April 2,' 1892. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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The undermentioned plants, flowers, and the Orange 
were exhibited at the meeting of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society on the 22nd ult., when they received 
certificates according to merit. The Orchids certi¬ 
ficated at the same meeting will be described under 
" Orchid Notes and Gleanings.” 
Amaryllis Eclipse.— The leaves of this variety, 
as shown by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, were nearly 
as long as the flower scapes and of a light glaucous 
green hue. Two flower scapes about 2 ft. high 
carried two flowers each. The latter are funnel- 
shaped, of large size and great substance, with the 
three outer segments broadly elliptic, crimson- 
scarlet, with darker veins and white towards the 
sides ; the three inner ones are smaller and narrower, 
with a greater amount of white, especially the lower 
segment, which is wholly white at the base. An 
Award of Merit was accorded it. 
Ranunculus cortusjefolius.— The leaves of this 
giant Buttercup are of very large size, roundly 
heart-shaped, seven to nine-lobed, strongly netted 
with veins, hairy, and of a bright shining green. 
The leaves on the stem are much smaller, stalkless, 
and three to five-lobed. The flowers are arranged 
in branching cymes, and are of large size, shining 
golden-yellow, with five to six obovate petals. 
Individually the flowers would measure 2 in. to 
2Jin. across, so that in the aggregate they are very 
effective. The stems attain a height of 2 ft., and 
branch considerably towards the top. The species 
is a native of the Canary Islands and Madeira, from 
whence it was originally introduced in 1826, andfre- 
quently so since then, but has as often been lost to 
cultivation because not so hardy as is desirable, and 
therefore not able to maintain itself in the her¬ 
baceous border under the same conditions as our 
native and European species. It is, however, a very 
desirable plant even if it requires to be grown in pots 
during the winter and protected by a frame or green¬ 
house, where it would be highly appreciated when in 
bloom. Some leaves and cut flowers of it were ex¬ 
hibited by Mr. Charles Wood, gardener to the Right 
Hon. Lord Hylton, Merstham House, Merstham, 
Surrey, when a First class Certificate was awarded it. 
Amaryllis Silver Queen. —The flowers of this 
variety are funnel-shaped, with elliptic, cuspidate 
and blunt outer segments that are red, netted with 
darker veins and having a white centre. The inner 
segments are much narrower, the lowest one 
especially so, and all three are more or less splashed 
with white on a red ground. It was exhibited by 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, and received an 
Award of Merit. 
Rose, Caroline Testout.— The flowers of this 
hybrid perpetual are large and of a delicate rose- 
pink. The petals are broad, revolute at the margins, 
and the outermost ones spread considerably, at least 
when grown under glass. The leaves are large and 
of a deep glaucous green with three to five broadly 
ovate or somewhat heart-shaped leaflets. An 
Award of Merit was granted it . when shown by 
Messrs. Paul & Son. 
Rose, Danmark. —In this we have another hybrid 
perpetual, considerably resembling La France in 
form, but the broad petals are pink at the reflexed 
margin only. The outer surface is of a deep salmon- 
rose and very effective, at least when grown under 
glass. We should expect that the tint would even 
be deeper when grown out of doors. An Award of 
Merit was accorded it when shown by Messrs. Wm. 
Paul & Son. 
Euonymus japonicus compactus. —The dwarf 
habit and neat, compact form of this variety should 
be sufficient to recommend it to cultivators indepen¬ 
dent of its variegation, which increases its ornamental 
value considerably. The oblong-lanceolate leaves 
are J in. to f in. long, very closely arranged upon, 
the stem, and of a shining green, with a narrow, 
slightly crenate, white margin. The stems are 
generally only 6 in. high, quite erect, and therefore 
highly suitable for making edges to beds of shrubs 
or even for the edgings of walks. Messrs. B. S. 
Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, were the 
exhibitors, and an Award of Merit was accorded the 
variety. 
Seedling Orange. —The fruit of a seedling 
Orange exhibited by C. E. Smith, Esq. (gardener, ■ 
Mr. J. Quarterman), Silvermere, Cobham, Surrey, 
was of medium size, oval in shape like that of a 
Jaffa Orange and of a light orange-yellow. The 
flesh was of a dark orange hue. and the seeds small. 
An Award of Merit was accorded it. 
At the first spring exhibition of the Royal Botanic 
Society, Regent’s Park, on the 23rd ult., the under¬ 
mentioned subjects were exhibited and received 
certificates. 
Chionodoxa grandiflora.— The flower scapes 
of this variety bear from one to four flowers, the 
usual number being two. When there are four 
blooms on a stalk it is evidence of strong bulbs or 
good culture. The blooms are large compared with 
those of C. Lucilise, and of a light blue giving place 
to a paler or almost white hue in the eye. A pot of 
bulbs was exhibited by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm 
Nurseries, Tottenham, when a Botanical Certificate 
was awarded them. 
Amaryllis Orion. —Two scapes, each about 2 ft. 
high and each two-flowered, were produced by one 
bulb. The flowers were large, openly bell-shaped, 
crimson-scarlet and deepening to a rich crimson in 
the tbroat around the greenish rays at the base. 
Argus.— The scape of this variety was 2 ft. high 
and carried four fine blooms, which were funnel- 
shaped, and of a rich crimson-scarlet deepening to a 
glossy crimson to the very base. The six-rayed star, 
which is usually a conspicuous feature of the flower, 
is in this case almost entirely obscured by the heavy 
shading of crimson over it. 
Eclipse.— For description of this variety see above. 
All three were exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Chelsea, and each received a Floricultural Certificate. 
Dracaena Barteti. —The leaves of this garden 
variety are lanceolate, 12 in. to 18 in. long, and of a 
deep bronzy olive above with broad bright red 
margins. The under surface is also of a bronzy 
glaucous hue, with red nerves, or lines. 
Bertolonia argyroneura.— The leaves of this 
plant are pale green with five white, longitudinal 
bands along the principal nerves with transverse 
ones connecting them, and dotted with white on the 
intermediate spaces. 
Bertolonia Comte de Kerchove.— The ovate 
leaves in this case are of a deep olive green with five 
longitudinal and many transverse rosy veins, the 
latter connecting the former together in meshes. 
The areas between are also spotted with rose. The 
Dracaena and both the Bertolonias were shown by 
Messrs. J. Laing & Son, Forest Hill, and each 
received a Botanical Certificate. 
Elais melanococca.— A plant of this species, 
shown by Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, was well 
furnished with leaves about 2 ft. long, pinnate and 
dark green, with the pinnae gradually narrowed into 
spiny points towards the base. It would appear to 
be of considerable ornamental value, if as well 
furnished with leaves by the time it is 12 in. to 
15 in. high, 
Euonymus japonicus compactus.— For descrip¬ 
tion of this pretty little plant, see above. Both 
were shown by the same exhibitors, and received 
Botanical Certificates. 
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GARDENERS’ TRADE- 
UNIONISM. 
Are our Scotch gardener friends really in revolt, and 
do those of the auld granite city really mean busi¬ 
ness ? Doubtless when some fifty members of the 
vocation agree to form a gardeners’ union, they have 
some clear idea as to the nature of their grievances, 
and how they may hope to remedy them. If they 
have not then will all their union and labour be 
in vain. Whatsoever it may be possible to accom¬ 
plish by united action in a town like Aberdeen, cer¬ 
tain it is that because of the singular way in which 
gardeners are generally dispersed all over the king¬ 
dom, they present a very difficult body both to 
organize and to induce to any combined action. 
Gardeners, who are chiefly employed in private 
places, probably whilst realising only too well the 
unsatisfactory nature of their positions, yet fully 
understand that their vocation is not of that essen¬ 
tial nature which is associated with so much labour 
in other directions. Whilst I should heartily de¬ 
sire to see gardeners better paid and better organ¬ 
ized, I at the same time fully realise how almost 
impossible it seems by any combined action to pro¬ 
duce these results. We are just nowon the eve of 
considerable financial and trade depression, and that 
bodes badly for gardeners, because as a class they are 
invariably the first to suffer. 
Then there are so many of them that in the 
scramble for places they literally elbow one another 
to death. If in the north gardeners have a weekly 
half-holiday, then are they much better than are 
those in the south, where such a thing as a weekly 
half-holiday is not heard of, and even bank holidays 
are rarely respected. Possibly Scotchmen will re¬ 
tort so much the worse for the Southefs. Just so. 
Still that is how matters stand here. I shall watch 
the development of the Aberdeen movement with 
considerable interest.— X. Z. 
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SCOTTISH NOTES. 
Technical Education. 
The Horticultural Class in the Heriot-Watt College, 
Edinburgh, has had a very encouraging session Dr. 
Wilson, the lecturer, in concluding his course, said it 
was his proud privilege to have conducted this class 
during three sessions. He had been assisted this 
session by Mr. A. D. Mackenzie, of Messrs. Mac¬ 
kenzie & Moncur, the well-known horticultural 
engineers, by Mr. A. Mackenzie, of the same firm, and 
by Mr. James Wilson, jun., and Mr. T. Berwick, of 
Greenside Nursery, St. Andrew’s. The lecturer re¬ 
ferred to the discussion which had taken place recently 
in the gardening press as to the advisableness of such 
instruction as this class afforded, and said that as 
time went on there would be less disparagement and 
more encouragement to study the principles of 
gardening. The manuscript magazine of the class 
had been ably contributed to by Messrs. Chisholm, 
C. Mackenzie, Lohrmann, Somervilie, Schloesser, 
and Paton. The following is the honours list :— 
David Somerville, Dalkeith Palace, Scottish Horti¬ 
cultural Association's Silver Medal; Colin Mackenzie, 
Warriston Nursery, College Bronze Medal; M. F. A. 
Schloesser, Dalkeith Palace, Mr. John Methven’s 
prize; Archd. Cook, St. Leonards, Mr. David P. 
Laird’s prize. The winners of certificates are ;—R. 
Lohrmann, Warriston Nursery; George Paton, 
Morton Hall ; R. J. Clark, Blackford Brae; W. 
Patience, Dalkeith Palace ; J. Pearson, Beechwood ; 
A. Morgan, Dalkeith Palace ; J. McClounie, Morton 
Hall; W. Hood, St. Leonards; W. Cairns, Newbattle 
Abbey; W. Z. Welsh, Liberton Mains. 
Orchids at the Falkirk Spring Show. 
Although there were no special classes for Orchids 
at the Falkirk Spring Show, held on the 25th ult., 
this did not prevent them from being eagerly 
exhibited among other stove and greenhouse plants. 
Among the stove plants a very fine specimen of 
Vanda Suavis was singled out by the judges as the 
most meritorious plant in the exhibition. It bore 
three fine spikes, carrying nine, twelve, and thirteen 
blooms respectively, and came from the celebrated 
collection of Mr. Wilson of Bantaskine (gardener, Mr. 
Whitehall). The same gentleman also staged some 
very fine Cattleya Trianae, one of them having a 
specially rich coloured lip. Dendrobium Brymeri- 
anum and the D. nobilis from Bantaskine were of 
the finest, and Ada aurantiaca was shown in grand 
condition and bloom. Only two Odontoglossums 
were shown, but the Pacho varieties are late in 
flowering, June being the month in which they are 
usually seen at their best. The old starry types 
flower freely all winter, when they are most needed. 
Mr. Airdrie, gardener, Larbert House, showed some 
very good plants of Dendrobium Wardianum and 
D. nobile.— G. R. 
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POLYPODIUM BILLARDIERI. 
The wide creeping habit of this species may be com¬ 
pared to that of our native P. Vulgare. It may be 
and is often grown in pots, but it attains its best 
development and becomes much more effective when 
grown in such a way that it can ramble over some 
object, such as the stem of a tree fern, as it is grown 
in one of the houses at Stoke Park, Slough. The 
fronds under these conditions attain a foot in length, 
and are deeply pinnatifid throughout their length. 
A piece of fern stem 4 ft. in length is covered from 
top to bottom with a beautiful covering of light 
green fronds, quite a picture of vigour and health. 
When grown in pots the same facility for rambling is 
not provided, and under these conditions of restricted 
growth, some of the fronds only become partially 
divided, while others are linear or lanceolate and 
quite entire. The large and divided fronds are cer¬ 
tainly the finest. 
