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THE GARDENING WORLD 
October 19, 1895. 
THE WINTER MOTH. 
Will you kindly permit me to ask through your 
columns if anyone who has tried remedies for the 
destruction of the winter moth (Cheimatobia 
brumata) will give their experience about grease 
bands, the best paper and grease to use, &c. ? I 
think this might be of use to many besides myself 
who would like to reduce the numbers of this trouble¬ 
some pest.— H. P. 
FUCHSIA GLOBOSA. 
The flowers of this Fuchsia are globose in bud, a 
fact to which the specific name refers. Both calyx 
and the short tube are scarlet and conspicuous 
during the season when the flowers are most 
abundant. The corolla is dark violet. The species 
flowers freely when only a foot in height, or even 
less, and is therefore useful for bedding purposes, as 
might have been witnessed at Kew during the past 
season. It is hardy in favoured southern and 
western localities, and well worthy of being added 
to collections of the unimproved and ornamental 
species, 
SELAGINELLA HELVETICA. 
Selaginella is a genus of plants containing upwards 
of 300 species, and it is to the stove or greenhouse 
we usually go to look for specimens, but S. helvetica 
is a bright green beauty that has survived the last 
severe winter here (Rothesay) uninjured. It is per¬ 
fectly hardy, and j ust now, in a shady nook of the 
rockery, is a refreshing mound of mossy greenness. 
It is not particular about soil, but likes dampness, 
and thrives best without a blink of sunshine. Though 
it may be called a flowerless plant, yet to the 
enthusiast it is a thing of beauty, pleasing the eye 
and delighting the senses far more, perhaps, than the 
gay colours of the fleeting Tiger Flower .—Michael 
Cuthbertson, Rothesay. 
MAGNOLIA WATSONI. 
The freaks of the past season have been numerous 
in the plant world, and they have chiefly been dis¬ 
played in September, owing in the first place to early 
ripening, and secondly to the advent of copious 
rains late in the season, while the heat of July was 
continued into September when the temperature 
becomes unprecedently high for that month as far as 
it has been scientifically recorded. One result of 
this was that Magnolia Watsoni came into bloom 
for the second time in the Coombe Wood Nursery 
of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. It was leaf¬ 
less when it flowered in spring, but in September 
flowers were produced at the apex of leafy shoots 
made during the earlier part of the season. The 
flowers are large and ivory-white with concave 
petals surrounding a large and conspicuous rosette 
of stamens of a dark reddish-brown, It is a beautiful 
Magnolia that ought to find its way into shrubberies 
everywhere. 
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SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, October 15th .—The tables were 
well filled at the meeting on Tuesday last. Orchids 
were again in the ascendancy, and occupied a con¬ 
siderable amount of staging. Stove and greenhouse 
plants, but particularly the former, were shown in 
great abundance; and, thanks to the absence of 
frost, Dahlias were still very prominent a feature of 
the meeting. 
A fine group of Orchids was exhibited by Messrs. 
F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. About a dozen plants 
of Habenaria Susannae in a pan formed a con¬ 
spicuous feature of the group. The varieties of 
Cattleya labiata were also very numerous, and in 
some cases very highly coloured. Miltonia morel- 
iana, Oncidium ornithorhyncum, O. varicosum 
Rogersii, Laelia marginata, Zygopetalum Gautieri, 
Laeliocattleya gottoiana rosea, and several species 
of Mormodes were also noteworthy either for their 
beauty or their rarity. (Silver Banksian Medal). 
A collection of Orchids set up with Palms and 
Ferns was exhibited by J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. J. Davis), South Woodford. The 
Cattleyas were numerous, and included some very 
fine things. Very conspicuous was a large plant of 
Epidendrum godseffianum with eight branching and 
tall panicles of bloom. (Silver Flora Medal). 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, also staged a 
splendid group of Orchids, in which the Cattleyas 
were most noticeable both on account of numbers 
and rich colours. C. labiata Lowiae was white with 
a purple blotch on the lip, and very choice. The 
varieties of Cypripedium Charlesworthii were 
numerous and fine, the colouring in some cases being 
very rich. (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co , Wilmer Road, 
Heaton, Bradford, also staged a fine group of 
Cattleyas of the C. labiata type. The most promi¬ 
nent feature in the centre of the group was a large 
plant of Vanda caerulea, grown in a basket and 
bearing seven long racemes of bloom. Odonto- 
glossum crispum and Cypripedium Charlesworthi 
were also well-shown. (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, 
also staged a good-sized group of Orchids including 
great variety. Oncidium incurvum bore ten panicles 
of bloom. Noteworthy subjects were Pescatorea 
klabochorum superbum, P. Roezli alba, and Cattleya 
labiata. 
Mr. P. McArthur, 4, Maida Vale, W., staged a 
group of Orchids showing a considerable range of 
variation. Cypripediums were numerous, and Den- 
drobium formosum giganteum, Oncidium varicosum 
Rogersii, and several others were shown off by the 
Palms behind them and the Ferns between them. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, exhibited a 
number of hybrids, including Laeliocattleya For- 
tuna, L. Parysatis, L. eunomia superba, Cattleya 
Mantini, all dwarf, beautiful, and varied. Baron 
Schroeder (gardener, Mr. H. Ballantine), The Dell, 
Egham, brought up a flower of the magnificent and 
unique Laelia dominiana and some flowers of L. 
Perrinii alba. Sir William Marriott, Bart., The 
Down House, Blandford, staged the pretty Cypripe¬ 
dium marriottianum. Cattleya labiata Cooksonae 
was shown by Norman C. Cookson, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. W. Murray), Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne. Some 
seedling Cypripediums were shown by J. F. Ebner, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. A. Waite), Beckenham. Cattleya 
Lord Rothschild, C. dowiana aurea Stand Hall var., 
the curious C. bicolor caerulea, and several others 
were exhibited by Thos. Statter, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. R. Johnson), Stand Hall, Manchester 
The beautiful Cirrhopetalum rothschildianum was 
shown by Lord Rothschild (gardener, Mr. Hill), 
Tring Park, Tring. Miltonia lamarchiana, On¬ 
cidium tigrinum, &c., were shown by S. G. Lutwyche, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. Paterson), Eden Park, near 
Beckenham. E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, 
Wilmslow, showed a flower of Cypripedium law- 
renceano-Curtisii, which had been exhibited at the 
Whit-Week show at Manchester, just three months 
and seventeen days ago; it was still quite fresh. 
Walter Cobb, Esq,, Tunbridge Wells, brought up 
the beautiful hybrid Miltonia cobbiana. Sir Fred¬ 
erick Wigan (grower, Mr. W. H. Young), Clare 
Lawn, East Sheen, brought up a fine spike of Coe- 
logynepandurata bearing eight flowers. De B. Craw- 
shay, Esq. (gardener, Mr. S. Cooke), Rosefield, Seven- 
oaks, exhibited the handsome Vanda kimballiana, 
Mrs. Studd's var. J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., showed 
a fine spike of Vanda sanderiana. Restrepia macu- 
lata var. and Bulbophyllum disciflorum were sent 
over from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. 
Sobralia Lindeni was shown by C. J. Lucas, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. G. Duncan), Warnham Court, 
Horsham. A. J. Hollington, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
E. Ayling), Forty Hill, Enfield, showed a grand 
hybrid Cypripedium named Alfred Hollington, and 
C. Evenor. Mons. A. A. Peeters, 62, Chausee de 
Forest, Brussels, staged Cypripedium Francois 
Peeters and Cattleya labiata Peetersii, both very 
fine things. 
A superb group of stove fine foliage plants and 
Ferns was contributed by Mr. H. B. May, Dyson's 
Lane Nurseries, Upper Edmonton. Crotons formed 
the chief feature of the group ; the health of the 
plants not only being everything that could be 
desired, but the depth and vividaess of colouring 
and marking being specially noteworthy. Amongst 
other well-known varieties, Alexandra, Massangeana, 
Nobilis.Mrs. Dorman, Mortii, Roseo-pictum.Warreni 
Flambeau, Chelsoni & Thompsoni were well and 
worthily represented (Silver Gilt Flora Medal.) 
Earl Percy, Syon House, Brentford (gardener, Mr. 
G. Wythes), staged a large quantity of new, rare, and 
noteworthy stove foliage plants and Ferns in truly 
magnificent style, the health and vigour of the 
plants being remarkable, the tasty manner in which 
they were arranged lending the group an additional 
charm ; indeed this exhibit was one of the most con¬ 
spicuous in the whole of the show. Nepenthes 
were present in great force, especially N. amesiana 
N. mastersiana, N. rafflesiana, N. hookeriana, 
N. Curtisii superba, N. mixta, and N. hookeriana 
elongata ; Crotons, Dracaenas, Pandanas, etc., were 
also bright and showy (Gold Medal). 
An exceedingly pretty group of plants was sent 
by Mr. W. J. Empson, gardener to Mr. Wingfield, 
Amptbill House, Ampthill, Bucks. Some superb 
specimens of Dracaena Doucettii, D. variegata, 
Araucaria excelsa compacta, and Croton Countess 
formed the background. Smaller but not less ex¬ 
cellent samples of Crotons, Dracaenas, Panax 
Victoriae, Caladiums, and Fittonias occupied the 
front ranks (Silver Banksian Medal). Very brilliant 
was the display of single Dahlias made by Mr. T. 
S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, N., 
especially when the lateness of the season is taken 
into account. This seemed to have no effect what¬ 
ever upon the brilliancy of the blooms, however, 
which were in remarkably good condition, and re¬ 
presented a large number of the best single varieties. 
Some nice plants of the grand late autumn-flowering 
Lilium nepalense occupied a conspicuous position, 
and at the foot of these was placed a small collec¬ 
tion of Nerines in flower, among them N. corusca, 
N. Plantii, N. amabilis, and N. Novelty, four splen¬ 
didly showy plants (Silver Flora Medal). 
A small group of hardy cut flowers was sent by 
Messrs. Paul & Son, The Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, 
perennial Asters and Phloxes constituting the most 
effective part of the display. 
A noteworthy contribution was that made by 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons in the shape of two 
baskets of magnificently flowered plants of Lilium 
longiflorum Harrisii. 
Although not present in large numbers, Chrysan¬ 
themums were by no means wanting, Mr. H. J. Jones, 
Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, Lewisham, S.E., 
being the chief exhibitor. He staged a grand group of 
plants in pots, such varieties as Mutual Friend, W. 
Wright, Reine d'Angleterre, Mrs. E. C. Shea, and 
Phoebus occupying prominent positions. The front 
of the group was nicely made up with pots of 
Adiantum cuneatum (Silver Gilt Banksian Medal). 
Upwards of two dozen cut blooms also came from 
Ryecroft, and made a truly brave display. Emily 
Selsbury, Phoebus, Eva Knowles, M. G. Montigny, 
Madme. Aug. Lacvivier, and Guirlande were some 
of the best sorts observable here. Mr. W. Wells, 
Redhill, Surrey, exhibited two dozen cut blooms of 
Chrysanthemums in excellent condition, among 
them being Souvenir dejambon, Mr. E. S. Trafiord, 
Boule d’Or, W. H. Lincoln, and Mrs. C. H. Payne 
in first-class style. Mr. Owen Thomas, gardener to 
Her Majesty the Queen, sent two stands of cut 
blooms of Chrysanthemums in splendid style, 
Madame Carnot, Mrs. Harman Payne, and 
Avalanche being in superior order. 
A vote of thanks was given to Mr. H. Briscoe- 
Ironside, Cedar Lodge, Burgess Hill, for his new 
rotatory stand for cut flowers, of which various 
sizes were shown. A praiseworthy contrivance this, 
and one that should enjoy a fair share of popular 
favour. 
Hardy fruit was an exceedingly prominent feature, 
Apples, of course, being most strongly represented. 
Messrs. Paul & Sod, Cheshunt, sent fifty dishes of 
Apples, containing some excellent material, samples 
of Queen Caroline, The Queen, Evagil, Royal 
Jubilee, Fearns Pippin, and Transparent de Cronsels 
being specially good (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. T. Rivers & Son, Sawbridgworth, Herts, 
exhibited about a hundred dishes of Apples and 
Pears in their usual thorough style, the fruit being 
of first class quality and attractive appearance 
throughout. Apples, King of TomkiD’s County, 
Peasgood's Nonsuch, Blenheim Orange, Cox's 
Orange Pippin, Wadhurst Pippin, King of the 
Pippins and Washington, and Pears, Pitmaston 
Duchess, Conference, General Todleben, Magnate, 
Louis Bonne of Jersey, Parrot, and Marie Louise 
D’Uccle may be mentioned as varieties that were 
extra fine among a collection wherein all were good 
(Silver Gilt Knightian Medal.) 
Apples and Pears in large quantities were sent by 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Sleeping Beauty, 
