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ROYAL  HORTICULTURAL  SOCIETY. 
DRILL  HALL. — February  13th, 
The  display  in  the  Drill  Hall  on  Tuesday  was  a  comparatively  small 
one,  bat  this  can  easily  be  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  the  weather 
was  most  nnpropitious.  The  fog  prevented  the  Orchid  growers  bringing 
any  specimens  to  the  show. 
Fruit  Committee. — Present  ;  Philip  Crowley,  Esq.  (in  the  chair) ; 
and  Messrs.  J.  Cheal,  W.  Poupart,  H.  Markham,  Jas.  H.  Veitch, 
W.  Pope,  G.  Keif,  A.  Dean,  A  Mortimer,  J.  W.  Bates,  G.  Wythes, 
H.  S.  Rivers,  F.  Q.  Lane,  E.  Beckett,  G.  Bunyard,  A.  H.  Pearson,  and 
Rev.  W.  Wilks. 
Mr.  W.  Poupart,  Marsh  Farm,  Twickenham,  sent  a  splendid  exhibit 
of  Rhubarb.  The  varieties  included  Linnaeus,  Victoria,  Hawkes’ 
Champagne,  and  Daw’s  Champion.  The  latter  is  a  cross  between 
Victoria  and  Champagne,  and  possesses  the  very  desirable  attribute  of 
being  much  finer  than  Champagne  while  retaining  the  earliness  of  that 
variety.  The  colour  is  very  brilliant  when  in  perfection,  and  as  shown 
was  a  very  bright  rose.  It  is  bound  to  come  to  the  front.  The  same 
exhibitor  sent  splendid  Asparagus  and  Seakale  (silver  Knightian 
medal). 
About  100  dishes  of  Apples  were  contributed  by  Messrs.  G.  Bunyard 
and  Co.,  ilaidstone,  and  needless  to  say  the  fruits  were  almost  without 
exception  in  splendid  condition.  Some  varieties  that  are  usually 
over  months  ago  were  in  a  wonderfully  sound  state.  Particularly 
conspicuous  were  Calville  Mah'ngre,  King’s  Acre  Pippin,  Tower  of 
Glamis,  Bramley’s  Seedling,  Worcester  Pearmain,  Small’s  Prince 
Arthur,  Tibbit’s  Pearmain,  Golden  Noble,  Allington  Pippin,  Cox’s 
Orange  Pippin,  Gloria  Mundi,  Peasgood’s  Nonesuch,  Gascoyne’s  Scarlet 
Seedling,  Tyler’s  Kernel,  Lord  Derby,  Newton  Wonder,  Annie  Eliza¬ 
beth,  Hambling’s  Seedling,  Bow  Hill  Pippin,  Blenheim  Pippin,  Alfriston, 
Hoary  Morning,  Preston  Hall,  and  Reinette  du  Canada  (silver-gilt 
Knightian  medal). 
Mr.  John  Watkins,  Pomona  Farm,  Hereford,  staged  a  grand  collec¬ 
tion  of  Apples.  As  usual,  the  colour  was  striking,  and  the  whole  of 
the  fruits  in  excellent  condition.  Good  dishes  of  the  following  varieties 
were  staged — Btauty  of  Kent,  New  German,  Mere  de  Menage,  Rymei’, 
Wadhurst  Pippin,  Newton  Wonder,  Hollandbury,  Annie  Elizabeth, 
Blenheim  Pippin,  Blue  Pearmain,  Gathlin  Pippin,  and  Claygate  Pear¬ 
main.  Ic  is  rather  unusual  to  have  fifty  dishes  of  dessert  Apples 
staged  in  February  (silver-gilt  Knightian  medal). 
Floral  Committee. — Present ;  C.  E.  Shea,  Esq.  (in  the  chair) ; 
with  Messrs.  C.  T.  Druery,  H.  B.  May,  R.  Dean,  J.  Jennings,  R.  Fife, 
C.  R.  Fielder,  J.  Fraser,  W.  Bain,  C.  Jefferies,  H.  J.  Cutbush,  J.  D. 
Pawle,  G.  Reuthe,  E.  H.  Jenkins,  J.  James,  E.  T.  Cook,  H.  Turner, 
C.  Blick,  H.  J.  Jones,  E.  Mawley,  J.  F.  McLeod,  and  W.  Howe. 
Messrs.  H.  Cannell  &  Sons,  Swanley,  occupied  a  table  running 
the  length  of  the  hall  with  a  collection  of  Primulas  of  The  Lady 
type.  The  plants  were  well  flowered,  and  for  decorative  value  at  this 
season  would  be  hard  to  beat.  The  varieties  included  the  old  type 
known  as  The  Lady  ;  Pink  Lady,  correctly  described  in  the  name ; 
Fairy  Queen,  a  beautiful  variety,  white  with  a  pink  flush  perv^ading 
the  petals ;  Miss  Irene,  a  salmon  pink  ;  Mrs.  H.  Cannell,  white,  a 
distinct  advance  on  the  original  type;  Queen  of  Roses,  pale  rose; 
Princess  Eva,  very  free  white  with  a  faint  blush  ;  and  Salmon  Beauty, 
a  bright  rosy  salmon.  Mrs.  R.  W.  Cannell,  of  the  true  fimbriated  type, 
was  also  good  (silver  Flora  medal). 
Messrs.  W.  Paul  &  Son,  Waltham  Cross,  arranged  a  large  table 
of  Clematis  indivisa  and  C.  i.  lobata.  The  plants  were  all  growing 
in  5-inch  pots  beautifully  clothed  with  foliage  and  a  wealth  of  white 
star-like  blossoms.  The  decorative  value  of  this  climber  is  not 
sufficiently  acknowledged  at  the  pi esent  time.  The  group  was  edged 
with  decorative  plants  of  Grevillea  robusta  (silver  Flora  medal). 
Messrs.  J.  Laing  &  Sons,  Forest  Hill,  contributed  a  welcome  exhibit 
of  Palms,  Diacanas,  and  Crotons,  which  were  brightened  with  well 
flowered  Azaleas,  Genistas,  Ericas,  Lily  of  the  Valley,  and  Ferns  (silver 
Banksian  medal).  Cyclamens  were  well  represented  by  a  fine  table 
from  Mr.  John  May,  St.  Margaret’s,  Twickenham.  The  plants  were 
well  grown,  and  the  flowers  embraced  a  wide  range  in  colouring.  In 
most  cases  the  flowers  individually  were  very  fine,  a  bright  rosy  crimson 
variety  being  especially  noticeable  (silver  Flora  medal).  Hardy  flowers 
were  staged  by  Messrs.  Barr  &  Sons,  Covent  Garden,  which  included 
pols  of  Galanthus Elwesi,  Narcissus,  Cyclamens,  and  a  sulphur-coloured 
Hoop  Petticoat  Narcissu.^,  also  a  pretty  white  form.  Lachenalias  and 
Primula  obconica  grandiflora  were  also  staged. 
Messrs.  Jas.  Veitch  &  Sons,  Ltd.,  Chelsea,  again  demonstrated  the 
value  of  their  hybrid  Rhododendrons  by  qtaging  a  beautiful  box  of 
cut  blooms.  The  most  noteworthy  varieties  were  Multicolor,  Neptune, 
Cloth  of  Gold,  Imogene,  Triumphans,  Lord  Wolseley,  and  Delicatum. 
Mr.  W.  Bain,  gardener  to  Sir  fl’revor  Lawrence,  Bart.,  Dorking,  staged 
two  vases  of  winter-flowering  Begonias ;  Triomphe  de  Lorraine,  a  deep 
semi-double  red  of  the  semperflorens  type;  and  Boule  de  Neige,  a 
white  of  the  same  form.  Messrs.  F.  Sander  &  Co.,  St.  Albans, 
exhibited  cut  blooms  of  three  new  Camellias  under  popular  names — 
Lady  Buller,  a  deep  rose,  semi-double,  with  a  few  white  spots  ;  Lady 
White,  white  flaked,  red  ;  and  Lady  Roberts,  a  rosy  variety  with  a  good 
white  picotee  edge;  in  all  the  stamens  were  prominent.  Mr.  W.  Bull, 
Chelsea,  exhibited  a  quantity  of  Primula  blooms  arranged  on  a  white 
paper,  certainly  not  the  most  attractive  way  of  staging  them.  Mr.  W. 
Coates,  gardener  to  Col.  Platt,  Corddiaog,  Llanfairfechan,  sent  some 
good  cut  Primulas  with  their  foliage;  the  flowers  were  large  and  of 
excellent  type.  Spirmas  were  staged  by  Messrs.  Van  Waveren  and 
Kruyff,  Haarlem.  The  varieties,  W.  E.  Gladstone  and  H.  Witte,  were 
well  flowered,  but  the  weather  had  caused  them  to  droop  very  much  ; 
both  are  hybrids  of  S.  astilboides. 
Orchid  Committee. — Present  :  J.  Gurney  Fowler,  Esq.  (in  the 
chair)  ;  with  Messrs.  J.  O’Brien,  C.  Maron,  de  B.  Crawshay,  R.  B. 
White,  H.  Tracy,  H.  Little,  J.  T.  Gabriel,  H.  J.  Chapman,  W.  Potter, 
F.  J.  Thorne,  E.  Hill,  J.  H.  Fitt,  W.  H.  Young,  T.  W.  Bond,  C.  Winn, 
W.  Cobb,  and  C.  J.  Lucas. 
Orchids  were  by  no  means  numerous,  simply  because  of  the 
weather  that  prevailed.  There  was  not  a  solitary  group,  the  exhibits 
being  composed  of  single  plants  or  cut  flowers.  Amongst  the  exhibitors 
were  Messrs.  N.  C.  Cookson,  Wylam-on-Tyne,  who  showed  Calanthes 
Phoebe  (pink),  and  Sybil  (white),  Odontoglossum  crispum  Mundy- 
anum,  and  Oooksonianum ;  Heath  &  Son,  Cheltenham,  who  staged 
Dendrobium  Fytchianum  giganteum,  and  Cypripedium  Lathomianum 
giganteum ;  L.  Linden,  who  exhibited  Cypripedium  Schusterianum, 
Odontoglossum  Ruckerianum  rubiginosum,  and  0.  crispum  Goliath  ; 
W.  Cobb,  Tunbridge  Wells,  who  sent  Lselia  anceps  Stella  and 
Sanderiana,  and  Cypripedium  Bassano ;  F.  A.  Rehder,  Gypsy  Hill, 
Cypripedium  Faverger ;  C.  J.  Lucas,  Horsham,  Dendrobium  macro- 
phyllum  Richardi ;  C.  Maron,  Lmlio-Cattleya  Ernesti  pallida,  and  L.-O. 
Bertha  Fournier  var.  splendida;  R.  Brooman  White,  Ardarrach,  a 
splendidly  formed  Odontoglossum  triumphans,  with  other  Odonto- 
glossums;  and  Captain  Holford,  Cattleya  Trianae,  Westonbirt  variety. 
Certificates  and  Awards  of  Merit. 
Lcelio-Cattleya  Bertha  Fournier,  var.  splendida  (C.  Maron).  — 
This  variety  is  superb.  The  magnificent  lip  is  rich  velvety  crimson 
