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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 13, 1895. 
visitors. The first prize for twelve bunches of Roses 
suitable for button-holes was taken by Mr. John 
Mattock, who had fascinating bunches of W. A. 
Richardson, L’ldeal, Ma Capucine, The Bride, Isa¬ 
bella Sprunt, Marie Van Houtte, and others, which 
were charming. Messrs. Townsend and Sons were 
second. Messrs. D. and W. Croll, Dundee, had a 
second prize for eighteen bunches of garden Roses. 
Mr. J. Mattock had the best display of Roses, and 
was followed by Messrs. J. Townsend and Sons. 
Miscellaneous. 
In the miscellaneous class Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, 
Forest Hill, exhibited a collection of Roses in great 
variety including hybrid perpetual, garden and 
single varieties. The firm also set up a splendid 
group of tuberous Begonias, including Picotee, 
Dowager Lady Williams Wynn, Duchess of York, 
and Countess of Craven, all double, and John 
Roberts, a huge single flowered sort. All were 
gracefully set up with Asparagus and Ferns pro¬ 
ducing a handsome effect. A large collection of 
Roses was exhibited by Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son, 
Waltham Cross, including basket of Tea, Noisette and 
Polyantha varieties. A collection ofberbaceousplants 
including Gaillardias, Delphiniums and others was 
staged by Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, Sussex. 
A very extensive collection of Violas was exhibited 
by Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, N.B. All the 
varieties were set up in sprays of a dozen blooms 
and had a fine effect in the aggregate. All the 
leading varieties including both seifs, rayed, rayless, 
edged and parti-coloured were well represented in 
great profusion. The firm also had an exhibit of 
Sweet Peas and Sweet Williams in variety. A good 
collection of hybrid perpetual, Tea and garden Roses 
was exhibited by Mr. W. Rumsey, Waltham Cross. 
The hybrid perpetual varieties were very fine. An 
attractive exhibit of Lilium auratum, L. longiflorum 
giganteum and Mariposa Lilies (Calochortus) was 
shown by Messrs. R. Wallace & Co., Colchester. A 
very fine display of Turner's Crimson Rambler Rose 
was made by Mr. C. Turner, Slough. Some of the 
branching stems were 6 ft. to 8 ft. high. Spiraea 
Anthony Waterer was shown by Mr. A. Waterer, Knap 
Hill, Woking. A fine collection of Sweet Peas was 
exhibited by Mr. E. Tidy, Brockhampton Nurseries, 
Havant, Hants. A large collection of Roses of the 
leading exhibition varieties, as well as garden Roses 
and Liliums, was shown by Messrs. Geo. Jackman & 
Son, Woking Nursery, Surrey. 
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LONDON PANSY & VIOLET SOCIETY. 
The annual show of this Society was held at the 
Crystal Palace on the 6th inst. in conjunction with 
the exhibition of the National Rose Society. Any 
one at all acquainted with this class of plants, 
knows that they have not had a chance with the 
prolonged drought. The northern growers had it all 
pretty much their own way, notwithstanding the 
severe hailstorms with which they had been visited. 
A Gold Medal was awarded to Mr. Septimus Pye, 
Catterall, Garstang, for a large collection of Pansies 
and Violas. The latter were set up in sprays of 
twelve to eighteen blooms, and were prominently 
displayed on an ascending stage facing the visitors. 
The rayed, rayless, edged and other varieties were 
both numerous and highly effective. The fancy 
Pansies were neatly staged on show boards along the 
front of the exhibit, and were both extensive and 
varied. Mr. Septimus Pye, also took the leading 
prize for a basket of plants of Violas which were 
very floriferous and in great variety. Messrs. Cheal 
& Son, Crawley, Sussex, were second with a smaller 
exhibit. The first prize for twenty-four sprays of 
Violas was taken by Mr. John Smellie, Busby, N. B. 
Mr. John Sutherland, Lenzie, took the leading award 
for forty-eight varieties of fancy Pansies which 
were in first class condition. Mr. Lister, Meadow 
Bank Nursery, Rothesay, N. B., took the first prize 
for twenty-four fancy Pansies which were the best in 
the show, and the first place for twelve seedling 
fancy Pansies of his own raising. The leading award 
in the amateurs’ classes for twelve fancy Pansies, 
was taken by Mr. J. McFarlane, Gordon Street, 
Glasgow, and the first in the class for six varieties. 
He also had the best bloom in this section for 
amateurs. Colonel M. R. G. Buchanan was 
admitted to be the best yellow-edged Pansy ever 
introduced and was shown by Mr. Lister. Pressure 
on our space this week prevents us from going into 
a lengthy report of the Pansy and Viola show, but 
others will be found in the miscellaneous class of the 
Rose show. 
VARIETY IN THE GARDEN. 
In nothing more is the old adage respecting variety 
more true than in connection with gardening. 
Variety, truly, is charming to the many professional 
and amateur cultivators of plants who find an almost 
endless amount of amusement in getting together 
collections of plants adapted to the means at their 
disposal and individual taste. Whatever class of 
plant is taken in hand by a true lover of plants 
and flowers it is well nigh impossible for him to 
avoid collecting as large a variety as he can possibly 
find room for. He will always be wanting and on 
the outlook for species and varieties of which he has 
read or been told of. This gives scope for the 
exercise of thought and quickens both inquiry and 
research, which instils into the mind a larger know¬ 
ledge and love of plants. In «very step in this path¬ 
way he will be ever learning that there are many 
more beautiful and interesting plants in the world 
which he has not yet obtained. 
It is astonishing the variety of some things which 
can be grown in a limited space. Take succulents 
for instance; we know an amateur grower of these 
(a zinc worker), who took up their cultivation some 
years back and in all probability has the most 
extensive and varied collection of them for some 
miles round. His plants are necessarily small, for 
his accommodation is limited to a few odd corners in 
his business yard, which are covered over with glass. 
This is his one recreation and we have never met 
with a more varied one outside a botanical garden 
with the one exception of Mr. Peacock’s collection 
once so well known. It is rather late in the day now 
to draw a ccmparison between the pleasure a collec¬ 
tion like this is constant ly affording its possessor, and 
that derived from a garden which is all glare and 
glitter for a few months with bedding plants. There 
is surely, if somewhat slowly, a great change taking 
place; and the gardens exclusively devoted to 
bedding out plants are becoming fewer every year. 
At the same time it is a prime necessity of decora¬ 
tive horticulture, and in public parks and large 
gardens must always remain the most prominent 
feature. But the owner of a small garden who 
wants entertainment fro m it all the year round must 
restrict the bedding plants to somewhat narrow 
limits ; for with the wealth of material obtainable at 
a small cost, the smallest garden may be made a 
repository of objects of interest and beauty, 
delighting the senses of sight and smell all the year 
round. During the spring, summer, and autumn 
there are myriads of hardy plants, many of which 
are showy enough to satisfy the taste of those who 
delight in glare and glitter, and many more sober in 
their colours, but with grace, form, and harmonious 
tints, and individual characteristics, which must 
always create pleasure and interest. 
The poverty of many gardens as to the variety of 
trees and shrubs contained in them, is, considering 
the almost boundless variety available, quite deplor¬ 
able. A few common things, and those not always 
the best, are crowded promiscuously, where at the 
same time a considerable variety could be introduced, 
both of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees, so 
varied in form and beauty, and many most magnifi¬ 
cent when in flower, especially the deciduous ones. 
Amongst the evergreens what can be more gorgeous 
than the Rhododendrons, more chastely beautiful 
than the Kalmias; what more deliciously scented 
than the Daphnes and Honeysuckles ? Many and 
varied are the tints of colour among both the plain 
leaved and the variegated plants. These and the 
berry-bearing plants impart to places where a free 
use is made of them a cheerful, pleasant appearance 
during the most dreary days of winter.— W.B.G. 
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SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, July gth .—The features of the 
meeting on Tuesday last were Roses, Orchids, Sweet 
Peas, hardy herbaceous plants, Lilies, fruit and 
vegetables. A large collection of Orchids was 
exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. 
Notable in the group were well flowered pieces of 
Cattleya Rex, C. Gaskelliana virginalis, C. G. 
Madouxiana, C. Wallisii, white with an orange 
blotch on the lip, Laelio-Cattleya Arnoldiana, and 
many grand varieties of Odontoglossum vexillarium, 
including that named Empress Augusta Victoria. 
Curious and interesting were Lycaste Dyeriana, 
Dendrobium bracteosum, D. speciosissimum and 
Catasetum Christyanum (Silver Banksian Medal). 
George Marshall, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Johnson), 
Grimsby, exhibited a group of Orchids in which 
were several fine forms of Cattleya gigas including 
C. g. imperialis, C. g. splendens, and C. g. Mar- 
shaliiana with splashed sepals and petals. He had 
several others besides a fine piece of Epidendrum 
vitellinum majus (Silver Banksian Medal). A very 
varied and interesting group of Orchids was ex¬ 
hibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart (grower, Mr. 
White), Burford Lodge, Dorking. Uncommon and 
interesting plants were Trichocentrum hymenantha, 
Masdevallia melanoxantha, M. guttulata, Pleuro- 
thallis Grobyi, P. macroblepharis, Oncidium 
olivaceum Lawrenceanum and Masdevallia Rolfeana, 
Luddemannia Pescatorei, Nanodes Medusae and 
others that make a collection a source of endless 
instruction. Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, 
staged a group of Orchids showing great variety. 
The Odontoglossums were numerous, and showy 
also were Oncidium Lanceanum, O. L. leucochilum, 
O. macranthum, Laelia grandis tenebrosa, and 
GrammatophyllumMeasuresianum (Bronze Banksian 
Medal). Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Southgate, 
staged another collection of Orchids including Laelia 
tenebrosa, L t. bella, Eria Clarkiii, Polystachya 
luteola, and the extremely curious Cynorchis grandi- 
flora with its four-lobed purple lip. The firm also 
had Cattleyas, Oncidiums, and others. Lord Roths¬ 
child (gardener, Mr. Ed. Hill), Tring Park, Tring, 
exhibited Schomburgkia tibicinis, Polycerinus 
muscifera, Promenea stapelioides, Oncidium Law- 
rencianum and others of considerable interest. 
J. Forster Alcock, Esq., Exhins, Northchurch, 
Herts, showed some fine Odontoglossums, Laelia 
grandis tenebrosa and others. Malcolm S. Cook, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Buchell), Kingston Hill, 
showed a spike of Cattleya gigas with four flowers. 
A fine piece of Brassia verrucosa with fifteen spikes 
was shown by De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gardener Mr. 
S. Cooke), Sevenoaks. Two hybrids named respec¬ 
tively Cypripedium Dominianum albicans, and 
Dendrobium porphyrogastrum, both very pretty and 
delicate in colour, were exhibited by Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. A varied and showy 
collection of Orchid flowers was shown by R. I. 
Measures, Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. Chapman), 
Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell. Amongst others 
were Cattleya Gaskelliana albescens and others, also 
Laelio-Cattleya Schilleriana, Vanda tricolor 
superba, fine variety of V. suavis which scented the 
Hall for a great distance round, Masdevallia coriacea, 
etc. Miltonia vexillaria Constance Wigan, was 
shown by Sir F. Wigan (grower, Mr. W. H. Young), 
Clare Lawn, East Sheen. 
From Messrs. Barr & Son, King Street, Covent 
Garden, came a fine collection of hardy herbaceous 
cut flowers for which a Silver Banksian Medal was 
given. Liliums testaceum, Brownii, Thunbergianum, 
and its richly coloured variety Prince of Wales, 
candidum, and croceum were well represented, 
besides Irises, Sweet Peas, Eryngiums, Statice incana 
nana, Achilleas, Veronicas and Phloxes, in con¬ 
siderable quantity. A very meritorious and inter¬ 
esting exhibit was that made by Mr. Henry Eckford, 
Wem, Shropshire, of cut flowers of named varieties 
of Sweet Peas, over forty sorts being represented. 
Amongst these numerous brilliant and delightful 
shades of pink, purple and yellow were to be seen. 
Blanche Burpee is a splendid white variety, 
Captivation, rich purple, Queen Victoria, light yellow, 
Her Majesty, bright rose, and Dorothy Tennant, light 
blue, were also notable both for beauty and colouring 
and size of flower (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons sent a box full of the showy 
Nemesia strumosa Suttoni, some fine shades of yellow 
and orange being forthcoming. From Mr H. Becker, 
Jersey, came plants of the new Carnation, Border 
Maid, and cut flowers of the same that evidenced 
fine form and substance, and possessed a strong, 
sweet Clove smell. Mr. Charles Turner’s stand of 
cut blooms of Carnations and Picotees contained 
some real beauties. Couronna, rich yellow self; 
Salamander, bright crimson; Prince Louis Napoleon, 
rich bronzy-salmon ; Rose Unique, bright rose; 
Favourite, light rose-edged Picotee ; and Lady Mary 
Currie, rose-flake, were especially good (Silver Bank¬ 
sian Medal). Messrs. John Laing & Sons, Forest 
Hill, S.E., staged a neat little group of double and 
single flowered tuberous Begonias. Messrs. R. 
Wallace & Co., Colchester, had a comprehensive 
