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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
, Th^ eold m^dal collection in the 
t from M. Paul de Schryver Lw- 
•** ^ ^ y A. Vervaet-Vervaen, Meirle- 
U ,i;: of t'reat merit. 
H.\RDY .\z.\leas. 
I ,,«..-tiTe were the rich colour displays 
, . i V the ereat groups of the varieties 
■' mollU. The rich shades of orange, 
a akd fawn were a pl^^asant change 
, of the rhododendrons and 
■ M. . .1- but in a few cases they were 
/a' A-i-ed ’with due regard to their en- 
' In the case of the groups ar- 
. V. n the eastern annexe they were so 
Is «')t to clash with the colours by 
t'vT were surrounded, and conse.- 
S tier prodiu'ed a rich and most 
fffw-t. Here were the contribu- 
. tht> cJaf*< for big specimens, and 
<k Reuse freres, Saffelaere, Ghent, 
^■artied the gold medal for specimens 
y itr- ^imply enveloped in flowers. In 
for collection.s the same 
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exhibitions because so few people cultivate, 
or have conveniences for, such fine examples. 
M. Francois Spae, Melle, Ghent, had a 
grand lot of palms—indeed, such palms as 
oue sees at Ghent Show are never seen at 
British exhibitions, though at Kew, Edin¬ 
burgh, Cambridge, Dublin, and one or two 
private gardens as fine and finer specimens 
are to be found. Palms have such a special 
grace that it is a thousand pities more kinds 
are not grown at home. M. Spae had Cero- 
xylon niveum in fine condition, the white 
undersides of its leaves demanding atten¬ 
tion ; Pinanga Kuhli is another striking kind; 
but far above these towered Kentia Diimo- 
niana and K. Forsteriana, while a gigantic 
bushy mass of Rhapis aspera filled the ^ntre 
of a large j?roup. Kentia McArthuri, the 
purple-tinted, broad-leaved Kentia Lindeni, 
the red-stemmed Cyrtostachys Renda Duvi- 
vieriana, the fine Caryota Schilleri, and a 
very b:g, 15 ft.-high Areca Baueri were other 
fine palms shown by M. Spae, who won many 
prizes. 
shown by M. T. Piers, and also by M.Leonard 
Gyseback fils, the latter receiving a silver- 
gilt medal for bis specimen, about seven feet 
high. 
The graceful and immensely useful Phoenix 
Roebelini was finely shown throughout the 
hall, and plants of varying size were dis¬ 
played, but all showed excellent culture, 
being clean and healthy, and feathered to 
the pot rim. M. J. P. Hartman, Ghent; M. 
Tlieophile Piers, Melle; and The Flandria 
Company, Bruges, all showed this grand 
palm finely, but the latter had the larger 
number of large specimens, and secured there- 
wdth a special gold medal. M. Guillaume 
Gyselinck, Melle, also had these palms in 
fine condition. By far the finest specimen of 
Phoenix Roebelini was one about nine feet 
high, clothed to the tub in elegant leafage; 
it was showTi by La Croix Co., Calcken, 
and secured a special award. 
Tlie finest set of eight Kentias came from 
the Flandria Company, Bruges, and were 
grand examples of K. Canterburyana, K. 
A PICTURESQUE GARDEN SCENE, GHENT, 
Arranged in the Western Annexe of the Great Hall. 
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r palms. 
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Right across the extreme end of the great 
annexe the Societe Horticole Gantoise ar¬ 
ranged one of the finest displays** of palms 
ever exhibited. It consisted of a hundred 
specimens, and it would easily have filled one 
half of the Royal Horticultural Hall, length- 
ways. A fine work of art fell to this com¬ 
pany. We pick out a few of the more striking 
kinds from this wonderful collection and 
these few must include Ceroxylon andicola, 
the Wax Palm; Caryota elegantissima, Elais 
eruineensis, the Oil Palm : Astrocaryum mexi- 
clinum, wdth glaucous leafage borne in a gr^at 
crown at the top of a stout stem; a great 
Livistona roDindifolia with leaves about six 
feel across; Kentia Lindeni, twenty-five feet 
high; the curious Kentia pendula, and a 
Corypha australis of splendid size and de¬ 
velopment, and just the sort of plant to 
always occupy a central position at the Vin¬ 
cent Square exhibitions—about eighteen feet 
high and twenty-five feet across. 
Phoenicophorum seychellarum, with its 
broad leaves and spiny stems, was well 
Kersteniana with slender stem ; K. Sander- 
iana, also slender-stemmed, and K. Alberti, 
K. Belmbriana, K. pendula, and K. Dumo- 
niana. The same firm, now renowned for its 
fine palms, put up a magnificent collection of 
fifteen specimens, staging grand examples of 
Phoenix Roebelini, about six feet high; a 
giant Kentia Belmoreana. Areca lutescens, 
Rhapis hnmilis, twelve feet high; Chamae- 
rops excelsa, the glaucous Locos Bonnetti, 
and a wide-spreading Livistona rotnndifolia, 
with big fan-like leaves. Many high awards 
fell to this company. 
STOVE PLANTS. 
In the great central hall of the exhibition 
the brilliant colouring of the great masses 
of azaleas and rhododendrons made the eyes 
tired very Foon, and so it was a great relief 
to turn aside into the big salle where the 
stove and foliage plants were arranged in 
massive groups and great l>eds and l>orders, 
a fine, graceful, and soft effect being pro¬ 
duced by giant palms, huge ferns, big 
