May 30th, 1885. 
THE GARDENING- WORLD. 
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an extensive collection of new and rare plants, all 
in fine condition, if small, and effectively grouped. 
Messrs. B. P. Ker & Sons, Messrs. James Dickson & 
Sons, and Messrs. Francis and Arthur Dickson & Sons 
also contributed effective groups of medium-sized stove 
and greenhouse plants, and near by Messrs. W. <fc J. 
Birkenhead, of the Fern Nursery, Sale, had an 
attractive collection of choice Ferns, as also had the 
General Horticultural Company (John Cowan), Liver¬ 
pool. 
In the large annexe the most commanding position 
was occupied by a collection of sixteen well-matched 
specimen Clematises in flower, the plants being about 
3 ft. high and the same in diameter, well bloomed, 
and the balloon trellises well covered with ample 
foliage. The Messrs. Smith have so often shown 
the Manchester people how to grow Clematises that 
Mr. Findlay ought, we think, now to give the 
amateurs a chance of distinguishing themselves in 
competition. In front of the Clematises Mr. Bylance, 
of Ormskirk, had eight neat specimens each of Show 
and Fancy Pelargoniums, a showy class not so well 
represented here as usual. The large circular mound 
was well filled with small-flowering Bhododendrons 
from Mr. Hayward of Cheadle. Next came some 
large groups of Boses in pots, from Messrs. G. & W. 
Yates, of Heaton Morris, and Mr. John Hooley, of 
Stockport. 
On the flanks of these groups were the competitive 
“ groups arranged for effect ”—the nurserymen on 
one side, the amateurs on the other. In the former 
class Messrs. B. P. Ker & Sons again secured the first 
prize with an arrangement most tastefully carried out 
with materials of the best quality, and the rich colours 
of the young Crotons well subdued. The second prize 
was taken by a group of a totally different character— 
a very pretty group of Ferns, British and exotic, 
arranged by Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead. Against 
flowering and coloured leaved plants, the Ferns of 
course stood no chance, and it was a bold stroke to 
put them in competition, but the Exhibition certainly 
gained by it. In the amateurs’ class there were four 
competitors, and all took prizes. Mr. G. Smith, 
gardener to John Bylands, Esq., was first with a 
group which did him infinite credit as a grower and 
as a decorator. Mr. S. Sehloss, gardener, came in 
second. In this same annexe Messrs. W. Cutbush 
& Son, Highgate, had an extensive group of stove and 
greenhouse plants, mostly flowering subjects, and well 
set up, and from Messrs. John Waterer & Sons, 
Bagshot, came a large group of Bhododendrons, 
and some very attractive Japanese Acers. 
In the supplementary tent, immediately on entering, 
Messrs. J. & B. Pearson, of Chilwell, had a fine showy 
display of cut blooms of Zonal Pelargoniums, large in 
size, bright in colour, and well set off with fronds of 
Maiden-hair Ferns. Near by were some Herbaceous 
Calceolarias, not the best we have seen, and a truly 
beautiful group of varieties of Primula Sieboldi, from 
that very successful raiser, Mr. G. Geggie, Waterloo 
Nursery, Bury, Lancashire. Some very fine examples 
of Lilium auratum. considering the early season for 
them, came from Mr. W. Hayes, Jun., Chorlton 
House, Sale. Pansies in pots were quite a feature 
in themselves, and notwithstanding the unfavourable 
weather, both for numbers and quality, were unusually 
good. The best six pots, each of show and fancy 
varieties, both came from the Children’s Hospital, 
Pendleton. Herbaceous plants were numerously 
represented, forming a collection on the whole which 
proved singularly attractive to the visitors. The 
finest amateur’s collection came from J. Broome, 
Esq., but it was in the trade classes where the 
greatest wealth of flowers were to be found. Messrs. 
James Dickson & Sons took the first prize for thirty, 
and the second for sixty hardy herbaceous and 
bulbous plants, and should, we think, have been first 
also for forty Alpine plants instead'of second to Messrs. 
F. W. & H. Stansfield, of Sale. In the class for sixty 
plants Mr. Thomas Walken came in first. 
Messrs. John Laing and Co., Forest Hill, con¬ 
tributed a small collection of their choicest tuberous 
Begonias in pots, and a beautiful box of cut blooms ; 
and Mr. F. Perkins, of Leamington, had a couple of 
plants of his fine new white variety of Pelargonium 
Yolunte Nationale. 
Of fruit, there were several competitors with Grapes, 
but only one collection was staged, and to that from 
Mr. Miles, gardener to Lord Carrington, Wycombe 
Abbey, the first prize was deservedly awarded. His 
Black Hamburgh and Foster’s seedling Grapes, Black 
and White Cherries, Figs, and Melons were all good. 
Mr. J. F. Campbell, Uttoxeter, had the best dish of 
Black Hamburghs, a well-ripened and perfect sample 
for the season ; and Mr. Miles was first with Foster’s 
Seedling as well as with a single Pine. Outside, on 
the lawns, there was an extensive dispiliy of garden 
requisites of all kinds, the largest contributors to 
this department being Messrs. B. Halliday & Co., of 
Middleton, who exhibited some well-built houses in 
iron and wood, very handy and substantially made 
garden-frames for various purposes, &c. ; Messrs. 
David Lowe A' Sons, Edinburgh and Manchester, 
who had greenhouses, frames, &e., and Messrs. 
Thomas Bradford & Co., Victoria Avenue, 
Manchester, whose display of garden furniture was 
large in extent, and excellent in quality. 
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Royal Horticultural, May 20;/t.—What was 
for brevity sake called a show of Pot Boses and 
Azaleas, but which was in reality an interesting 
little general exhibition of flowering plants in the 
main, was held at the “Inventories” on Tuesday, 
and from noon till 6 p.m. was thronged with admiring 
visitors. The Bose Class was for eighteen plants in 
9-in. pots, a class which usually brings out a neat lot 
of half specimens, vigorous in growth and perfect as 
regards the quality of the blooms, and such was the 
case in this instance. First honours went to Mr. 
Turner, Slough, who, amongst others,- had perfect 
examples of such sterling good sorts as Madame 
Willermoz, Madame Margottin, Star of Waltham, 
Celine Forestier, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Madame G. 
Luizet, and Madame Lacliarme. Messrs. Paul & 
Son, Cheshunt, were a good second, and Mr. W. 
Bumsey, Waltham Cross, third. Messrs. William 
Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, also contributed a 
capital group of similar-sized specimens, amongst 
which we noticed Mdlle. Julie Gaulain, pale satin 
rose; Madame Marie Closon, red changing to rosy- 
purple, both new varieties. The same firm also had 
a dozen boxes of admirable cut blooms, for which 
they were awarded a Silver-Gilt Banksian Medal. 
The two Orchid classes brought out only three exhibi¬ 
tors—viz., Mr. J. James,Castle Nursery, Lower Norwood; 
Mr. Cook, gardener to De B. Crawshay, Esq., Bose- 
fields, Sevenoaks; and H. Little, Esq., the two former 
of whom secured first prizes. Mr. James had a good 
piece of Cattleya lobata, a large Brassia verrucosa, 
Odontoglossum polyxanthum, and Od. citrosmum. 
In Mr. Crawshay’s group the most conspicuous plant 
was a Vanda suavis with four grand spikes. For 
fifteen Azaleas in 9-in. pots Mr. Turner again came 
to the front with a set of palants in every way worthy 
of the reputation of the Slough Nursery, and especially 
strong in good white varieties, such as Bernhard 
Andreas alba, Apollo, and Flag of Truce. For nine 
Clematises, open, the first prize went to the only 
exhibitors, Messrs. G. Jackman & Sons, with a 
selection from the splendid group shown by them 
last week at Begent’s Park. In the two classes for 
Show and Fancy Pelargoniums Mr. Turner was again 
well represented by admirably grown and well-bloomed 
specimens, and first prizes in both instances were 
awarded, the second in the class for eighteen plants 
in 6-in. pots going to Mr. Hill, gardener to H. Little, 
Esq. 
Herbaceous Calceolarias were a feature of the show, 
and a very attractive one too. The main display 
consisted of two groups of fifty plants staged by 
Mr. James, Farnham Eoyal, and Messrs. James 
Carter & Co., High Holborn, and the prizes went in 
the order named. Mr. James’s plants were, for quality, 
simply superb, but somewhat limited in the range 
of colours, the opposite of which was a strong point 
in Messrs. Carter’s strain. Their plants, too, were 
much better grown than usual. In the amateurs’ 
class for a dozen a capitally grown set shown by 
Mr. Ford, gardener to C. Lanyon, Esq., Birdhurst, 
South Croydon, took the leading honours. In a large 
and singularly beautiful collection of cut-blooms of 
hardy herbaceous plants, Mr. T. S. Ware showed 
us most of the good things in bloom at this season, 
including a couple of novelties noted below; and 
to the same section Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, 
and Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, also made 
creditable contributions. It is rather late in the 
season to expect good examples of Amaryllis in pots, 
so that one could not be disappointed with the quality 
of those staged to-day. Of tree, or perpetual-flowering 
Carnations, Mr. Turner sent a very fine collection, 
comprising all the leading varieties and some new 
ones noted below. For pansies, sixty blooms, Mr. H. 
J. Hooper, Crescent Nursery, Widcombe Hiil, Bath, 
was first, Mr. J. Forbes, Buccleuch Nurseries, Hawick, 
a new exhibitor at the Metropolitan shows, an l who 
had a capital lot ot blooms, coming in second, and Mr. 
F. Hooper, Bath, third. Mr. B. S. Williams contributed 
a large collection of stove and greenhouse flowering 
and fine foliaged-plants, and was awarded a Silver 
Medal. 
The New Plants which received First-Class 
Certificates were Olearia Gunniana, a free-growing 
Tasmanian shrub that has long been known but little 
cultivated in gardens, and which bears at the ends 
of the branches innumerable white starry-flowers ; 
Schizophragma Hydrangioides, the Japanese climbing 
Hydrangea, a remarkable plant, throwing out aerial 
roots along its stems like Ivy, and having pale green 
bluntly cordate leaves, and bold heads of wdiite 
Hydrangea-like blossoms, a fine plant for a 
commanding position; Hydrangea Mandshurica, a 
Japanese plant with large globular heads of lovely 
rose and mauve-tinted blossoms; Syringa vulgaris 
Marie Legrange, the largest flowered and best single 
white Lilac yet introduced; Allium Koratavense, a 
Caucasian species with broad glaucous leaves and large 
globular-shaped umbels of greenish flowers; Phyllanthus 
Chantrieri, a pretty addition to our stock of plants 
suitable for table decoration—an introduction from 
the South Sea Islands; Carnation Pride of Penshurst, 
the best yellow yet introduced, and which ought to 
have been certificated long ago ; and Heliotrope Boi 
des Noirs, a sterling novelty with large heads of 
violet-purple blossoms, and deliciously fragrant. All 
the above came from Messrs. Veitch & Sons. 
Aerides Wilsonianum, a new white-flowered species, 
from Messrs. Sander A Co.; Odontoglossum crispum 
lilacina, a neat variety of a pretty shade of lilac, and 
nicely spotted; and 0. crispum punctatissimum, a 
lovely form in shape, colour, and spotting, from H. M. 
Pollett, Esq. ; Cattleya Schofieldiana, a handsome, dull 
lemon-coloured flower, heavily spotted with purple- 
brown, a pretty crested lip, and the wings of the 
labellum white, from C. L. Ingram, Esq., Elstead 
House, Godaiming; Lobelia superba distinct, and 
of compact, free-flowering habit, colour plum-purple, 
with clear white eye, from Mr. G. Weedon, St. John’s 
Nursery, Ealing ; Clematis Sir Joseph Hooker, a large 
full double flower of a bluish-purple shade of colour, 
one of the very finest double-flowered varieties, from 
Mr. C. Noble, Bagshot; Carnations Colonel Cox, a 
very large and full crimson-scarlet; Goliath, scarlet 
flake, large and extra fine; and T. W. Girdlestone, a 
lemon-yellow ground flower, with scarlet feather edges 
from Mr. Turner; Polemonium Bichardsoni, a dense 
growing and profuse blooming species, with large 
porcelain-blue flowers, a fine addition to the herba¬ 
ceous border; and Dodecatheon splendidum, a very fine 
Dog’s-tooth Violet, with large rosy-purple blossoms, 
from Mr. T. S. Ware. 
Messrs. James Carter & Co. showed some very 
pretty large-flowered Mimuluses, one form of which 
was densely and prettily spotted. The strain was 
commended. Mr. H. B. May, Dysons Lane Nursery, 
Edmonton, again exhibited his dwarf compact 
varieties of Pteris serrulata cristata, and a form of 
Pteris cretica alba lineata named Alcicorne, with 
branching instead of crested fronds. Mr. J. James 
received a Cultural Commendation for a handsome 
plant of l r ucea filameDtosa variegata, with a fine 
sp ke of white flowers 5 ft. high. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Trichopelia tortilis alba.—W. T.— Certainly distinct 
and new to us. Next week. 
Lily oe the Valley —Ignoramus. —The roots commence 
to grow when the plants have done flowering, so that you 
should make the beds at once. Dig up the wild plants, select 
the best crowns to the number required, and plant them in 
rows 6 ins. to 8 ms. apart, and from 2 ins. to 3 ins. asunder 
in the rows, in good, well-enriched soil. After planting, top- 
dress the beds with leaf-soil, or well-rotten short manure, and, 
beyond keeping the beds clean and giving an occasional water¬ 
ing in dry weather, they will require no other attention. 
Shady Border. — E. S. —Any of the common hardy Perns 
would do well in your shady border—perhaps better than any¬ 
thing else. 
Vine Borders.— C. J., Middlesex, asks if it is good practice 
to bury dead animals in a Vine border ? Our forefathers used 
to think so, but all sensible men now-a-days abhor the practice 
as disgusting and unnatural. Such carrion is not the proper 
food of the Vine, and is positively injurious to Vine borders of 
any but the most hungry, gravelly description. 
Names of Plants. — W. S., Dorking. —The double white 
flower is Saxifraga granulata flore-pleno, and the shrub we take 
to be Spiraia opulifolia. 
Communications Received. —E. V. B.—II est vrai.— 
H. W. W.—W. E. B— D. P. L.—M. Barker.—H. G. Rehb., 
Hamburgh.—Ch. Joly, Paris.—C. T.—W. B. G.—W. T., jim. 
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Trade Catalogues Received. 
B. S. Williams, Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper 
Holloway, N.—New and General Plant Catalogue for 1885. 
Henry J. Jones, Hope Nursery, Loampit Vale, Lewisham, 
S.E.—Select List of New and Good Plants, Seeds, &c. 
