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THE GARDENING WORLD 
April 11, 1896. 
Provost Hay is reddish-mauve, fully double, andbears 
good spikes. Royal Standard is bright blue with a 
white eye. Rembrandt is dark blue, with a 
white eye. Sylviane is greyish-lilac with white 
spots, double, and very fine. Telegram, is violet 
tinged with bronze, and double. Tour Eiffel is 
bright blue and large, with fully double flowers. 
William Mein is deep blue, tinged with rose, large 
and grand. This list could be lengthened but not 
much improved ; to those who intend adding to, or 
forming a collection, the above can be relied upon as 
being good.— Coila. 
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Hardening Miscellany. 
PRUNUS MUME. 
The same botanical confusion exists among the 
species of Prunus as does in Pyrus and various 
other genera. In the case of Prunus we keep up the 
old English names, such as Almond, Peach, Apricot, 
Plum, and Cherry, but it is sometimes very difficult 
to say to which group certain kinds belong. That 
under notice resembles an Almond or Peach in the 
colour of the bark of the young wood, in the colour 
of the flowers, habit of growth, and season of 
flowering. Professor Sargent says that it is really an 
Apricot. In the collection of Peaches at Kew, there 
is a fine bush of it about 5 ft. high and as far through. 
It has been flowering for some time past, and gives 
great promise of being a useful subject for spring 
flowering in shrubberies on lawns and even in 
gardens where space is restricted. The flowers of the 
Kew specimen are pink and often semi-double. The 
tree is a native of Corea, but has been cultivated for 
a great length of time in Japan, judging from the fact 
that numerous forms of it exist in Japanese gardens, 
differing in the colour of the flowers, the number of 
petals, and in habit. 
APPLE DUKE OF CORNWALL. 
The above is the name of an Apple grown by Mr. 
Wm. Ogg, in the gardens at Duffus House, Elgin- 
Its peculiar shape recalls Catshead to some extent» 
but it seems to be larger and more decidedly five¬ 
angled with large knobs round the eye. For its size 
it is a solid and very heavy Apple. The skin is light 
green, ultimately greenish-yellow towards the end of 
March. The flesh is dense white, faintly tinted with 
green and agreeably acid. The variety has, there¬ 
fore, every evidence of being an excellent cooking 
Apple, and also valuable for its late-keeping qualities. 
Considering the northern latitude in which Duffus 
House is situated, Apples and Pears come to great 
perfection, especially upon walls. Mr. Ogg says that 
the variety under notice is the heaviest for its size he 
knows, and that it keeps good till May. 
DELPHINIUM GRANDIFLORUM BRECKII. 
A bed of this charming dwarf Delphinium during 
July and August is an object of great admiration. 
It is one of the most intense blue-coloured flowers to 
be met with, and when seen in quantity has a 
dazzling effect; it is about 2 ft. in height, of branch¬ 
ing habit, and fairly smothered with flowers. It is 
easily grown, and can be increased rapidly by means 
of cuttings, division, or seed. D. grandiflorum 
album resembles the above in every respect, except 
colour, which is pure^white, and on that account all 
the more valuable, as a white Delphinium is 
rather a rarity, the sight of which commands 
attention at once, especially if grown in close com¬ 
panionship to the above ; the contrast' is most pro¬ 
nounced, and still more so if D. nudicaule, the 
orange-red variety, is in close proximity. Beds or 
groups of each of the above are very effective, 
forming a startling trio of opposite colours not often 
met with in one species of plants.— Coila. 
DRABA CUSPIDATA. 
This exceedingly pretty little Alpine is now an 
attractive object on the rockwork, it being fairly 
smothered with its clear yellow flowers. It is, like 
everything else, much earlier with us than usual, 
and in much better condition than I have seen it for 
some time. In height it does not exceed 3 in., forming 
dense tufts, preferring a dry position on the rock- 
work, and also doing well in pots if treated as an 
Alpine.— Coila. 
SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, April ■jth . — The tables were 
again well filled on Tuesday last, when Orchids were 
more strongly in evidence than hitherto, occupying, 
as they did, a table running the whole length of the 
Drill Hall. Stove and greenhouse plants, forced 
Roses, Daffodils and various other subjects were 
plentiful. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, staged a showy 
and well-flowered collection of Orchids. Very notice¬ 
able was a grand piece of Laeliocattleya callis- 
toglossa, having a huge, rich purple lip. Behind it 
was a piece of Dendrobium liceale with five long 
graceful racemes of flowers on one stem. They also 
had splendidly-flowered pieces of Odontoglossum 
Hallii, O. triumphans, O. luteo-purpureum, 
Cymbidium eburneo-lowianum, Lycaste cruenta 
rossiana, Laeliocattleya Pallas, and various others. 
All were beautifully set up with Palms and Ferns 
(Silver Flora Medal). 
A group of Orchids was also set up by Walter C. 
Walker, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Geo. Cragg), Winch- 
more Hill. A well-grown and well-flowered piece of 
Cyrtopodium punctatum was very conspicuous in 
the centre, round which were grouped Cattleyas, 
Dendrobiums, Phaius, Cypripediums and others in 
quantity (Silver Banksian Medal). Laelia pur- 
purata, Cymbidium lowianum, Oncidium mar- 
shallianum and Cattleya Trianaei alba Giilzow’s var., 
were conspicuous in the group set up by Mr. R. 
Giilzow, The Melbourne Nurseries, Bexley Heath, 
Kent (Silver Banksian Medal). 
A magnificent display was made by Messrs. Hugh 
Low & Co., Upper Clapton, with a large group of 
Miltonia Roezlii and M. R. alba, amongst which 
various Odontoglossums and Dendrobiums were 
distributed. A beautiful form of Odontoglossum 
crispum guttatum, with a rosy groundwork, was con¬ 
spicuous and very attractive. The Miltonias were 
very fragrant (Silver Flora Medal). 
A cultural commendation was awarded to Gurney 
Fowler, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Davis), Woodford, for a 
splendid piece of Dendrobium thyrsiflorum, bearing 
thirty-one of its showy spikes of bloom. A group of 
Orchids was set up by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., 
St. Albans. A large piece of Oncidium varicosum 
was one mass of bloom. Here, also, we noted 
Maxillatia sanderiana, Epiphronitis Veitchi, Cattleya 
citrina, Odontoglossom elegantulum, Angraecum 
sanderianum, and a fine piece of Cymbidium 
mandaianum (Silver Banksian Medal). 
W. Thompson, Esq, Walton Grange, Stone, 
Staffs., staged a group of Orchids, including some 
magnificent spikes of Odontoglossom triumphans 
O. wilckeanum, a well-flowered piece of- O. Rossii 
majus rubescens and others (Silver Banksian Medal). 
He received a Cultural Commendation for Odonto¬ 
glossum triumphans Mrs. Guest. 
Charles Young, Esq.(gardener,Mr. S. J. Ryder),The 
Thorns, Sevenoaks, exhibited a fine piece of Cattleya 
Schroderae Young's var. Dendrobium albo- 
sanguineum and the hybrid Cypripedium Quies were 
shown by R. I. Measures, Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. J. 
Chapman), Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell. R. 
Brooman White, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Roberts), 
Arddarroch, Scotland, exhibited the hybrid Cattleya 
Lawre-Mossiae. A cultural commendation was 
accorded to Major Joicey (gardener, Mr. F. J. 
Thorne), Sunningdale, Berks, for a grand piece of 
Dendrobium atroviolaceum Major Joicey’s var. 
The Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M. P. (gardener, 
Mr. Burberry), Highbury, Birmingham, exhibited a 
charmingly distinct bigeneric hybrid named Laelio¬ 
cattleya highburyensis. Charles L. Ingram, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. T. W. Bond), Elstead House, 
Godaiming, exhibited Cattleya Wm. Murray var., 
fulgens and some others. The Hon Walter Rothschild 
(gardener, Mr. E. Hill), Tring Park, Tring, showed a 
five-flowered spike of Stanhopea wardiana, and a 
species of Eriopsis. 
Baron Schroder (gardener, Mr. H. Ballantine), The 
Dell, Egham, exhibited a very valuable collection of 
cut flowers of Orchids including Laeliocattleya 
vitellina, Odontoglossum fuscatum album, various 
other Odontoglots, Cattleyas, Dendrobiums and 
others representing very choice forms of the 
respective types (Silver Flora Medal). 
A group of Orchids, including a splendid piece of 
Dendrochilum glumaceum, carrying about 300 spikes 
of bloom, was exhibited by Mr. P. McArthur, The 
London Nursery, Maida Vale, who was accorded a 
Cultural Commendation for it. He also had a 
beautiful form of Cattleya intermedia, together with 
Aspasia, Miltonia cuneata, Cattleya Schroderae, and 
many others (Silver Banksian Medal). A Cultural 
Commendation was accorded to Walter Cobb, Esq., 
Tunbridge Wells, for a fine piece of Odontoglossum 
sceptfum nigrum Cobb’s var. Some Dendrobiums 
were shown by Fred Hardy, Esq., (gardener, Mr. T. 
Stafford), Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey. A beauti¬ 
ful variety of Cymbidium lowianum, bearing two 
long spikes of bloom, wasstaged by Mr. H. A Tracy, 
Amyand Park Road, Twickenham. 
Odontoglossum crispum Rhodon, O. ruckerianum 
multimaculatum, O. crispum lilacinum and other 
fine varieties were exhibited by Messrs. Linden, Parc 
Leopold, Brussels. There were fifteen plants and all 
were beautifully distinct (Silver Banksian Medal). 
An attractive group of Sutton's Forcing Stock, 
“ Purity ” was exhibited by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, 
Reading. The plants belong to the smooth orWall- 
flower-leaved section; and the large pure white 
flowers are deliciously scented, reminding one, in 
fact, of the Clove. They were in 48-size pots, and 
had been grown in a cold frame. 
Arctotis aureola was exhibited by Messrs. William 
Cutbush and Son, Highgate. They also had a large 
and informal group of Palms, Azaleas of the Indian 
type, Heaths, Magnolias, Kalmia latifolia, Acacias 
and others, which were tastefully arranged, and not¬ 
withstanding the size of the plants, the group was 
very effective (Silver Gilt Flora Medal). 
Messrs. John Peed & Sons, Roupell Park Nurseries, 
Norwood Road, set up a strong group of Clivias, 
Caladiums, Lilac, Hydrangea Dr. Hogg, Odonto¬ 
glossums, and other Orchids mixed with Ferns 
(Silver Flora Medal). 
A large collection of Daffodils was exhibited by 
Messrs. Barr & Son, King Street, Covent Garden, 
including groups of such fine types as Barrii 
conspicuus, Emperor, Empress, Queen of SpaiD, 
Barii Flora Wilson, B. Maurice Vilmorin, Duchess 
of Westminster, Leedsii Beatrice, &c. (Silver Flora 
Medal). 
Three boxes of cut flowers of forced Roses, 
including Tea and hybrid perpetual varieties in 
charming condition, were exhibited by Frank Cant, 
Braiswick, Colchester (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Large baskets of Rhododendron racemosum, 
Polygala Chamaebuxus purpurea, Sambucus 
racemosa plumosa foliis aureis, Daphne Genkwa, 
and a Japanese Cherry were exhibited by Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons (Bronze Banksian Medal). 
Four boxes of Roses were staged by Mr. George 
Mount, Canterbury. One box was entirely devoted 
to Catherine Mermet, in magnificent condition, and 
the other varieties were also well done (Silver 
Banksian Medal). 
A group of Roses in pots and including both tea 
and hybrid perpetual varieties, was exhibited by 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt. Some of the plants 
were of large size (Silver Banksian Medal). 
A large group of pot Roses was also staged by Mr. 
Wm. Rumsey, Joynings Nurseries, Waltham Cross. 
Some boxes of cut flowers of Roses in front of the 
pots were very attractive, especially Niphetos, and 
Souvenir d’Un Ami (Silver Flora Medal). 
At a meeting of the Fruit and Vegetable Committee, 
a Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to J. C. 
Massey, Esq. (gardener, Mr. James Day), Garlies- 
town, Scotland, for thirteen dishes of Apples in good 
condition. Mr. Will Taylor, Osborn Nursery, 
Hampton, Middlesex, was accorded a Bronze Bank¬ 
sian Medal for some Apples in splendid condition. 
A fasciated Brussels Sprout was shown by Mr. G. 
W. Cummins, The Grange Gardens, Carshalton. 
At a meeting of the Daffodil Committee, a Silver 
Flora Medal was accorded to the Rev. G. H. 
Engleheart, Appleshaw, Andover, for a most inter¬ 
esting collection of hybrid Narcissi. White Queen, 
Ellen Willmott, Golden Bell, Walter Scott, Dante, 
and several others were handsome and very distinct 
forms. 
In the classes for competition for Daffodils, the 
first prize for twenty-four varieties was awarded to 
J. T. Bennett Poe, Esq., (gardener, Mr. Downes), 
Holmswood, Cheshunt. He also had the first prize 
for twelve varieties. The Rev. G. H. EDgleheart, 
was first for twelve varieties of white Ajax Daffodils. 
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The White Poplar, according to a chemist in 
Moscow, acts as a natural lightning-rod. 
