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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Novembeb 24, 1888. 



season considered. The two best bunches of Black 

 Alicante came from Mr. Jennings, Forest Lodge, 

 Farnborough, good-sized and well-coloured ; Mr. 

 Cooper, Sunninghill, being 2nd. Mr. Ashman, gr. 

 to C. T. D. Crews, Esq., Sunninghill, had the best 

 two bunches of Gros Colmar, very fine and well- 

 coloured ; Mr. Cooper being 2nd, with good 

 examples also. The best two bunches of any other 

 black grape were Madresfield Court, fine in colour but 

 somewhat straggling in bunch, from Mr. Lees, the 

 Wilderness Gardens. Mr. Piston, gr. to the Hon. C. 

 S. Irby, Taplow, had Gros Maroc, well finished. Mr. 

 Dockerill had the best two bunches of White Mus- 

 cat. Mr. Turton was 1st with two bunches of any 

 other white, having excellant Trebbiano, large in 

 bunch and fine in quality. 



Other Fruits. — Mr. Perkins, of Greenlands, was 

 the only exhibitor of six dishes of fruit, having good 

 White Muscat and Alnwick Seedling Grapes, Cox's 

 Orange Pippin Apples, Forelle Pears, Melon, and 

 Bananas. Mr Turton had the best six dishes of 

 Dessert Apples, showing in good form ; 2nd, Mr. 

 Paxton, with a good lot also. Mr. Perkins had the 

 best dish of Cox's Orange Pippin, large and fine. 

 Mr. Turton had the best six dishes of Culinary 

 Apples. Mr. Irvine had the best dish of Golden 

 Noble. Mr. Turton had the best four dishes of 

 dessert Pears ; Mr. Woolford was 2nd. Some good 

 Cucumbers, Tomatos, and Mushrooms were also 

 shown. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. — Mr. R. Owens, nursery- 

 man, Maidenhead, had a stand of cut blooms of 

 Chrysanthemums, including such new varieties as 

 fimbriatum, blush, awarded a First-class Certificate 

 of Merit ; John Thorpe, dark cerise ; and George 

 Daniels, light pink, broad in the petal, but wanting 

 in substance. 



Mr. J. Watkins, Pomona Farm, Withington, near 

 Hereford, had a fine collection of seventy-five dishes 

 of Apples, many of the sorts being brilliantly 

 coloured. 



WILTS HORTICULTURAL. 



Nov. 15 and 16. — The third annual Chrysanthe- 

 mum exhibition was held in the Salisbury Market 

 House. The show, taken altogether, was an excellent 

 one, but, unfortunately for the Society, the weather 

 was very unpropitious on both days. 



Pot Plants. — For the best group of Chrysanthe- 

 mums, arranged for effect in a semi-circle (space not 

 to exceed 10 feet in diameter), a 10 guinea cup and 

 a small money prize was given. This was well won 

 by Mr. Brown, Portland Place, Salisbury; Mr. 

 Chalk, gr. to G. Read, Esq., West Wood, Salisbury, 

 was 2nd. Mr. Brown was also 1st, for a very taste- 

 fully arranged group of miscellaneous plants. It 

 consisted of Palms, Crotons, Dractenas, Eucharis 

 amazonica, Cypripediums, and a nice piece of La;lia 

 anceps, &c, edged with small plants of Pteris cretica, 

 albo-lineata. Mr. Carry, gr. to Col. Pepper, Milford 

 Hill, Salisbury, was 2nd. 



For[a group of Chrysanthemums arranged in a sem i- 

 circle, 8 feet in diameter, open only to those who do 

 not keep a regular gardener — 1st prize, a challenge 

 cup, value 5 guineas, and a small money prize — Mr. 

 Charles Haskins, Poultry Cross, Salisbury, with a 

 very creditable group of well-grown plants, taste- 

 fully arranged. 



Mr. Brown had the best six specimen plants of 

 Chrysanthemums, and Mr. Haskins the best four, 

 both showing creditably grown plants. Mr. Frank 

 Pearce, Salisbury, had the best trained specimen 

 plant, with Elaine. Mr. Brown had the best two 

 flowering plants (not Chrysanthemums), showing 

 well-flowered plants of Oncidium ornithorhyncum, 

 and a standard Epiphyllum truncatum, supporting a 

 neat head of very bright flowers. 



Cut Flowers. — For twenty-four blooms the 1st 

 prize (a 10 guinea Cup and £1), went to Mr. H. W. 

 Ward, gr. to the Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle, 

 Salisbury, for a solid and fresh lot of blooms, of which 

 Boule d'Or, Thunberg, Mdlle. Lacroix, Duchess of 

 Albany, Empress of India, Lord Alcester, and 

 Alfred Salter were the best. Mr. Inglefield, gr. 

 to Sir J. W. Keith, Bart., Tedworth House, Marl- 

 borough, was a very close 2nd, showing, among 

 others, grand blooms of Mons. A. EUiot, Baron de 

 Prailly, Bronze Queen, and Jeanne d'Arc. Mr. 

 Flight, Cornstiles, Twyford, Winchester, was 3rd. 

 Four stands were staged. 



A 5 guinea Cup and 10s. as 1st prize for eighteen 

 blooms (open only to amateurs), went to Mr. 

 Annalls, gr. to Chaloner Shenton, Esq., The Glen, 

 Golden Common, Winchester, for a meritorious lot 

 of blooms, his best being Edwin Molyneux, Glorio- 



sum, Baron de Prailly, Madame Audiguier, and Lord 

 Alcester ; Mr. C. Haskins was a good 2nd. 



Among seven good stands of twelve incurved 

 varieties, Mr. Inglefield led the way with a dozen 

 large solid blooms, Lord Wolselev, Golden Empress, 

 Queen of England, and Jardin des Plantes, being his 

 best blooms, Mr. Flight following closely. 



Mr. Inglefield was again 1st for a like number of 

 Japanese, with a grand lot of blooms, Biron de 

 Prailly, Ralph Brocklebank, Meg Merrilies, and 

 Duchess of Albany, being his best ; Mr. Ward was 

 a close 2nd : eight stands were put up. 



Mr. Ward was 1st in a good competition for 

 twelve reflexed, with even, fresh blooms — Cloth of 

 Gold (very deep), Pink Christine, King of Crim- 

 sons, and Cullingfordii, being the most noticeable ; 

 Mr. Inglefield was a good 2nd. 



Mr. Flight was 1st for twelve Anemone-flowered 

 varieties, showing large, even blooms of leading 

 varieties. The ladies' classes were well represented. 



Fruit. — Mr. Ward was 1st, for a collection of fruit, 

 six kinds, showing Gros Guillaume and Trebbiano 

 Grapes — the bunches of the latter being fine — 

 Cayenne Pine, Hero of Lockinge Melon, Glou Mor- 

 ceau, Pears, and Ribston Apples. Mr. Warden was 

 a very close 2nd, showing splendidly coloured 

 Alicante and .'Muscat of Alexandria Grapes as his 

 best dishes. Mr. Warden was a good 1st for White 

 Muscats, Black Alicantes, and with Gros Colmar. In 

 the class for any other black Grape, Mr. Ward was 

 1st. In the class for any other white Grape, with 

 good examples of Trebbiano. Mr. W. Scott, Exeter, 

 was 1st for three dishes of dessert Apples, with 

 good examples. Mr. Smith, gr. to the Bishop of 

 Salisbury, the Palace, Salisbury, was a good 1st for a 

 like number of kitchen varieties ; and Mr. R. West, 

 Northlands, Salisbury, had the best three dishes of 

 Pears. 



Non-competing Exhibits. — Mr. Ward put up three 

 nice Queen Pine-apples, and two stands of Chrysan- 

 themums ; and the Messrs. Keynes, Williams & Co. 

 arranged two pretty groups of miscellanons plants. 



IPSWICH AND EAST OF ENGLAND. 



November 15 and 16. — This was held in the 

 Corn Exchange, but though good, was not charac- 

 terised by the keen competition in the cut flower 

 department of former years, as none of the profes- 

 sional London growers put in an appearance. The 

 Rev. H. Berners, of Rose fame, was to the fore in 

 many of the classes, and this gentleman took the. 

 National Chrysanthemum Society's Silver Medal for 

 the best bloom in the Show ; this was named 

 Princess Imperial, but it is an open question whether 

 it is really distinct from Lord Alcester. Be this as 

 it may, the bloom referred to was exceptionally fine, 

 and well deserved the award. 



In the open class for twenty-four, twelve incurved 

 and twelve Japanese, Mr. John Rolfe, gr. to Mrs. 

 Rendale, of Hill House, Lawford, was 1st ; the 2nd 

 and 3rd prizes falling to Mr. R. Burrell and Mr. 

 Miller. 



In the amateurs' class for the same number of 

 flowers, Mr. H. Lister, gr. to Lord Broke, of Easton's 

 Lodge, Dunmow, was a good 1st ; Mr. Palmer, gr. 

 to T. H. Powell, Esq., of Drinkstone, coming in 2nd. 



For the best twelve incurved in the open class, the 

 Rev. H. A. Berners, of Harkstead, was 1st. In the 

 open class for twelve Japanese, the Rev H. C. 

 Hales, of Lawford Place, came in 1st. In the ama- 

 teurs' class for twelve Japanese, Mr. Palmer took 

 1st. For the best twelve incurved, Mr. Lester was 

 1st. The most noteworthy blooms in all these 

 stands were — Criterion (very fine), Mrs. AVright, 

 Mons. J. Laing, Mons. II. Payne, Meg Merrilies, 

 Prince of Wales, Empress of India, Golden Empress, 

 Eord Alcester, M. Marrouch, Jeanne Delaux, 

 Mdlle. Lacroix, Baron de Prailly, Bellegarde. 



For twentv pot plants, the space allowed for 

 grouping was 40 feet, and the competition was strong, 

 but the judges looked less to size of blooms than to 

 the dwarfness and compactness of the specimens, 

 else the 3rd lot would have stood 1st. The 1st place 

 fell to Mr. A. Double, gr. to R. M. Miller, Esq., the 

 2nd to Mr. Holdens, gr. to C. A. D. Malford, Esq., 

 of West Lodge, Bergholt, and the 3rd to Mr. Jordan, 

 gr. to the Rev. H. A. Berners, of Harkstead. 



In the smaller classes, Mr. Chenery, gr. to Mrs. 

 Booth, carried nearly all before him ; and quite a 

 feature in the show was the group contributed by 

 persons residing in the borough at a rental not 

 above £12. 



In the fruit department, for the best collection of 

 six dishes, Pines excluded, there were seven exhibits, 



the 1st prize being taken by Mr. Rogers, gr. to Lord 

 Rendlesham, the 2ud by Mr. Sheppard, gr. to Cap- 

 tain Berners. of Woolverstone Park. 



For three bunches of Alicante Grapes, Mr. 

 Chenery was 1st. 



In the class for black of any other variety, Mr. . 

 McMillan was placed 1st ; Mr. Tebenham, gr. to 

 Lady North, coming 1st for Muscats. 



In the class for white, of any other kind, Mr. 

 Sheppard was 1st, with Golden Queen. 



Pears and Apples were remarkably fine for the 

 seasons, and Mr. Sheppard scored an easy victory 

 in the two classes, for six of each and single do. of 

 twelve : 1st for dessert Apples, Mr. Andrews. 



The collections of vegetables were numerous and 

 fine, and in this class Mr. Andrews was placed 1st ; 

 Mr. Cresswell, gr. to G. W. Charters, Esq., of Stoke 

 Park, 2nd ; but in the classes for Potatos, the latter 

 carried off both the premier awards, 



TIVERTON. 



November 15. — The annual exhibit was held in 

 the Drill Hall ; an excellent lot of groups and 

 trained plants was staged. The Apples and Pears 

 were also of very fine quality. 



Mr. Lake, gr. to E. Moyle, Esq., was placed 1st, 

 with a group of Chrysanthemums arranged for effect, 

 taking the Silver Medal of the National Society. 



For thirty-six cut blooms of Chrysanthemums, 

 eighteen incurved and eighteen Japanese. Mr. Barnes 

 led, with a magnificent lot of Japanese ; 2nd, Mr. 

 Sparks, whose incurved were his best. Mr. Barnes 

 also took several other prizes. 



The principal prize-takers for fruit ware :— Mr. 

 James, gr. to Sir J. Walrond, Bart.; Mr. Peebles, 

 Mr. H. Salmon, gr. to W. Dunsford, Esq.; Mr. J. 

 Mogridge, gr. to Mrs. Ord ; and Mr. Sparks ; and in 

 this division Apples and Pears were fine. 



Messrs. Veitch & Sons, of Exeter, staged a collec- 

 tion of excellent and clean fruit ; Mr. C. Sclater, 

 sent a fine lot; Messrs. Lucombe, Pince & Co., also 

 put up'a collection of merit ; and Messrs. Jarman & 

 Co., of Chard, also exhibited. 



CHISWICK HORTICULTURAL. 



November 16. — This was a very pretty show, of 

 moderate dimensions ; the exhibits were of very fine 

 quality. Mr. E. Coombes, Kingston, was the leading 

 exhibitor in the chief class, for twenty-four cut 

 blooms of Chrysanthemums, twelve each of Japanese 

 and incurved ; the incurved blooms were of very 

 fine quality, and decidedly superior to his Japanese, 

 which, however, were large and bright ; Lord Alces- 

 ter, Jardin des Plantes, and Queen of England, 

 with Duchess of Albany, Boule d'Or, and Madame 

 J. Laing were the best. Mr. C. J. Waite, the Glen- 

 hurst Gardens, Esher, followed, with a very creditable 

 lot, strong in Japanese. 



The last named exhibitor swept the board com- 

 pletely in the fruit and vegetable classes, showing 

 strongly in many cases, and well in all ; his Carrots 

 in competition for Messrs. Sutton's prizes, were 

 magnificent, clean, and of good even form ; and 

 his Black Alicante Grapes were also fine. He also 

 led for Chinese Primulas, for twelve reflexed 

 Chrysanthemum blooms, and for Sutton's prize for 

 Primulas. 



Mr. Coombes had the best stand of Pompons, and 

 was a capital 2nd with large blooms in the class for 

 twelve incurved blooms, following — Sanderson, 

 Esq., St. Mary's Road, Harlesden, N.W., who had 

 remarkably even well coloured blooms of medium 

 size, of which Mrs. Brunlees, Hero of Stoke 

 Newington, and Lord Alcester were conspicuous. 

 The same exhibitor was also leader in the class for 

 six blooms of one variety, incurved, showing Hero 

 of Stoke Newington, in neat, solid specimens ; and 

 he again led in the amateurs' class for six distinct 

 incurved. 



Mr. Munro, gr. to E. C. Paul, Twickenham, was 

 the leading exhibitor of twelve Japanese blooms, 

 distinct, and a fine lot he staged, Comte de Ger- 

 miny, Boule d'Or, and Gloriosum, being conspicuous 

 examples, 



Messrs. W. Fromow & Sons, nurserymen, Chis- 

 wick, staged the best six blooms of one variety of 

 Japanese, with Mdlle. Lacroix, clean, and of fair 

 size. 



A pretty lot single-flowered were sent by Mr. 

 Chadwick, gr. to E. M. Nelson, Esq., Ealing, which 

 secured the 1st place in that class. 



E. H. Douet, Esq., Teddington, was the leading 



