June 8, 1876. ] 



JOURNAL OF HOBXIOULTUUE AND COTrAaS GARDENER. 



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Burpaseinf; beauty, attracting, aa it deserved, tlie lion's share of 

 notice by viBitors. The collection was composed of fiue-foliaged 

 and flowering plants, the former compriaing Piilma, Crotons, 

 Dracionas, Aralias, Ferns, &o. ; the latter OrchidB in great rich- 

 ness and variety, hybrid Ehododendrons, Begonias, Boronias, 

 Azalea indica imbricata, splendid Gloxinias, a magnificent pan 

 of Iris snsiana, grown in the open air, and which attracted 

 much notice, a new Hiemanthua oinnabarinus, very striking 

 and effective, Tillandaia Zahnii, &c. This superb collection of 

 plants was worthy of the prominent site which it occupied, and 

 of the high position of the exhibitors. Mr. Maurice Young 

 arranged a very fine group of Conifers, including his new Golden 

 Juniper, very fine ; richly-berried Junipers, &c., and a gold 

 medal was worthily awarded. Silver medals were awarded to 

 Mr. Laing, Stanstead Park; Mr. B. S. Williams, HoUoway; 

 Messrs. Osborne & Sons, Fulham ; and Mr. Wills for excellent 

 collections of Palms and decorative plants ; to Mr. Parker, 

 Tooting, for hardy plants and a splendid collection of Irisea 

 (cut blooms); to Mr. Turner for Ivies in pots; and to Messrs. 

 Veitch for a group of Japanese Aoers ; to Mr. Waters, gardener 

 to H. Mongredien, Esq., Forest Hill, for a very fine cnllection 

 of Calceolariaa ; to Messrs. Hooper & Co., Covent Garden, for 

 cut flowers of bulbous plants, a bronze medal being awarded to 

 Mr. Kinghorn, Sheen Nursery, Riohmoud, for Saxifraga nepal- 

 ensia. The awards for other collections, which we were unable 

 to inspect, will be found in the advertised prize list. 



Mr. Bull's Prizes. — The silver cups offered by Mr. Bull of 

 Chelsea were competed for on this occasion, and the plants ex- 

 hibited in these classes made a moat effective display. In the 

 amateurs' class Mr. Webb won the cup with a grand group._ In 

 the nm-serymen'a class the cup went to Mr. Wright, Lee, Kent, 

 Mr. B. S. Williams having the second-prize cup ; Mr. Rann, 

 Handoroas Park, Crawley, Sussex, having the cup as a first 

 winner of Mr. Bull's prizes. 



FEDIT. 



The display of fruit was not extensive. Ten Pine Apples were 

 put up. In the class for two Qaeena Mr. H. Plummer, gardener 

 to R. 'Thornton, Esq., Cannon Hill Park, Merton, Surrey, took 

 first with well-ripened but email fruit; second Mr. W. Bond, 

 gardener to G. Smith, Esq., The Beeches, Weybridge; and 

 third Mr. W. Ward, gardener to the Earl of Radnor, Longford 

 Castle, Salisbury. For a Pine of any other kind Mr. H. Bertram, 

 gardener to R. T. Crawahay, Baq., Cyfarthfa Castle, was a long 

 way first with a fine Black Prince ; second Mr. W. Ward, Long- 

 ford Castle, for a good Providence. 



Grapes. — For three bunches of Black Hamburghs Mr. Warren, 

 gardener to the Earl of Portsmouth, Huratbourne Park, Hints, 

 was the only exhibitor, and took first with medium-sized bunches 

 and fair berries, but not highly coloured. For three bunches of 

 Black Prince Mr. J. Bolton, gardener to W. Spottiswoode, Eaq., 

 was first with highly finished berries but only moderate bunches. 

 For the same kind Mr. G. HoUiday, gardener to J. Morris, Esq., 

 Castle Hill,Bletchingley, was a good second. For three bunches 

 of Muscat of Alexandria, by far the best came from Mr. Douglas, 

 gardener to i^. Whitbourn, Esq., Loxford Hall, llford; the 

 second prize going to W. B. Tristram, Eaq. (Mr. T. Edwarda 

 gardener), with fruit which in appearance waa not half ripe. For 

 three bunches of Buckland Sweetwater Mr. Douglas was first 

 and the only exhibitor, but was in his usual style of excellence. 

 For a Grape of any other kind Mr. Douglas showed some ex- 

 cellent examples of Canon Hall Muscat, and took the first 

 prize. 



For six Peachea of any kind there were two or three good 

 dishes shown. The best came from Mr. Burnett, gardener to 

 Mrs. Hope, The Deepdene, Dorking, who aecured the firat prize 

 with Bellegarde; Mr. Wm. Coleman, gardener to Earl Somera, 

 Eaetnor Castle, being second with a capital diah of Early Grosso 

 Mignonne; third, Mr. G. Sage, gardener to Earl Brownlow, 

 Ashridge Park. 



For six Nectarines of any kind Mr. Holliday, Castle Hill, 

 Bletchingley, was first with a good diah of Lord Napier; second 

 Mr. W.Gardiner, gardener to E P. Shirley, Esq., LowerBatington 

 Park, Stratford-on-Avon, for Violette Hative. For any kind of 

 Fig there was only one exhibitor, this being Mr. Miles, gardener 

 toLord Caringtou, Wycombe Abbey, with a capital dish of Brown 

 Turkey. For fifty Black Cherries Mr. Miles was a long way 

 first with Black Circassian; second Mr. Warren, Hurstbourne 

 Park, with May Duke. For a dish of white Cherries Mr. Miles 

 was again a long way ahead of his opponent Mr. Warren, who 

 was second for a dish of Elton. 



For twenty-five Strawberries of the British Queen type Mr. 

 Douglas took first honours with a capital dish of Dr. Hogg. 

 Mr. W. Earley, The Gardens, Valentines, llford, waa second 

 with the same variety. For twenty-five fruita of Sir J. Paxton 

 or Preaideut Mr. Douglaa waa once more first with President; 

 while the second prize fell to Mr. J. W. Chard, gardener to Sir 

 F. Bathurst, Clarendon Park, Salisbury, for a good dish of Sir 

 J. Paxton; Mr. W. Ward, Longford Castle, Salisbury, being 

 placed third. 



There were about a dozen Melons shown. In Class CI, for a 



green or pale-fleshed kind, Mr. W. Coleman, Eaatnor Castle, waa 

 first with a Victory of Bath ; the B«coud prize falling to Mr. J. 

 Atkins, Lockinge Gardena, Wantage, for Colaton Baasett ; Mr. 

 Holliday, Bletchingley, being third for a small Golden Queen. 

 In the class for scarlet fleshed kinds Mr. W. Sandera, gardener 

 to J. Eaat, Esq., Longstock House, Stockbridge, Hants, and 

 Mr. W Coleman were resppotively first and second for Read's 

 Hybrid ; Mr. T. W. Bond, The Bushes, Weybridge, having the 

 third place for a sort named Golden Queen, but which was more 

 like the old Cantaloupe, and certainly not the kiud it waa 

 named. In the miscellaneous class a bronze medal waa awarded 

 to a most excellent box of a Tomato named The Stamfordian, 

 certainly very fine fruit, and which we hope to hear more about, 

 as Mr. Miles, the exhibitor, ia growing it largely. 



VEGETABLES. 

 For the prizes offered by Meaara. James Carter & Co. for Peas 

 there was only one exhibitor, that being Mr. W. G. Pragnell 

 gardener to G. D. W. Digby, Esq., who gained a first prize for 

 four dishes — viz., William I., Extra Early Premium Gem, 

 Sutton's Emerald Gem, and Carter's First Crop ; all good, but 

 William I. standing pre-eminent. For Messrs. Sutton & Sons' 

 prizes for Peas there were two exhibitors. Mr. W. G. Pragnell 

 was a long way first with William I., Sutton's Ringleader, 

 Laxton's Unique, Emerald Gem, ExtraEarly Premium Gem, and 

 Sutton's Bijou. The second prize was taken by Mr. H. W. Ward, 

 Longford Castle, with, besides some of those named, Dickson's 

 First and Beat, Dillistone's Prolific, and Sangster's No. 1. The 

 season haa evidently told upon these vegetables, for none of the 

 collections were equal to those shown last year. 



Fruit Committee. — H. Webb, Esq., in the chair. Five very 

 fine clusters of fruit of the Chinese Loquat, were sent by 

 R. B. Blyth, Esq. (Mr. A. Coulboru gardener), Wolverhampton. 

 They were as fine specimens as were ever exhibited, and were 

 unanimously awarded a cultural commendation. Mr. John 

 Harper, Victoria Park, sent a specimen of a twin Cucumber; 

 they were two perfect specimens joined together the whole 

 length of the fruit. Four Pears were sent by E. W. Anderson, 

 Esq. (Mr. R. Butland gardener), Kirk Hammerton Hall, York. 

 They were thought to be Chaumontel, but they were not melt- 

 ing. Mr. J. Woodfield, The Gardens, Osberton, Worksop, sent 

 a large netted green- flesh Melon, but it was rather past its best, 

 and was not considered of superior quality. 



MesarB. Barr & Sugden of 12, King Street, Covent Garden, 

 sent three very fine specimens of the Bahia, or Navel Orange. 

 They were very large and of excellent flavour. A vote of 

 thanks waa awarded. A good dish of Limes waa sent by the 

 same exhibitors. 



A moveable trellis (Weat's Patent) was exhibited by Mr. W. 

 G. Compton, Hibernia Wharf, London Bridge. The trellis 

 can be let down by machinery to facilitate the thinning of 

 Grapes, and also to allow of getting at the rafters to clean and 

 paint them more readily. It would alao be well adapted for an 

 early Cucumber house. As the leaves come in contact with the 

 glass the trellis could be gradually lowered. It seems a very 

 ingenious contrivance and worthy of trial. 



Floral Committee. — W. B. Kellock, Esq., in the chair. 

 There was not a large number of new plants in the Council 

 room, but a very good group came from Messrs. J. Veitch and 

 Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea. A first- 

 class certificate was awarded to Gloxinia Excelsior, a very fine 

 variety with erect flowers of the largest size, crimson, with a 

 purplish lake throat. Croton Mooreanua, a speciea from the 

 South Sea lalands, has noble foliage with something of the cha- 

 racter of C. Weiamanii. The same firm also exhibited Begonia 

 Paul Masurel with large lively red flowers ; Masdevallia in- 

 ooharis, a small species having blueh flowers with a purple 

 throat; Cypripedium superciliana, a croaa between C. bar- 

 batum and C. Veitohii, but not auperior to ita parents ; Dracaena 

 Macarthuri, a neat-habited species with stiff erect leaves finely 

 coloured ; Acalypha macrophylla, with large bronzy red foliage 

 blotched with olive green ; Ficus Mooreanua, which has large 

 dark green leaves ; Caladiums Madame de la Devansaye, Paul 

 Veronese, and Souvenir de Madame Edouard Andre ; Oamunda 

 palustris, a very dwarf species with neat fronds ; Adrantopsis 

 radiata, a very elegant Fern with palmate fronds on long stalks; 

 Azalea indica imbricata, a distinct variety with large white 

 flowers flaked with red and perfectly double ; Imantophyllum 

 Thibautianum, very much like I. miniatum, but with- a neat 

 habit ; and Sempervivum Leggerii, a email apeciea. Habrotham- 

 nus Newelli was exhibited by Mr. George Newell, gardener to 

 E. M. Pratt, Esq., Byston Hall, Norfolk. It haa dense cluatera 

 of dull crimaon flowers, and gained a firat-class certificate. 



Messra. RoUisaon & Sons, Tooting, S.W., sent a boxof PlantagO 

 major, with pale yellow variegation, and it is said to come true 

 from feeds; Erica effusa, a garden hybrid between B. princepa 

 and B. Marnockiana, it has dull red flowers which are not very 

 striking; and Oucidium crispum var. magnificum. 



Messrs. G. Jackmau & Son, Woking, sent a group of double 

 Clematis Enchantress, a vaiiity with largo blush white flowers, 



