December 6, 1913. 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
H orticultural show advertise- 
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EXHIBITIONS AND 
MEETINGS. 
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Royal Horticuriural Society. 
In vic^w of the carnation show, to be held on 
the following day, there were large exhibits 
of carnations at the Royal Horticultural Hall 
on December 2. Besides these, orchids, win- 
ter-Ilowering begonias, and chrysanthemums 
were the leading floral features, and there 
was an unusually large number’of big ex¬ 
hibits of fruit. 'The attendance was greater 
than usual at this time of year. 
CARNATIONS. 
Cecil F. Raphael, Esq. (gardlener, Mr. 
Grubb), Portei-s Park, Snenley, Herts, con. 
tribute a magnificent bank of carnations. 
In the background large stands of Carola, 
White W onder, Mary Allwood, etc., served as 
a good foil to the large collection of the 
very fragrant Mrs. C.'F. Raphael. The 
flowers throughout were of extra size, and the 
foliage of the pot plants had that glistening 
silveriness which tells of high culture, and 
is a credit to a grower. Mr. A. F. 
Dutton, Iver, Bucks, set up very many car¬ 
nations in pots. These were all really good 
plants of the general saleable size, and were 
growing in Sin. pots. 
Messrs. Young and Co., Cheltenham, in- 
duded such sterling varieties as Winsor, Sun- 
star, White Wonder, Rose Dore, and May 
Day in their excellent collection of fresh car¬ 
nation blooms. Mr. C. Engelmann, Saffron 
Walden, Essex, had an immense group of 
magnificent carnations. The prominent fea- 
ture was a collection of such vivid crimson 
and scarlet varieties as Beacon, Commodore, 
The Herald, Scarlet Carola, and Scarlet 
Glendale, which glowed with rich colouring 
and harmonised with the flanking stands of 
pink, yellow, purple, and white blooms. 
Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, staged a more 
sol»r hued, but a valuable collection, in 
which the blooms were fresh and) fragrant, 
and borne on the desirable long stout stalks. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, 
Enfield, showed an immense collection of cut 
carnations arranged in a manner which 
permitted easy inspection. A large central 
group was composed almost solely of Gor¬ 
geous, the variety which recently received 
an Award of Merit. Besides very many of 
the standard varieties, there was a large 
vase of an unnamed seedling, much after the 
style of May Hay, but of a softer shade of 
colour, which will probably become very 
popular. 
Messrs. Wm. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, 
made a large display of the brilliant car¬ 
nation Mrs. Lucy Mackinnon, in their fine 
group. Their valuable exhibit of winter¬ 
flowering begonias included Winter Per¬ 
fection, Beauty of Hale, Winter Cheer, 
and a beautiful little batcE of varieties of 
Gloire de Lorraine. Mr. Wm. Lawrensen, 
Yarm-on-Tees, showed many desirable car¬ 
nation blooms, notably R. F. Felton, Britan- 
ain, Mandarin, Congress, Lady Northcliffe, 
and similar varieties in fresh and good 
condition. Messrs. All wood Bros., Hay- 
^ar^ Heath, contributed a collection of 
*resh and dainty-looking carnations, which 
included) Mary Allwood, Salmon Enchan- 
Mrs. T. M. Crook, Scarlet Glow, 
^i^ypso, and many other equally good varie- 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Reading, staged 
,, arge number of plants which illustrated 
^ great improvements which have been 
ected with Primula obconica. These 
their grandiflora strain, and in- 
^ pure white form, and many shades 
colour from blush to deep red. In flqri- 
crousness and habit the obconica hybrids 
closely rival the stellata varieties of P. 
sinensis. 
Me^rs. H. B. May and Sons, Edmonton, 
exhibited cyclamen. Erica hyeinalis alba. 
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, and, in a cor¬ 
ner, many excellent poinsettias. lk‘«ido> 
many plants of Poinsettia pulcherrininia with 
large heads of bright scarlet bracts, there 
was a croup of P. pulcherrimma rosea, which 
is really of a terra-cotta shade, but pleading 
withal. Mr. S. Mortimer, Farnhuni, showed 
the pure- white stock “ All-the-Ycar-Remnd.” 
Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Kynsford, 
made a dazzling display of single zonal jwlar- 
goniums in all shades of scarlet and orange, 
as well as mauve, white, and claret. Along 
the front many vases of violets supplied 
the fragrance which the showy ))eiargo. 
niums lacked. Mr. H. <'ole, Swanley, uLm> 
showed zonal pelargoniums, and includuxl 
plants of Salvia rutilans, ericas, and small 
ferns. 
Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons. Chelaea, 
filled a length of staging with a splendid 
collection of winter-flowering begonias, 
derived from B. socotrana and tulwrous va- 
ritdes. The plants now shown evidemv 
an immense improvement on the original 
crosses. Now the colours arc pleasantly 
varied, and the plants have a s])lendid 
habit. At one end of the l>egonia exhibit 
there was a large basket of Chrysiintluniuni 
Cardinal, the richly-coloured single variety 
which received an Award of Merit. Mrs. 
Mnllens, Barrow Hills, Long Cross, Surrey, 
made a charming little display of a few 
large plants of Begonia Gloire de liorraine 
and the white Turn ford Hall variety. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
A good collection of chrysanthemums waa 
staged by the Manor House Nurseries Com¬ 
pany, Cardiff. This was especially strong in 
single-flowered varieties, and also includ^nl 
good blooms of Mrs. G. Drabble, H. E. Con¬ 
verse, and Manor House Gem. Messrs. M. 
Wells and Co., Merstham, set up a valuable 
collection of chrysanthemums. The largt*- 
flowered varieties were chiefly Mrs. G. 
Drabble, James Fraser, Mrs. W. E. Tricker. 
and Mauve Beauty. Of the sing^les tlie most 
attractive were Mrs. W. Prowting. Bright¬ 
ness. and Lady Furness. At one end there 
were a couple of va^-es of Antirrhinum Ncl- 
rose, of delightful pale terra-cotta colour. 
Colonel the Right Hon. Mark Lockwood, 
CV.O., M.P., sent from his gardens at 
Bishop’s Hall, Romford, a great many chry. 
santhemums, all of the variety Maud Jeffries. 
Theee dainty little plants were growing in 
Sin. pots, and each sturdy specimen bore five 
or six good-sized pure white blooms, which 
illustrated the great success which Mr. G. 
Cradduck attains with this method of cul- 
rhe Misses Price and Fyfe, Lee, gave an 
tractive display in the annexe, with many 
corative chrysanthemums and carnations. 
• T Ward Bishop’s Stortford, showed a 
lection of single chrvsanthemums in such 
rieties as Yellow Perfection,, Royaltv, J. C. 
liman, and Mrs. A. K. Bowshead. Messrs, 
ills and Segar, Onslow Crescent, W., 
ouped such decorative plants ^ 
dian azaleas, cyclamen, and lily of the 
Iley. 
HARDY PLANTS. 
Me 9 «rs. Barr and Sons, Covent Ga^en, 
flayed many curious and interesting pigmy 
L ^flanked by Iris tingitana. Cyclamen 
c*ricum in mixed colours, and the Giant 
owW (Galanthus Elwesii), 
Tman hyacinths. Messrs. W Cutbush 
d Son, Highgate, made an effective show 
trees and shrubs arranged ona flwr 
ice- a large dormant weeping beech and 
reral standard brooms serv^ to 
B value of the golden conifers and the 
Russell, Richmond staged sea¬ 
lable shrubs-K^hiefly of such berned kin^ 
Sk’mmia japonica, Aucuba vera, and Per- 
ttya mucronata. Mr. G. Eeuthe, Krston, 
nt had a small collection of uncommon 
int's wWch included Berbens Bcalci, Rho- 
dodendron Tliommini grandiflora. and I>e»- 
fortainea spinosa, as well as a choice set of 
alpines. 
Messrs. Whitelegge and Page, ('hislchurst. 
exhibited many alpines in poU and pans, and 
a number td* t'onifers, rhieflv of dwarf types 
suitable for rock garden pranting. Messrs. 
T. S. Ware, Lim., Feltham, Middlesex, in¬ 
cluded charming little plants of Iria stylosa 
and tlie albino variety in a valuable collec¬ 
tion of border and nwkery plants. Plants of 
Uosnmrinut- pr^strata, in full bloom, illus¬ 
trated the vagaries of the -eason. 
Mr. Clarence ITliott, -Stevenage*, c^mtinued 
to rfhow small flowering planter, of the rich 
blue gentian. Various r<x’kerv plante—ciaxi 
fragt'H, androfiii<H^««. and the like w-ero altr) 
shown in small |>ots. and hackl'd by n row 
of dwarf <»nifers. .Mr. K. Hoathcote. Willi- 
ton. Soiner-^q, showi'd t<*n vaies of Violet 
Prijitxv of Wahvi, which bore the charac¬ 
teristic large flowers on big stalks. .Mr. 
J. J. Kettle. ('orf< Mullen. IK .et, cxlii- 
bite<l a splendid colhvtion of double and 
single violet^ in many distinct varieties. 
oiBHins. 
MiNisrs. Stuart liow and <^'o.. Bush Hill 
Bark. Enfield, had several excellent plants 
of Phalieno^iHifi Rimc^^tadiana and P. ama- 
bile, Vanda cterula of gemd blue colour, and 
Iloulletia Bricklehunstiana in a noteworthy 
t'ollection. Messrs. J. (Vpher and Sons, Chef- 
teiiham. had nothing but cypripediuras and 
masdtwallias. hut e/qKvially the former; they 
weiH‘ many and of fine quality. Cypripedium 
Priam. C. nitons, Archimide<<, (\ insigne 
Sanders*, and ('. liooanum Clinkal>erryainim 
are the nanu-'i of only a few’ of the g(KKi s*>j t« 
on \new. 
J. and A. Me Bean, Cookshridge. 
Spf ex. hjul an attractive arrangc*ment of 
Ij«*lio-cattIeyaH, onci<liums, odontuxlas, and 
cypri|)ediuinH, of which the place of honour 
was given to the la*lio-cattleva autodoin, 
which ret'cived an .\ward of Slerit. Mr. 
Harry Dixon, Wandsworth Common, also 
dis|)laycd an attractive rolhotion of orchids. 
Mchsin. Ilassall and to., Southgate, l^n- 
don. h.'id M])lendid plant* of Cattlcya Moira 
C. Maggie Baphael. C. Sylvia, and several 
excellent varieties of Cypri|KHlium insigne. 
Mci-o-h. Charlesworth and ('o.. Haywards 
Heath, showed a magnificent Brast^-cattlcya 
Veitchi, a fine form of Oncidium varicosum, 
and Odontoglossum crispum Madonna in a 
small but choice collection. 
Mew^srs. Ilory and Black. Slough, dis¬ 
played such odontoglofisum* as O. Airworth, 
O. Percultum. and O. Harryanio-crispum: 
with Cypripedium Snowdon and C. Floryi. 
Messrs, ^nder and Co., St. Albans, included 
a large number of cattleyas and La?lio- 
cattleyas in a very select collection ; of the 
latter, L.-c. Hon. Mr.*^. Astor, L.-c. Maure¬ 
tania, and L.-c. luminosa were e«pecially 
good. I..arge sprays of Zygopetalum Mao- 
kayi atro-violaceum, and of various onci- 
diums, hung ^acefully over the other plants. 
Sir George Holford and Francis Wellesley, 
Esq., also showed a few orchids, and t^ie for¬ 
mer secured a cultural commendation for 
I.rfelio-Cattleya Golden Beauty, finely grown 
by Mr. Alexander. 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 
The Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House. 
Aldenham, show^ that the home-grown 
apples are equally as attractive as the im¬ 
ported fruits, and of even higher quality. 
On a whole length of tabling Mr. Iklwin 
Beckett arranged many dishes of excellent 
apples, interspersed with an occasional dish 
of grapes, pears, or medlars, all of very 
tempting appearance. Messrs. H. Cannell 
and Sons, Eynsford, on the opposite side of 
the table, displayed a somewhat similar first- 
rate collection of apples, which, like the 
foregoing, was characterised by excellent 
style and high colouring; the golden colour 
of the KentTsh apples was especially U '.ling. 
The Agent-General for British Columbia 
filled the end of the Hall with a r. onster 
collection of British Columbian apples. The 
bulk of the exhibit was in boxes—presumably 
as imparted. There were 300 of them, and 
