THE GARDENING WORLD . 
317 
April 15 1905. 
Auricula Daffodil (Douglas), 
The flowers of this self show variety are of 'large size, flat, 
bind rich yellow, with a well-defined white paste. It is the 1 Jest 
yellow self amongst show Auriculas. The foliage is only thinly 
mealy. Award of Merit to Mr. J. Douglas, Eden side, Great 
illookhain, Surrey. 
Alpine Auricula Standard Bearer (Douglas). 
The flowers of this variety are amongst the largest in the 
alpine section. The centre is creamy-white or pure white, the 
ground colour dark maroon-purple, and the edge lighter purple. 
Award of Merit to Mr. J. Douglas. 
Show Auricula Favourite. 
The flowers are of good average size for a self-coloured show 
Auricula. The white paste makes a beautiful contrast with 
the dark violet of the rest of the flower. The foliage is very 
mealy. Award of Merit to Mr. J. Douglas. 
Carnation Harlowarden. 
The flowers of this tree Carnation are dark crimson tinted 
with maroon at the edges. The petals are broad, moderately 
numerous, but rather deeply toothed at the edges. The calyx 
is firm and not liable to burst. The leaves are fairly broad 
and of a deep glaucous hue: Award of Merit to Messrs. T. S. 
Ware, Limited, Feltham, Middlesex; and Mr. A. F. Dutton, 
F.R.H.S., Ivor, Bucks. 
Anthurium scherzerianum Geant Sanglant. 
The spathes of this grand variety are nearly orbicular, bright 
scarlet, and measure 5 in. by 6 in. It is certainly one of the 
finest of this type. Award of Merit to Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart, (gardener, Mr. Bain), Burford, Dorking. 
N arcissus Committee. 
Narcissus Lord Kitchener. 
The six segments are broadly ovate, cuspidate, overlapping, 
spread horizontally, and creamy-white. The crown is more 
than 1 in. deep, widely funnel-shaped, plaited and lobed at the 
edge, deep lemon, fading to pale lemon, and altogether very 
handsome. Award of Merit to Mrs. Backhouse, Sutton Court, 
Hereford. 
Narcissus Alice Knights. 
This is one of the white trumpet Daffodils, and has broadly 
oblong, spreading, creamy-white segments. The trumpet is of 
the palest lemon, fading almost to white with age, and is beau¬ 
tifully rolled back at the rim. Award of Merit to Messrs. Ban’ 
and Sons, King Street, Covent Garden. 
Narcissus King’s Norton. 
The flowers of this giant Daffodil are similar in size to those 
of King Alfred. The segments are almost triangular, much 
imbricate, and bright yellow. The trumpet is funnel-shaped, 
very vide at the mouth (2-j- in.), and rich golden-yellow 7 . First- 
class Certificate to Messrs. Pope and Sons, King’s Norton Nur¬ 
series, Birmingham. 
Corydalis ochroleuca. 
This is a small, fragile, but nevertheless a pretty plant which 
in cool pockets of the rockery, in the foreground of the her- 
ibaceous border, or on the margin of the shrubbery will not fail 
to contribute its full share of flowers and foliage, both of which 
are highly ornamental, being in form and colour graceful and 
charming. The plant grows only about 6 in. high, the foliage 
being finely cut and of a telling Pea-green, while the flowers, 
nodding an inch or so above the foliage, are creamy-yellow, 
with a suspicion of green at the base. Generally speaking, 
this plant is looked upon as a biennial, but I have cut abund¬ 
ance of bloom from one bed four successive seasons, and I have 
transplanted plants of it after flowering w ith successful results, 
so that I consider it a true perennial arid one worth having. 
Heather Bell. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
Scientific Committee, March 28th. 
Present: Dr. M. T. Masters, F.li.S. (in the chair - ), Professor 
Percival, Messrs. Michael, Bowles, Shea, Odell, Giissow, Baker, 
Druery, Worsley, Hennessey, Saunders, Nicholson, Gordon, 
Holmes, Bateson, Douglas, and Chittenden, hon. secretary. 
V isitors: Messrs. L. Sutton, A. Dean, and Foster. 
Diseased Amaryllis Bulbs. —The bulbs sent to the last meet- 
rirg by Mr. C. E. Baxter, F.R.H.S., had unhealthy roots marked 
at their base by a deep red colour, which penetrated right 
through the root; the red colour in places stained the outer 
•scales of the bulb, and was visible also on the tips of the young 
leaves, which were hardly an inch in length. Mr. Saunders 
reported that no mites or other living creatures were present 
on or in the bulbs. Dr. Cooke wrote : “ The dark blotch was 
caused by a fungus, Botrytis cinerea, apparently the same as 
described by Professor Marshall Ward on the Lily. The bulb 
has been kept in a damp atmosphere for ten days, and has now 
a fine crop of the mould. Nothing can save a bulb when once 
attacked.” 
Galls on Spruce Fir. —Mr. Saunders reported as follows 
upon these sent to the last meeting:—“The shoots had been 
attacked by one of the aphides, Chermes Abietis. The female 
lays her eggs in spring at the base of the buds, which she punc¬ 
tures with her proboscis and feeds on the juices ; the young 
Chernies which are hatched from these eggs feed in the same 
manner. The continued puncturing of the bud causes the 
leaves to grow in a quite abnormal manner, the result of which 
is a gall which very much resembles a small Fir cone. The 
young insects are gradually quite enclosed in the chambers of 
the gall. Eventually the chambers open, and the Chermes, 
which have by this time become winged, fly away. Though this 
insect is so common, its life history has not yet been completely 
made out. In the early summer these galls should be eut off 
and burnt, so as to destroy them before their tenants escape.” 
Diseased Spanish Iris. —Plants of several varieties of Spanish 
Iris were sent to the last meeting, with the note that some had 
failed to start ; some had germinated and grown to some extent, 
but had then gone off. Dr. Cooke examined them and re¬ 
ported : “ After being kept in a damp atmosphere for nearly a 
fortnight the bulbs exhibit no fungus pest. The bulbs are 
rotting, and with plenty of the bulb mite in them, to which 
their failure must be due.” Mr. Massee also writes: “I can 
find nothing else for it but to attribute the injury to the bulb 
mite.” 
Abies webbiana. —Dr. Masters showed a branch with a ripe 
cone of this rare and striking Himalayan Conifer, which is some¬ 
what tender in this country. 
Diseased Richardia. — Mr. W. G. Soper, F.R.H.S., sent some 
diseased Richardias. The plants grown in his garden had suf¬ 
fered more or less for five years, and dusting the corms with 
flowers of sulphur and soaking them in Bordeaux mixture had 
had no effect on the disease. Air. Odell will report upon them 
at the next meeting. 
Pear Twigs Diseased. —These from the National Fruit 
Growers’ Federation exhibited the well-known signs of canker. 
Crinum Rattrayi. —Air. Worsley drew attention to this plant 
shown at the show to-day, and stated that it varied very little 
from Crinum giganteum. Air. Nicholson said he had no doubt 
it was a form of that plant./ 
Trifolium minus. —From Mr. Bades came specimens of this 
plant for identification. 
Deterioration of Varieties. —The question of the deteriora¬ 
tion of vegetatively reproduced varieties was introduced by Dr. 
Alasters, who suggested that the alleged deterioration of the 
Potato should form the main topic for discussion, and was con¬ 
tinued by Air. A. Dean. Professor Percival, Alessrs. Odell, 
Worsley, Douglas, Foster. Gordon. Shea, Baker, and Chittenden. 
A large amount of evidence for and against was brought forward, 
but no definite conclusion was arrived at. Several letters were 
received on the subject, the consideration of these being 
adjourned._ 
Gardening Appointment. —Air. Samuel G. Shields, for the 
last two and a half years foreman in the gardens at Alount 
Alelville, St. Andrews, N.B., has been appointed bead gardener 
to Sir Edward Stewart Richardson. Pitfour Castle, Glencarse, 
Perthshire. He enters on his duties on April 19th. 
