April 26, 1877. 1 



JOUBNAL OF HORTICUIiTUKE AND OOTTAGE GAKDENEB. 



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first four prizes with Page's Champion, Prince of Greens, 

 Col. Taylor, and Lancashire Hero respectively. Mr. Douglas 

 was fifth with Lord Palmerston, Mr. Horner sixth with George 

 Jeans, Mr. Douglas seventh with Lovely Ann, also eighth with 

 a seedling with violet body colour and good paste. 



Class F, grey-edged. Fii-it Mr. Horner with Geo. Lightbody, 

 second Mr. Douglas with Robert Traill, third Mr. Horner with 

 Chas. Brown ; the remaining prizes — fourth Alma, fifth, sixth, 

 and seventh Lancashire Heros, and eighth Alexander Meiklejohn, 

 all going to the same great northern grower. 



Class G, white-edged. Mr. Horner won the first four prizes 

 with Heap's Smiling Beauty, Summersoale's Catherina (two 

 prizes), and Taylor's Glory. Mr. Douglas was fifth with Ann 

 Smith, and Mr. Turner sixth with Arabella. 



Class H, selfs. First Mr. Horner with Pizarro, splendid ; second 

 Mr. Douglas with Pohlman's Ellen Lancaster, fine; third Mr. 

 Homer with Duke of Argyll ; fourth Mr. Horner with Blue 

 Bell, highly effective ; fifth to the same exhibitor with Metro- 

 politan; sixth Mr. Siraonite for a rosy crimson seedling; seventh 

 Mr. Turner with Mrs. Sturrock, and eighth Mr. Horner with 

 Lord Lome. 



We now come to the last and greatest class — namely. Class I, 

 fifty plants in not less than twenty varieties. Three prizes of 

 £5, £3, and M2 were provided, and the winners of them were 

 Mr. Turner, Slough ; Mr. Douglas, Loxford ; and S. Cooper, 

 Esq., The Hollies, Timperley, Cheshire, in the order named. 

 In this class Mr. Turner staged Confidence, Charles Perry, 

 Oolonel Champneys, Topsy, General Neill, Metropolitan, Mrs. 

 Carter, Sir R. Peel, Mrs. Llewellyn, Mrs. Purvis, Mrs. Thom- 

 son, Clipper, PrometheuB, Garnet, Percival, Sarah, Dake of 

 Cambridge, Mrs. Sturrock, James Douglas, a fine green-edged 

 flower; Lavinia, Ne Plus Ultra, Prince Alfred, Arabella, Mins- 

 trel, Apollo, Aldermau Wisbey, Mota, Wildfire, John Water- 

 Bton, Sensation, Calypso, Eclipse, Superb, Lady Eichardson, 

 and Dolly Varden. Mr. Douglas ran the first-prize collection 

 very close with Smiling Beauty, Beatrice, Master Hole, Bronze 

 Queen, Lord Palmerston, Marie, General Neill, Masterpiece, 

 Lord Lome, Mercury, Col. Champneys, True Briton, Meteor, 

 Miss Eeid, "ropsy, Mary Ann, Vulcan, Robert Traill, Formosa, 

 Elcho, Lady Sophia Dumaresque, Brilliant, Miss Arkley, Robt. 

 Traill, Charles J. Perry, Alma, Matquis of Lome, Unique, Elcho, 

 John Watereton, Perfection, Rev. George Jeans, Topsy, and 

 AnguBtine. In Mr. Cooper's collection the most noticeable were 

 Metropolitan, Pizarro, Lord Clyde, Gen. Neill, Traill's Anna, 

 Lord of Lome, Diadem, very fine flower (Alpine), Mrs. Smith, 

 Atlas, and Taylor's Glory. 



In the above classes one truss only was permissible on each i 

 plant, but in the three Alpine classes following any number of 

 trasses were allowable, and the exhibitor had the option of j 

 staging shaded or unshaded flowers. \ 



Class K, twelve Alpines dissimilar. Only two collections were 

 ataged in this class, and they were nearly of equal excellence. 

 Mr. Turner was placed first with Thetis, Queen Victoria, Nat 

 Norman, John Ball, River, Mrs. DodweU, Dolly Varden, Selina, 

 Prima Donna, Queen Eleanor, Vesuvius, and Fascination, all 

 his own raising. Mr. Douglas was second with Spangle, Beatrice, 

 Masterpiece, Elcho, Miss Reid, Edgar, Bronze Queen, King of 

 Crimsons, Mercury, Brilliant, and a seedling — a splendid dark 

 maroon; this and Beatrice were the best of the varieties. 



Class L, six Alpines ; three competitors. First Mr. Turner 

 with Topaz, Mrs. Llewellyn, Queen Victoria, Dolly Varden, 

 John Ball, and Bronze Queen. Second L. Cooper, Esq., with 

 Neatness, Ovid, Brilliant, Diadem, Beatrice, and Dazzle. Third 

 Mr. Douglas with some of the same varieties as exhibited in 

 the preceding class. 



Class M, single specimen Alpines. First Mr. Douglas with a 

 splendid seedling, fine in size and form, and rich in colour 

 (afterwards named Silvia). Second Mr. Turuerwith King of the 

 Belgians. Mr. Turner had also the third, fourth, and fifth prizes 

 for Distinction, Bcsoy Ray, and Nat Norman; the sixth prize 

 going to S. Cooper, Esq , with Diadem. 



The following new varieties were exhibited and certificated — 

 namely, a first-class certificate was awarded to Mr. Ben. Simonite 

 for Frank Simonite, white edge, a magnificent flower of fine 

 habit, leaves serrated, slightly mealed, truss supported on a 

 Btout elastic flower stalk, the eye rather pale, as it is in all plum 

 or violet ground flowers. The ground colour is deep violet, 

 paste dense, nearly circular, edge pure white. A similar award 

 waa bestowed on Talisman (Simonite), a beautiful green edge, 

 the green very ptire, body colour black and well defined, paste 

 dense, tube clear yellow, a very correct flower and quite dis- 

 tinct ; also for Fauny Croasland (Simonite), a very pretty pure 

 white edge, the pips quite flat, eye pale, violet ground colour, 

 foliage serrated and slightly mealed, evidently from the same 

 seed pod as Frank Simonite, though it is quite distinct from 

 that fine sort. Ellen Lancaster was also exhibited. It is a 

 splendid dark self, raised by Mr. Pohlman of HaUfax, and sent 

 oat last year. It has certainly the finest dark edge of any 

 Auricula, bat the paste is scarcely large enough. It is, never- 

 theless, taking aU points into consideration, the best in its 



class. A first-class certificate was given to Mr. Horner for John 

 Simonite (Walker), considered by the exhibitor to be the best 

 in its class, aad as shown by him it is certainly not second to 

 Smiling Beauty or any other white. The tube is bright yellow, 

 paste danse and pure white, body colour black, aad edge a good 

 white, although one or two pips showed grey. A similar award 

 was made to Mr. Douglas for Silvia, grand Alpine, flowers large, 

 perfectly ciroular, maroon yellow centre, and neat truss ; plant 

 has a neat habitr — the beat Alpine in the exhibition ; also for 

 William Bradshaw (Simonite), a very good grey, quite distinct, 

 the paste dense, eye bright yellow, body colour deep maroon, but 

 scarcely broad enough, as shown edge between George Light- 

 body and Robert Traill. 



The edged Auriculas shown by Mr. R. Dean of Ealing are 

 quite a new feature in the Auricula, and are very attractive. 

 'Three varieties received first-class certificates — viz.. Attraction, 

 dark purple, edge light purple, but in all these flowers the eye 

 and body colour is the same ; Charmer, maroon purple, pale 

 purple edge ; Captivation, quite a new shade in Auriculas, body 

 colour maroon edged with ochre yellow. Mr. Turner had 

 similar honours for the following Alpines : — John Ball, a first- 

 class dark self-edged sort; Mrs. Thomson, self-edged, very 

 circular; Distinction, a peculiar shaded edge; Peacemaker, a 

 good grey-edged flower; and Clipper, a good dark self, superior 

 to Smith's Mrs. Smith. 



One more honour in Auriculas remains to be noticed — namely, 

 the premier Auricula in the Show. This exalted position waa 

 won by George Lightbody as exhibited by Mr. Homer. The 

 truss contained eight pips quite perfect, and the plant, as may 

 be expected, was quite a model — a plant which will haunt the 

 memory of many a fljrist and admirer. 



Mr. Douglas staged an extra collection numbering one hundred 

 plants. Mr. Turner also staged numerous fine Alpines, twenty- 

 two plants of Col. Champneys and Yellow Prince, semi-double. 

 The Auriculas were staked in nearly all the classes, and stakes 

 1 were clearly necessary for the support of most of the trusses. 

 I The stakes were not, however, in all cases neatly affixed, nor 

 j was the wadding removed from some of the plants. It ia only 

 right to remark that Mr. Douglas's plants were staked the most 

 neatly of all and named the most legibly. 



PoLTANTHDSES. — Three classes and twelve prizes were pro- 

 vided for these beautiful spring flowers, and the competitors 

 were not restricted to gold-laced varieties. As a rule these 

 were coarse, and there ia undoubtedly abundant room for im- 

 provement ; in fact, to speak the truth, many plants were quite 

 unworthy of being exhibited. 



lu Class N (six plants, dissimilar) the first prize was awarded 

 to Mr. G. Smith, Now Villa, Edge Lane, Edmonton, for small 

 plants roughly staged of Lothair, Rupert, Retriever, Garland, 

 and Flora. The aecond prize waa awarded to Mr. R. Dean, 

 Ealing, for much superior plants of the following effective but 

 not laced varieties: — Mars, Sunrise, Harlequin, Purity, Mar- 

 ginata, and Viceroy. The third prize went to Mr. Gatley, Bath ; 

 and fourth to Mr. Hooper, Bath, for clumps potted from the 

 borders. 



Class 0, two plants dissimilar, Mr. Smith was placed first with 

 Advancer and Emma; second Mr. Dean for TheBride and Prince 

 Charming ; third Mr. Gatley, and fourth Mr. Hooper for unnamed 

 fancy varieties. 



Class P, single plants, Mr. Smith was placed first with Duke 

 of Wellington (new laced), and Mr. Dean second and third with 

 Buttercup, a vigorous-growing primrose-coloured variety, and 

 Avalanche (hose-in-hose), Mr. Catley being fourth with a creamy 

 white seedling. Mr. Dean also exhibited double Auriculas, 

 Primroses, and Daisies, some choice species of Frimulaa, and 

 Viola moutana. 



Mr. Henry Hooper, Bath, exhibited thirty-six varieties of 

 fancy Pansies, the flowers being large but the colours not suffi- 

 ciently defined ; also show Pansies, excellent, and a few brilliant- 

 coloured self varieties. Messrs. Harrison & Son, Leicester, ex- 

 hibited Mimulus moschatuB Harrisonii, the nevr giant Musk, 

 very dietinct and fine. 



Certificates were awarded to the following Polyanthuses— to 

 Mr. Smith forDukeof Wellington andtoMr.Dean for Avalanche, 

 a robust f ree-floweriag variety, likely to be useful, and for Parity, 

 white. 



Two more miscellaneous collections remain to be noticed — a 

 fine bank of Roses in pots. Azaleas, i'o., from Mr. Turner, 

 Slouijh ; and an admirably arranged table of Succulents staged 

 by Mr. Thompson, the garden superintendent of the Crystal 

 Palace. Amongst the Koses Royal Standard, Miss Hassard, 

 Madame Ferdinand Jamin, Madame Lacharme, Rev. J. B. M. 

 Camm, John Stuart Mill, and Beauty of Waltham were in 

 superior condition, denoting that these varieties are admirable 

 for growing in pots and slightly forciug. Mr. Turner's plants 

 were much admired by the crowd of visitors, and well did they 

 deserve this approval. "The Succulent plants were appropriately 

 disposed on the central table of the series containing the 

 Auriculas, and relieved the almost overpowering beauty of the 

 brilliant Alpines. Down the centre of the Succulent table 



