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July 25, 1908. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
491 
Great Summer Show 
Of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
(Concluded from -page 474-) 
state. To attempt resting any of the epi¬ 
phytical sections of Orchids until they reach 
naturity means retarding growth for at least 
1. season. This is no doubt the reason we 
ire now able to materially diminish the 
period between the sowing of the seed and 
:he flowering of the plants. I, therefore, 
idvise my readers to treat seedling Orchids 
in the same way as other seedlings are 
reated, and to pot them as often as the 
ponditions of growth and the state of the 
pompost demand. The season is not so much 
i consideration as the condition of the plants 
ind treatment must be given accordingly. 
H. J. Chapman. 
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A Word on Roses. 
A little practical advice to amateur 
rosarians on the future of their Rose trees 
may be of service. Always look to the 
future, for a Rose bush is a plant that 
it always working forward if properly at¬ 
tended to. • Do not let the tree get too 
thick in the centre with shoots; thin them 
out, prune hard back the blind ones, give 
more air to the centre of the tree, saving 
the shoots with good buds, and making 
the tree grow round in shape. In cutting 
the blooms, cut them with a long stem, 
it will throw the strength back to dor¬ 
mant buds, which will throw out good 
shoots for autumn blooming and for bear¬ 
ing next year's Roses; it will keep the 
tree from growing tall and ungainly, and 
give good strong wood instead of a lot of 
thin shoots, which are useless for bearing 
good blooms. 
A. D. C. 
Wimbledon. 
Herbaceous Calceolaria. 
Sow in July in a well-drained pan in a 
compost of loam, leaf soil, and sand, 
finely sifted; press down gently and sow 
:he seed thinly and evenly, but do not 
rover it, as it is so small. Place the pan 
n the coolest part of the greenhouse and 
rover with a sheet of glass and a piece 
nf paper to exclude light. As soon as the 
seedlings appear tilt the glass for a few 
fays, then take it off altogether. When 
large enough to handle, plant the seed¬ 
lings in pots according to their size in the 
same compost as for the seeds and return 
hem to the greenhouse; and when nicely 
filed with roots, pot into six-inch pots in 
1 compost of loam, leaf soil, the ma¬ 
nure from an old mushroom bed and 
land. Do not let them become potbound, 
nr disastrous results will follow; spray 
wire a day and give an abundance of air, 
md eventually pot into eight-inch pots for 
lowering in the same soil as previously 7 
advocated. Then discontinue spraying 
and await results. 
H. Stevens. 
Woodbridge. 
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foil Inoculation. 
Messrs. Carter, the well-known seeds¬ 
men, are strongly 7 persuaded of the soil 
noculation with microbes. They have got 
5 eas nearly three weeks earlier by inocu- 
ating both the seed and the ground with 
he mixture recommended by 7 Professor 
lottomley. The rapid growth made could 
mly have been due to the stimulus of 
his bacillus, whose unique virtue is to 
urn the free and otherwise inert nitrogen 
>f the air to the use of the plant. 
Messrs. Richard Smith and Co., Wor¬ 
cester, had a nne bank of Carnations, 
Gloxinias, Caladiums and many other 
subjects. 
Mr. Charles Turner, Slough, staged a 
group of Malmaison and other Carna¬ 
tions. The Roses in the cut state were 
very plentifully represented by bunches 
in vases. 
Mr. S. Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham, 
showed tine .Melons, Tomatos, etc. 
Messrs. T. S. Ware had a fine lot of 
American Carnations and a large collec¬ 
tion of herbaceous plants in fresh condi¬ 
tion. 
The Misses E. and M. Kipping, Essex, 
had an interesting rockery. 
Messrs. John K. King and Sons, Cog- 
geshall, Essex, had a charming array of 
Sweet Peas in fine condition, including 
Henry Eckford, Enchantress, Miss Phil- 
brick, Queen °f Spain, etc. 
Messrs. Wm. Bull and Sons showed 
early flowering Gladioli. 
Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Reading, 
staged an extensive collection of Sweet 
Peas, amongst which very choice were 
Jeannie Gordon, Henry Eckford, and the 
charming salmon pink on a creamy 
ground, Sutton's Queen. They had an 
immense number of varieties. 
Maurice Prichard, Christchurch, Hants, 
had a collection of herbaceous plants 
ivith a Water Lily 7 pool. 
Mr. James Douglas, Great Bookham, 
Surrey 7 , set up a very choice collection 
of border Carnations, yellow ground 
Picotees, Malmaisons, etc. 
The Hon. Vicary 7 Gibbs (gardener, Mr. 
E. Beckett), Aldenham House, Elstree, 
had an extensive collection of vegetables 
in great variety and in fine form. 
Hobbies, Ltd., Dereham, Norfolk, had 
an extensive exhibit of Roses in the form 
of pillars, standards, arches, bushes and 
cut flowers. Altogether they were very- 
varied and highly- effective. 
Mr. Breadmore, Winchester, Hants, 
staged a very extensive collection of 
Sweet Peas in vases, and set up in large 
vases. Cecil Crier, Helen Lewis and 
Mrs.'Collier-were grand. 
The Guildford Hardy Plant Company 
staged herbaceous plants and shrubs. 
Messrs. G. Stark and Son, Great Ry- 
burgh, staged a charming collection of 
Sweet Peas. 
Mr. A. F. Dutton, Iver. Bucks, showed 
American Carnations in tall vases. 
Lord Llangattock (gardener, Mr. T. 
Coomber) exhibited Pineapples and 
Strawberries in fine form. 
Messrs. Bell and Sheldon. Guernsey, 
staged American Carnations in tall glass 
vases. 
Mr. H. C. Pulham, Elsenham, Essex, 
built a rockery- and filled it with alpines. 
The Misses Hopkins, Mere Gardens, 
Shepperton-on-Thames, built and planted 
a rockery 7 . 
Mr. R. C. Notcutt, Woodbridge, Suf¬ 
folk, showed herbaceous plants and 
Roses extensively 7 . 
Messrs. Jones and Sons, Shrewsbury, 
exhibited an extensive collection of Sweet 
Peas. 
Messrs, h rank Cant and Co., Brais- 
wiclc Rose Gardens, Colchester, had a 
grand collection of cut Roses in boxes 
and vases, all the best types being re¬ 
presented. 
Mr. Robert Chaplin, Waltham Cross, 
staged Sweet Peas and Roses. 
Messrs. Alex. Dickson and Sons, New- 
townards, Co. Down, Ireland (had a 
charming lot of Roses on Bamboo stands. 
-Messrs. E. Y\ . King and Co., Cogges- 
hall, mssex, had an attractive array of 
Sweet Peas m vases and on arches. 
Mr. YV. H. Page, Tangley Nurseries, 
Hampion, exhibited American Carna¬ 
tions, splendidly growm, and arranged. 
Britannia and others were finely- 
coloured. 
Messrs. H. Merryweather and Sons, 
Southwell, Notts, set up a collection of 
cut Koses in fine form. 
Messrs. Gunn and Sons, Olton, Bir¬ 
mingham, had a fine exhibit of Phloxes. 
Mr. Geo. Mount, Canterbury, exhibited 
RoseS in splendid form. 
Messrs. Laxton Bros., Bedford, set up 
a fine collection of Strawberries and 
Peaches. 
Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, had 
a collection of herbaceous plants, includ¬ 
ing a fine lot of Lilium giganteum. 
Mr. Robert Sydenham, Ltd., staged a 
fresh and charming lot of Sweet Peas. 
-Messrs. S. Bide and Sons, Farnham, 
Surrey, exhibited Roses, including theii 
new Queen of Spain in grand form. They 
also had a collection of Sweet Peas. 
In the open' air Messrs. J. Yeitch and 
Sons, Ltd., exhibited a collection of 
hardy 7 Fuchsias in quantity and variety, 
and several of them w 7 ere charming for 
outdoor planting. 
Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, Crawley, 
Sussex, constructed a pergola of Larch 
poles and covered it with Roses, Ivies, 
Ampelopsis, Vitis, Hops and other climb¬ 
ing plants. 
Groups of hardy trees in the open were 
shown by Messrs. W. Fromow and Sons, 
Chiswick; Messrs. H. Lane and Son, 
Berkhamsted, Herts; Messrs. Liberty 
and Co., Regent Street, London; Messrs. 
Thos. Cripps and Son. Ltd., Tunbridge 
Wells: and Mr. L. R. Russell, Rich¬ 
mond, Surrey. 
LIST OF AWARDS. 
Gold Medal. —The Rt. Hon. Lord 
Llangattock, The Hendre, Monmouth, 
for collection of Pine Apples, Strawber¬ 
ries, etc. (gardener, Mr. Coomber); the 
Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House, 
Elstree. for a collection of Vegetables 
(gardener, Mr. E. Beckett); Messrs. 
Frank Cant and Co., Colchester, for 
Roses; Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., 
Heaton. Bradford, for Orchids; Mr. A. 
F. Dutton, Iver, Bucks, for Carnations; 
Messrs. Hobbies, Ltd., Dereham, for 
Roses in pots; Messrs. H. B. Mav and 
Sons, Edmonton, for Exotic Ferns," etc. ; 
Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, for 
Roses, etc. ; Messrs. William Paul and 
Son, Waltham Cross, for Roses; Mr. 
Amos Perrv, Enfield, for a Natural Water 
Garden ; Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Ltd., 
