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one of the brightest in fact, which will prove good 
for all purposes. (Silver Medal.) 
The Ichthemic Guano Co., Ipswich, as is usual, 
occupied their ' position in the centre of the 
western division of the hall. Samples of their 
famous manure were arranged in varied assortment 
on a conical convex raised staging. 
The Lawes’ Chemical Manure Co., Ltd., 59, Mark 
Lane, London, E.C., also had a large selection of 
tins, bags, and other quantities of their chemical 
fertiliser on display. 
Mr. Sam. Dears, Victoria Works, Harlow, Essex, 
showed a number of samples of his patent heating 
appurtenances, which are so suitable for amateur 
gardeners and others. 
Mr. C. E. Haydon, Avenue Road, Southgate, 
London, N., had samples of his new patent broom- 
holder, a clever and effective invention. 
Sir H. Pigott, Bart, (gardener, Mr. John Fleming), 
Wexham Park, Slough, Bucks., staged a group of 
flowering plants, which proved to be the best feature 
in the show. It is safe that nothing finer has ever 
been seen inside the Aquarium, and this sums up all 
opinion of the group. It was magnificent. (Gold 
Medal.) 
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SOCIETIES. 
LADYWELL, LEWISHAM, AND DISTRICT 
COTTAGERS’ HORTICULTURAL.— Nov. 30th. 
The above society held their sixteenth annual 
dinner on Thursday evening, the 30th ult., at the 
Parish Hall, Ladywell, the President, Mr. H. J. 
Jones, F.R.H.S., of Ryecroft Nurseries, presiding 
over a large company, which included many ladies. 
Mr. T. W. White, vice-president, occupied the 
vice-chair, and those present included the Rev. S. 
Blckersteth (Vicar of Lewisham), Messrs. H. T. 
Skinner, C. T. Green, H. L. Dodds, Mr. and Mrs. 
W. H. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Brockman (of Margate), 
Mrs. H. J. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Mr. and 
Mrs. W. Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Pett, Sergt-Major 
Lalley, Mr, D. B. Crane, Mr. G. F. Richardson, 
F.S.A.A., &c. 
The hall was most conveniently arranged for 
dining, and foliage and flowering plants were 
prettily dispersed on both tables and stage, making 
a charming effect. The plants were kindly lent by 
Mr. H. J. Jones. The dinner was well served, and 
the selections of music provided by the Metzner 
Mandoline and Guitar Band added considerably to 
the enjojment of the diners. The unanimous unity 
of spirit, and marvellous manner in which the 
officers and committee work together is a credit to 
any society, which well deserves to be a flourishing 
one. 
Dessert having arrived, Mr. H. J. Jones in the 
chair, rose to propose “ The Queen,” which was, as 
is usual, drunk with great enthusiasm, and the 
National Anthem was well sung by Mr. D. B. Crane, 
who led off the audience splendidly. Mr. T. W. 
White,the vice-chairman,spjke with much eloquence 
to the toast of 11 The Navy, Army, and Auxiliary 
Forces," to which Serg.-Major Lalley, of the 2nd 
West Kent Volunteers responded. 
Mr. W. Dawtry followad by proposing "The 
Society and its Officers," and spoke in very flattering 
terms of the work done by his colleagues, and was 
given acclamation, with musical honours. The 
responses of Messrs. H. J. Jones, T. W. White, and 
Mr. A. Pratt (the secretary), were to the point, kindly 
and heartily, the latter saying that last year they 
gave in prizes, £48, and this £73: that they had 
750 exhibits against 500 last year ; and have a good 
substantial balance at the bank ; although they had 
had much more expenses than the previous year. 
He went on to remark, that seeing the show so 
flourishing, he hoped that next year there would be 
£100 in prizes to be distributed. " Success to 
Horticultural and kindred Societies” was proposed 
by the Chairman, and responded to by Mr. D. B. 
Crane, who dealt at length on the advantages of 
horticulture, and its pleasures, as well as being an 
education. The toast of "The Patrons and Visi¬ 
tors," proposed by Mr. Greenwood, was also 
acknowledged by Mr. Crane, and that of "The 
Judges," submitted by Mr. W. T. Kinnear, re¬ 
sponded to by Mr. T. Tomlinson. " The Chairman 
and Vice-Chairman" was in the bands of Mr. C. 
Green. "The Press " was proposed by Mr. T. W. 
White, who thanked the representatives for their 
company. This was replied to by Mr. Greenwood and 
Mr. Kedaway, representing horticultural and local 
papers. 
Interspersed with the toasts were a number of 
songs, and it would be unfair to pass over the 
artistes without a vote of thanks to them, as there 
was not a poor one among them. " Auld Lang 
Syne" brought a delightful evening to a close.— 
W. L. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL .-December 5 th. 
The leading features of the meeting on Tuesday last 
were Chrysanthemums, including single varieties, 
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, Cyclamen, succulents 
such as Agaves and Yuccas, Conifers in quantity, and 
Bouvardias. Orchids were most numerically repre¬ 
sented by Calanthes. 
A Silver Flora Medal was awarded to Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. White), Bur- 
ford Lodge, Dorking, for a large and representative 
collection of hybrid Calanthes, in all the best varie¬ 
ties and colours. He had little groups of C. bur- 
fordiensis, crimson; C. Victoria Regina, pink; 
Veitchi splendens, carmine-rose ; C. Veitchi lactea, 
a large and handsome white variety ; C. bella, rosy ; 
Bryan, white with crimson eye, &c. Very fine also 
were his Cypripedium Hera var. Euryades, C. 
fowlerianum, two large plants of C. spicerianum, 
Vanda sanderiana, the beautifully marked Maxillaria 
elegantula, and the pretty Odontoglossum blandum. 
The group was by far the largest lot of Orchids at 
the meeting, and unique. 
The Hon. Mrs. Albert Brassey (gardener, Mr. 
Henry Downing), The Gardens, Heythorpe Park, 
Chipping Norton, had a small group of Calanthe 
Veitchi and C. vestita in tall, well grown specimens. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, staged a 
group of Orchids, amongst which-Angraecum Hum- 
blotii maximum was notable for the huge size of its 
lip. Here also were the sweet-scented A. polystachya, 
Cymbidium gamieanum, Gongora armeniaca, and 
Cattleya intermedia x Laelia cinnabarina. 
Horticole Coloniale, Ltd., Parc Leopold, Brussels, 
exhibited choice varieties of Orchids, including 
Oncidium varicosum Lindeni, O. v. Rogersi, O. 
Forbesi moortebeekiense, O. F. castaneum, O. F. 
nigricans, and other unnamed varieties. 
Mr. J. S. Moss, Winter’s Hill, Bishop's Hill, 
staged a very dark Cymbidium tracyanum Craw- 
shay's var. A light green variety of it was also 
shown by Mr. H. A. Tracy, Orchid Nursery, 
Twickenham. Messrs J. McBeao & Sons, Cocks- 
bridge, Lewes, Sussex, showed Odontoglossum 
andersonianum, McBean's var. R. I. Measures, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. J. Chapman), Cambridge 
Lodge, Flodden Road, Camberwell, staged Cypripe¬ 
dium leeanum giganteum. M. Charles Vuylsteke, 
Loochristy, Ghent, exhibited two natural hybrids of 
Odontoglossum crispum x harryanum, 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, ex¬ 
hibited Cypripedium Minos magnificum. The Right 
Hon. J. Chamberlain (grower, Mr. J. Smith), High¬ 
bury Moor Green, Birmingham, exhibited Sophro- 
cattleya chamberlainianum var. triumphans, and 
Cattleya Mrs. Endicott. 
Messrs. Thos. Cripps & Son, Tunbridge Wells 
Nurseries, exhibited a pretty and interesting group 
of well-flowered Bouvardias, including President 
Garfield, Alfred Neuner, President Cleveland, and 
other choice varieties. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, exhibited three 
boxes of their new Tomato Sutton’s Winter Beauty, 
which received an Award of Merit in April last from 
the R.H.S It is a free setter for winter work, and 
all the fruits had been ripened on the plants, one of 
which was shown in fruit. 
Messrs. W. Wells & Co., Ltd., Redhill, Surrey, 
staged a hearty collection of Japanese, incurved, 
decorative, market and single varieties of Chrysan¬ 
themum. Probably the single varieties were the 
most superior, certainly in the greater preponderance. 
May, Jeal, Purity, Disraeli, Mrs. G. Brown (Jap.), 
Triumph, Mons. Joanny Molin, J. T. Angus, Lady 
Windsor, and Admiral Sir T. Symons. (Silver Bank- 
sian Medal.) 
Messrs. John Peed & Sons, Roupell Park Nurser¬ 
ies, Norwood Road, S.E , sent a very large collection 
of the Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, the appearance of 
the sturdy and freely flowered plants commanding 
the respect of all. 
Messrs Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 
Enfield, had a very fine table of Cyclamen in the 
sections Persicum, Papilio, and the lesser formed 
sorts. The strength of these plants is just becoming 
apparent, and at later shows we shall hope to see 
the Bush Hill Park strain as one unsurpassed. 
(Silver Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. William Clibran & Sons, Altrincham, 
showed a varied and fine assortment of single 
Chrysanthemums in vases. Particularly graceful 
were the varieties Lucy Clibran, Seedlings No. 60, 
47 > 75 . 46. 76. &c. Amy Fletcher, Mrs. E. 
Coward, and others were most beautiful. (Silver 
Banksian Medal.) 
Mr. John Russell, Richmond Nurseries, Richmond, 
Surrey, staged a handsome group of Coniferae in 
the central portion of the Hall. The collection 
comprised about 50 species and varieties of trees 
suitable for planting in ornamental and pleasure 
grounds, such as the whipcord-like Retinospora 
filifera, R. pisifera aurea, R. plumosa and R. 
p. aurea, Yews of all kinds, Cedars, Cryptomerias, 
Picea nordmanniana, P. parrjana glauca, &c. 
(Silver Banksian Medal.) They also had a group 
of Yuccas. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, Upper 
Holloway, London, made a most brilliant and 
very much admired group of Begonia Gloire de 
Lorraine. The plants were marvels of the florists' 
care. (Silver Gilt Flora Medal.) 
The Countess of Limerick (gardener, Mr. J. 
Ryder), The Gardens, Hawkswick, sent three 
varieties of Grapes, Mrs. Pearson, Alicante, and 
Gros Colman, each very fine samples. 
Lady Ashburton (gardener, Mr. D. Allan), The 
Grange, Alresford, Hants, received a cultural com¬ 
mendation for a sweet collection of Violets in 
different varieties. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., the Royal Exotic 
Nurseries, Chelsea, sent many of their fine varieties 
of the JavaDico jasminiflorum Rhododendrons. 
OBITUARY. 
Mr. William Henry Protheroe, F.S.I. 
It is with much regret that we announce the sud¬ 
den death of Mr. William Henry Protheroe, F.S.I., 
Mr. W. H. Protheroe. 
at his residence, Bourn House, Leytonstone, on 
Saturday last, at the age of fifty-three. He has 
been ailing more or less for the last three years, and 
was again taken ill at 3 a m. on Saturday, and died 
at 3.45 in the afternoon of the same day. 
Most of our readers are familiar with his name, he 
being one of the two senior partners in the firm of 
Messrs. Protheroe & Morris, auctioneers, 67 and 68 
Cheapside, London, E.C., though residing, like all 
the other four partners of the firm, on the borders of 
