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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 25, 1895. 
Bexley Gem, Princess May, Mrs. John Fowler, Miss 
Florie Dear, Leviathan, Miss Linnaker, and Duchess 
of Teck were exceedingly handsome. 
Mr. Hunt, gardener to P. Ralli, Esq., Ashtead 
Park, Epsom, showed a number of Caladiums in 
praiseworthy style. The plants were large vigorous 
specimens of their class, although from the way in 
which the labels were placed out of sight much of 
the interest that would have been attached to them 
was lost, as the public were utterly unable to obtain 
their names. A very interesting and meritorious 
exhibit of Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums was made by Mr. 
H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham. The 
plants were of dwarf habit and carried quantities of 
large trusses of bloom. They were very prettily 
arranged with small Ferns and pieces of Asparagus 
plumosus nanus, and comprised such good sorts as 
Ryecroft Surprise, Surcoat, Liberty, Jersey Beauty, 
Galilee, La France, Castle Hill, Cuvier, and 
Madame Mongoot. Messrs. J. James & Son, Wcod- 
sids, Farnham Royal, Slough, deserve all praise for 
their magnificent examples of herbaceous Calceo¬ 
larias. So remarkably dwarf in habit were the plants 
and so heavily laden were they with huge trusses of 
large and brilliantly marked and mottled flowers that 
the plants appeared to be almost crushed beneath 
the weight of bloom. Some of the examples shown 
were quite two feet in diameter and were certainly 
not more than from ten inches to a foot in height 
from the rim of the pots in which they were growing. 
Mr. W. J. Godfrey's new decorative Pelargonium, 
Glory of the West, should prove a decided acquisi¬ 
tion if we may judge from the batch of it exhibited 
by him. The plants were of good habit and very 
free-flowering qualities. 
A small group of Roses in pots contriboted by Mr. 
Frank Cant, Braiswick, Colchester, contained some 
fairly good material, Maman Cochet and Ulrich 
Brunner, being the best sorts shown. A highly 
interesting contribution came from Messrs. Geo. 
Jackman & Sons, Woking Nursery, Surrey, in the 
shape of several new Clematises in pots. Like the 
variety known as Countess of Onslow, which was 
awarded a First-class Certificate by the Royal Hort¬ 
icultural Society last year, they have been 
obtained by crossing C. coccinea with the ordinary 
garden forms. It is claimed for them that they are 
absolutely hardy, and, if so, they should prove of 
great service, inasmuch as they are very free 
flowering. Messrs. F. Sander Sc Co., St. Albans, 
staged a considerable number of new plants in their 
usual thorough style. In this group numerous pretty 
subjects were forthcoming, of which Dracaena 
Sanderiana, D. Godseffiana, Maranta Sanderiana, 
Heliconia illustris var., rubricaulis, Eriocnema 
Sanderae, and Begonias Mrs. Barron, Rajah, and 
Lady Annesley, were some of the most remarkable. 
A number of well-grown pot Roses also came from 
this firm, containing among others, Madame 
Lachaune, and Duchess de Morney in fine order. A 
glowing patch of colour marked the place where Mr. 
H. J. Jones had staged his show, decorative and 
regal Pelargoniums. All the plants -were praise¬ 
worthy, although the examples of Pearl, Mrs. W. 
Wright, W. C. Boyes, May Queen, Princess May, 
Mrs. H. M. Stanley, and Rosebard were excep¬ 
tionally fine. Mr. Jones also staged a neat little 
group of single flowering tuberous Begonias in a 
most tasteful manner. The plants themselves were 
dwarf and vigorous, the flowers were of large size 
and good form, some fine crimson, salmon and 
yellow shades being present. 
Messrs. W. Fromow & Sons, Sutton Court Nur¬ 
sery, Chiswick, had a neat little group of Japanese 
Acers in pots, amongst which some exquisitely 
pretty varieties were to be seen, the tints of colour¬ 
ing and form of the leaves as exemplified in the 
different varieties being rich and varied. Some 
plants of Lilium Harrisii had been used t© lighten 
the general character of the group with singularly 
happy effect. The magnificent mass of the lovely 
blue Leschenaultia biloba major, sent by Messrs. 
W. Balchin & Sons, Hassocks, Hove and Brighton, 
attracted a great deal of attention. Immediately in 
front of this batches of Erica coccinea minor, 
Boronia heterophylla, Erica perspicua nana, and 
Boronia serrulata were placed, relieved by small 
plants of Adiantum cuneatum. This was one of 
the most fascinating groups in the show, and great 
praise is due to Messrs. Balchin & Sons for its pro¬ 
duction. Of tuberous Begonias Messrs. H. Cannell 
& Sons, Swanley, Kent, had a really wonderful 
display. The plants, dwarf and profusely flowered, 
presented a bank of richly glowing colours, round 
which the visitors thronged in outspoken admiration. 
The double flowered section was most conspicuously 
in evidence, large and fine blooms of Jeremiah Lyon, 
Mr. Walter Phipps, Lady Mary Wood, Hon. Mrs. 
Goschen, Lady Carter, Mrs. C. West, and Miss 
Edith Wynne being dotted here and there. Cannas 
were also shown in fine style by the same firm, such 
varieties as Alphonse Bouvier, Mme. Crozy, and 
Due de Mortemart being really good. A collection 
of Gloxinias, also coming from Swanley, contained 
some showy and well-flowered plants in first-class 
condition. An exceedingly pretty little group of 
herbaceous and Alpine plants was contributed by 
Messrs. Paul & Son. The plants were arranged 
upon a miniature rockery, where, from their natural 
appearance, they appeared to great advantage. 
In tent number three the hardy herbaceous element 
preponderated, several bright and attractive groups 
of this class of material being forthcoming. One of 
the finest exhibits of this kind came from Mr. T. S. 
Ware, who occupied one end of the tent and part of 
the side stages with a comprehensive and brilliant 
collection, amongst which Spiraea japonica multiflora 
compacta, S. palmata, S. astilboides, Moutan 
Paeonies Heuchera sanguinea, Aquilegias, Irises, 
Cypripedium Calceolus, C. pubescens, and C. 
montanum occupied prominent positions. Some 
bunches of cut bloom of the Carnation Pink 
Malmaison Improved were really magnificent. 
Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, N., were 
not a whit behind the rest in their exhibit of hardy 
herbaceous and Alpine plants. The group contained 
much that was worthy of praise, and the arrange¬ 
ment of the plants was remarkably good. The flat 
bank-like appearance so often seen in groups of the 
kind was superseded by pretty little mounds, which 
breaking as they did the monotony of regular lines 
added a greater charm and variety to the whole. 
Mr. John Box, nurseryman, Croydon, showed 
bunches of hardy cut flowers in fine order. Also 
blooms of Carnations Blush Malmaison, Mrs. 
Leopold de Rothschild, Germania, and Uriah Pike. 
From Mr. B. Ladhams, Shirley Nurseries, South¬ 
ampton, came a superb display of hardy cut flowers, 
Heucheras, Aquilegias, Irises and Trollius being 
remarkably brilliant. Messrs. Kelway & Son, 
Langport, Somerset, showed some splendid blooms 
of Paeonies, both single and double, Iris Florentina, 
Cannas in variety, Aquilegia caerulea, Thermopsis 
Montana, and Lupinus polyphyllus. This was a 
magnificent exhibit, and occupied fully one half of 
one of the side stages. Uriah Pike Carnation was 
shown by Mr. James Pike, Park Road Nurseries, 
South Acton, W. The plants were healthy and 
vigorous, and the blooms they bore large and fine. 
Another very extensive and notable collection of 
hardy herbaceous cut flowers -was contributed by 
Messrs. J. Carter & Co., 237, 238, and 97, High 
Holborn; Narcissi, Tulips, Violas, Gladioli, and 
Irises were the principal features of this group. A 
brilliant show of Tulips, Irises, Primula Sieboldi 
Pluto, and the usual run of hardy herbaceous 
plants came from Messrs. Barr & Son, King Street, 
Covent Garden, whilst Mr. M. Pritchard, Christ¬ 
church, Hants, made a similar exhibit in neat and 
praiseworthy manner, although the Tulips which 
were the chief features of Messrs. Barr’s collection 
were not here to be seen. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons occupied nearly one-half 
of the central table with large quantities of their new 
hybrid Streptocarpus. Many varieties of these 
beautiful plants were staged and excited throughout 
the day deep and wide spread interest and delight 
amongst the visitors. Next to the Streptocarpus 
came a neat little batch of Gloxinias in excellent 
order, several rare shades of colour being observed 
in the flowers. A number of cut blooms of Tulips 
of the Darwin section and some splendid examples 
of exotic Ferns in pots, which were really all that 
could be desired in the way of health, completed 
Messrs. Veitch’s grand display. Mr. W. Rumsey, 
Joynings Nursery, Waltham Cross, had Roses in 
pots and cut blooms of the same in splendid 
condition. Good flowers of Niphetos and Marechal 
Niel were very conspicuous here. The whole show 
owed one of its most interesting features to Messrs. 
James Backhouse & Son, York. This contribution 
took the form of a miniature Alpine garden, the 
plants growing between the crevices of large stones 
in a most realistic manner. Some fine specimens of the 
graceful Arundinaria falcata were very conspicuous 
in the background. Great praise is due to those who 
were entrusted with the arrangement of this group. In 
some large glass cases on the left of the Alpines were 
displayed some remarkably well-grown filmy Ferns, 
those aristocrats of the Fern family. Judging from 
the specimens on view, Messrs. Backhouse & Son 
experience but little difficulty in growing a large 
portion at least of these beautiful, but somewhat 
erratic plants Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay', 
N.B., showed a large number of Violas in excellent 
condition. This was a comprehensive collection, 
Quaker Maid, Sweetheart, Picotee (violet scented), 
Duchess of Fife, Colleen Bawn, Rothes (sweet 
scented), Iona and Ceres being very pretty and dis¬ 
tinct. Fresh flowers are to be sent from Scotland 
each day of the show- in order that the exhibit may 
be kept up to its present high standard of merit. 
In the tent number two some excellent material 
was to be found. Mr. H. B. May, Dyson's Lane 
Nurseries, Upper Edmonton, sent a very fine 
collection of stove foliage plants, amongst which 
were Coleus Decorator, C. Crimson Gem, C. 
Surprise, some good Gloxinias, and a number of 
Crotons, Dracaenas, and Ferns. Groups of Carna¬ 
tion Uriah Pike were arranged on either side of the 
doorway. These also came from Edmonton. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. staged a group of foliage 
plants in a most effective manner, Caladiums play¬ 
ing an important part. A considerable quantity of 
named Cannas that were sent by the same firm were 
really as good as could be desired. Here also was 
to be seen the perpetual flowering Mignonette, Bush 
Hill White, which has become such a favourite of 
late. Mr. Coomber, gardener to J. H. Johnson, 
Esq., Bignor Park, Pulborough, exhibited some fine 
trusses of bloom of Rhododendrons. Mr. William 
Iceton bad well grown and highly coloured Caia- 
diums in pots Messrs. Sutton & Sons, of Reading, 
exhibited largely both flowers and vegetables. The 
herbaceous Calceolarias sent by this firm were 
really marvels of perfection, and a finer strain than 
they undoubtedly are could scarcely be desired. 
Amongst other fine varieties, the splendid yellow- 
known as Cloth of Gold was truly magnificent. The 
specimens of prize Gloxinias, too, were really fine, 
the plants being exceptionally vigorous and very 
floriferous. The lovely little Saintpaulia ionantha 
must likewise not be forgotten : it was here in all its 
beauty. 
The Hon. F. W. D. Smith, Greenlands, Henley- 
on-Thames, (gardener, Mr. H. Perkins), showed a 
number of Amaryllis which, lightened as they were 
by the use of Palms, Dracaenas, Isolepis, &c., looked 
exceedingly attractive. A batch of examples of 
Streptosolon Jamesoni, which came from J. T. 
Bennett-Poe, Esq., Holmewood, Cheshunt (gardener, 
Mr. Downes), was worthy of all praise, as it is sel¬ 
dom that this handsome plant is seen in such good 
condition. Exotic Ferns in great variety were ex¬ 
hibited by Messrs. W. and J. Birkenhead. The 
plants throughout were well growD, clean, and 
healthy, and gave evidence of skilled cultivation. 
Mr. George Mount, Canterbury, showed cut blooms 
of Roses in his usual excellent style ; such sorts as 
Mrs. John Laing and Catherine Mermet being re¬ 
markably good. Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley 
Sussex, sent sprays of hardy trees and shrubs and 
cut blooms of some fine hybrid Rhododendrons and 
some of the best of the bedding Violas. R. Wallace 
& Co., Colchester, had a neat little collection of cut 
blooms of several good varieties of Iris germanica, 
flowers of the type being also shown with them for 
comparison. 
In tent number one Mr. Septimus Pye, Catterall, 
Garstang, Lancashire, contributed a very compre¬ 
hensive collection of Violas; most of the best and 
newest varieties being represented. Countess of 
Hopetoun, Goldfinch, Sylvia, Dawn of Day, H. W. 
Stewart, Butterfly, Dorothy Stokes, Ariel, W T ave 
and William Niel are a few of the best sorts which 
here found a place. Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son 
sent a few neat little examples of Amaryllis, Dis¬ 
tinction and Empress Frederick being the two most 
noticeable varieties. In the floral decoration de¬ 
partment some exceedingly pretty designs were to be 
seen. Some epergnes, baskets and crosses which 
came from Messrs. Perkins & Sons, of Coventry, 
bespoke both taste and skill in construction. 
Messrs. Chard & Co., Brunswick Nurseries, Stoke 
Newington, had a great variety of floral designs; a 
prettily dressed triumphal arch and screen being 
