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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 25, 1901. 
varied colours of the flowers, well supported by large 
and vigorous leaves, the plants being grown in 48 
and 32-sized pots. Amongst named varieties we noted 
Princess May, white; Mrs. Laing, maroon-purple, 
with a white edge; Lady Edridge, widely bell¬ 
shaped, and maroon-purple, and Gresiledis, a 
curious name but a beautiful variety, marbled with 
dark blue on a white ground. Others were unnamed 
seedlings in many colours. A variety, spotted with 
pihk on a white ground, was notable for its size. 
Edged sorts included a maruon-crimson with white 
edge; crimson with a rose edge; and maroon with 
a blue edge. Spotted varieties were also 
numerous, including those with rose, purple and 
crimson spots almost covering the white ground. 
.The Forest Hill firm also staged a group of 
Streptocarpus, notable for the size of their flowers. 
The gloxinioides strain was characterised by being 
netted and lined with blue or other shades on a white 
ground. As Streptocarpi are so easily raised from 
seeds no attempt is made at naming individuals. 
Some were dark purple-violet, soft lilac, maroon- 
purple, pure white, dark lilac-purple and blue. In 
Other cases the flowers were white with three violet 
blotches, bands or lines in the throat. These bands 
were very often dark violet, occasionally almost 
black or again forming violet, purple, rose or piok 
lines on the lower lip, the rest of the flower being 
white. A very handsome one was dark blue, with 
three violet bands. A nearly regular flower, at least 
in the case of the crown bud, was notable for its 
maroon centre, alike on all sides of the flower, the 
rest being white and the bloom erect. The reverse 
of this was a violet flower with a white throat. Very 
handsome also was a red purple sort, with crimson 
bars on the lower lip. Seeing how easily these 
flowers are raised from seeds and the length of time 
they remain- in bloom one would expect them to be 
more largely grown for conservatory decoration. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, occupied the 
centre of No. 3 tent with a very extensive exhibit of 
Gloxinias, Calceolarias, Vegetables. &c., which will 
be found under their respective headings. The 
Gloxinias formed a striking feature of this exhibit. 
These flowers are certainly larger and of more per¬ 
fect form than ever. The Matchless White Gloxinia, 
Her Majesty, is purity itself, and the specimens of 
this variety are indeed wonderful. The Giant 
Gloxinias are well named, and the marvellously 
spotted varieties are charming beyond description. 
An illustration of a small section ot this exhibit will 
be found on p. 623. Notwithstanding the trying and 
backward season, the various subjects shown were 
of the highest perfection. 
Messrs. Webb & Sons, Wordsley, Stourbridge, ex¬ 
hibited Gloxinias in good form. They were very 
sturdy plants, characterised by their rich colouring 
and freeness of blooming. The group contained 
several of a new variety raised by Messrs. Webb ; 
they were very fine plants having wonderfully robust 
foliage and dark crimson flowers. It has been named 
Stanley. It says much for the facilities of modern 
transit that such fragile flowers can be brought from 
such a distance and in fine form. They, as well as 
the Calceolarias, mentioned under that heading, 
were grown in Messrs. Webbs’ own houses at 
Wordsley, and were taken from the collections being 
grown for seed. 
Mr. J. J. Upton, Irlam Nurseries, tear Manches¬ 
ter, had a few large pots of Gloxinias staged with 
Coleus and other decorative stuff. KiDg Edward is 
a beautiful variety, being pure white with cream 
throat and a band of rich crimson round the top. 
Another noticeable plant was Queen Alexandra, a 
pure white, densely spotted with bright rose. There 
were many unnamed varieties, showing a beautiful 
diversity of colour and delicate markings. 
BEGONIAS. 
Messrs. John Laing & Sons set up a fine bank of 
tuberous Begonias in No. 4 tent, the plants being 
dwarf, bushy, healthy and in their first flush of 
vigour. They were grown in 48, 32 and 24-size pots 
according to their size. The single varieties were 
represented by shapely, circular flowers in all the 
leadijijpjhades of colour such as white, pink, rose, 
scarlet, oraDge, yellow and crimson. The single 
fringed varieties first made their appearance in 
Laing’s fringed white, but they now range through 
pink, rose, crimson and other shades, some being 
gophered as well as fringed. The fringed pink 
variety is a lovely shade of colour. The new 
Duchess of Westminster represented a type we have 
not hitherto seen. Though allied to the crested race 
it differed in having round flowers with more 
numerous petals, on the centre of each of which was 
a cushion of nearly upright frills, plaits and pointed 
processes, the whole giving one the impression of a 
semi-double flower, though quite single. More of 
the double varieties had received special names 
though we need only mention some of the new 
varieties. Duchess of York was salmon-pink and 
beautifully gophered ; Camellia, double white ; Duke 
of Fife, salmon; and Duchess of Marlborough, 
salmon-pink. Countess Roberts was a large and 
shapely flower, notable for its pure white colour, and 
different form from that of Camellia. Laing s 
Picotee was another grand flower, being large, very 
full and white with a carmine edge. The orange- 
salmon and pink-centred flowers of Duke of Grafton 
were also handsome. The orange-scarlet of Earl 
Roberts gave quite another shade of colour, but was 
excelled in intensity by the crimson J. T. Bennett- 
Poe. Fringed flowers were not confined to the 
singles, for Lady Audrey Buffer was deep salmon, 
fringed and double. The same character was ex¬ 
hibited by the Queen of Sweden, having carmine 
flowers, with a white centre. All of the above 
doubles were of good habit, and if they had had 
another week of sunshine they would have been in 
perfection. The dark green foliage and dwarf sturdy 
habit bespoke of good cultural treatment. 
Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, 
Lewisham, made a large exhibition with his famous 
tuberous Begonias, but visitors looked in vain for the 
magnificent collection of doubles which is generally 
to be seen in this exhibit. The season has been so 
backward that it has been impossible to get but few 
open in time for the show. The colours of the 
singles were magnificent, and exhibited a remark¬ 
ably wide range of colour. The foliage was of a 
nottceably lustrous green and showed off the flowers 
to the best possible advantage The following are a 
few of the best varietiesMay Manser, a very 
pretty rose and white fancy ; Omega, light orange, 
double; Miss Budge, bright vermilion, with prettily 
serrated margins ; Sylvia, an excellent white flower 
and neat dwarf plant with handsome foliage; Ethel 
Reynolds, a very fine form, deep rose; Mrs. T. 
Lunt, deep salmon; H. J. Jones, one of the finest 
doubles we have been, is a beautiful colour, being 
orange-scarlet; W. Smith, light vermilion; May 
Clarke, a very fine double, salmon ; Dr. Shore is a 
magnificent double yellow ; Ryecroft Gem is another 
very handsome double—it is a bright rosy-red ; Mr. 
W. Logan is a single yellow, which would be difficult 
to beat, either in form or colour ; Madeline, white 
suffused with rose, beautifully serrated on the two 
side petals ; Diamond is one of the darkest of crim¬ 
sons; Hero of Omdurman, a beautiful flower, after 
the style of W. Smith, on which it is a great im¬ 
provement ; Jealousy, a handsome yellow, but rather 
small—it makes itself conspicuous by its habit of 
producing its flowers well above the foliage on a 
perfectly erect stalk. 
Messrs. T. S. Ware, Ltd., Hale Farm Nurseries, 
Feltham, had a large and showy exhibit of tuberous 
Begonias. The double type predominated, and includ¬ 
ed some extremely handsome varieties,amongst which 
we noted Sir William Walrond, a beautifully crimped 
light red; Queen Alexandra, pink with deep rose 
edges, an extra fine variety ; Jubilee Beauty, outer 
petals light red, giving place to pure white towards 
the centre of the flower; Lord Kitchener, a very 
rich crimson ; Mrs. James Portbury, creamy white 
with rose-pink edges; Mr. Robert Lawford, a bright 
glowing red ; Lady White, blush pink suffused with 
cream; Miss Jennie Cooper, cream shaded with 
pink, centre suffused with very pale green ; Mrs. 
Robert Sadler, pink with deep rose-pink margins; 
Imbricata, deep blush with white margins, quite a 
unique form, very much resembling a Camellia; 
Prince of Wales, a light salmon, a loose, graceful 
flower; Duchess of Devonshire, blush with cream 
centre ; Miss Elsie Lewer, a magnificent rose-pink; 
Sir Redvers Buffer, a glowiog red. There were very 
few singles in the collection; a noticeable one was 
Theseus, a rick dark crimson, a very velvety flower. 
Mr. John Forbes, Hawick, Scotland, had a small 
group of a pure ivory-white variety of Gloire de 
Lorraine, named Caledonia. They were only in 
60-size pots, but it was easy to see by the abundance 
of flowers that they have this habit in common with 
their pink sister. 
CALCEOLARIAS. 
Messrs. J. Carter Sc Co. made a bold display with 
Calceolarias in three distinct strains. In the way 
of specialities we may say the Calceolarias were the 
feature of their extensive table of plants. The 
ordinary large-flowered strain was grown in 24-size 
pots, and made bushy, dwarf, plants with enormous 
flowers. In the way of self-coloured flowers we 
remarked a white variety, a very uncommon 
occurrence amongst greenhouse Calceolarias. 
Others were Golden Princess, a bright yellow ; also 
copper, crimson, and other hues. Amongst spotted 
varieties very handsome were those flowers densely 
spotted with crimson, and having a yellow edge. 
The opposite of this were the sparkling crimson 
flowers netted with yellow. Showy flowers also 
were those spotted with crimson on sulphur, yellow 
and golden grounds. The foliage was healthy and 
good. Carter’s Tom Thumb was a dwarf strain with 
moderately large flowers. Striking were the large 
crimson or red flowers with a broad yellow edge. 
In other cases the large blotch on the upper side of 
the pouch was copper, red, carmine, orange-red, 
pink, buff, or scarlet. There were also a few lemon 
or sulphur seifs. The spotted varieties of this 
strain ran through all the range of colours. A 
pigmy strain was notable for the dwarf, compact 
habit of the plants and the miniature size of the 
flowers. This was designated ‘by the title of 
Carter’s Little Gem. Amongst them were self 
yellow, crimson, carmine, scarlet, copper, rose, rose- 
pink, and orange-red flowers. The strain is very 
floriferous, often forming broad, compact tufts. 
Spotted varieties were also numerous. Their 
diminutive and very pretty strain of Calceolarias has 
been developed within the past few years. 
In the b'aze of floral beauty there was hardly any¬ 
thing to compare with the gorgeous bank of Calceo¬ 
larias forming one end of Messrs. Sutton’s great 
exhibit. Sutton's Calceolarias are always grand, 
this year they were perhaps finer and more varied 
than ever. The range of colour was unrestricted, 
and the plants could not have been more floriferous. 
The plants were very dwarf, knd the healthy foliage 
completely hid the pots. A great amount of care 
must have been expended on tbeir cultivation, and 
the exhibit was an object lesson of wbat can be done 
with Calceolarias for greenhouse and conservatory 
decoration. 
Messrs. Webb & Sons, Stourbridge, exhibited a 
well grown collection of Calceolarias. The flowers 
were large, and produced in profusion, showing a 
great diversity of colours. The strain seems one of 
the best, both for sturdiness and profuse flowering. 
The illustration of one plant (p. 624) reproduced 
from a photograph shows the character of the fine 
group of them set up by tte Messrs. Webb on this 
occasion. The huge flowers are, of course, shown 
on a very much reduced scale. 
S. H. Lane, Esq., Worton Manor, Isleworth, ex¬ 
hibited a large specimen plant of Calceolaria 
measuring many feet round, it had a yellow ground 
beautifully marked with red-brown. 
Mr. J. R. Box, Croydon, exhibited a group of well 
grown Calceolarias. It was a very fine strain, having 
a more graceful habit than what is generally seen in 
this class of plant. 
A. Meyers, Esq., West Hill Lodge, Epsom (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. J. Buss), had an exhibit of Calceolarias 
in small pots. 
CARNATIONS. 
Messrs. Wm, Cutbush & Son, Highgate, London, 
N., made an effective display-wiih Carnations, which, 
with the addition of other things exhibited by the 
same firm, filled a large corner in the big tent. 
Malmaison Carnations were a striking feature in the 
group. In the other type the blooms were also ex¬ 
ceptionally fine. One of the new ones, Cecilia, is 
surely one of the best yellows yet introduced. It is 
a flower of fine form, possessing among many other 
good qualities a firm calyx. Other notable blooms 
were : Sir Hector MacDonald, a white ground beau¬ 
tifully striped with red and possessing a strong 
Clove scent; Henry James, a flower of very good 
form and substance, a very deep rose ; Lady Mimi, 
a large deep blush-coloured flower; and Fanny 
Wilcox, a beautiful soft pink; Herbert J. Cutbush, 
a bright scarlet of very striking form, was one of the 
best varieties in the group both for symmetry and 
tone of colour. 
Mr. Henry T. Dixon, Woodside Gardens, Hail- 
sham, Sussex, had a small group of Carnations in 
