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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
January  31,  1901. 
Royal  Horticultural  Society. 
Drill  Hall,  January  29th. 
TThe  second  exhibition  of  the  new  year  was  not  very  large,  nor  could 
this  be  expected,  considering  the  gloom  that  pervades  the  country, 
also  the  changeable  weather.  Primulas  were  contributed,  as  were 
Cyclamens,  while  a  touch  of  spring  was  given  by  the  Daffodils  and 
Irises.  Mr.  Young  sent  some  grand  Orchids  from  Clare  Lawn.  Fruit 
was  not  very  abundant. 
Fruit  Committee. 
Present :  G.  Bunyard,  Esq.  (in  the  chair)  ;  and  Messrs.  H.  Esling, 
J.  H.  Veitch.W.  Bates,  S.  Mortimer,  A.  Dean,  G.  Keif,  W.  Pope,  H. 
Markham,  W.  Poupart,  E.  Beckett,  F.  Q.  Lane  G.  Wythes,  G.  Wood¬ 
ward,  A.  H.  Pearson,  J.  Willard,  and  the  Rev.  W.  Wilks. 
Messrs.  H.  Cannell  &  Sons,  Swanley,  staged  sixty  dishes  of  Apples 
in  good  condition.  Most  of  the  dishes  were  well  coloured  and  of  fair 
size.  A  few  of  the  most  striking  were  Cox’s  Pomona,  Hoary  Morning, 
Bismarck,  Adam’s  Pearmain,  Tower  of  Glamis,  Bramley’s  Seedling, 
Wellington  (superb),  Court  Pendu  Plat,  Small’s  Admirable,  Stone’s, 
Lane’s  Prince  Albert,  Baumann’s  Red  Reinette,  and  Blue  Pearmain 
(silver  Knightian  medal).  The  same  firm  also  sent  four  large  heaps  of 
exhibition  Onions,  which  iucluded  grand  specimens  of  Ailsa  Craig, 
Cranston’s  Excelsior,  Reading  Improved,  and  Cocoa  Nut. 
Mr.  W.  Strugnell,  gardener,  Rood  Ashton,  Trowbridge,  sent  Apples 
Reinette  du  Canada  and  Claygate  Pearmain.  Miss  Breton,  Forest 
End,  Sandhurst,  Berks,  sent  a  dish  of  Yams,  which  were  certainly  well 
grown.  Messrs.  Sutton  &  Sons,  Reading,  exhibited  two  dishes  of  their 
early  Rhubarb  Crimson  Winter;  the  growth  is  small,  but  a  beautifully 
bright  colour.  Mr.  J.  Butler,  gardener  to  the  Earl  of  Ancaster,  Stam¬ 
ford,  sent  a  box  of  The  Sutton  Rhubarb,  having  stems  at  least  2  feet 
long,  and  of  good  size  and  colour.  Mr.  Woodward,  gardener  to 
R.  Leigh,  Esq.,  Barham  Court,  Maidstone,  sent  three  good  dishes  of 
Beauty  of  Kent  Apples.  Mr.  Chas.  Ross,  gardener  to  Capt.  Carstairs, 
staged  two  seedling  Apples,  crosses  between  Cornish  Aromatic  and 
Cox’s  Orange  Pippin. 
Floral  Committee. 
Present  :  W.  Marshall,  Esq.  (in  the  chair)  ;  and  Messrs.  C.  T. 
Druery,  R.  Dean,  G.  Reuthe,  W.  Howe,  J.  Jennings,  J.  F.  McLeod, 
C.  J.  Salter,  R.  B.  Lowe,  E.  H.  Jenkins,  E.  T.  Cook,  G.  Gordon,  C.  E. 
Shea,  J.  W.  Barr,  H.  J.  Cutbush,  and  Geo.  Paul. 
Mr.  J.  Fulford,  gardener  to  F.  D.  Lambert,  Esq.,  Moor  Hall, 
Cookham,  arranged  a  fine  group  of  Cyclamens,  with  a  few  Crotons, 
Palms,  and  Maidenhair  Ferns.  The  Cyclamens  were  all  well  grown 
plants,  and  carrying  from  twenty  to  sixty  flowers  per  plant,  all  giving 
clear  evidence  of  the  cultivator’s  skill.  The  award  of  a  silver 
Banksian  medal  was  richly  deserved. 
Messrs.  G.  Jackman  &  Son,  Woking  Nursery,  staged  a  few  spring 
flowering  plants  in  good  style.  Pans  of  Narcissus  Golden  Spur, 
N.  i.  Cynosure,  N.  Henry  Irving,  and  N.  calathinus  were  notable.  A 
flowering  plant  of  the  Moutan  Pseony  Hector  was  certainly  a  novelty. 
Freesias  and  Irises  reticulata,  I.  Bakeriana,  and  I.  Sindjarensis  were 
interesting,  while  pans  of  Cyclamens  libanotioum  and  vernum  completed 
an  interesting  display. 
Messrs.  Barr  &  Sons,  King  Street,  Covent  Garden,  sent  a  group 
of  Hellebores,  Crocuses,  and  Roman  Hyacinths  in  bowls.  The  Christmas 
Roses  were  in  good  form,  and  included  in  the  collection  were 
H.  guttatus,  H.  Apotheker  Bogren,  H.  caucasicus  lutescens,  H.  Dr. 
Hogg,  H.  pallidus,  H.  Bocconi  Ellen  Terry,  H.  ruberrissimus,  H.  Afghan 
Prince,  H.  Cleopatra,  and  H.  olympicus  superbus.  The  Snowdrops 
included  good  pots  of  Galanthus  Whittalli  and  G.  Ikaria.  The 
Hyacinths  were  splendid  bowls  of  the  Roman  form,  and  good  pots  of 
the  Italian  White  Mountain. 
Mr.  J.  R.  Box,  Croydon,  had  an  extensive  exhibit  of  Primula 
sinensis  in  variety,  growing  in  5-inch  pots.  The  collection,  as  a 
whole,  was  lacking  in  the  dark  coloured  varieties,  but  those  that  were 
staged  were  excellent,  not  only  in  colouring  but  in  size  and  substance 
also,  while  the  habit  of  the  plants  left  little  to  be  desired.  The  blues 
were  represented  by  King  of  the  Blues  and  Wickham  Blue ;  Princess 
Mary,  white  ;  Emperor,  a  rosy  salmon  variety  ;  White  Perfection,  a 
good  white  of  the  Fern-leaved  type ;  Rosamond,  a  rosy  purple  of  the 
old  type.  Giant  Pink  was  one  of  the  best,  the  colour  being  soft  pink 
and  the  blooms  of  good  size,  and  Wickham  Beauty,  a  good  lilac  (silver 
Banksian  medal). 
Messrs.  Jas.  Veitch  &  Sons,  Ltd.,  staged  a  box  of  their  celebrated 
hybrid  Java  Rhododendrons.  The  varieties  were  represented  by  good 
bunches  of  bloom.  Some  of  the  best  were  Minerva,  Empress,  Cloth  of 
Gold,  Princess  Alexandra,  Numa,  Maiden’s  Blush,  Multioolor,  Ruby,  and 
Ceres,  also  a  fine  yellow  form  in  a  pot  called  King  Edward  the  Seventh. 
The  firm  again  staged  some  well  flowered  plants  of  Coleus  thyrsoideus, 
which  attracted  considerable  attention.  From  Messrs.  R.  Wallace  and 
Co.,  Kilnfield  Gardens,  Colchester,  came  a  pan  of  pretty  Irises,  which 
included  I.  Bakeriana,  I.  Heldrechi,  I.  speoies,  I.  Danfordiae,  and 
I.  reticulata  Krelagi. 
A  very  fine  exhibit  was  that  from  Messrs.  T.  S.  Ware,  Ltd., 
Feltham,  which  was  composed  of  Primulas  and  Cyclamens  ohiefly ;  the 
whole  exhibit  attracted  considerable  attention  from  the  visitors. 
The  Primulas  were  well-flowered  plants  of  P.  floribunda,  P.  obconica, 
P.  o.  rosea,  P.  Forbesi,  P.  verticillata,  and  P.  f.  Inabellina.  Some 
pretty  plants  of  Cyclamen  Atkinsi  rubrum  were  also  interesting,  as 
were  also  plants  of  Colchicum  Decaisiana,  Irises  Histrio,  I.  Bakeriana, 
I.  persica  purpurea.  Good  plants  of  Galanthus  Elwesi  robustus  were 
conspicuous,  as  were  also  plants  of  Cyrtanthus  intermedius  and  a  few 
Saxifragas  (silver  Banksian  medal). 
Messrs.  H.  Cannell  &  Sons,  Swanley,  staged  a  good  table  of  Primula 
pyramidalis  in  variety.  The  plants  were  grown  in  5  and  6-inch  pots, 
and  included  Red  Lady,  Lady  E.  Dyke,  a  very  free  white ;  Pink  Lady, 
Semi-double  Lady,  a  white  semi-double  form ;  The  Lady,  Miss  Irene, 
one  of  the  prettiest  staged,  rosy  red  in  colour;  Princess  Eva,  Fairy 
Queen,  and  a  few  seedlings,  some  of  them  of  great  promise,  the 
substance  in  the  blooms  being  more  marked  (silver  Banksian  medal). 
Mr.  J.  Russell,  Richmond,  sent  a  few  specimens  of  Cupressus  erecta 
lutea  in  capital  colour.  This  is  certainly  one  of  the  best  coloured 
Conifers  seen  at  the  Drill  Hall  for  some  time. 
Orchid  Committee. 
Present  :  Harry  J.  Veitch,  Esq.  (in  the  chair)  ;  and  Messrs. 
J.  O’Brien,  de  B.  Crawshay,  R.  B.  White,  C.  J.  Lucas,  H.  J.  Chapman, 
F.  Sander,  H.  A.  Tracy,  W.  H.  Young,  E.  Hill,  W.  Cobb,  J.  Colman, 
Jas.  Douglas,  J.  G.  Fowler,  and  H.  Ballantine. 
Mr.  W.  H.  Young,  Orchid  grower  to  Sir  Frederic  Wigan,  Bart., 
Clare  Lawn,  East  Sheen,  contributed  the  only  collection  of  Orchids. 
It  was  a  superb  display  of  Lselia  anceps  alba,  L.  a.  W  lliamsi,  L.  a 
Hilli,  L.  a.  Sanderiana,  Phaius  tuberculosus,  Miltonia  Bleuiana,  Phalae- 
nopsis  grandiflora  aurea,  P.  Schilleriana,  Lselia  Mrs.  M.  Gratrix, 
Lselio-Cattleya  Hypatia,  Sophronitis  grandiflora  rosea,  Odontoglossum 
Harryana  crispum,  Cypripedium  insigne  Harefield  Hall  variety, 
Cattleya  chocoensis  alba,  Aerides  Vandarum,  and  several  others  (silver 
Flora  medal). 
W.  Cobb,  Esq.,  Tunbridge  Wells,  showed  Cypripedium  Mary  Beatrice, 
a  handsome  hybrid  from  C.  bellatulum  and  C.  Goweri  magnificum.  Mr. 
H.  A.  Tracey,  Twickenham,  staged  a  plant  carrying  one  fine  flower  of 
Lycaste  Ballse  Ruperba.  Mr.  Foster,  gardener  to  J.  F.  Alcook,  Esq., 
Northchurch,  Herts,  sent  a  hybrid  Cypripedium,  and  Mr.  J.  B.  Lees, 
gardener  to  C.  D.  Quincey,  Esq.,  Chislehurst,  Odontoglossum  Londes- 
boroughauum  bearing  a  fine  spike. 
De  Barri  Crawshay,  Esq.,  Rosefield,  Sevenoaks,  exhibited  two  superb 
varieties  of  Odontoglossum  Rossi  named  respectively  Lionel  and  Raymond 
Crawshay.  Mr.  Crawshay  sent  also  0.  nevadense  rosefieldiense  and 
O.  Hallio  crispum  aurea.  Mr.  C.  C.  Hirst,  Hinckley,  sent  a  number  of 
hybrid  Cypripediums.  Messrs.  H.  Low  &  Co.,  Bush  Hill  Park, 
contributed  Cattleya  Trianse,  white  variety,  and  Cypripedium 
Prewetti. 
The  Director,  Royal  Gardens,  Kew,  staged  a  well  flowered  plant  of 
Phaius  tuberculosus.  The  accompanying  card,  signed  by  Mr.  Rolfe, 
was  as  follows  : — “  P.  tuberculosus,  Blume.  (Limodorum  tuberculosum, 
Thouars).  A  terrestrial  species,  identical  with  the  original  plant  of 
Thouars.  Recently  introduced  for  the  first  time  by  Mons.  Warpur  of 
Madagascar.  The  epiphytal  species  known  in  gardens  under  the  above 
name,  and  figured  in  several  works,  is  not  the  original  plant,  and  I  have 
renamed  it  Phaius  simulans  (Rolfe),  in  allusion  to  the  remarkable 
resemblance  whioh  its  flowers  bear  to  those  of  the  original  species.” 
Messrs.  Heath  &  Son,  Cheltenham,  showed  a  group  of  Dendrobiums. 
The  plants  were  beautifully  flowered.  A  few  Cypripediums  were  also 
included  in  the  exhibit.  Mr.  Patterson,  gardener  to  Mr.  Lumsden, 
Balmedie,  Aberdeen,  showed  some  hybrid  Cypripediums,  some  of  which 
had  beeu  damaged  in  transit. 
Certificates  and  Awards  of  Merit. 
Apples  Beauty  of  Kent,  Claygate  Pearmain,  Brabant  Bellefleor 
and  Reinette  du  Canada  received  awards  of  merit;  they  are  all  too 
well  known  to  need  description. 
Calanthe  Oakwood  Ruby  (W.  Murray). — This  Calantheis  well  named. 
It  is  a  fine  dark  coloured  variety  (award  of  merit). 
Cattleya  chocoensis  alba  (W.  H.  Young). — This  is  a  pure  white  form 
of  a  handsome  and  comparatively  well  known  Cattleya  (award  of  merit). 
Odontoglossum  nevadense  rosefieldiense  (de  Barri  Crawshay). — This 
is  a  larger  edition  of  the  type.  The  sepals  and  petals  are  brown  with 
a  Picotee  margin  of  yellow.  The  white  front  lobe  of  the  lip  has  a 
yellow  fimbriation  ;  the  base  has  chocolate  margins  (award  of  merit). 
Rhododendron  King  Edward  VII.  (J.  Veitch  &  S  ms). — A  superb 
yellow  variety.  The  flowers  are  of  the  finest  substance  and  form 
(award  of  merit). 
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An  English  Invasion  — The  Countess  of  Warwiok  is  responsible 
for  an  official  scare  all  along  the  coast  of  Brittany.  The  lady  gardeners 
turned  out  by  her  classes  have  been  trying  to  buy  sma'I  plots  in  that 
country  near  the  mouths  of  rivers,  whence  their  produce  might  be 
marketed  cheaply.  They  have  even  offered  fancy  prices  for  holdings 
not  in  the  market.  Nothing  is  known  in  France  of  why  these  pupils 
have  found  it  difficult  to  buy  land  to  their  minds  in  England;  and  so 
there  is  an  official  circular  to  the  notaries  of  seaooast  departments 
instructing  them  to  draft  no  more  deeds  of  sale  to  foreigners,  and  to 
give  an  account  of  all  such  deeds  drafted  during  the  past  ten  years. 
