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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
May  23,  1901. 
The  Clematis  from  Messrs.  G.  Jaokman  &  Son,  Woking,  were  very 
fine.  It  was  oomposed  of  a  group  of  some  two  dozen  large  specimens, 
each  trained  on  a  balloon  trellis  and  intermixed  with  less  formal  plants. 
The  individual  blooms  in  some  instances  were  magnificent,  the  plant 
of  Fairy  Queen,  for  example,  had  twenty-two  blooms  measuring  some 
10  inohes  across.  Thee  ilotir  of  this  sort  is  blush  faintly  barred  with 
rose.  King  Edward  VII.  is  a  fine  new  hybrid  with  remarkably  large 
lavender  coloured  blooms.  Co  intess  of  Lovelace,  double  lavender,  is 
rich,  and  a  magnificent  light  flower  is  Madame  Van  Houtte.  Princess 
of  Wales,  too,  is  a  striking  kind  ;  the  specimen  in  this  group  was  a 
mass  of  blooms  some  4  feet  across.  The  new  hybrids  from  C.  coooinea 
raised  by  the  Woking  firm  were  in  evidence.  Countess  of  Onslow  and 
Admiration  were  not  the  least  striking. 
Messrs.  James  Veitch  &  Sons,  Ltd.,  Chelsea,  had  a  remarkably  fine 
display  of  Rhododendrons,  Azaleas,  Paemies,  and  other  hardy  plants. 
A  huge  bush  of  Sigismund  Rucker,  a  variety  of  the  first-named,  was 
most  attractive.  Wistarias  in  variety,  Hydrangeas  in  excellent  kinds 
Redman,  gardener  to  Mrs.  Farrer,  Ingleborough,  Lancaster.  Pans  of 
Morisia  hypogaea,  Gentiana  acaulis,  and  Ramondia  pyrenaioa  were 
excellent,  while  Primulas,  Violas,  Cypripediums,  Irises,  and  ^Saxifragas 
formed  a  choice  exhibit. 
Mr.  W.  J.  Godfrey  staged  baskets  of  his  new  Pelargonium  Emanuel 
Lias,  which  were  well  grown  and  full  of  flower  ;  the  other  varieties 
staged  in  the  same  way  were  President  Faure  and  Wilfred  H.  Godfrey, 
also  a  basket  of  Tropmolum  Exmouth  Glory,  a  yellow  variety,  said  to 
be  sweet  soented. 
The  Misses  Hopkins,  Mere  Cottage  Gardens,  Knutsford,  made  a 
good  display  of  herbaceous  and  alpine  plants,  but  they  were  rather  too 
crowded  to  be  effective.  Some  of  the  chief  subjects  were  a  new  Daisy 
named  Alice,  a  very  delicate  pink.  Some  of  the  old  double  Polyanthus 
were  also  interesting,  as  were  also  a  collection  of  Saxifragas  ;  Primulas 
in  variety,  a  few  quaint  Violas  and  Aubrietias,  forming  the  major  part 
of  the  disulay. 
Mr.  W.  R.  Newport,  Hillingdon  Heath,  Uxbridge,  staged  a  bank  of 
H.  T.  ROSE  LADY  BATTERSEA. 
(Exhibited  by  Messrs.  Paul  Sf  Son  The  “Old”  Nurseries,  Cheshunt.) 
were  also  well  grown.  The  Polyantha  Rose  named  Electra  is  a 
delicately  tinted  creamy  white,  and  choice  looking  in  a  group  where  all 
is  good. 
Malmaison  Carnations  formed  a  pretty  corner  in  tent  3  from 
Messrs.  Hugh  Low  &  Co.,  Bush  Hill  Park,  Enfield.  They  were 
effectively  arranged  in  a  bed  of  Asparagus  plnmosus.  The  blooms  of 
Mrs.  Martin  R.  Smith,  Princess  of  Wales,  Gemma,  Iolanthe,  Lady 
Grimston,  Churchwarden,  and  Princess  May  were  in  evidence,  as  was 
also  the  sensational  American  variety  Mrs.  Thos.  W.  Lawson,  but  it 
was  fairly  eclipsed  here  by  the  other  varieties  in  every  sense. 
A  handsome  table  of  Tulips,  Irises,  Narcissi,  and  Gladioli  were 
staged  by  Messrs  B.  S.  Williams  &  Son,  Upper  Holloway,  N.  The  whole 
exhibit  was  one  glaring  mass  of  colour.  To  enumerate  all  the  good 
things  would  take  up  too  much  space,  but  a  few  of  the  more  attractive 
were  noted.  In  Tulips,  Golden  Beauty,  T.  retroflexa,  Maiden’s  Blush, 
and  T.  vitieella  represented  some  of  the  best,  but  the  collection 
of  Darwin  and  Parrot  forms  must  not  be  neglected,  for  they  are 
particularly  good.  Large  forms  of  Spanish  Irises  in  variety,  Camassia 
esculents,  Anemone  fulgens,  Fortune’s  Lily  of  the  Valley,  Ixias, 
Ornithogalum  arabicnm,  and  Gladiolus  Blushing  Bride  lent  sufficient 
variety  to  make  the  exhibit  attractive  throughout. 
A  pretty  little  group  of  Alpines  were  staged  tastefully  by  Mr.  Geo. 
Lobelia  Newport’s  Model,  a  good  dwarf  variety,  the  colour  being  a 
deep  royal  blue  with  a  conspicuous  white  eye,  the  exhibit  being  edged 
with  tricolor  Pelagoniums  and  Pyrethrum  aurenm  in  pots.  Mr.  R.  C. 
Notcutt,  Broughton  Nursery,  Ipswich,  had  a  good  table  of  late-flowering 
Tulips  and  a  few  other  subjects,  the  whole  being  lightly  displayed.  In 
Tulips  the  florists’  bybloemen  and  bizarres  were  largely  staged,  and  the 
Darwins  were  also  very  much  in  evidence,  while  the  Parrot  varieties  in 
their  gorgeous  colours  were  judiciously  employed.  A  few  vases  and 
pots  of  Trollius,  Phloxes  canadense,  and  amcena,  with  other  plants, 
formed  a  quiet  and  pleasing  front. 
A  most  pleasing  exhibit  after  the  Tulips  was  that  from  P.  Purnell, 
Esq.,  Woodlands,  Streatham  Hill,  who  staged  a  collection  of  Semper- 
vivums  and  alpines  ;  the  green  of  the  plants,  relieved  only  by  a  few 
solitary  flowering  plants,  had  an  excellent  effect,  the  blue  Gentian  being 
the  brightest  colour  visible.  The  Sedums,  Sempervivums,  and  Saxifragas 
were  remarkably  well  grown,  the  plants  looking  as  though  they 
enjoyed  life  at  Streatham  Hill. 
A  wonderful  display  of  Primroses,  Polyanthi,  and  Auriculas 
were  arranged  by  Messrs.  Storrie  &  Storrie,  Dundee.  The  ground¬ 
work  of  the  table  was  oomposed  of  plants  in  pots,  relieved  by  four 
trophies  of  the  various  sections.  The  yellow  Auriculas  deserve  speoial 
mention,  Uranus,  Perseus,  Zeus,  Osiris,  Pollux,  and  Vega  being  all  good 
