November 10, 1888:] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



547 



Twelve incurved.— This smiill competition brought 

 some skilfully grown anil manipulated flowers, a few 

 perhaps being a trifle over-blown. The 1st prize 

 was taken by Russell Bradbury, Esq., Wealdstone, 

 Harrow, whose best bloom was Empress of India, 

 which was about twice as large as a specimen of G. 

 Glenny, the smallest. 2nd, Mr. G. P. Clarke, Fish- 

 pool Koad, Hitchin, with large blooms, but a little 

 rough looking; 3rd, Dr. Walker, 12. Lingfield Koad, 

 Wimbledon, whose blooms were fair and even as 

 regards size. 



Six Incurved. — In this class were nine entries. 

 1st, Mr. F. Glascock, South Street, Bishop's Stan- 

 ford, whose flowers were magnificent — Alfred Salter, 

 Empress of India, and the golden variety, Queen of 

 England and Prince of Wales, being the' finer ones. 

 2nd, Russell Bradbury, Esq., with neat but much 

 smaller flowers — Jeanne d'Arc, Nil Desperandum, and 

 Refulgence were his best; Mr. Walker, Wimbledon, 

 took the 3rd prize. 



There were eleven entries in the class for twelve 

 Japanese, and Mr. T. Carruthers, Reigate, Surrey, 

 contributed a stand of very line flowers of good 

 average size, which do him great credit, the bust 

 being Soleil Levant, L'Ordu Japon, Mons. Freeman, 

 and Val d'Andorre. M. II. Briscoe Ironside, Esq., 

 The Firs, Foot's Cray, Kent, had a line bloom of 

 Mons. J. Laing and J. Mahood, and Val d'Andorre 

 were also good ; he was a close 2nd ; Russell Brad- 

 bury, Esq., Wealdstone, Harrow, coming in as a 

 creditable 3rd, having Madame R. Rendatler, 

 Dormillon, and Peter the Great in fine examples. 



In the smaller class there were the same number of 

 entries, the place of honour being taken bv Mr. II. 

 Finebam. Union House, Cranbrook, who had a very 

 splendid lot, in which Mdlle. Lacroix, Belle Paule, 

 Carew Underwood, and Dormillon figured well. Mr. 

 Glascock was 2nd, with M. Marrouch and R. Brockle- 

 bank ; and, 3rd, H. Briscoe Ironside, Esq., following 

 closely, showing good specimens of W. Holmes, E. 

 Molyueux and Paule Dutour. 



Amateurs employing one Gardener, and Single- 

 handed Gardeners. — Twelve incurved. — In this com- 

 petition there were seven entries, and the flowers 

 were generally of fair quality, if not ofBrobdignangian 

 proportions. 1st, Mr. Emery, gr. to R. W. Tweedie, 

 Esq.. Avoca, Eastbourne — the usual good varieties 

 finding place on the stands ; 2nd, Mr. Todd, gr. to 

 Dr. Soulhey, Sutton Vallance, Kent, with full- 

 formed, smooth blooms ; 3rd, Mr. W. Rogers, Elwick 

 Road, Ashford, Kent - a nice even lot of blooms less 

 fully blown than those which took the better prize. 



Six incurved. — Here there were ten entries, Mr. 

 Emery taking the 1st place. Mr. G. Jordan, gr. to 

 theRev.H.Berners, Hawkstead Rectory, Ipswich, the 

 2nd, with fair blooms that were even as to size; and 

 Mr. Todd the third. 



Twelve Japanese Distinct.— In the leading class 

 for Japanese blooms, Mr. Todd was 1st with a stand 

 of very line solid flowers of good substance — Margaret 

 Marrouch, Soeiel Levant, Jeanne Delaux, Criterion, 

 Djrmillon and Madame Laing were the best. Mr. A. 

 Emery followed with large bright samples of E. 

 Molyueux, Soeiel Levant, Madame Baco, Madame J. 

 Laing, Avalanche, and Maiden's Blush. 3rd, E. 

 Mawley, Esq. Roselank, Berkhamstead, for an even 

 clean, and vigorous lot of blooms, in which Comte de 

 Germiny, M. Marrouch, Martha Harding, Peter the 

 Great, Madame B. Rendatler and Belle Panle may be 

 named. 



Six Japanese Distinct. — There were fourteen lots 

 staged here and a fine lot of blooms were shown ; 

 competition was keen, and Mr. Emery led with 

 Madame Baco, E. Molyneux ami Avalanche in line 

 specimens, large and bright. 2nd, Mr. Todd, who 

 followed closely with Maiden's Blush, Madame de 

 SJvin, and J. Delaux as his best. 3rd, Mr. T. Carver, 

 gr. to A. J. Meissner, lligbgate, with fair and very 

 bright blooms of Soeiel Levant and Belle Paule as 

 his chief. 



Metropolitan Classes. — Twenty-four incurved, not 

 less than eighteen varieties. — Here Mr. Gilbey was 

 1st, with fine globular, full flowers of the best 

 varieties — the back row being composed of very 

 fine flowers ; 2nd, P. Bingham, Esq., 6, Bethune 

 Road, Stoke Newington, whose stand was but few 

 points behind Mr. Gilbey's, only the front row 

 exhibiting weakness. 



Twelve incurved, distinct. — In this competition 

 Mr. Gilbey succeeded in taking the 1st place, with 

 medium-sized flowers of very fair quality; Mr. R. 

 Nichols, Verandah House, Upper Clapton, was 2nd, 

 with full regular sized blooms, of fair size. 



Japanese — Mr. Buck, gr. to — Seligman, Esq., 

 South Kensington, was the leader, with twelve dis- 

 tinct good-quality blooms, Criterion, Val d'Andorre, 



and Mdlle. Lacroix being good sized samples ; Mr: 

 Gilbey was 2nd, with small flowers ; the same exhi- 

 bitors taking the corresponding places in the class 

 for six distinct, and showing blooms of the same 

 quality as i:i the larger. 



The Societies' Challenge Tuopuy. 



This is a prize offered to be competed for by 

 gardening societies, the collection to be made up of 

 blooms selected from the collections belonging to the 

 members of the Society. There is a cash prize of 

 £10 to go to the growers, and a trophy to be held by 

 the President of the winning society for one year. 

 On this occasion there was a good display here, 

 the class consisting of twenty-four incurved and 

 twenty-four Japanese blooms. The successful 

 society was " The Weald of Kent Gardeners' and 

 Cottagers' Mutual Improvement Society,'' and all 

 the blooms were the contribution of one member, 

 Mr. Doughty, whose name appears elsewhere in the 

 prize list ; he had a fine lot of large, clear, even and 

 bright blooms of high quality — E. Molyneux, Carew 

 Underwood, Madame B. Rendatler, Madame de 

 Sevin, Belle Paule, Madame Baco, Madame C. 

 Audiguier, Dormillon, Criterion, Boule d'Or, and 

 Grandiflora were good Japanese ; and of incurved, 

 Lord Alcester, Golden Empress, Bronze Queen, 

 Hero of Stoke Newington, A. Salter, Jardin des 

 l'lantes, Violet Tomlin, and Empress Eugenie. 

 Other exhibits were good also. 



Groups or Plants in Pots. 



The groups were this year not quite up to the last 

 year's standard in vigour and substance. In the 

 group to bs arranged in 100 square feet, Messrs. 

 Davis & Jones were l>t with a well-balanced 

 group of mat and good plants, well flowered and 

 bright; 2nd, Mr. J. Judd.gr. to F. W. Prior, Esq., 

 Gordon House, Blackheatb, with plants bearing 

 smaller blooms ; 3rd, Mr. J. Townsend, Providence 

 Nursery, Putney, who had some good incurved 

 varieties. For a decorative group of Japanese in 

 ('pi square feet, Messrs. J. Laing & Son, Forest 

 Hill, S.E., led with a tasteful arrangement of well- 

 flowered dwarf plants, chiefly in 48 pots, and three or 

 four blooms on a plant, and good samples of the 

 popular varieties were to be noticed with some few of 

 the more recent. Mr. J. W. Witty, London Ceme- 

 tery Co., Highgate, was second with plants not so 

 well flowered; el-o dwarf. Messrs. Davis & Jones 

 being a fair 3rd. with small flowered plants. 



Trained Plants. — Mr. J. Brooks, gr. to W. 

 Reynolds, Esq., The Grange, Highgate, led for nine 

 trained specimens with dwarf plants, well flowered, 

 of Elaine, W. Robinson, Margot, Mad. B. Rendatler, 

 Bouquet Fait and Lady Selbourne. It may be 

 remarked that this section of the show was a decided 

 improvement in quality over last year, 2nd. Mr. 

 Easey, gr. to J. W. .loins, Esq., The Grange, High- 

 bury, with standards bearing rather smaller blooms — 

 l'Africaine, Margot, and Christian (Golden) being 

 the best. Mr. W. Davey, gr. to C. C. Paine, Esq., 

 Cedar House, Stamford Hill, N., was 3rd, following 

 closely with similar plants. 



The best four standards were from Mr. S. Gilbey, 

 gr. to B. B. Booth, Esq., The Cazenoves, Upper 

 Clapton, with Margot, Madame B. Rendatler, and 

 Dr. Sharpe, in fine condition. Mr. Davey was 2nd, 

 with less vigorous plants ; and 3rd, Mr. G. H. 

 Cooper, nurseryman, Sydenham Road, Croydon, with 

 small-headed plants. This exhibitor also showed in 

 the class for six trained pompons, where he showed 

 a reflexed, and was disqualified, but was awarded an 

 extra prize ; and he was also again to the fore with 

 six trained specimens, large-flowering varieties, 

 having Madame B. Rendatler, Margot, and Mdlle. 

 Lacroix, as the best ; 2nd, Mr. Easey, with good low 

 standards ; and 3rd, Mr. H. Lovegrove, gr. to II. 

 Spicer, Esq., Highbury, who showed well. The best 

 four were from Mr. F. E. Wright, gr. to Miss 

 Oxley, The Lawn, Upper Clapton, having Bouquet 

 Fait, Source d'Or, and Margot, as fine samples of 

 low pyramids; Mr. Lovegrove coming 2nd, with 

 fair samples ; and in the class for prizes offered by- 

 Messrs. Wood & Son, Mr. G. H. Cooper added one 

 more honour to his list. 



Fruits and Vegetables. 



Apples. — These were largely and finely shown, and 

 there was much more colour in them than might have 

 beiii expected. Mr. 0. J. Goldsmith, The Gardens, 

 KeUey Manor, Beckenham, was placed first with 

 excellent fruit of Bed Reinette, Gascoignes, Hibston, 

 Blenheim Orange, Cox's Orange Pippin and Wor- 



cester Penrmain. Mr. F. Miller, Northlands, 

 Margate, was a capital second, with (3 dishes of 

 Culinary Apples. Mr. J. McKenzie, The Gardens, 

 Linton Park, Maidstone, was 1st with grand 

 samples of Peasgoods' Nonsuch, Stones, New Haw- 

 thornden. Emperor Alexander, Stirling Castle and 

 Gloria Mundi. Mr. F. Miller, was again 2nd, with 

 a very fine lot, indeed the Culinary varieties were 

 particularly fine. 



Pears. — These were finely shown in dishes of 6. 

 Mr. C. J. Goldsmith coming in 1st, with Duchesse 

 d'AugouIcme, Pitmaston, Duchess Beurre, Diel 

 Durandeau. Beurre Bachelier, and Louise Bonne of 

 Jersey : 2nd, Mr. W. Allan, The Gardens, Gunton 

 Park, Norwich. 



Grapes. — The best three bunches of white Grapes 

 was Muscat of Alexandria, from Mr. A. Luff, The 

 Gardens, Oakfield, Wimbledon ; Mr. C. J. Goldsmith 

 being 2nd, with the same variety. 



The best three bunches of black Grapes were very 

 finely fruited black Alicante from Mr. Howe, Park 

 Hill, Gardens, Streatham Common ; Mr. J. Batten 

 Hollywood House Gardens, Wimbledon Park, being 

 2nd. with Gros Maroc. 



The best three bunches of Gros Colman were shown 

 by Mr. J. Lambert, Onslow Gardens, Shrewsbury ; 

 Mr. J. Craven. ( Isbom, Potter's Bar, being 2nd. 



Three very fine Providence Pine-apples from Mr. 

 C. Ross, The Gardens, Welford Park, Banbury, were 

 highly commended. 



Potatos. — These are very finely shown all round. 

 The samples were large, clean, and remarkably fine 

 in shape. The best twelve dishes came from Mr. J. 

 Hughes, the Gardens, Eydon Hall, Byfield, who had 

 splendidly finished examples of Chancellor, Snow- 

 drop, Abundance, Sutton's Thirty-six, Purple Per- 

 fection, Queen of the Valley, London Hero, 

 Adirondack, and Reading Ruby". 2nd, Mr. E. S. 

 Wiles, the Gardens, Edgcote Park, Banbury. 



Mr. Wiles had the best six dishes, having Satis- 

 faction, Snowdrop, and Mr. Breesie, of splendid 

 quality. Mr. Hughes was 2nd. 



The special prizes offered by Messrs. Sutton & 

 Sons for three dishes brought a very keen compe- 

 tition, and here Mr. E. S. Wiles was 1st, and Mr. G. 

 Goldsmith, Floore Gardens, Weedon,2nd. 



Mr. Wiles was also 1st in the class for nine va- 

 rieties, the special prizes offered by Mr. C. Fidler, 

 staging some very fine tubers ; Mr. L. Harris, 

 Bradenshaw, High Wycombe, being 2nd. 



Mr. Fidlers three dishes were also well competed 

 for, Mr. J. Hughes being 1st, and .Mr. E. S. Wiles 

 2nd. 



With three dishes. Mr. L. Harris was 1st, and Mr. 

 1!. Lye, Sydmonton Court Gardens, Newbery, 2nd. 



Vegetables. — These were also numerously and very 

 finely represented. Messrs. Sutton & Son's prizes 

 for six dishes brought great competition ; the best 

 coming from Mr. L. Haines, The Gardens, Coleshill, 

 Shrivenham. Mr. C. J. Waite, The Gardens, Glen- 

 hurst, Esber, being 2nd. 



Messrs. Webb & Sons also offered special prizes for 

 six dishes, Mr. J. Hughes being 1st, and Mr. K. Lye, 

 2nd. 



The best nine specimens of Rousbam Park Onion 

 came from -Mr. N. Kneller, Malshanger Gardens, 

 Basingstoke ; Mr. A. Miller, the Gardens, Rood 

 Ashton, Trowbridge, being 2nd. 



Mr. T. Doherty, the Gardens, Wroxton Abbey, 

 Banbury, had the best six specimens of Deverill's 

 Anglo-Spanish Onion, Mr. A. Miller being 2nd. 



Mr. Doherty was also 1st with Improved Wroxton, 

 Mr. C. W. Howard, Bridge, Canterbury, being 2nd. 



Really the Onions were wonderfully tine. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. — These filled a great space 

 of tabling. Of Potatos, Messrs. Sutton & Sons and 

 C. Fidler had very large representative collections of 

 great merit ; and Messrs. H. Deveril & Sons, very 

 fine samples of their new Onions and vegetables. 

 Of Apples and Pears, highly meritorious collections 

 came from Messrs. James Veitch & Sous, T. Rivers 

 & Son, G. Bunyard & Co., C. Lee & Son, and Messrs. 

 J. Laing & Co. A long table of very handsoin*- 

 F.rns was set up very tastefully by Mr. B. May, 

 Dyson's Lam' Nursery, Edmonton. Messrs. H. 

 Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, contributed a very- 

 extensive collection of blooms of tuberous Begonias 

 and plants of B. The Octavia in flower, and only 

 about 6—8 inches high. The colour is pure white. 

 Also a number of bunches of zonal Pelargoniums, 

 and a large number of cut Chrysanthemums, in 

 luding the leading favourites, alessrs. Hooper & 

 Co., Covent Garden, sent a collection of Primulas 

 in pots. 



