June 30. 1900. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
701 
Paeonies, &c„ which we have seen from this high- 
standing old firm. Everything seemed to wear a 
newer and greater brilliance than ever before. 
There was that glorious subject Heuchera sanguinea, 
a perfect glow of crimson-scarlet, and among other 
species of this genus were H. brizoides and H. 
micrantha. Ixias, which do well on sunny south 
borders, were shown in a dozen varieties, while the 
Iris orientalis, I. monspur, I. m. Dorothy Foster, 
and others, were as choice and effective as the finest 
of Orchids. The Paeonies were fresh and strong, 
but these we have previously spoken of. Very fine, 
also, were the Gaillardias, Lychnis, and Campanulas, 
and the Lady's Slipper Cypripedium also attracted 
much notice. They had a number of new plants for 
certificate, and these we must treat of next week. 
(Silver Gilt Banksian Medal) 
Messrs. John Peed & Son, besides their group of 
Caladiums. also staged a very pretty exhibit of 
Malmaison Carnations in the following choice 
varieties:—Blush, Lady Grimstone, Mephisto, 
Calypso, and Trumpeter, the minor mounds being 
headed and relieved with foliage plants. They also 
showed a handsome batch of Gloxinias, among which 
were some striking new shades of colour. 
Messrs. Geo. Jackman & Son, Woking Nursery, 
Surrey, put together in very effective array a 
collection of cut herbaceous flowers and Roses. 
Vases of Clematis were also shown. The much¬ 
loved C. coccinea of which so much was made at the 
Temple Show was also here in good style. Pyre- 
thrums, Campanulas, Veronicas, Sweet Peas, Lu- 
pinus arboreus Snow Queen, Delphiniums, Liliums 
and Aquilegias. Irises and Roses, the latter espec¬ 
ially formed a very large portion of the exhibit. 
Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset, the 
great specialists of Delphiniums, Paeonies, Pyre- 
thrums, Gaillardias, had a wonderfully full and fine 
exhibit of these flowers and other handsome hardy 
flowers. Their Pentstemon Cobaea was very much 
admired ; it is quite like Maurandya spectabilis, a 
large fine flowered greenhouse climbing plant. The 
finer of the Delphiniums were Aramis, blue with a 
flush of tender lilac, Moghul, deep violet blue, 
Beauty of Langport, creamy yellow, quite distinct, 
Eugene Sandow, purple and blue and others. Their 
Gaillardias included Columbus, Ormonde, a large 
and fine variety, Vesuvius, Rose of Torridge, yellow, 
and Lorenzo, one of the handsomest of them all. 
Their Campanula persicaefolia, and Tropaeulum 
polyphyllum were splendid. They also showed two 
stands of hybrid Hippeastrums 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, The Royal Seedsmen, 
Reading, set up what was an exceedingly interesting 
exhibit of Tomatos and Gloxinias, the Tomatos 
being arranged along the centre, the Gloxinas on 
either side and relieved with Ferns, &c. The Toma¬ 
tos were grown ia different forms, some on arching 
frames, others on square trellises, oval forms and 
such-like. The varieties as named below provide a 
number of variations in type, but all are of fine 
usable size and good appearance. They were fruit¬ 
ed at every joint and bore heavy bunches. 
The varieties of Tomatos were Sutton's Winter 
Beauty, Peerless, Earliest of All, Best of All, Dessert, 
Eclipse, Maincrop, A. i., Cluster, Sunbeam, Golden 
Nugget, and a new distinct race in the varieties 
Peachblow, Pomegranate, Tender and True. 
Sutton's Climbing French Bean Excelsior was also 
on view. The Gloxinias were capital plants, espec¬ 
ially good ones being seen in Her Majesty, white, 
Reading Scarlet, Empress, Duchess of York, and 
others. (Silver Knightian Medal). 
Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham, 
S.E., staged Sweet Peas in vases, Zonal Pelargon¬ 
iums, Astilbes, and small Palms. The Sweet Peas 
with their foliage in a varied array of colours fur¬ 
nished a showy group, though had they been on the 
table with greater lightness about them, their beauty 
might have been enhanced. As it was they were 
exceedingly fine and staged well and effectively. 
Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, London, 
N., had put themselves to enormous trouble to 
arrange the best group possible and their efforts 
were crowned with full success. They had an 
effective group of fine clean Malmaisons, including 
Baldwin, deep rose, Nell Gwynne white, Mrs. Tre- 
lawny, crimson-salmon, Nautilus, blush, and Mrs. 
Martin R. Smith with large deep pink blooms, King 
Oscar, a new variety which everyone should grow, 
being clean in habit, strong and vigorous, with large 
blooms of a rich rosy-crimson colour. Liliums, 
Ericas, Roses, and foliage plants were disposed 
throughout. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Ltd., The Royal 
Nurseries, Chelsea, set up a magnificent collection of 
Roses, H.P.'s, of robust growth, fine dark healthy 
foliage, and a large amount of good sized blooms. 
They exhibited a selected number of their seedling 
Rose Electra, a climbing variety with very showy, 
pale yellow flowers, fading off to pure white, and 
borne in profuse clusters. The H P. varieties were 
choicest as represented by Gen. Jacqueminot, Mrs. 
R. G. Sharman Crawford, Prince Camille de Rohan, 
La France, Victor Hugo, and others. At the side of 
the Roses they also set up one of the loveliest groups 
of flowering and foliage plants to be seen 
in the show. Malmaison Carnations, Crotons, 
Caladiums, Ericas, Crassulas, Statice profusa Saxi- 
fragas, Hydrangeas, Clerodendron fallax, and other 
things, all set up above a group of bright green 
Maidenhair Fern. Their collection of cut herba¬ 
ceous flowers includedjthe handsomest and finest of 
the subjects now in flower, as Delphiniums, Eryn- 
giums, Linarias, Chrysanthemums, Lychnis, Ver- 
bascums, and Paeonies. The English Irises were 
represented by better blooms and finer varieties than 
ever we have seen, and this is our conscientious 
opinion. Space does not allow of our giving a list of 
varieties, and, indeed, mixed collections are usually 
bought. The smaller flowered Spanish Irises were 
also liberally staged. The pretty Kalanchoe flam- 
mea, in small pots, formed another brilliant feature, 
and so with their Javanicojasminiflorum hybrid 
Rhododendrons. 
Messrs. Phillip & Taylor, Bracknell, Berks., set 
up a small yet highly creditable group of Malmaison 
Carnations. The plants were strong, clean, well 
grown, and bore numerous fine formed flowers. 
Mr. James Williams, 4a, Oxford Road, Ealing, to 
show his useful table decorations made a beautiful 
exhibit with graceful cut flowers. 
Mr. Wm. Spooner, Arthur’s Bridge Nursery, 
Woking, had a tasty array of garden and Tea Roses, 
including Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Mdme. Eugene 
Resal, Ma Capucine, Souvenir de Catherine Guillot, 
Perle d’Or, Cecile Brunner, &c. They were in the 
pink of perfection. 
Messrs. Dobbie & Co , Florists to the Queen, 
Rothesay, Kent, were strong in Violas and Sweet 
Peas. These were arranged with infinite care and 
taste in glass vases, on a dark green ground of blue 
cloth. Beautifully grown bright green plants of 
Parsley (rather a strange plant to use as an edging, 
as it might seem, but highly effective all the same). 
The varieties of Sweet Peas which we have pre¬ 
viously referred to were again exhibited. The Violas 
included Countess of Kintore, Hamlet, Ada Fuller, 
Edina, Jessie Prestwell, Garnkirk (a very distinct 
brown Viola), Butterfly, Iona, Saturn, Ophelia, 
Bronze Kintore, Princess Beatrice and Dobbie's Blue 
Bedder. 
Mr. John Russell, Richmond, made a bright, a 
really bright, and pleasant exhibit of hardy herba¬ 
ceous cut flowers. Gaillardias, Inula glandulosa, 
Irises, Doronicum Harper Crewe, Spiraea aruncus, 
Delphinium Geums, Oenothera Youngii, Irises, 
Cornflowers, Pinks, Heuchera sanguinea and other 
fine things. 
Messrs. A. W. Young & Co, The Nurseries, 
Stevenage, Herts., also staged herbaceous cut flowers. 
The group included Linarias, Polemonium caeru- 
leum, Linums, Campanulas, Pyrethrums, Ixias, 
Liliums, Irises squalens, I. variegata, Cornflowers 
and Sweet Peas. This firm also showed an interest¬ 
ing exhibit of Cacti, the only such exhibit in the 
show. 
Messrs. Robt. Green, Ltd., 28 and 29, Crawford 
Street, W., set up a group of very brilliantly 
coloured Crotons in all the well known market and 
decorative varieties. The group could certainly 
have been more tastefully arranged, though the 
grace and brightness of the plants even as it was 
furnished a pleasing feature. 
Messrs. Carter & Co., High Holborn, London, 
W.C., set up a varied arrangement of alpine plants 
in which stones and rocks were used in natural form, 
the whole being backed up by Delphiniums. They 
also made an exhibit of Ferns on Fern baskets in all 
the various forms which Japanese inventive power 
has previously thought of. On ihe>r improvised 
rockery we noted the Edelweiss,Linaria Cymbalaria, 
Sedum acre, Achillea tomentosa, Lychnis Viscaria 
splendens fl. pi., Sedum japonicum fol. var., Cam¬ 
panula G. F. Wilson, Dianthus deltoides, and other 
little subjects. 
Besides their very large Fern group Messrs. J. 
Hill & Son, of Lower Edmonton, had also a minor 
group of equally choice Ferns, with the Lygodium 
japonicum in long feitoons, and many " tinted ” 
species on the stages. 
Messrs. Thos. S. Ware, Ltd., Hale Farm Nur¬ 
series, Feltham, London, came out with one of the 
finest groups of double Begonias they have ever set 
up, and this is saying something. But the plants 
speak for themselves to those who had the privilege 
of seeing them ; to those who had not—well, imagin¬ 
ation can hardly conceive their great worth and 
beauty. A beautiful Picotee edged variety was set 
up for certificate named Mrs. James Portbury, 
creamy ground and pink or red edge ; Mrs. Andrew 
Tweedie is a handsome pure white new variety with 
strong, reflexed, smooth petals ; L. Waller, glowing 
salmon-scarlet ; Miss Elsie EDgel, and others were 
among the choicest. 
A small group of foliage and flowering plants from 
Messrs. W. Fromow & Sons, Chiswick, filled up a 
corner neatly. 
Messrs. Amos Perry, Winchmore Hill, London, 
N., had one of the finest of the hardy plant groups. 
Freedom was allowed to each of the subjects staged, 
and these included only the finest of the flowers at 
present to be found in borders. 
There was Phlomis russelliana.Alstroemeria auran- 
tiaca, Heuchera sanguinea, Geum Heldreichi, 
Scabiosa caucasica, Gillenia trifoliate, Gaillardia 
Comet, Delphinium formosum, Geum coccineum 
plenum, Irises, &c. 
Messrs. John Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, S.E., 
arranged a group of splendid large-flowered double 
and single Begonias, most of which were of very high 
quality. The new double orange-scarlet named 
Lord Roberts is certainly one of the best of new 
Begonias. It has every merit that a first-rate 
Begonia ought to possess. Lady Pearson, salmon or 
orange-salmon ; Lady Audrey Buller, Mrs. Laing, 
bright clear yellow and smooth petalled; Mrs. 
Harold Hartley, pink; and Princess of Wales, 
blush pink and cream ; are among the best of the 
Messrs. Laing's fine strain. Their new Polyanthus 
type of Streptocarpus are also worthy of every 
flower lover's notice. 
Mr. John Russell, Richmond, set up a group of 
stove flowering and foliage plants which everybody 
admired, but which we have not space to fully 
describe here. It was superb, and that sums it up. 
Mr. W. Iceton, Roehampton, set up a group of 
very tall Palms, Bamboos, Euryas, Dracaena 
Lindeni, Lilium longiflorum Harrisii, Hydrangeas 
and Caladiums, Ferns and retarded Lily of the 
Valley. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 
Enfield, had a tasty group of Malmaison Carnations. 
Duchess of York, Churchwarden, Jane Seymour, and 
others were shown. 
Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft, Lewisham, S.E., set 
up a very finely arranged exhibit of greenhouse 
flowering and stove foliage plants. The groups of 
single Begonias were exceedingly handsome, while 
the great and finely flowered specimens of Verbena 
Miss Willmott, Celosias, Cannas, Sweet Peas in pots, 
and fancy Pelargoniums with a lovely assortment of 
Ferns, including about twenty kinds of Adiantums, 
Gymnogrammes, Caladiums, Vitis reticulata, &c., 
interspersed, combined to form an exceedingly hand¬ 
some display. 
Messrs. T. Rivers & Son, Sawbridgeworth, had 
the only exhibit of fruit trees in the shew. The 
splendid training, the healthy appearance, the sturdi¬ 
ness, cleanliness, and profusion of large fruits on the 
young trees exhibited by the Messrs. Rivers have 
formed the subject of comment on many previous 
occasions. The fruits on the splendid Peach trees, 
Nectarines, Cherries, and Figs, were of very large 
size, good colour, and handsome appearance. The 
varieties shown were Sea Eagle, and Princess of 
Wales Peaches, Early Rivers’, Frogmore, Bigarreau, 
and other fine varieties suitable for forcing or other¬ 
wise. 
Mr. Wm. Thompson, Sheen Nurseries, Richmond, 
made a very pleasing group of Spiraeas, in varieties, 
Kentias, Eulalias, and Hydrangeas. 
W. Cunard, Esq. (gardener, J. Allsop), Orleans 
House, Twickenham, sent six boxes of very fine 
Strawberries and Nectarines. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, 
