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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
October 24, 1896. 
NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM 
SOCIETY. 
We are requested to slate in reference to the Great 
Jubilee Exhibition which opens at the Royal 
Aquarium, on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, with a second 
competition on Thursday, Nov. 5th, that all entries 
for either show, must be sent in to the Secretary 
Mr. R. Dean, Ranelagh Road, Ealing, by Friday, 
October 30th, to enable the large amount of clerical 
work to be got through in time. Everything must 
be staged ready for the judges by 10.30 a.m. on the 
mornings of Nov. 3rd and 5th. All plants shown on 
Nov. 3rd, with the exception of the trained specimens 
in classes II. and III. ; all fruit and vegetables; also 
all miscellaneous exhibits must remain until the 
evening of Friday, Nov. 6th. Cut flowers and table 
decorations can be removed at 10.30 p m. on the 
evening of Wednesday, November 4th. 
Strangers exhibiting for the first time are informed 
that cards for naming cut flowers, and pins for 
securely fastening the same to the stands can be had 
at the flower show office in the Aquarium on the 
morning of each show. The tables and other parts 
of the building will be roped off while the judges are 
making their awards, and only those privileged to be 
present while the judging is proceeding can be 
admitted within the enclosures. Exhibitors are 
requested to make themselves thoroughly acquainted 
with the "Regulations for Exhibitors,” on pages 55 
and 56 of the Schedules of prizes. 
The Jubilee banquet will take place in the 
Whitehall Rooms of the Hotel Metropole, at 6.30, 
on the evening of November 3rd , Sir Edwin 
Saunders, the President, in the chair. Tickets one 
guinea each, which can be had of the Secretary. 
On Thursday, November 5th, the exhibition will 
be largely renewed, as competition will take place 
in thirty-four additional classes ; and immediately 
after the awards are made both on November 3rd, 
and November 3th, a catalogue of the exhibits will 
be issued with the names of the prize winners. This 
will be on sale in the building. 
At 7 p.m. on the evening of the 5th, a conference 
meeting will take place in the library, Mr. T. W. 
Sanders in the chair, when papers will be read by 
Mr. George Gordon, on " The types of the Chrysan¬ 
themum and their characteristics,” with suggestions 
as to the adoption of a fuller classification ; by Mr. 
Norman Davis, on " The points of quality, or 
properties of the various types as exhibition flowers, 
and the values to be apportioned to each ” ; and by 
C. E. Shea, Esq., on " Setting up blooms for exhibi¬ 
tion, and the principles upon which an effective 
arrangement of a stand is based.” 
The Secretary of the National Chrysanthemum 
Society offers admission tickets at a considerable 
reduction in price to parties of not less than twelve 
persons, members of affiliated societies; and some of 
the main lines of railways, are affording special 
facilities for reaching London. 
PLANTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED. 
The undermentioned subjects received certificates 
according to merit from the Royal Horticultural 
Society on the 13th inst. 
Orchid Committee. 
Cattleya Triumph. Nov. hyb. —This hybrid was 
raised from C. speciosissima crossed with the pollen 
of C. lawrenceana. The sepals are soft rosy-pink, 
the petals brighter, and the lip as pale as the sepals, 
with the exception of a small purple, transverse 
blotch at the base of the orbicular lamina. The tube 
is curved like C. lawrenceana, and the throat is 
creamy-white. It is a showy and beautiful Cattleya 
with soft colours and very distinct. First-class 
Certificate. Chas. L. N. Ingram, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. Bond), Elstead House, Godaiming. 
Cattleya Jupiter. Nov. hyb. —In this case C. 
lawrenceana was the seed parent, and C. gigas 
sanderiana the pollen bearer. The sepals are soft 
pink, and the petals large and several shades darker. 
The lamina is orbicular and rich purple, with two 
white eye-like spots at the base. The curved tube 
shows the influence of the seed parent, the colour 
that of the pollen bearer. Award of Merit. C. L. 
N. Ingram, Esq. 
Cattleya Eclipse. Nov. hyb. —Here the parents 
were C. maxima and C. Skinneri, thelatter being the 
pollen bearer The sepals and ovate-oblong petals 
are deep rose. The lip is marbled with purple 
deepening to crimson in the tube, the colours being 
due to C. maxima; there is also a broad white 
margin to it. Altogether it is a very distinct 
Cattleya. Award of Merit. C. L. N. Ingram Esq. 
Cattleya Apollo. Nov. hyb. —This is a remark¬ 
ably distinct and beautiful Cattleya, as might be 
expected from the parents, C. Mossiae and C. 
Acklandiae. The latter was the pollen parent 
and determines to a large extent the form of 
the flower. The sepals are pale purple, thinly 
mottled with dark purple. The petals are elliptic 
and mottled or lined with deep purple towards the 
edges of the upper half. ■ The lip has an open tube, 
clasping the column at the base only. The large, 
nearly flat lip is rich purple with an orange blotch in 
front of the column. A First-class Certificate was 
accorded this handsome Cattleya. Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 
Cattleya dowiana Wheatley's var. Nov. var. 
—The sepals and elliptic petals of this handsome 
variety are creamy-white. The huge lip on the 
contrary is rich crimson upwards, but all the side 
area is golden ; it is also striped with crimson and 
gold along the centre to the base. First-class 
Certificate. Frederick Wheatley, Ringmore, Teign- 
mouth, Devon. 
Cattleya labiata Mrs. E. Ashworth, Nov. var. 
—The sepals and petals of this charming variety are 
pure white, and the lip is similar in hue, with the 
exception of a large bluish-purple blotch in the 
centre, and a yellow throat. First-class Certificate, 
E. Ashworth, Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. Holbrook), 
Wilmslow, Cheshire. 
Comparettia speciosa. —The flowers of this rare 
and beautiful species are borne on long, arching 
racemes. The upper sepal and the petals are small, 
ovate and soft orange. The large lip is reniform, 
and of a rich orange. The twice curved spur is 
yellow and 1^ in. long. The species was originally 
introduced from Ecuador in 1S78. Award of Merit. 
A. H. Smee, Esq., (gardener, Mr. G. W. Cummins), 
The Grange, " My Garden,” Wallington. 
Cypripedium Charlesworthii Low’s var. Nov. 
var. — The huge dorsal sepal measures 3! in. across, 
and is the characteristic feature of this splendid 
variety. It forms three quarters of a circle, is nearly 
flat and of a rosy-purple hue. The petals are netted 
with brown ; and the lip is of a glossy brown. 
Award of Merit. It was exhibited by Messrs. Hugh 
Low & Co., Clapton, but passed into the collection 
of R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell, before it left 
the Drill Hall. 
Floral Committee. 
Pteris Childsii. —The fronds of this handsome 
Fern are pinnate, pinnatisect, and quadrifid at the 
base. The pinnae are oblong and cut nearly to the 
midrib into lance-shaped, deeply serrate segments, 
that continue to grow after the rest of the frond is 
mature. When fully developed, the fronds are 
massive and dark green with lighter coloured young 
segments. This Fern has a future before it for 
decorative purposes. First-class Certificate. Mr. T. 
Childs, New Eltham, Kent. 
Salvia splendens grandiflora. - The flowers of 
this splendid variety are larger and borne in more 
massive racemes than those of the type. Bracts, * 
calyx, and corolla are of a rich orange scarlet. The 
plants were grown in the open ground, lifted potted, 
and placed in a greenhouse about the beginning of 
September ; and are now bushy and most floriferous 
specimens. Award of Merit. Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart, (gardeoer, Mr. W. Bain), Burford Lodge, 
Dorking. 
Lobelia Gerardi. —This is evidently a hybrid 
between L. syphilitica and some other of the L. 
cardinalis type. The flowers are of a darker and 
richer blue, and more abundantly produced than in 
the case of either parent. The seeds were sown 
early this spring, and when suitable were planted 
in the open ground. Old roots would no doubt 
flower earlier, and prove showy long before this 
period of the year. Award of Merit. Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart. 
Asplenium Herbstii. — The fronds of this 
leathery-leaved, Asplenium are of a dark green, 
produced in tufts, dwarf and beautiful. They 
are pinnate, with oblong pinnae, except the terminal 
one which is large, triangular, and elongated. It 
will evidently prove useful lor decorative work. 
Award of Merit. Mr. H. B. May, Dyson's Lane 
Nurseries, Upper Edmonton. 
Aglaonema Curtisii.— This species rises up 
with a stiff stem well clothed with oblong, leathery, 
dark green leaves, ornamented with gray or silvery 
bands. First-class Certificate. A fine plant 
exhibited by Messrs. Young & Dobinson, Holmes- 
dale Nurseries, Stevenage, Herts, bore fourteen 
healthy and clean leaves. 
Nerine Novelty. — The flowers of this beautiful 
variety are of large size with long, lanceolate seg¬ 
ments, recurved at the tips. They are of a rich rose 
with scarlet midribs. The variety was the only 
one out of a large number which received any 
recognition. Award of Merit. Mr. T.'S. Ware, 
Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham. 
Chrysanthemum Madame Gustave Henry.— 
For description of this fine Japanese variety (see p. 
103). Award of Merit. Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood 
Nurseries, Redhill, Surrey. 
Begonia metallica regina. —The leaves of this 
variety of a well-known species are irregularly and 
often very extensively variegated with creamy-white, 
and have pink veins. It is attractive, distinct, and 
new. Award of Merit. Baroness Burdett Coutts 
(gardener, Mr. Willard), Holly Lodge, Highgate, N. 
Dahlia Miss Kathleen Goschen. —This single 
variety is white, with broad, crimson edges. Award 
of Merit. Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, Sussex. 
Dahlia Miss Hudson. —Flowers single, with 
pink rays, tipped yellow, and a yellow zone round 
the disc. Award of Merit. Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons. 
Dahlia Miss Kingsley Foster. —In this we 
have a large golden-yellow Cactus Dahlia, tinted 
with buff or approaching old gold. It is showy and 
very distinct. Award of Merit. Messrs.J.Cheal & Sons. 
Dahlia Clarissa. —See p. 103. Award of Merit. 
Mr. C. Turner, Slough. 
Dahlia Geraldine. —Flowers small, neat, bronzy 
when young, but only at the edges when fully 
developed. It is a pompon. Award of Merit. Mr, 
C. Turner. 
Dahlia Ophelia. —This Cactus variety is of great 
size, with long, pointed, orange-red or scarlet florets. 
Award of Merit. Mr. C. Turner. 
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GLOXINIAS FROM STEVENAGE. 
In the majority of cases Gloxinias are now taking 
their well-earned rest, but by making a late sowing 
of seed in April, plants may be obtained to keep up 
the supply of bloom till late in the autumn. Messrs, 
Young and Dobinson, Holmesdale Nurseries, 
Stevenage, Herts, are in the habit of making such a 
sowing with the result that they are able to have the 
showy Gloxinia in all its glory up to a very late 
season. They have recently forwarded a box of 
blooms of their prize strain as an earnest of what they 
can do in this way, and certainly the quality of their 
material is deserving of every commendation. The 
blooms are above average size, and of excellent 
substance, the colours being especially vivid, and 
comprising some cbarmiDg shades of rose, crimson, 
and purple One rich rosy crimson self especially 
captivated our fancy as an excellent type of bloom of 
medium size. If the habit of the plants is equal to 
the quality of the blooms, Messrs. Young and 
Dobinson's strain of Gloxinias is really first-class, 
and for late blooming the plants will prove particu¬ 
larly valuable. 
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VEGETABLE CALENDAR, 
The excessive rains and mild weather of the pash 
few weeks have brought up arrears in the growth of 
most of our winter crops, and full developments are 
now assured. This has been done so rapidly and 
with such a small amount of sunshine that most 
things are in a very succulent condition, and are not 
in the best state to stand a sudden change to cold 
frosty weather. With these conditions prevailing it 
may be advisable to lift all the Cauliflowers that are 
approaching a fair size and place them under tem¬ 
porary protection. By removing all but the upright 
growing leaves a great many can be packed closely 
in a small space. Broccoli is another crop likely to 
suffer from sudden changes ; and the old plan of lift¬ 
ing and laying them with their heads to the north 
may, with advantage, be carried out, where the 
growth is extra strong and sappy. 
Parsley.—T here is generally a little difficulty in 
meeting a large demand for this during the winter 
months, so that every possible provision should be 
made to meet requirements. Any roots planted out 
in beds early in the season should now have the 
frames placed over them, to preserve the young 
