September 12, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
779 
the beds of Tulips., showing one to be almost on exactly the 
same level as the other, and perfectly flat. The sandy soil, 
rendered black with decayed vegetable matter and the presence 
of water in the subsoil, affords just the conditions suitable for 
the growth of bulbs which Messrs. Dobbie here record and 
describe. The catalogue also contains a long list of hardy 
herbaceous and alpine plants, also Pansies, Violets, Roses and 
Gooseberries, all of which are described. 
Messrs. Hogg and Robertson, 22, Mary Street, Dublin, issue 
theh bulb catalogue', “ Holland in Ireland,” ornamented with 
Daffodils in colours on the cover. The interior also, contains 1 
several illustrations of their Daffodil grounds, at Rush, co. 
Dublin, in which the sandy soil appears to be as flat as in. 
Holland, or nearly so. They have veiy extensive cultures of 
bulbs in Ireland, including Daffodils and Tulips in great 
variety. They also represent their Daffodil and Tulip drying 
houses at Rush, with several other beautiful pictures. 
Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, Kent, also, issue a 
catalogue of bulbs, Strawberries, and small fruits. All the 
different kinds and varieties of a kind are separately described 
in their lists. 
Messrs. Fisher, Son and Sibray, Limited, the Royal Nur¬ 
series, Handsworth, near Sheffield, issue a. catalogue of bulbs, 
including lists of all the most popular things in cultivation, 
illustrated with numerous woodcuts of Lilies, Anemones, Mont- 
bretias!, Grape and Feathered Hyacinths, etc. Several other 
subjects are also included an this catalogue* 
Mr. David W. Thompson, 113, George Street, Edinburgh, 
issue a catalogue in dark blue covers, with the title and 
address in. silver and gold, and some flowers in gold printing. 
'Hie interior is brightened with some fine pictures of Princes 
Street Gardens., adorned with Tulips in bloom, which he sup¬ 
plied. He. also has very large pictures of various papular 
varieties of Daffodils, Jonquils, Spanish Irises, Anemones, Lilies 
and Gannas. 
Messrs. J. Backhouse and Son, Limited, the Nurseries, York, 
also is$ue a bulb catalogue, having a, full-page illustration of 
Colchicum speciosum album, also Anemones, Irises, Lily of the 
Valley, and other subjects. They have also a beautiful pic¬ 
ture of Daffodils on the outside cover. 
Messrs. Little and Balantynei, Royal Seed and Nursery Es¬ 
tablishment, Carlisle, have some good illustrations of Tulips, 
Hyacinths, Daffodils, Irises:, and other, subjects in their Bulb 
Catalogue. 
Messrs. Dickson and Co., 1, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, 
issue .a Bulb Catalogue in which they describe: long lists of the 
various popular flowers used for spring work, and have some 
good illustrations of Daffodils., Lilies, Tulips, Spanish Irises, 
and other subjects. 
Fruit in East Anglia. —The fruit crop has in large measure 
proved a failure in East Anglia. Plums which in other years 
have gone begging at half-a-crown_a bushel are now fetching 
£1, so scarce are they. Even when the crop was better, the wind 
has brought down the fruit. One large owner of fruit orchards 
reports that jam makers, despairing of securing fruit, are buy¬ 
ing all the Rhubarb they can. 
Itea ilicii'Olia, Oliver.- —This is a recently-introduced plant 
which has flowered for the first time under cultivation in the 
Himalayan section of the Temperate House at Kew. It differs 
widely from the more familiar I. virginica, being evergreen, and 
of a less erect habit. An evergreen shrub, which may possibly 
prove hardy, of slender, somewhat straggling habit, leaves 
broadly elliptic, 2^-31 in. long, lf-2 in. broad, coriaceous, spinu- 
lously sinuated, like those of the common Holly, light green, 
racemes terminal solitary, 5-6 in. long, densely flowered on 
a short peduncle. Flowers white, appearing greenish white 
owing to the prominence of the calyx, which is campanulate, of 
five acute deltoid lobes. Petals small, lanceolate, erect, en¬ 
closing the subulate stamens, which are of a similar length. 
Although the flowers are not very conspicuous, yet the general 
habit of the plant, with its shining Holly like leaves, should, 
if it prove hardy and floriferous, be a useful addition to our 
flowering shrubs. Ichang, China. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
September 1st. 
The Drill Hall on Tuesday last was chiefly occupied with the 
exhibits of the National Dahlia Society, which held its annual 
show in conjunction with the Royal Horticultural Society, as 
last year. There were several large exhibits of Dahlias not for 
competition, but only new plants were brought up for the 
various committees of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
Orchid Committee. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, Upper Holloway, had a good- 
sized group of Orchids, consisting chiefly of Cattleya crispa and 
Cypripediums. They had a fine spike of Coelogyne massangeana 
Lilium superbum ; Flowers orange and crimson red, 
SPOTTED ON THE LOWER HALF. (Seep. 773.) 
and Vanda tricolor, the Glen variety. The Cypripediums repre¬ 
sented a considerable number of types, but one of the most 
interesting was C. lebaudyanum. The group was set up with 
Palms, Ferns, and Asparagus. 
Messrs. F. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, exhibited a group 
of Cattleyas and Laeliocattleyas, including Lc. Martinetti, Lc. 
bletchlevensis, and Cattleya Mr. J. W. Whitely. They also had 
several Miltonias, but the most striking plant, and that which 
excited the most attraction from visitors was Coryanthes Cobbii, 
which is believed to he new, and is to be sent to Kew for deter¬ 
mination. All parts of the flowers were pale in colour, but the 
most interesting part of it was the bucket-like portion of the 
lip, which was soft clear yellow, while the cap near the base 
of the claw was amber in colour. Interesting also was a new 
