April 23, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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SATURDAY, APRIL 23 rd, 1898. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, April 26th.—Royal Horticu'tural Society: meeting 
of Committees at 12 noon. 
f|| GENERAL VIEW OF THE GHENT SHOW. 
—It may not be inopportune on this 
occasion to take a bird’s eye view of the 
Fourteenth International Horticultural 
Exhibition at Ghent; because when one 
enters into details the general effect as it 
strikes the eye of the visitors is lost. The 
judging was accomplished on Friday the 
i5thinst., and the show was formally opened 
by His Majesty the King of Belgium on 
Saturday morning. The most imposing 
spectacle for colour and general effect was 
certainly that in the temporary building 
termed the Annexe Mobile. The Salle 
Primitive is the oldest part of the buildings 
in which the show was held, and dates 
back to 1835-36. The Casino or Salle 
Vitree was built in 1868, and is in the form 
of a huge conservatory. General details 
will be found in another column. 
The view from the gallery in the Annexe 
Mobile was very imposing. It was 
traversed by three walks connected by 
transverse ones; but the continuity of the 
central one was broken by some huge 
groups towards the far end, and by plants 
in tubs, stood on tripods. Fine plants of 
Dracaena Doucetti in tubs. Palms and 
other plants were stood in prominent 
positions. Massive beds of Indian Azaleas, 
as well as Azalea mollis and other 
deciduous types furnished a blaze of colour 
at once picturesque and unique. The 
endless variation of colour varieties of the 
Indian Azaleas were subtly blended, giving 
the bizarre effect of convex sheets of 
patterns of colours, like an old fashioned 
bed quilt. At the far end was a huge 
circular bed of large dome shaped speci¬ 
mens of Indian Azaleas in tubs, on the 
same mixed plan as the smaller specimens. 
They were superbly flowered, the foliage in 
most cases being completely hidden. 
These massive specimens, forming mounds 
of colour, included splendidly flowered 
Roi Leopold, salmon, Baron de Pret, rose, 
Bijou de Paris, white and striped red, 
Comte de Chambord, soft salmon, pink and 
silvery white at the edges, Souvenir de 
Maximillian, a large red flower, and others 
of various handsome colours. Against or 
between the red, white, salmon, purple, &c. 
of the Indian varieties, there was the 
orange, apricot, yellow, and other shades of 
Azalea mollis. All of these massive beds 
were raised in the centre, and sloped in 
every direction to the walks by which they 
were surrounded, thus affording the public 
every opportunity of inspecting the varieties 
in detail. 
Around the sides of the huge building 
the ground rose behind so that the plants 
stood upon it faced the spectators. Along 
the back line most of the large Palms were 
arranged, a few being in prominent positions 
elsewhere. They consisted of huge speci¬ 
mens of Areca Baueri, Cocos Bonettii (with 
thehabit of a Phoenix),Livistona sinensis, L. 
robusta, Corypha australis, Phoenix 
reclinata, Rhapis humilis, and many others. 
Their dark green foliage formed a pleasant 
and refreshing foil to the bizarre display of 
blossom. In front of and under the Palms 
were huge groups of New Holland and 
other greenhouse plants of a very varied 
character, so closely placed that the 
arrangement seemed continuous from end 
to end. Groups or collections of Camellias 
and New Holland plants were very promi¬ 
nent, particularly the Acacias. Pyramidal 
and standard specimens of A. longifolia, A. 
armata, A. verticillata, and others ranged 
from 6 ft. to 10 It. high, and had the 
appearance of Erica Cavendishii from the 
gallery. Other New Holland plants were 
Pimeleas, Ericas, Clianthus, Coleonema, 
Diosma, Leptospermum bullatum (finely 
flowered, globular standards, if ft. to 2 ft. 
high), Chorizemas, Polygalas*, Harden- 
bergia monophylla, Cytisus scoparius 
andreanus, Pultenaea stricta, Eriostemons 
in variety, Choisya ternata, and other hard 
wooded subjects of that nature, which have 
been so neglected in Britain for some years 
past. A large number of them were grown 
as dwarf standards, others as bushes or pyra¬ 
mids, but in most cases informally trained, 
or altogether unsupported by artificial 
means. Even the large Azaleas have merely 
ties of raffia. There were three varieties 
of Azaleas, in four tiers, grafted one above 
the other. Sparmannia africana, in bushes 
or standards, 6 ft. to 10 ft. high, was very 
floriferous. A few Orchids appeared in 
this building, including specimens of 
Odontoglossum Edouardi, Cymbidium 
lowianum and Lycaste Skinned alba. The 
roof was partly of glass and partly of wood, 
but underneath was a thin transparent 
shading in eight folds or stretches, trans¬ 
versely banded in light green and pink 
colours that seemed to vary in intensity at 
different times of the day, according to the 
brightness of the sun and the incidence of 
the rays. The coloured shading also had 
its effect upon the appearance of the 
plants. 
The Casino is a permanent building of 
oblong rectangular form,in which the society 
holds its monthly meetings and smaller 
