two classes for cut Roses—one for twenty-four 
triplets, the other for twenty-four single blooms, and as 
would have been expected, the Tea-scented varieties 
were to the fore. Mr. J. Mattock, nurseryman, 
Oxford, was first in the former class, having as his best 
blooms Catherine Mermet, Souvenir d’Elise Yardon, 
Rubens, Perle des Jardins, Niphetos, Marechal Niel, 
Devoniensis, Souvenir d’un Ami, Marie Van Houtte, 
Jean Ducher, Madame Lambard, and Grace Darling. 
Mr. Geo. Prince, nurseryman, Oxford, showed the best 
twenty-four singles, having several of the foregoing in 
fine form, and, in addition, Madame de Watteville, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Princess of Wales, Adam, Alba 
rosea, and Lady M. Fitzwilliam. Miss Watson-Taylor, 
Headington, and Mr. J. Walker, nurseryman, Thame, 
were second and third. Mr. John Mattock had the 
best three pieces for table decoration, and the Rev. 
H. A. Pickard, Canterbury Road, the best single piece. 
There were other plant classes, and though they were 
numerous and greatly helped the show, there was after 
all but little calling for special comment. Mr. John 
Walker had a good half-dozen Fuchsias, including such 
varieties as Rose of Castille, Charming, Grand Duchesse 
Marie, Warrior, Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Rundle. It 
was refreshing to see how well all tricolored Pelar¬ 
goniums were done here ; nice, well-grown and coloured 
plants, such as Empress of India, Lady Cullum, Mrs. 
H. Cox, Prima Donna, Dolly Varden and Elegance. 
Mr. John Mattock had the best lot. Ivy - leaved 
Pelargoniums were also a good feature, Mr George 
Jacob, nurseryman, Witney, staging some very good 
plants. 
In the general cut flower classes provision was made 
for Roses and Ranunculus. We were glad to see some 
of the old named varieties, shown by Mr. P. Southby. 
A very good stand of twenty-four fancy varieties of 
Pinks and Pansies came from Mr. Joseph Lakin, 
Temple Cowley, near Oxford. Blooms of double 
Pyrethrums, shown in bunches of three, were a good 
feature also. But one of the best were the stands of 
twelve bunches of hardy perennials, and here there was 
a good fight for the supremacy between Mr. Joseph 
Lakin and Mr. R. Price, the former having for his 
principal subjects Delphinium Belladonna, Papaver 
orientale, Lupinus polyphyllus alba, Campanula 
glomerata dahurica, Geum coccineum flore pleno, 
Tradescantia virginica flore pleno, one or two fine 
double Pyrethrums, &c. Mr. Price had Hemerocallis 
flava, double white Rocket, Heuchera sanguinea, a fine 
bunch ; Onosma taurica, Geum coccineum flore pleno, 
Dictamnus fraxinella, &c. Fruit was present, but not 
in large quantities. Black Hamburgh was the best 
black Grape, and Foster’s Seedling the best white ; one 
exhibitor had three nice medium-sized bunches of Duke 
of Buccleuch, but they were wanting in ripeness. 
Alexander and Stirling Castle were the best Peaches ; 
Lord Napier and Pitmaston Orange the best Nectarines. 
Of vegetables there was a large quantity, and a very 
good competition took place in the classes in which 
special prizes were offered by Messrs. Sutton & Sons 
and Messrs. E. Webb & Sons, 
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. 
Peach Blister.— J . Macdonald: The reply given to “C. B." 
at page 686 of our last issue, applies equally to your case. 
Tulips tor Forcing, &e.—IF. B. : (1) The three white, yellow 
and crimson Tulips generally grown by market growers for 
forcing, to bloom at Christmas, are Pottebakker White, Yellow 
Prince, and Scarlet Due Van Thol, but for Pottebakker White 
you can substitute L'lmmaculs if the first named is too dear for 
you. All the best market sorts are generally dearer this year. 
(2) Shaw’s Market Gardening Round London ( Garden Office). 
Price 3s. or 4s. 
Trade Lists. — G. Stedman : So far as we know you can only 
get the names you require from the London Directory; there is 
no separate list. For lists of nurserymen and seedsmen see The 
Garden Annual, or The Horticultural Directory, both published 
at one shilling. 
Drying Narcissi Bulbs. — P. Cooper: Under no circumstances 
should we advise the leaves to be cut away. When it is impera¬ 
tive to lift them, and if the foliage is not already partly ripened, 
and turning yellow, we should lay the bulbs closely in trenches, 
covering them with soil in a perfectly exposed position, till the 
leaves have gradually withered away. They may then be lifted 
.and fully dried off in a shady place, or in the absence of this, 
put them in a shed, or stretch an awning over them till perfectly 
dry and firm, when they may be stored in some dry place till 
autumn, that is, till planting time. If fully exposed to the 
influence of the sun for the purpose of drying them, they are 
more or less badly injured, causing the scales of the bulb to 
become brown, and appear as if diseased. 
Cuckoo Spit. — A. L. Gentry: The white spittle-like matter 
you mention is caused by the larvae of Aphrophora spumaria. 
It is not only unsightly, but the insects cause considerable 
injury to various garden plants, besides those you sent us. By 
brushing off the spittle during bright sunshine, the larva; are 
destroyed in great numbers, as they cannot live without the 
sugary secretion, which affords them natural protection. When 
exposed to the sun they get dried up and die. Another remedy 
you might adopt consists of tobacco liquid, with which the 
plants affected should be syringed. To one gallon of water add 
an ounce of soft soap, dissolving the latter in warm water; then 
add a tablespoonful of Corry, Soper, Fowler & Co.'s Nicotine, 
and apply the mixture ; wash it off with clean water about an 
hour afterwards. 
Edelweiss. — R. B. M: Although perfectly hardy, seeing that 
it comes from very high altitudes on the Swis3 Alps and other 
places, yet it proves, as a rule, very short-lived in our climate. 
It undoubtedly grows most vigorously on the moister and lower 
parts of the rockery ; but if planted in fully exposed places on 
the higher and drier parts, or better still, if inserted in crevices 
between large stones, where it is perfectly free to dip down 
into a body of soil which is not likely to become dust dry in 
droughty times, it will grow more slowly, ripen its tissues 
better, and be longer lived. The variableness of our climate in 
winter, when we may have some mild and damp weather 
followed by frost, is more injurious to it than cold alone. Mild 
and wet weather excites it into growth, while it is then liab le 
to sudden check. The atmosphere is frequently too dry and 
warm in summer, which also acts injuriously upon it, as upon 
so many other Alpine plants. Young plants are easily raised 
from seed or by division of the old plant, and you should always 
keep a few plants as a reserve stock, to be wintered in a cold 
frame. 
Larvae on Plum Leaves. — Dingwall: The Plum leaves you 
send us are infested and partly destroyed by the larva; or grubs 
of the Leaf Rollers, which are moths belonging to the group 
Tortricina. The grubs roll up-tlie leaves longitudinally, making 
cylinders in which they hide or protect themselves. This they 
do by binding the folds of the leaf with numerous fine silkeu 
threads. When the branches are roughly shaken the grubs 
often leave their lurking places and drop downwards while still 
attached by means of a silken thread. After the danger is over 
they return. But you might succeed in destroying them by 
placing a white cloth underneath the trees, and then violently 
shaking the branches, so that in escaping they would drop on 
the cloth and could be destroyed. Of course they could also be 
destroyed by hand-picking or by squeezing the rolled part of the 
leaf between the finger and the thumb. It would be a laborious 
operation, but is often adopted in the case of Roses. Scrubbing 
and washing the bark of your trees in winter would be beneficial, 
inasmuch as you would destroy any eggs that may have been 
laid in the crevices of the bark. 
Mint Diseased. —IF. H.: The canker you speak of, and the 
curling of the stems, is due to the attacks of the fungus Uredo 
labiatarum, the mycelium of which penetrates the tissues of the 
host and afterwards appears as dull yellow specks immediately 
under the epidermis of the stems and the underside of the leaves. 
These specks consist of masses of round or egg-shaped orange 
spores, Avhicli burst through the skin, ready to attack other 
stems and leaves. Being thus located underneath the surface, 
there is no remedy but to cut the diseased stems clean away—or 
the whole plant if it is as badly affected as the specimens sent 
—and burn them. It belongs to the same family of fungi that 
attacks the Barley, the Wheat, Gentian, the Brand of Roses, and 
others. 
Names of Plants. —/. D.: Dendrobium Parishi; the other one 
is Epidendrum aromaticuuir., not Odontoglossum. J.L.P.D.: 
The flowers were sent without numbers. Tie' one with the 
dark purple falls is Iris Germanica ; the lavender blue flower, 
I. pallida ; and the yellow one, I. flavescens. Adam : 1, Limnan- 
thes Douglasii; 2, Scilla campanulata, probably; 3, Ornithogalum 
umbellatum; 4, Horminium pyrenaieum; 5, Polygonum 
erectum. 
Name of Orchid. — L. Hendry: The correct name of the 
Orchid you inquire about is Miltonia Warseewiczii. It is com¬ 
monly grown under the name of Oncidium fuscatum, while 0. 
Weltoni and Odontoglossum Weltoni are also used. Sometimes 
these names are added to another to distinguish a form slightly 
differing in colour, as the tints and shades vary considerably in 
different specimens. 
Communications Received.— E. M. — J. H. — T. E. B. — 
D. T. F.—P. & M.—T. P.—A. E. S— J. B — R. D.—T. M — 
H. S.- J. T. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
B. S. Williams, Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper 
Holloway.—New and General Plant Catalogue. 
