January  15,  19C3. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAOE  GARDENER. 
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Societies. 
Royal  Horticultural,  Drill  Hall,  Jan.  13tti. 
The  first  meeting  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  for  the 
year  was  held  on  Tuesday  last,  the  weather  being  keenly  cold. 
As  a  consequence  of  the  frost  and  threatening  snow  the  meeting 
was  a  small  one,  and  the  visitors,  other  than  those  who  had 
business  on  hand,  Avere  few  in  number. 
Fruit  and  Vegetable  Committee. 
Present;  A.  H.  Pearson,  Esq.  (in  the  chair);  rvith  Messrs. 
W.  Poupart,  J.  W.  Ward,  G.  Wythes,  James  H.  Veitch,  G. 
Norman,  F.  Q.  Lane,  J.  Jacj[ues,  H.  Marsham,  Edwin  Beckett, 
Horace  J.  Wright,  W.  Fyfe,  Wm.  Pope,  Alex.  Dean,  S.  Mor¬ 
timer,  J.  W.  Bates,  Jos.  Cheal,  Owen  Thomas,  Geo.  Keif,  and 
M.  Gleeson. 
Messrs.  W.  Pink  and  Sons,  Portsmouth,  sent  samples  of  the 
Yam  and  the  Sweet  Potato.  From  the  Earl  of  Ilchester  came 
samples  of  the  Pear  Beurre  Ranee,  for  which  a  vote  of  thanks 
Avas  returned. 
W.  Shuter,  Esq.  (gardener  Mr.  T.  Armstrong),  The  Gardens, 
Hampstead,  sent  tAventy-eight  fine  bunches  of  Black  Alicante 
Grapes,  and  received  a  Silver  Banksian  Medal. 
Orchid  Committee. 
Present :  Henry  Little,  Esq.  (in  the  chair) ;  with  Messrs. 
James  O’Brien,  J.  Wilson  Potter,  H.  A.  Tracy,  W.  H.  White, 
F.  J.  Thorne,  W.  Boxall,  J.  Wodell,  E.  Hill,  J.  Chari esAvorth, 
H.  T.  Pitt,  N.  A.  Bilney,  F.  A.  Rehder,  Walter  Cobb,  R. 
Broonian  White,  H.  Ballantine,  and  de  B.  CraAvshay. 
Jeremiah  Colman,  Esq.,  Gatton  Park,  Reigate,  arranged  a 
graceful  group  of  cut  Cymbidiuins,  Calanthes,  Lselias,  and 
Zygopetalums,  these  being  set  in  upright  bamboo  .shoots,  and 
some  in  pots,  amid  a  setting  of  Asparagus  Sprengeri  (Silver 
Banksian  Medal.) 
Cypripedium  x  Lady  Roberts,  Potter’s  variety,  came  from 
J.  Wilson  Potter,  Esq.,  Croydon.  It  is  a  handsome  dark 
chocolate-red  floAver,  with  a  Avhite  edge. 
Captain  Holford  (groAver,  Mr.  Alexander),  Westonbirt,  Tet- 
bury,  staged  Cypripediums,  Lycastes,  Odontoglossum  crispum 
A"ar.  Ian,  Avith  thirty  floAvers  on  tAVO  racemes;  L.  C.  Charles- 
Avorthi,  Lselias  and  Cymbidiums,  all  set  in  Asparagus  Sprengeri. 
(Sih'er  Banksian  Medal.) 
Mr.  A.  A.  Peeters,  of  Brussels,  contributed  Cypripedium 
aureum  var.  C’yrus,  C.  a.  vurginalis,  C.  a.  Hyeanum,  and  the 
very  handsome  C.  a.  Qildipe.  Messrs.  CharlesAvorth  and  Co.,  of 
Bradford,  had  a  Lycaste  Ballise  AA'ith  thirteen  fine  floAvers  and 
some  good  Cypripediums. 
A  choice  group  came  from  Mes.srs.  Veitch,  of  Chelsea,  Avho 
had  Cypripediums  Niobe,  C.  Boxalli  superbum,  C.  purpuratum, 
C.  Actseus,  C.  Sallieri,  C.  Euryades  (vei-y  good),  C.  Leeanum 
superbum,  C.  Dryobe.  Their  Cattleya  x  Elvina  Avas  much 
admired.  (Sih'er  Banksian  Medal.) 
Floral  Committee. 
Present:  Wm.  Marshall,  Esq.  (in  the  chair);  Avith  Messrs. 
Chas.  T.  Druery,  H.  B.  May,  James  Walker,  H.  J.  Jones,  G.  F. 
McLeocL  J.  Jennings,  Wm.  HoAve,  G.  Reuthe,  Cha.s.  Dixon, 
C.  J.  Salter,  Charles  Jefferies,  Chas.  E.  Pearson,  Robt.  W. 
Wallace,  F.  Page  Roberts,  H.  J.  Cutbush,  J.  W.  Barr,  J.  A. 
Nix,  Chas.  E.  Shea,  R.  Wilson-Ker,  E.  H.  Jenkins,  J.  H.  Fitt, 
R.  C.  Notcutt,  E.  Molyneux,  Ed.  Marvley,  Geo.  Nicholson, 
J.  James,  and  Chas.  Blick. 
Messrs.  James  Veitch  and  Sons,  Ltd.,  AAere  foi’Avard  Avith 
their  ncAv  blue-floAA’ered  Coleus  thyrsoideus,  with  massive 
inflorescence.s  of  a  deep  azure  blue ;  and  in  front  Avere  the 
Avinter-floAvering  Begonias — a  double  line  of  carmine,  pink,  and 
crimson,  topped  Avitli  a  stream  of  blue  (Silver-gilt  Flora  Medal). 
Barr  and  Sons,  of  Covent  Garden,  staged  fragrant  blue  Prim¬ 
roses,  Avith  Iris  stylosa  and  its  Avhite  form,  and  a  good  variety 
of  Hellebores,  including  punctatissimus,  purjAureus  superbus, 
orientalis  Don  Quixote,  asiaticus  ruber.  ol,ympicus  superbus, 
caucasicus  luteus,  niger,  and  niger  Madame  Fourcade,  a  large- 
floAvered  pelirlj'-AA'hite  sort.  They  had  also  the  Hoop-petticoat 
Nai’ciss. 
Fi’om  the  Richmond  Nui’series  Mr.  John  Russell  brought  a 
select  group  of  berried  Aucubas,  including  longifolia  and 
japonica  vera.  A  ferv  Avere  groAvn  as  standards,  Avith  clusters 
of  crimson-scarlet  berries,  almost  as  large  as  Cherries,  and  num¬ 
bering  in  one  case  thirty-four  in  a  clu.ster  (Bronze  Banksian 
Medal).  Mr.  J.  C.  Tallack,  Shipley  Hall,  Derby,  contributed  a 
ncAv  Avinter-flowering  Carnation, 
named  Mrs.  Miller  Mundy,  haA'ing 
almost  the  characteristics  of  a 
Malmaison.  The  floAvers  are 
large  and  firm,  AA’aA\v  edged,  and 
coloured  a  rosy  crimson,  the 
lighter  colour  appearing  in  pale 
streaks.  Messrs  Veitch  had  Lin- 
denbergia  grandiflora  and 
Bryophyllum  crenatum,  the  latter 
a  Crassulaceous  plant  Avith  ter¬ 
minal  drooping  tubular  flowers; 
of  a  brownish  metallic  hue.  Mr. 
H.  Whateley,  The  Nurseries, 
Kenihvorth,  sent  a  contribution 
of  the  new  late  Avhite  Chrysan¬ 
themum  Harry  Whateley.  The 
florets  are  flat  and  laciniated*  at 
the  tips.  It  receiA^ed  an  Award 
of  Merit.  They  also  staged  C. 
Flossie  Whateley.  a  pretty 
creamy  variety.  Messrs.  Weils 
had  a  seedling  named  Christmas 
Crimson,  and  another,  a  rose- 
pink,  named  C.  W.  Payne,  a 
sport  from  Princess  Victoria, 
both  of  which  seem  good.  C. 
Miss  Edith  Davey  came  from  Mr. 
Milton  Hutchings,  Field  Heath 
Nurseries,  Hillingdon,  Uxbridge. 
This  is  a  reddish  sport  from 
Framfield  Pink,  and  is  tipped 
Avith  gold. 
Messrs.  W.  Cutbush  and  Son, 
Highgate,  N.,  AA'ere  again  repre¬ 
sented  by  some  A'ery  fine  Carna¬ 
tions,  among  Avhich  Ave  may  name 
Viscount  Kitchener,  Sir  Hector 
Macdonald,  Mrs.  S.  J.  Brooks, 
Winter  Beauty,  Calypso,  Mrs. 
M.  R.  Smith,  Mrs.  Thos.  LuAvson, 
Golden  Beauty,  and  Lady  de 
Ram.sa.v.  They  also  sent  I'hicas 
hyemalis,  gracilis,  melanthera, 
and  Daphne  indica  rubra  (Silver 
Banksian  Medal). 
From  “the  Home  of  FloAvers” 
at  Swanley,  the  Messrs.  Cannell 
Plan  of  a  Maze. 
