July 26, 1890. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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oblong, rounded, and white, lined with brown and 
tipped yellow. A specimen was exhibited by Messrs. 
F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, at the meeting of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, held at Chiswick on the 
22nd inst., and received an Award of Merit. 
Masdevallia Rolfeana. 
The leaves of this species are oblanceolate, 3 ins. to 
4 ins. long, deep green, shining and leathery. The one- 
flowered scapes are rather shorter. The tube of the 
flower is carapanulate, rather short, and deep reddish 
purple. The upper sepal is triangular, of a deep reddish 
purple, and terminates in a yellow tail about H ins. 
long. The lateral sepals forming the lip are strongly 
revolute, with the ovate free portions terminating in 
tails, similar to that of the upper one. The small sepals 
and petals are included in the tube. A plant was 
accorded an Award of Merit, at the meeting of the 
Iloyal Horticultural Society at Chiswick on the 22nd 
inst., when shown by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. 
Albans. 
Odontoglossum crispum Smeeana. 
We received a flower of this beautiful variety the other 
day from Mr. G. W. Cummins, gardener to A. H. Smee, 
Esq., The Grange Gardens, Hackbridge, Carshalton. 
The flower was of large size, and of a beautiful rose 
colour. The sepals were broad and elliptic, with a few 
purple spots about the middle, while the petals were 
much broader, and overlapping them, elliptic, and 
crenate along the edges, and marked with purple spots, 
forming a sort of arc above the middle. The lip, on 
the other hand, was much shorter and smaller than any 
of the other segments. 
Vanda Kimballiana. 
By a typographical error, the plant referred to in our 
last as flowering at Castle Hill, Englefield Green, was 
represented as bearing a spike of two flowers instead of 
twelve, as was written by our correspondent. 
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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural. 
The exhibits brought before the committee meetings of 
the Royal Horticultural Society held at Chiswick, on 
Tuesday last, were neither numerous nor extensive, 
and were, of course, subordinated to the greater 
exhibits of Ferns and Carnations. Those brought 
together were shown in the large tent upon the lawn. 
A large group of plants, conspicuously brightened up 
by the blush and pink varieties of Souvenir de la 
Malmaison, was shown by Mr. W. Reynolds, gardener 
to the Messrs, de Rothschild, at Gunnersbury Park. 
A collection of plants and cut flowers was brought up 
from the Royal Gardens, Kew, including a fine piece 
of AEschynanthus speciosa, one of Sollya linearis, and 
another of Encomis bicolor. There were also flowers 
of Mutisia decurrens, Solanum Seaforthianum, and 
S. Wendlandi. Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons had a fine 
stand of cut blooms of hybrid greenhouse Rhododen¬ 
drons. Messrs. Paul & Son showed a large collection 
of Rose blooms and some herbaceous plants, including 
Liliums, Lychnis, Alstroemeria, and Gladioli. Messrs. 
Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, showed a small 
collection of cut Pentstemons. Orchids were shown by 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
and by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., but their 
exhibits are mostly mentioned on another page. 
Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, Hextable, Kent, showed 
the yellow - flowered Cypripedium Lawrenceanum 
Heyanum. An unnamed species of Orchid was 
shown by Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper 
Holloway. At a meeting of the Fruit Committee a 
Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Mr. R. Nicholas, 
Castle Hill, South Molton, for three fine specimens 
of the Queen Pineapple. Mr. J. Barkham, Ryde, 
showed a good seedling Melon. The first prize, 
offered by Messrs. C. Sharpe & Co. for three dishes of 
Peas, was awarded to Mr. J. Watkins, Merrow, 
Guildford. A small collection was shown by Major 
Heneage, V.C., Compton Basset, Wilts. 
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THE NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY 
AT BIRMINGHAM. 
July lltli, 1890. 
A wonderful display of blooms was brought together 
at this meeting, and quality ruled as well as quantity. 
Most of the leading trade growers exhibited, amongst 
them being the two Cants of Colchester, Paul & Son, 
Cheshunt, Harkness & Sons, Bedale, The Cranston 
Nursery Company, Prince and Mattock from Oxford, 
A. Dickson & Sons, Newtownards ; Merryweather of 
Southwell ; Jefferies of Cirencester ; Rumsey of Wal¬ 
tham ; Perkins & Son, Coventry ; Mack & Son, 
Catterick Bridge ; D. & W. Croll, Dundee ; D. Prior & 
Co., Colchester ; and Jas. Cocker & Sons, Aberdeen. 
Many of the leading amateur growers of the country 
were there as exhibitors, and the general opinion was 
expressed that it was the best provincial exhibition the 
National Society has yet held. Messrs. Harkness & 
Sons carried off the nurserymen’s Jubilee prize, the 
Fifty-Guinea trophy, won by them for four years in 
succession for thirty-six blooms, the first prize for 
seventy-two singles, first for twelve Teas and Noisettes, 
three trusses of each ; second for eighteen Teas or 
Noisettes, single trusses (nurserymen) ; and first for six 
H. P. and six Teas, open class. The Cranston Nursery 
Company also scored well, being second in Jubilee class 
(nurserymen), second for seventy-two blooms, first for 
thirty-six trebles, second for twelve Teas or Noisettes 
(nurserymen), first for twelve yellow Roses, one kind ; 
and first for twelve crimson Roses, one kind. For thirty- 
six blooms (nurserymen) Mr. Merryweather of South- 
well was first with a superb lot, and an excellent second 
for eighteen trebles. Messrs. Jefferies & Sons, Ciren¬ 
cester, were first for eighteen trebles with a very fine lot. 
There was some hard fighting in the five leading classes 
for nurserymen, as there were thirteen exhibitors in 
the Jubilee class, five for seventy-two blooms, six for 
forty-eight blooms, six for thirty-six trebles, six for 
thirty-six singles, and five for eighteen trebles ; and 
throughout the classes, quality was to the front. 
The exhibits in the amateurs’ classes were also 
numerous. There were nine exhibitors for the trophy 
and prize of £3 for twenty-four blooms, the Rev. J. H. 
Pemberton winning with an excellent lot of flowers ; 
second, Mr. E. B. Lindsell ; third, Rev. Hugh A. 
Berners; fourth, J. Pulley, Esq. For thirty-six blooms 
the Rev. J. H. Pemberton was first, Mr. E. B. Lindsell 
second, and Mr. S. P. Budd third. Mr. Pemberton 
was also first for twelve trebles, and Mr. Lindsell 
second. For twenty-four singles there were ten 
exhibitors, Mr. Arthur Whitton being first, Mr. Alfred 
Slaughter second, Rev. A. Foster-Meliar third, and 
Mr. W. Boyes fourth. Mr. E. Manby was first for 
twelve blooms. Lord Calthorpe’s handsome Silver 
Cup, value 10 guineas, for a collection of Moss Rose 
blooms, was won by Mr. T. W. Girdlestone, who had 
a well-set-up stand of about a dozen varieties. Another 
handsome Cup, value 10 guineas, given by the Right 
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., for thirty-six blooms 
(amateurs), was won by the Rev. J. H. Pemberton. 
A Silver Salver, value 10 guineas, presented by 
A. H. Griffiths, Esq., Edgbaston, as a first prize for 
twenty-four Roses, was won by Mr. Arthur Whitton. 
The classes for Teas and Noisettes were well filled 
with very fine blooms, and the classes for twelve each 
of yellow, white, crimson, and dark crimson Roses 
were well filled, many stands of great merit failing to 
get a prize. Whites (one variety) : First, Rev. F, R. 
Burnside, with Innocente Pirola ; second, Messrs. D. 
and W. Croll, with Rubens ; third, Mr. B. R. Cant, 
with The Bride. Yellows (twelve of one variety): 
First, Messrs. Cranston & Co., with Marie Van Houtte ; 
second, Mr. G. Prince, with Francisca Kruger ; third, 
Mr. B. R. Cant, with Madame Hoste. Alfred Colomb 
took the first prize in crimsons, and Duke of Wellington 
in the velvety crimsons. In the class for twelve new 
Roses, Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, were first. 
Ernest Nutz and Mrs. James Wilson are two Teas of 
a promising character, and Jules Desponds a H.P. 
Other kinds were Lady Alice, Lady Arthur Hill, John 
D. Pawle, Edouard Michel, Souvenir de G. A. Prince, 
Comtesse B. de Blacus, Scipion Cochet, Marie Margot, 
and Dowager Duchess of Marlborough. Second, 
Messrs. A. Dickson & Sons, Newtownards, in whose 
stand were good blooms of T. W. Girdlestone and 
Duchess of Albany, both fine new sorts, the latter a 
deeper-coloured La France. Messrs. A. Dickson & 
Son also secured the Gold Medal for their beautiful 
seedling, almost white, Margaret Dickson. 
Close upon 190 stands of Roses for competition were 
staged in the various classes, and in most cases the 
blooms were bright and good throughout. The premier 
blooms were Her Majesty amongst H.P.’s, and this 
grand variety was in many stands, and in fine 
character. Innocente Pirola took the first prizeamongst 
Teas. Mrs. John Laing was very fine generally amongst 
H.P.’s. 
The Botanical Gardens are a fitting place for such a 
Rose show, and Mr. Latham had spared no pains to 
make the arrangements for staging easy and complete. 
ROSE SHOW AT OLD TRAFFORD. 
The limited space at our disposal precludes us from 
giving a full report of this fine exhibition, which, the 
weather being favourable, attrac^d a large number of 
visitors. The heavy rains of the preceding two days 
prevented some who had entered from putting in an 
appearance, but there was a remarkably good display of 
the national flower, which Mr. Bruce Findlay arranged 
on tables down the centre of the annexe. The light 
was excellent, and the tints of flowers were seen to the 
best advantage. 
There were seven collections of twelve varieties, 
single trusses, distinct, and Messrs. Harkness & Sons, 
nurserymen, Bedale, were first, with a very fine, bright, 
clean lot of fresh flowers. We give the names of a 
number of the leading varieties, as they afford an index 
to what was best on this occasion : Her Majesty, some 
very fine blooms ; Etienne Levet, Heinrich Schultheis, 
Mareehal Niel, Horace Vernet, The Bride, Fisher 
Holmes, Lord Macaulay, Grace Darling, Elie Morel, 
Lady H. Stewart, Etoile de Lyon, Marie Rady, 
Niphetos, Souvenir de Paul Neron, Princess of Wales, 
Camille Bernardin, Marie Finger, Madame Alphonse 
Lavallee, J. S. Mill, Souvenir d’un Ami, Jean Ducher, 
Due de Rohan, Madame G. Luizet, Auguste Rigotard, 
Madame H. Jamain, Mrs. J. Laing, Catherine Mermet, 
Star of Waltham, Madame Eugene Verdier, and 
Innocente Pirola. 
Second, The Cranston Nursery Co., Hereford ; 
third, Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester. With thirty-six 
varieties, three trusses of each, The Cranston Co. were 
first, and it must be said that generally the Hereford 
flowers wsre very fine, though much damaged by rain. 
Messrs. Prior & Son, Colchester, were second ; and 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, third. There were 
seven collections of twelve varieties of Teas and 
Noisettes, three trusses of each, and here Messrs. 
Harkness & Sons were again first, with excellent blooms 
of Catherine Mermet, Innocente Pirola, Souvenir d’un 
Ami, Souvenir de Paul Neron, Anna Olivier, Madame 
Willermoz, Caroline Kuster, Madame Bravy, David 
Pradel, Marie van Houtte, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, 
Jean Ducher, Niphetos, Madame Cusin, Madame 
Welch, Princess of Wales, The Bride, Rubens, &e. 
Second, Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester; third,The Cranston 
Nursery Co., Hereford. Mr. B. R. Cant had the 
best twelve single blooms ; Mr. H. Merryweather, 
Southwell, was second; and Messrs. Harkness & Sons, 
third. 
In the class for twelve blooms of any yellow Rose. 
The Cranston Co. were first with Francisca Kruger; 
Mr. B. R. Cant, was second with Marie Van Houtte, 
In the class for twelve blooms of any white Rose, 
Messrs. Prior & Son, Colchester, were first with 
Niphetos; Messrs. Harkness & Sons, second with 
Merveille de Lyon. In that for twelve blooms of 
any crimson Rose, The Cranston Co. were first 
with very fine Alfred Colomb ; and Messrs. Paul & 
Son, second, with A. K. Williams. Messrs. Perkins 
& Sons, Coventry, had the best three bouquets of 
Roses. 
In the amateurs’ classes, the Rev. J. H. Pemberton, 
Romford, the Rev. F. R. Burnside, Hereford, and 
Mr. E. B. Lindsell, HitcheD, were successful exhibitors, 
good blooms being staged. Innocente Pirola and 
Merveille de Lyon were the best white Roses in the 
class for twelve blooms ; and Ulrich Brunner, the best 
crimson. 
There were some classes for district-grown Roses, the 
exhibitors residing within twenty miles of Manchester, 
fairly good blooms being staged. 
A Certificate of Merit was awarded to Messrs. Paul 
& Son, for Bourbon Rose, Mrs. Paul. Anew H.P. named 
Bruce Findlay, bright crimson shaded,is very promising, 
but was not in sufficiently good character to justify an 
award. 
The display in the annexe was greatly helped by a 
remarkably interesting collection of hardy cut flowers 
shown by Mr. Samuel Barlow ; also bunches of garden 
Roses from Llandudno, and a flowering spike of 
Phormium tenax variegata, which had bloomed in the 
open at Llandudno ; a collection of cut blooms of 
hardy flowers, Roses, Carnations, &c., from Messrs. 
Dickson & Robinson, Manchester ; hardy flowers, Roses, 
&e., a very good collection, from Messrs. Dickson, 
Brown, & Tait, Manchester ; cut blooms of Begonias, a 
fine strain, Clematis, and Calceolarias, in pots, from 
Messrs. Clibran & Son, Altrincham ; bunches of hardy 
flowers from Messrs. Dicksons (Limited), Chester; 
Pansies, in great variety, and of the finest quality, from 
Mr. M. Campbell, Blantyre ; and cut blooms of Sweet 
Peas from Mr. Henry Eckford, Wem, Salop. 
