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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Angust 19, 1875. 



thereto. The kinds I have this year are Ringleader, Laxton'e 

 Alpha, McLean's Little Gem, Dwarf Green Mummoth, Fill- 

 basket, and McLean's Best of All. Each and all of them are 

 fine crops. The Strawberries are Keen's Seedling, President, 

 and Elton Pine. 



I trust this may be useful to all gardeners, but more so to 

 such as I am. My early Peas are finished, and the gleanings 

 saved for seed next year. Since writing the foregoing I have 

 drawn from a line (sown in April with 12 ozs. of Hairs' Mam- 

 moth), the produce of two peas which I sowed, and counting 

 the 10 yards I find there are twenty or more plants on the 

 yard, say two hundred equal to those sent you, as every plant 

 will give the half of these two — viz., over forty pods each. 



All wrinkled Peas should be sprung, picked, and planted. 

 My experience for myself and others exceeds half a century, 

 and I am now — Old Secty. Jack, Jedhurgli, N.B. 



THE NATIONAL GOOSEBERRY SHOW. 



This Exhibition, which was open to all England, was held 

 at the Falstali Hotel, Market Place, Manchester, on August 7th. 



The following are the awards and weights of fruits exhibited : — 



Dwts. Grs. 



■William Ridgway..Gi'een Premier Prize ..Shiner 32 6 



John Downs First Red Stewards' Prize . . PloURhboy 31 18 



Thomas Bradley . .First Yellow . . „ Garibaldi 29 8 



Charles Leicester. .First Green .. ,, Seedling Cheerful 30 9 



John Bostock .. ..First White .. ,, Antasonist 29 5 



James Warbiirton..Second H?d .. „ LordlJerhy 30 22 



Charles Bucliley . .Second Yellow „ Einger 28 17 



■William Sanders.. Second 'ireen „ Surprise 27 2 



Samuel Birchmall.Second White ,, Careless 25 16 



Bradley Bradley ..Third Bed „ London 29 



J. C. Mini-bull ....Third Yellow „ Leveller 27 7 



James .'■al-bury . .Third Green. . „ British Oak 26 18 



Ge.ir»eEccliCtt ThirdWhite.. „ Succeed 25 3 



James IhreWall ..Fourth Red .. „ Taltourd 25 22 



William Weston ..Fourth Yellow „ Oldham 26 4 



John Wynne Fourth Green ,, Stockwell 26 13 



Joseph Lievers Fourth White ,, Postman 24 12 



Daniel Bower Fifth Red „ Dan's Mistake .. 25 10 



Faitblnl Jameson. .Fifth Yellow . . „ Mr. Clough 26 



John TorkiEgton . .Fiffh Oreen .. „ Souter Johnny . . 25 5 



Eobert Downs Fifth ■White . . „ Overseer 24 



KED. 



Francis Oldfield Plonshboy 31 16 



Charles Buckley London 29 11 



William Ridgway Bohby 27 21 



Charles Buckley Dan's Mistake fc7 10 



George Beckttt Bover 27 



John Torkington Lord Derby 2-> 16 



George Beckett Clayton 2i 10 



James Palsbury ■Viceroy 25 18 



John Wynne Red Jacket 25 16 



William Ridgway Talfourd 25 



,Tohn Downs Macaroni 24 18 



J. C. MinshuU Eskender Bey 23 21 



YELLOW. 



Charles Buckley Leveller 28 19 



Francis Oldfield Einger 26 20 



Charles Buckley Bagstale Hero 2i 12 



William Ridgway Lady Popham 25 16 



William Ridgway Catherina 25 16 



Thomas Burrows Drill 25 13 



Thomas Bradley Mount Pleapant 24 22 



James HiL-ginbottom Peru 24 15 



Francis Oldfleld Lady Iloughton 24 12 



William Sanders Mr. Boocock 24 10 



Failhful .Tamesoa Mr. Clough 24 14 



Daniel Bower High Sheriff 24 10 



GREEN. 



James WarburtoD Shiner 30 3 



William Sanders Telegraph 29 7 



John Downs Stockwell 25 22 



Charles Leicester Hospool 25 6 



James Salsbury British Oak 25 



William RiiJgway Souter Johnny 24 10 



James Warburton Rough Green 24 Ifi 



Samuel Bivcheoall Green London 24 13 



Thomas Bradley Sir Oeoree Brown 24 12 



Charles Leicester Stedling Cheerful 24 11 



Charles Buckley Matchless 24 10 



William Ridgway Birchen Lane 24 5 



WHITE. 



William Ridgway Antagonist 26 18 



Thomas Bradley Hero of the Nile 25 22 



James .Salsbury Faithful 25 14 



William Ridgway King of Trumps 25 12 



William Sanders Transparent 24 18 



Samuel Birchenall Mitre 24 11 



Robert Downs Careless 24 'J 



Daniel Bower Overseer 25 



George Beckett Succeed 23 9 



Charles Leicester Weatherproof 22 22 



Samuel Bircheuall Snowdrop 22 15 



James Salsbury Queen of the West 23 6 



SEEDLING SHOW. 



BED. DwtB. Grs. 



•loseph Briggs Dr. Woolley 28 6 



William Sanders President -* j* 



Charles Leicester, iun Negro ^J 11 



John Bennett Not named ^i- 10 



YELLOW. 



Joseph Wardle Not named 26 



Charles Leicester Thatcher 24 15 



James Warburton Pretender 22 18 



William Wilson Clara 21 17 



GBEEN. 



Charles Leicester, sen Cheerful 30 9 



William Jones Boughton Heath 21 20 



Charles Leicester, jnn Sir Warren 21 6 



Francis Oldfield HoUin 21 9 



WHITE. 



Joseph Weston Falstafi 23 4 



William Sanders Practice 21 11 



John Kitchen Not named 21 8 



John Partington Bnry Lane 20 1 



PRIZES FOR THE BEST-FLAVOURED GOOSEBERRIES IRBESPECTn'B 

 OF SIZE. 



1st prize for 12 Red Gooseberries . . John Downs Ploagbboy. 



2na 

 1st 

 2ud 

 Ist 

 2nd 

 1st 

 2nd 



Yellow 

 Green 



Charles Leicester . , Lord Derby. 



Daniel Bower Levelltr. 



John Bostock Seedling. 



Daniel Bower Telegraph. 



JohnBiistock Stockwell. 



, George Beckett .... Succeed. 

 Thomas Ber^ett . . Careless. 



— Cn.\BLES Leicester, Nurseryman, Macclesfield. 



CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 



Mb. Dodglas need not have " swallowed me up quick" for 

 the observations I made upon the exhibition of Carnations and 

 Picotees, for I thought I very carefully guarded myself from 

 the charge of imputations of bad practices against any of the 

 exhibitors ; but I noted it as a curious instance of the ethics 

 of the exhibitors of florists' flowers, that one flower may be 

 metamorphosed with impunity, whilst in another it is a dis- 

 qualification. And when I said the public are deceived it was 

 nothing more than this, that outsiders believe they have only to 

 procure these sorts, cultivate them well, and they can obtain such 

 blooms. And the burden of my statement is this, that if ever 

 so well cultivated, an exhibitor who can dress a flower well can 

 beat to nothing one who is not up to it. As to Mr. Douglas's 

 flowers, I made no allupion to them in particular. I heard a 

 somewhat similar observation to that which he alludes to, but 

 these words were added — " a little more dressed." I am also 

 aware that all flowers do not require this dressing. Let me 

 take two in the same class. One, Edith Dombrain, never splits 

 a pod, the flowers open regularly, and it hardly requires the 

 placing of a single petal ; but take Mrs. Fordham, a large, full, 

 end thick-podded flower, and I maintain it is utterly impossible 

 to exhibit it as it was shown at South Kensington without 

 pulling out a considerable number of petals and so altering the 

 entire build of the flower, and it is that which constitutes the 

 great difference between north and south. Such flowers will 

 not be tolerated at the National Show; and I should very 

 much like Mr. Homer to tell us what is the meaning of the 

 rule that if a flower be mutilated the stand is disqualified. 



Say what one may, I contend it ii a very curious matter 

 this dressing of Pinks and Carnations. It places them in an 

 entirely different category to many other florists' flowers. You 

 may arrange the truss of an Auricula, the spike of a Hyacinth, 

 and the petals of a Dahha, but it makes no material alteration 

 in the character of the flower ; but let a split-podded Carnation 

 be placed in the hand of a good dresser, and " its own mother 

 would not know it again." And with all due deference to Mr. 

 Douglas, I do not think washing his hands will alter the case. 

 I have no doubt he thinks anyone with care could grow as 

 good flowers as he exhibited, but as to their being able to 

 exhibit them as he did without some lessons and a good deal 

 of practice I beg leave to differ. 



Let two instances snflice to bear out my position. I was 

 last summer standing in the garden of a very valued friend in 

 the north of England. We were looking over his Pinks, which 

 were very fine. He gathered one and said, "Give me ten 

 minutes, and I will so metamorphose this flower you would not 

 know it ;" adding, " in my day I was the best dresfer of Pinks 

 in my neighbourhood." While I heard at South Kensington 

 another friend bemoaning that his wife was not well, and 

 unable to attend to the flowers, for, said he, " I never met her 

 equal in dressing a Carnation." And again let me repeat it, 

 alongside of such, an ordinary mortal would have no mora 



