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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
September 10, 1892. 
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The undermentioned flowers, plants, and fruit 
were exhibited at the International Horticultural 
Exhibition at Earl’s Court, on the 26th and 27th ult., 
and with one exception received First-class Certifi¬ 
cates. 
Liriodendron tulipifera aurea. —The curious 
looking saddle-shaped leaves of this grand Magno- 
liaceous tree are pretty well known, and hardly call 
for description here. The variety under notice has 
the leaves variegated with a broad but irregular yellow 
edge. 
Cornus alba Spathii. —The leaves of this 
beautiful variety are clear yellow fading with age to 
a creamy white, and having an irregularly lobed 
green blotch in the centre. Sometimes the whole 
leaf or the leaves of a branch are entirely yellow. 
Rhododendron President. —The flowers are of 
large size, and salmon - coloured with a red line 
across the throat. 
Rhododendron Imogene. —Here again they are 
of large size, and creamy yellow, tinted with pale 
salmon. 
Rhododendron Ruby. —In this case the indi¬ 
vidual blooms are only of medium size but intense 
red. 
Rhododendron Minerva. —For want of a better 
term this variety may be described as Indian yellow, 
with a red zone in the throat and red stamens. The 
blooms are of large size and very choice. 
Rhododendron Souvenir deJ.S.Mangles. —This 
variety is of a deep salmon red with a pale purple 
throat. Like the previous four varieties of Rhodo¬ 
dendrons, it belongs to the class known as hybrid 
greenhouse Rhododendrons, which flower more or 
less every day in the year, when a good collection of 
them are grown. 
Streptocarpus Veitch's Hybrids. —The certifi¬ 
cate in this case was granted for the strain and not 
for any variety in particular. The plants shown had 
been raised from seeds sown in January of this year, 
and exhibited a great variety of colour, ranging 
through the various shades of rose, purple, violet, 
blue, white, and mauve, variously and often heavily 
striped or banded with purple or violet in the throat. 
They were exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Chelsea, who also showed all of the above-mentioned 
subjects from Liriodendron to Streptocarpus inclu¬ 
sive. 
Carludovica palmjefolia.— Many of the species 
of Carludovica bear a close resemblance to Palms. 
That under notice may well be compared to some of 
the species of Geonoma. It is of course more closely 
allied to Pandanus, and has large, arching, deeply 
bifid or lobed, and strongly ribbed leaves. It is a 
useful decorative plant. 
Drac.ena H. E. Milner. —The leaves of this 
Dracaena are of moderate width, of a bronzy red, 
with broad, but irregular bright red margins, and 
the midrib is sometimes also of the same hue. 
Drac.ena indivisa Veitchii variegata.— The 
leaves of this variety are similar to those of D. aus¬ 
tralis as to width, but the midribs are red and the 
edges white. 
Cupania elegantissima. — The leaves of this 
graceful plant are 2 ft. long, and pinnate with long, 
linear-lanceolate leaflets, and, as might be expected, 
they assume a gracefully arching form. 
Drac/ena Alex. Laing. — Here the leaves are 
narrow, and distinctly narrowed at the base into 
sheathing petioles. Their colour is of a bronzy red 
with bright red margins. This and the previous 
four subjects described were exhibited by Messrs. 
B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway. 
Dahlias. 
Dahlia Beauty of Eynsford. — The flower heads 
of this variety are soft buff-red, or salmon, with 
long pointed florets. It belongs therefore to the 
Cactus class, and is very choice in its way. 
Dahlia Mrs. Keith. —The florets of this variety 
are short, blunt, and nearly flat, so that it would be 
classed amongst the decorative types. The bloom 
as a whole is rosy pink, and yellow' at the base of the 
central florets. 
Dahlia Robert Cannell. —The blooms in this 
instance belong to the true Cactus type, and are of 
medium size with long pointed florets, revolute at 
the sides making them appear narrower than they 
really are. The colour is a deep or rich red tinted 
with violet. 
Dahlia Ernest Cannell. — This is also a Cactus 
variety with medium sized heads, and long pointed 
deep scarlet red florets. A Second-classCertificate was 
awarded it, whereas the other three received First- 
class Certificates. All the four were exhibited by 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Son, Swanley, Kent. 
Gladioli. 
Gladiolus Albans. —The flowers of this new 
variety are large and creamy white, more or less 
striped with light red. 
Gladiolus Alaric. —Flowers large, blush white, 
with a deep purple throat. 
Gladiolus Mr. Manda. —The general colour of 
this variety is scarlet, but the crimson stripe on the 
three lower segments is quite prominent, and is more 
or less suffused with purple on each side of the 
crimson. 
Gladiolus Alfred Henderson. —The segments 
are soft salmon red, more or less striped with a 
deeper hue towards the edges. The basal half of 
the lower segment is white, and stands out pro¬ 
minently by contrast with the other colour. 
Gladiolus Albano. —The large white flowers of 
this variety are splashed with pink. All the five 
varieties of Gladiolus were exhibited by Messrs. 
Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset. 
NEW BEGONIAS. 
The Begonias here recorded are being grown upon 
trial in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural 
Society at Chiswick, and received certificates 
according to merit at the Begonia Conference held 
there on the 23rd and 24th ult. 
Begonia semperflorens rubra Vernon’s var. 
— The flowers of this grand variety are much about 
the same size as those of the type, but of a glowing 
red or crimson. The leaves are of good average size, 
shining, and when grown out of doors as at Chiswick 
they assume a ruddy or metallic hue like burnished 
bronze. It was sent for trial by Messrs. Vilmorin, 
Andrieu & Co., Paris, and also by Messrs. Sutton & 
Sons, Reading, under the name of Crimson Gem. A 
First-class Certificate was accorded in both cases? 
Begonia Princess Beatrice.— The stems of this 
variety are dwarf, spreading, very much branched 
and floriferous, usually ranging from 3 in. to 6 in. 
high. The leaves are small compared with those of 
B. semperflorens, ovate and shining. The flowers 
are pink, small and numerous. It was sent by 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, and received an Award of 
Merit. 
Begonia multiflore L’ avenir. —This is one of 
a race of dwarf, small flowered, and floriferous, 
tuberous Begonias well adapted for bedding pur¬ 
poses. The flowers are double, nodding, deep red, 
with a creamy yellow centre where the sepals are 
short. The leaves are also small and half ovate. 
Begonia multiflore Madame Louis Urban.— 
The leaves are here again small, half ovate, and of a 
rich dark green. The flowers are nodding, but are 
carried well above the foliage ; externally they are 
deep red, tinted with rose, and deep rose internally, 
with all the sepals arranged in a single and neat 
rosette. 
Begonia multiflore rosea.— The leaves are 
paler green than those of the last named variety, but 
otherwise similar. The flowers are very full, well 
carried above the foliage, but nodding, rose externally, 
pink internally, and very freely produced, and like 
the previously named double varieties of this type 
well adapted for bedding purposes. 
Begonia multiflore Louise Robert.— The 
flowers of this sort are single and larger than any of 
those previously named. Externally they are red, 
tinted with rose at the edge, and of a soft pink intern¬ 
ally. They are also produced in great abundance, 
just rising above the foliage on stout stalks. All the 
four of the Multiflore type were sent by Messrs. 
Vilmorin, Andrieu & Co., Paris. 
The following were exhibited at the International 
Horticultural Exhibition at Earl’s Court on August 
26th and 27th ult., and were awarded First-class 
Certificates :— 
Begonia Rex Madame Alamangy. — For descrip¬ 
tion of this variety see p. 8. It was exhibited by W. 
Marshall, Esq., Auchinraith, Bexley. 
Begonia Duchess of Teck. — This and the six 
varieties following it all belong to the tuberous class, 
and all have double flowers with exception of Lady 
Grimthorpe. The blooms of Duchess of Teck are 
large, full, bright yellow and consist of several cen¬ 
tres. 
Begonia Duke of York.— The flowers of this 
sort are very large, perfectly double, and salmon pink 
with plain or flat sepals. 
Begonia Stans .ead Gem.— Here again the 
flowers are large, and bright scarlet with somewhat 
wavy sepals, resembling a double Hollyhock. 
Begonia Lady Esher.— The flowers of this beau¬ 
tiful variety are pure white, with broad, wavy or 
crisped sepals. 
Begonia Countfss of Zetland.— Like the last 
named, this has large, full flowers with wavy sepals, 
but they are creamy white instead of being pure. 
Begonia Lady Theodora Guest.— The flowers 
here are yellow tinted with apricot, and of great size 
with broad wavy sepals. 
Begonia Lady Grimthorpe.— As already stated 
above, this is a single variety and a fine one with 
huge, orbicular flowers of good substance, and pink 
shaded with rose. All of the seven tuberous varie¬ 
ties were shown by Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest 
Hill. 
MOSELEY DAHLIA SHOW. 
A first-class exhibition was held in the Moseley 
Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, on Tuesday, 
Wednesday, and Thursday of last week, but the 
weather was wretched, rain falling continuously on 
the two earlier days with a strong gale. Dahlias in 
collections were made a strong feature, all sorts 
admissible, to occupy a space of not less that 12 ft. 
by 3 ft., and seven very fine exhibits were staged 
ranging in length from 15 ft. to 20 ft. It was a 
matter for general surprise that so grand a display 
could be made in face of the stormy weather for 
cutting. Staging collections makes a most effective 
display, and to the general public is more effective 
than staged on stands entirely. Messrs. Perkins & 
Sons, Coventry, were first with a beautiful display 
so nicely set up, not too formally : the Pompons in 
neatly arranged clusters being most effective, show 
blooms on boards in the front, with baskets and 
bouquets of blooms, Cactus and singles also. Messrs. 
Jones & Sons, Shrewsbury, were second with a fine 
display. Messrs. Kimberley & Co., Stoke, Coventry, 
third ; and a fourth and extra prizes were awarded. 
In the classes for thirty-six and twenty-four Dahlias 
several fine stands were staged. Messrs. Heath & 
Son, Cheltenham, were first in each class-; Messrs. 
Kimberley & Son, Coventry, second ; and other 
prizes were also won in both classes. 
Prizes were offered for twenty-four bunches of 
hardy border flowers, and fine exhibits were staged. 
Mr. W. B. Child, Acocks Green, was first ; Messrs. 
Harkness & Sons, second ; Messrs. Pope & Sons, 
third. The gentlemen’s gardeners’ classes for groups, 
flowers, and fruits were well filled, as well as the 
vegetable classes. 
Good prizes were offered for a collection of eight 
varieties of fruits, open to all, and five good exhibits 
were staged. Mr. James Daw'es, gardener to 
H. M. Biddulph, Esq., M.P., was first with a fine lot, 
viz., two bunches each of Gros Maroc, and Muscat of 
Alexandria Grapes ; a fine La Favorita Melon ; very 
fine Barrington Peaches, and Humboldt Nectarines, 
Apricots, and Figs. Second, Mr. F. Roberts, gar¬ 
dener to H. W. Foley, Esq., Pristw'ood, Stourbridge i 
with excellent Alicantes, and Muscat of Alexandria 
Grapes, a very fine lot of Brunswick Figs, Grosse 
Mignonne Peach, Hemskirke Apricots, and Pit- 
maston Orange Nectarines; third, Mr. E. Gilman, 
Ingestre; fourth, Mr. T. Bannerman, Blithfield. 
For three bunches of Black Hamburgh Grapes, Mr. 
Bannerman was first; Mr. A. J. Page, second; and 
Mr. A. Bird, third. For three bunches of Muscat of 
Alexandria, Mr. Bannerman was again first, and 
Mr. W. Shaw. Blakebrook, Kidderminster, second. 
For three bunches of Black Grapes, not Hamburghs, 
Mr. Bannerman came in first with Alicantes ; second, 
Mr. Shaw ; and third, Mr. Gilman, both with Black 
Maroc ; extra, Mr. Lister Qia. 
Mr. Pritchard, Umberslade Gardens, staged eight 
fine Queen Pines. Messrs. George Bunyard & Co., 
Maidstone, sent, not for competition, fifty-six dishes 
of Apples and Pears, and eight baskets of Apples, a 
very fine display of Kentish fruit. Amongst the 
Pears w'ere fine examples of Pitmaston Duchess, 
Beurre d’Amanlis, Souvenir de Congres, Triomphe 
de Viennes, and Doyenne Boussoch. Amongst the 
Apples were fine examples of Washington, Lady 
Sudeley, Benoni, O’Kera, Seaton House, Duchess of 
Oldenburgh, very handsome ; Ribston Pippin, 
