M>t 31 , 1913 . 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
. form^ a large and interesting 
w^s’^the contributi^ of 
Plante from Mr. Bruce .^orl- 
..,.um-Hardy, arranged in a debgh^l 
with green moss and ferns. Ihe 
J^AAnias were the great feature, and 
-- *heee there were about a hundred and fifty 
i ante representing about thirty e]^i^, 
iirietiee. and hybrids, ranging from old 
land hardy S. purpurea to the new crimson- 
j? Brucei, which gained an A.M. 
. WUlmottff, C. flava gigantea S. Fiejdi, 
- Mevensi, S. Williams!, S. Willisi, and S. 
P «rti were in capital form, and \’ery in- 
rvctin^ and beautiful with their accompani- 
• «,t of sundews and other bog plants. Very 
lowing was the bank of Salvia splendens 
Pride of Zurich, a mass of brilliant scarlet, 
.lirinosed by Mr. R. L. Russell, Richmond, 
.tn the value of this plant for ^eenhouse or 
• \\« r garden decoration there is no need to 
dwell. Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, Edmon- 
‘ displayed a selection of ivy-leaved ^lar- 
- “iums and standard specimens of helio- 
'rope, marguerites, salvias, fuchsias, etc. 
and especially glowing among the zonal 
varieties were Harry James, Paul Crampel 
Improved, Scarlet Grlow, Ryecroft Gem, R. 
C. Pulling, Will. Toinon, Queen, and Floris, 
all these having large blooms of orange or 
scarlet shades. 
A ooUectdon of species, varieties, and hy¬ 
brids of pelargoniums was submitted by 
Mr. J. Seden, gardener to Mrs. RoUs-Hoare, 
West Grinstead Park, Horsham; the old 
Scarlet Unique, Miss White, Prince of 
Orange, and RoUieon^s Unique were included 
in these fragrant-leaved kinds. Messrs. 
Carter Page and Co., London W^all, brought 
a selection, of pseony and decorative dahlia 
flowers, as well as various annuals. 
A wonderfully fine exhibit of gr^nbouse 
plants was made by Messrs. Jas. Veitch and 
Sons, Chelsea. They occupied two tables, 
and over the intervening space they carried 
six pairs of rafter-trained fuchsias with their 
flowers hanging overhead. Underneath these 
were gloxinias, a splendid selection of a fine 
strain of erect-flowering streptocarpuses. 
Cineraria Matador, C. hybrida with white, 
blue-tipped flowers, C. Feltham Beauty, C. 
Royal Blue, excellent; the new C. Sunrise, 
house calceolarias which did him very great 
credit, as the plants were admirably grown, 
and furnished with fine flowers. The scented, 
leaved pelargoniums shown by Mr. F. 
Beckett, gardener to the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, 
at Aldenham House, made up an interesting 
group of educational value. 
Messrs. T. S. Ware, Lim., Feltham, suf¬ 
fered somewhat as a consequence of having 
to sandwich their tuberous-rooted begonias 
in between masses of orchids. They had fine 
flowers and a beautiful series of varieties, 
and the display would have looked far better 
if away among foliage plants, etc. 
Bottle-brush plants as standards and 
bushes were conspicuous features in the in¬ 
teresting group of plants set up by Messrs. 
Stuart how and Co., Bush Hill Park, but 
specimens of Acacia pulchella were also 
effective, and a tree that attracted much 
attention was the new Araucaria Silver Star. 
A little group of gerberas were very effec¬ 
tive, and the deep blue of the hydrangeas 
contrasted pleasingly with other shades of 
colour round about. Speaking collectively, 
this was an exhibit in which very superior 
CHELSFA SHOW—A FINF COLLFCTION OF CALCEOLARIAS, CINERARIAS, GLOXINIAS, SOHIZANTHUSES, ETC. 
Exhibited by Messrs. E. Webb and Sons, Wordsley. 
loveli^t groups, and certainly 
♦ most brilliant, was composed en- 
I y ^Iceolariae, and staged in a oircu- 
Litlri'^'^^ni^^ gardener to Mrs. 
Clarefield, Pinkney’s Green. The 
OBbrani, and the outer 
varieties; but the great 
^ traction was the elegant Clarefield Gem 
i of tJii’ * ‘’^flowering herbaceous variety 
liraaoliAj*'?!*’ habit, and carrying 
^wer^t yeUow, crimson-dotted 
lonM ^ beauty. This 
nnenfiol..* Strand greenhouse plant, and an 
“wnsely popular one. 
mound of schizanthuses, 
brs Claude Bane, gardener to 
lihorw Hatton Court, Castle- 
S^re It not f “ave been a very solid mass 
Uf this innate grace and beauty 
F»«re mvriad . plant. There 
‘“g from butterfly-hke blooms rang- 
; ®tehid-like purple, and with 
Gaieties f ">®?y the 
staged hi« Lewisham, 
tke form zonal pelargoniums in 
nt and, as the plants 
rn up^^?*® they oould be looked 
t^n. ihey produced a brilliant effect. 
buff and blue; Calceolaria Clibrani and C. 
Buttercup, gerberas in variety, and a glori¬ 
ous lot of amaryllis, the graceful Elseocarpus 
reticulatus, and 'the yellowish Cineraria 
flotescens. This exhibit met with great ad¬ 
miration. Streptocarpuses, finely selected, 
freialy flowered, and arranged ou a long 
bank, were from Messrs. John Peed and Son, 
Norwood; the plants showed a capital range 
of colouring, and the erect trusses earned 
the large blooms well above the foliage. 
Messrs. Jarman and Co., Chard, were re¬ 
presented by a bank of cut zonal pelargo¬ 
niums a bank of Viola oornuta, and, of 
course, some hlooms <rf the sweet and elegant 
sweet sultans—^ride. Bridesmaid, ^d Bride¬ 
groom. Calceolaria Veitchi and C. Bronze 
Age, which attracted so much attention a 
year ago, were again exhibited hj the 
raisers, Messrs. Robert Yeitcb and Son, 
Exeter. Of C. Bronze Age they have now a 
brilliant crimson selection with yellow cen¬ 
tre. C. Golden Glory was also presented. 
Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, put up 
a rather crowded group of show pelargo¬ 
niums. Mr. Arthur Shambrook, gar¬ 
dener to the Rev. H. Buckston, Sutton- 
on-the-Hill, Derby, showed a group of green. 
quality predominated. Well-grown plants of 
show pelargoniums in named varieties were 
staged by Mr. J. W. Barks, gardener to A. 
P. Brandt, Esq., Bletchingly Castle, Surrey. 
The trusses were large, and, for a private 
gardener’s exhibit, it was most creditable. 
It is perhaps safe to say that Me.«vsrs. Black- 
more and Langdon never staged a finer group 
of tuberous begonias. The massive double 
flowers were simply superb, some colours 
being delicate and others strikingly brilliant. 
One of the finest flowers in the group was 
the white Mrs. Peter Blair, but we also ad¬ 
mired Princess Victoria Louise, and the bas¬ 
kets of Golden Shower and Lena, which 
gained an Award of Merit. Both indivi- 
duaUy and collectively the plants were of a 
wonderful standard of quality. A large 
number of trusses of single zonal pelargo¬ 
niums were staged by Mr. ,V. Slade, of Taun¬ 
ton, the flowers being interspersed with suit¬ 
able greenery. A very bright exhibit was set 
up by Messrs. Godfrey and Son, Exniouth, in 
which fancy pelargoniums and Veronica 
Hulkeana predominated. 
A very pretty effect was made by Messrs. 
Cannell and Sons, Swanley, who showed some 
