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February  27,  1902. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTIOULTURB  AND  COTTAOE  OARDENBB. 
Death  of  Mr.  Selfe  Leonard. 
Those  of  our  readers  who  have  not  ob.served  the  record  of  the 
accidental  death  of  Mr.  Selfe  Leonard  in  the  daily  newspaper.s  of 
February  23  and  24,  will  learn  of  his  untimely  end  with  poignant 
regret  and  surpri.se.  So  robu.st  was  our  friend,  .so  very  genial, 
ever  hearty,  and  po.ssessed  with  perennial  bonhommie  of  tempera¬ 
ment  and  action.  At  Rome  (where  he  was  .sojourning),  on  the 
evening  of  Saturday,  February'  22,  he  is  reported  to  have  gone 
“  \ip  to  his  room  by  the  lift,  and  afterwards  fell  down  the  stair¬ 
case.  su.staining  injuries  to  which  he  not  long  afterwards 
succumbed.” — (The  “  Observer.”)  He  was  a  reputed  authority  of 
hardy  plants,  and  had  the  large  nurseries  at  Guildford  and 
Compton,  which  were  almost  entirely  devoted  to  these  plants.  He 
was  especially  well  known  in  London  liorticultural  circles,  and 
will  be  greatly  missed. 
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Socielies. 
Royal  Horticultural,  Drill  Hall,  February  25th. 
The  procession  of  the  weeks  is  now  beginning  to  be  very 
apparent  in  the  greater  variety  and  .size  of  individual  exhibits  at 
the  shows  of  this  Society,  held  fortnightly  in  the  Drill  Hall.  The 
meeting  of  Tue.sday  last  was  a  most  plea.sant  one.  Daffodils  and  a 
collection  of  spring  flowers  were  shown  by  Mes.srs.  Barr  and  Sons, 
King  Street,  Covent  Garden,  while  both  Me.ssrs.  Ware,  Limited, 
of  Hale  Farm  Nurseries,  Feltham,  and  Mes.srs.  George  Jackman 
and  Son,  Woking,  staged  other  tasty  collections  of  sea.sonable 
Alpine  and  border  plants.  Messrs.  M^illiam  Paul  and  Son, 
Waltham  Cross,  Herts,  were  forward  with  large  pot  .specimen 
Camellias,  filling  the  central  space  of  the  hall,  and  Messrs. 
R.  and  G.  Cuthbert  from  the  Southgate  Nurseries,  Middlesex, 
exhibited  an  immense  group  of  forced  spring  flowering  shrubs,  as 
Staphylea  colchica,  Azalea  mollis  varieties,  Cydonia  japonica 
alba,  Cytisus  purpureus  incarnata,  Genista  prsecox  alba.  Lilacs, 
Deutzias,  and  W’^i.staria  sinensis.  The  group  was  mo.st  ardently 
admired  by  both  lady  and  gentlemen  vi.sitor.s.  Me.s.srs.  J.  Veitch 
and  Sons,  Limited,  Chelsea,  formed  a  rich  shov'  with  Primus 
Amygdalus  per.sica  magnifica  in  Tin  and  9in  pots,  and  profusely 
flowered.  They  had  also  a  grouplet  of  the  rich  yellow  Cupressus 
Lawsoniana  Stewarti,  than  which  we  know  nothing  more  effect 
in  its  shade  of  colour.  Veitch’s  Cineraria  Feltham  Beauty,  with 
star-shaped  flowers  of  a  violet -lavender  colour,  is  a  subject  that 
should  be  in  every  greenhouse.  The  members  of  the  committee 
present  were : — 
Floral  Committee. 
Present :  Charles  E.  Shea,  Esq.  (in  the  chair) ;  with  Me.s.srs. 
Charles  T.  Druery,  H.  B.  May,  George  Nicholson,  James  Walker, 
R.  Dean,  J.  F.  McLeod,  John  Jennings,  James  Hud.son,  William 
Howe,  C.  R.  Fielder,  Charles  Dixon,  J.  Fraser,  Charles  Jefferies, 
J.  H.  Nix,  George  Gordon,  Robert  W.  Wallace,  E.  H.  Jenkins, 
R.  C.  Notcutt,  Edward  Mawley,  C.  Blick,  and  George  Paul. 
Mes.srs.  J.  Peed  and  Son,  Norwood  Road,  S.E.,  staged 
varieties  of  Primula  obconica,  some  of  which  were  deep  ro.sy-pink 
and  charming.  From  the  Highgate  Nurseries  of  Me.ssr.s.  Cutbush 
and  Son  Ericas,  Epacrises,  and  Boronias  were  sent.  The  elite  of 
the  Epacri.ses  were  The  Premier,  rosy  crimson  ;  densiflora,  white; 
ardenti.ssima,  ro.sy-red  ;  and  ramosa,  .salmon-pink.  Mr.  G.  Mount 
sent  his  lovely  and  splendid  H.P.  Roses  from  Canterbury,  ivhile 
Messrs.  Hugh  Low  and  Co.,  Bush  Hill  Park,  Enfield,  .staged  a 
plentiful  exhibit  of  Azalea  indica,  Cytisus,  Epacris,  Lilacs,  and 
Cyclamens,  r  rom  Swanley  (Cannel'l’s)  the  group  of  Primulas 
representing  the  Chinese  form  at  its  very  best,  and  the  reverted 
strain  now  named  the  “  stellata,”  also  showed  fine  development. 
The  effectiveness  of  Echeveria  retu.sa  when  grown  and  thoroughly 
well  flowered  was  capitally  demonstrated  by  Mes.sr.s.  Canned  on 
this  occasion.  Mr.  John  May,  nurseryman.  Summit,  New  Jersey, 
I  .S.A.,  staged  a  vase  of  a  new  Ro.se  named  Mrs.  Oliver  Ames, 
which  had  been  cut  fourteen  days.  The  flowers  are  very  strong, 
full,  large,  and  deep  ro.se-pink,  the  base  creamy.  Vote  of  thanks. 
Fruit  and  Vegetable  Committee. 
Present:  A.  H.  Pear.son,  E.sq.  (in  the  cl^iir) ;  with  Messrs. 
James  H.  Veitch,  W.  Poupart,  Geo.  Wythes,  J.  Willard,  J. 
Jaques,  James  Smith,  C.  G.  Nix,  Edwin  Beckett,  W.  Pope,  M. 
Gleeson,  Geo.  Keif,  H.  J.  Wright,  Alex.  Dean,  S.  Mortimer, 
Henry  Ealing,  Jos.  Cheal. 
This  committee  had  a  few  individual  dishes  of  Apples  before 
it,  also  Seakale  and  splendid  Asparagus  from  Messrs.  Fromow, 
the  market  gardeners,  and  some  handsome  Onions  of  the  variety 
Cranston’s  Excelsior  sent  up  b,y  Mr.  N.  Kneller,  of  Malshanger 
Park  Gardens,  Basingstoke.  The.se  received  a  cultural  com¬ 
mendation. 
Messrs.  Win.  Wood  and  Son,  Limited,  Wood  Green,  London,  N. 
staged  a  number  of  their  new  inventions  and  improved, 
appliances  for  the  garden.  The  “  Perfecta  ”  .syringe,  that  sprays 
either  direct  forward  or  at  any  angle  within  an  arc  of  90deg  from . 
axis,  was  on  view.  They  also  showed  the  Eric  knapsack,  and.. 
Muratori  .spray  pump,  together  with  .sample  of  the  “  Veltha  ” 
emulsion  were  staged. 
Orchid  Committee. 
Present :  Norman  C.  Cookson,  Esq.  (in  the  chair) ;  with  Messrs. . 
James  O’Brien,  de  B.  Craw.shay,  R.  Brooman  White,  J,  Charles- - 
worth,  Jas.  Douglas,  A.  Hislop,  H.  T.  Pitt,  H.  J.  Chapman,, 
John  Cypher,  W.  Boxall,  N.  Bilney,  F.  A.  Relider,  H.  A.  Tracy,. 
WT  H.  White,  and  E.  Hill. 
Orchids  were  far  more  numerous  than  they  have  been  for  many 
months  past.  From  Cheltenham  the  Messrs.  Cypher  contributed! 
a  fairly  flowered  group  of  Dendrobiums.  These  included: 
D.  Cybele,  Ainsworthi  roseum,  nobile  pendulum,  rubens  magni-- 
ficum,  and  Aurora. 
Jeremiah  Colman,  Esq.,  from  Gatton  Park,  Reigate,  had  also - 
a  fine  lot  of  Dendrobes,  including  large  and  mas.sively  flowered . 
specimens  of  D.  crassinode  and  a  smaller  D.  c.  album,  D.  nobile- 
Cook.sonise,  D.  aureum,  and  D.  splendidi.ssimum  grandiflorum. 
Captain  Holford,  Westonbirt,  Tetbury,  had  a  very  valuable- 
.selection  of  choice  Cypripediums,  while  Sir  Trevor  Lawrence, . 
Bart.,  with  beautiful  plants  of  Dendrobium  Berkeleyanum, . 
O.  xanthocentrum  pallens,  and  Cypripedium  Argo,  Morganise,. 
was  also  of  as.si.stance  in  composing  a  fine  display.  Mes.srs.  Hugh: 
Low  and  Co.  received  a  number  of  certificates,  as  did  Charles-  • 
worth  and  Co.  and  Sander  and  Co. 
Medals. 
Floral  Committee. — Silver-gilt  Floras  to  Me.ssrs.  Wm.  Pauli 
and  Son  and  R.  and  G.  Cuthbert.  Silver  Floras  to  Cannell  and. 
Sons  and  to  H.  Low  and  Co.  Silver  Banksians  to  G.  Mount ; 
J.  Veitch  and  Sons,  Limited:  Cutbush  and  Sons;  G.  Jackman  and! 
Son;  Barr  and  Sons;  and  Mes,srs.  T.  S.  Ware,  Limited.  Me.ssrs. 
J.  Peed  and  Son  obtained  a  Bronze  Banksian. 
Orchid  Committee. — Silver-gilt  Flora  to  Sander  and  Co. 
Silver  Floras  to  J.  Colman,  E.sq.,  and  Jas.  Cypher.  Silver 
Banksians  to  Sir  Trevor  Lawrence,  Bart.,  and  Captain  Holford. 
Certificates  and  A-wards  of  Merit. 
Acacia  harpophylla  (syn.  culh'iformis  [?])  (Mrs.  Denison). — A  very 
pretty  Acacia.  Flowers  yellow,  in  crowded  heads,  disposed  in 
axillary  and  terminal  racemes.  Phyllodia  broad  at  the  base  and 
tapering  sharply  to  the  apex,  and  bendipg  to  one  side.,  First-Class 
Certificate.  Mrs.  Denison  (gardener,  Mr.  A.  G.  Gentle),  Little 
Gaddesden,  Berkhamstead. 
Cypripedmvi  x  A.  Divimock  (Sander  &  Co.). — Rich  in  colour, 
heavy  in  appearance,  and  very  distinct.  The  pouch  is  brownish  ;  the 
curving  petals  are  purplish  near  the  tip  on  the  upper  surface,  and 
black  spotted  toward  the  base.  The  dorsalsepal  is  white  at  the  apex, 
green  at  the  base,  with  a  black  beam  in  the  centre.  Award  of  Merit. 
Cypripedium  Dowlingeamim  (W.  M.  Appleton,  Esq.). — One  of  the 
Godfroysea  leucochilum  x  insigne  peltatum  crosses.  It  is  a  large 
full  flower,  with  much  substance,  deeply  spotted  with  purplish 
crimson.  The  tendency  is  mostly  to  the  Godfroysea  leucochilum. 
Award  of  Merit.  ^V.  M.  Appleton,  Esq.,  Weston-super-Mare. 
Cypripedium  Felicity  (H.  T.  Pitt,  Esq.). — A  large  bold  flower,  with 
handsome  dorsal  sepal  green  at  the  base  and  shaded  upward  with 
mauve-pink.  The  edge  is  pure  white.  The  sinuous,  narrow  petaK 
greenish  with  brownish  pouch.  Awaid  of  Merit. 
Lcelio-Cattleya  Choletiana  (Sander  &  Co.,  and  Hugh  Low  &  Co.). — 
Flowers  of  graceful  form,  petals  and  sepals  wavy.  The  lip  is  long, 
fluted,  and  bent  down  in  front;  the  edges  are  much  cidnkled,  and 
bright  purple  rose.  The  petals  and  sepals  are  more  lightly  coloured 
than  the  lip.  Award  of  Merit. 
Odmitoglossum  cri^pum,  Mabel  V^liateley  (H.  Whateley). — Small 
flowers,  but  of  gi'eat  substance.  Bearing  thick  marks  of  crimson 
hrown  on  sepals,  petals,  and  lip.  Award  of  Mei’it. 
Odontoglossum  loochriestiense,  var.  enfieldiensis  (Hugh  Low  &  Co.). 
— An  exceedingly  rich  coloured  variety,  the  edges  deep  golden  yellow, 
but  palest  cream  in  the  centre.  One  large  chestnut  blotch  marks- 
each  segment.  Awai’d  of  Merit. 
Phaio-Calanthe  Ruby  (Norman  C.  Cookson,  Esq.). — Has  large- 
flowers  with  prominent  lip,  velvety  dark  erb#8on  in  colour.  Award  of 
Merit.  Norman  C.  Cookson,  Esq.,  Wylam-on-Tyne. 
Nottingham  Chrysanthemnm. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Nottingham  and  Notts  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  Society  was  held  at  the  Exchange,  Nottingham,  on 
February  12.  In  their  annual  report,  the  committee  stated 
that  after  a  careful  deliberation  they  had  decided,  that  the  time 
had  come  when  the  summer  flowering  exhibition  should  be  held 
in  a  larger  and  more  convenient  hall,  and  they  had  been  amply 
repaid  in  engaging  the  Mechanics’  Hall  for  the  purpose.  The 
president,  the  Mayor  of  Nottingham,  opened  the  exhibition,  and 
the  thanks  of  the  society  were  due  to  him  for  the  kind  interest 
he  had  taken  in  the  society  during  his  year  of  office.  The  exhi¬ 
bition  of  late  varieties  was  kindly  opened  by  Lady  Henry  Ben- 
