The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . agon,relieved with Asparagus plumosus, was especiallypleasing. (Silver Banksian Medal.) Mr. Geo. Reuthe, Keston, Kent, exhibitedrare and choice Alpines and Shrubs. A promi-nent position was afforded a large plant in flowerof Desfontania spinosa, and there were otherplants of this shrub flowering in small 60 sizedpots. Other plants noticed were Astilbe simplici-folia, Erica Mackayana, fl. plena, Chimaphylla the floor and was very pleasing with its back-ground of small Bamboos and border of HelxineSolei
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . agon,relieved with Asparagus plumosus, was especiallypleasing. (Silver Banksian Medal.) Mr. Geo. Reuthe, Keston, Kent, exhibitedrare and choice Alpines and Shrubs. A promi-nent position was afforded a large plant in flowerof Desfontania spinosa, and there were otherplants of this shrub flowering in small 60 sizedpots. Other plants noticed were Astilbe simplici-folia, Erica Mackayana, fl. plena, Chimaphylla the floor and was very pleasing with its back-ground of small Bamboos and border of HelxineSoleirolii and Adiantum Ferns. Of the Phloxes,we admired nana ccerulea, Fort de France,salmon-pink; Widar, mauve, with white centre;Rosenberg, violet-purple; and Mrs. R. C. Pullin,salmon-pink. Messrs. W. Wells, Ltd., Merstham, Surrey,showed border Phloxes in variety, includingArthur Ranc, salmon and white ; Aurora, scarlet;Richard Strauss, violet-purple; and AntoineMercie, lavender and white, these representinggood new sorts. (Silver Banksian Medal.) Messrs. W. Fells and Son, Hitchin, put up a. Fig. 40.—dendromecon rigidum : flowers bright yellow.( Award of Merit on Tuesday last.) phora Potaninii, with china-blue, Campanula-like flower ; Sidalcea Listeri, a pale pink mallow ;and Dracocephalum virginianum album. Messrs. Wares, Ltd., Feltham, exhibited avery large group of hardy flowers, for which aSilver Banksian Medal was awarded. Veronicavirginica alba, with tall spikes of bloom ; GalegaHartlandii, a pretty pale mauve and white GoatsRne; and Campanula grandiflora, with flowersa fine shade of blue, were noticed in this exten-sive collection. Mr. Maurice Prichard, Christclmrch. Hamp-shire, showed, in a collection of hardy flowers,Delphinium, Mrs. Brunton; Montbretia, Davison; Stokesia cyanea prsecox, Liatrisspicata, and the new Campanula Tenori, var. maculata, Campanula acutangulosa, and Rhodo-dendron lanatum. (Bronze Flora Medal.) Mr. James Box, Lindfield, Haywards
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