; 1 March 30, 1895. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
491 
SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, March 26th.— The exhibits were 
both numerous and extensive on Tuesday last. The 
Orchids were by far the most conspicuous, several 
of the groups being of considerable size. Other 
exhibits consisted largely of forced subjects including 
Daffodils, Azaleas, Clematis and others. Clivias 
were a strong feature as well as Caladiums.and hardy 
herbaceous subjects grown in pots. A large group 
of Orchids set up with Palms and Ferns was ex¬ 
hibited by Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper 
Holloway, Vanda suavis, Cymbidium eburneum, 
Calanthe Sanderiana and Cypripediums including a 
fine piece of C.Morganiae were conspicuous elements 
in the collection. The plant of Cymbidium eburneum 
was of large size and well flowered (Silver Banksian 
Medal). A showy and interesting group was also 
set up by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. The 
Dendrobiums were most varied and beautiful because 
well flowered. A large and floriferous piece of 
Bollea Schroderiana attracted aconsiderable amount 
of attention. Other species of note were Pescatorea 
Lehmanni, Lycaste Lawrenceana, Angraecum 
Sanderianum, Eulophiella Elizabethae, Batemannia 
peruviana, the green flowered Cypripedium 
Lawrencianum Hyeanum, the Cattleyas and 
Odontoglossums (Silver Flora Medal). A mixed 
group of various interesting Orchids 'was staged by 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. Very interesting 
was Odontoglossum excellens raised artificially 
between O. Pescatorei and O. triumphans, the former 
being the seed parent. A deep rose variety of 
Odontoglossum crispum was very attractive ; note¬ 
worthy also were Miltonia cuneata, Dendrobium 
atroviolaceum, D. Cordelia, D. Murrhinianum, D. 
Cybele nobilius and Cymbidium eburneo-Lowianum 
(Silver Flora Medal). A group of Orchids backed 
up with Palms aud Ferns were staged by Messrs. 
Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. The varieties of 
Miltonia Roezlii were both numerous and in quantity, 
being quite the feature at the group. They were 
strongly and agreeably fragrant. Other interesting 
subjects were Dendrobium Brymerianum, Odonto¬ 
glossum Edwardi, Oncidium Krameri and Cypri¬ 
pediums (Silver Banksian Medal). A group of well- 
flowered Dendrobiums was s'aged by Mr James 
Cypher, Cheltenham. The varieties of D nobile 
were very numerous including D. n. nobilius, D. n- 
Statterianum, D.n pulcherrimum, D.n. Cypheri, D n 
pendulum and others. D . rubens grandiflorum is a fine 
hybrid (Silver Banksian Medal) Messss.W. L. Lewis 
& Co., Southgate, showed a mixed group of Orchids, 
including showy varieties of Odontoglossum trium¬ 
phans, Cymbidium Lowianum, Cattleya Trianaei, 
and Cypripediums. Very attractive and interesting 
was a large, well-flowered piece of Dendrobium 
capillipes in a basket (Silver Banksian Medal). A 
huge piece of Dendrobium nobile nobilius, bearing 
389 flowers, was staged by Elijah Ashworth, Esq 
(gardener, Mr. H. Holbrook), Harefield Hall, Wilm- 
slow. The tallest stem was 3 ft. 9 in. He also had 
a Dendrobium, possibly a natural hybrid between 
D. Devonianum and D. Chrysanthum, also D. 
Schneiderianum, and D. nobile Ashworthii (Silver 
Banksian Medal). Cattleya Trianaei Parkesii was 
staged by W. C. Parkes, Esq., Llanberis Tower, 
Tooting. W. C. Walker, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Geo. 
Cragg), Percy Lodge, Winchmore Hill, exhibited 
Cymbidium eburneum. The hybrid Cypripedium 
Vannerae, and C. Rothschildianum, Vanner's var., 
were shown by W. Vanner, Esq (gardener, Mr. W. 
H. Robbins), Camden Wood, Chislehurst. Some 
fine varieties of Odontoglossum, including O. 
Ruckerianum Juno, were exhibited by De. B. Craw- 
shay, Esq. (gardener, Mr. S. Cooke), Rosefield, 
Sevenoaks. Dendrobium Donnesiae, a supposed 
natural hybrid, and Odontoglossum crispum Kathleen 
were shown by J. Bradshaw, Esq. (gardener, Mr H. 
Whiffen), The Grange, Southgate. A splendid 
plant of Phaius grandifolius, bearing 183 flowers, 
and another with 145 were shown by Mr. C T. 
Cayley, Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. Paulton), Ivy 
Mount, Leigham Court Road, Streatham. A re¬ 
markable looking Orchid named Bulbophyllum 
burfordiense, with an enormous flower, also Dendro¬ 
bium Tattonianum, D. cruentum, Vanda caerules- 
cens, Eulophiella Ekzabethae, and Odontoglossum 
crinitum sapphiratum were exhibited by Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. White), Bur- 
ford Lodge, Dorking. He also had three splendid 
spikes of Schomburgkia crispa. R. I Measures, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr II. Chapman), Cambridge 
Lodge, Flodden Road, S.E., showed a hybrid 
Cypripedium named C. Olenus. Odontoglossum 
radiatum, O. hystrix, and O. amplissimum, all forms 
of O. luteo-purpureum, were shown by H Weetman, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. Bernard Dunn), The Haw¬ 
thorns, Little Haywood. A collection of cut 
flowers of various showy and interesting Orchids 
was exhibited by Baron Schroeder (gardener, Mr 
H. Ballantine), The Dell, Egham. Very fine were 
Odontoglossum Leeanum, Sobralia macrantba, 
Cattleya speciosissima, C. s. Schroederiana, C. 
Baroness Schroeder, Laelia vitellina, Dendrobium 
macrophyllum Dearei, with white flowers, D. m 
Burkei, with large, pale flowers, and some others, 
which are either very rare or cf great beauty 
Silver Banksian Medal). 
Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, 
N , contributed a fine display of hardy spring- 
flowering plants and a large quantity of Alpines in 
really fine condition, especially considering how 
trying the plant season has been, for which a Silver 
Flora Medal was awarded. Narcissi of various 
kinds were well represented, and clumps of the 
Grape Hyacinth Muscari botryoides and its beautiful 
white variety M. b. album, Primulas rosea, Cash- 
meriana and denticulata alba, Daphne Blagayana. 
together with Saxifragas ; Irises and Hepaticus of 
various sorts, added a wonderful charm and variety 
to an exceedingly br'ght and pretty collection. 
Mr. G. Wythes, gardener to the Rt. Hon Earl 
Percy, Syon House, Brentford, staged a quantity of 
flowering and foliage plants and ferns. A well- 
flowered plant of Clivia miniatum occupied a central 
and prominent position. Hyacinths, chiefly of the 
single white section, Polyanthus, Narcissi, Tulips, 
and Cyclamen, were represented, and some neat 
little specimens of Anthurium Scherzerianum were 
also well worthy of mention (Silver Banksian 
Medal). Messrs. Barr & San, King Street, Covent 
Garden, exhibited bunches of flowers of Narcissus 
bicolor Empress, N. Sir Watkin, N. Grandis, N. 
obvallaris, N. King Umberto, N. Golden Spur, and 
N. princeps. in praiseworthy order ; also the bright 
little Anemone fulgens, Chionodoxa Lucilae, and C. 
Sardensis, Frittilaria aurea, Iris reticulata, I r. 
Nelsoni, I. r. Krelagi, and I r. coerulea, Ficaria 
ranunculoides flore pleno, Saxifraga oppositifolia, 
and its varieties alba and splendens, and Megasea 
Stracheyi in effective and meritorious condition 
(Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs Wm. Paul & Son, WalthamCross, received 
a Silver-gilt Flora Medal for a fine exhibit of 
Camellias in pots; also cut blooms of the same. 
The plants shown were well-flowered examples of 
their kind, Princess Charlotte, Adeline Benvenuti, 
Dona Camilla de Faria, Marchioness of Exeter 
being especially good A contribution which came 
from Messrs. J. James & Sod, Woodside, Farnham 
Royal, Slough, in the shape of a number of 
Cinerarias in pots was of a particularly meritorious 
character, and deservedly obtained a Silver Floral 
Medal The habit of the plants was exceedingly 
dwarf and stocky, and the flowers were of large size 
and exceedingly fine form, some fine whites and 
blues being specially conspicuous. A Silver 
Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs B. S 
Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, who had Clivias 
of various kinds up to an exceedingly high standard 
of merit Surprise, Model, Aurantiaca, Holloway 
Beauty, and Mme. Van Houtte were among the 
best of the varieties here shown. The Japanese 
Camellias Emin Pasha and Mme J. Buchanan, also 
two or three small specimens of the Otahaiti Orange 
in fruit were shown by the same firm Mr H. B 
May, Dyson's Lane Nurseries, Upper Edmonton, 
had several baskets of Clematises in excellent con¬ 
dition, the plants, although small, being very flori¬ 
ferous, and the blooms large and fine (Bronze 
Banksian Medal) 
An important and exceedingly meritorious exhibit 
came from Earl Cowper, K.G., Panshanger, Herts 
(gardener, Mr. J Fitt), in the shape of a number of 
superbly flowered sprays of the beautiful stove 
climber Beaumontia grandiflora, This plant is 
usually so exceedingly shy of flowering that the 
display here given was rendered all the more 
remarkable, and a Silver Banksian Medal was 
awarded in recognition Some fine trusses of bloom 
of Clerodendrcn splendens and of Azaleas pontlca 
alba and Bouquet de Flore, also coming from 
Panshanger, were well worthy of mention 
Messrs John Peed & Sons, Roupell Park Nurseries, 
Norwood Road, S E , had a number of well-grown 
Caladiums, comprising fine varieties as Charlemagne 
L automne, Comtesse de Condeisa, Triomphe de 
Coanpte, Mercedes d'Argent, and John Peed in first- 
class order, a Silver Banksian Medal being given 
A bunch of finely-grown Asparagus cut from 
p rmanent beds in the open air aDd forced every year 
by means of fresh leaves, which came from Mr G. 
Wythes, appeared to be of first-class quality, and 
received a Cultural Commendation at the hands of 
the Committee 
Royal Botanic ,March 20 th. — Thefirst spring show of 
the Royal Botanic Society, Regent’s Park, was held 
on the above date, and though the weather looked 
threatening, the rain kept off and a good attendance 
of people thronged the wide corridor during the 
afternoon The entries of spring flowers were not 
so numerous as we have seen them, but complaints 
are loud that many bulbs in pots have been injured 
and some completely destroyed. The first award for 
Hyacinths was taken by Mr Jas Douglas, gardener 
to Mrs. Whitbourn, Great Gearies, Ilford, whose 
spikes were large and in fine condiiion, all things 
considered. The Sultan, King of Blues, La 
Grandesse, Koh-i-noor, and Lord Derby, were 
amongst the best flowered of his varieties. Mr. H. 
Eason, gardener to B. Noakes, Esq , Hope Cottage, 
Highgate, took the second place with large, but less 
compact spikes Mr. R. Scott, gardener to Miss 
Foster, The Holme, Regent’s Park, was third with 
much smaller plants. Mr. J. Douglas again led 
the way with Tulips, the blooms of which were of 
grand size. Mr. R Scott and Mr. H. Eason were 
second and third respectively with much smaller 
flowers. Mr R Scott came to the front with seven¬ 
teen pans of Crocuses, which were a mass of bloom, 
Mr J. Douglas was second with an exhibit a little 
past its best. Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, 
Tottenham, was accorded the first prize for a group 
of herbaceous plants including Saxifraga Burseriana, 
Primulas, Cyclamens, Hepaticas, and other spring 
flowers. The Hon. F. D. Smith, M.P. (gardener. 
Mr II. Perkins), Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, 
had a splendid group of Amaryllis set up with Palms 
and Ferns, for which he was deservedly awarded the 
first prize. The strain of Amaryllis shown by Mr. J. 
Douglas was not so good, nor were any other plants 
used in his group, but he was accorded the second 
prize. He had a fine group of well-flowered Deutzias 
and another of Polyanthus Narcissi, for which he 
was awarded the first prize in both cases. Mr. Scott 
was second for Narcissi, but first for Lily of the 
Valleys and greenhouse Azaleas. Mr. H Eason was 
second for Azaleas. Mr. Thos. Pestridge, Boston 
Park Nursery, Brentford, had a group of well- 
flowered Cyclamen set up with Palms and Ferns, 
taking the first prize. 
The miscellaneous groups were pretty numerous. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams, Upper Holloway, exhibited 
a large group of Palms, Clivias, Coelogyne cristata 
alba, Calanthes and other Orchids, as well as various 
stove plants grown either for flowers or their fine 
foliage The Clivias were the boldest feature of the 
group, for which a Large Silver Medal was awarded 
The same firm received a Small Silver Medal for an 
exhibit of bouquets and floral devices made up of 
Roses, Lilac, Trumpet Lilies, Carnations, e:c. Mr. 
T Jannocb, Dersingham, Sandringham, had an 
interesting and fragrant group of Lily of the Valley 
grown in pans and on cone-shaped structures such 
as he exhibits at various periods of the year, 
summer and winter. (Small Silver Medal.) Messrs. 
J Ve tch & Sons, Chelsea, had a mixed group of new 
plants, consisting of Rhododendrons of the Javan 
type, Amaryllis, Orchids, and Streptocarpus, several 
of which received certificates. Messrs. J. Laing & 
Sms, Forest Hill, showed a large group of Palms, 
Crotons, Azalea mollis, Caladiums, winter-flowering 
Begonias, etc. (Small Silver Medal) Messrs. Barr 
& Son, Covent GardeD, exhibited Daffodils, the 
Poet’s Narcissus, Chionodoxa, Iris reticulata, 
Freesias, and other showy and useful spring bulbs. 
(Large Bronze Medal.) Mr. T. S. Ware also showed 
Daffodils, Scilla sibirica, Iris reticulata, Bulbo- 
codiutn Clusii, Daphne Blagayana, etc (Large 
Bronze Medal ) Messrs, f. Peed & Sons, Roupell 
Park Nursery, Norwood Road, staged a group of 
Crotons, Palms, Azaleas, Heaths, Hyacinths, Tulips, 
and Cinerarias. Mr. J. R. Stevens, Clayton Nursery, 
Hassocks, showed half-a-dozen pots of his new 
Strawberry Stevens' Wonder, for which a Certificate 
of Merit was accorded Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son, 
Waltham Cross, showed a collection of Camellias, 
China Roses, and Clematis indivisa loba'a (Large 
Silver Medal). 
