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for  tbe  most  delicate  blnsh  suffusion.  The  fimbriated  lip  is  white  at  the 
outer  margins  with  a  patch  of  crimson  red.  The  throat  is  golden  yellow 
(award  of  merit). 
Ccelogyne  Dayana  The  Dell  variety  (H.  Ballantine). — The  variety 
.  here  recognised  is  one  of  decided  merit.  Besides  the  flowers  being 
thicker  set  on  the  spike,  the  lip  is  very  much  finer  in  all  respects 
(award  of  merit). 
Clematis  l\Iarcel  Moser  (Jean  Mcsar). — A  most  striking  Clematis. 
The  centre  of  each  petal  is  rose,  and  the  outer  portions  silvery  white 
(award  of  merit). 
Clematis.  Duchess  of  Albany  (G.  Jackman  &  Son). — Soft  rose  is  the 
colour  of  this  beautiful  Clematis,  which  belongs  to  the  hybrid  coccinea 
section  (award  of  merit). 
Croton  Her  Majesty  (Fisher,  Son  &  Sibray). — A  narrow  straight¬ 
leaved  variety,  of  a  clear  yellow  colour  with  a  green  tip  (award  of 
merit). 
Cypripedium  Chapmani  magnijicum  (H.  J.  Chapman). — This  is  a 
very  handsome  Cypripedium,  from  a  cross  between  bellatulum  and 
Curtisi,  The  round  dorsal  sepal  is  white  veined  and  spotted  with  dull 
crimson,  this  also  being  the  colour  of  the  petals.  The  lip  is  of  good 
shape,  and  deep  claret  in  colour  (first-class  certificate). 
_  Cypripedium  conco-bellatulum  (R.  Johnson)  — With  a  name  such  as 
this  hybrid  has  been  given  there  is  no  necessity  to  give  the  parentage,  of 
which  the  evidences  of  both  are  perceptible.  The  ground  colour  of  the 
whole  flower  is  cream,  profusely  spotted  with  dull  crimson  (award  of 
merit). 
Davallia  hirta  (F.  Sander  &  Co  ). — This  is  a  handsome  Fern  that 
will  be  accorded  a  high  position  in  public  favour  when  it  becomes 
known.  The  frond  is  about  3  feet  io  length,  and  almost  15  inches 
across  at  the  broadest  part.  The  habit  is  very  graceful  (first-class 
certificate). 
Ficus  radicans  variegata  (W.  Bull). — A  charming  plant,  with  well 
pronounced  silvery  variegations  (award  of  merit). 
Iris  Lupina  (E.  Wallace  &  Co.)  — A  species  growing  to  a  height  of 
about  10  inches.  The  standards  are  brown  with  silvery  streaks,  the  falls 
being  rather  lighter  in  colour  save  for  a  deep  velvety  patch  (award  of 
merit). 
_  Lcelio-Cattleya  Lady  Wigan  (Charlesworth  &  Co.). — The  parents  of 
this  bigeneric  hybrid  are  Lselia  purpurata  Russelliana  and  Cattleya 
Mossiae  aurea.  The  flower  is  large,  the  lip  being  superb.  The  outer 
portion  is  white,  flushed  rose,  the  veins  towards  the  throat  being  bright 
maroon.  The  throat  is  yellow,  faintly  mottled  with  crimson.  The 
sepals  delicate  blush  in  colour  are  narrow,  and  the  petals,  which  are 
broad,  are  of  a  sliehtlv  darker  hue  (firsr-cl*ss  certificate) 
Lwlia purpurata  fastuosa  (A.  Warburton) — A  very  fine  purpurata. 
The  sepals  and  petals  are  very  rich  rose  in  colour.  The  lip  is  of  good 
shape,  and  the  colour  is  rich  crimson  (award  of  merit). 
Lcelio-Cattleya  tyntesfeldiense  (G.  W.  Law-Schofield).  —  A  very 
beautiful  bigeneric  bybrid.  The  sepals  and  petals  are  rose,  with  an 
indistinct  buff  suffusion.  The  superb  lip  is  rich  velvety  crimson, 
becoming  slighter  paler  towards  the  outer  portion  (first-class  certificate). 
Odontoglossum  Pescatorei  Imperia'e  (Ij.  Linden). — A  variety  of 
striking  beauty.  The  three  sepals  are  white,  flushed  rose,  and  with  a 
large  central  blotch  of  crimson  brown.  The  ground  colour  of  the  peta’s 
is  pure  white,  as  also  is  the  lip.  the  smaller  spots  being  the  same  colour 
as  the  blotches  on  the  seoals  (award  of  merit). 
Odontog1 ossum  excellens  var.  (R.  Ashworth). — This  is  a  charming 
form  of  tbe  well-known  excellens  that  is  said  to  be  a  natural  hybrid 
(award  of  merit). 
Odontoglossum  cri>pum  Queen  Victoria  (H.  Low  &  Co.). — One  of 
the  best  crispums  in  the  exhibition.  The  shape  is  almost  perfect.  The- 
rose-suffused  sepals  each  carry  a  large  light  chocolate  blotch,  as  do  the 
whiter  petals.  The  lip  is  white  and  a  little  fringed  with  yellow  and 
brown  markings  (first-class  certificate) 
Odontoglossum  sceptrum  aureum  (W.  Stevens). — Very  charming  is 
this  variety.  The  spike  is  good  and  well  formed.  The  colour  of  the 
sepals  is  buff  lightly  barred  with  yellow.  The  petals  are  yellow  with 
buff  mottlings.  while  the  lip  is  yellow  with  a  buff  central  blotch  (first- 
class  certificate). 
Odontoglossum  excellens  Thompson!  (W.  Stevens). — A  variety  of 
the  grea  est  beauty.  The  chocolate  brown  blotches  on  the  various 
organs,  pf  which  the  ground  colour  is  yellow,  are  singularly  handsome. 
The  form  of  the  flower  leaves  nothing  to  be  desired  (award  of  merit). 
Odontoglossum  crispum  Annie  (W.  Stevens). — So  far  as  shape  is 
concerned  this  variety  is  very  fine.  The  colour  of  the  sepals  and  petals 
is  white  with  maroon  flushings,  blotches,  and  spots.  Tbe  lip  is  white 
with  brown  spots  and  a  yellow  crimson  veined  throat  (award  of  merit). 
Odontoglossum  crispum  Pettersi  (Peeters). — The  flowers  of  this 
variety  are  rather  small,  but  of  good  form.  The  spots  and  blotches  are 
a  rich  chocolate  brown  (award  of  merit). 
Odontoglossum  crisjmm  Starlight  (King). — Perhaps  the  most  distinct 
crispum  in  the  show.  The  sepals  are  deep  rose  profusely  spotted  with 
brown.  The  shapely  petals  are  of  white,  with  a  rose  suffusion  chastely 
spotted.  The  lip  is  white,  with  yellow  in  the  throat,  and  sparse  chocolate 
spots  (first-class  certificate) 
Petunia  Mrs.  Fred  Sander  (F.  Sander  Sc  Co.) — Of  the  richest  rose 
colour,  and  with  perfectly  double  flowers  of  considerable  size  ;  this  is  a 
superb  acquisition.  The  edges  of  the  flowers  are  chastely  fimbriated, 
and  greatly  increase  the  beauty  of  the  plant  (award  of  merit). 
Pyrethrum  Wilson  Barrett  (Kelway  &  Son).— A  perfectly  double 
variety  of  the  beat  shape.  The  colour  is  very  bright  deep  rose  (award 
of  merit). 
Phyllocactvs  Adonis  (J.  Veitch  &  Sons)  — The  delicacy  of  the  rose 
colour  of  this  variety  is  most  pleasiDg.  The  flower  is  of  good  form  (award 
of  merit). 
Phyll ocactus  Syreus  (J.  Veitch  Sc  Sons). — Of  beautiful  form  ;  the 
petals  in  this  variety  are  very  fine.  The  colour  is  pale  rose  (award  of 
merit) 
Rhododendron  jl.-pl.  Madame  Moser  (J.  Moser).— A  semi-double 
form  of  a  deep  crimson  colour  (award  of  merit). 
FRUIT  AND  VEGETABLES. 
Although  the  show  is,  in  the  main,  one  of  plants  and  flowers,  yet 
variety  is  afforded  by  the  best  displays  of  fruit  and  vegetables  that  have 
yet  been  seen  in  the  Temple  Gardens.  These,  what  may  be  termed 
utilitarian  sections,  are  that  and  something  more,  for  they  have  a  beauty 
ail  their  own,  and  prove  a  great  source  of  attraction.  Though  in  some 
instances  fruits  and  vegetables  were  more  or  less  mixed,  in  our  snatch  note 
references  they  will  be  kept  together  as  much  as  possible,  and  briefly 
described  in  the  order  in  which  they  were  seen  before  the  Judges’  awards 
were  made,  a  record  of  which  will  follow  in  due  course. 
Fruit. 
First  to  receive  attention  must  be  the  striking  collections  of  trees  in 
Dots  as  arranged  by  Messrs.  T.  Rivers  &  Son,  Sawbridgeworth,  and  Mr.  Jas. 
Hudson,  gardener  to  Leopold  de  Rothschild,  Esq.,  Gunnersbury  House, 
Acton  ;  and  though  these  groups  are  in  the  chief  marquee,  flanked  with 
magnificent  Roses  and  faced  by  rich  banks  of  Orchids,  they  maintain 
their  power  in  arresting  attention  and  inciting  expressions  of  admira¬ 
tion,  as  well  they  might.  In  their  fine  exhibit  it  may  be  said  that 
Messrs.  Rivers  achieve  another  triumph  in  growing  Peaches  and 
Nectarines  in  pots,  of  which  they  exhibit  some  fifty  or  sixty  trees  of 
various  ages  and  shapes,  but  all  in  rude  health,  and  cropped  with 
handsome  fruits.  The  Nectarines  consist  of  the  unrivalled  earlies, 
Cardinal  the  first  of  all,  and  the  later  and  larger  Early  Rivers,  brightly 
coloured,  and  set  the  trees  aglow.  Cardinal  when  first  shown  was  small, 
but  the  fruits  seem  to  get  larger  yearly,  the  result  of  more  experienced 
cultivation.  It  has  to  be  remembered  they  have  only  been  seen  on  trees 
in  pots,  or  gathered  from  them,  and  it  is  practically  certain  that  this 
precocious  Nectarine  from  well  managed  planted  out  trees  will  be 
larger  than  most  of  the  old  and  much  later  varieties  usually  grown  in 
gardens.  As  to  Early  Rivers,  the  fruits  are  as  large,  bright,  and  rich  as 
the  most  exacting  could  desire.  The  Peaches  shown  are  mostly  Early 
York  and  Early  Rivers.  A  tree  of  Guine  de  Annonay  Cherry,  twenty 
years  old,  in  a  i.5-inch  pot,  attracted  much  attention,  as  it  was  laden 
with  clusters  of  dark  red  fruits.  Altogether  the  group  is  a  splendid 
one. 
Cue  of  the  most  remarkable  exhibits  of  its  kind  from  a  private 
garden — that  of  Leopold  de  Rothschild,  Esq. — consists  of  some  fifty  trees 
in  pots  ranging  from  bearing  Fig  trees  a  foot  high  to  Peaches,  Necta¬ 
rines,  Plums,  and  Cherries  seven  or  eight  times  the  height,  all  in  the 
best  possible  health,  and  bearing  the  best  of  crops  of  excellent  fruit. 
Boxes  of  gathered  fruit  are  also  shown,  these  including  Frogmore 
Bigarreau,  Empress  Eugenie,  Bigarreau  de  Schreken,  and  Frogmore 
B  gurreau  Cherries,  also  ripe  fruits  of  Cardinal  and  Early  Rivera 
Nectarines,  six  of  the  last  named  weighiag  31  ozs.  A  note  attached 
states  that  trees  started  December  1st,  1896,  grown  in  the  same  house, 
gave  ripe  fruits  on  the  following  dates: — Cardinal  Nectarine,  May  12th  ; 
Early  Rivers,  May  24th.  Mr.  James  Hudson,  the  grower  of  this  collec¬ 
tion  of  fruit,  deserves  unstinted  congratulations. 
Passing  through  other  marquees  between  long  and  brilliant  avenues 
of  flowers,  we  find  repose  in  the  last  tent  reached,  for  here  are  arranged 
most  of  the  fruit  next  to  be  noticed.  Messrs.  George  Bunyard  Sc  Co., 
Maidstone,  have  a  splendid  collection  of  Apples  and  Pears,  about  seventy 
dishes  altogether,  remarkably  alike  for  size,  colour,  and  quality  at  this 
period  of  the  year.  The  fruits  are  backed  by  healthy  fruitful  pyramids 
of  Peaches  and  Nectarines,  and  dwarf  highly  productive  Figs.  It  is 
evident  that  this  firm  knows  how  to  grow  fruit,  how  to  preserve  it,  and 
how  to  display  it  to  advantage.  The  group  contained  the  only  Apples 
in  the  show,  and  these  fresh  and  firm — a  credit  even  to  Maidstone. 
Mr.  J.  Mclndoe,  gardener  to  Sir  Joseph  Pease,  Bart.,  exhibits  a  truly 
admirable  collection,  including  a  good  Pine,  fine  Grapes,  Melons, 
Oranges,  Peaches,  Nectarines,  Citrons,  Figs1,  Cherries,  Strawberries, 
Pears,  and  Tomatoes — something  to  be  proud  of,  and  would  have  won  a 
high  position  at  any  show  in  the  kingdom. 
Mr.  W.  J.  Empson,  gardener  to  Mrs.  Wingfield,  Ampthill,  has 
arranged  a  highly  attractive  and  meritorious  collection  of  Strawberries 
— several  plants  heavily  fruited  in  pots,  while  gathered  fruits  are 
arranged  in  association  with  black  and  white  Grapes  and  Myrsiphyllum 
in  the  form  of  a  large  crown.  A  sturdy  plant  of  Musa  Cavendishi,  with 
a  heavy  cluster  of  fruits,  attracts  much  attention. 
Messrs.  Laxton  Brothers  have  a  massive  bank  of  Strawberries  in  pots, 
including  Royal  Sovereign  heavily  fruited,  also  Leader,  Monarch,  and 
some  unnamed  seedliogs.  The  fruits,  especially  of  Leader,  are  very  fine 
indeed. 
Mr.  G.  Wythes,  gardener  to  Earl  Percy,  Syon  House,  has  a  large  and 
diversified  assortment  of  excellent  fruit,  including  large  specimens  of 
Monsteia  dtliciosa,  a  well-ripened  and  fine  cluster  of  Bananas,  capital 
Grapes,  Peaches,  Nectarines,  Figs,  and  Strawberries,  also  about  a  bushel 
of  Melons  and  large  Tomatoes. 
Mr.  C.  Beckett,  gardener  to  Sir  W.  G.  Pearce,  Bart.,  Chilton  Lodge, 
Hungerford,  stages  a  large  and  meritorious  collection,  including  very 
good  black  and  white  Grapes,  Peaches,  Nectarines,  Figs,  Melons,. 
