April 14, 1800. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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were Mdme. Plimsoll, Czar Peter, Gertrude, 
Grandeur de Merville, Grand Maitre, King of the 
Blues, &c. For six pots Polyanthus Narcissus, 
W. P. Sinclair (gardener, Mr. J. V. Thomson), had 
the best. 
For twelve pots single Tulips, Mrs. Thos. Wilson 
again scored, the best being Joost Van Vondel, 
Rachel Ruysch, Keizer KrcoD, &c. For six pots, 
Mr. Thompson led the way. For six double 
varieties, Mr. Thompson again scored. With three 
greenhouse Azaleas, Mr. E. R. Finch won with 
small specimens, T. McClelland, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. W. Bustard), following. 
For six Amaryllis, some good bulbs were staged. 
Mr. E. R. Finch won by his excellent, fine, scarlet 
“ChampioD," Mr. F. E. Keightley also showing 
well. For a basket of cut flowers (the prizes being 
presented by the secretary), Mrs. G. Eaton was well 
ahead with a choice selection of Orchids. For one 
stove plant, Mrs. Eaton won with Cymbidium 
lowianum. For the greenhouse specimen, Mr. 
Bracegirdle had the best with Imantopbyllum 
miniatum. For three Orchids, the same exhibitor 
held the coveted position, with Dendrobium Ains- 
worthii, D. nobile, and Cymbidium lowianum ; Mr. 
T. Wilson was second. For the single plant the same 
exhibitor won with a superb ADgraecum sesquipedale, 
with fourteen flowers. For two cool Orchids (the 
prizes being given by Messrs. John Cowan & Co., 
Gateacre), F. Cross, Esq. (gardener, Mr. C. Duke), 
won with Odontoglossuru nebulosum and Oncidium 
Cavendishianum. For four exotic Ferns, Mr. 
Bracegirdle was again in front with Davallia 
Mooreana, D. fijiensis plumcss, Microlepia hirta 
cristata, and Cibotium Schiedi. He again upheld 
his position for the single with a grand plant of 
Goniophlebium articulatum. 
For three distinct Azaleas, Mr. W. Bustard won 
with well flowered plants. For four hardy Rhodo¬ 
dendrons, Mr. Bustard scored with telling plants, T. 
Hamilton Wilson, Esq. (gardener Mr. F. Field) 
having the best single. For a single greenhouse var¬ 
iety Mr. Bracegirdle led with a grand piece of R. 
Gibsonii superbum. For six hardy forced plants he 
was again successful, including a yery fine Clematis. 
For three Palms, and a single one, he was again in¬ 
vincible, winning with Chamaerops Fortuneii, C. 
humilis arborea, Cycas revoluta and Kentia canter¬ 
bury ana. Mrs. Cope (gardener, Mr. T. Carling), 
was second for each lot. For six pots of Lily of the 
Valley, and for six table plants Mr. Carling fully 
held his own. For six Cyclamen, R. P. Houston, 
Esq., M.P. (gardener, Mr. J. Heaton) had the best. 
For four Azalea mollis (prizes given by Messrs. W. 
Rowlands, West Derby), and for the single, Mr. W. 
Bustard won with heavily flowered plants. Mr. 
Bracegirdle won for three Callas. 
The trade was in strong form, showing collections 
of more than usual interest. Certificates of Merit were 
granted to Messrs. R. P. Ker & Sons, for some five 
dozen fine Amaryllis, forced Lilacs, Azalea mollis, 
and Azalea indica, a Certificate being granted for 
Mme. Jos. Vervaene. 
Messrs. John Cowan & Co. contributed a large 
and varied group of Orchids ; Messrs. Thos. Davies 
& Co., Acers, hardy forced plants and well-grown 
Mignonette ; Messrs. Dickson’s, Chester, cut Daffo¬ 
dils and other spring flowering bulbs. 
The arrangements were carried out by Mr. T. 
Foster (chairman), Mr. H. Sadler (secretary), and a 
sub-committee. Mr. Guttridge, Liverpool Botanic 
Gardens, and Mr. W. Tunnington efficiently fulfilled 
the positions of judges. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL .—April 10th. 
The Drill Hall was better filled last Tuesday than 
it has been on any previous occasion this year. 
Orchids were present in considerable quantity and 
variety. 1'here were also large groups and collec¬ 
tions of Daffodils, Roses, Azalea mollis, Ghent 
Azaleas, cut trusses of Rhododendrons, grand 
trusses of zonal Pelargoniums, groups of 
Ferns, Camellias, stove and greenhouse plants, 
forced stuff, hardy alpines, &c. 
De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gardener, Mr. S. Cooke), 
Rosefield, Sevenoaks, exhibited a group of select 
and special varieties of Odontoglossums. Very 
choice were O. luteo-purpureum Mossii, O. 
triumphans Raymond Crawshay, O. t. rex, O. Rossii 
rosefieldense, O. R. rubescens rosefieldense, O. 
andersonianum Mrs. De B. Crawshay, O. a. Venus, 
and various other distinct and beautiful varieties. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Thurgood), Rosslyn, 
Stamford Hill, set up a varied and beautiful group of 
Orchids, including Miltonia vexillaria gigantea, 
Dendrobium aggregatum, Cattleya Schroderae, C. 
Schroderae Pitt’s var. (which is powerfully scented 
and turned up in an importation made by Mr. 
H. A. Tracey, Twickenham) ; also Odontoglossum 
crispum, O. andersonianum, O. triumphans, Thrix- 
spermum Berkley), Cattleya citrina, and various 
other useful things. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
J. S. Moss, Esq. (gardener, Mr. C. Kench), 
Wintershill, Bishops Waltham, staged a fine variety 
of Odontoglossum crispum. 
Sir F. Wigan, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. Young) 
Clare Lawn, East Sheen, exhibited a large and 
interesting group of Orchids. Very well grown and 
flowered were such as Eulophiella Elizabethiae, 
Epidendrum stamfordianum, E. aurantiacum, Den¬ 
drobium kingianum roseum, D. albo-sanguineum, 
Trichopilea suavis, Cattleya Schroderae, Phalae- 
nopsis sanderiana, and various other better known 
and useful subjects. A large number of them were 
grown in baskets. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, staged a 
group of Orchids, amongst which we noted Cattleya 
calummata Sander’s var., Dendrobium Phalaenopsis 
schroderianum, in light aud dark varieties, D. litui- 
florum, Odontoglossum Adrianae, &c. 
A Cultural Commendation was awarded to J. T. 
Bennett Poe, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Downes), Holme- 
wood, Chislehurst, for a basket of well grown and 
flowered Laelio harpophylla Mr. H. A. Tracy, Orchid 
Nurseries, Twickenham, exhibited Dendrobium atro- 
violaceum splendens and Miltonia Roezlii splendens- 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, Mid¬ 
dlesex, exhibited the new hybrid Phalaenopsis Lady 
Rothschild. J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
Davis), Glebelands, South Woodford, Essex, showed 
Cattleya intermedia Fowler's var. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. 
White), Burford Lodge, Dorking, exhibited Laelia 
flava, L. f. Cowani, Dendrobium superbum, D. 
superbum Huttoni, D. aureo-wardianum, D. Rolfae, 
D. nobile murrhinianum, and Polystachya laxi- 
flora. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, exhibited 
a group of hybrid Orchids, including the showy and 
handsome Dendrobium Sosius, D. wardiano-japoni- 
cum, D. Cordelia album, and Cypripedium J. Gurney 
Fowler. The tube formed by the lip of Laelia 
digbyano-purpurata is magnificent; and Cattleya 
Eros and C. Rosalind superba are also particularly 
handsome and attractive. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, 
London, N., showed a pretty lot of spring forced 
flowering shrubs. Pyramidal Crataegus, bush 
double-flowered Lilacs, Kerria japonica fl. pi., Ghent 
and mollis Azaleas, &c. Of the Lilacs Mdme. 
Casimir-Perrier, a pure white double; Michael 
Bucher, lavender coloured; and the Persian 
Lilacs were very fine. (Silver Flora Medal) 
Messrs. Barr & Sons, Kiug Street, Covent Garden, 
London, arranged a long table of Narcissi and other 
hardy flowering plants, which included some very 
sweet and interesting plants. Among the Daffodils 
particular note was made by visitors of P. R. Barr, 
a deep yellow variety with a bright and slightly 
deeper coloured trumpet; C. J. Backhouse is still 
among the choicest; Princess Ida is pale and beauti¬ 
fully fimbriated; Ellen Barr is one of the finer of 
the Burbidgei type ; Barrii conspicuus still holds 
good as a foremost favourite, Glory of Leiden will 
certainly not be surpassed as it has not been, in its 
section, for a long time; Gloria Mundi was also 
seen in perfection; a new seedling Minx with 
micro-corona of a canary-yellow and beautiful large 
pale primrose petals was yet another of the good 
varieties shown in this stand. Anemones, Iris 
unguicularis, Erythroniums, Lachenalias, &c., in 
pots added still further to the worth of the stand. 
(Silver Flora Medal.) 
Purnell Purnell, Esq., Woodlands, Streatham 
Hill, S.E., set up a group of alpines in pots. Plants 
of Primula floribunda were used for heightening 
effect and to give additional colouring. A number 
of Sempervivums such as S. spinosum, S. valdensis, 
and others were shown. Gentianas, Primulas, par¬ 
ticularly P. apennira and P. denticulata, with a 
number of Scillas were included in the exhibit. 
(Silver Banksian Medal) 
Mr. John Russell, Richmond Nurseries, Richmond, 
Surrey, arranged a select group of spring-flowering 
shrubs. The group included Andromeda speciosa, 
Laburnums, Viburnum plicatum, V. Opulus, Cerasus 
Watereri fl. pi., hardy Rhododendrons. Ghent, mollis, 
and hybrid Azaleas, Spiraeas, and Crimson Haw¬ 
thorn in varieties, and all of the best. (Silver 
Banksian Medal ) 
Messrs. John Peed & Sons, Roupell Park Nurseries 
West Norwood, SE, shoved how effective and 
pretty our forced spring-flowering shrubs can be 
when arranged with good taste. Among the Guelder 
Roses, Rhododendrons, and Acacias, some very fine 
Clivias were interspersed. These were extremely 
strong, well flowered, and possessed the qualities of 
depth of substance, size of truss and individual dis¬ 
tinctiveness of bloom. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
D. Henry Shilson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. R. Gill), 
Tremougb, Penryn, Cornwall made a very interest¬ 
ing show of hardy Rhododendron trusses. Coming 
as they do at so early a period, and from the open 
air, too, a fuller valuation of their worth can be 
formed. Mr. Gill seems to have busied himself in 
crossing a number of varieties. He had a fine lot of 
seedlings to show, notably fine being a pink or rose- 
pink variety with large trusses and flowers of an 
open bell-shaped form. The best of the older and 
and known favourites were likewise shown. Some 
very good samples cf the seedling were put up for 
certificate, and one named R. Shilsonii resulting 
from R. Thomsoni and R. arboreum, received an 
Award of Merit. Mr. Gill was a very successful 
exhibitor at Truro show early in the month. The 
Shilson collection of Rhododendrons is one of the 
most complete in the country. (Silver Gilt Flora 
Medal.) 
Mr. John Russell also had a fine collection of 
Ghent and mollis Azaleas, and Sinensis x mollis 
hybrids. Some of the best varieties of these latter 
sre : Sebastapol, Anthony Koster, Queen Victoria, 
and others. 
Mr. Geo. Mount, of Canterbury, was again strong 
in cut Roses, having splendidly strong blooms of 
Mrs, J. Laing, Capt. Hayward, Catherine Mermet, 
Gloire de Dijon, General Jacqueminot, and others. 
The fragrance and depth of colour is becoming 
more apparent in Mr. Mount’s forced Roses as 
the season advances. (Silver Gilt Flora Medal.) 
Messrs Frank Cant & Co., Braiswick Nursery, 
Colchester, arranged some dozens of fine blooms 
of Roses. Souv. de Catherine Guillot, Duke of 
Edinburgh, and Rainbow were varieties very fully 
appreciated. The first of the three is a very dis¬ 
tinctive thing of an orange coppery colour. Rain¬ 
bow is a garden Rose, of variable properties, rosy- 
cream in hue, and very fine. To produce such 
fine blooms as those of the Duke of Edinburgh 
variety requires seme skill. It makes good wood 
and plenty of it, but pegging down greatly aids 
in a throw of good blooms. There was a wide 
selection of Teas and H. T.’s on Messrs. Cant’s 
table. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Mr. G. W. Piper, The Nurseries, Uckfield, Sussex, 
exhibited a duplicate arrangement of his beautiful 
Tea Rose, Sunrise. Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son, 
Highgate, London, N., set up a selection of Epacris, 
Ericas, and other flowering hardwoods. E. delicata, 
E. diadem, and Erica candidissima, Erica coccinea 
minor, Erica Cavendishii, Erica persoluta alba are 
varieties which anyone may secure and be confident 
of having something very showy. Acacias, Mag¬ 
nolias, and Adiantums were likewise arranged on the 
stage. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swan ley, Kent, took 
some of the visitors to the Hall by surprise by their 
very brilliant stage of Zonal Pelargonium trusses. 
The best varieties of these were Gen. Welseley, 
Andrew Lang, Ian McLaren, W. E. Corden, Crabbe, 
Chaucer, Niagara, Mrs. Ewing, Lord Kitchener, 
Soldier's Tunic, a very brilliant scarlet, &c. (Silver 
Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. J. Hill & Son, Barrowfield Nurseries, 
Lower Edmonton, showed thirty-five species and 
varieties of tinted and variegated Ferns. A list of 
the most highly coloured Fern shown includes 
Adiautum scutum roseum, A. cyclosorum, A. far- 
leyense, A. Legrandii, A. tinctum, A. macrophyllum, 
and Doodia aspsra multifida, Lastrea erythrosora, 
Athyrium goringianum pictum, Pteris argyrea 
Osmunda palustris, and others. (Silver Banksian 
Medal). 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Exotic Nurseries, 
Chelsea, showed some large flowered Hippeastrums 
in new named varieties. 
