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THE GARDENING WORLD. February -28, 1903. 
SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural. 
February 24th. 
The meeting at the Drill Hall on Tuesday last was a very 
large and crowded one. The exhibits were even more numerous 
than on the previous occasion, and the enormous crowd of people 
after 3 o’clock made it almost impossible to inspect the exhibits. 
Orchids were very strongly represented. Other tine features 
were forced trees and shrubs, Azaleas, Chinese Primulas, 
Cyclamen, stove and greenhouse plants, and hardy herbaceous 
plants. Fruit was 1 only poorly represented. 
ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
Messrs. J. Yeitch and Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea, exhibited 
a group of Orchids, including the pretty scarlet Epidendrum 
Delphi ; also strong and well-flowered plants of Dendrobium 
crassinode, D. Boxalli, D. wardianum, D. primulinum, and 
others. They also had several Laeliocattleyas and Cym'bidiums, 
the group being set up with Palms and Ferns. (Silver Bank- 
sian Medal). 
Messrs. J. Cypher and Son, Cheltenham, were awarded a 
Silver Gilt Flora Medal for a splendid group of Orchids, con¬ 
sisting chiefly of species, varieties, and hybrids of Dendrobiums. 
For instance, we noted tine plants of D. nobile Cooksoni, D. 
n. no'bilius, D. n. rotundiflorum, D. Ainswortliii Cypher’s var. 
They also had a grand piece of Cypripedium Morganiae, bear¬ 
ing nine flowers, and various other interesting things. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Thurgood), Rosslyn, 
Stamford Hill, was accorded a Silver Gilt Flora Medal for a 
large and valuable group of Orchids. A fine piece of Cattleya 
Trianaei Our King was notable for the rich purple stripe on 
the middle of the petals. He also had a magnificent specimen 
of Dendrobium nobile Cooksoni, in fine form and well flowered. 
Aerides vandarum was also notable for size, and as well flowered 
as ever we have seen it. Dendrobium nobile Pitt’s var. is also 
a very good thing. Many more might be mentioned, but space 
does not allow us to particularise. 
31 essrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, staged 
a group of Orchids, including large and well-flowered pieces of 
Cattleya Trianaei, Dendrobium primulinum, D. aggregatum 
majus, and D. Boxalli. D. wardianum Lowii is also a good 
thing. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
R. G. ThwaiLs, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Al, Black), Chessing- 
ton, Christchurch, was awarded a Silver Flora Medal for a well- 
flowered and interesting group of Orchids, consisting chiefly 
of Dendrobiums. We singled out I). Wiganiae and D. wigan- 
ianum album as specially fine. 
Messrs. Jas. and A. A. McBean, Cooksbridge, Sussex, ex¬ 
hibited a showy and interesting lot of Odontogldssums, chiefly 
varieties of O. crispum. A splendid form was that named O. e. 
Grace Ruby. O. ruckerianum was also a fine variety, far and 
away above the average. They also showed well-flowered Epiph 
ronitis Yeitehii. 
Messrs. F. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, received a Silver 
Flora Medal for a group of Orchids, including well-grown 
and C. villosum Golden King. 
de B. Crawshay, Esq. (gardener, Mi - . W. J. Stables), was ac¬ 
corded a Silver Banksian Medal for a small but interesting and 
valuable lot of Orchids, including Odontoglossum Rossii Lionel 
Crawshay, O. crispum aureum rosefieldense, Laelia holidayana 
Theodora and L. h. waddoniensis. 
X. C. Cookson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. J. Chapman), Oak- 
wood, Wylam-on-Tyne, was accorded a Silver Banksian Medal 
for a group of Orchids, including Phaius tuberculosus, generally 
considered difficult to cultivate ; also P. Olive (tuberculosus X. 
Norman) Dendrobium nobile burfordiense Oakwood var., and 
a well-flowered piece of I), ballianum. 
F. Wellesley, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. Gilbert), Westfield 
Common, near Woking, exhibited Laeliocattleya Charlesworthii 
splendens, Lc. gottoiana var., and Cypripedium insigne 
Gilberti. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Air. W. H. White), Bur- 
ford, Dorking, was accorded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 
remarkably well-flowered lot of hybrid Dendrobiums ; D. mela- 
uodiscus and D. Juno being particularly fine. Cattleya Trianaei 
backhousiana was also particularly well grown, and Neottia 
picta .was very striking. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was also accorded to Captain Hol- 
ford, C.I.E., Westonbirt, Tetbury, for a showy and highly in¬ 
teresting lot of Dendrobiums. Particularly fine were D. Ophir 
(signatum X aureum), D. primulinum, with seven flower stems, 
and D. Wiganiae xanthocliilum. 
Messrs. Haywood (gardener, Air. C. J. Salter), Wood Hatch 
Lodge, Reigate, exhibited grand pieces'of Dendrobium Salterii, 
D. Sunray melanodiscus, and D. splendidissimum, for each of 
which he received an Award of Merit. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, N., had a splendid 
array of Crocuses, Chiefly varieties of C. vernus, grown in 
24-size pots. 
Messrs. T. S. Ware, Ltd., Hale Farm Nurseries, Feltham. 
exhibited a group of forced Daffodils, in front of which was a 
rockery filled with hardy herbaceous and alpine plants in 
bloom, including Cyclamen, Primulas, and Narcissi. 
Messrs. R. and G. Cuthbert, Southgate Nurseries, N., wen- 
accorded a Silver Gilt Flora Medal for a splendid group of 
Azaleas, including varieties of A. mollis, mollis x sinensis. 
A. rustica fl. pi., and various others. Most of them were in the 
dwarf form, but there were also standards. 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co. had a group of forced trees and 
shrubs, including Lilacs, Guelder Roses, Laburnums, Azalea 
indica, and A. molis. 
Mr. John, Russell, Richmond Nurseries, Richmond, Surrey, 
was accorded a Silver Flora Medal for a large group of forced 
trees and shrubs. Very noticeable were his specimens of 
Azaleas, Prunus triloba fl. pi., Spiraeas, and various others. 
Air. K. Drost, Kew Nursery, Richmond, Surrey, was 
accorded a. Bronze Flora Medal for an exhibit of forced Lilar. 
Azalea mollis, edged with Funkia undulata picta, 
Alessrs. Barr and Sons, King Street, Covent Garden, were 
accorded a Silver Flora Aiedal for a fine group of hardy her¬ 
baceous and alpine plants. Particularly interesting were Nar¬ 
cissus cyclamineus, Saxifraga burseriana major, S. b. magnifica, 
Chinodoxa sardensis, Lenten Roses, Iris reticulata, etc. 
Air. John Odell, Colham Green, Hillingdon, was accorded 
a Silver Gilt Banksian Aiedal for a fine group of Cyclamen in 
48-size pots. 
Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery exhibited a basket of Heaths, 
Saxifragas, Anemones, etc. 
Alessrs. Wm. Bull and Sons, 536, King’s Road, Chelsea, ex¬ 
hibited a group of fine foliage stove and greenhouse plants, 
amongst which we noted Ceropegia Woodii, Ficus radicans 
variegata, Aralia triloba, Maranta picta, and other useful 
subjects. 
The Fox Hill Hardy Plant Nursery, Keston, Kent (Air. (J. 
Reuthe), was accorded a Silver Banksian Aiedal for a very 
interesting collection of herbaceous and rock garden plants, 
including iris Tauri, I. Heldreibhi, I. histrioides, Saxifraga 
Griesbachii, S. burseriana, Galanthus Ikariae, Shortia galaci- 
folia, etc. 
Messrs. George Jackman and Son, Woking Nursery, Surrey, 
received a Silver Gilt Banksian Aiedal for an interesting lot of 
hardy herbaceous and rock garden plants. Interesting sub¬ 
jects were Polygala Chamiaebuxus, several species of Glory of 
the Snow, Irises, Primulas, etc. 
Messrs. R. Wallace and Co., Kilnfield Gardens, Colchester, 
exhibited a very interesting lot of hardy herbaceous plants, 
including Anemone blanda, A. Hepatica Fritillaria askliaba- 
densis, Iris stylosa speciosia, 1. Tauri, Galanthus Ikariae, and 
many other interesting subjects. (Silver Banksian Aiedal). 
Alessrs. B. S. Williams and Son, Upper Holloway, N.. ex¬ 
hibited a group of various Tulips, Narcissi, Lachenalias, etc. 
W. Al. Cazalet, Esq. (gardener, Air. F. C. Cubberley), Fair 
Lawn, Tonbridge, was accorded a Silver Flora Aiedal for an 
imposing group of about a score of large plants of Begonia 
Gloire de Seaux, each plant being about oft. high. 
Alessrs. J. Yeitch and Sons were accorded a Silver Gilt Bank¬ 
sian Aiedal for a group of Loropetalum cliinense, with graceful 
shoots bearing white flowers, also fine varieties of Clivia miniala 
and a splendid lot of Primula kewensis. 
Alessrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, Kent, exhibited a 
splendid group of Cyclamen of all colours in 6-in. and 7-in. 
pots, and amongst them was a smaller group of Cyclamen 
Papilio, with the wavy and fringed flowers. (Silver Flora'Aiedal.) 
Lord Aldenham (gardener, Air. E. Beckett), Aldenham House, 
Elstree, was accorded a Silver Gilt Flora Medal for a well-grown 
group of Cyclamen and a bank of Thyrsacanthus rutilans about 
3 ft. high, and bearing long sprays of scarlet blossoms. 
Mr. H. B. May was accorded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 
group of Clematis indivisa and others of the lanuginosa type 
He also had Carnations and Daphne odora in little groups, all 
being well built up with useful decorative varieties of Ferns. 
