October 17, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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maston Duchess ; Messrs. T. Brocklebank and W. Macke rail, 
second and third. 
Any Other Variety of Fruit: Mr. B. Ashton, with weld- 
finished Muscat of Alexander Grapes; Colonel It. Ireland 
(Blackburn), with Madresfield Court Grapes ; and Mr. T. Guy, 
with Peaches. 
Exhibitors not for competition included ’ Messrs. Gartons, 
Warrington, seeds and Potatos ; Mr. J. D. Rawline, Liverpool, 
Potatos ; Messrs. Dicksons, Chester, Potatos and cut flowers ; 
and Mr. J. Shore, Liverpool, Potatos. 
Mr. J. Lunt, the secretary, carried out his duties satis¬ 
factorily. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
October I3th. 
The hall was well filled on Tuesday last with a great variety 
of material both from the open air and under glass. Very pro¬ 
minent and extensive exhibits were the Bouvardias, Dracaenas, 
Chrysanthemums, Begonias, single and other Dahlias, Michael¬ 
mas Daisies, and hardy herbaceous plants generally. Orchids 
were also in strong force for this early period of their season. 
Fruits were represented by a collection of Apple trees in pots 
bearing fruit, as well as dishes of gathered Apples and Pears. 
Grapes were also fairly well represented. 
Orchid Committee. ' 
Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Limited, Chelsea, exhibited 
a splendid group of Cattleya labiata, showing a great variety 
of colour and beautiful markings. No special names, however, 
were given to any of them. Other fine things which they had 
were chiefly represented by such hybrids as Laeliocattleya 
Antimachus carnea, Lc. bletchleyensis in variety, Lc. Aphrodite, 
Lc. dominiana langleyensis, Lc. Norba superba, Lc. wellsiana, 
Laelia Mrs. M. Gratrix, Cattleya Airs. J. W. Whiteley, C. wend- 
landiana, and C. Mantinii. These were set up on a ground¬ 
work of Maidenhair Ferns, and were productive of very fine 
effect. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gardener, Mr. F. W. Thurgood), Rosslyn, 
Stamford Hill, exhibited a large group of Orchids of a mixed 
character, and containing many very fine things. A splendid 
Cattleya was that named C. Mrs. Pitt, resembling Cattleya 
Loddigesii Harrisoniae, but having a very much larger lip of 
a rich orange colour, lined with crimson, and evidently crossed 
with C. aurea. He had also some fine specimens of the last 
named. Cattleya Mrs. J. Whiteley was a fine hybrid form of 
C. bowringiana. Others well represented were Odontoglossum 
crispum, 0. grande, Trichopilia nobilis, Vanda kimballiana, 
and Miltonia spectabilis morelliana. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. F. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, also had a large and 
mixed exhibit of Orchids. Very fine were Laeliocattleya 
luminosa, Lc. Henry Greenwood, Lc. gottoiana gigantea, Lc. 
Normani superba, and Cattleya gauthieriana. They also had 
fine forms of Aliltonia vexillaria, Vanda caerulea, a. finely- 
blotched Odontoglossum crispum, and 'Aliltonia spectiaibilis 
marginata, having a broad white margin to the lip, the rest 
of it being dark purple. Altogether the exhibit was very in¬ 
teresting and worthy of note. (Silver Gilt Flora Medal.) 
Alessrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Middlesex, ex¬ 
hibited a group of Orchids in which Oncidium varicosum and 
Cattleya Loddigesii were a strongly-marked feature. Other 
things we may mention were Lycaste Skinneri alba, Aliltonia 
Candida, Cattleya Alaronii, Trichopillia nobilis, and Cattleya 
gaskelliana alba. All of these and others were very well 
flowered, forming a very attractive group of moderate size. 
(Silver Banksian Medal.) 
A Cultural Commendation was awarded to the Right Hon. 
Lord Rothschild (gardener, Mr. E. Hill), Tring Park, Tring, 
for a grandly-flowered piece of Laeliocattleya Mysa superba, 
carrying a dozen flowers. 
F. Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking, exhibited a hybrid 
Orchid named Laelia juvenilis superba with a very dark maroon 
crimson lip. 
de B. Crawsliay, Esq. (gardener, Air. W. J. Stables), ex¬ 
hibited a hybrid Odontoglossum raised from 0. crispum x , a 
fane variety of 0. wilckeanum, which was a very fine flower 
when it first bloomed in 1900, but by 1903, when it flowered 
again, it had completely reverted to a nearly white O. crispum. 
n 1 i , orster Alcock, Esq., Exhims, Northchurch, exhibited a 
well-bloomed plant of Odontoglossum grande with four very 
large flowers. 
Florae Committee. 
Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Limited, Chelsea, exhibited an 
extensive group of winter-flowering Begonias, including B. 
Agatha, B. A. compacta, B. Ideala, and B. Airs. Heal. All 
of these were well flowered, and the two last named had the 
richest-coloured flowers and were the most conspicuous. They 
also had little groups of Daedalacanthus parvus, Gesnera 
(Naegelia) exoniensis, with very dark velvety metallic leaves. 
Their group of zonal Pelargoniums consisted of very dwart 
plants bearing large trusses of bloom and in the pink of con¬ 
dition for keeping up a display during the winter months. It 
would be difficult to pick out the very best, but we were very 
much taken with such varieties as Conan Doyle, St. Cecilia, 
Lord Curzon, Mrs. G. Cadbury, and Dryden. (Silver Gilt 
Flora Aledal.) 
Messrs. John Jefferies and Son, Cirencester, had four large 
boxes of hybrid perpetual and Tea Roses in the cut state. 
Some of them were in splendid condition, but a few of them 
were different in character from what they are in the summer 
months. As a display they were very acceptable on account 
of their freshness and beauty of colour. (Silver Gilt Banksian 
Medal.) 
Air. G. Reuthe, Keston, Kent, exhibited some Michaelmas 
Daisies and several Nerines, including N. amabilis, N. rubro- 
caerulea, Lychnis Flos-cuculi grandiflora rosea, fl. pi. Lobelia 
Queen Victoria, and finely-coloured foliage of Shortia galaci- 
folia. 
Air. H. Pattisson, 1, Farm Avenue, Streatham, London, ex¬ 
hibited some samples of the Pattisson lawn boots for ponies 
drawing machines on the grass. 
Air. E. C. Lawson, 32, Ashley Road, Hornsey Rise, London, 
N., had an exhibit of Beckett’s tree ties, showing how easy it 
is to stake a tree with this prepared tie. 
Alessrs. John Peed and Sons, West Norwood, London, S.E., 
had an extensive exhibit of winter-flowering Begonias consist¬ 
ing of well-grown plants of B. Turnford Hall, B. Gloire de 
Lorraine, B. Airs. Leopold de Rothschild, B. alba grandiflora, 
etc. Some of the specimens in 60-sized pots were 12 in. to 
18 in. high. They also had some boxes of their splendid strain 
of Gloxinias representing a great number of varieties in very 
beautiful and well-defined colours. They also had numerous 
varieties of Streptocarpus in the cut state. 
Alessrs. W. Wells and Co., Limited, Earlswood, Redhill, 
Surrey, exhibited a large group of early-flowering and decora¬ 
tive Chrysanthemums. Amongst the former very fine varieties 
were Le Pactole, Reggie, Cactus, Carrie, Orange Pet, Rosie, 
and Polly. Very interesting was the collection of single 
varieties in several colours and consisting of unnamed seedlings. 
Amongst Japanese varieties with big blooms they had Miss E. 
Fulton, Mrs. T. W. Pockett, Baden Powell, and Merstham 
Yellow, the latter being a new variety. (Bronze Banksian 
Medal.) 
Hobbies, Limited, Norfolk Nurseries, Dereham, had a very 
attractive exhibit of Cactus Dahlias arranged in tiers on black 
cloth and backed with the green stems of Michaelmas Daisies. 
Very choice varieties were Dainty, Gabriel, Shamrock, Albion, 
F. A. Wellesley, Airs. H. J. Jones, H. E. Robertson, Ibis, Lord 
Roberts, Ringdove, Mabel Tulloch, and others. (Silver Bank¬ 
sian Aledal.) 
A Cultural Commendation was awarded to Messrs. William 
Bull and Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea, for 14 splendidly-grown 
specimens of Dracaena Victoria, having a broad yellow margin 
to the leaves, and in some cases the yellow was so extensive 
as to leave only a narrow strip of green in the centre. The- 
plants were in splendid condition and furnished with leaves to 
the surface of the pot. 
Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth, Devon, had a collection of 
early-flowering decorative and Japanese Chrysanthemums. 
Some of his finer decorative varieties were Alons. Mertivier, 
Kitty Crews, Le Pactole, Miss Blake, Harry Cover, Safeguard, 
and Decorator. He also had some good blooms of the large- 
flowered Japanese types not yet fully developed. He also ifad 
some winter-flowering Carnations, including a beautiful pink 
variety named Godfrey’s Pride. (Bronze Banksian Aledal.) 
Air. H. B. Alay, Dyson’s Lane Nursery, Upper Edmonton, bad 
an extensive and well-flowered group of Bouvardias, winter¬ 
flowering Begonias, winter-flowering Carnations, and shrubby 
Veronicas now in bloom. Very choice for greenhouse work are 
V. Reine de Blanche, V. le Marvelleux, V. Diament, and V. 
La Seduisante. The spikes of bloom were from 2 in. to 4 in. 
long, and varying from white to dark purple. 
Alessrs. J. Cheal and Sons, Crawley, Sussex, exhibited a 
collection of Pompon and single Dahlias. Amongst the for¬ 
mer, very neat and pretty were Ernest Harper, Eve, Gany¬ 
mede, Buttercup, Burbank, and Fobio. Handsome single 
varieties were Donna Casilda, Leslie Seale, Columbine, Nellie 
