THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. Janvary 11, 1913^ 
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EXHIBITIONS AND 
MEETINGS. 
Royal Horticultural Society. 
Tlie firot nieetiiig* of the New Year was 
fairly well attended, but there was nothing 
like a crowd of people present at the Royal 
Horticultural Hall on January 7. Orchids 
were very much in evidence, and among 
these the cypripediums and laelias were abun¬ 
dantly represented. Greenhouse-flowering 
plants, a few alpines, and flne exhibits of 
fruits and vegetables completed the chief 
attractions of the day. Mr. Raflirs fine col¬ 
lection of large photographs, representing 
plants and scenes at Kew, formed a very dis¬ 
tinct and pleasing feature of the meeting, 
and he was, deservedly, awarded a silver-gilt 
Flora Medal; there were several hundred 
photographs, representing a wide range of 
subjects, but orchids and flowering trees and 
shrubs were most largely sho^m. 
FLORAL COMAIITTEE. 
Cyclamens were grandly shown by Messrs. 
Sutton and Sons, Reading, this firm putting 
up large semi-circular blocks of their fine 
varieties, Vulcan, Giant Rose Pink, Giant 
Salmon Pink, Giant White, and Salmon 
Scarlet, the latter an excellent variety that 
lights up finely under artificial light. Need¬ 
less to say, every plant was perfectly grown 
and smothered with grat^eJul blooms. 
Alessrs. Wm. Cutbush and Sons, Highgate, 
presented a bright exhibit, composed of car¬ 
nations—Mrs. L. Alackinnon was shown 
grandly—forced flowering shrubs in great 
variety, Iris histrio’des major, I. Dan- 
fordiae. I. Tauri. and other delightful early 
flowers. 
Messrs. Jas.Veitch and Sons, Chel.sea, filled 
a long table with bright greenhouse-flower¬ 
ing plants, and their display included 
Primula malacoides, Indian azaleas, Senecio 
grandifolius, winter-flowering begonias, the 
blue Coleus thyrsoideus, fragrant freesias, 
the White Eupatorium vernale, and the 
lavender-hued Erlangea tomentosa. L:n- 
denbergia grandiflora, with yellow flowers, 
was’ a somewhat uncommon plant in this 
group. A bright exhibit of cut pelargo¬ 
niums, from Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, 
Swanley, showed how, out in the country, 
these handsome flowers can be of g^at ser¬ 
vice during the winter. Such varieties as 
Duke of Bedford, George Coats, New Y"ork, 
King Victor, Cymric, Prince of Orange, 
Kingswood, and" Blenheim were particularly 
effective. 
Ferns and selaginellas, from Messrs. H. B. 
May and Sons, Edmonton, provided an in¬ 
teresting exhibit. Gymnogramma Cordreyi, 
Asplenium marginatum. Polypodium Mayi 
cristatum, and Adiantum Farleyense glorio- 
sum were a few of the leading kinds. Agave 
filifera Leopoldi, with narrow green leaves 
and whitish marginal threads, was well 
shown by Air. Thurgood, gardener to H. T. 
Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill. TTiis is an in¬ 
teresting and elegant greenhouse plant. 
Messrs. Allwood Brothers, Haywards Heath, 
had a small exhibit of perpetual-flowering 
carnations, and chief among their varieties 
were the new Alary Allwood—which we have 
illustrated—Rosette, Fairmount, and a few 
of the older sorts. 
Single varieties of camellias, as shown by 
Messrs. AA^m. Paul and Sons, vrere very at¬ 
tractive, the flowers being lighter and less 
formal than the double ones. Minerva, Snow¬ 
flake, AValtham Glory, Vesta, Adelina Patti, 
and Tricolor were the varieties on view, and 
everv one is well worthy of cultivation by 
those who have accommodation for camellias. 
Isoloma hirsuta, with its pendant orange-red 
flowers and abundant foliage, was shown in 
good form by Air. L. R. Russell Richmond, 
who also contributed Indian azaleas. 
Alessrs. R. Gill and Sons Falmouth, 
showed how kind is the climate of South 
Cornwall by setting up handsome trusses of 
Rhododendrou arboreiim, R. barbatum, and 
R. argenteum, >vith fruiting branches of Ben- 
thami fragifera, and a little colony of the 
new Primula AA’interi, with its lilac-coloured 
flowers. Hellebores, saxifrages, PotentiUa 
Aliss AATllmott, primulas in variety, violas, 
etc., were all well grown by Alessrs. T. S. 
Ware, Lim., Feltham. 
A large exhibit from Alessrs. AAliitelegge 
and Page, Chislehurst, showed that this firm 
has a fine strain of the popular Primula 
obconica, the flowers being large and the 
ooloui-s varied, some being of a quite blue 
shade. Messrs. Pipers, Bayswater, put up a 
good strain of Primula obconica, with a 
backing of evergreen shrubs, chiefly dwarf 
conifers. Mr. G. Reiithe, Keston, also 
showed trees, berberis, saxifraget>, charming 
little irises, snowdrops, hardy cyclamens, 
hellebores, etc. 
Hardy heaths, early primulas, pigmy 
shrubs," daphnes, and irises were grouped 
among rockwork by Alessrs. J. Chcal and 
Sons, Crawley. This firm also contributed 
models of garden furniture, bridges, gates, 
etc., and a model to scale of Messrs. Cheal’s 
pergola and formal garden as exhibited by 
them at the recent Royal International Hor¬ 
ticultural Exhibition at Chelsea. Mr. 
Clarence Elliott, Six Hills, Stevenage, dis¬ 
played alpines and pigmy shrubs suitable for 
the rock garden, and a little group of Saxi- 
fraga Burseriana major was very pretty. 
Messrs. J. Peed and Sons, Norwood, were 
other exhibitors of alpines. 
Perpetual carnations of excellent size and 
fine colour, contributed by Mr. H. Burnett, 
Guernsey, made up a very bright display. 
The yellow-ground varieties, Sunstar and 
Mandarin, were conspicuous, with Scarlet 
Glow', Mrs. C. F. Raphael, St. Nicholas, 
Marmion, and numerous beautiful pink and 
white varieties. Carnations were well dis¬ 
played by Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., En¬ 
field, and, besides the popular sorts, this firm 
submitted Exquisite, a new' rose-flaked 
variety; Cinnabar, a ciniiabar-red variety, 
sweetly scented; Satin Robe, rose-pink; Be- 
nora, red-flaked; and Fairmount, deep 
bluish-heliotrope. Alessrs. A\". AA^ells and Co., 
Merstham, were exhibitors of carnations, 
and showed bright clear flowers of Bonfire, 
Gloriosa, R. F. Felton, Mrs. H. Burnett, 
Dorothy Gordon, and the new' American 
variety named Northport, a rich cerise, free- 
flowering variety. Mr. C. Engelmann had a 
small but very Ijright exhibit of carnations, 
and his bunches of Elektra. Rosette, Sunstar, 
and Harlequin were especially bright. 
ORCHID COAIMITTEE. 
The members of this committee turned up 
in strong force, and had a very large amount 
of work to do, about thirty novelties and 
numerous groups coming under their con¬ 
sideration. 
Mr. Page, gardener to G. F. Aloore, Esq., 
Cliardwar, Bourton-on-the-AA^ater, exhibited 
a grand gold-medal lot of cypripediums, splen¬ 
did plants, carrying a famous lot of fine 
blooms. Varieties of C. insigne and C. Leea- 
num were plentiful, and indeed formed the 
bulk of the collection, but there were C. 
Thompsoni, C. Hera Euryades, C. Argo- 
Fairrieanum, C. veronicus, C. Niobe super¬ 
bum, C. Alaudae, C. Bridge! magnificum, C. 
AAAn. Lloyd magnificum, C. Venus, C. Pros- 
pero, C. triumphans, and many other good 
things. In the group of orchids from Messrs. 
James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, were a num¬ 
ber of excellent cypripediums, notably C. 
Milo superbum, C. Golden Glory, C. Hera 
Euryades, C. Idina var. Portia, very fine; 
C. Actaens Langleyense, and C. Little Gem.’ 
From Baron Bruno Schroder’s collection at 
The Dell, Egham, Mr. Shill brought up a 
very beautiful lot of well-grown plants of 
varieties of Laelia anceps. The spikes and 
blooms were of excellent size, and the group 
was greatly admired. Of course, all the best 
varieties were on view, and we made special 
note of L. a. Ballentinianum, L. a. Schro- 
derae, L. a. Crawshayanum, L. a. alba, L. a. 
Amesiae, L. a. Sanderiana, etc. A fine form 
of Odontoglossum Pescatorei, with pale shad- 
ing and markings instead of the usual bright 
purple spots, was exhibited with the laelias, 
and concerning it a curious point arose; the 
plant w'as awarded a F.C.C. some years ago, 
but as a flower was not available for the 
artist to paint for the R.H.S. collection of 
certified orchids, the aw'ard lapsed. On this 
occasion the Committee confirmed the old 
award for the old date, on condition that 
flowers w'cre provided for a painting. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, presented a graceful contribution of 
orchids; their spik^ of Odontoglossum 
Phoel>e, O. P. magnificum, O. Gladys, 0. 
Phtedra, and O. ardentissimum were very 
beautiful. Under those w'e noted such good 
things as Laelio-cattleya Bella alba, carrying 
a spike of six grand flowers; L.-c. Golden 
Oriole, L.-c. Ariel, and L.-c. Sunray, all 
orange and yellow-tinted varieties; Odonto- 
glossuni Ceres, Odontioda Bohnhofiae, and the 
curious Adioda St. Fuscien, Heaton variety, 
a cross between Cochlioda Noezliana and Ada 
aurantiana. Air. O. Hayles, gardener to Sir 
Charles Haddon, Rossway, Ikrkhampstead, 
set up seven specimens of Cypripedium in¬ 
signe crowded with flowers. 
Miltonia Bleuana gloriosa was very fine 
in the collection from Messrs. Sander and 
Sons, St. Albans, and Laelio-cattleya AATUiam 
Gott in the same group carried five beautiful 
salmon and purple flowers. Other notable 
plants w^ere Brasso-cattleya Vesta, Cycnoches 
Cooperi, a very curious flow’er; and Laelio- 
cattleya Pauline. In the exhibit from Messrs. 
Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, the outstanding 
features were Phalaenopsis amabile, P. 
Schilleriana, Angraecum eburneum, Laelia an¬ 
ceps, Oncidium tigrinum, Dendrobium AVar- 
dianum, Ansellia africana, and Brasso-cat- 
tleya Maronae. 
Mr. H. Day, gardener to H. S. Goodson, 
Esq., Fairlawn, Putney, had a goodly group 
of orchids, and staged Cymbidium Tracya- 
num, a great variety of odontoglossunis, in¬ 
cluding O. Hebe, one of the Rossi crosses, a 
few odontiodas, with cypripediums and mil- 
tonias, all pleasingly arranged with ferns and 
green moss. Cypripediums were submitted 
by Air. Thurgood, gardener to H. T. Pitt, 
Esq., Stamford Hill, together with Odonto¬ 
glossum Loochristiense, Laelia anceps San¬ 
deriana, and the interesting Eulophia vires- 
cens with a long spike of green flowers. The 
deep rose-coloured Calanthe Vulcan, with one 
or two w'ell-grow'n odontoglossums, were ex¬ 
hibited by Mr. A. Metcalfe, gardener to Lady 
AVernher, Luton Hoo, Luton. 
From Cheltenham, Messrs. J. Cypher and 
Sons brought up various calanthes, several 
of the finer white-flowered forms of Laeha 
anceps, the rare and beautiful litPe Ancis- 
trochilus Rothschildiana, and fine examples 
of Cypripedium Bridgei, C. Euryades San¬ 
der’s var., C. Actaeus Sybil, C. aureimi bur- 
prise, and the free-flowering C. Cliarles- 
worthianum Cypher’s var. Messrs. A. and J- 
AIcBean, Cooksbridge, exhibited a large num¬ 
ber of very beautiful odontoglossum spikes, 
and a few good cypripediums, odonLodas, 
and miltonias. Air. E. H. Davidson, 
Dene, Twyford, show^ed large spikes of ' 
dium crispum, a few good cypripediums, and 
first-rate odontoglossums. 
Several exhibitors brought new ' 
Lieut .-Colonel Sir George Hoi ford J Y J, 
pretty cypripedium named Corsair, 
by crossing C. niobe and C. nitens. i 
M. Ogilvie gained an A.M. for his large a 
bold Cypripedium Amazon. Interesting » 
pretty was Odontonia Firmini, shown ‘ 
Firmin Lambeau, of Brussels; this 
result of crossing Odontoglcssum crispun 
wdth Miltonia vexillaria. The flowers 
flattish, and, wdth the growth, betray 
influence of the Aliltonia parent; but 
w'hite flower, yellow crest, pink-flushed 
and modified form of the bloom If 
odontoglossum parent. Mr. de Barn 
shay showed Odontoglossum ,vav 
form, and Mr. Roebling sent, all j,, 
from Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A., a 
ing plant of Lmlia anceps Roeblingiana, ^ 
curiously-.striped petals, and gamed a - - 
for it. Cypripedium Iona, from the 
