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HOKTIGU LTU R t:- 



December 11, 1909 



Autumn Show at Edinburgh 



On the ISth, 19th ai)d 2iith Novem- 

 ber last, the Scottish Horticultural 

 Association held its annual show of 

 chrysanthemums, fruit and vegetables, 

 in the Waverley Market, Edinburgh. 

 The site is an extensive one and 

 measures about 150x380 feet. The 

 schedule provides for 111 different 

 ■classes which may be briefly divided 

 into cutblooms, bouquets and tioral 

 designs, chrysanthemum plants, other 

 plants, truit and vegetables. The 

 prizes amount to over £400, mostly in 

 cash, although a few medals are in- 

 cluded. Among the most valuable prizes 

 were thei City of Edinburgh cup and 

 £20 for the 1st, £15 for the 2nd, £10 

 for the 3rd and £5 for the 4th; the 

 Scottish Challenge cup and £8 for the 

 1st, £6 for the 2nd, £4 for the 3rd 

 ■and £3 lor the 4th, both for cut 

 flower exhibits. 



The whole of the exhibits were ar- 

 ranged on tables and a marked fea- 

 ture was the absence of those fine 

 decorative miscellaneous groups we 

 are in the habit of seeing in and 

 around London, and which contribute 

 so materially to the general artistic 

 ■eifect. There was only one such 

 group and that came from W. Wells & 

 Co., of Merstham. The pot plants of 

 <;hrysanthemums, of course, were 

 staged on the ground level. 



Alex. Morton, gardener to the Dow- 

 ager Countess of Seafield, won the 

 City of Edinboro cup with a truly 

 grand show with his 45 superb 

 blooms, 3 of each in 15 vases. They 

 ■ are well worthy of special mention, 

 viz.: Lady Talbot, Lady Conyers, Reg 

 Vallis, Bessie Godfrey, Mrs. A. T. Mil- 

 ler, Mrs. G. Mileham, Alg. Davis 

 Mme. G. Rivol, Mme. P. Radaelli, Miss 

 Hickling, W. Beadle, Victoria and Al- 

 bert, Elsie Fulton, Edith Jameson and 

 J, H. Silsbury. 



The second prize was awarded to 

 D. Nicol who had several of the same 

 varieties, but Splendor, Purity, F. S. 

 Vallis, Mrs. F. W. Vallis, Mrs. C. 

 Beckett, Hon. Mrs. Lopes, Mytchett 

 Beautv, were in the place of those 

 not shown by the first exhibitor. Al- 

 together there were six exhibitors and 

 the collections staged by them formed 

 unquestionably the leading feature of 

 the show in cut blooms. 



The next important prize, the Scot- 

 tish Challenge cup, was awarded to 

 John Finnie for a lot of grand blooms, 

 F. S. Vallis, Mrs. F. W. Vallis, Lady 

 Talbot, Marquise Visoonti Venosta, 

 Bessie Godfrey, Reg. Vallis, Mrs. A. T. 

 Miller, J. H. Silsbury, being those 

 shown. 



For the second prize the award 

 ■went to L. McLean, who showed some 

 ■fine blooms of Mrs. L. Crossley, 

 Jumbo, Alg. Davis, Lady Conyers. 



Class 3 had no fewer than ten com- 

 petitors. The conditions of this class 

 were as follows, viz., 6 vases of Jap- 

 anese chrysanthemums in 6 varieties. 



Bkssie 

 A-n^arded Silver Medal at Edinburgh, as 



3 blooms in each vase. Mr. McKel- 

 lar's lot came in first. We noticed in 

 the four prize winning exhibits al- 

 most every flower shown in the bigger 

 classes was represented, showing the 

 importance that the exhibitors attach 

 to certain sorts for the purpose. 



In the class for new chrysanthe- 

 m.ums not yet in commerce, first prize 

 — the Association's silver medal — was 

 awarded to W. Wells & Co., who staged 

 a very fine display of their golden 

 chestnut novelty, Bessie G. Payne. 

 Second prize went to a novelty, Mary, 

 that was a long way oft the first, 

 shown by Mr. McLean; only one bloom 

 was staged. M'-s. W. Iggulden, a sport 

 from Mme. G. Rivol, Mrs. W. Hookey, 

 a sport from Mrs. F. W. Vallis, and a 



G. Pa-tne 



best New Chrysanthemum not In Commerce. 



single called Miss Kate M. Cowan were 

 the only other novelties in this class. 



In the pot plant classes for chrysan- 

 themums there were many entries. 

 Japanese pompons and singles were 

 all represented but the culture was 

 rather below the average. In the mis- 

 cellaneous trade groups of chrysanthe- 

 mums, W. Wells & Co. had a group of 

 finely flowered plants arranged in a 

 most effective style, edged and relieved 

 here and there by au'umn foliage and 

 ferns. Among the singles were Nar- 

 cissus Marv Ellis, Crown Jewell Im- 

 proved Robert Thorp, Mrs. Will Jor- 

 dan, White Pagram, Kitty Bourne, etc. 

 Large Japs of superior merit were also 

 included. . 



Messrs. Geo. Williams & Son showed 



