November 19, 1892. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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for effect first, Mr. T. Winkworth, gardener to R. 
Brocklebank, Esq., Chilwall, was first with fine 
massive flowers well harmonised for colour. Cut 
flowers were shown in large numbers, the entries 
totaling 2,148. In the forty-eight bloom class, 
twenty-four incurved and twenty-four Japs, D. 
Forbes, gardener to A. Holt, Esq., Aigburth, was 
first, having grand blooms of Etoile d’Or, Viviand 
Morel, Edwin Molyneux, Florence Davis, Mr. W. 
Coles, Sunflower, Lilian B. Bird, Madame Marie 
Hoste, Mrs. Irvine Clarke, Boule d’Or, John Lam¬ 
bert, Lord Alcester, Golden Empress of India, 
Queen of England, John Doughton, John Salter,&c. 
Second, Mr. G. Burben, gardener to G. Cockburn, 
Esq., Birkenhead. Third, Mr. J. Jellicoe, gardener 
to F. H. Gossage, Esq., Camp Hill, Woolton. With 
thirty-six blooms, twelve each of incurved, Japanese 
and reflexed, Mr. Jellicoe won the Cup presented by 
Messrs. R. P. Ker & Sons, showing amongst others 
splendid blooms of Etoile d’Or, Florence Davis, 
Gloire du Rocher, Avalanche, G. C. Schwabe, Vivi¬ 
and Morel, Sunflower, Mdle. Marie Hoste, Emily 
Dale, Empress of India, Lord Alcester, Queen of 
England, M. R. Bahuant, John Salter, James Carter, 
Chevalier Domage, &c. For eighteen incurved, dis¬ 
tinct, Mr. T. Healey.gardener to Col. Wilson, Waver- 
tree, was first, and with twelve the first award went 
to Mr. H. Howard, gardener to A. S. Mather, Esq., 
Woolton. Mr. J. Jellicoe had the best eighteen 
Japs, and Mr. J. Williams the best twelve, 
immense blooms. Mr. J. Jellicoe took the premier 
position for six stove and greenhouse plants, not less 
than three in flower, staging Thrinax elegans, Cro¬ 
tons Mortefontainensis (grand colour), Countess 
Anthurium carneum and Andreanum, and Erica 
hyemalis. Three Orchids: first, Mr. J. Bounds, 
gardener to A. L. Jones, Esq., Aigburth, with 
Oncidiums Forbesii, crispum, and tigrinum. One 
Orchid: first, Mr. T. Foster with Vanda sauvis 
with two spikes. Two Palms : first,’Mr. T. Healey, 
with Latania boibonica and Cycas revolutea, each 
10 ft. in diameter. 
F'ruit: six dishes distinct, Pines excluded : first, 
Mr. J. Bennett, gardener to Hon. C. Wynn, Rhug, 
North Wales, who had Alicante and Muscat of, 
Alexandria Grapes, Glout Morceau ard Beurre Diel 
Pears, Hero of Lockinge Melon, and Cox’s Pomona 
Apples. Second, Mr. T. Elsworth, gardener to A 
K. Gladstone, Esq., Court Hey, Broad Green. Two 
Pines : first, Mr. J. Bennett ; two bunches of Black 
Alicante: first, Mr. W. Wilson, Gateacre; two 
bunches any other black Grape : first, Mr W. Siren, 
gardener to S. Smith, Esq., M.P., Liverpool, with 
Gross Guillaume. Two bunches of White Muscats : 
first, Mr. G. Middleton, gardener to R. Pilkington, 
Esq., St. Helens. Six dishes dessert Apples : first, 
Rev. L. Garnett, having finely coloured fruit of 
Melon, Ribston Pippin, Cornish Aromatic, Bau¬ 
mann’s Red Winter Reinette, Cox Orange lippin, 
and American Mother. Second, Mr. J. E. Kelly, 
gardener to Sir Pyers Mostyn. 
Special exhibits were staged by Messrs. R P Ker 
& Sons, consisting of their fine strain of Cyclamen ; 
the Liverpool Horticultural Company, miscellaneous 
plants and a splendid assortment of wreaths, crosses, 
anchors, &c. ; Messrs. Turner Bros., Garston, Palms, 
foliage plants, and cut flowers in various devices ; 
Messrs. Dicksons, Limited, Chester, a fine collection 
of Apples; Mr. R. Owen, Maidenhead, a fine stand 
of cut blooms of new Chrysanthemums ; Messrs. W. 
Clibran & Sons, Altrincham, cut Chrysanthemums, 
&.c. 
CYCLAMENS IN NOVEMBER. 
That Cyclamens are still enjoying public favour, 
and are likely to do so for many years, is evidenced 
by the numbers that continue to be grown, both for 
autumn and winter display, and again for spring 
flowering. Two long houses, at least, are devoted 
to them in the nursery of Messrs. H. Cannell & 
Sons, Swanley, Kent. The more forward of them 
are arranged in large batches of a colour, such as 
rose, crimson, white, deep crimson, and various 
other shades. The flowers, in most cases, are of 
large size, and not only are they fully developed in 
quantity, but buds nestle under the foliage in great 
numbers. The foliage itself is handsome, but in¬ 
dividual plants here and there showed that the 
foliage had grown at the expense of the flowers, for 
single leaves could in some cases scarcely be covered 
by the hand. The leaves are, however, pretty well 
developed in most cases, although the plants are 
only grown in 48 size pots. The general requisites 
for plants of this class are a genial atmosphere, to 
dispel damp and prevent the flowers from getting 
spotted, as well as attention in the matter of water¬ 
ing. A well-lighted position near the glass, or, what 
is better, a low span-roofed house with judicious 
ventilation, are also indispensable to good cultiva¬ 
tion. 
irARDENING MlSCELLANY. 
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CARNATION MRS. CANNELL. 
The general appearance of this variety is that of 
the old and well-known Mary Morris, but it is 
dwarfer, and distinct in other ways, as is evidenced 
by a batch of it now flowering in the nursery of 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent. The 
plants are, of course, grown in pots, and the stems, 
flowers and all, only attain a height of 12 in. The 
flowers are of large size and rosy-pink, with broad 
petals that are nearly entire at the edges The 
petals are not so numerous as to cause crowding, 
consequently the pods do not split in the process of 
expansion. Carnations are particularly acceptable 
at this season of the year, and great preference is 
given to those of the lighter shades, with a few of 
the bright scarlet ones. To enable them to flower 
well, it is only necessary to keep them in a minimum 
temperature of 50°, to keep growth gently moving, 
and to prevent the flowers from getting spoiled by a 
deposition of moisture upon them. 
PTERIS WALLICHIANA. 
It is well known that the leaf-stalks of Pteris tremula 
are inconveniently long when the plants are used for 
table decorative work. Those of P. Wallichiana, on 
the contrary, are comparatively short, and the fronds 
being spreading, the pots are partly hidden. The 
lamina is triangular, three times pinnate and pinnati- 
fid, much in the same way as those of P. tremula, 
but the plant is altogether dwarfer in habit. Should 
it be as easily raised as the latter from spores, there 
seems no reason why it may not become popular for 
market work. We noted it in the nursery of Messrs. 
Pitcher & Manda, Hextable, Swanley. 
GARDENING FOR FUN. 
"In these days, when so great effort is being ex¬ 
pended to do away with worms and their kind," says 
Professor L. H. Bailey, in American Gardening , "it 
seems strange that anyone should grow plants for 
the sole reason that their pods resemble worms and 
snails ; yet such plants are grown, and the 
resemblance is great. These plants are grown for 
no other reason than that they are curious, and for 
the inimitable pleasure of dropping them into your 
wife’s soup, or laying them beside her plate at 
dinner time! At least, these are the only uses yet 
recorded for them. But they are interesting plants, 
nevertheless. They set a-going a whole series of 
speculations as to how and why these pods ever 
came to imitate crawling things so closely. It would 
be interesting to know if birds mistake them for 
worms, and thereby scatter the seeds, or if the 
quirls and wrinkles are only so many means of 
catching hold of passing animals. These plants are 
of several kinds, all belonging to the Pea family. I 
have a dish of them now before me. The round, 
snail-like specimens are Medicago scutellata, and 
they are technically known as Snails. The larger 
and fatter worms are Scorpiurus vermiculatus, and 
the small, slender ones, which have crawled to the 
top of the cup, are Scorpiurus subvillosus; these 
two are appropriately called Caterpillars or Worms." 
NEW DOUBLE WINTER-FLOWERING 
BEGONIA. 
Progress is still being made in the improvement of 
the winter-flowering race of Begonias in the nursery 
of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. A handsome 
variety in the way of John Heal has been raised, but 
the plant has more of the vigour of Adonis, and the 
flowers are perfectly double, and as neat as a 
Camellia when at their best. The seed-parent of 
John Heal was Begonia socotrana, crossed with 
Viscountess Doneraile, a dark-coloured single 
variety of the summer-flowering race. In the case 
of the new variety a rose-coloured variety of the 
tuberous section was the seed-parent, and the pollen- 
parent was B. socotrana. The seeds were sown 
about twenty months ago, and amongst the seedlings 
this double variety turned up. The flowers are 
twice as large as those of John Heal, or even more, 
and are produced in succession upon long, drooping 
cymes after the fashion of Adonis. The outer sepals 
are the largest and longest, the others becoming 
gradually shorter towards the centre, and all are of 
a beautiful carmine-rose. The flowers keep up a 
succession for a long time and hang well—a fact to 
be attributed to their being double. The leaves are 
obliquely heart-shaped, doubly crenate, and of a 
rich, dark, shining green, and therefore resemble 
those of John Heal, and both of them are quite away 
from the B. socotrana type. 
BEGONIA WINTER GEM 
This was raised from Begonia socotrana as the seed- 
parent crossed with a crimson-scarlet tuberous 
variety of the summer-flowering race, and retains the 
foliage of the seed-parent. The leaves are orbicular, 
peltate, of relatively large size, and crenate on the 
margin. The flowers are of a bright crimson-scarlet, 
and although only moderate in size are very welcome 
at this time of the year. The habit of the plant like 
B. socotrana is very dwarf, and very accommodating 
where space is a matter of consideration. We noted 
a quantity of it the other day in the nursery of 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, grown in 6o’s 
and smaller size pots. Plants of the largest size 
could well be grown in 48-size pots to enliven the 
front of the benches in the intermediate house or 
warm conservatory. The plants are just now coming 
into bloom, and present a richness of colour not 
very common amongst Begonias, even during the 
late autumn and winter months. 
NEPENTHES NORTHISII. 
The name of .this new hybrid will no doubt puzzle 
many cultivators as to its derivation. The raisers 
no doubt intended to give a name that would be 
suggestive of its origin ; but being derived from two 
proper names, the meaning is not at first apparent. 
The hybrid was raised from N. Northiana crossed 
with the pollen of N. Curtisii, and the name is com¬ 
pounded from the first half of the former and the 
last half of the latter. The pitcher is cylindrical, 
and of a pale green, spotted and striped with crim¬ 
son. The fringes of the wings are very numerous 
and conspicuous. The annulus is broad like those 
of both parents, slightly undulated on the outer edge, 
and of shining reddish-brown. The crimson-purple 
blotches in the throat are fairly prominent as are 
those of N. Northiana, in which they constitute one 
of the most decided features. The numerous stripes 
and splashes on the outside of the pitcher show the 
influence of the pollen-parent, while the lighter 
colour that prevails generally would be derived from 
the seed-parent. The constitution of the plant is 
good, and pitchers are borne freely judging from a 
fine specimen in the nursery of Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons, Chelsea. The Nepenthes house is worthy of 
inspection, for at present there are about 1,000 
pitchers on the plants, most of which are suspended 
from the roof in baskets. 
AGLAONEMA COSTATUM. 
This bids fair to be the best species in cultivation, 
on account of its dwarf habit and brightly coloured 
leaves. Those which we have hitherto seen have 
long rambling stems, and are therefore suitable for 
planting against the old stem of a tree, Fern, or 
something of that kind, to which the slender, rooting 
stems may climb. The markings are not so clear, 
nor the green hue so well defined as in the case of A. 
costatum, which, as far as we have seen, only forms 
stems a few inches in height, and which are erect- 
bearing, large, ovate, accuminate leaves of a dark t 
shining olive-green, with a broad, creamy-white 
midrib, and irregular blotches of the same hue 
scattered all over the surface. Plants of this sort in 
4S or 32-size pots would serve to enliven the stove 
during the winter months, and prove more manage¬ 
able and more accommodating than the Diefenbachias. 
We noted a quantity of it in the nursery of Messrs. 
J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 
CENTROSEMA GRANDIFLORA. 
During the last few seasons I have had the oppor¬ 
tunity cf watching the growth and development of a 
new ornamental climber of rare and exquisite beauty. 
This plant, Centrosema grandiflora, is a protege of 
Mr. A. Blanc, of Philadelphia, and is to be offered 
for sale for the first time the coming winter. It is a 
hardy perennial, but from seeds sown in April plants 
grow off rapidly and bloom freely early in June. 
The flowers are inversely pea-shaped, and are quite 
large, many of them being two and a half inches in 
diameter. In colour they run through all shades 
from rosy violet to a reddish purple. Through the 
centre of each flower runs a bread, feathered band of 
