July 29, 1869. ] 



JOUKNAL OF HOBTICULTDRE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Potatoes were clear and gooa, and come good Onions were also 



'*'*™Class 38, £or twehe aishes of vegetables, the first prize, a silver 

 OOP of the value of five Ruineas, was ofiered by Sir James Watts ; tbe 

 ^nd and thirJ by Messrs. T. Green & Son, of Leeds. Mr. D. Lums- 

 ir, BloiLhoIm Hall, Sleaford, «as placed first for a very e.ceUent 

 Sction, in which was a splendid tray of La:iton's Proliic Long-pod 

 ^r Prince of Wales Ividney Potato, sood Canhflower White Dntch 

 T«kips, Sboit Horn Carrots, Tripoli Onions, Broad Beans, Kidney 

 B^! bale's Conqueror Cocnmber Globe Artichokes. Giant Green 

 Sxach and the Kaltail Itadish. Mr. J. Smith, Raidener o H. K. 

 Balstone, Esq., Hallcar, Altrincbam, was second; his collection con- 

 STed eicellent Celerj-, very fine Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Vegetable 

 M^ows Carrots, to. Mr. .J. Stevenson, Lark Hill, Timperley 

 and Mr. Dennis, giudcner to K. H. Ainsworth, Esq., were placed equal 

 third, aU with good collections. There were in aU thirteen com- 



''^In cio=3 30, ten dishes of vegetables, the prizes were offered by 

 Arthur H. Hey^od, Esq., the Proprietors of iheMancliesUr Examma- 

 mirl Tnm-s, and Mr. John Shaw. Messrs. T. Snowden & Sons, Thirsk, 

 Yorkshire, were awarded the first prize; in their collection were 

 splendid Peas, Tomatoes. Broad Beans, two very fine longCucnmbers, 

 £xi splendid Turnips. Mr. T. BaUey, gardener to T. 1 Drake, Esq., 

 Shardeloes, was second, and had very fine Lisbon Onions, capital 

 Veoetable Marrows, and Caulifiowers somewhat too large, A:c. Mr. 

 W Cra"", Timperley, was placed third, and in his coUection were 

 trnlv spfendid Lisbon Onions. There were twelve competitors in all. 



Class 40, was for the best eight dishes of vegetables, the prizes being 

 offered by John Kadcliffe, Esq., and Benjamin Whitworth, Esq. Mr. 

 Frisby, oardener to H. Chaplin, Esq., Sleaford, obtained the first 

 prize. His "collection contained good No Pins Ultra Peas, Carrots, 

 Walcheren Cauliflowers, Potatoes, &c. The second prize went to Mr. 

 J Smith, gardener, HeJlcar, Altrincbam, in whose coUection were 

 aood Myatfs Prolific Potatoes. Finland Yellow Turnips, Celery, 

 French Early Horn Carrots, &c. Mr. W. Dean, Sale Moor, was 



^ Ii^ Class 41, six dishes of vegetables, the prizes ofiered by the Pro- 

 prietors of thaMMcli^itcr Courier, Henry Stnbbs, Esq., and Benjamin 

 Whitworth, Esq., there was a very spirited competition between 

 twenty-three eshibitors. The first prize was awarded to Mr. irisby, 

 who staged ft very fine lot ; the second to Mr. J. Smith, Altrincbam ; 

 the third to Mi-. J. Potlle, gardener to B. D. Colvin, Esq., BeaUngs 

 Grove, Woodbriclge, Snffolk. _ ^ , , t 



In Class 4i, four dishes of vegetables, pnzes offered by James 

 Carlton, Esq., and Hugh Bii-ley, Esq., U.P the first prize was 

 awarded to Messrs. Snowden A; Sons, Thirsk, Yorkshire ; the second 

 to Mr. W. Brownhill, market gardener, Sale, Cheshire, both of whom 

 eihibited excellent lots. 



Cottagers' Classes.— In these there were some very meritorious 

 exhibitions. It was pleasing also to notice the immense interest taken 

 by cottagers in this contest, and to hear the animated discussions on the 

 instice of the various awards, and the merits of the various articles. 

 Of the flowers and fruit exhibited, less can bo said than on the vege- 

 tables, which -wci-e much the largest in quantity and the richest m 

 qnalitr. The window plants comprised the usual assortment of leggy 

 Pelargoniums, with here and there a flower. The most mentonons 

 plant was that of a Lilinm auratnm, weU flowered, to which we should 

 have given the first prize. Stocks were well shown by Mr. W. Clark, 

 but these are true cottagers' plants. There was a good competition 

 for the prize for herbs, in which Mr. H. Biddies, Loughborough, was 

 snccessfnL Gooseberries were not so well represented as might have 

 been experfed of Lancashire, and few of them were ripe, the season 

 being too late for that frnit. Very excellent collections of vegetables 

 were staged by Mr. W. Eenshaw and Mr. W. Clark, who obtained 

 the first and second prizes respectively. Mr. Eenshaw's Potatoes 

 and Turnips ; Mr. Clark's Onions ; and Mr. Biddless Peas, Beans, 

 *c., were such as would do credit to the best cultivator, and deserve 

 all onr praise. This part of the Exhibition in the provinces we are 

 glad to see, but we hope to see it still more enconraged. 



Hop.ticultheal Ijiplemekts and Stro-itcees. — In this depart- 

 ment the Manchester Show fell below its predecessors at Leicester and 

 Bury, both in variety and number. The exhibitors here had the dis- 

 advantage of being placed in the leftliand comer, where few people 

 cared to stroll, so that much of merit was on this account unseen ty 

 the great majority of the visitors. This was much to be regretted, as 

 many of the exhibitors must have bees at considerable expense in 

 bringing to the Show the articles exhibited, and some of these were of 

 sterling merit. 



We must first notice the very splendid skeleton span-roofed orchard 

 honae, 30 feet in length, exhibited by Mi-. Foster, of Beeston, Notting- 

 ham. It might te called a model of what an orchard house should 

 be, for its elegance, lightness, and simplicity of construction, and its 

 easy and perfect mode of ventilation ; the latter being effected by a 

 connecting longitudinal rod worked by a simple set of cogwheels, by 

 which a house 100 feet in length is easily ventilated by one's finger. 

 This house is very similar to those erected in Mr. Pearson's nnisery 

 at Chilwell, which have given so much satisfaction, and are so justly 

 admired. Mr. Fatter also showed modeU of Mb new patent boiler, 



which was lately recommended highly by Mi-. Pearson in these colamns, 

 and which we believe ourselves to be admiiably oonstiucted and ex- 

 tremely efficient. ,.,.-, , , „ 

 Messrs. Messenger, of Loughborough, exhibited several examples of 

 hothouses, many of them exceedingly well adapted for their intended 

 purpose, all in that light and graceful style peculiar to Messrs. Mes- 

 senger. In one email house, a vei-y excellent system of applying 

 bottom heat worthy of especial notice was shown. Messrs. T. H. P. 

 Dennis cS: Co., Chelmsford, had several forms of hothouses, and a, 

 number of their large and powerful boilers. Messrs. Cranston exhi- 

 bited their new patent boiler, which is of rather a novel construction. 

 Mr. Grimshaw, Manchester, had on view specimens of a double saddle- 

 back boiler. 



Messrs. Ormson, of Chelsea, exhibited examples of several new 

 patent economic boilers. One is called Ormson's patent concentric 

 saddle boiler, the name of which partly explains its peculiarity of 

 construction, it being a sort of two half-circular saddles. It is in onr 

 opinion a verv excellent and powerful foi-m. Ormson's patent con- 

 voluted boiler is a square saddle-back, with the upright sides of the 

 interior convoluted so much as nearly to close over the fire. We 

 think in this that the action of the tire will not have the effect intended. 

 Ormson's patent tubular boiler is a form of the square saddle-back, 

 having a number of tubes crossing over the top of the fire, thus making 

 it a saddle-tnbular. We approve of this form. It is a pity, however, 

 we think, that a great firm like this should not confine themselves to 

 one approved form, instead of evciy season introducing something 

 novel which is going to surpass all others, but which in another season 

 is discarded for again another. We do not think that the boilers of 

 to-day are in the least more powerful or economical than they were 

 years ago, notwithstanding their multitudinous changes,of form and 

 fancy styles. Messrs. Ormson exhibited several splendid drawings of 

 hothouses and conservatories on a large and magnificent scale ; also 

 a design for the laving-ont of a nobleman's or gentleman's kitchen 

 garden of two acres', with a gardener's house, rooms, ofliceB, &c., aU 

 very complete, and in excellent taste. 



Messrs. Weeks & Co. exhibited their patent tubular boiler, &c., 

 and there are few to surpass it. Specimens of flower pots were exhi- 

 bited by Mr. K. Sankey, Bulwell Pottery ; and Messrs. W. Tickle and 

 Son, fire-clay manufacturer. Maryport, had on view examples of rustic 

 work in the form of seats, flower stands, &c. 



Mr. W. Eeudle exhibited examples of his new patent plant-pro- 

 tectors, which for amateurs may be desirable enough in the way o£ 

 protecting small plants. There is much ingenuity displayed in their 

 construction, vet they are very simple, cheap, and easily adjusted. 



Mr. W. S. Dobson, 19, St. James Street, Piccadilly, exhibited a 

 splendid collection of dinner-table decorations, deserving of high 

 praise ; and Messrs. Green exhibited several examples of their im- 

 proved lawn mowers, garden seats, and rollers, as likewise did Messrs. 

 Ransome & Sims, of Ipswich ; and a number of seats, flower stands, 

 baskets, <tc., in wi rework, were also exhibited by Messrs. HoUiday, 

 wire-workers, London. 



Floeal Committee, July 20rt.— Eev. J. DIx in the chair. Mr. 

 W. E. Dixon was awarded a special certificate for a very fine mass of 

 AuEEctochilus Lowii; the cultivation of this was considered 6° ^ery 

 superior that a medal was also recommended. Messrs. Bell & Thorpe 

 received a special certificate tor twelve Coleuses. Mrs. E. Cole & Son 

 exhibited a very fine wcU-growu plant of Ixora Colei with white flowers ; 

 a special certificate was awarded, and a medal recommended. Ms. 

 Williams, HoUoway, sent a new and distinct Todea named pellucida 

 intermedia; a first-class certificate was awarded. Cibotmm Schiedei 

 f means and Cordyline indivisa latifolia also received first-class cer- 

 tificates. These were three of the finest specimens Mr. Williams has 

 ever c-hibited. Mr. Peri-y received first-class certificates for two 

 seedling Verbenas, Butterfly and Kising Sun. There were several 

 others of merit in this coUection, but not m condition. Messrs. Barron, 

 and Son, Borrowash, exhibited Abies Douglasii acutifolia, a seedling, 

 to which a first-class certificate was awarded for its distinct character. 

 Mr. Turner, Slough, brought a magnificent coUection of Carnations 

 and Picotees, some of the finest flowers ever seen, and which must 

 have astonished our northern friends— among them two seedling 

 Picotees of great merit, Miss Turner, a lovely scarlet-edged flower, 

 and Admiration, a light purple heavy-edged. The last is one of the 

 finest varieties ever exhibited ; a first-class certificate was awarded to 



Messrs. Stansfield & Son, Todmorden. received first-class cer- 

 tificates for the following Ferns— Polystichum Stansfieldii ; Blechnnm 

 Spicant lancifolinm anomalum, and projectum fnrcans ; Lastrea mon- 

 tanacrispa; Atbyrium Filix-fajmina Stansfieldii; also a second-chiss 

 certificate for Athyrium F.f. Staleyi. J. E. Mapplebeck, Esq., vvas 

 awarded first-class certificates for the foUowing Fei-ns— viz., Asple- 

 ninm marinum ramosiim Claphami ; Athyrium F.f. amoenum, Craigu, 

 eulophos, furcillans, Mapplebeckii ; Polypodium vnlgaro semilacemm 

 robustnm : Scolopeudrium vulgare hemionitoides, crispom latum mnl- 

 tifidum, and semipinuatnm ; second-class certificates for Scolopendrium 

 vulgare Gloveri, spirale nauum, and perafero-comutum ; Polypodium 

 ■vulgare kraapedomeuon, and Lastrea Filix-mas foliosa. E.J. Lowe, 

 Esq., exhibited a large number of seedhng Feins, and received first- 

 class certificates for the following— viz., Scolopendrium Victoria}, cati- 

 culare, rugosum BeUairsise, tridentiferium optaadum, polnklonon, tha- 



