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JODBNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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font it was rightly withheld. Third and fourth awards were 

 made to Mr. Reid, gardener to D. Barrie, Esq., Elmbank, Dum- 

 fries, and Mr. Kirk, Ernspie House, Castle Douglas. A wretch- 

 edly poor class. Alicantee. — First Mr. Masson, Marchmonk, 

 Dumfries ; bunch medium, berries good. Second Mr. Paterson, 

 Dryfeholme, Lockerbie ; poor buncb, very fine berries. Third 

 Mr. Peel, gardener to E. P. Sheldon, Esq., Carlisle. Lady 

 Downe's.— First Mr. Eeid, Rockfield ; fairly good. Third, Mr. 

 Dickson, Arkleton ; not ripe. Gros Guillaume. — First Mr. Fer- 

 guson ; bunch large, berries small but well coloured. Third 

 Mr. Bruce. Muscat Hamburgh. — First withheld; second Mr. 

 ■Paterson; third Mr. Reid, Elmbank — a poor class. In the next 

 Jour classes for one bunch of any black GraDes, one of Muscat 

 of Alexandria, one of Golden Champion, and one of Canon Hall 

 Muscat, the Judges knew their business too well to award any 

 prizes. In the class for any other sort of white Grapes Mr. 

 Kirk won with a remarkably fine forked bunch of Buckland 

 Sweetwater weighing 6 or 7 lbs., full and clean, and well worthy 

 of its prize. Mr. Miles, Wycombe Abbey, was second with a 

 good tapering bunch of Trebbiano weighing &i lbs., and Mr. 

 Paterson third with Buckland Sweetwater. 



In the heaviest-bunch class we have nothing sensational to 

 Tecord. Mr. Dickson, gardener to J. Jardine, Esq., Arkleton, 

 who during a series of years has exhibited so remarkably in this 

 -class, won with to him a small bunch of Syrian weighing 9 lbs. 

 13 ozs. ; and in the corresponding class for black Grapes he won 

 with a Black Alicante weighing 6 lbs. IS ozs. 



In the next class, for one bunch not less than 1 lb. in weight 

 having the finest bloom, there were seventeen competitors. A 

 •few of the bunches were indifferent, but others, especially the 

 •prizewinners, were excellent. The premier prize was won by 

 Mr. Lees, gardener to the Marquis of Downshire, Hillsborough 

 Castle, Co. Down, with a well-shaped medium-Bized bunch of 

 Cooper's Black. The berries were faultless in appearance, carry- 

 ing a fine bluish-black bloom of great intensity. Mr. Curror, 

 Eskbank, was second with a densely coloured bunch of Alicante, 

 •and Mr. Masson was third with the same variety. 



Melons. — About two dozen of fruits were staged. They were 

 ■not of extraordinary excellence, but were generally superior to 

 Melons which have been exhibited in the south during the past 

 two years. In the green-fleshed claBS Mr. Coleman was first 

 with a handsome and excellent fruit of Eastnor Castle ; Mr. 

 Kinnaird, gardener to T. H. Graham, Esq., Edmond Castle, 

 second; and Mr. Sandford third. In the scarlet-fleshed seotion 

 Mr. Halliday, Wemyss Castle, was first with a seedling of extra 

 rich flavour; Mr. Sandford second; and Mr. Leslie, gardener 

 <;o W. Maxwell, Esq., Dalbeattie, third. Mr. Kemp, gardener 

 to J. Dalrymple, Esq., Langlee, Galashiels, exhibited an oval- 

 shaped deeply ribbed fruit weighing 14 lbs. 11 ozs.. which was 

 -highly commended ; and Mr. C. Tyler, Hassobury, Bishop Staf- 

 ford, Herts, exhibited a new variety named President, one of 

 the most promising Melons that has lately been submitted for 

 public adjudication. The fruit is round, medium-sized, and 

 handsomely netted; flesh rather firm yet melting, very juicy, 

 and of remarkable riohness. It was awarded a first-class cer- 

 tificate. 



In the class for Figs Mr. Halliday, gardener to the Earl of 

 Mansfield, won with an excellent dish of the White Genoa, Mr. 

 Coleman being second with capital examples of Brown Turkey, 

 and Mr. Paterson third. 



Peaches. — The show of this fruit was only of moderate extent, 

 but some capital dishes were staged. In the class for twelve 

 fruits in two varieties Mr. Leydon won with Barrington and 

 Noblesse, fine both in size and colour. Mr. Fox, Carnforth, was 

 second with Bellegarde and Royal George, and Mr. Dickson, 

 Arkleton, third with Royal George and Noblesse. For dishes 

 of six fruits there were ten competitors. Mr. McFarlane, gar- 

 dener to T. Pilkington, Esq., Knowsley Cottage, Preseot, won 

 with a very fine dish of Barrington. Mr. Fox was second, and 

 Mr. Lees, Hillsborough Castle, third with the same variety. 



Nectarines. — The principal prizetakers were Mr. Hannagan, 

 Hooton Hall, Chester, Mr. Dickson, Arkleton, and Mr. Craig, 

 Wykeham Abbey, York, who were placed in the order of their 

 names with creditable dishes. 



Peaks and Apples, with the exception of the Royal and the 

 foreign collections, were not noteworthy. For twenty varieties, 

 two fruits each, ripe or unripe, Mr. Jones, gardener to Her 

 Majesty the Queen, Frogmore, was far in advance of the other 

 competitors. He staged admirable examples of Beurre Bache- 

 lier, Madame Treyve, British Queen, Vicar of Winkfield, Chan- 

 cellor, Beurre Bosc, Victoria, Beurre Ranee, Kingsessing, Beurre 

 Clairgeau, BeurriS Benoit, Marie Louise, Coi'seiller de la Cour, 

 Williams' Duchesse, Autumn Nelis, Williams' Bon Chretien, 

 Van Mons Leon Leclerc, Doyenn6 BousBoch, Beurre Diel, Brock- 

 worth Park. Messrs. Gellender & Sons, Newcastle, had the 

 Second, and Mr. Miles the third prize. In the corresponding 

 collection of Apples Mr. Jones was similarly in advance of his 

 rivals with the following good varieties : — Flower of Herts, 

 Ecklinville, Braddick's Nonpareil, Hawthornden, Boston Russet, 

 Wellington, Blenheim Pippin, Old Orange Pippin, RibBton 



Pippin, RoBemary Russet, King of the Piopins, Cox's Pomona, 

 Hollandbury, Waltham Abbey SeedliDg, Hoary Morning, Duke 

 of Gloucester, Frogmore Prolific, Brown's Seedling, Betty 

 Geeson, Frogmore Seedling (No. 1). Mr. Miles had the second 

 prize for a capital collection. The first prize of £15 for a collec- 

 tion of Apples and Pears of foreign growth was won by Mr. 

 Adolphe D. Heine of Ghent with upwards of fifty varieties of 

 Pears and thirty of Apples. These collections prevented the 

 title of the Show, "International," from being a misnomer. 

 They were good, but not equal to the Frogmore collections. 

 Plums were very scantily exhibited. The chief prizewinners 

 were Mr. Dickson, Arkleton, and Mr. McKelvie, who staged 

 good dishes. Gooseberries and Currants were good, a dish of 

 the Red Currant La Versaillaise from Mr. Wallis, Kirkby Hall, 

 being very fine. 



The special prizes of £5, £3, and £2, offered by J. Jardine, 

 EBq., of Arkleton, for eight varieties of hardy fruit, brought out 

 seven admirable collections. The first prize was won by Mr. 

 Sandford, gardener to the Earl of Bective, with Plums (two 

 varieties), Pears, Apples, Peaches, Gooseberries, Currants, and 

 Cherries. Messrs. Turner Bros., Liverpool, were second, and 

 Mr. Vouds, Scotby, third. 



Only one other collection of fruit demands notice — namely, a 

 collection of British-grown fruit of the Orange tribe. This was 

 contributed by Mr. Mnir, gardener to C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., 

 M.P., Margam Park, Glamorganshire. Ten varieties were 

 staged — Citrons, Shaddocks, Lemons in two and Oranges in 

 six varieties, the largest exhibit we remember seeing of this 

 character, and an extra prize was worthily awarded. 



PLANTS. 



Although the spread of fruit was not equal to that of former 

 northern displays known as international, yet the collections of 

 plants at Carlisle far surpassed those of either Dundee or Edin- 

 burgh. Many grand specimens were staged in competition, and 

 remarkably good and extensive miscellaneous groups were 

 arranged by the nurserymen. 



In the nurserymen's olass for twenty stove and greenhouse 

 plants the £20 prize was won by Mr. Troughton, manager to the 

 Preston Nursery and Pleasure Garden Company, with an excel- 

 lent and admirably arranged group. In the centre were three 

 Tree Ferns, on each side of which were capital specimens of 

 Lapageria rosea on a 5-feet globe, Cycas circinalis, a splendid 

 plant; Dionedule; Eurya latifolia variegata, oval-shaped, 5 feet 

 high, effective; Areca aemula, &c. The second prize of £15 

 went to Messrs. J. & R. Thyne, Glasgow, who also arranged a 

 capital collection, including a very fine Areca Bawcri, Cyathea 

 Burkei, Aatrocaryum mexicanum, Latania borbonica, Cycas 

 revoluta, brightened with such plants as Croton Johannis in 

 splendid colour, Pancratium grandiflorum, and Heaths; a re- 

 markably fine specimen of Adiantum. caneatum was included 

 in this group. Messrs. Clark, Bros., Carlisle, were awarded the 

 remaining prize for a creditable collection. 



In the olass for six Orchids in bloom Mr. B. S. Williams, Vic- 

 toria and Paradise Nurseries, Holloway, was easily first. He 

 staged a very good and remarkably attractive specimen of On- 

 cidium Marshalli with six fine spikes, Odontoglossum Alexandria 

 fimbriatum, an exceedingly fine variety of this fine Orchid; 

 Cypripedium Sedeni, Vanda suavis, and Odontoglossum Reich- 

 enemii. Mr. Pattinson, St. Ann's Hill, Carlisle, was awarded the 

 second prize. In the class for ten exotic Ferns the prizes went 

 to the Pre6ton Nursery Company, Messrs. J. & R. Thyne, and 

 Mr. James Service, Maxweltown, Dumfries, in the order named, 

 who each exhibited good collections, which were arranged in 

 circular groups in the central pavilion tent. The Tree Ferns 

 were also placed in this tent between the other groups. The 

 chief prizes went to Messrs. James Dickson & Sons, Newton 

 Nurseries, Chester, with very tall Dicksonias, and Messrs. J. &R. 

 Thyne with Cyathea moduilaris. 



In the class for twelve new plants not in commerce the first 

 prize was awarded to Mr. William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea, 

 and second to Mr. B. S. Williams. These collections were much 

 discussed by the visitors, and were generally considered to be 

 of equal excellence ; both of them were good. Mr. Bull's plants 

 consisted of Zamia princeps, very elegant; Croton formosnm 

 and C. triumphans, stately and bright; Dieffenbachia Shuttle- 

 worthii, Alocasia Johnstonii, Aralia splendidissima, Bowenia 

 spectabilis serrulata, Curmeria Wallisii, and Dracaena Goldieana. 

 The Holloway plants were Croton Prince of Wales, a fine droop- 

 ing spiral-leaved variety of good colour; C. lancifolium and 

 C. imperator, bold and finely coloured ; Draccenas Scottee, 

 superba, and the beautiful Bausei; Nepenthes phyllamphora 

 variegata, Thrinax gracillima, Jambosa acida, Adiantum. 

 Williamsii, Cibotium nigrescens, and Aralia nobilis. 



Conifebs. — These were arranged in the open air. Very fine 

 collections were shown by Messrs. W. Barron & Son, The 

 Nurseries, Borrowash, who had the first honours for fifteen 

 varieties ; Messrs. Dickson & Turnbull, Perth, who were second ; 

 and Messrs. Little & Ballantyne, Carlisle, who had the remain- 

 ing prize. The last-named firm also exhibited a valuable mis- 

 cellaneous collection. Messrs. Clark, Bros., ^a'so contributed 



