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THE GARDENING WORLD 
November 18, 1899. 
E. Ashworth, Esq, (gardener, Mr. H. Holbrook), 
Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, exhibited Cypripedium 
Io grande Charlesworthii, C. Louisa Fowler Hare- 
field var., C. insigne George Ashworth, C. wilmslow- 
ianum, and Laelia pumila Ashworthiae. 
Sir F. Wigan, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. Young), 
Clare Lawn, East Sheen, staged Laelia pumila 
Low’s var., and Cattleya bowringiana concolor, both 
very pretty. General Gillespie (gardener, Mr. Wm. 
J. Jennings), Brynderwen, Usk, Monmouthshire, ex¬ 
hibited a beautiful variety of Odontoglossum cris- 
pum andersonianum. A. H. Smee, E'-q. (gardener, 
Mr. W. E. Humphreys), The Grange, Wallington, 
had a grand form of Cattleya labiata. Norman C. 
Cookson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Wm. Murray), Oak- 
wood, Wylam-on-Tyne, showed a beautiful Laelio- 
cattleya. A. S. Hitchins, Esq., St. Austell, Corn¬ 
wall, staged Cypripedium Hitchinsiae. 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersfcury House, 
Acton (gardener, Mr. J. Hudson), staged a magnifi¬ 
cent group, or rather a long tableful of charming 
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine in moderate-sized pots. 
These were simply glorious, to use an expressive 
adjective. The quantity and depth of the blooms 
were quite phenomenal. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
C. E. Shea, Esq., The Elms, Foots Cray, had a 
nice table of forty-eight Japanese Chrysanthemum 
blooms. These were extra good, and would have 
stood in a high position had they been at the 
Aquarium on the same date. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
A. H. Holmes, Esq., Rodmerston, Sittingbourne, 
had a superb collection amounting to 120 dishes of 
Apples and Pears. The fruits were beautiful, 
highly coloured, and of good size. Chelmsford 
Wonder, Monk’s Codlin, Newton Wonder, Hanwell 
Glory, Worcester Pearmain, Carlisle Castle, Sand¬ 
ringham, and others were quite superb. (Silver 
Knightian Medal) 
Messrs. Sander & Co., St. Albans, had a fine 
collection of recently-introduced fine foliage plants, 
with Orchids in bloom. Dendrobium formosum gigan- 
teum was represented in grand style. Standiglotte’s 
longiflora was also there with others of greater or 
less note. 
Mr. A. Rogers, Rendleston Hall Gardens, Wood- 
bridge, had a very much admired collection of 
Violets in the varieties Marie Louise, and others. 
(Bronze Banksian Medal) 
Messrs. Wells & Co..Earlswood Nurseries, Surrey, 
staged some extra good new Japanese varieties of 
Chrysanthemums. Mr. Louis Remy, Lord 
Salisbury, Miss Lucy Cheeseman, Marguerite 
Silhot, Francois Pilon, Sir Herbert Kitchener, Mr. 
J. W. Barkes, Sir J. W Clark, &c., were large, full, 
and handsome. (Silver Gilt Medal.) 
H. J. Elwes, Esq., Colesborne Park, Gloucester, 
arranged a splendid group of strongly-flowered 
Nerines, in which a dozen or more shades of colour 
might be ssen. (Silver Banksian Medal ) 
Messrs. James Veitch & Son, L*d , Chelsea, had 
another of their attractive stands of the Javanico- 
jasminiflorum Rhododendron trusses, which are 
always so much admired. 
The Duke of Rutland (gardener, Mr. W. H. 
Divers), Belvoir Castle, Grantham, staged eighty- 
two dishes of Apples and Pears, whose high excel¬ 
lence called forth a (Silver Gilt Knightian Medal.) 
Messrs. John Waterer & Sons, Bagshot Nurseries, 
Surrey, had a refreshing group of Coniferae. The 
whole stock of these was of a high standard of 
excellence, indeed, nothing finer could be seen in 
their way. Abies nordmanniana, Cryptomeria 
elegans, Cupressus lawsoniana densa, C. 1 . aurea, C. 
lutea, Juniperus chinensis aurea, Taxus grandis, and 
a host of other beautiful evergreen cone-bearers were 
to be noted. (Silver Flora Medal) 
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Questions add MsmeKS, 
•,* Will our friends who send usnewspapers 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.] 
Planting out Bamboos — R. McL. : Autumn, par¬ 
ticularly during October and the early part of 
November, is generally admitted to be the best time 
for planting trees and shrubs, but more particularly 
those of a deciduous nature. Bamboos are not 
deciduous, though frost often causes them to lose 
their leaves in severe winters and exposed positions. 
It has been found in practice that late spring or 
early summer is the time to transplant them, when 
they have commenced to make fresh growth by 
throwing up suckers. Under the circumstances 
then, we should advise you to put them in pots or 
tubs, according to their size for the winter, if not al¬ 
ready potted. Being hardy they practically only 
require shelter, and if you merely exclude frost 
from the house in which they are wintered so as 
to preserve the foliage, the plants will be all the 
stronger when put out in May or June. Even 
then they should be planted in positions sheltered 
from boisterous wind. 
Holly Hedges.— W.H. W. : Holly Hedges may be 
planted during October and up to the middle of 
November. Small plants might even be put in dur¬ 
ing mild, open weather at any time during winter ; 
but a safer plan would be to wait till the end of 
March or the beginning of April, as growth would 
soon be recommencing after that. Some planters 
have found the end of August and September the 
best time to transplant Hollies of large size, and 
others say that April, particularly if showery is the 
best time for such specimens. Of course they would 
require to be lifted with large balls of soil, and to be 
well watered and frequently syringed overhead till 
they recommence growing. The distance at which 
they should be placed to make a good fence would 
depend upon the sixe of the plants used ; but we 
should advocate the use of plants about 18 in. or 
2 ft. high ; and unless they are very bushy and wide 
we should put them in at a foot apart, because they 
would soon become quite close and impenetrable if 
they are well managed and the soil is good. A sandy, 
well drained loam is best for them. Never use a 
shears in trimming Holly hedges, as they disfigure 
the leaves by cutting many of them through the 
middle. The knife is the best instrument with 
which to cut ihe shoots close above a bud. This 
should be done when the young leaves made in 
summer have become firm. The wounds then heal 
over before winter. By looking over the hedges 
again at the end of February, very little trimming 
will then be necessary, if the summer pruning was 
attended to, but by so doing they will appear 
neat for the greater part of the year, and yearly 
become more and more impenetrable. 
Rare Flowering Shrubs —G. J. P. : Most of the 
species you mention are grown by Messrs. J. Veitch 
& Sons, Ltd , Kings Road, Chelsea ; some of them 
at least are grown by Messrs. R. Veitch & Son, 
Exeter; and many of them are also cultivated by 
Messrs. Dicksons, Ltd., Chester. 
Male and Female Yew Trees— Fletcher Moss: — 
The question of the sex of Yew trees has always 
been a troublesome subject to planters who desire to 
raise plants from seedlings. Practically it cannot be 
determined till the trees develop flowers. It has 
been suggested that the flowering period might be 
accelerated by ringing a branch on each tree, after 
the said branch is five or six years old. This would 
have the efiect of staying or checking vegetative 
growth, and causing the branch to swell above the 
place from whence the ring of bark has been 
removed. Thus you see the process must be a 
tedious one. Plants are usually raised from seeds ; 
but the varieties are propagated by cuttings, 7 in. 
to 10 in in length, and inserted 5 in. deep in the 
soil during April and again in August. Our fore¬ 
fathers, when planting male and female trees by 
churches and homsteads must have raised plants 
from cuttings of trees they knew to be male and 
female. If they raised their trees from seeds they 
must have grown them in nursery lines till they 
flowered and then transplantod them. Yews may be 
transplanted at any age if proper care is taken in 
performing the operation. As you say, the trees 
raised by nurserymen from cuttings may have 
several stems ; but we consider that a matter of 
minor importance. For hedges they are perfectly 
suitable. If intended for planting as isolated trees 
you can remove supernumerary stems with the 
knife to the base, or merely take off the tops of those 
you do not want. You can trim Yews into any 
shape you like, as they bear the knife and shears 
well. 
Names of Plants.— J. R. : 1, Arbutus Unedo; 2, 
Chimonanthus fragans grandiflora ; 3, Veronica 
Andersoni variegata; 4, Erica gracilis.— T. B.\ 1, 
Asplenium bulbiferum minus ; 2, Aspleoium Bellan- 
geri ; 3, Aspidium falcatum ; 4, Pteris hastata 
macrophylla; 5, Adiantum hispidulum; 6, Pteris 
quadriaurita argyrea. — R. M. : Hedera Helix den- 
tata; 2, Hedera Helix arborea ; 3, Gaultheria pro- 
cumbens ; 4, Daphne fioniana. — A. L .: a fairly good 
form of Cattleya labiata.— A. G.: i, Selaginella 
uncinata ; 2, Selaginella emiliana ; 3, Agapanthus 
umbellatus variegatus; 4, Sibthorpia europaea varie¬ 
gata ; 5, Asplenium flaballifolium. 
Communications Received.—John Peebles—J. 
Mayne. —Omega.—W. J. F.—R. Owen.—R. W.— 
A. G. B.—J. H.-A. L —G. C.—A. D. W.—W. M. 
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