THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 21, 1904. 
article visited the works, and saw and heard the machinery 
and men at work, forming quite a hive of industry, and a 
somewhat noisy one, owing to the amount of work that was 
going on. The illustrations include a view ■qf the works and 
offices in Balcarres Street, as well as some of the fine conservar 
tones which have been built by the firm all over the country. 
Here we have a view of the winter garden erected some years 
ago by Messrs. Mackenzie and Moncur in Sefton Park, Liver¬ 
pool, and which we illustrated at the time. A view is aSpo given 
of a wing of the temperate house, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 
and the splendid conservatory at Copped Hall, Essex, the resi¬ 
dence of E. Wrythes', Esq. Besides these, we know that the firm 
has built houses for various public and private bodies, includ¬ 
ing the King, whose gardens at Frogmore have been under¬ 
going quite a reformation since the King came to the throne. 
Messrs. Mackenzie and Moncur have been busy on the new glass 
and other houses for some time. So many employers of them 
and so many observers arei all witnesses to the excellence of 
the work accomplished by the firm. We may record also that 
the houses are built specially for the class of plants intended 
to be grown. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
May 17th. 
The meeting -at the Drill Hall on Tuesday last was again very 
crowded with exhibits and people. Orchids were not so nume¬ 
rous as on two or three previous occasions, hut were still well 
represented. Tulips were in strong force, including the Darwin 
types and late May flowering Tulips. Other groups included 
hardy flowering trees and shrubs, Roses, Feins, Pelargoniums, 
Sohizanthus, fine foliage, stove plants, hardy herbaceous and 
Alpine plants, Oncoeyclus Irises, and various others in great 
variety. The Tulips were, however, the dominant feature of this 
exhibition. 
ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
Messrs. J. Veitcli and Sons, Limited, King’s Road, Chelsea, 
had a varied group of Orchids, including well-flowered pieces of 
Dendrobium Bensoniae, Oncidium mars-ball-ianum, O. leucochilum, 
O. sarcodes, and a great variety of Catti-eyas- and Laelias with 
their hybrids. Very striking was Laeliooattleiya, Thornton i, with 
its fringed blush-pink lip. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
H. S. Goodson, Esq. (gardener, Air. J. E. Day), Fair Lawn, 
West Hill, Putney, again put up a fine group of Orchids, includ¬ 
ing large and well-flowered pieces of Deindrobiuim thyrsfflorum, 
hybrid Phaius, Oncidium cris-pnm, Cattleyas, Laelias, Odonto- 
glossum crispum, 0. t-riump-bans, Cymbidium lowianum, and 
others. These were set up with Palms and Ferns, and made 1 one 
of the largest groups 'of Orchids at the meeting. (Silver Flora 
Medal.) 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Middlesex, staged 
a varied and interesting group of Orchids, including a very choice 
Laeli-a named L. purpurat-a Baronishialt variety. Other choice 
things were Cattleya Alossi-ae reineckeana, C. intermedia., and a 
plant of C. Skinneri in a pan, bearing 22 spikes of bloom. Very 
distinct is Dendrobium Bensoniae xanthinnm, which is white, 
with the exception of the yellow base of the lip, and quite dif¬ 
ferent from the typical form. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
F. Wellesley, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Hopkins), Westfield, 
Woking, exhibited a small group of very choice Orchids, including 
Laeliocattleya Lucia Westfield variety, Lc. Baldockianae Ex 
quisita, and the beautiful Lc. Vinesiae ignescens, with a fiery 
flush overlying the yellow. He also had several other hybrids, 
including Cypripediums. 
De B. Crawtsbay, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. J. S't.ables), Rosefield, 
Sevenoaks, exhibited -a very handsome Odontoglossum named 
0. crispum Theodora, beautifully spotted with brownish purple. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (grower, All-. W. H. White), Bur- 
ford, Dorking, exhibited a. very distinct Sohralia named S. 
Ruckerii, with magenta piu-ple flowers, the- lip -being edged with 
violet purple. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gardener, Air. W. Thurgood), Rosslyn, Stam¬ 
ford Hill, exhibited 0dontoglossum crispum xant botes Snow 
Queen, with pure white flowers, only marked with a, few orange 
spots on the lip. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
Air. James Douglas, Edenside, Great Bo'okham, Surrey, staged 
Carnation Lady Dixon and a little group of Auriculas. Amonvq 
show varieties he had Rev. F. D. Horner and Olympus, the latter 
being a grey-edged variety raised by himself, and very handsome 
Amongst them he had some beautiful Alpine Auriculas, includin ' 
varieties -of his own raising. 
Alessrs. R. H. Bath, Limited, The Floral Farms, Wisbech, ex¬ 
hibited a grand collection of Tulips, Very fine’ were Golden 
Goblet and Yellow Rose, the latter a very fine double yellow 
variety of long standing, but not so frequently seen as it mirir 
be. In their stand T. gesneriana- major was very fine. Parror 
and Darwin Tulips were also- splendidly represented. I Silver 
Gilt Flora Aled-al.) 
Alessrs. Alexander Dickson and S-orns, Limited, Belfast an 
Dublin, exhibited a large collection of Alay flowering Tulip,., in¬ 
cluding Suzon, silvery flesh-, almost white ; La Tulipe Noire, almou 
black ; Europe, scarlet with white base- ; Isabella, rose and’creaniv 
white; and Psyche, silvery pink. All of these were Darwin 
Tulips, but they also had many May flowering varieties of th? 
cottage class. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. J. Veitoh and Sons, Limited, staged a collection of 
Alay flowering and Darwin Tulips, including a number of specie-. 
Amongst the cottage Tulips very select and 'handsome were Tulip 
Inglescombe Scarlet ; La Merveille, orange salmon; and T. bil- 
lietiama, a beautiful species from Savoy. Amongst the Darwin 
varieties very choice were- Heckla, Queen of Roses, and Europ:. 
Parrot Tulips were also plentiful and very varied, with then 
colours -of scarlet, green, yellow, and brown. (Silver Banksian 
Aledal.) 
Alessns. Barr and Sons-, King Street, Covent Garden, had a very 
large -and choice collection of cottage Tulips, English florist 
Tulips, Darwin Tulips, and Parrot Tulips. Amongst the Darwin 
Tulips very handsome new varieties were Cygnet, pure white; 
Mrs. Farn-co-mbe Sanders, scarlet; Clara Butt, rosy pink; -Mar¬ 
garet-, flesh, with- -a deeper pink tint internally, -and- of large size.- 
A la-rge number of these Darwin Tulips are so beautiful that it i< 
impossible to do- justice in singling out a few -where so many of 
them are possessed of 'handsome 1 colours and robust constitution. 
(Silver Flora Aledal.) 
Alessrs. J. Gilbert and Son, Dyke, Bourne-, Lincolnshire, had a I 
large exhibit of -St. Bridgid Anemones and a fine bank of King 
of the Scarlets, a double variety of great neatness and beauty. 
They also had a few 'of the Darwin types of Tulips- at the back 
of the Anemones. (Silver Flora Aledal.) 
Mrs. Benson (gardener, Air. Philpott), Buckhurst, Witliyham, 
Sussex, had a large group of Darwin and other Tnlips, display¬ 
ing a great amount of variety, and in many cases notable for the, 
size of the blooms. Very handsome were La Merveille and 
Loveliness, the latter being a Darwin Tulip with light rosy 
flowers of a vei'^ attractive character. (Silver Banksian Aledal.) 
Herr C. G. Van Tubergen, jun., Haarlem, Holland, had a very 
interesting -collection of hybrid Oncoeyclus or On co-regel ia 
Irises, these having been raised between members of those two 
sections of Irises. On this occasion we can merely mention the' 
best varieties, but some of them we shall describe next week, 
together with their pedigrees. Some of the most distinct anil 
striking were Iris Antigone, I. Iphigenia, I. Isis, I. Psyche, 
I. Charon, I. Artemis, -and- I. Eos. AIT of these were remarkable 
for tine intricate character of their venation, as is well known in 
this group of Irises, the cultivation of which is now better under¬ 
stood than it was a few years -ago. (Silver Gilt Flora Aledal.) 
Alessrs. Hugh Low and Co. had a group of hard-wooded plants, 
including Clerodendron balfourianum, Erica Cavendishi, Gerbera 
Ja-mesoni, Boronia heterophylla, and Pimelea Hendersonii. 
They also had Dim'orphotheca. Ecklonis, another plant very char¬ 
acteristic of the South African vegetation, and which does not 
show its beautiful form in the Drill Hall owing to the lack of 
sunshine. 
Air. H. B. Alay, Dyson’s Lane Nurseries, Upper Edmonton 
had a large group of Ferns, Verbenas, and Petunias, arranged 
in groups. The Ferns were almost confined to Gym-nogrammes. 
Very beautiful forms were G. granioeps super ha, G. argenten, 
G. schizophylla, G. we-tenlial liana superba, and some choice 
varieties -of G. chrys-ophylla. The collection included many 
more equally as good as the above. (Silver Gilt Banksian 
Aledal.) 
Air. George Alount, Canterbury, exhibited a- collection of well- 
grown Roses, including large quantities of cut bloom of Cathe¬ 
rine Alermet and Airs. J. La-ing. He also had well-bloomed , 
plants of Crimson Rambler grown in pots. (Silver Gilt Bank¬ 
sian Aledal.) 
Messrs. Hogg and Robertson, 22, Mary Street, Dublin, ex¬ 
hibited a large collection of Darwin and other Alay flowering 
Tulips. Two very good black varieties were the Zulu and La 
Tulipe Noire. The Fawn is a very choice variety on account of 
