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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
November 10, 1894, 
CRYSTAL PALACE CHRYSANTHEMUM 
SHOW. 
The Crystal Palace show on this occasion was 
not a very large one, yet some very fine ex¬ 
hibits, particularly of the Japanese section of 
Chrysanthemums, were staged. Doubtless many of 
the exhibitors were not quite ready owing to the 
backward nature of the season ; and in some cases 
what should have been good blooms were spoiled 
apparently by hurrying them on too quickly by 
artificial heat. Trained plants were by no means in 
good form owing to the lack of sunshine all the 
season. The premier award for forty-eight blooms 
was taken by Mr. N. Molyneux, gardener to J. 
Carpenter Garnier.Esq., Rookesbury Park, Wickham, 
Hants, who had fine blooms of Chas. Davis, 
Madame Chas. Molin, Madame C. H. Payne, Col. 
W. B. Smith, Etoile de Lyon, Viviand Morel, Mons. 
Panckoucke, Louise, Mademoiselle Marie Hoste, and 
Souvenir de Petite Amie. His incurved blooms 
were small but very neat and included good blooms 
of Baron Hirsch, Lucy Kendal, Princess of Wales, 
Robert Petfield, Mons. R. Bahuant, Queen of 
England, Madame Darrier, Novelty, Lord Alcester, 
and others. Mr. W. H. Lees, gardener to F. A. 
Bevan, Esq., Trent Park, New Barnet, took the 
second place with some grand blooms, while others 
were a little past their best or out of character. His 
incurved varieties were larger if anything, but not so 
neat as those of the first prize lot. The third prize 
went to Mr. C. J. Salter, gardener to T. B. Haywood, 
Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, Reigate, whose incurved 
varieties were relatively better in our opinion than 
his Japanese ones, although there were exceptions 
even amongst the latter. The blooms in the class 
for eighteen incurved varieties were smaller than 
in the previous one, but neat. The first prize was 
taken by Mr. Thos. Robinson, gardener to W. 
Lawrence, Esq., Elsfield House, Hollingbourne. 
His finer blooms were John Lambert, Lord Alcester, 
and Mrs. Heale. Mr. Jupp, gardener to G. Boulton, 
Esq , Torfield, Upperton, Eastbourne, was second, 
and Mr. W. H. Lees took the third place. The 
blooms were much larger in the class for twelve 
incurved varieties, and Mr. W. Collins, gardener to 
J. W. Carlile, Esq.., Ponsbourne Park, Hertford, led 
the way with good blooms of Miss M. A. Haggis, 
Violet Tomlin, Lord Alcester, Queen of England, 
and John Doughty. Mr. Alfred Jones, gardener to 
Miss Wyburn, Hadley Manor, Barnet, took the 
second award. Mr. Jupp had the best six incurved 
of one variety in Jeanne d'Arc. Mr. M. E. Mills, 
gardener to F. Lloyd, Esq., Coombe House, Croydon, 
was second with Baron Hirsch. Mr. W. Collins 
had the best eighteen Japanese varieties, and Mr. W. 
H. Lees was second. Mr. Geo. Smith, gardener to 
W. R. Inglis, Esq., Craigendown, Reigate Hill, took 
the leading award for twelve Japanese blooms. Mr. 
W. Slowgrove, gardener to Mrs. Crawford, Gatton, 
Reigate, had the best six of that class. Mr. C. J. 
Salter had no difficulty in taking the first place for 
eighteen reflexed and Japanese reflexed varieties. 
Amongst others he had a fine new crimson one 
named James Lynch, Mr. W. Jupp was second. Mr. 
John Justice, gardener to Sir Richard Temple, Bart., 
M.P., The Nash, Kempsey, Worcester, had the best 
eighteen Anemone and Japanese Anemone varieties. 
Mr. C. J. Salter had the best exhibits of Pompon and 
Pompon Anemone varieties. Japanese Anemone kinds 
were plentifully exhibited and the first award was taken 
by Mr. R, C. Notcut, Broughton Road Nursery, 
Ipswich. Some showy single kinds were exhibited by 
Mr. G. Carpenter, gardener to Major Collis Browne, 
Broad Oaks.Byfleet, Surrey, taking the first prize. In 
the class for a group arranged for effect on a space of 
ioo square feet, Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood Nurseries, 
Redhill, took the premier award with a somewhat 
novel arrangement. His plants were very dwarf and 
the blooms unusually large, especially Chas. Dkvis, 
and the green-flowered Ethel Amsden was prominent 
and rather striking. Messrs. J. Carter & Co., High 
Holborn, took the second award with a group in the 
ordinary style, and plenty of flowers. Messrs. J. 
Mobsby & Son, Moffalt Road, Thornton Heath, 
were third. For a group half the size, Mr. H. 
Baker, gardener to C. J. W. Rabbits, Esq., J.P., 
Westwood House, Sydenham, took the leading 
award with a closely massed group. Mr. C. Twinn, 
gardener to G. W. Bird, Esq., The Manor House, 
West Wickham, had larger blooms, but the plants 
thinly arranged and was second. Mr. T. W. Wilks, 
gardener to C. Ralphy, Esq., Cranbrook Villa, 
Upper Norwood, was third. Mr. G. H. Cooper, 
Sydenham Road, Croydon, had the first award for 
twelve standard trained specimens. Mr. W. D. 
Aspland, Florist, Crystal Palace, took the first prize 
for an effective arrangement of cut Chrysanthemums 
and autumn tinted leaves. 
In the miscellaneous class Messrs. J. Laing & 
Sons, Forest Hill, had a large table of Chrysan¬ 
themums set up with Palms and edged withCattleyas, 
Ferns, Dracaenas, Bertolonias, and other fine 
foliaged subjects as well as greenhouse flowering 
plants. They also had a small table of stove and 
greenhouse plants and Apple trees with fruit on them. 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, had a table of 
Chrysanthemum blooms including new varieties 
named John Machar, Guirlande, Commandant 
Blussett, and Globe d’Or. 
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ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
By John Fraser, F.L.S., Kew. 
Laelia pumila praestans.— This is generally 
regarded as the best of the forms of Laelia pumila, 
and when in good condition it is certainly very 
choice. It was originally described by Reichenbach 
in 1857 as a distinct species ; and at the present day 
most cultivators regard it as such. The sepals and 
overlapping petals are of a rich purple, while the 
side and middle lobes are crimson-purple. The 
distinctive features of the variety are, that the lip is 
funnel shaped, not straight, and the sides of such 
firm texture that they cannot be spread out without 
splitting when fresh. The lines so conspicuous on 
the disc of L. pumila and L. p. Dayana, are in this 
case nearly obsolete. It succeeds best when grown 
in pans or baskets with a very moderate amount of 
material about the roots, and suspended near the 
glass where it can get a maximum of light. Plenty 
of water is also required during the growing season, 
and the roots must not be allowed to get dry even in 
winter. Hitherto, it has been comparatively a 
scarce plant in cultivation; it flowered recently i 
however, in the collection of F, Wigan, Esq., Clare 
Lawn. East Sheen. 
Two Orchids from Liberton. —Specimens of 
Cattleya Dowiana aurea and Miltonia spectabilis 
Moreliana have been sent us by Mr. David Rymer, 
The Gardens, Gracemount, Liberton, Edinburgh. 
The lip of the Cattleya was rather injured and 
faded before it arrived, apparently through some in¬ 
jury while passing through the post, so that we can 
-only guess at what it was like when fresh. The 
golden or orange lines were, however, very plentiful 
all over the lip, except at the very apex, so that we 
fancy it must have been fine. The sepals and petals 
were remarkable for their stiff texture, and the 
evident tendency of the former to be suffused with 
pink along the back. The petals were also finely and 
beautifully netted with pink towards the margins, 
but had the fault of not being flat, a peculiarity 
possibly due to their great texture. The Miltonia 
was identical in colour, though the flowers were not 
quite so large as those of the plant that received an 
Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural 
Society on the 9th October. This was M. spectabilis 
Moreliana atropurpurea, so that our correspondent 
would be quite justified in adopting that name for 
the plant of which he sent us a specimen. Tiie 
smaller size of the flower might be due to culture or 
to the condition of the plant for the time being. 
Odontoglossum crispum ocellatum. —The 
colouring of this beautiful variety is arranged some¬ 
what after the same plan as that of O. c. Ruckeria- 
num; indeed, it is difficult to draw the line some¬ 
times, for the one seems to run into the other by 
insensible gradations by the introduction of many 
new varieties. There is a figure of it in the Lindenia, 
pi. 429, The sepals and petals are white, with a 
rosy band on either side near the margin, and freely 
marked all over, except in the centre, with small, 
bright red spots. The varieties of the universally 
popular O. crispum are so numerous, and so many 
liave received separate names that it is difficult to 
remember or recognise the half of them. That 
under notice belongs to a type that is by no means 
common, the distinguishing features being that the 
spots are clear red, not brown. It appeared in the 
collection of W. Thompson, Esq., of Walton Grange, 
Stone. 
THE PUNT HOUSES. 
The Stove. 
The fine open weather and comparative freedom 
from fogs that we have hitherto enjoyed have been 
all in the gardener's favour, and have shortened the 
dull season of the year to a very considerable extent. 
Still, it is never safe to prophesy with regard to the 
probable state of the weather, and it will be very 
strange, indeed, if we do not get a reminder within 
the course of the next few weeks that it is November. 
In the event of a spell of cold or frosty weather it 
will not be possible to maintain such high tempera¬ 
tures as hitherto, neither would it be desirable, for 
too hard firing is very detrimental to the health and 
vigour of the plants. A slightly lowered tempera¬ 
ture, in accordance with the decrease of light out¬ 
side, should therefore obtain in this department for 
the next two months or so. A minimum night 
temperature of 608 Fahr., with a substantial rise 
during the day in bright weather, will be amply 
sufficient. 
Gardenias. —Plants that have set their buds may 
with advantage be accorded occasional doses of 
liquid manure to assist them to swell their buds. If 
any of the leaves are dirty they should be sponged 
before the buds get much larger, for the process of 
cleaning will be attended with considerable risk of 
knocking off the buds if the operation be delayed too 
long. 
Ferns. —-These may be kept rather drier at the 
root than they have been during the summer, and as 
it would be injurious to them to unduly excite root 
action the supplies of manure water so beneficial to 
them through the growing period must be totally 
discontinued. Shabby fronds may be cut off, but 
this operation should be gradually performed, and 
under no consideration must the whole of the fronds 
be removed from the plant at one and the same time 
or the crowns will be very much weakened. Many 
Ferns, Adiantums particularly, are subject to the 
attacks of brown scale. These little pests adhere 
closely to the stipes of the fronds, so near to the 
base that it is well nigh impossible to dislodge them 
while the plant is in full vigour of growth without 
injury to many of the fronds. Advantage should, 
therefore, be taken of the present favourable season 
of the year to examine the plants and cleanse them 
of the pests referred to should they be present. 
The Greenhouse. 
Continue to air as freely as possible on all favour¬ 
able occasions, employing fire heat when necessary 
to expel the superfluous moisture that would other¬ 
wise do a deal of harm. 
Chrysanthemums. —The earlier plants of these 
from which the flowers have been cut should be cut 
down and removed, others being brought in to fill 
their places. The cut down plants may be placed in 
any cool pit or frame where access to them may be 
easily had. Manure water must be given at intervals 
to plants which are developing their buds. 
Tacsonias. —The growths of these beautiful 
climbers usually become very dense by the autumn, 
with the result that a great deal of the all-important 
light is excluded from any plants that may be beneath 
them. The long pendulous growths may therefore 
be thinned out pretty severely, cutting them right 
back to within an eye or two of the base of this 
year’s growth. No fear need be entertained as to 
next year's supply of bloom, for the flowers are 
always produced by the young wood. 
Epacrises. —These are amongst the most beautiful 
and useful of winter-flowering subjects of the hard 
wooded section. Weak doses of liquid manure 
should be given them to assist them in the work of 
flowering. A like attention should be paid to plants 
of Primula sinensis and its many varieties, also P. 
obconica, a most useful plant at this time of year. 
Pits and Frames. 
If a supply of the requisite furnishing material for 
the greenhouse and conservatory is to be kept up 
preparations must be made for the forcing of Lilacs, 
Azaleas, Staphyleas, Deutzias, Spiraeas, etc. A hot 
bed should be made up of leaves or other fermenting 
material in a suitable pit which should be filled up 
to within 2 to 3 ft. of the glass and firmly trodden. 
This will afford suitable conveniences for the plung¬ 
ing of such plants as are to be forced. A light 
syringing should be given the plants occasionally to 
encourage and stimulate growth. 
