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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
({ July 18, 1878. 
biums formosum giganteum, densiflorum, and Bensoniz ; Cattleyas 
Mendelii (fine), and Leopoldii; Cypripediums barbatum superbum 
and niveum; Aérides odoratum majus; Epidendrum yitellinum 
majus, and Leelia purpurata, 
Fine-foliaged plants were excellently represented in the several 
classes. Noteworthy were remarkably healthy Palms and Cycads 
from Mr. Pilgrim, well grown and admirably coloured Crotons 
and fine Ferns from Mr. Rigg, gardener to James Foreshaw, Esq., 
Fulwood, Preston ; capital Crotons, Palms, and Alocasias from 
Mr. Osman ; and remarkably well-grown plants from Mr. Ham- 
mond, gardener to Sir Wilfrid Lawson, which were noticed last 
week. Crotons were both numerous and excellent, nearly all the 
plants being well grown and in fine colour. C. angustifolium, 
C, Weismannii, C. undulatum, C. picturatum, C. Johannis, C. Rex, 
and C. Disraeli were amongst the more striking of the specimens ; 
and of the smaller and newer varieties C. Hanburyanum and C. ma- 
culatum Katonii exhibited by Messrs. Veitch ; C. Prince of Wales, 
C. Williamsii, and C. Victoria, exhibited by Mr. B. S. Williams ; 
and C. Mortii and C. roseo-pictum in Mr. Bull’s collection, were 
much admired. Dracznas were stately and rich, and were seen to 
greay advantage on the isolated circular mounds near the water. 
Messrs. Rollisson’s first-prize collection included Salmone, ama- 
bilis, Baptistii, Smithiana, Nitzschnerii, Gladstonei, Guilfoylei, 
Youngii, Regina, and Goldieana. 
Ferns were good, but not grand. Mr. Pilgrim exhibited fine 
Gleichenias, as also did Messrs. Cole and Mr. Dodgson. The Preston 
Nursery Company staged fresh and healthy Tree Ferns, and Mr. 
Osman excellent Adiantums. Hardy Ferns were well exhibited 
by Mr. Bolton, Fern Cottage. Warton; Mr. Pilgrim, and Mr. 
E. J. Lowe. The collections were chiefly composed of varieties 
ef Athyriums, Polystichums, and Scolopendriums. 
In the classes for new plants the results both as to plants and 
prizewinners were repetitions of the classes at previous great 
shows—Messrs. Bull, Williams, and Rollisson retained their old 
positions with plants that have been previously enumerated. For 
Mr. Bull’s prizes Mr. Hammond, Mr. B. 8. Williams, and Mr. 
Tudgey again won cups; the maiden cupwinners being the 
Preston Nursery Company and Mr. McIntyre, gardener to the 
Hon, A.C. C. Maxwell, Dumfries. Mr. Bull exhibited an unnamed 
Lilium remarkable alike by its great size and rich colour. It is 
of the L. auratum type, the coloured ray down each petal being 
chocolate crimson. The flower had passed its best condition, yet 
was very striking. 
Florists’ flowers were only of moderate quality. Fuchsias were 
poor, and Pelargoniums were far from superior ; but Tuberous 
Begonias from Messrs. J. Laing & Co., Forest Hill, were repre- 
sented by the following very fine varieties :—Gloire de Nancy, 
Lelia, John Laing, Baron Hruby, F. M. don Santos Viana, a fine 
variety of the Pearcei type; and Corail Rose. Nine very finely 
grown Gloxinias were exhibited by Col. Cross, who was the only 
exhibitor in the class for those flowers. 
Rosrs.—“ As regards quantity,” writes “ D., Deal,” “ these were 
but feebly represented, and had it not been for the extra collections 
not for competition sent in by Messrs. Cranston, Prince, Corp, and 
Davison they would have been still more so. Nor is this to be 
wondered at; the rules prohibited either nurserymen or amateurs 
from taking more than one prize, not in any one class, but in all 
the classes. It was not at all likely that the expense, time, and 
trouble necessary to send or go to Preston would be encountered 
for the chance, perhaps, of getting £1: hence not one amateur of 
note was there, the prizes going to some in the neighbourhood, 
while of our great professional exhibitors—Messrs. Cant, Paul and 
Son, Keynes, Turner, Mitchell, and Francis were all conspicuous 
by their absence. 
“The collections which were sent in by the exhibitors above 
named were of first-rate quality—indeed I do not think they have 
been excelled this season. Notably was this the case with the 
stand of Louis Van Houtte exhibited by Mr. Cranston. I do not 
remember having ever seen one to equal it, and how the colour of 
such flowers is preserved passes my comprehension. I was again 
in the tent on Thursday afternoon, and yet the freshness and 
vividness of colour had not departed from those glorious flowers, 
while in all the stands there was far more staging quality than I 
thought they could have possessed. In his seventy-twos were 
grand examples of Duchesse de Morny, which has quite taken a 
first rank this year ; Camille Bernardin, Antoine Ducher, Etienne 
Levet, Comtesse d’Oxford, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Xavier Olibo, very 
grand ; Duke of Edinburgh, Marie Baumann, Le Rhone, Le Havre, 
Alfred Colomb, and Madame Lacharme. In the class for forty- 
eights Mr. Prince’s collection was a grand one, and taking it alto- 
gether was about the most even lot that I have seen exhibited 
this year; there was not even an indifferent bloom in it, while 
many of them were superb. I have never seen Richard Wallace 
so well shown as in this stand; there were besides magnificent 
blooms of Dupuy Jamain, Mdlle. Marie Rady, so good that it was 
difficult to distinguish it from a good bloom of Marie Baumann ; 
Baronne de Rothschild, Le Havre, very fine ; Reynolds Hole, very 
good; Mons. E. Y. Teas, Auguste Rigotard, Madame Charles 
‘Wood, Comtesse de Nadaillac, most lovely ; Jean Ducher, Souvenir 
d'Elise Vardon, which has everywhere been shown grandly this 
season ; Niphetos, &c. Mr. Corp's collection also contained some 
excellent blooms, amongst them Star of Waltham, Marie Cointet, 
Edouard Morren, Mons. E. Y. Teas, and Marguerite Brassac. In 
the exhibits not for competition there were some grand blooms of 
well-known varieties, but nothing that calls for special notice.” 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. 
Fruit.—To gardeners, and indeed to many of the visitors, the 
vegetable and fruit tent possessed the greatest attraction. A 
prominent, and one might say rather unusual, feature in this tent 
was the generally good quality of the exhibits. The collections of 
fruit, though limited in number, were certainly very good, and 
fully deserved the awards made to them. The class for Black 
Hamburgh Grapes was a particularly good one, fourteen lots 
being staged, and the prize bunches were in every respect ex- 
cellent. The Muscats throughout were very fine in bunch and 
berry ; none, however, were really ripe or “ finished.” The Madres- 
field Court and Foster’s Seedling were also well shown. There 
was nothing sensational among the Pines. Only Queens were 
staged. All were very good, the prizewinners particularly so. 
The Peach class was a capiial one. All three prizes were won 
with the Bellegarde. This variety is undoubtedly one of the best 
in cultivation, and ought to be in every collection however limited. 
The same remark applies to Elruge Nectarines, of which there were 
many fine highly coloured dishes both in the collections and in 
the class for single dishes. There were many larger fruit staged 
than either Bellegarde Peach or Elruge Nectarine, which, however, 
did not find favour with the Judges. Melons were shown in good 
numbers. <A fruit of Golden Queen gained the premier award. 
This good old variety is of easy culture, but seldom of late years 
has been found placed first in competition with newer varieties. 
Another excellent old variety—Conqueror of Hurope—was placed 
second. The Khiva Melon is evidently inconstant, as fruits were 
staged of various shapes. The Strawberries were very good, but 
on the whole were not equal to those we have seen at some local 
shows this season. The dishes of Oxonian (by some grown under 
the name of Eleanor) were the most attractive. British Queen 
and Dr. Hogg were also well shown. The first-prize collection of 
ten dishes consisted of the following :—Marguerite, Sir C. Napier, 
Oscar, President, Eleanor, Cockscomb, Wonderful, a Seedling, 
Dr. Hogg, and Sir Harry. 
VEGETABLES.—Some of the collections of vegetables, notably 
those which gained two first prizes for Mr. Miles, were beautifully 
staged, and the vegetables were of the finest quality. Mr. Miles’s 
Carrots, Peas,and Tomatoes were excellent. The schedule offered 
no inducement for superior staging, but it is yery probable that a 
liberal use of Parsley influenced the Judges in their detision with 
regard to the second-prize collection staged for the Society’s 
prizes, as this collection we thought inferior to others in the same 
class which received no award. Cucumbers generally were not 
superior, Exhibitors, as in this instance, too frequently err in 
staging too large overgrown specimens. Tomatoes were shown 
well, a round good-shaped variety of the Excelsior type receiy- 
ing the preference from the Judges. The Peas generally were 
very fine, those shown in competition for Messrs. Carter’s prizes— 
viz., Culverwell’s Telegraph, Carter’s Little Wonder, and Chal- 
lenger, being remarkably so. These varieties were largely shown 
in the other classes; also Laxton’s Supplanter, Criterion, Ne 
Plus Ultra, Dr. McLean, Suttons’ Giant Emerald Marrow, and 
Duke of Edinburgh. The competition for three varieties of Pota- 
toes was very spirited. The first-prize collection consisted of 
Snowflake, Porter’s Excelsior, and the Waterloo Kidney. A dish 
of the Prince of Wales Kidney was very good. White Tripoli 
Onions were very fine indeed, and there was some yery good 
unnamed white Celery exhibited. Cauliflowers througbout the 
Show were much too large. Some excellent Turnips were shown, 
the best being Suttons’ Snowball. Messrs. Sutton & Son’s prizes 
for collections of vegetables did not attract much competition, but 
this is accounted for from the fact of their conditions necessitat- 
ing the competitors growing their vegetables in the open air, and 
certain stipulated varieties were too late this season. The idea is 
a good one, as it gives gardeners with a limited quantity of glass 
a better chance against their more fayoured rivals. 
IMPLEMENTS.—The principal collections were referred to last 
week. Messrs. R. Halliday & Co. were awarded the gold medal 
for a collection of glass structures, and a silver medal for garden 
appliances, which included boilers and improved yalyes for hot- 
water pipes. Messrs. W. Rollisson & Co. were awarded a silver 
medal for a combined water and plant barrow, a very useful aid 
to nurserymen and gardeners. Besides the collections previously 
noticed we observed the patent paragon greenhouse and other 
structures glazed without putty, exhibited by Messrs. Horley of 
Toddington, Beds. Mr. J. H. Critchley of Cheltenham exhibited 
specimens of patent hot-water regulators, and a brass model of 
the large boilers in the Palm stove at Kew, shown by Messrs. 
Simpson & Co. of London. Mr. Matthews of Weston-super-Mare 
exhibited an extensive display of garden pottery. Fumigators, 
waterproof labels, paper flower pots, &c., were shown by Messrs, 
Blake & Mackenzie of Liverpool. Water engines and hose reels 
