March 14, 1891. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
449 
Waltham Cross, exhibited some baskets of Roses and 
twelve boxes of cut blooms of Camellias. Beautiful 
white varieties were M. d’Offoy, Montironi, and Princess 
Charlotte. A Silver gilt Banksian Medal was awarded. 
Daffodils in considerable quantity were exhibited 
by Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent Garden. Popular 
varieties shown were N. cbvallaris, 1ST. princeps, N. 
incomparabilis Leedsi, and the large - trumpeted N. 
bicolor Horsfieldi. The same firm also set up 
same Irises, Anemones, Crocuses and Snowdrops. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded. Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart., M.P., Burford Lodge, Dorking, 
exhibited some flower scapes of various Anthuriums 
having spathes of wonderful size. Amongst others 
were A. Edwardi roseum, A. Laingi, and varieties of 
A. Rothschildianum. He was awarded a Silver Banksian 
Medal. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, exhibited 
Bulbocodium ruthenicum and some Snowdrops. Lotus 
peliorhynchus was shown by Messrs. R. Yeitch & Son, 
Exeter. Some Daffodils and Tulips were shown by 
W. E. Gumbleton, Esq., Belgrove, Queenstown. The 
Rev. W. Wilks, Shirley Vicarage, Croydon, exhibited 
a group of Lachenalias, including L. tricolor, L. Nelsoni 
and others. He also had a group of Snowdrops, 
including Galanthus latifolius, G. Elwesi globosus, 
bearing twin flowers, G. plicatus, G. Imperati, and 
forms of the common species. A collection of Snow¬ 
drops was also shown by James Allen, Esq., Shepton 
Mallet, including the new Galanthus Alleni, also G. 
nivalis, G. n. lutescens, G. n. Sharlokii, G. n. flore 
pleno, G. n. flore plenissimo, and several large-flowered 
seedlings. Mr. W. Allen, gardener to Lord Suffield, 
Gunton Park, Norwich, showed a basket of sweet¬ 
smelling Violets, consisting of Marie Louise, double 
pale blue, and Comte Brazza, double white. 
At a meeting of the Fruit Committee, Mr. J. Willard, 
Holly Lodge Gardens, Highgate, exhibited a box of 
Peaches from Cape Town. They were large, rather 
pale in colour and curiously pointed. Two pods of 
Vanilla were shown by Dr. Wilks. Chelmsford 
Wonder Apple was shown by Messrs. Saltmarsh & 
Son, Chelmsford. Several varieties of forced Chicory 
were brought up from the gardens of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society. The following kinds were shown in 
pots as forced- namely, Whitloef, Large-rooted Bruns¬ 
wick, Large-rooted Brussels, Large-rooted Magdebourg, 
Large-leaved Lombardy, and the Common Chicory. 
Improved Very Early Dandelion, also forced, was 
brought up. 
First Spring Exhibition at the Royal Aquarium.— 
The leading features of this exhibition were the forced 
Hyacinths, Tulips, and Daffodils, also stove and green¬ 
house plants, but more particularly Cyclamens, which 
were very numerous. The first prizes for collections of 
fifty Hyacinths, thirty-six pots of Tulips, and twenty- 
four pots of Narcissus were taken by Messrs. Henry 
Williams & Sons, Fortis Green, Finchley. All were of 
fair average merit for the period of the year, but the 
24-size pots seemed altogether too large. They also 
had the best Spineas and Lily of the Valley, but the 
pots in the latter case were huge and ungainly. Mr. 
W. B. Morle, 283, Regent Street, was second for fifty 
Hyacinths. Mr. Thomas Walker, Gordon Villa, 
Hounslow, took the first award for the collection of 
Cyclamens, which were well flowered, as were those of 
Mr. John May, Jordan Nursery, Twickenham, who was 
second. There were several other collections. The St. 
George’s Nursery Co., Han well, had the best thirty-six 
pots of Cyclamen ; and Mr. John Odell, Hillingdon, 
was second. Mr. C. Nunn, gardener to J. Soames, Esq., 
Greenwich Park, was first for Azaleas, and was followed 
by Messrs. H. Williams & Sons with smaller plants. 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, had by far the 
finest group of flowering and foliage plants ; Mr. C. 
Nunn was second. Mr. J. L. Turk, gardener to T. 
Boney, Esq., Cholmely Lodge, Highgate, had the best 
Hyacinths and Tulips, where nurserymen were excluded. 
Miscellaneous groups were shown, including flowering 
and fine-foliaged plants from Messrs. J. Laing & Sons ; 
Daffodils, Anemones, Snowdrops, and Irises, &c., from 
Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent Garden ; Camellias from 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross ; Clivias from Mr. 
P. R. Davidson, Iwerne Minster, Blandford ; and 
TJvedale St. Germain Pears from Mr. F. Bridger, The 
Gardens, Penshurst Place, Penshurst. 
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Bolton Horticultural and Chrysanthemum.—A 
very pleasant evening was spent at the monthly meeting 
of this society held at the Spinners Hall, on the 8th 
inst., Mr. Charles Jones presiding. A paper was read 
by Mr. Pawson,The Pike, on Annuals in which he gave 
a descriptive list of varieties best adapted for growing 
near towns, and showed that by careful selection, and a 
little more attention than is generally given to this class 
of plants in thinning, and after cultivation many an 
unsightly spot might be made to look gay for several 
months at a very trifling cost. A lively discussion 
followed, Messrs. Corbett, Callow,AVainwright, Tatton. 
Harrison and Smith taking part. Votes of thanks to 
the essayist and the chairman brought an enjoyable 
evening to a close. 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
Orchids from Arddarroch. 
Amidst much rather unseasonable weather, here 
and at Arddarroch, Gareloch Head, from whence the 
Orchids were sent us by Mr. James Brown, gardener to 
R. B. White, Esq., we could not fail to be pleased at 
the wonderful freshness with which they arrived. 
That th« season is advancing we have evidence by the 
first specimen of Cattleya Mendelii which it has been 
our lot to see this season. A huge specimen of 
C. Trianie rosea reminded us of C. T. Schroder* by 
its large, golden, almost orange blotch in the throat. 
The rest of the lip was of a warm rosy purple ; the 
sepals and petals were much paler, in hue, but striking 
on account of their enormous size. The sender has 
had flowers of C. T. grandiflora 9 ins. across, thu3 
exceeding in size those of C. Mossise, which are 
occasionally 8 ins. across the petals. There was also a 
three-flowered cluster of Dendrobium luteolum, with 
its pleasing primrose-coloured flowers, curious long, 
deep yellow spurs, and the strong beard along the 
middle line of the lip. A rarer Orchid than either was 
the beautiful Odontoglossum Krameri, resembling at 
first sight a-small Phalsenopsis, especially in colour 
and fragrance. The sepals and petals were pale violet 
fading to white towards the margin. The half-moon¬ 
shaped, bi-lobed lip was of a deeper violet, with a 
semi-circular brownish purple band surrounded with a 
white line on either side of the large, fleshy, yellow 
crest. 
Dendrobium nobile, Hardys var 
The stems of this variety, as shown at the Drill Hall on 
Tuesday last, by Mr. AVilliam Holmes, gardener to 
G. Hardy, Esq., Pickering Lodge, Timperley, Cheshire, 
were moderately short, stout, and well-flowered. A 
good sized and showy piece was exhibited. The sepals 
and petals were of good substance and white, tipped 
with deep purple. The lip had a very short claw, with 
a broad rounded lamina, and the usual arrangement ol 
colours, but the blotch in the throat was of a deep rich 
or maroon-purple. An Award of Merit was granted the 
variety. 
Cattleya Trianze Hardyana. 
The flowers of this variety are notable for the breadth 
of all the parts, but particularly of the petals and lip. 
The sepals are blush coloured, and the petals are short, 
very broad, and almost roundly-ovate, and blush 
coloured, except along the middle line, which deepens 
to a rosy tint. The lip has a short tube for C. Trian®, 
with a short and very broad, almost rounded lamina ; 
the latter is of an intense purple, fading off at the 
crisped margin to pale lilac-purple, which forms a band 
round the dark portion ; there is also a large bi-lobed, 
yellow blotch in the throat. It was named and des¬ 
cribed some years ago by the late Professor Reichenbach. 
The plant was shown at the Drill Hall on Tuesday last, 
by Mr. AVilliam Holmes, gardener to G. Hardy, E q., 
Pickering Lodge, Timperley, Cheshire, when an Award 
of Merit was granted it. 
Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum Amesianum. 
In this we have a beautiful and very distinct variety of 
0. luteo-purpureum, in which the usual brown blotches 
have entirely disappeared. The sepals are oblong, 
revolute at the edges, and pale yellow, with a faint 
greenish tint pervading them. The petals on the 
other hand are lanceolate, rather deeply toothed on the 
margins, and of a clear soft yellow. The lip is short 
and broad, almost quadrate, shortly fringed at 
the margin, with a short involute tip, making the 
lamina appear almost lobed, and the whole is of a soft 
yellow. An arching raceme bearing eleven flowers was 
exhibited at the Drill Hall, AVestminster, on Tuesday 
last, by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, when 
a First Class Certificate was awarded it. 
Dendrobium fimbriatum oculatum. 
In the hands of the skilful manipulator this Dendrobe 
is a most desirable subject for exhibition purposes ; the 
facility with which it can be had in bloom at the 
desired time, its brilliant golden racemes, the prominent 
dark eye, and the graceful foliage around the labellum, 
make it an object of interest to the most careless 
observer. I recently saw a fine specimen in a 14-in. 
pot in Colonel Tucker’s collection at Braddon Tor, 
Torquay, carrying fifty-five racemes. It will doubtless 
be an object of much interest at the coming flower 
show in Torquay.— J. McNab. 
An Oncidium Four Months in Bloom. 
By some authorities 0. unguiculatum is considered as 
a variety of 0. tigrinum. The flowering period of the 
latter does not last so long, nor do the scapes attain 
such a length. A specimen of 0. unguiculatum in the 
London nursery, 4, Maida Vale, bore a branching 
flower scape of 8 ft. long, last autumn, when it com¬ 
menced flowering. A portion of the scape was 
accidently broken off, but all the branching portion 
continued to expand its flowers in succession, and bore 
a number of them when we saw the plant again the 
other day. A plant, and more especially an Orchid, 
which could live and flower through all the fog and 
frost of the winter, now happily past, is worthy of 
attention for suburban collections. The flowers are 
smaller, and the sepals shorter than in 0. tigrinum, but 
the clear yellow lip with its long claw to the terminal 
lobe, and to which it owes its name, is bold and con¬ 
spicuous. 
Orchids at The Briars, Chislehurst. 
Calling in the other day to have a look at the 
collection owned by T. R. AVatt, Esq., I was glad to 
find the plants in such good health, and the good 
things in flower so numerous. Cattleya Trian® is, of 
course, the most attractive just now, and there are a 
considerable number of good varieties, two of the forms 
being really splendid in size, shape, and colour. 
Dendrobiums are very well done at the Briars, and the 
kinds in flower include D. nobile nobilius, D. n. 
Sanderianum, D. n. Cooksoni, D. Leechianum, and 
D. Ainsworthii. A healthy piece of Coelogyne cristata 
alba carried fifteen spikes. I noted several very fine 
forms of Odontoglossum Alexandras, 0. Pescatorei, and 
O. Hallii; with Zygopetalum crinitum, in fine condition ; 
Lycaste Skinneri rubra, very large and rich ; and also a 
plant of L. S. alba, carrying very large and fine flowers. 
These are but a few of the nice things that help to 
make up a varied and interesting display, while in the 
Phalmnopsis section good spikes are also in flower of 
P. Schilleriana, P. Stuartiana, P. amabilis, and P. 
grandiflora.— W. P. 
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
Campbell's Fumigating Rolls. —Will some reader who has 
used these rolls he so good as to say if I may safely use them in 
vineries in which the Vines are coming into flower; also for 
killing thrips and green-fly on Ferns ?— G. G. [We have had no 
experience.with them.— Ed.] 
Clematises. — A. B .: ].— We should not admit any of the well 
known hardy varieties into a class for stove and greenhouse 
plants ; only those—such as C. indivisa lobata—which require 
the protection of a greenhouse being strictly admissible. 
2.—The hardy varieties can certainly be shown in a class for 
hardy shrubs in flower. 
Fanciful Ideas. — Flos.: Your questions do not come within 
the pale of practical gardening, and we would suggest that you 
send them to Notes and Queries. 
Permanent Protection for Strawberry Beds, &c.— T . S. : 
The permanent covering of quarters of Bush fruits and Straw¬ 
berries with small meshed wire netting has been tried in many 
places, and so far as we know with good results. The main 
objection to such structures is the cost, and we never saw one 
that added any beauty to a garden. 
Communications Received.— J. Carter (next week).—C. G. W. 
—G. Fry.—J. C.—Pansy Grower.—T. N. (next week).—R. S.— 
E. S.—A. D.—Stirling.—A. Lister. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Charlesworth, Shuttleworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, 
and Park Road, Clapham, S. W.—Select List of Orchids. 
Standard Manufacturing Co., St. Alkmund's Churchyard, 
Derby.—Tree Primers, &c. 
T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham.—Catalogues of 
Hardy Florists’ Flowers, Herbaceous Plants, Climbing Plants, 
&c. 
Dicksons & Co., 1, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh.—Farm Seeds 
Alexander Bailey, Junr.— Silksworth Lane, Sunderland.— 
Pansies, Carnations, and Picotees, &c. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
March 9th. 
Messrs. Hurst k Son, 152, Houndsditcb, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, E.C., report a brisk demand 
for Agricultural seeds at unchanged rates. Supplies of 
English Red continue moderate. Heavy Perennial 
Ryegrass is very scarce, and much dearer. Rape 
steady. 
