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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
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fortnight too early for the bulk of even 
“May” flowers. In not a few instances the 
plants shown evinced sig;ns of a degree of 
forcing that is resented vigorously by hardy 
flowers, and we are prompted to ask the ques¬ 
tion whether the best interests of even com¬ 
mercial horticulture are served by exhibit¬ 
ing flowers so far out of season as to mean 
their appearing altogether out of true cha- 
racted. This protest refers, of course, to 
such border plants as should be seen at a 
July or Au^st show, and does not apply 
to those subjects that are simply given glass 
protection to ward off inclement weather. 
Taken altogether, for all our mild criticism, 
we readily acknowledge that hardy plants 
and flowers were very well shown by a large 
number of well-known growers. 
ITie group of hardy plants and flowers ar¬ 
ranged on the ground by Mr. James Box, 
Lindfield Nurseries, Haywards Heath, was 
replete with brightly coloured subjects of 
varied character, equitable for the most part 
for the general. border, whilst in the fore¬ 
ground a choice assortment of primulas, sar- 
racenias, viola species, and other dwarf grow¬ 
ing, moistuiie-loving plants added to the 
interest of the exhibit. IncarviUea grandi- 
flora was beautifully shown, and the neat 
yellow heads of Tritoma rufa, and tall spikes 
of Verbascum Ivanhoe gave relief to the bril¬ 
liant scarlet geums and Anemone l^uge Pon- 
wau, the latter being as attractive as a 
Darwin tulip with the addition of elegant 
foliage. Messrs. T. S. Ware, Lim., Feltham, 
put up big mae^ of irises, paeonies, lupinsi 
and trollius, with a foreground of bedding 
violas in distinct, bright colours. They had 
also some fine primulas, and a patch or two 
of epimediums, plants which for beautiful 
foliage and small but graceful flowers are 
most useful for shady borders or nooks in the 
moist parts of a rockery. 
Despite the early date, Kelway’s delphi¬ 
niums made a fine show, and an excellent 
background for the brilliant pseonies and 
pyrethrums that formed important features 
of the Langport firm’s exhibit. The shim¬ 
mering white petals of the large-flowered trea 
Pseony Queen Alexandra stood prominently 
m front of the group, Elizabeth, a big double 
flower^ variety with rosy-salmon and buff 
tots being another variety that pleased us. 
The delphiniums bore no labels, but blue, 
mauve, and purple were represented in a 
wonderful variety of shades. 
A circular bed of Viola cornuta purpurea, 
arranged on the ground by Messrs. Gunn 
Olton, Warwickshire, was a 
method of arrangement that showed the value 
of this fine purple flower for big, bold masses 
A central mound of the tall white plumes of 
^xifraga pyramidalis served to intensify the 
violas. The same firm 
also showed a bed of phloxes, which, in spite 
of forcing came out in good, colour. Geo. 
A. Strochlein was specially bright, and 
Flambeau was also a good salmon-scarlet. 
Mr Amos Perry s hardy feme constituted a 
distinct feature, and contained many choice 
and very beautiful varieties of the most 
useful species. Polystichum angulare 
frondosum is so broad in frond and regular in 
division of its fronds as to make it abso¬ 
lutely distinct from most forme of the spe¬ 
cies, bu^ P. angulare divisilobum laxum is 
characteristic 
habit. ’Hie various crested forms of Athy- 
nums and Laetreas were all most interesting 
and Osmunda gracilis added to the dignity 
of the group. ^ 
The border and rock plants shown by Mr 
Perry upheld the reputation of the firm 
tor the excellence and extent of their col¬ 
lection. Lewisia cotyledon, with its pink and 
white^ sUrry flowers, and Viola comnta 
.^errys Yellow were smaU, but choice, sub¬ 
jects, and the varied assortment of Iris ger- 
manica, tulips, and paeonies made bold 
splashes of bright colours. Messrs. G. and 
A. Clark, Lim., Dover, put up some fine 
things, such as eremuri, hybrid verhascums. 
an orange-coloured form of Geum Mrs. Brad¬ 
shaw, named Mr. J. Bradshaw, and the glow 
injg^ orrmson flowers of Pyrethrum Mrs” 
Bateman Brown. 
Messrs. R. Wallace and Co., Colchester, 
had a most effective group arranged in t-hree 
mounds, the central one consisting of choice 
liliums, among which the pendant mahogany- 
coloured flowers of L. Dalhansoni, the buff- 
tinted L. excelsum, and bright yellow L. 
Hansoni were prominent. L. Marhau and 
its variety Elien Willmott were other two 
choice things, and the dwarf, brilliant orange 
L. tenuifolium Golden Gleam was chaste in 
the extreme. Early gladioloi, with eremuri, 
were the feature of one of the side mounds’ 
while astilbes were freely used on the oppo¬ 
site side. Parrot and other tulips, salmon-pink 
tree paeonies. Primula Veitchi, with whorled 
umbels of rosy flowers, and a choice variety 
of violas made up a bright group arranged 
by Messrs. W. Artindale and Son, Sheffield, 
and Messrs. George Bunyard and Co., Lim., 
Maidstone, showed paeonies, lupins, and 
tulips, as well as miscellaneous border 
plants. Cytisus incarnatus purpureus was 
one very distinct and pretty plant of 
shrubby habit, and the lilac-blue flowers of 
Pentstemon Menziesi made a good show. 
Me^re. Geo. Jackman and Son, Woking, 
occupied the same position as at the Inter¬ 
national with a big gfroup of hardy plants, 
amon^ which Verbascums densiflorum, 
phoeniceum, and Ivanhoe, and the white- 
flowered Delphinium Moerheimi were spiked 
flowers of telling aspect. Dodeoatheons, 
double meconopsis. Euphorbia pilosa major, 
aud a colony oif Cypripedium pubes- 
cens were among the less common subjects 
of dwarf habit in this interesting group. The 
massed annuals displayed on either side of a 
side exit of the tent by Messrs. Watkins and 
Simpson, Lim.^ London, showed the decora¬ 
tive value ot the best selected strains of 
clarkias, nemesias, and schizanthus in no in¬ 
definite manner, whilst the firm’s named an¬ 
tirrhinums once more emphasised th^ value 
of these homely flowers for bedding pur¬ 
poses. 
Lupinus polyphyllns azurea and Verbascum 
Caledonia on Messrs. G. Gibson and Co.’s 
stand evidently resented the forcing neces¬ 
sary to bring them out so early, for their 
colours were somewhat insipid, but the 
Bedale firm had on their stand some splen¬ 
did saxifragas, violas, and aubrietias, as 
well as pink spiraeas, dioentras, and white 
broom. 
ALPINE AND KINDRED PLANTS 
EXHIBITED ON TABLES. 
Mr. H. Hemsley, Crawley, built a rockery 
on staging which he furnished with alpine 
plants of many kinds. The drooping Onosma 
Bourgoei, the metallic-hued Sempervivum 
purpureum, the sombre flowers of Bowles’ 
black viola, and the tiny white Androsace 
lactea, were a few totally differing but 
equally interesting little gems that helped to 
fill his stand. Mr. Hemsley also showed his 
blue and white forget-me-not named Marie 
Raphael, and many were the comments this 
quaint flower drew from the visitors. Mrs. 
E. Lloyd-Edwards, Bryn Oerog, near LlangoL 
len, brought up her choicest hybrid saxi¬ 
frages, such as S. sanguinea superba, surely 
the richest coloured of all, the white-flowered 
Queen May, and Rose Beauty with clear 
rosy-pink flowers. Aubrietia Lloyd-Edwards, 
a quaint yellow-flowered saxifrage, and 
Wolley Dod’s variety of Cheiranthu® mon- 
tanus, were also shown by Mrs. Lloyd- 
Edwards, who had a painted garden sceoie 
as a background to her exhibit. 
Polyanthuses and alpine auriculas from 
Messrs. Storrie and Storrie, Glencarse, 
Pertl^hire, were very charming. Messrs. 
Storrie have succeed^ in selecting groups 
of auriculas that agree in colour so that yel¬ 
low shades, lavender, and purple, amber and 
bronze may be had as desired from seed, and 
the flowers, although not of orthodox form 
from the florists’ point of view, are large 
and effective for use in the gaiden. Mr. 
Howard Crane, Highgate, showed a variety 
of violas arranged in shallow bowls of sand, 
there being represented a range of colour 
extending from pure white through all the 
colours available in this family. 
Mr. James Douglas, Edenside, Great 
Bookham, showed a collection of auriculas 
that would have done credit to a National 
Auricula Show. He had « 
plan^ of Wm. Smith, a 
c«ived an Award of MeritTilU^ 
alpin© pi^lrfe-inauTe shaded flow^ iJS’.? 
ever good PhylUs Douglas, om 
attractive of the Uae-^uid Spinel 
Charming; was a capital grcen^~*^ 
^nary Bird a good yellow. Mr. G. 
ClarW Nurseries, Wisbech, had 
vari^ies of daieies, violas, and pyieK 
his Viola cornuta, purple and ILvt 
ties, temg very attractive. Mmn 
t J^'rlington, showed alpiat 
plants on, an improvised rockery, and a^ 
^e subjects displayed were Sil^ V€»^f 
Veronica chamsedrys pedunculata, 
glandulosa, and Erinus alpinus 
Euonymus radicans Kewensis, a miniitun 
shrub, was very interesting, and the AspenUi 
suberosa was well flowered. The who^ « 
hibit was full of choice and rare 
delight the coiinoisseur. ^ 
Mr. C. H. Herbert’s perpetual-flowerineiMik 
Progress was as attractive as ever, and W 
had! two or three other varieties,’ghowin# 
possibilities of a range of colours in tJws< 
continuou^floweriug pinks. Sunset, 
Maid, Eclipse, and Delicata were the niaci 
of four separate and distinct-coloured vari^ 
ties shown from Acock’s Green. Amoijj 
Messrs. Bobbie and Co.’s pansies we were ntr. 
ticularly attract^ by Mrs. C. Kay, a iep 
purple fancy. Sunbursts—particularly brifkt. 
and Unicorn. Their violas included Edina, i 
rich navy blue, Redbraes Yellow, Virgii 
White, and Hector Macdonald, a whiteffs- 
tred - blue-banded variety. Mr. Stuir 
Maples, Stevenage, had a small rockwork ex¬ 
hibit, containing plants of Chrysogonnm rir. 
giniacum, OxaHs enneaphylla, Myosoh' 
rupicola, and Achillea serbica, besides a nun- 
her of other useful alpines in suitable »r- 
rangement. 
Messrs. J. Piper and Sons, Bayswater 
showed some choice alpines on a tab!.- 
rockery in the big tent, where we saw 
thus gloriosus, .^thionema armenum 
ley variety, Lychnis Lagascae, and seteni 
primulas in choice assortment. Violas, 
by Mr. W. R. Tranmer, Alma Nurserw. 
Cottingham, Hull, included Alma—a purpk. 
Maggie Mott, Moseley Perfection, and » 
number of other varieties that are reccf- 
nised as the best of their respective coiour. 
Quite a nice selection of alpi^ 
shown by Messrs. Thonapson and 
11, Adam Street, Adelphi, W.C. The very 
choice Campanula Stepheni nana, and ^ 
free-flowering Lewisia Columbiana y 
easily noticeable, but there were manyouw 
very* attractive and lovely subjects on 
^ Mr.* Geo. Underwood, Leicester, show^ 
violas in variety, a fevr among mau^ ' 
ties that we liked being 
General Baden Powell, and 
A good white eomuta was simply i 
V. cornuta alba, and ^as very m® ^. 
mired. Primula nmtei. 
Achillea tomentosa, and ^abranth^ p 
sis were shown among other tmn^ 
baskets by Messrs. Whitelegg and 
Chislehurst. , . tbe 
Novelties in Chinese ^..Jht iTorr. 
feature in Messrs. Bees’ stand, 
Sealand Nurseries, near Diverpool. 
cautilioides, Senecio abrotanifo^ 
Dracocephalum bulla turn were e j 
O elmisia spectabilis argentea 
plant from New Zealand, ^ 
tata, P. Bulleyana, and T- 
only a few among the many • 
primulas shown. Pedicularis mp 
really unique plant, with foli*^’ 
cerise flowers and quaint aoesen^ „/vvpltie* 
was undoubtedly one of the ^ i»* 
the show. Enthusiasts were very , j. 
terested in the remarkable^U w pj^nds. 
mulas shown by Dr. MaoWatt, Mo 
Duns, Scotland, who, as abio^ 
can show primulas as few people p. 
the rarest were P. 
grandis, and P. Parryi. ^^f“ ind 
was full of novelty and * abeorbi*? 
was but little in th« show of ® ^gtudy ^ 
interest to those who love and 
primroses of both hemispheres. 
