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tHE GARDENING WORLD. 
great sturdy fellows with leathery leaves like harness 
thongs except in colour. On the top of the central 
stage are some of the best of the older varieties, 
which have been saved out of many batches of seed¬ 
lings, as time rolls on, and better ones are always 
coming to light These are in large pots, and in 
several cases have many crowns, which, however, 
are never allowed to become crowded, and conse¬ 
quently attain a great size, with massive umbels of 
bloom, such as would put the originally imported 
wilding into the shade. Good substantial soil and 
liberal feeding with liquid manure, especially when 
the flower scapes are being thrown up, are necessary 
to develop such vigorous growth. 
Amongst the young plants flowering for the first 
time the richly coloured blooms of the Right Hon. 
J. Chamberlain are noticeable for their great depth 
of colour. The flowers are in the style of Lady 
Wolverton, but darker ; that is, they are wide open, 
with broad, overlapping, and recurving segments of 
a rich orange. The variety was honoured with an 
Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society 
on the gth inst. Many of the seedlings now flowering 
for the first time have not yet received names, 
including one with wide open and deep orange 
flowers. Close by is another one raised from Lady 
Wolverton crossed with Ignea, and this is character¬ 
ised by very long, widely funnel-shaped flowers of a 
rich orange-scarlet. The plant is dwarf, with very 
broad leaves, and in this respect resembles the seed 
parent. The palest variety we noted, and the nearest 
approach to an albino, was that named Lemonia, 
which may be described as a soft yellow, tinted with 
the palest pinkish red, with a white throat. It is 
certainly a colour difficult to describe, but remark¬ 
ably distinct in a class of plants where the prevailing 
hue is orange. The blooms are both long and of 
large size. A seedling obtained from John Laing 
crossed with Ignea was just expanding its blossoms 
on the occasion of our visit, but will probably 
prove one of the best when fully developed, on 
account of the large size of the flowers and their 
brilliant scarlet colour, with a white throat. It is 
the darkest of two from the same pod. 
The blooms of Miss Ellen Terry are long and 
funnel-shaped, with the segments spreading towards 
the tips; they are of a peculiar shade of colour, 
quite distinct from the other flowers alongside, 
and may be described as orange-red, with a pale 
yellow and white throat. The shape of the flowers 
of different varieties does not exhibit a great range, 
but there are distinctions that constitute a feature 
of several. A seedling from Stanstead Beauty 
crossed with Sulphureum has short and bell-shaped 
flowers of an orange-red hue, with a yellow throat 
and deeper yellow stamens. These latter characters 
may have been derived from Sulphureum, a variety 
with pale yellow flowers tinted with a soft red. The 
leaves of this seedling are 2 ft. long. Lord Rose¬ 
bery has flowers of moderate length, wide open, and 
of a warm orange-scarlet. The intensity of colouring 
met with in Vesuvius reminds us of the seedling 
obtained from John Laing crossed with Ignea, but 
the segments are narrower. It is a very choice 
variety, however, and acquires its deepest hue as the 
flowers are getting old or have been expanded for 
some time. Duchess of York has bell-shaped, 
widely expanded flowers of an orange-scarlet, of 
moderate intensity, and pleasing when in perfection. 
All of the above are new varieties, but a number of 
the selections of past years is still highly cherished 
and well worthy of a place on the benches of the 
greenhouse or conservatory at this season of the year. 
Their bold and noble appearance has a telling effect 
whether associated with flowering or foliage plants. 
Amongst these we would name Clara Reimer, a con¬ 
tinental variety of some repute in its day. The 
flowers are of a soft orange, more or less decidedly 
tinted with rose as they get past their best, but even 
then are pleasing. Mrs. John Laing is one of the best 
of the older sorts on account of its deep orange-scarlet 
flowers and huge umbels ; the latter owe their great 
size to the number of flowers in each, and the long 
spreading pedicels of the individual flowers and which 
are necessary to give each bloom proper space to 
develop. A large plant of Patrick Davidson consists 
of several great crowns with proportionate umbels of 
orange flowers that are sulphur-yellow in the throat. 
Scarlet Perfection is a continental variety with dark 
orange flowers of good size, though now exceeded in 
intensity here. The work of improvement still goes 
on, and though it is difficult to get them to depart 
from the prevailing orange colour, yet there are 
decided variations of it and the flowers are steadily 
being increased in size. It might be urged that the 
flowers might be crossed with those of some other 
genus of the same family in order get a desirable 
break, but only a few months ago some of the con¬ 
tinental growers were complaining of the weakening 
of the progeny owing to their being obtained from 
Clivias crossed with the deciduous Hippeastrums. 
The loss of the evergreen leaves would not be an 
advantage, but on the contrary a great calamity. 
Hitherto the improvements have been entirely con¬ 
fined to Clivia miniata, but surely if this were crossed 
with C. Gardeni, we would get an infusion of fresh 
blood and new colours. The first generation would 
have smaller flowers than the best existing forms, but 
even that could be remedied in course of time. 
- 
THE AURICULA SHOW. 
To the surprise of all lovers of this prime old 
favourite flower, the show brought together at the 
Drill Hall, S.W., on Tuesday, by members of the 
National Auricula and Primula Society proved to be 
both greater in extent and richer in quality than 
could reasonably have been anticipated, considering 
the lateness of the season. Plentiful as they were, 
however, even the southern growers needed another 
week to enable them to show their full strength. 
The northern growers under such circumstances 
were not expected to show much, and. as a matter of 
fact, only one plant was forthcoming, and that was 
brought by the Rev. F. D. Horner, from Kirkby 
Lonsdale, who, with Mr. Ben. Simonite, of 
Sheffield, and Mr. A. R. Brown, of Birmingham, 
may be said to have represented the midland and 
northern growers at the meeting. But few seedlings 
of high merit were on view, but Mr. Horner’s 
solitary specimen, a wonderful seedling self named 
Favourite, was a host in itself, and more than made 
up in quality for any lack in numbers. 
For twelve Auriculas, dissimilar, Mr. Henwood, 
Auricula Villa, Reading, distanced all competitors, 
exhibiting the following varieties : Abbe Liszt 
(Douglas), Richard Headley (Lightbody), Heroine 
(Horner), Mrs. Potts (Barlow), James Hannaford 
(Simonite), Geo. Rudd (Woodhead), Prince of Greens 
(Traill), Acme (Reid), Black Bess (Woodhead) Lan¬ 
cashire Hero (Lancashire), John Simonite (Walker), 
and the Rev. F. D. Horner (Simonite). Mr. Sanders, 
gardener to the Viscountess Chewton, Cobham. won 
the second prize, Mr. Patterson, Sunderland, and 
Mr. Philip J. Worsley taking third and fourth places 
respectively. For six Auriculas, dissimilar, Mr. 
Sanders took the premier position with Rev. F. D. 
Horner (Simonite), Mrs. A. Potts (Barlow), Heroine 
(Horner), George Lightbody (Headley), George 
Rudd (Woodhead), and Acme (Reid). Mr. Henwood 
came second, and Mr. Patterson third in this class. 
Mr. J . Sargent, Cobham, had the best four Auriculas, 
dissimilar, showing Heroine, F. D. Horner, Acme, 
and Rachel ; second, Mr. Smith, Bishops Stortford ; 
third, Mr. Collier, gardener to Miss Kyrke Penson, 
Dinham; fourth, Mr. Phillips, Bracknell. Mr. 
Sargent won the first prize for two Auriculas, dis¬ 
similar, with plants of L’Hero and Rachel, Mr. 
Smith coming second, and Mr. Walker, Reading, 
third. 
In the classes for single plants of show varieties 
the awards went as follows :—Green-edged : First, 
Mr. Douglas, with Abbe Liszt (Douglas); second, 
Mr. Saunders, with Rev. F. D. Horner (Simonite) ; 
third and fourth, Mr. J. E. Henwood, with the same 
varieties ; fifth, Mr. C. Phillips, with Rev. F. D. 
Horner ; sixth, Mr. W. Smith, with Abbe Liszt; and 
seventh, Mr. Saunders, with Rev. F. D. Horner. 
Grey-edged : First, second, and third, Mr. Collier, 
gardener to Miss Kyrke Penson, Ludlow, J. T. 
Bennett-Poe, Esq., and Mr. T. E. Henwood, with 
George Lightbody (Headley) ; fourth, Mr. Bennett- 
Poe, with R. Headley (Lightbody) ; fifth, Mr. 
Patterson, with Lonely Ann (Oliver); sixth, Mr. 
Collier, with George Lightbody; seventh and 
eighth, Mr. Smith, with George Rudd. White- 
edged : First and second, Mr. Douglas, with Marion 
(Douglas), and Acme (Reid); third, Mr. W. L. 
Walker, with Heather Bell (Horner) ; fourth, Mr. 
Douglas ; fifth, Mr. Saunders ; sixth, Mr. Collier ; 
and seventh, Mr. Henwood ; all showing Acme. 
Selfs : First, Mr. C. Phillips, with Miss Barnett ; 
second, Mr. Douglas, with a Seedling; third, Mr. 
Smith, with Mrs. Potts; fourth, Mr, Paterson, with 
Black Bess (Broadhead); fifth, Mr. Douglas, with 
Mrs. Potts ; sixth, seventh, and eighth, Mr. T. E. 
Henwood and Mr. Saunders, with Black Bess. 
In a class for fifty Auriculas, comprising not 
less than twenty varieties, including Alpines, Mr. J. 
Douglas, gardener to Mrs. Whitbourn, Ilford, 
obtained the first prize with an exceedingly fine col¬ 
lection, conspicuous among which were Colonel 
Champneys (Turner), Elaine (Horner), George Rudd 
(Woodhead), and many of his own seedlings. The 
second prize was taken by Mr. Saunders, and the 
third by the proprietors of the Guildford Hardy 
Plant Nursery. 
Mr. Charles Phillips. Bracknell, Berks, had 
the best twelve Alpine Auriculas, dissimilar, 
exhibiting Little Gem (Phillips), Seedling (Phillips), 
Sophia (Phillips), Mrs. Gorton (Phillips), Dot 
(Phillips), Dragon Fly (Phillips), Mrs. Martin 
Phillips (Phillips), A. R. Brown (Phillips), 
and Clara (Phillips). The second prize fell to Mr. 
Douglas, the third to Mr. Patterson, and the fourth 
to Mr. Chas. Turner. For six Alpine Auriculas, 
dissimilar, Mr. J. Douglas obtained the premier 
award with Miss Mollie (Douglas), Miss Moon 
(Douglas), Novelty (Douglas), Charles Turner 
(Turner), Seedling (Douglas), and Dean Hole 
(Douglas). Mr. Phillips came second, and Mr- 
Charles Turner third. 
Mr. Walker contributed the finest four Alpine 
Auriculas, dissimilar, showing John Keen (Walker), 
John Lawrance (Walker), Mrs. Lawrance (Walker), 
and Freda (Walker). Second came J. T. Bennett- 
Poe, Esq., and third, Mr. Keen, Southampton. 
In the single plant class for yellow centres, Mr. C. 
Phillips was first and second, with Dreadnought and 
Evelyn ; Mr. W. L. Walker third and fourth, with 
Geo. Stanton (Walker) and Miss Moon ; and fifth, 
Mr. Douglas, with Nellie Hibberd. Mr. Weston, 
Balham, had the best six gold-laced Polyanthuses, 
dissimilar, Mr. R. Dean, Ealing, taking the second 
position, whilst Mr. Jas. Douglas came in third. 
The last-named gentleman contributed the best 
three gold-laced Polyanthuses, dissimilar ; second, 
Mr. Dean; third, Mr. Weston. 
The first prize for twelve fancy Auriculas, six of 
them at least to be distinct, and not more than two 
of any variety to be shown, went to the Guildford 
Hardy Plant Company, who had Bronze, Innocence, 
Lallah Rookh, Old Gold, Rolt’s Green, Khartoum, 
and Belle in good condition. The second prize here 
fell to Mr. Jas. Douglas, and the third to Mr. Dean. 
The last-named gentleman outstripped all other ex¬ 
hibitors in the race for the finest twelve fancy Poly¬ 
anthus, showing exceedingly fine samples. Second 
came Mr. Saunders, third, Mr. Douglas, and fourth, 
Mr. Gilbert. The premier award for twelve single 
Primroses, dissimilar, was carried off by Mr. Dean, 
who had some splendidly grown plants, Mr. Jas. 
Douglas making a good second, Mr. Saunders occupy¬ 
ing the third place. Mr. J. Douglas was again 
successful in obtaining a first prize for eight 
splendidly-flowered plants of the Double Crimson 
Primrose, also a like award for the best twelve 
Primulas of distinct species or well marked varieties. 
He had excellent examples of P. viscosa var. decora, 
P. intermedia, P. verticillata, O. obconica, P. cortu- 
soides var. Amoena, P. japonica, P. molli:, and P. 
floribunda. The first prize for a basket of Prim¬ 
roses arranged for effect fell to Mr. Jas Douglas, 
who carried on his consistent successes still further 
by winning the first award for a group of Primulas 
and Auriculas arranged for effect, and not exceeding 
twelve superficial feet in area. 
First-class Certificates were awarded to the Rev. F. 
D. Horner for his seedling self. Favourite, a 
magnificent regal purple with beautiful circular 
paste, and neat bright tube, the pips measuring 
ii in. in diameter, and perfectly flat. This grand 
acquisition to the self class was also awarded Mr. 
Martin R. Smith's special prize. Mr. C. Phillips 
also received similar awards for seedling Alpines 
Dreadnought, a very neat golden-centred variety 
shaded rich rosy red ; and A. R Brown, also a rich 
yellow centre, shaded with orange-red. The premier 
Auricula was Mr. Collier's George Lightbody. 
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