July 



190S 



HORTICULTURE 



99 



British Horticulture 



THE ROSE SHOW AWARDS 



Under ideal conditions, the National Eose Society's 

 show was held on July 3rd, when a brilliant display 

 greeted the record crowd of visitors. The championship 

 prize in the nurse] jane: 's section was won by Messrs. D. 

 Prior & Son. The judges awarded the prize for the 

 best IT. P. rose to A. K. Williams, whilst the H. T. prize 

 winner was William Shean, and the best Tea rose vl re. 

 Miles Kennedy. Gold medals were awarded to two nov- 

 elties. These were Mrs. J. Campbell Hall, a new Tea, 

 with creamy petals, tinged with rose, shown by Dr. J. 

 C. Hall, Bowantree, Monaghan, and Mita Weldon, a 

 creamy-white Tea, shown by Messrs. Alex. Dickson. 

 Ireland again retained its reputation for raising new 

 varieties. Cards of commendation were granted to 

 Shower of Gold, a yellow rambler variety, shown by 

 Paul & Son; W. B. Smith, shown by Hugh Dickson, 

 and an unnamed Tea, and a pretty variety named Grace 

 Molyneux — these latter being shown by Alex. Dickson 

 & Son. Earl of Gosford, a carmine H. T., staged by 

 Messrs. McGreedy & Son, also received a card of com- 

 mendation. Some pleasing effects were produced by the 

 groups. Messrs. Hobbies, Ltd., who secured the premier 

 award, had a tasteful arrangement of the best known 

 varieties, a good use being made of Dorothy Perkins. 

 Hiawatha, and Lady Gay. In the foreground were sev- 

 eral baskets of roses on stands, with an edging of 

 ferns, Isolepis gracilis, etc. 



FRENCH AND BRITISH RIVALRY 



This year London has in its midst a Franco-British 

 exhibition, which is attracting many foreign visitors to 

 our shores. The ornamental white buildings contain 

 the finest works of art and specimens of handicraft 

 from the two countries, and it is the best exhibition 

 which has yet been seen in the Metropolis. In the grounds 

 the leading British and French nurserymen are display- 

 ing their choicest flowers in gay parterres. The first of 

 the flower shows has recently been held. The number 

 of French nurserymen who competed was somewhat lim- 

 ited. Messrs. Maron et Fils, Brunoy, had an excellent 

 group of orchids, Messrs. Millet & Son, Bourg-la- 

 Eeine, displayed strawberries, and Mons. Lagrange, 

 Paris, a collection of nymphaeas. The British nursery- 

 men were fully represented. A grand display of cannas 

 was made by Messrs. Cannell, who also have some well 

 arranged groups in the grounds. Begonias were superb 

 in the collection of Messrs. T. S. Ware. Ltd. Lady 

 Cromer, of a delightful shade of pink, was one of the 

 best. Gold medals were granted to the following firms: 

 Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., H. Cannell & Sons, Lord 

 Howard de Walden, Armstrong & Brown, George 

 Mount. T. S. Ware, Ltd., G. & A. Clark, G. & H. Burch, 

 the Hon. Yicarv Gibbs, H. B. May & Sons, Dobbie & 

 Co., George Bunyard & Co., J. Hill & Son, T. Eivers & 

 Sons, W. Fromow & Sons, Mons. Debree and Sir Jere- 

 miah Coleman. The jury who made the awards was 

 composed of seven English and the same number of 

 French horticulturists. Col. D. Praia, C. I. E., being 

 the president, ami Mons. Viger, the vice-president. 



THE HOLLAND HOUSE SHOW 



A gratifying success attended the annual summer 

 show of the Eoyal Horticultural Society in the grounds 

 of Holland House. Kensington, on July 7th and 8th. 

 Eoses were, of course, a special feature. Four new in- 

 troductions of Messrs. Alex. Dickson & Sons received 

 awards of merit. George C. Waud is a shapely H. T.. 

 of an orange-vermilion tint. It had been shown previ- 



ously under the name of Sir Henry Irving, but to avoid 

 confusion with the Henry Irving rose known to Amer- 

 ican growers the title was altered. A splendid addition 

 to the H. T. section « i □ made in Mrs. David Jar- 



dine, which is of excellenl form and of a shell-pink 

 shade. Molly Sharman Crawford is a pure Tea variety, 

 with graceful reflexed petals, and is of a pale lemon 

 hue. The fourth of Messrs. Dickson's batch was Edith 

 Coulthwaite, an H. T. of a salmon pink shade. Other 

 novelties which received an award of merit were Begonia 

 Duchess of Cornwall, a double of rich crimson; B. 

 Frilled Queen, pink; Delphinium Frogression, white 

 with a slight shading of yellow in the centre; D. Statu- 

 aire Eude, semi-double flowers of a pale mauve tint; 

 Viola Ernest Xeedham, purple on the margins, and the 

 rest white, except for a shade of yellow in centre; 

 Tunica saxifraga fl. pi., a double-flowered form of a 

 pink shade. 



The fruit committee gave an award of merit to a 

 hybrid berry. Low Junior, which has been obtained by 

 crossing a blackberry with a loganberry. The deep 

 black fruit is about 1 or 1 1-2 inches in length and has 

 a pleasing flavor. 



A SUCCESSFUL PROVINCIAL SHOW 



This year the summer flower show at York reached 

 its jubilee under auspicious conditions. A deputation 

 from the Eoyal Horticultural Society attended. As a 

 fitting commemoration of the Society's 50th year the 

 committee provided four special prizes. The first of 

 these was for a festal display of plants and flowers 

 grouped for effect, covering an area of 30 feet by 14 

 feet. The first prize, won by Mr. W. A. Holmes, Ches- 

 terfield, had a skilfully arranged group. In the next 

 class prizes were awarded for a display of garden pro- 

 ducts arranged for effect, occupying an area of 20 feet 

 by 6 feet. The third class was for an exhibit of bulbous 

 and allied plants, also cut flowers associated with re- 

 1. ■uded plants. There was a special class for a display 

 of produce from Yorkshire gardens only, but there was 

 only one entry. The gold jubilee medal offered for the 

 best exhibit in the show was taken by Messrs. James 

 Backhouse & Son, who provided an artistic arrangement 

 from their comprehensive collection of alpines and rock 

 plants. There were two awards of merit granted, viz., 

 to Marguerite pink Queen Alexandra, shown by Messrs. 

 E. E. Ker & Son, and to Nepenthes x excelsa exhibited 

 by -T. Yeitch & Sons. Despite the unfavorable weather 

 on the opening day. tin 1 receipts were very satisfactory. 

 The show still retains its popularity amongst Yorkshire 

 people, who make a gala of the event, whilst the trade 

 continues to give it their whole-hearted support. 



A PLEASING COINCIDENCE 



In a list of sixteen rose novelties recently published 

 twelve were raised in Ireland, including the now famous 

 Dean Hole, which is steadily gaining popularity and a 

 fitting rose to bear the honored name of the first presi- 

 dent of the National Society. It is a somewhat singu- 

 lar fact that of the three roses selected by the commit- 

 tee of the National Society as being the best in their 

 respective classes one- bore the name of the first presi- 

 dent of the National Society, the second the wife of the 

 president of the German Society (Frau Karl Druschki) 

 and the third Madame Jules Gravereaux, the wife of the 

 president of the French Eose Society. 



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