July 11, 1891. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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was not very large, but some splendid blooms were 
shown, especially in the amateurs’ class, though those 
of the local exhibitors were somewhat damaged by 
heavy rain on the previous day. The prize takers 
were Messrs. M. Campbell, Blantyre ; G. Stewart, 
Rothesay ; Wm. Frater, Linlithgow ; Win. Crosbie, 
Falkirk ; A. Borrowman, Beeslack ; H. Poison, Gala¬ 
shiels ; Robert Turnbull, Hawick ; A. Irvine, Tigna- 
bruaich ; John Forbes, Hawick; C. N. Dalgleish, 
John Valentine, and A. Donald, Galashiels ; and 
James Tait, Gattonside, Melrose. The Eastern Scottish 
Pansy, Pink, and Pyrethrum Show was held in Dundee 
on the same day. The exhibition was most compact, 
and the blooms shown were very good. Fancies were 
specially good, and the first prize for twenty-four went 
to Mr. Ross, Laurencekirk, the second to Mr. James 
Ramsey, Baldovie, and the third to Mr. John Cleghorn, 
Dalguise, Dunkeld. The show Pansies were also ex¬ 
cellent, the prize winner in this case being Mr. John 
Grewar, Douglasfield. For six bunches of double 
Pyrethrums, the first prize fell to Mr. William Murray, 
Broughty Ferry, and the second to Mr. Robert Reid, 
Kincairney, Dunkeld. There were several good exhi¬ 
bits of Violas. The first prize went to Mr. John 
Cleghorn. There were no entries for Pinks, owing to 
the backward state of the season. The show was a 
great success. 
Chiswick Horticultural, July 2nd. —The annual 
exhibition of the local society was held under very 
favourable auspices as to the weather, and there was a 
large concourse of visitors, a fact which should put the 
society on a better financial footing than some former 
years have done. The Silver Cup offered by 
J. P>. Johnstone, Esq., Little Sutton, besides money 
prizes, for a group of Gloxinias brought forward 
four competitors, whose groups were certainly 
a great feature of the exhibition. The cup was 
carried off by J. B. Hilditch, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
Mulon), Argill House, Richmond. The Gloxinias 
grown in various sized pots were well flowered, and set 
off with Palms and Maidenhair Fern. The second 
prize was awarded to Mr. T. Bones, gardener to J. 
Donaldson, Esq., Tower House, Chiswick, who had 
Gloxinias of very high quality. The group shown by 
Mr. A. Wright, gardener to E. H. Watts, Esq., was 
far better arranged, but the quality of the flowers them¬ 
selves was not so good. He was awarded the third 
prize. Messrs. W. Fromow & Sons, Sutton Court 
Nursery, were the only competitors for a group of 
plants arranged for effect in a space not exceeding 100 
square feet, and they received the first prize. Mr. A. 
Wright took the first place for a smaller group, which 
was also very well put up. Mr. J. Buckland, gardener 
to W. E. Tautz, Esq., Sutton Lodge, took the second 
place. Mr. A. Wright had the best stove and green¬ 
house plants in well-flowered specimens. Mr. C. Long, 
gardener to E. P. Oakshott, Esq., Ealing, was second. 
Mr. S. Wigmore, gardener to F. Hicks, Esq., Oakhurst, 
Ealing, had the best fine foliaged plants and the best 
Caladiums. The first prize for exotic Ferns was 
awarded to Mr. A. Jones, gardener to E. Hyde, Esq., 
Ealing. The best Fuchsias, as usual, were those of 
Mr. A. Wright. Mr. G. Watts, gardener to H. Little, 
Esq., Baronshalt, Twickenham, took the first prizes 
for zonal Pelargoniums, Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums, and 
tuberous Begonias. Mr. Hucklesby, gardener to B. 
Hardy, Esq., Gordon House, Chiswick, had the best 
three Pelargoniums. Mr. J. Beasley, gardener to A. 
Fraser, Esq., Ealing, had the best twelve Gloxinias in 
pots. The cut Roses were not so good as last year, as 
might have been expected, owing to the late season ; 
but the Challenge Cup offered by J. Mantell, Esq., 
Gunnersburv,brought forward four competitors. Thocup 
was taken by Mr. B. Cant, Colchester, who holds it for 
one year. Mr. C. Turner, Slough, and Messrs. Paul & 
Son, Cheshunt, were second and third respectively. 
Mr. F. Davis, gardener to E. Tautz, Esq., Ealing, had 
the best twelve blooms of Roses. The first prize for 
cut flowers went to Mr. E. Chadwick, gardener to E. M. 
Nelson, Esq., Ealing. Strawberries were the only 
outdoor fruits which were really ripe. Mr. T. Osman, 
gardener to L. J. Baker, Esq., Ottershaw Park, 
Chertsey, had the best two dishes ; and Mr. C. J. 
Waite, gardener to Col. Talbot, Esher, had the best 
single dish. Mr. W. Ford, gardener to W. H. Ellis, 
Esq., Hounslow, had the best black and white Grapes, 
and the best Melon. Mr. A. Wright took the first 
prize for Cherries. Mr. D. White, gardener to Mrs. F. 
Watson, Isleworth, had the best nine dishes of 
vegetables. There was a large number of extra prizes, 
and amongst these Mr. John Fraser, gardener to Col. 
Wilkinson, Eden Dale, Acton, had the best group of 
plants ; Mr. J. Wiggins, gardener to D. Baldwin, Esq., 
Hillingdon Heath, had the best group of Pelargoniums ; 
Mr. F. Davis had the be3t York and Lancaster Roses ; 
Mr. J. Hucklesby was first for nine tuberous Begonias ; 
Mr. A. Howard, grower to H. Little, Esq., was first for 
Orchids ; Mr. E. Chadwick was first for a basket ot 
Roses and also a stand of fruit ; and Mr. C. J. Waite 
had the best hardy Ferns and the first prize offered by 
Messrs. J. Carter & Co. for vegetables. Mr. G. 
Clinging, gardener to Walpole Green well, Esq., Marden 
Park, Caterham Valley, took the first prize offered by 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., for a collection of fruit. 
Miscellaneous groups were shown by Mr. M. T. May, 
gardener to the Marquis of Bute, and by Mr. G. 
Reynolds, gardener to Messrs, de Rothschild, Gunners- 
bury Park. Cut flowers of herbaceous plants were 
shown by Messrs. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, and also 
by Messrs. Chas. Lee & Son, Hammersmith, who also 
had Roses and hardy trees and shrubs. Vegetables 
were generally well shown by the cottagers, and window 
boxes were good. 
The Norwich and Norfolk Rose Show.—This was 
held on the 2nd inst. at Catton Park, the seat of S. 
Gurney Buxton, Esq., and was favoured with beautiful 
weather after a day of soaking rain. The beautiful 
and extensive pleasure grounds and the various glass 
erections were all freely thrown open to the public. 
Thursday being early closing day in the town, a great 
number of visitors found their way to Catton. The 
show of Roses for the season was very good, but not 
equal to those of some past seasons. Still, the stands 
of cut blooms had a fresh appearance, and the tent in 
which the Roses were shown was thronged most of the 
early part of the afternoon. The National Rose Society 
gave a" Silver Medal for the best Hybrid Perpetual in the 
show, and this was awarded to Miss Penrice, for a bloom 
of La France. This lady always carries off prizes 
wherever she exhibits, and has been a very successful 
exhibitor for some years. A single award was given 
for the best Tea Rose, and Comtesse de Nadaillae, shown 
by the Rev. H. Berners, received the prize. Amongst 
the other successful prize-takers were Messrs. G. Prince, 
B. R. Cant, G. & W. H. Burch, T. H. Powell, &c., 
names well known to all Rose growers, besides many of 
the local residents. The vegetables and fruits were 
shown in a tent by themselves, and were very credit¬ 
able for the present season. Mr. Chettleburgh, gardener 
at Worstead House ; Mr. Atkinson, gardener at Wrox- 
ham Hall; Mr. A. Bishop, of Bury St. Edmunds ; and 
Mr. Baker, of Marlingford, carried off most of the 
prizes. The Messrs. Daniels Bros, were great exhibitors, 
though not in competition. In one tent they had a 
stand of miscellaneous garden requisites, a large and 
well assorted collection ; and in another place they 
exhibited their Defiance Cabbage and Continuity 
Lettuce in a pile, which came in for a fair share of 
notice. In another tent the same firm also had a nice 
display of Tuberous Begonias, Scarlet Pelargoniums, 
Coleus, Hydrangeas, &c. Mr. Green, florist, of East 
Dereham, and formerly of Norwich, had also in this 
tent a good stand of plants. — From a, Correspondent. 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
New Orchids Certificated by the R. H. S. 
LiELiA Gottoiana. —This is stated to be a natural 
hybrid, and the parents are supposed to be Laelia pur- 
purata and L. grandis. The sepals and petals are those 
of the former, while the lines, markings and colour 
generally of the lip suggest the latter. The general 
hue of the whole also reminds one of L. lobata. The 
pseudo-bulbs are 8 ins. to 10 ins. long, compressed, 
ribbed, and bear a solitary, terminal, rigid, oblong 
leaf. Two flowers were borne on the scape, measuring 
7^ ins. across the petals, and 8§ ins. across the sepals. 
The latter are linear-spathulate, and soft rosy purple. 
The petals, on the contrary, are narrowly elliptic, 
acute, acuminate, spreading, slightly wavy and rosy 
purple. The lip is very long, with a deep purple 
tube and a large rotundate, wavy, deep rosy purple 
lamina, with a median crimson-purple band, and 
about three similarly coloured lines on either side of 
it, extending into the throat ; a little lower down 
are numerous pale, almost white lines on the side lobes. 
It was imported along with L. grandis, and exhibited 
by E. Gotto, Esq., J.P. (gardener, Mr. G. Banks), 
The Logs, Hampstead Heath, when a First Class 
Certificate was awarded it on the 23rd ult. 
Odontoglossum crispuii guttatum, Burford 
var. —The flowers of this are large, with much imbri¬ 
cated segments. The sepals are elliptic, wavy, white 
stained with rose, and having some large purple 
blotches in the centre more or less stained with 
brown. The petals are elliptic, wavy, slightly fringed, 
with a large blotch above the middle, similar to that 
in the sepals. The lip is oblong, bifid, slightly 
fringed, and white, with a large purple blotch in 
front of the yellow crest, and smaller purple ones 
around the latter. The column is a deep purplish 
crimson on the back. A First Class Certificate was 
awarded it on the 23rd ult. 
Cycnoches ciilorochilon. — Two old tapering 
pseudo-bulbs on this plant measured 12 ins. and 15 
ins. respectively, while the young one was 12 ins., 
and carried nine lanceolate leaves of different sizes. 
Two axillary scapes each carried six huge flowers, 
turned upside down. The oblong-lanceolate sepals 
and oblong-obovate petals are all of a light green. 
The lip is paler, and has a large convexity in the 
centre, and a deep green protuberance near the base. 
The slender curved column is greenish. A Botanical 
Certificate was awarded it on the 23rd ult. Both this 
and the preceding were exhibited by Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart., M.P. (grower, Mr. ’White), Burford 
Lodge, Dorking. 
L,elia grandis, Tring Park var. —The pseudo¬ 
bulbs of this Orchid are fusiform, compressed, and 
12 ins. to 15 ins. long, bearing a solitary, oblong, rigid, 
terminal leaf. The scape of the plant shown was 8 ins. 
long, and bore three flowers. The oblong, cuspidate 
sepals are buff, heavily suffused with a bronzy red or 
brown. The petals are twice as broad, wavy upwards, 
similar to the sepals in colour, and darkest along the 
centre. The lip has a purple tube, with darker lines ; 
and the roundish lamina is soft rosy purple, fading 
almost to blush at the edge, with deep blackish crimson 
confluent lines in the throat, forming as it were a large 
blotch. The flowers as shown measured 6^ ins. across 
the petals. 
Calanthe Dominii. 
This hybrid is of more than common interest to Orchid 
growers in general, and particularly to those who go in 
for the hybridisation of Orchids. It was the first arti¬ 
ficial hybrid which flowered, although not the first 
that was raised, and was named in honour of the raiser, 
Mr. Dominy, by Lindley. This flowering took place 
in 3 856, that is, thirty-five years ago ; and the great 
number of hybrids now in commerce have flowered 
since then. There is a specimen in the Orchid house at 
Kew, and which was obtained from Glasnevin. The 
leaves are very broad, lanceolate, plicate, and of mode¬ 
rate length. The sepals and petals are of a light 
mauve-purple, suffused with white, and the latter hue 
becomes more pronounced as the flowers advance in age. 
The lip is much darker when it first expands, but ulti¬ 
mately fades to a salmon hue as in several allied kinds. 
The stems proceed from the centre of the rosette of 
leaves, and rise to a height of 2 ft. The plant is there¬ 
fore both ornamental and interesting, although the 
colours are not very pronounced. 
A Sensitive Masdevallia. 
In M. muscosa we have a singular, and probably in the 
genus a unique case of sensitiveness in the lip. Under 
ordinary circumstances that organ is deflexed, and when 
touched commences to rise up slowly until it reaches 
a certain position, when it closes with a snap. This 
sensitiveness or rather the power of movement resides 
in the slender claw of the wedge-shaped lip, but it acts 
when any part of the lip is touched. The quickness 
of the movement depends upon the degree of the tem¬ 
perature of the house in which it is grown, and 
whether the sun shines or not. The plant is very 
floriferous, and the one-flowered peduncles are covered 
with coarse yellow hairs, which gives them a mossy 
appearance, as expressed in the name. The flowers are 
of a straw-yellow, with three prominent deep yellow 
veins running down each segment, so that they appear 
darker at a distance than they really are. The yellow- 
tails of the sepals are about 1 in. in length, and end in 
thickened knobs, resembling thoie of some moth. The 
lip has a brownish black blotch just under the apex on 
both surfaces, greatly adding to the curious appearance 
of the whole. A finely-flowered plant may be seen in 
the cool division of the Orchid house at Kew. 
Dendrobium Dalhousianum. 
When recently visiting Lismore, the seat of J. 
Leadbetter, Esq., Broughty Ferry, Dundee, a curious 
freak came under my notice as I passed through his 
Orchid houses. What at one time purported to be 
a fine strong growth on Dendrobium Dalhousianum, 
developed into a grand spike of nine huge blooms of 
great size and substance. Hitherto I had never seen 
such an occurrence. Mr. Sanders, who carries out the 
gardening operations at Lismore with great skill and 
ability, is a keen orchidist.— J. McNab, L. H. C. 
