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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 29, 1899. 
Germania was well shown, also Munro'snew yellow, 
Miss Alley, of which Mr. Campbell speaks highly. 
This variety is a strong grower, is larger than 
Germania, and has the admirable property of opening 
its flowers to perfection in all weathers. The Hon. 
A. Hamilton is a rose self of great beauty and charm¬ 
ing shade. R. H. Measures is a large crimson self 
and well-formed, both of which were well shown. 
Mr. Campbell was awarded a Certificate of Merit. 
Mr. M. Cuthbertson, of the Public Park Nursery, 
Rothesay, had a large exhibit of his famous herba¬ 
ceous flowers which attracted great attention and for 
which he was awarded a Silver Medal. Mr. Cuth¬ 
bertson was also awarded a First-class Certificate 
for a new seedling herbaceous plant named 
Oenothera Cuthbertsoni, a variety of his own 
raising with double flowers of a bright, glossy, 
yellow colour, with stems and leaves of bronzy- 
purple. This flower was also certificated at the 
shows of the Glasgow Pansy Society and the 
Scottish Horticultural Association, Edinburgh, the 
same week. It promises to be a new herbaceous 
subject of surpassing merit. In this stand were also 
fine specimens of Lilium Martagon dalmaticum, 
Lilium testaceum, Alstroemeria auraotiaca, Iris 
Kaempferi (very fine), Spiraea palmata elegans, 
Chrysanthemum laciniatum, a finely fringed variety, 
Sidalcea oregana, Potentillas, &c. 
Enthusiasm and good management have quickly 
brought the Mearns Rose Society to the front. We 
hope it will go on and prosper and that by next year 
it will be affiliated with the National Rose Society. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. — July 25 th. 
Hardy herbaceous plants grown under various con¬ 
ditions, but chiefly as cut flowers from the open, 
were very conspicuous at the Drill Hall on Tuesday 
last. Ferns, Cacti, Sweet Peas, hybrid greenhouse 
Rhododendrons, hardy trees and shrubs, Roses, and 
other subjects made up the larger exhibits. 
A group of Orchids, chiefly hybrids, was exhibited 
by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea. Bold 
and handsome hybrids were Laeliocattleya callisto- 
glosa ignescens, Cypripedium Morganiae, C. Alice, 
and C. Euryale. A striking and uncommon bigeneric 
hybrid was Epilaelia radicante-purpurata. Amongst 
new plants and their parents were Disa Clio. D. C. 
superba, Cypripedium Alice superbum, and the 
magnificent new bigeneric hybrid, Sophrocattleya 
Queen Empress. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. 
White), Burford Lodge, Dorking, exhibited Stan- 
hopea aurantiaca, bearing five flowers. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 
Enfield, exhibited Cattleya Prince of Wales, Den- 
drobium sanguineum, Cattleya Eldorado crocata, 
and others. A branching spray of Renanthera 
imscbootiana was shown by J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. Davis), Glebelands, South Woodford. 
Mr. Geo. Reynolds, Gunnersbury Park Gardens, 
staged a new variety of Vanda teres. T. B. Hay¬ 
wood, Esq. (gardener, Mr. C. J. Salter), Woodhatch 
Lodge, Reigate, exhibited cut flowers of Miltonia 
vexillaria, including the beautiful white variety 
named Daisy Haywood. E. Ashworth, Esq. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. H. Holbrook), Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, 
exhibited Dendrobium formosa-Lowii, a garden 
hybrid. Col. Shipway (gardener, Mr. W. Walters), 
Grove House, Chiswick, exhibited a plant ofCattleya 
gigas, carrying seven flowers, and Gongora Shipwayae. 
T. A. Rehder, Esq. (gardener, Mr. R. Norris), The 
Avenue, Gipsy Hill, showed Cypripedium Miss 
Rehder. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Son, Ltd., Chelsea, 
brought a magnificent representation of hardy her¬ 
baceous plant flowers. The staging of this firm is 
always good, and this time was no exception. The 
quantity was immense, and the quality on the whole 
very fair. Coreopsis verticillata, Helenium rigidum, 
Gaillardia hybrida, Liatris spicata, Sidalcea Listerii, 
Scabiosa caucasica, and Verbena venosa were each 
very fine in their way. Gypsophila elegans edged 
the whole of the stand. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. R Wallace & Co , of Kilnfield Gardens, 
Colchester, put up a varied collection by Liliums, 
Calochortus, Carnations, and Iris laevigata in 
variety. L. Henryi, L thunbergianum Van 
Houttei, in trays ; a new variety of L. auratum, and 
various others. Their collection of herbaceous 
flowers comprised Spiraea Bumalda Anthony. 
Waterer, Gaillardia maxima, Delphiniums, Sidal- 
ceas, &c., the whole being well banked up by culinary 
Asparagus sprays and Tritomas. (Silver Flora 
Medal.) 
Messrs. Kelway & Sons, of LaDgport, Somerset, 
showed what they were about in the growth of 
Gladioli and herbaceous flowers in general. The 
magnificent display of the former which they put 
together will have its effect on those who saw them. 
The best scarlet varieties of these were Miss Mary 
Morrison, The Sirdar, Max Meller, Lord Curzon, 
Mr. Morgan and Kitchener. Of the pinky or white 
forms, Beauty, Mrs. Fowler, Dr. Woodman, Amp¬ 
hora, Kate Kove among others, showed up well. 
The Hollyhocks were also seen to much advantage, 
the most lovely of which was Mordaunt, a soft, 
crimpled pink one. (Silver Flora Medal). 
Mr. R. C. Notcutt, of Ipswich, tendered a fine 
show of Sweet Peas, of which Lady Mary Currie 
(cerise), Countess of Radnor (blue), Black Knight 
(purplish), and Sensation (pinky white), were each 
grand. 
Messrs. Sander & Co , of St. Albans, sent some 
splendid types of Acalypha Sanderi (syn. A. hispida), 
also some types of Linospadix petrickiana besides 
some hybrid Cypripediums. 
Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, N.B., banked up 
a fine collection of sweet smelling Victoria or Wall¬ 
flower coloured Pansies. The great depth and rich¬ 
ness of these flowers are sure to cause their accept¬ 
ance. 
Mr. H. B. May, Dyson’s Lane Nursery, Upper 
Edmonton, effectively grouped a number of pots con¬ 
taining his new Campanula Mayi. It resembles the 
old blue type of C. isophylla, only that the habit is 
closer and the reniform leaves are covered thickly 
with grey hairs. They are easily raised from cut¬ 
tings. Numerous Maidenhair Ferns were also inter¬ 
spersed. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Ltd..Chelsea, show, besides 
their herbaceous stuff, a fine collection of the Javan- 
Ico-jasminiflorum strain of hybrid Rhododendrons. 
Taking R. Conqueror (rich crimson), R. luteo-roseum 
(pinky-rose), R. Ceres (deep yellow), R. Apollo 
(orange-red), R. Cloth of Gold (pale yellow), and 
others, one has a superb collection of almost per¬ 
petual flowering plants. 
Messrs. Richard Hartland & Sod, the Lough 
Nurseries, Cork, gave an exhibition of what they can 
do in the growth of tuberous Begonias. They sent 
some splendid samples of both doubles and single 
blooms, large, well formed, deeply coloured and last¬ 
ing. Of these Duke of Fife (blush-cerise), Nero 
(brilliant Carmime),Beauty of Belgrove (pinky),Nurse 
Mary Cornell (salmon-rose), and many more were 
extra good. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Barr & Sons, Covent Garden, London, 
staged a representative group of herbaceous plant 
flowers, in which Phloxes with magnificent spikes, 
Francoa appendiculata, Eryngium hybridum, Pent- 
stemon barbatum, and a numerous collection of 
Sweet Peas, Gladioli, and Iris laevigata, were seen to 
much advantage. 
Messrs. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, Kent, made 
part of a long table bright with their Eynsford 
superb Pigmy Antirrhinums, grown in pots. Their 
great qualities are the dwarfness, floriferousness, and 
bright colours. For grouping or massing in beds 
they are A I. And their collection of Cacti was simply 
marvellous. Such a show must do much for the 
advancement of these things. Opuntia microdasys, 
Mamillaria, bocasana, a large hairy head species, M. 
lacircantha plumosa, a foamy bulgy mass, M. 
recurvispina, well armed; M. spinosissima, Cereus 
macrogonus, Opuntia ursinus, and Echinocactus 
Grasoni, the golden Cactus, really a wonderful 
specimen of intricate and beautiful vegetation, E. 
cylindraceus versicolor, a lovely pink spined form, 
Opuntia ursinus, the grissly bear, and any amount 
more of these interesting things were shown. (Silver 
Flora Medal). 
Messrs. John Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, S.E., 
showed Caladium illustris, Jacob Weiss, a fine 
pinky-red dwarf variety; C. F. Cooper, a carmine 
form ; and C. Manuhassii, a green speckled. 
Messrs. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, London, N., 
showed a collection of forty-five varieties of Ivies. 
The tall variegated forms, especially ths clear 
yellows and pure silvery varieties like Hedera 
Madeirensis foliis variegatis or H. chrysophylla, 
and the many forms with deeply dissected leaves 
have a grace all their own. (Silver Gilt Flora.) 
(To be continued.) 
Questions add aqssjgrs. 
Will our friends who send us newspapers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged bv their so doing. 
[' Correspondents, please note that we cannot undertake to 
name florists' flowers such as Carnations, Pelargonium !, 
Chrysanthemums, Roses, nor such as are mere garden 
varieties, differing only in the colour of the flower. 
Florists' flowers, as a rule, can only be named by those who 
grow collections of them.] 
Damaged Pea Shoots, — James Cameron :—Your 
Peas are badly infested with Thrips. You are quite 
right in supposing that the yellow forms are the 
young ones, and the black the old ones of the same 
species. The ody thing you can do to hold them in 
check is to syringe the plants in the early stages of 
growth with strong soap suds and tobacco water in 
mixture ; or on the other hand you might use flowers 
of sulphur well stirred into the water with which to 
syringe the plants. Sheltered places, or those that 
are much shut in by walls and trees, favour the 
increase of the pest. Therefore you should select 
open positions well exposed to a free play of air, and 
keep the ground clean in the neighbourhood. Thrips 
often prove destructive to Onions and other garden 
crops. You cannot now cure the Peas, especially if 
all are as bad as those sent, the buds being much 
injured. If the ground is sandy you would do well 
to assist the Peas with good drenchings of water 
during dry weather. 
Show or Fancy Pansy. — J. M. : The flower you 
sent was that of a fancy Pansy. The three lower 
petals are wholly occupied with the blotches except 
a purple lacing or edging. The ground colour in 
this case is confined to the two upper petals, and is 
rosy-purple without any lacing. The flower was not 
of a high order of merit owing to the thinness of the 
petals, and the toothing or rays running out from 
the blotches. In a show flower you would have 
three small blotches on the lower petals, and a white 
or yellow ground occupying all the centre of the 
flower (except, of course, the portion occupied by the 
blotches), and all the five petals would be margined 
or laced by some other colour. 
Onion-smelling Flower.— R. 0 .: The specimens 
sent were Allium Moly, the Great-yellow Garlic, or 
Moly. We cannot find any record of its having 
been cultivated in this country for any economical 
purpose, though it may be so on the Continent. In 
this country it is grown as an ornamental border 
plant. It may be eaten by some people ; for all the 
species of Allium or Garlic are edible, and many of 
them have been used at one time or other as pot¬ 
herbs even in this country. 
Layering Pinks. — W. Davis . If it were not for 
the great quantity of grass upon large plants of Pinks, 
it would always be advisible to layer the Pinks in 
place of taking cuttings. Layers make good plants 
sooner obtainable than by the slow process of rooting 
cuttings. In any case you could layer as many 
shoots as there is room for around the stools, and this 
will probably give you all the plants you require. 
Names of Plants.— A. C.: 1, Bocconia cordata ; 2, 
Malva moschata ; 3, Veronica longifolia rosea; 4, 
Sidalcea malvaeflorum; 5, Campanula garganica 
hirsuta ; 6, Achillea decolorans ; 7, Achillea tomen- 
tosa.— J. L.; 1, Dlanthus caesius; 2, Monarda • 
didyma; 3, Eryngium planum.— R. M.\ 1, Vinca 
major variegata ; 2, Nepeta Mussini; 3, Dianthus del- 
toides; 4, Lychnis dioica flore pleno.— J. Sharp : 1, 
Nephrodium decompositum glabellum ; 2, Asplenium 
marinumelongatum; 3, AspleniumObtusatumlucidum; 
4, Selaginella Martensiirobusta; 5, Selaginellakrauss- 
iana variegata.— T. Hendry : 1, Iresine Lindeni; 2, 
Mesembryanthemum cordifolium variegatum; 3, 
Herniaria glabra — W. M.: 1, Masdevallia ignea ; 2, 
Odontoglossum Uro-Skinneri; 3, Odontoglossum 
cordatum; 4, Oncidium maculatum.— A.M.C. : 1, 
Lilium pardalinum ; 2, Lilium umbellatum ; 3, Cor- 
onilla varia; 4, not recognised from the materials 
sent; 5, Butomus umbellatus; 6, Corydalis 
lutea; 7, Spiraea Douglasii; 8, Mimulus cardinalis ; 
G. C.: We fail to recognise the leaves, which do not 
appear to be in their true character. They seem to 
be those of a Caladium or Alocasia. Could you send 
flowers or older leaves?— E. C. H. D. : 1, Populus 
alba ; 2, Populus tremula ; 3, Symphytum officinale 
var. patens; 4, Stachys palustris ; 5, Festuca gigan- 
tea ; 6, Calceolaria rugosa Golden Gem ; 7, Lobelia 
Erinus; 8, Santolina Chamaecyparissus incana. 
Your other question next week.— A. C., Inverness : 
1, Rosa multiflora ; 2, Athyrium Filix-foemina; 3, 
Verbascum Chaixii; 4, Galega officinalis; 5, Inula 
Helenium ; 6, Senecio japonicus. 
Communications Received . —E. Mawley . — 
W. N. Clute.—C. Blair. — John Fraser (next week).— 
The Protestant Echo.—Henry Davies (next week).— 
T. B.—Alfred Johnston.—A. G.—W. M.—A. K. — C. 
W. 
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Hudson’s Fertiliser Depot, Kilburn, London, 
N.W.— Manures, Guanos, Insecticides, Fumigators, 
&c. 
Methven & Sons, 15, Princes Street, and Leith 
Walk, Edinburgh,—Bulb List, 1899- 
