June 8, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[supplement.] 



xxxvii. 



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and Renown, and (Picotees) Her Majesty and 

 Margaret Lennox, both broad-edged flowers. 2nd, 

 Mr. Chas. Turner, Slough. 



For 12 Pinks, in not fewer than six varieties, 

 the 1st prize was won by Mr. C. H. Herbert, 

 The Nurseries, Acocks Green, with the perpetual- 

 flowering Pinks Progress, Bertha, Princess 

 Christian, Fair Maiden, Princess Mary, Iona, Ida 

 and Rosebud ; a very clean, vigorous batch. 2nd, 

 Mr. J. Douglas, Edenside, Gt. Bookham, with 

 flowers not so well timed. His best varieties in- 

 cluded Simplicity, Jean Douglas, Ruby, Emperor, 

 and White Queen. 



In the open class for a group of cut Carnations 

 of perpetual-flowering varieties, in a space not 

 exceeding 100 square feet, the premier exhibit 

 was staged by Mr. Bertee E. Bell, Guernsey; 

 2nd, Messrs. Allwood Bros., Hay wards Heath; 

 3rd, Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe. 



Mr. A. F. Dutton, Iver Nurseries, Bucking- 



the 1st and 2nd 



prizes were 

 Randolf L. Baker and Mr. J. S 



awarded to Sir 



Brunton, 



Westbourne Grove, Burnley, respectively. 



NON-COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, Ascott, Leighton 

 Buzzard (gr. Mr. Jennings), showed one of the 

 most telling groups in the show, although one of 

 the simplest in design. A crescent of Statice 

 profusa was relieved by five clusters of Souvenir 



gress. The colour is rosy -mauve, but its chief 

 value is its perpetual-flowering habit. Some of 

 the older plants were 6 feet high, and carried 

 from 80 to 100 flowers. 



Mr. J. Douglas, Edenside, Gt. 

 showed a number of border Carnations 



Bookham. 



and 



Pinks in vases. The varieties includpd Elizabeth 

 Shiffner, Miss Willmott, Hercules as self, and} 

 many fine fancies. 



Messieurs Fortin & Laumonniere staged a 



de la Malmaison Carnations, of which the pink group of cut Carnations in the French section. 



showed very finely against the rich violet of the 

 Statice. Bold .circular groups of such Carna- 

 tions as Princess of Wales, Duchess of Westmin- 

 ster, and Old Blush Malmaison were surrounded 



The varieties included the yellow Canari and the 

 purple Maroc, a novelty, but the blooms were- 

 past their best. 



Monsieur Vacherot, Boisy St. Leger, France*.' 



by the Statice. The Carnations were exceedingly showed several large vases of perpetual-flowering 

 well-flowered, and the Statice bore masses of their 



violet flowers, making a very striking group. 

 Isolepis gracilis w T as employed as an edging. 

 Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 



Carnations. The flowers were unusually large* 

 and bore evidence of " Malmaison " parentage, 

 but were scentless. Jupiter (red), Diane (flesh), 

 and Perle Rose (pink) were the best, but the- 



ham, excelled in the open class for six varieties staged groups of " Malmaison " and perpetual- strain is to be obtained from seed, 

 of perpetual-flowering Carnations, u Malmaisons " flowering Carnations. The former, arranged at 



excluded, distinct, 50 flowers of each sort, dis- 

 played in six vases, arranged with any foliage. 

 2nd, Clury Nurseries. 



In the class for 12 border Carnations and arranged with Asparagus, Adiantum, and Nephro- 

 Picotees, undressed, distinct, three flowers of lepis. The best " Malmaisons " included Princess 



a lower level, were in pots arranged simply but 

 effectively against a background of Phoenix. The 

 latter consisted of cut flowers in vases lightly 



FOREIGN SECTIONS. 



Ample 



was made for foreign ex- 



provision 



hibitors, four spacious courts being reserved for- 

 tfiem, besides a special tent for Japan. Though. 



* 





Fig. 32. — view in the tent containing the exhibits from Holland. 



each, in 12 vases, the 1st prize was won by Mr. 

 J. Douglas, Edenside, Gt. Bookham, who 

 showed flowers of large size and uniform excel- 

 lence. Ten of the varieties had been raised by the 

 firm. The selfs were Hercules (crimson), Eliza- 

 beth Shiffner (buff), Gros (yellow), Mrs. Hen- 

 wood and Kate Nickleby (white), Jean Douglas 

 and Miss Willmott (red), and Mrs. Robert Gor- 

 don (pink), John Ridd, Mrs. Penton, Virginia 

 and Renown represented the fancies, and Her 

 Majesty and Margaret Lennox the broad-edged 

 Picotees. ^ 2nd, Mr. C. Blick, Warren Nurseries, 

 Hayes, with flowers of fine form, but smaller and 

 weak in yellows. His varieties were Black 

 Douglas, King George, Lady Bury, Miss Will- 

 mott, Richard, Capt. Scott, Hermione, Donald 

 McDonald, Her Majesty, Victory, Daisy Boston, 

 and Thos. A'Beckett. 



The foregoing classes were open to all com- 

 petitors. 



Messrs. Geo. Mount & Sons showed best in 

 the class, open to nurserymen only, for a group 

 of perpetual-flowering Carnations, arranged in a 

 space not exceeding 50 square feet, with any 

 suitable foliage. 2nd, Messrs. G. and W. H. 

 Burch, Peterborough. 



In the amateurs' class for a group of perpetual- 

 flowering Carnations, ■ 'Malmaisons" excluded, in 

 a space not exceeding 25 square feet, any foliage, 



Juliana, Churchwarden, Princess of Wales, Bald- 

 win and Lady Coventry. The perpetual-flower- 

 ing varieties were best represented by Baroness 

 de Brienen, particularly well shown, Lady 

 Alington, Fairmount, Sunstar, Triumph, Cin- 

 nabar (scented), and Samuel Gratrix. The new 

 Pinks, Gloriosa and Progress, were also shown. 



Mr. C. Engelmann, Saffron Walden, made 

 one of the most decorative exhibits of perpetual- 

 flowering Carnations in a group of about 450 

 square feet in the large tent. A background of 

 green silk showed to perfection vases, pillars and 

 bouquets of the Rex. A central mass of the variety 

 Electra (apricot) was splendid in an old bronzed 

 Japanese basket. Glass vases of White Enchan- 

 tress, Carola, Sunstar, Alma Ward, Triumph, 

 &c, were also finely^ grouped. An interesting 

 exhibit was the original plant of Carola, now 

 eight years old. 



Sir Geo. Faudel-Phillips, Balls Park, Hert- 

 ford, showed a tastefully-arranged group of 

 M Malmaison " Carnations. The yellow Cecilia 

 formed the centre with groups of the pale pink 

 Blush and Princess of Wales on either side. The 

 white Nell Gwynne was well shown with the 

 richer reds of Carola, Lady Coventry and Church- 

 warden. 



Mr. C. H. Herbert, The Nurseries, A cock's 

 Green, Warwick, showed a large and finely- 

 flowered batch of the clove-scented Pink Prb- 



the exhibits were not very numerous, they 

 were sufficient to give an international charac- 

 ter to the exhibition, and added decidedly to. 

 the interest and attractiveness of the show. 

 Beside Japan, the countries represented were? 

 Holland, France and Belgium. 



HOLLAND 



The 



Dutch section was the admiration of 

 everyone, and formed one of the most artistic- 

 features in the whole exhibition. On entering 

 one had to verify the fact that it was the Dutch, 

 section and not the French so Parisian was the 

 effect in every detail. The arrangement was very 

 simple, but characterised by that subtle touch 

 that proclaims the artist skilled in the display 

 of flow r ers for the best effect. Around the sides 

 of the court was a white-painted arched trellis, 

 garnished here and there with light sprays of 

 Asparagus plumosus, and depending from each 

 arch was a basket of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 

 flowering profusely. 



In the centre was a raised dais, on which were 

 set at wide intervals huge gilded baskets of 

 elegant form holding sheaves of Lilac. The 

 colours were white (apparently Marie Le Gray)* 

 and purple (Souvenir de L. Spath and other beau- 

 tiful varieties). Smaller baskets of similar shape 

 contained tall flower shoots of Roses of various* 

 colours, whites, pinks, and crimsons, cut with* 



