July 19, 1913, 
THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 
549 
C ARDIFF AND COUN'^ HORTICUL- selection of popular border kinds, and we 
TURA L SOCIE TY. made note of Isatis glauca, Lysimachia vul- 
GRAXD QUARTER CENTURY FLOWER Eryngium Oliverianum. Spiraea pal- 
SHOW. mata elegans, and Lupinus Moerheimi as 
SOPHIA GARDENS, CARDIFF, specially good. Very well staged were the 
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, JULY 23 and 24. hardy flowers from Messrs, Fred Smith and 
(^., Woodbridge. ^is firm had gr^d bunches^bf selected seedlings for 1915-16. Of 
Popular Prices. sheaves of Chrysanthemum maximum. The the former, Rubv Palmer. Blue Picotee, Mrs. 
from the Seorei^ry, Mr. A. MAURICE Speaker, Phlox Aurora Borealis, Verbascum Mcllwrick. King White, Grey Lavender, and 
Caledonia, Eomneya Coulteri. Bocwnia cor- Margaret ’ Atlee—an improved Constance 
Lyon Rose, and Mdme. Abel Chatenay, all 
set up in large stands. 
Messrs. Bobbie and Co., Rothesay, evi¬ 
dently do not believe the sweet wa is losing 
popularity, for they staged bunches of varie¬ 
ties they propose to send out in 1914, and 
BAILEY. 34. Duikc Stareet. Oardiff. 
L eicester.—ABBEY park flower Alstrmmeria aurantiaca Eremurus Oliver. Among the ‘‘futurists’* there was 
SHOW 5th and 6th Augruat next. Open Claes, Bungei, bcabiosa caucasica, and the golden a fine bluish-mauve a lovely coral pink a 
Group of Pkute. £20, £15 £10, £6. Liberal priwe Anthemis Kelwayi. Stirling Stent seedling and a eeedfinff' a 
JSf 1 Rcs^; Silver Mr. Maurice Prichard, Christchurch, had a shade brighter than Bobbies’ Scarlet, 
hibitfi. Schedules^from JOSEPH^BU^D^N ^Supt^* hardy flowers, and in his group Thladiantha dubia, a quaint curcubit with 
---!-L_ the leading features were Astilbe Vesta, A. oval crimson fruits, was shown by Mr. Bagg, 
R oyal Lancashire AGRICUL- Salmon Queen, Japanese irises, the double gardener to Colonel Mark Lockwood, Bishops 
TURAL SOOIE'TT. Delphinium Curiosity, Spiraea palmata. Lava- Hall, Romford, three large specimens 
tera Olbia, and the fragrant Clematis recta, in pots being sWn. Delphinium Van de 
Messrs. Fells and Son, Hitchin. submitted a Weyeri, a white, sparsely-flowered, fragrant 
low rock garden exhibit with pretty colonies species, came from Mr. W. Van ^ Weyer, 
of Campanula rotundifolia, C. pusilla alba, Corfe Castle, Dorset. Delphinium Mrs W. J 
Sanderson, Esq., East! 
tione of Fruit and Vegetabloe. Apply for Sdh^eg golden (Enothera riparia. field Hall, Workworth (gardener, Mr. Sage), 
■g « w ....... CAKNiTIONSAJlDTIOLBITAS. S/.M 
HO™i,T<IEAl SHOW ADVEHTIS,^ 
b^iSI'VoaiS; tip-top style, and the flowers marvellously 
lin^s and Sixpence. Offioee, 148 and 149, Aldersgnte hne. Firefly (A.M.), a deep scarlet-red 
Street, London, B.C. Bookham Vvhite (A.M.), large and white 
Rosy Morn, Elizabeth Shiffner, buff yellow 
Cecilia, bright yellow; Hercules, maroon 
GREAT HOR/nOUiLTUEAL EXHIBITION. 
GREAT HORTIOULTURAiL EXHIBITION will be 
held at BURNLEY on JULY 3let, 1913 and foliKwv- 
dajB. Liberal Prixes for Groups of Plants, Table 
EXHIBITIONS AND 
MEETINGS. 
ORCHIDS. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, presented an interesting group of 
orchids, their hybrid odontoglossums being 
very fine. The orange-coloured Lselio-catt- 
Amy Robsart, white; Agnes Sorrel, maroon leya Ceres, Dendrobium Dearei. the quaint 
crimson; and Jean Dougias, scarlet, were all Paphinia oristata (A.M.), and the handsome 
grand, and shown in the finest condition. Sophro-cat.-laelia Anguloa Cliftoni were 
Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, showed hardy among the good things shown. From Gatton 
flowers, and a fine lot of well-berried plants Park, Reigate, Sir Jeremiah Colman sent 
of Nei^tera depressa. Messrs. H. Cannell and Anguloa Cliftoni, very fragrant, and the 
Sons, Swanley, brought up a bright lot of pretty Odontioda papilio Gattonense. A 
cut pelargoniums, and also some cut roses.^ small group of orchids staged by Messrs. 
Among the dainty violettas exhibited in Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, contained 
pans by Mr. Howard H. Crane,^Highga^, Cattleya Harrisonae, Miltonia Bleuana,. 
Chloris, Sulphurea, and Rock orange were the odontiodas. and Renanthera Imschootiana. 
^st_yellows; Vestal, Violetta, Sweetness, a large Aerides odoratum, with eight 
and Estelle are white or pale blush; Adeline, 
Celeste, Iva, Eileen, and Rhona, blue 
shades; and Cynthia, Forget-me-not, and 
Larinca, pink or rosy-lavender. These are 
charming plants for the rock garden. Messrs. 
spikes, noticed the other day in our Becken¬ 
ham Show report, was exhibited by Mr. W. 
Fane, gardener to A. W. D. Oakes, Esq., 
Shortlands, Kent; the specimen was imported 
in 1908. Mr. Davidson, Orchid Dene, Twy- 
Royal Horticultural Society. 
*^€sday, Jidy 15, was the first “off day ” 
at the Royal Horticultural Hall this season 
and, comparatively speaking, the exhibition 
‘1 while visitors were few 
JO ng to the weather, and the large number 
.-of people now out of town. Mr. W. Atlee 
Philadelphia, and 
«arly visitors included The Speaker, Colonel 
M. Lockwo^, and Sir Randolf Baker, Bart., 
on view;^^orohiX^we^^w^^m^m.^L*^^^^*? cHarming plants lor tne rocx garoen. messis. m iyu«. JMr. J 
pot fruit trees and standard fuehma^^Vrifl^^ Carter Page and Co., London Wall, were ford, brought up Odontioda Thwaitesi 
*»pital exhibits. The orchid exhibitors vJh^ exhibitors of violas, and set their fresh, Coombe var. (A.M.), carrying a fine spike of 
only brought a plant or two with tbp^ flowers up in low bowls in pleasing large magenta^urple flowers. Odontioda 
J«ntlv thought it not wor^^^^ .. .. i . .v Cooksonai venustunl (A.M.) was a beautiful 
Choice ferns were well displayed by Messrs, richly-coloured form with white-tipped lip, 
H. B. May and Sons, Upper Edmonton, but exhibited by Mr. H. Alexander, grower to 
even more attractive than the ferns were Sir George Holford, Westonbirt, Gloucester, 
the standards of Thalia and Cbralia, both Dendrobium Dearei McBean’s var., a fine- 
beautiful hybrids from Fuchsia triphylla. flowtered form, with its white blooms in 
The plants were about 3ft. to 4ft. high, with racemes, gained a F.C.C. for Messrs. A. and 
good heads of pendulous clusters of long- J. McBean, Cooksbridge. 
tubed, orange-coloured flowers. These vari^ Vanda caerulea, the pretty and graceful 
in age, but averaged three or four years Saccolabium Blumei, Odontioda Magali San- 
- old, and they were very beautiful. Messrs, der, Dendrobium Dearei, and Cattleya Mossiae 
HARDY PLANTS AND FLOWERS Cut bush and Sons contribute greenhouse Wag^eri Snow Queen were a few of the chief 
and cauital pvbi'bif ^4? i - x flowering plants, including liliums, blue hy- 
well arranged bv Mr drangeas, Fuchsia coralle, Justicia carnea, 
j Haywards Heath A Coleus cordelm, and verbenas. 
a pretty feature *and ^ flowering hardy border carna- FRUITS, 
jjl; Japanese irises, the lov<^lv were tion, named Downer’s Pride, was very finely Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, 
for -worth while to stay, 
peared plants had mostly disap- 
‘>’'=lo<=t-whieh things 
two* meeting the first of the 
Was g-ivpi^^vf the current year 
R- H. Biffen, of the 
Diseases » Prevention of Plant 
t 
sT irises the lov^^lv a • i S tion, named uowners jrriae, was very nneiy messrs. jas. veircn ana sons, v^neisea, pux 
jenus, backed bv Tliflli'ofT.v Spiraea ghoi^ by Messrs. G. and A. Clark, Dover; it up a superb lot of fruit trees in pots, grown 
agapanthus'^ and flavum, astil- has white flowers, and carries these freely on at their Feltham nurseries. Trained stan- 
jj,)i-Were flanking p-ronne very wiry, erect stems. It is fragrant, but dards of Crimson Galande and Early Alfred 
lieleniums^ only faintly so. A few bunches of border peaches were finely fruited, and so were the- 
Wlvia turkestanica ' In fL ^ i flowers made a setting for the carnations, bushes of Souv. du Congres pears, and Lady 
uj Dowers from Messrs r vf Sfroup of hardy Among the good roses from Messrs. Hobbies, Sudeley and Jas. Grieve apples; but more 
^ feid^tone. PuCln%!- ---- 
roses from Messrs. Hobbies, 
.iv- HlatvcodOTTLim., Dereham, we noticed Lemon Queen, a splendidly cropped than these even were the 
Jfiba were prominent and cross between Frau Karl Druschki and Mdme. wonderful trees of Early Transparent gage,, 
ranches of Camnanula ^ lo Ravary; Effective, a crimson, fragrant pillar Jefferson’s and Denniston’s Superb plums, 
the deet^hiid Lady Bird; the lovely single Pink which were grandly cropped. It was alto- 
V ^nnsta Homn^a ^ulteri P«arl, Lyon Rose, Decorator, and Rayon gfther a fine group of highly-cultivated 
P«“tstemoiis of the 
filler, 
BOSES, SWEET PEAS, ETC . 
Roses were shown somewhat extensively 
plants. 
Splendid fruits of Waterloo and Givon’s 
Late Prolific strawberries made a tempting 
exhibit from Mr. Metcalfe, gardener to Lady 
Wernher, Luton Hoo, Beds. There were 
seven boxes of fruits, and the fruits were of 
vv. w u Roses were snown somewnat extensively ny 
exhibit y istech, had a quite Messrs. G. Bolton and Son, Buntingford, 
Venus fleers, and used Herts. Both stands and boxes were used to 
effectively Hrun- display the flowers. The leading varieties wonderful size, and represented splendid 
On popu- were Mrs. A. Munt, Avoca, Mrs. D. Jardinc, cultivation. ^ spi«MKl 
4^^®^®anthemum varieties of Hugh Dickson, Lyon Rose, Mrs. Leonard 
had manv H^uthe, Petrie (yellow), the pink Mrs. Wakefield, 
'^15*1 CoulfAi*^ subjects, such Christie Miller, and Mrs. Joseph Hill, the 
"^sh of Desf^nfa- Ingrami, a latter a lovely thing. The roses from Messrs. 
^ pink spmosa in full Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, consisted chiefly 
T.- of ha’-dv spociosa. etc. of the varieties Lady Pirrie, Miss Alice de 
^4 . \Nare, Lim.Messrs. T. Rothschild, Pharisaer, Hugh Dickson, the 
• ^ included a good famous Rayon d’Or, Mdme. Melanie Soupert, Orchid 
CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS. 
First-class Certificate. — To Dendrobium 
Dearei McBean’s var., from Messrs. A. and 
J. McBean, Cooksbridge. 
Award of Merit.—To Odontioda Thwaitesi 
Purple Emperor, from Mr. E. H. Davidson, 
Dene, Twyford; to Odontioda 
