April 9, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
great promise. Cliveias—to the hybridisation and 
improvement of this flower Messrs. Laird are also 
devoting attention, and that successfully—Azaleas, 
Lilacs, Japanese Maples, Acacias, and other season¬ 
able plants in flower, as well as some fine Palms and 
foliage plants. The arrangement of the well-grown 
and well-flowered plants reflected great credit on 
Messrs. Lairds’ skill as tasteful decorators. 
They also exhibited a large selection of Alexander 
Shanks & Sons’ lawn mowers. This exhibit com¬ 
prises all the favourite patterns, including the 
British, Britannia, Standard Gear, and Caledonia 
Mowers, and is the largest show of the sort in the 
Waverley Market. 
Mr. John Downie, 144, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 
has, in accordance with former precedent, a most 
impressive display. Mr. Downie’s exhibits have for 
a good many years been one of the outstanding 
features of the Edinburgh shows; and his hand¬ 
somely arranged circular table forms a most attrac¬ 
tive exhibit. It includes a choice collection of all 
the best spring flowering and foliage plants, which, 
being admirably grown, bear evidence of successful 
cultivation ; and the tasteful manner of staging was 
much admired. 
Messrs. James Grieve & Sons have on exhibition a 
very nice table of fine foliage and flowering plants, 
including Araucaria excelsa, Pandanus Veitchii, 
choice Dracaenas, Pteris cretica cristata, P. Wim- 
setti, P. tremula, P. major, P. straminea, Adiantum 
farleyense, A. Williamsii, A. Mariesii, Gymno- 
gramme Mayii, G. Alstoni, Rhododendron Cunning- 
hamii, R. M. Wagner, R. Jacksonii album, Epacris 
Deutzia, Azalea, Hyacinthus, Tulips, Narcissus, in¬ 
cluding Hcrsfieldi, Emperor, Sir Watkin, and 
Empress, Genista fragrans, Palms in variety, and 
finished off with a fine edging of Panicum and spring 
flowering plants. We also observed a handsome 
wreath of choice flowers arranged with taste and skill. 
Messrs. Dicksons & Co., r, Waterloo Place, 
Edinburgh, filled a large table with a comprehensive 
exhibit of 150 species and varieties of Conifers, in¬ 
cluding Abies excelsa pyramidalis, A. findonensis 
variegata, A. pungens glauca, Picea bifolia, P. 
Veitchi, P. Mariesii, P. subalpina, P. Pinsapo glauca, 
P. homolepis, P. nobilis glauca, Cedrus atlantica 
fastigiata, Pinus sylvestris aurea, P. s. globosa, P. 
insignis, P. rigida, P. pallasiana compacta, and 
P. umbraculifera. They also had fine trees of 
Cupressus lawsoniana caerulea, C. 1 . Krameri, C. 1 . 
filifera glauca, C. 1 . argentea variegata, C. 1 . 
Triomphe de Boskoop, Retinospora squarrosa glau- 
cescens sulphurea, R. filifera aurea, Juniperus cana¬ 
densis aurea, and Thuya occidentalis lutea. Other 
flowering and otherwise ornamental subjects were 
represented by Andromedas, Pernettyas, Ligustrum 
aureum marginatum, and Ivies in variety. Peaches 
and Nectarines, grown in pots, were in full bloom. 
They also showed Vines and various other useful 
subjects of which the firm makes a speciality. 
Messrs. Barr & Sons, King Street, Covent Garden, 
London, exhibited a magnificent array of Daffodils 
from their Long Ditton Nurseries, Surrey. The 
public could not omit seeing such grand things as 
Narcissus Madame de Graaff, Glory of Leiden and 
the handsome new Victoria. Other trumpet Daffo¬ 
dils of leading importance were Emperor, Captain 
Nelson, John Nelson, Golden Spur, P. R. Barr, 
Maximus, M. J. Berkeley, J. B. M. Camm, Madame 
Plemp, Her Majesty, Henry Irving, the gracelul N. 
Johnstoni Queen of Spain, Mrs, Walter Ware, 
Duchess of Connaught, Lady Grosvenor, and Cer- 
nuus, the three latter being white or sulphur 
coloured. Capax Plenus or Queen Anne’s Double 
Daffodil was quite unique in form. The Incompara- 
bilis section was well represented by Princess Mary, 
Gloria Mundi, Beauty, C. J. Backhouse (with its 
orange-scarlet crown), the giant Sir Watkin, Queen 
Sophia, &c. Other sections were represented by N. 
Barrii coDspicuus, N. Leedsii Minnie Hume, N. L 
Grand Duchess, N. triandrus albus, N. poeticus 
ornatus, N. p. grandiflorus, &c. They also had an 
exhibit of many new and rare double and single 
Tulips—such as (singles) Bride of Haarlem, golden, 
beautiful rich scarlet, shot with gold ; Nelly, hand¬ 
some pure white; and La Riante, large bright rose. 
Doubles included Couronne des Roses, Gladstone, 
a beautiful cherry-scarlet : La Grande.-se, large rose 
flushed white; Prince of Orange, rich apricot- 
orange with yellow centre, &c. 
Messrs. Ford & Co., 39 & 40, Princes Street, 
Edinburgh, have again ornamented the west eDd of 
the Market with a very neat exhibit of pots and 
pedestals for the decoration of entrance halls and 
corridors. The designs are entirely new and 
recherche, whilst the colours are sweetly pretty. 
This firm also show a dessert table dressed in a 
most tasty fashion, the service being hand-painted; 
also a suite of cut glass, beautifully etched, a new 
table decoration comprising nicely-cut thistles, and 
their new ribbed glass flower tubes. The whole 
exhibit displayed much taste and attractiveness. 
Messrs. T. Methven & Sons, of Warriston and 
NARCISSUS JOHNSTONI QUEEN OF 
SPAIN. 
The typical N. Johnstoni is a native of Portugal, 
and by the botanists is reckoned a variety of N. 
Pseudo-narcissus, that is of the smaller type of 
trumpet Daffodil. Though small in size it is for 
that reason one of the most graceful of all the 
Daffodils, for being highly poised on its stems it 
swings and dances in the slightest breeze. What 
applies to the type is even more applicable to N. J. 
Narcissus Johnstoni Queen of Spain. 
Leith Walk Nurseries, staged a fine display of 
Clivias, Azaleas, Crotons, Guelder Roses, Lilacs, 
and other forced flowers, tastefully arranged with 
Palms, &c., occupying one of the three large tables 
allotted for non-competitive exhibits. 
Flowers in the Arctic Regions number 762 species, 
all of which are said to be either white or yellow. 
Queen of Spain, which is characterised and recog¬ 
nised by its pointed, reflexed, and more or less 
twisted segments, which give it a quaint and charm¬ 
ing appearance. Amongst the first introductions of 
the type the trumpet was more or less truncate or 
clipped straight across the mouth, but Queen of 
Spain includes many variations in which the trumpet 
is widened at the mouth and more or less crenate 
or cut. The colour of both segments and trumpet 
is of a clear, soft lemon, and most refined in aspect. 
