The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . n, and had aprofusion of good-sized flowers of rich pink colour,with a white eye ; The Queen and Cannells White arealso good varieties of the same section. Amongst theflorists or older strain were Eynsford White andEynsford Purple. My Favourite (pink), alba lutea, PinkQueen, Swanley Blue, H. Cannell, &c. (Silver BanksianMedal). Carnations were again exhibited by Messrs. W. Cut-bush & Sons, Highgate, London, who had fine cutflowers of new and choice varieties they have shownpreviously, including the ex
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . n, and had aprofusion of good-sized flowers of rich pink colour,with a white eye ; The Queen and Cannells White arealso good varieties of the same section. Amongst theflorists or older strain were Eynsford White andEynsford Purple. My Favourite (pink), alba lutea, PinkQueen, Swanley Blue, H. Cannell, &c. (Silver BanksianMedal). Carnations were again exhibited by Messrs. W. Cut-bush & Sons, Highgate, London, who had fine cutflowers of new and choice varieties they have shownpreviously, including the excellent Mrs. S. J. Brookes,white; Mrs. T. W. Lawson; Sir Hector MacDonald,pink; and Viscouut Kitchener, white, with scarletmarkings. Mr. J. R. Box, Croydon, exhibited a small group ofCinerarias, and some fine plants about 3 feet high ofBegonia Gloire de Sceaux. The large rich pink-coloured flowers of this variety, and the dark, metallic-looking foliage, make it exceedingly decorative. Three seedling varieties of Hippeastrum were shownby Mr. E. Hill, from Lord Rothschilds garden at. Fig. 46.—inflorescence of lourya campanulata. (see p. 108.) (Flowers snow-white, with a purplish centre.) Tring Park, Tring. They were not without merit, butfailed to secure a distinctive Award. Messrs. R. Wallace & Co., KilnBeld Gardens, , exhibited a small collection of early-floweringalpiues—bulbous and other, in nice bloom were among them Iris Tauri, I. hiatrioides, andI. stylosa speciosa; a panful of Hepaticas, includingthe single-flowered white variety, Adonis amureu&is,Muscari azureum, Anemone blanda, Primula megasce-folia, Colchicum libanoticum, &c. Lord Jersey, Osterley Park, Isleworth (gi\, Mr, ), showed a guy looking group of Cyclamens invariety, having Euphorbia Jaequinioellora, as cut shoolain bloom, and pyramidal plants in the backgroundof Begonia Gloire de Sceaux (Vote of Thanks). Messrs. Sutton &. Sons, Reading, showed some fortyplants of their n
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