May 14, 1892. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
570 
Preliminary Exhibition. 
A large rectangular space at the south end of the 
main building, but distinct from it, was occupied 
with exhibits from various nurserymen, forming a 
sort of preliminary exhibition, but not a competitive 
one. Most or all of the exhibitors were awarded 
Silver Medals. Messrs. J. Laing & Sons occupied 
two tables with Palms, Dracaenas, Orchids, and 
other stove and greenhouse plants. A third table 
was furnished with Tulips, Daffodils, Tuberous 
Begonias, and other cut flowers of various hardy 
herbaceous plants. Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son 
had a table one side of which was occupied with 
Amaryllis and Dracaenas, and the other with Orchids 
includingCypripedium Morganiae, Oncidium sarcodes 
and others. At one side of this area Messrs. H. Low 
& Co., Clapton, had a fine display of Erica coccinnia 
minor, and other Heaths as well as Azaleas and New 
Holland plants. 
A small glass plant case was filled by Messrs. 
B. S. Williams & Son with carnivorous plants ; but 
they are to build and fill a house with these subjects 
always interesting to the British public. Messrs. H. 
Canned & Son, Swanley, occupied a table with 
grotesque Cacti, lighted up with cut flowers of zonal, 
show, and fancy Pelargoniums, and Tuberous Bego¬ 
nias. Messrs. Barr & Son, Convent Garden, 
occupied two sides of a quadrangular space with a 
fine display of Daffodils, Tulips, and Anemones. 
Amongst the former were groups of Narcissus 
Burbidgei, Little Dirk, Emperor, Sir Watkin, Barri 
conspicuus, and Mrs. Langtry. Mr. T. S. Ware, 
Tottenham, had a large and showy table of herba¬ 
ceous plants, including Iris susiana, Saxifraga 
pyramidalis, Primula Sieboldi in great variety, 
Daffodils, and others. A table of Daffodils—including 
Emperor, Sulphur and Orange Phoenix in quantity, 
Crown Imperial and Irises—was set up by Messrs. 
William Cutbush & Son. 
A large square space on the floor was occupied by 
Messrs. E. D. Shuttleworth & Co., Albert Nursery, 
Peckham Rye, with large Kentias and other Palms, 
as well as Cycas revoluta, Pandanus, Dracaenas, etc. 
Near by this, Messrs. J. James & Son, Woodside, 
Farnham Royal, had a table of their celebrated strain 
of Cinerarias, in many shades of colour. Mr. R. 
Dean, Ranelagh Road, Ealing, had a showy exhibit 
of Primulas and Polyanthus, the latter especially 
being very floriferous. Leopold de Rothschild, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. W. Jennings, Ascott, Leighton Buz¬ 
zard) was the only amateur represented in the show; 
and his exhibit of a group of the giant Souvenir de 
la Malmaison Carnation, with the pink variety, cer¬ 
tainly did the gardener credit. Some of the blooms 
measured qj in. and 5 in. across, while the fragrance 
was all that could be desired in a Carnation. Mr. 
Chas. Turner had a table of show and Alpine Auri¬ 
culas, the latter being specially attractive. He also 
had a table of small but well flowered greenhouse 
Azaleas. Messrs. J. Peed & Sons, Roupell Park 
Nursery, Norwood Road, had an exhibit consisting 
of Palms, Dracaenas, Heaths, Crotons, Ferns, 
Orchids, and other subjects arranged in their best 
style. 
A large rectangular area on one side of the build¬ 
ing was occupied by Messrs. H. Lane & Son, Berk- 
hamstead, with Rhododendrons in pots, Lilies, and 
Roses. Near by this was a large group of show and 
regal Pelargoniums in 60 and 48-size pots, by Messrs. 
J. &J. Hayes, Edmonton. In another rectangular 
area was a large group of standard and bush Roses 
in pots on a groundwork of Maidenhair Fern, and 
a smaller group in the opposite corner shown by 
Messrs. Wm Paul & Son, Waltham Cross. A fine 
group of Palms, large specimens of Eurya latifolia 
variegata, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Spiraeas, etc., 
was exhibited by Messrs. Chas. Lee & Son, Royal 
Vineyard Nurseries, Hammersmith. A large group 
of pot Roses, with Palms behind and Maidenhair 
Fern in front, was arranged by Mr. Wm. Rurnsey, 
Joynings Nurseries, Waltham Cross. Mr. George 
l’hippen had two small but tastefully decorated tables 
of cut flowers, bouquets, wreaths, baskets, and other 
devices. Some prizes were offered for designs of a 
typical estate of 100 acres, but there was no time for 
the adjudication of the awards on the opening day, 
so that only one design was then exhibited, namely, 
that of Messrs. Reid & Bornemann, Trewsbury 
Road, Sydenham, whose design seems well planned 
and executed. A separate plan shows the undulations 
of the ground, and its elevation in different parts 
above water and sea level. 
Outdoor Gardens. 
There is the usual amount of grass lawns in the 
open air, with large undulating beds and borders of 
shrubbery. There is a group of golden Yews in 
various forms, standard and pyramidal, by Mr. A. 
Waterer, Knapp Hill, Surrey. Messrs. Wm. Paul 
& Son have a long, undulating bed of Rhododendron 
ponticum. Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, 
Sussex, have a small plantation of fruit trees showing 
the methods of pruning and training horizontal and 
upright cordons, bushes, and standards. We should 
have liked to see this practical illustration of fruit 
culture on a much more extended scale. There is a 
permanent exhibition of this kind in connection with 
the Jardin de Luxembourg at Paris. Two large areas 
are planted by Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son with 
Conifers and a large collection of Hollies. Messrs. 
Lane & Son have a bed of Rhododendrons and 
another of Yews in various forms, including dwarf 
golden Yews for bedding purposes. An arrow-shaped 
bed has been planted by Messrs. Laing & Sons with 
Cordyline australis, American Aloes, and succulent 
plants. Messrs. Chas. Lee & Son have a bed of 
Prunus Pissardi, Japan Maples, Euonymus, Ivies, 
and similar subjects. 
The specially designed gardens will be objects of 
some interest to visitors. One of the most novel and 
interesting is the Egyptian garden planted with 
Musas, specimens of Phoenix representing the Date 
Palm, Bamboos, Acacias, Oleanders, and pictures 
behind representing the temple in which the Pharaohs 
worshipped and other Egyptian scenery. There is a 
glimpse of the Nile having its sloping banks planted 
with tall growing grasses. Besides this there is an 
Indian Tea garden planted with some 306 young Tea 
plants. Close by is the Japanese garden with a pond 
in front containing some water plants, and the 
surrounding ground occupied with Japanese Conifers. 
Then there is a flower market, a Tudor mansion and 
garden, a-floral maze, a Roman garden, an Italian 
garden, a Jacobean garden, and a Victorian garden, 
all more or less in a forward state, but by no means 
completed on the opening day of the exhibition. 
Between the theatre and the West Kensington 
entrance is a picture or painting representing the 
long walk in Windsor forest leading up to the Castle. 
As a painting its merits may not stand particularly 
high, but as a piece of clever deception or optical 
delusion it is certainly remarkable. Viewed from 
different points of view, a casual observer would 
imagine that there are at least three walks or drives 
to be seen, while the picture seems to change in 
character as one is walking past but is keeping an 
eye upon it. Mr. Halley, the scenic artist, is the 
author of the picture which is placed here to hide 
chimney pots and other objects behind and not in 
character with the garden scenes at Earl’s Court. 
The display of horticultural implements and 
appliances is both extensive and instructive, but 
many of the stands were not wholly completed, and 
the demands on our space forbid notice of them this 
week. In succeeding numbers we hope to note all 
that is worthy of comment. 
Chou de Burghley. 
The hardiness of this vegetable is getting more and 
more recognised by those who have been induced to 
give it a trial for winter use. When the heads have 
been cut and the old stems left in the ground, the 
latter throw up three or four buds which develop 
into small and useful heads about the lime when 
young Cabbages are looked for. When it first at¬ 
tains a usable state it is a Cabbage pure and simple, 
but sprouts are ultimately developed from the axils 
of the leaves forming the head, and, for all practical 
purposes, these may be considered Broccoli. The 
leaves of the head require a considerable amount of 
boiling, but after that they are very tender and of 
excellent flavour. A plantation of it at Dibdin 
House, Ealing, has had all the primary heads cut, 
but others are now being developed and some of 
them are fit for cutting. Cabbages proper in the 
neighbourhood of London do not, as a rule, keep 
well in winter, but if the necessity for them is 
obviated by growing Chou de Burghley a gain will 
have been made by those who are required to supply 
a varied assortment of green vegetables in winter 
and spring, till a supply from the autumn planted 
kinds can be obtained.— F. 
THE HERBACEOUS BORDER, 
Choice Plants in Flower 
Doronicu.m i'lantagineu.m. — Of the two species of 
Doronicum which are occasionally found wild in 
Britain, that here named is certainly the finer and 
more ornamental for border culture It is certainly 
a stronger grower than most of the other species in 
cultivation, but its long bright yellow rays and 
orange disc are very effective in the early part of 
the summer, when flowering plants in a cold season 
like the present are by no means plentiful. If trans¬ 
planted and broken up once a year and planted in 
rich soil, new growth continues to be made all 
through the summer, and a succession of flowers 
kept up till the accession of frost. There is a variety 
named D. p. excelsum that attains a height of 5 ft. , 
but the influence of rich, moist soil seems to account 
in a great measure for this vigour. 
Cardamine pratensis FLORE pleno. — The flower¬ 
ing period of this plant is limited to spring or early 
summer, but it is extremely pretty during that time 
"I he typical form is a native of moist meadows or 
marshy places, so that when brought under culti¬ 
vation a cool, moist spot should be selected for it, 
not necessarily boggy, but such as will be retentive 
of a fair amount of moisture during the summer 
months. In soil of this nature a fair amount of 
growth during the season is possible, and a fine 
display of bloom may be expected in the following 
spring. The same, of course, applies to the double 
variety under notice, and which is the most orna¬ 
mental for garden purposes. The flowers are per¬ 
fectly double, of a beautiful lilac and freely produced. 
Helonias bullata. —Those who can command a 
cool bed of peaty soil would find in this Liliaceous 
plant a neat, slow growing, pretty, and interesting 
subject. The oblong-lanceolate leaves are evergreen, 
somewhat leathery, and form a dense tuft, lying 
pretty close to the ground. From amongst these the 
flower scapes arise in Max', and stand clear above 
the foliage, bearing a dense, ovate spike of rosy 
purple flowers with the violet anthers extending 
beyond them. Although the individual blooms are 
small, they are effective and conspicuous enough in 
the mass. 
Ranunculus speciosus. —This name is applied to 
a dwarf double flowered Buttercup, with broad 
rounded, deeply three-lobed leax-es, and golden 
yellow, double flowers. Altogether the plant is 
dxvarfer and more compact than the double form of 
R. acris, so widely distributed in old-fashioned 
gardens. The thick consistency of the foliage gives the 
plant a robust appearance notwithstanding its dwarf 
habit; and the plant, being perfectly hardy, may be 
groxvn in the front line of the herbaceous border or 
upon rockwork. 
Saxifraga cordifolia purpurea. — One of die 
hardiest and most vigorous of the Saxifrages belonging 
to the Megasea section, is that here named. The 
huge orbicular leaves made during the summer 
partly die away, that is, the older of them, so that 
when the plant flowers in spring and early 
summer, the panicle is well thrown above the foliage, 
and is thereby seen to best advantage. Some 
clumps should be planted at intervals in the border, 
both for effect in winter and also when in bloom. The 
flowers are of a much darker purple than in the type 
The massix'e appearance of the foliage m akes the plan t 
highly suitable for planting in masses along the front 
of shrubbery. 
Epimedium alpinum rubrum. ---The leaves of this 
beautiful spring-flowering plant are twice or three 
times ternately divided with oxate or heart-shaped 
leaflets. The floxver stem bears as a rule only one 
leaf (the rest springing from the rootstock), and 
terminates in a raceme of curiously formed, deep red 
floxvers. The young foliage is also more or less 
tinted with red, and adds considerably to the attrac¬ 
tiveness of the floxvers. The plant xvill grow in almost 
any friable, good garden soil, but where the latter is 
heavy or otherxvise bad it may be improved by a 
liberal use of peat. 
Tulipa Ostrowskiana. —The flowers of this Tulip 
bear a considerable resemblance to those of T 
Oculus-solis, but are of a brighter red, approaching 
almost to scarlet. The segments are ovate, acumi¬ 
nate, and have a black blotch at the base, inside, sur¬ 
rounded by a yellow line. I he leaves are long, 
linear-lanceolate, and glaucous. A clump of it in 
the border is very effective: and if the bulbs are 
planted in the spaces between the lines of the more 
durable occupants, no blanks are left when the fo¬ 
liage of the Tulip dies doxvn. 
