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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 30, 1893. 
Peed, blue, with purple lob m g. They also had many seedlings 
selected from last year’s sowings, and-, needless to say, Uny 
were all their very best types, being improvements either m 
size, form, or colour, upon the older varieties. . , 
Messrs. J. Carter and Co., High Holbom, London, exhibited a 
set of their Gloxinias, arranged with their large group m JNo. 
tent. The plants were grown in forty-eight and thirty-.wo size 
pots, a few being in larger ones. All the plants were exceec - 
in<dy well flowered, each according to the size of the plant, 
named varieties they had Goliath, scarlet, with a white edge; 
“ Cyclops, violet purple, with a white edge ; Fire King, crimson 
scarlet; Victoria, white; Snow King, still larger, and equally 
pure m colour ; and Defiance, scarlet, shading to rose at the 
edges. They also had numerous unnamed seedlings, represent¬ 
ing all the leading colours to be had in Gloxinia. 
CACTI. 
Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Limited, staged a beautiful lot 
of Phyllocacti, varying from 1 ft. to 3 ft. in height, and showing 
a great variety of colours. Very handsome were Hecla, large 
scarlet with a violet flush ; Ensign, orange-scarlet; Epirus, sott 
salmon-pink ; La Belle, white, the outer segments being pale 
yellow; Ena, bright orange-scarlet; Romeo, orange-scarlet, 
with a violet flush ; Beethoven, salmon-pink, and various other 
charming colours. . 
Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, staged a large col¬ 
lection of Cacti, including Echinocactus Grusoni, E. Einoryi, 
E ingens, Mamillarias, Opuntias, Cereus, Pilocereus senilis, and 
a fine lot of Phyllocactus Pforsdorensis; in full bloom. The ex¬ 
hibit was unique of its kind in the show. 
A small group of Cacti in the open was set up by Mr. Richard 
Anker, Addison Nursery, Napier Road, Kensington, W. 
FERNS. 
Messrs. J. Hill and -Son, Barrowfield Nurseries, Lower Ed¬ 
monton, staged a large bank of choice Ferns, consisting of 
Gleichenias, " Davallias, Pteris, Lomarias, Platyceriums, 
Adiantums, Gymnogrammes, amongst which were also some tall 
specimens of tree Ferns. Amongst individual plants the most 
noticeable were Polypodium Schneideri, a charming and orna¬ 
mental hybrid between P. aureum and P. cambricum. The 
fronds are of a deep vivid green, with wavy pinnules. A curious 
Fern was Adiantum macrophyllum albostriatum, the green 
pinnae of which were streaked and mottled with creamy white. 
Asplenium omatuni, with deep bronzy green fronds, reminds one 
of the cut-leaved Beech in appearance. Lomaria l’Herminieri 
is a charming dwarf species, with rosettes of deep green fronds, 
the young ones in the centre being remarkable for the deep 
crimson colouring of the pinnae. Pteris scaberula is a remark¬ 
able-looking species, more like a finely cut Davallia than a 
Pteris. It has creeping rhizomes, and is a valuable plant for 
clothing a rockery in a cool fernery. 
Mr. H. B. May staged a well-grown lot of Ferns, including 
grand pieces of Pteris Childsii, Adiantum Farleyense, Pteris 
Summersii, a finely-crested form of P. Wimsettii ; Polypodium 
Schneideri, and various others. 
AZALEAS. 
Messrs. R. and G. Cuthbert, Southgate, Middlesex, exhibited 
a large and very effective group of Azaleas of the A. mollis and 
A. mollis x sinensis types. Standards were stood all over the 
group in a groundwork of plants of the same class. The distinct 
fragrance arising from these was not their least attractive 
feature for the general public. Numerous jilants of Anthony 
Koster produced a very fine effect. Very fine varieties also were 
Florodora, Alima Tadema, Konigin Sophia, J. C.. Van Tol, M. 
Koster, and General Vetter. Some of the- double varieties of A. 
rustica flo. pi. were very charming, including Aida, Byron, 
Ramona, II Tasso, Meceme, and Velasque. 
STREPTOCARPI. 
Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Limited, Chelsea, had a group 
of something like 250 pots of St'reptocarpi. A great improve¬ 
ment has now been effected in their strain of S. achimeniflorus, 
the flowers being much larger and very freely produced. 
Amongst the varieties of it we noted S. a. giganteus, with large 
pale mauve flowers ; S. a. rosea, rose, with a white throat, and 
striped with yellow or rase ; S. a. album, some of which were 
pure white and others with a yellow throat. Some of these 
flowers were nearly 3in. across the long way of the flower. We 
understand they were grown at thie Feltham nurseries of the 
firm. They were, sown twelve months ago last January, and 
are now flowering for the second time. The older strain of 
Veitch’s hybrid perpetual Streptocarpus was also well repre¬ 
sented ; of the named varieties of this type we might mention 
Leda, white, with a yellow throat ; Virgil, a large white with 
dark violet bands on the lower lip, and strikingly handsome ; 
Veitch’s white is also a very good thing. Since these flowers 
have been taken to Feltham they have greatly increased in size, 
and include a bewildering variety of colour. In any case they 
demonstrated how well they are suited for cool conservatory 
and greenhouse decoration. 
Messrs. J. Laing and Sons, Forest Hill, had a small group 
of Streptocarpus m 32-size pots arranged near their group of 
Begonias. A purple and dark crimson variety was named Mrs. 
J. Chamberlain. Princess of Wales was white with blue bands 
m the throat, and White Queen was pure white. Most of the 
plants had no names, but were seedlings in a great range of 
colours, chiefly in shades of blue, purple, and white variously 
banded and lined in the throat. 
Messrs. J. Carter and Co. had a small group of Streptocarpus 
in 32-size pots. The plants were well flowered, and carried 
numerous flower stems on each plant, with two to six flowers on 
a stalk. They were of various shades of blue, purple, lavender, 
and white. 
Lord Aldenham (gardener, Mr. E. Beckett), Aldenliam House. 
Elstree, exhibited a large and splendidly flowered group of 
Streptocarpus in 24-size pots. Each plant produced a great 
number of scapes, bearing two to six flowers each. The colours 
ranged from blue to violet, purple, rose, blush red, and white, 
with all intermediate shades. 
NEW PLANTS. 
Messrs. F. Sander and Sons were the only exhibitors of ne>v 
plants, having a very large exhibit (No. 4 tent). Some of the 
more noticeable of these new plants were Ficus pandurata, 
Alpinia Sanderae, ITeliconia Edwardus Rex, Pandanus Sanderi, 
striped with yellow ; Nicotiana rubra, a carmine flowered 
Tobacco ; 'Selaginella watsoniana, forming a mass of silvery 
grey ; Pteris Massionieri, with leaves of various forms, the 
parentage being P. iserrulata x P. tremula; Nicotiana Sanderae, 
with large rose-coloured flowers ; and Romenovia Nicolai, a 
Palm with the young leaves coloured red. They also had 
various other useful or interesting exhibits, forming altogether 
a large group. 
M. L. J. Draps-Dom, Laeken, Brussels, exhibited a small 
group of a beautifully coloured red-leaved Dracaena named Pere 
Uharon, and another lighter coloured one named Mine. V inkel 
man. 
VARIOUS STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Limited, had a group of 50 plants 
of Kalanchoe felthnmensis, the new hybrid produced as the result 
of crossing K. flammea with the jiollen of K. Kirkii, and which 
recently received a First-class Certificate. The flowers are made 
up of four scarlet petals resembling K. flammea, but laiger 
and finer, while the foliage takes after the pollen parent. They 
also set up a group of fifty plants of K. flammea, so that the 
public had ample opportunity of distinguishing between the two 
forms. Another interesting group consisted of seventy plants of 
Rehmannia angulata, having large drooping irregular flowers, 
something like the old type of Gloxinia, but quite different in 
effect. The flowers are purple and blotched with deep red in¬ 
ternally, and are produced singly in the axils of the leaves over 
a long period of time, as the stems keep 1 growing._ The yeilo>v 
flowers of Corydalis. thalictrifo-lia were also very noticeable, form¬ 
ing a bank of some fifty plants. Not the least important group ; 
in this exhibit was 150 plants of splendidly grown Schizanthus 
wisetonemsis in a great variety of colour. They also had a group j 
of other types, such as S. retusus, S. r. albus, S. Gra.ha.mi and o. 
pinnatus, producing masses of gorgeous colours suitable for 
greenhouse or conservatory work. 
Messrs. William Bull and Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea. 
London, exhibited a group of fine foliage plants, including ta I 
specimens of Tree Ferns, Dracaena Victoria, Tillandsia lnero- 
giyphica, and Amorphophallus Rivieri. Other plants in fine 
condition were Alocasia sanderiana, Maramta sandenana, 
Dracaena Doucettii, Rubus moluccanus, Ficus radicans 
variegata, Nepenthes mastersiana, and various others. The trout 
was occupied with dwarf subjects. 
Mr. William Ioeton, Putney Park Lame, S.W., exhibited a 
group of Lily of the Valley,' set up with bordering lines of 
Boromia heteropliylla, and backed with Eurya latifolia variegata, [ 
Dracaenas, and Palms. . 
Messrs. F. Sander and Sons staged a most interesting exhibit 
in the shape of standard plants of dianthus Dampieri. grafted 
on clean, straight stems. The plants were very freely flowered, 
and we think ought to popularise the cultivation of the Glory j 
Pea of Australia, which has hitherto been rather troublesome j 
to most cultivators, whether gardeners or. otherwise. By graft- j 
ing them, however, their cultivation becomes easy. 
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