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on similar lines, and was 
J Towering stands of blooms, 
r tall palms and hanging bas- 
to make up a full and bold 
/ ... and round this were grouped 
: -tancU of bloom over a ground- 
; -.en moss and small ferns and 
i r fties were numerous, but we 
the excellent flowers of Cinna- 
;:sit sweet and pretty; Satin 
-live of pink ice-cream; British 
: ,pcrimson; Baroness de Brienen, 
the most popular salmon-blush 
. *’ day; M/s. C. F. Raphael, a 
- hifM>m; the glowing Marmion, 
mighty crimson maroon cama- 
; Mikado, one of the best heliotrope 
lin<> exhibit from a Britisher was 
- up ^easingly by Mr. A. F. Dut- 
. Buclw. Mr. Dutton filled a large 
.. ’fflte Mr. Engleniann, near the 
*'• the Salon. He used glass vases 
' tin ones, and he had sufficient 
\ ferns to hide the sandy flooring. 
autiful blooms of Winsor, White 
though the wooden stools carrying the vases 
were a trifle obtrusive in places. 
The Societe Horticole A'proise, Ypres, 
Belgium (Mr. Bouckenoghe), present^ a 
large group of oarnations, but his blooms 
fell far short of the Britishers’ in quality, 
though Rose Pink Enchantress, Cinnabar, 
Empire Hay, and Triumph were very well 
represented. It was in new seedlings, how- 
hower, that this company excelled, for tboy 
had scores of new flowers that included some 
distinct colourings, especially among car¬ 
mine and rose shades, and gorgeous buff or 
yellow ground fancies, while one fringed 
white seedling attracted a fair amount of 
attention from the English growers. 
THE HUTCH EXHIBIT. 
A quite good display set out on a large 
pear-shaped lawn indicated some of the spe¬ 
cial features of the Aalsmeeir district in 
Holland. At the broader and higher end 
grandly-flowered lilacs were massed with 
Acer Negundo, and all around the growing 
plants vases of long-stemmed .bunches of 
bloom were massed in prodigal fashion, and 
RHOHODENHRONS. 
Although much less numerous than the In¬ 
dian azaleas, the evergreen rhododendrons 
were exhibited in immense numbers, and as 
they were all superbly flowered they consti¬ 
tuted a feature that was equally remarkable 
for its distinctness and beauty. In most cases 
the groups of these handsome shrubs had for 
a background scenic representations of wide- 
spreading lawns and handsome trees, and in 
one instance a neat rhododendron garden, 
as seen in the flowering season. With such 
combinations the colour effects were rich and 
striking, and suggestive of the aid these 
shrubs are so well able to render those who 
are engaged in the creation of garden scenes. 
Especially remarkable for their flower pro¬ 
duction, and rich colouring were the im¬ 
mense number of dwarf bush specimens 
shown by Mr. A. de Clercq, Chysegham, 
Ghent, who was awarded two gold medals, 
one for his mixed varieties and the other for 
a hundred or more specimens of the charming 
Prince Camille de Rohan, with its bold 
trusses of rose-tinted flowers marked with a 
deep blotch. These two huge groups formed 
AJf ATTEACTIVE combination of HYDEANGEAS and EHODODENDEONS, GHENT. 
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for beauty and fragrance this exhibit was 
superb. 
Imagine about three hundred vases of 
superb spikes, chiefly of Marie Legray and 
Souv. de Leon Spaethe, lilacs, grouped in 
a bold crescent-shaped group, with a few 
plants of Pyrus malus among the low vases 
of the white lilac towards the lowest point 
of this crescent; a grass lawn in front; on one 
side a large group, also pear-shaped, about 
fifty feet long, composed entirely of glorious 
roses, cut, and set in green vases, with ferns 
and asparagus sprays between—the varieties 
Captain Hayward, Caroline Testout, and the 
lovely Eairserin Augusta Victoria, the latter 
massed at the widest end of the bed; fur¬ 
ther, imagine at the narrow end of this 
tine display , a bed of pink and white hydran¬ 
geas over blue pansies, this mass of colour 
backing up a very beautiful lot of over a 
hundi’^ perfect specimens of Begonia GiLoire 
de Lorraine, some raised a yard high and 
others set low among purple pansies. 
The whole, as noted, together with borders 
of fragrant crimson wallflowers and bands of 
great-headed mignonette, formed a contribu¬ 
tion that was a fine tribute to the Aalsmeer 
growers’ enterprise, and formed at once the 
most fragrant, and not the least beautiful of 
the many fine exhibits in this great show. 
the foreground to the scenic rhododendron 
garden, and were highly attractive to the 
visitors. Near by was a group of rhododen¬ 
drons consisting of one hundred or more stan¬ 
dards, carrying large heads, all of which 
were so splendidly flowered as to suggest 
huge bouquets of bloom. Mr. F. Spae was 
exhibitor, and was awarded the first prize, 
consisting of a gold medal. Mme. Calvalho, 
a beautiful variety with flowers of a light 
blush hue, which enjoys a high degree of 
popularity in British gardens, was finely re¬ 
presented by a huge, splendidly flowered spe¬ 
cimen growing in a large tub. This was 
shown by M. Charles van Geert, and was 
of interest as evidence of the adaptability 
of rhododendrons for growing in lar^ pots 
and tubs for terraces and promenades in both 
public and private gardens. 
A glorious feature was formed in the 
eastern annexe by the two magnificent col¬ 
lections, each consisting of forty specimens, 
in competition far the handsome work of art 
pre^nted by M. Albert Centrick. These were 
exhibited by Messrs. Louis Van Houtte pere 
and Co., and M. Charles van Geert, and in 
the result the first named were awarded the 
work of art, and M. van Geert a large gold 
medal. Many of the specimens ranged from 
four to five in diameter, and splendidly 
