Avavsr 17, 1895.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 193 
whose interests are the special object of the show the supporting poles of the marquee were literally clothed med to see at Bath. The best seviy-introtaced 
committee, and whose entries w very numerous, with I — ihc qo 8 2 —— e in J was Cypripedium око он „Ж. 
it will readily be unders hat an immense Another ing of mention THOMAS, and Mr. CYPHER w 1% with co Orchids ; 
amount of work must have fallen Mr. Jo gardens : cese age Captain LovELL beim e — Mr. Murrell, gr. to A. Н. MruTOx, Esq., Clifton, was 2nd, 
the year. Foliaged ade best eight came from 
The —— classes were tted a marquee a that 
to Division A—plants being mainly occ iod! by the 
. re veleum erm up the whole of — 
middle of the mi ge exhibitions, great 
terest — a, ae — fort these groups ( — 
100 feet), the Ist prize for which was £7. — е 
1st fell to Mr. C. J. MEE of No — er. whose a 
was an artistic geri view, and moreov 
plants used in it were for the m re, and — 
suitable. The centre was a noble f — — and set ap 
oss were Alocasia San- 
d er handsome foliage plants, 
and it was observable that the — was made of ry plant 
е 
to Mr, Ro — р 
BLAKENEY, Duns — and the ath to -— Gro. 
s, Belgrave Gate ; all th fairly rrange- 
ments, Mr. C. J. МЕк'в exhibit also red th peta ot 
£3 offered by J. N & Son, Chilwell Nurse- 
ries, Notts, for the best exhibit of — fruits, or flowers 
with the aid of their chemi manure, 
For six exotic Ferns,‘ Mr. BLAKENEY, Dunsmore, sec 
let prize, with very fine specimens; Mr. 'c. J. МЕЕ, Notting- 
ham, 2nd; and Mr. Waar, Оаа ee 3rd. 
In six e nhouse plants, the — 
mens in — were g and well grown, though not 
large. Mr. W. S. Bor rox, Barkley, secu 
. Bou nr eto "i prize; Mr. 
C. J P Nottingham, and; and Mr. G. Brown, Stoney- 
gate, 
mA s single and six double flowered Begonias, Mr 
Jas. WRIGHT, Granby Street, Leicester, took Ist, with excel- 
lent speci class, and he pe t 
in both c. 
Soc 
Show this and in the Rose tent there wasa 
Zr incendit fresh- -looking di display. Messrs. . HARKNESS & Son, 
Competing groups were numerous and likewise good, 
a 
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s 
Б 
о 
іп ‚ which were not nu y shown, 
wee 05 of Shrewsbury, came lst, and Messrs, 
DICKSONS The small classes of cut flowers were well 
filled, and the quality good, floral arrangements, too, being 
in the open and amateurs’ classes, decidedly good. 
ranks contained 8 as * off as Lao 
2 who divided the hono 
RYOE, Mr. A. C. HUMPHREYS-OWEN, 
again conspicuous in e vegetable 
h the m of Dr. HAWKSW R. 
K N, Esq „ Mr. Durnall), Bir F. P. JONES, 
Newtown (gr., J. — = ud Оа aptain DAVIDSON ; and a word 
of praise should be added for the excellence of the exhibite in 
this de ment. 
8 and cottager’s classes bore gratifying 
n the , Sonerally high quality of the. exhibits, 
of а, and ornam egetati 
tage of the public individual and pegs vely. 
not permit other than a general notic 
worthy exhibits, but mention must 
of herbaceous cut flowers an 
on to the аа 
exhibit m Messrs. 
; and a gots collection rae sweet 
. EC ns at Wem 
А. word of credit is з биз to Mr. LAMBERT, the 1 
gardener at Powis 2 who has worked har 
IE ARD, the secretaries, for а success 
show, and of congratulation to бе, мое. on AMNES so 
— sid Roses (open) ; ; Messrs. J. COCKER & Sons, 
Aberdeen, being 2nd; and Mr. W. Н. FRETTINGHAM, 
Beeston, 
HIN, Gatef 
any one variety, 
ESS & SON sete Tak with fine blooms of Mrs. 
mates 
some very ne bouque uets, wreaths, 
the Orchids, which were repre- 
sented but v. ry slightly i — еге узегез om по 
class — them, showing ч we а меб 
. PEARSON & Sons, Chil well, took ^ both for pee 
adi in aie bridal bouque ts. 
ruits were well shown, and the ле prize for the 
bet [M dishes of fruit, three varieties of Grapes 
allowed, two bunc eta one Melon oniy, 
fall to Mr. 3. H. — ODACRE, Elvaston 2nd 
to Mr. W. pem Woolverstone Pork. k Gardens, Tp — 
3rd, Mr. J. READ, Bretby Hall Gardens, B 
Misc оран 9 well boot: «а 
hardy 33 were good, the es exhibit of Messrs, 
NES3 being a теј ive vegetables and oot- 
tagers’ classes 
tered 
the good work the 
is doing, and the interest си n іп it by those 
it is specially designed to benefit and inst 
WELSHPOOL HORTICULTURAL. 
Aucusr 8,—This society is to be 
upon the i has made since it was first 
launched in three years ago, and it can 
safely of it now that it has come 
predicted to 
atay, йал management being in the hands —— enthu- 
ee 
бетү" exhibits, both ti pus 
cap З as i rp its, wer ve 
ho allowed 
of his home park, e^ o run a ** famous 
кеа he! their benefit. Visitor. 
TAUNTON HORTICULTURAL. 
Avaust 8.—This was the thirty-eighth annual 
— — “= the society not only holds its own 
producing the largest exhibition held in the west of 
Hogland, b but it every year attracts ae, to see 
it. It was stated that it was nineteen years the show 
aii riy — a wet day; occasion provi 
no exception jy was perfect up З o'clock, then 
& slow dri — rain set in, which pene чий 
пі Despite this drawback, there 
ge attendance. The exhibition аг pla Уай 
in V 2 5 having now become 
the " out as 
public garden, and kd srestly керет, . — 
prar yet completed, s usual, four 
Hen tents Жр filled with exhi теди 266 one 
; and others for honey а and bee 
——— 
— — — 
plante and cut 1 flowers first claim attention, the sum ot £20, 
flower, always bringing d compe tion, As is usual, Mr. 
J, CYPHER, nu Chelte — as Ist, with very fine 
examples of Bougainvillea glabra — the latter 
smaller ia the bracts but very deep- coloured; Ericas 
ieolo! i 
& 
gore nd, gr. to W. BROCK, Esq., 
With six planta, Mr. табит ЕВ Егу again Ist, having Ericas 
Austiniana 
villea Aliamsnda nobls and Static 
RowLANXD was again 2n 
The best group of plants arrange for etfeot come from Mr 
ROWLAND, and had as a background and the red-tinged 
W. Bed, ants Mus Торо, Shirley, was 
fine.t display of 
large specimen Begonias 
5 — eight plants comprising some ibis 
Men Thomas, gr. to W. MARSHALL, Esq., 
eri 
jali! 
Norton 
P. Ms A. REED, En. Milverton 2nd; he 
imens Gf sigo variation ot of high quality, compact 
in habit, bat tbe flowers’ had in course of 
it, probably lost Mr. Bond the Ist prize. 
Zonal Pelargoníums, both double and single, were well 
grown and d. decidedly below what we 
panei among t 
ustralis 
| Forsteria 
and Que ictoria, &c. Mr. ROWLAND was placed 
The latter p eight exotic em. пао | in excellent con- 
dition Microlepia — * qnia 2 excelsa, Leucos- 
tegia immusa, Adian and others, which 
deservedly awarded Qe It pri Prize, 3 oe the only exhibitor, 
Several classes for 
found э place here, but thou "ч ont * and bloomed they 
do not require particularising. 
с "Ар 
ть г Bü 
the sides of the tent. Roses were deci dedl mak the dark- 
утуйуу) “гш? 8 ME preponderatng Messrs. 
— NESS & Ist — 
nd 2 
OWNSEN 
& Sox, nurserymen, Worcester, peri the iod ра prizes in — 
class. 
The best twelve blooms of show Dahlias came from Messrs. 
& EY A 
HARKNESS & Sons ; Messrs. KEYNES, WILLIAMS & r- 
serymen, Salisbury, taking the lst prize with twelve fancies, 
an mpons. Mr. A. A. WALTERS, n y- 
man, Bath, was Ist with nine bunches of single Dahlias ; ani 
M Son with six bunches of Cactus and 
xes were good, and bunches of P. Drummondii 22 
. the gan and zd Asters showed traces of 
Collections of twenty-four spikes of до 
ейун Мг. 8. Bird, 2 to W. K. Fox, Esq., W. 
was Ist; and W. H. Fowr » 2nd. Carnations, pom 
mee and stands of double and "ingle Begonias were also 
bulbous plants in eighteen bunches, 
Hardy —— and 
Messrs. HARKNESS & Son, as at Leicester, 
— "erm ‘exhibits, six varieties of Tigridias being especially 
* ral — VR WALTERS was 
AS had the best twelve bunches of stove and 
Position m p flowers, very handsome examples being staged, 
Mr, Shelton, gr. to C. К. WAIT, Esq., Clifton, was 20d. 
AMATEURS’ DIVISIO 
Mr. ROWLAND was again 1 PP & prettily-arranged 
g Mr. T. gr. to C. E. J, ESDAILE, Esq., Bish 
Lydiard, was 2nd. Mr. ROWLAND was lst with twelvestove and 
gr ouse plants, and Mr. PEEL 2nd ; but in 
e positions were y verse. 
plante, Mr. Р. was lst, and Fs 
with six 
Mr. R. Huxtable, gr. to F . W. NEWTON, Esq., Taunton, 
was the only exhibitor of Hardy Ferns „ and Mosses, taking 
the 1st 
um speciosum were staged, and 
Tow had the best six plants 
к= or pe W. H. FOWLER of double amende 
imens of Achimenes gained a Ist prize for 
Margaretta, 
pee her were Mauve Queen, tion, — 
brose Verschaffelt, four excellent exhibition varieties. 
Coleus, Petunias, Gloxinia 
— lso f 3, Cocks- 
combs, table pl Ko 
Cut flowers by amateurs were numerous and good, a Я 
Tuos. HOBBS, of B 1, gratulated on beating Dr. 
Bupp, of Bath, with twenty-four, and twelre Roses; Mr. 
H. Gray, Bath, beiog Ist with twelve Teas, Mr. W. H. 
Korin was Ist with twelve fine — of Gladioli ; and Mr. 
THOM vm six bunc| 3 and greenh cut flowers. 
Asters wer n plenty, as mmond's Phlox ; there were 
ii due, ie THOS. нани taking th M M э 
— blooms. Pelargonium blooms were very pretty, and 
Hardy Annuals very gay. 
FRUIT. 
of the fruit shown is brief, owing to rain having 
of white Muscats 
water, from Mr. G. Webber, gr. to G. F. formi Ба. 
; any 
Melons, Nectarines, Apricots, dessert Pears, light 
and dark ey rhe gi waa rt and culinary), Cherries, and 
D: fra а brave — the quality very good 
or E DECORATION 
Were somewhat рте сотта. 
dinner-table, that s. Mac 
CYPHER the е аена." Бадана and baskets of 
— was but a 
R. Mr. 8 
and Mr. J 
