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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
3 . 1913 , 
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EXHIBITIONS AND 
MEETINGS. 
Royal Horticultural Society. 
The Hall at Vincent Square, Westminster, 
was well filled on April 29, but the exhibition 
as a whole fell a trifle short of some recent 
ones in point of beauty and interest. Daf¬ 
fodils showed that the end of their season 
had arrived, orchids had an “off” time, but 
hardy flowers, especially alpines, were abun¬ 
dant, and carnations were good. The 
National Auricula Society held their annual 
exhibition on this occasion, and occupied con¬ 
siderable space with fascinating plants and 
flowers. 
PLANTS. 
Very beautiful were the climbing roses and 
the bunches of cut blooms of hybrid tea and 
tea varieties set up in some quantity and 
attractively by Messrs. B. Canit and Sons, 
Colchester. Mr. E. J. Hicks, Hurst, Berks, 
resented roses also, while Messrs. Wm. Cut- 
ush and Son, Highgate, had splendid pot 
roses, a beautiful lot of carnations, and some 
hardy flowers. Wichuriana roses staged by 
Messrs. Hobbies, Lim., Dereham, filled a 
large space, and made a bold exhibit. The 
weeping standards were the leading feature, 
and in this form Hiawatha, Mrs. L. Dew- 
hurst, Minnehaha, Dorothy Perkins, Lady 
Gay,' and Excelsa were the leading varieties. 
Mr. W. Profittlich, Twickenham, submitted 
the neat double deep red polyantha rose 
named Erna Terchendorff, a sport from Mrs. 
Norbet Levavasseur; this gained an A.M., 
and should prove a ^ood bedding variety, as 
we noted it keeps its colour finely out of 
doors, and flowers abundantly. 
Messrs. R. Gill and Sons, Falmouth, again 
showed brilliant Himalayan rhododendrons, 
including the pendulous, tubular R. Keysi. 
Flowering trees and shrubs from Messrs. J. 
Cheal and Sons, Crawley, made up a nice 
hank, and comprised Spir«a arguta multi¬ 
flora, a cloud of white blossoms, the blue 
Veronica Hulkeana, wistarias, Piptanthus 
nepalensis. Laburnum Vossi, the neat little 
Abies Hookeriana. good for a rock garden, 
the rare Pinus Balfouriana, and the weep¬ 
ing and novel Cupressue arizonica. 
The Guildford Hardy Plant Company and 
Mr. A. Hemsley, Crawley, were exhibitors of 
alpmes; Messrs. Whitelegge and Page 
Chislehurst, staged Primula Veitchi, alpine 
phloxes, aubrietias, saxifrages, and Viola 
gracilis lutea in round baskets. Messrs. 
Thompson and Charman, Adam Street, Adel- 
phi, were small exhibitors of alpines, 
hut Mr. Jas. Box, Lindfield, Haywards 
Heath, had a fairly large exhibit of alpine 
auriculas, hardy primulas, phloxes, violas, 
and other lovely early spring flowers; while 
near by The Burton Hardy Plant Nurseries, 
Christchurch, put up a little rock garden dis¬ 
play. and Messrs. Reamsbottom and Co., 
Geashill. King’s Co., staged their brilliant 
St. Brigid anemones. 
The boldest and prettiest rock garden in 
the Hall was the one arranged near the gal¬ 
lery steps by Messrs. J. Piper and Son, 
Barnes. Double white cherries and bamboos 
formed a background, white azaleas, cytisus 
and Daphne cneorum were placed on top of 
the rock masses; while Gentiana acaulis An- 
drosace sarmentosa, A. villosa, saxifrages 
Cheiranthus Allioni, and Houstania caerulea 
nestled in colonies among the rocks. In 
the centre boggy area Primula japonaca, P. 
Veitchd, and P. sikkimensis were groirped 
boldly. Aubrietias in variety were submit^ 
by the Wargrave Plant Farm, The Arc^e, 
Liverpool Street, E.C.; and alpine plants of 
many kinds were presented by Messrs. B. 
Tucker and Sons, Gray Street, Oxford; while 
Messrs. Phillips and Taylor, Bracknell, 
showed hardy primulas and saxifrages. 
A bright rock garden exhibit from Messrs. 
T. S. Ware, Lim., Feltham, contained a 
selection of aubrietias and a lovely lot of the 
neat double form of Anemone nemorosa. 
Among hardy shrubs of many kinds, Mr. 
L. R. Russell staged Clianthus paniceus with 
a cluster of its lobster-clawed flowers, and 
some flowering plants of the elegant Lonicera 
Maacki. A host of saxifrages was staged in 
mossy baskets and in boxes by Mrs. Lloyd 
Edwards, Bryn Oerog, Llangollen; Oculata 
rosea. Pearl, Sir F. Crisp (white). Coronation, 
Patty, and Mrs. Lloyd Edwards were a few 
of the finest varieties. The lovely Gentiana 
acaulis and the bright Saxifraga Bathon- 
ensis were shown in quantity in a rock gar¬ 
den arrangement from Mr. Clarence Elliott, 
Stevenage. Messrs. G. and A. Clarke, Dover, 
filled a little rock garden with gay spring 
flowers, and Messrs. W. Fells and Son, 
Hitchin, brought saxifrages and primulas 
in quantity, and massed these among 
rocks. 
Primulas from Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 
Chelsea, were very beautiful, and included 
P. pudverulenta, P. p. Mrs. Berkeley, a 
pretty blush tint with orange eye; the free- 
flowering P. Veitchi, P. Unique, P. sibirica 
chinensis, and P. longutica with crimson- 
carmine flowers. Meoonopsds integrifolia was 
present with its yellow Mooms, and near by 
was a rare display of nemesias in brUliant 
colouring, and also in purest white. Messrs. 
Barr and Sons contributed a rock garden 
exhibit, and in this the beautiful Iris pavonia 
was very charming. Messrs. G. Bunyard and 
Co., Maidstone, had a nice selection of the 
varieties of Iris pumila, of saxifrages, au¬ 
brietias, and tulips. Scilla campanulata in 
various colours, a lovely batch of Daphne 
cn^rum. Primula Forresti, Androsaoe Chum- 
byi, and a host of other lovely things were 
set up in a rock garden by Mr. Maurice 
Prichard, Christchurch. Messrs. G. Jack- 
man and Son, Woking, had Iris pumila 
cyanea, deep blue, among other alpines, etc. 
Messrs. Baters, Wolverhampton, made a 
feature of Ranunculus amplexicaule and the 
gay, dwarf Saxifr^^^ jl^sall Gem. 
VMr. P. Ladds, Swahley, had a miscellaneous 
contribution, wherein Hydrangea Mdme. 
EmBe Moulliere was superbly shown, the 
superb heads carrying enormous white- 
fringed flowers. Lovely shades of rose, sal¬ 
mon, and of maroon were seen in the hip- 
peastrums exhibited by Messrs. R. P. Ker 
and Sons, Liverpool, and varieties of great 
exceUenoe representing these colours were 
Rose Gem,. Hesperus^, and Midnight. A 
mixed group from Messrsi. Stuart Low and 
Co., Enfield, contained blue hydrangeas, 
beautiful acaoias, and gerberas. 
The chief new things were a dwarf daphne¬ 
like plant; with clusters of pink flowers, named 
^theonema armenum Warley Hybrid (A.M.), 
from Miiss Willmott, V.M.H., Great Warley; 
Primula La Lorraine (A.M.), with purplish 
flowers, from Mr. M. Prichard, a hybrid be¬ 
tween P. Veitchi and P. cortusoides; and 
Wallflower Primrose Monarch, with large, 
soft yellow flowers in dense spikes, from Mr. 
Moss, Kelvedon. 
Dobbies’ Perfection strain of calceolarias 
made up a bold and brilliant group, and the 
plants revealed an unusually wide range of 
colours; these were from Messrs. Dobbie and 
Co., Edinburgh. This firm also showed 
long-spurred columbines, and three dozen 
pans of violas that were very pretty early in 
the day, but by the middle of the afternoon 
the great heat made many of the flowers 
hang their heads. Violas and pansies from 
Messrs. Carter Page and Co., London Wall, 
were very effective, set up in pans, and their 
fragrance was delightful. Mary All wood. 
White Wonder, and Mrs. C. W. Ward were 
the carnations Messrs. Allwood Brothers set 
up finely. Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, had 
carnations in gprand form, and set up glori¬ 
ous bunches of grand flowers. 
We may refer to Messrs. Wills and Segar, 
of Kensington, who had golden arum lilies 
and bine hydrangeas among other strong 
plants; to Mr. G. Reuthe, Keston, whose 
rhododendrons were vastly interesting and 
beautiful; to Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, 
Edmonton, who brought up fraerant 
denias, sweet violas, and ferns* to 
H. Cannell and Sons, Swanler and Mr H 
J. Jones, Lewisham, both of whom dignU^ 
zonal pelargoniums in fine style, anH^ 
vided rare masses of vivid colouring* and t 
Messrs. W. Wells and Co., Merstham 
contrib.uted a small set of carnations. * 
NARCISSI AND TULIPS. 
The Narcissus and Tulip Committee hu 
had a fairly strenuous season, and on tite 
occasion there were a number of good groB^ 
as well as many varieties up for awai^^’ 
A garden of tulips and daffodils wa* 
charmingly arranged by Messrs. J. Carter 
and Co., the former placed in a long lei 
bordered by grass; higher up, on a mi- 
supported terrace, such daffodils as I^iry. 
maid, Gloria Mundi^ Vanilla, Aspasia, Kiijr 
Alfred, Argent, and.the lovely White Udr 
w^re mass^ in groups in front of coiiferi. 
Japanese maples, and magnolias. A fine lot 
of daffodils from Messrs. R. H. Bath, Lim. 
Wisbech, contained really fine flowers 
Epic, Laureate, Maggie May, Refulgenee,; 
Cygnet, Princess Ena—a fine triandmj 
hybrid,’ Larissa, and the globing Will S6a^. 
let. 
Mr. W. B. Cranfield, Enfield Chgii; 
showed a love^ strong-growing triandm 
hybrid named Venetia (A.M.), and Mr. E 
Phillips secured an A.M. for Evangeline, i 
Leedsi variety already fairly well knowit 
Some splendid Darwin and May-floweri^ 
tulips were set up in big bunchw in 
and vases by Messrs. R. and G. Cu thbert , 
Southgate. The blooms were finely g wwy 
and only needed something for a grounds 
to display them to full advantage. BartifOB, 
Feu Ardente, Louis XVI., MacMahon, 
liness, Bacchus, Duke of Westmineter^ u 
Tulip Noir, Union Jack, and Pride of 
lem, were all grand vari^ies. Me^rs. -ntwi 
and Sons, Reading, set up daffodils m qn»^ 
tity and showed large masses of 
Orange Sidney, Mdme. de Graaff, 
line, Stonechat, Incognita, Ptarmigan, in4 
Weardale Perfection. . , 
Messrs. Barr and Sons, Oovent Garden, m 
a bold exhibit of daffo^ls and tuhos tw 
former very good for this late 
Will Scarlet, and Royal Star were strikii^ 
g^ood, and there were a “T 
seedlings, one, something like 
tracting most attention. Messrs. 
and Goodwin, Kidderminster pr^ente^ 
fresh flowers of daffodils, and ^t up ^ 
bunches of Epic, a g^ ^ 
Ri^etto, Heroine, Cavalier, . 
centre; the told fill SmW. 
equally startling Seville, 
iSe, ete. 
Chelsea, also exhibited daffodils, 
eented poetaz varieties well. . 
The G. H. Engleheart 
very beautiful new unnamed daff^us,ia^j 
poeticus varieties or E^rri ^ 
white perianth segments. ^d tb«» 
had a delightfuUy <>oohappearam«, a 
were two seedlings with «ream-Lnt^ ^ 
and with a wonderful ^ ^ 
centre, and which seemed to x it 
deal of blue in it as one i 
the flower for several seconds, 
fine display of lovely late flowers. 
orchids. ^xliibi- 
Orchids were a small 
tion, but of great merit F®]! 
Odontoglossum amabile blotches 
white ground with rosy-cri gepah 
spots over the central 
petals. This, together 
^ttleya Prince Olaf, ^eatonb 
grand flowers; Cattleya E ’ ^ blo<^ 
var., with sax brilliant ^Vth 
and Cattleya Schroderae 
tovely blMLint^flowers, 
Holford (grower, Mr. H- Aie 
birt, Tetbury. ^ Jf/jT 
H. S. Goodson, Esq. of 0^ 
Day), Putney, sent and 0...^ 
gloesum illustre var. -wified 'V V. 
Lemeu.x, Goodson’s var.. a J 
anum. Sir Trevor 
White), Burford Lodge, I>o« S 
