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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ September 27, 1877. 



Park, third ; an extra third was awarded to Mr. J. Bolton. For 

 three dishes of kitchen Apples there were the same number of 

 competitors as in the previous class. Mr. Bowles, gardener to W. 

 Skinner, E-q., Maidstone, gained the first prize with very fine 

 "Warner's King, Lord Suffield, and Stone Apple or Mapson's 

 Seedling, very fine ; Mr. Rutland the second for Warnor's King, 

 Lord Suffield, and very fine Bleuheim Orange; Mr. Bailey, 

 Amersham, third; extra thirds were awarded to Messrs. J. 0. 

 Goldsmith, Roots, and G. Goldsmith. Pears, three kinds, six of 

 each, fifteen collections were staged. First, Mr. George Gold- 

 smith, gardener to P. C. Hardwick, Esq., Holladen, Tonbridge, 

 with Beurre d'Amanlis, Williams' Bon Chretien, and Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme; second, Mr. John Staples; third, Mr. Haycock; 

 and extra thirds to Mr. Holden, gardener to W. Balston, Esq., 

 Springfield, Maidstone, Kent; and Mr. James Dean, gardener 

 to S. W. Gower, Esq., Titsey P ark, Limpsfield. Extra prizes 

 were awarded to Mr. T. Jones, The Royal Gardens, Frogmore, 

 for thirty-six varieties of Pears and sixty varieties of Apples, 

 excellent; to Mr. W. Paul, The Nurseries, "Waltham Cross, for 

 a collection of 120 dishes of Apples, a fine display ; to Mr. Rut- 

 land, gardener to the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, for one 

 dozen Calebasse Pears, very fine ; to Mr. W. Wildsmith for 

 twenty-five dishes of Pears and Apples ; to Mr. L. A. Killick, 

 Mount Pleasant, Langley, Maidstone, for a collection of one 

 hundred varieties of Apples and Pears ; to Mr. C. Ross, gar- 

 dener to C. Eyre, Esq., Wilford Park, Newbury, for a fine col- 

 lection of Apples and Pears, about seventy dishes ; and to Messrs. 

 Paul & Son, The Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, for an admirable col- 

 lection of Apples in Bixty varieties. Mr. Sleet, gardener to Mrs. 

 Bailey, Norwood, also exhibited a good collection of twenty-four 

 dishes of Apples. 



Oiher extra prizes for fruit were awarded to Mr. G. W. Job- 

 son, gardener to W. H. Stone, Esq., Heme Hill, for three Queen 

 Pine Apples ; to Mr. C. Haycock, Barbam Court, for a good col- 

 lection of Peaches, Nectarines, and Oranges; and to Mr. J. 

 Peed, Roupell Park Nurseries, for Vines in pots. Mr. Davy, 

 gardener to J. Drew, Esq., Streatham, also exhibited creditable 

 Vines bearing ripe frnit. Amongst other noteworthy exhibits 

 we observed some very fine examples of Marie Louise, Doyenne 

 du Cornice, and General Todtleben Pears, which had been grown 

 in Sweden and exhibited, with a bunch of Grapes above noticed, 

 by Mr. Lovey. An attractive collection of twenty-four dishes 

 of Tomatoes were exhibited from the Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Gardens, Chiswick. The finest red was the " Old Red," 

 the smoothest Hathaway's Excelsior. The best yellow was 

 Carter's Green Gage — a very attractive collection. 



CUT FLOWEB8. 



In ordinary years to have looked for a good show of cut 

 flowers in London on the 20th of September would have been 

 " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare ;" but this has not been 

 an ordinary year. All through the various seasons every- 

 thing has been from a fortnight to three weeks late, and there- 

 fore not only were cut flowers shown in considerable quan- 

 tities but also in excellent condition. The show of Dahlias, for 

 instance, was not perhaps quite so extensive as we have seen 

 it at the Palace, but probably a better lot of flowers was never 

 staged, and it was a pleasure to find not only the veteran of 

 Salisbury coming out in grand style, but that Mr. Turner is 

 again entering the lists, and the Messrs. Rawlings of Romford 

 occupying a prominent place, Mr. G. Rawlings having until 

 very recently only exhibited seedlings. The terrible season in 

 Scotland hindered the Scotch growers of Gladioli from compet- 

 ing. Messrs. Kelway & Son were, however, there in full force 

 with splendid blooms, and there were other exhibitors, of whom 

 more anon : and Asters were shown iu beautiful order, while 

 Roses were really grand for the season. There is evidently an 

 attachment amongst horticulturists to the Crystal Palace, for 

 the prizes were not large, yet they sufficed to bring together a 

 considerable number of exhibitors. 



In the class for forty-eight Dahlias the first prize was awarded 

 to Mr. J. Keynes for a splendid box containing fine blooms of 

 Henry Walton, Masterpiece, H. Glasscock, Seedling, Matilda, 

 Perfection of Primroses, Dauntless, John McPherson, Vice- 

 President, A. Oramond, Seedling, Herbert Turner, Thomas 

 Goodwin, Criterion, Ethel Newcombe, J. N. Keynes, Rev. J.B.M. 

 Cumin, Queen of Beauties, J. Boston, Charles Leicester, Picotee, 

 John Bennett, Queen's Messenger, Hon. S. Herbert, Seedling, 

 John Standish, Cremorne, James Service, Henry Bond, Mrs. 

 Harris, Burgundy, Prince Arthur, Willie Eckford, Ecoentric, 

 Flag of Truce, Royal Queen, J. W. Lord, Prince of Prussia, 

 Simon Neate, Flora Wyatt, John Wyatt, and Mrs. J. Downie. 

 No finer box of Dahlias has ever been shown than this. Messrs. 

 Rawlings, Bros., of Romford, were second with a very fine box. 

 Conspicuous amongst the blooms were Baron Taunton, Acme of 

 Perfection, Earl of Beaconsfield, and Countess of Pembroke. 

 Mr. Charles Turner was third. Amongst his blooms the most 

 noticeable were Mrs. Stoncomb, Miss Pressly, Toison d'Or, 

 Silvia, Grand Duchess, Tiffany, and Barmaid. In the class for 

 twenty-four fancies Mr. Keynes was again first with a grand 

 stand of the following :— Rev. J. B. M. Camm, Maid of Athens, 



Herbert Purchas, Mrs. Sanders, Parrot, Letty Coles, Richard 

 Dean, Mons. Chauvesse, Carnation, Fanny Start, Laura Haslam, 

 Robert Burns, Henry Glasscock, Miss L. Large, Tippy Bob, 

 Flora Wyatt, Hercules, Octoroon, Eccentric, Lucy Wyatt, En- 

 chantress, Mios Bond, Samuel Bartlett, and a seedling. Mr. 

 Seale of Sevenoaks was second, and Mr. C. Turner third. A 

 large number of stands were shown by amateurs, and many of 

 them in very fine condition. It would hardly be poBBible to find 

 a finer twelve than those exhibited by Mr. Glasscock, for which 

 he was awarded first prize; they were Henry Walton, James 

 Cocker, Mrs. Harris, Thomas Goodwin, Orid, Flag of Truce, 

 Willie Eckford, Queen's Messenger, Prince Arthur, J. N. Keynes, 

 Mrs. Standish, and Rev. Dr. Moffatt. Second prize went to Mr. 

 Fewkes, Tyburn, Erdington, near Birmingham; and third to 

 Mr. Slack, Queen Street, Chesterfield. In fancies Mr. Glasscock 

 was again first with Mr. H. Glasscock, Miss L. Large, John Lam- 

 bert, Flora Wyatt, Galatea, Parrot, Letty Coles, Queen of Spots, 

 Grand Sultan, Viceroy, and Miss Boyd. Mr. W. Steer, Pope 

 Street, Eltham, won second ; and Mr. Fewkes third. 



Of Asters there was a fine display, and I never remember to 

 have seen finer French Asters than those exhibited by Messrs. 

 Saltmarsh of Chelmsford; while Mr. Betteridge's Quilled Asters 

 amply sustained his well-earned reputation as the first grower 

 in England. In twenty-four French Asters Mr. H. Saltmarsh 

 was first; Mr. John Morgan, gardener to Major Scott, Wray 

 Park, Reigate, second; Mr. Lewis Morgan, DoocLs Road, Reigate, 

 third. In twenty-four Quilled or German Asters Mr. Betteridge 

 was first, Mr. Wheeler of Warminster second, and Mr. Gilkes 

 third. In twelve Asters Mr. Brown was first, Mr. John Morgan 

 second, and Mr. Lakin of Chipping Norton third. 



Have Roses ever been shown in the month of September so 

 good as on this occasion ? I do not remember ever seeing such 

 a box as that of Mr. Corp's at this season ; not only were the 

 Roses large and fresh, but they were every one of them in cha- 

 racter, so that there was no difficulty in determining what they 

 were. Messrs. Paul & Sons' and Mr. Harrison's of Darlington 

 were also very fine, but Mr. Corp's was a long way ahead, and is 

 another triumph for the seedling Briar as affording late blooms. 

 But it must be remembered that these were cut from maidens. 

 They were (twenty-four trebles) Marquise de Liparis, Loois Van 

 Houtte, Camille Bernardin, Marecbal Niel, Senateur Vaisse, 

 Comteese de Serenyi, Niphetos, Madame Charles Wood, La 

 France, Etienne Levet, Marie Baumann, Marie Van Houtte, 

 Paul Neyron, Sir Garnet Wolseley, Madame Victor Verdier, 

 Capitaine Christy, Prince Camille de Rohan, Devienne Lamy, 

 M. Alice Dureau, Pierre Notting, Baronne de Rothschild, Alfred 

 Colomb, Emilie Hausburg, and Mons. Boncenne. Messrs. Paul 

 and Son were a good second; and Mr. Harrison, or rather his re- 

 presentatives, third with a good boxful of too full-blown flowers, 

 with probably the best treble of Madame Willermoz ever shown. 



In Gladioli the place of honour must be given to Messrs. 

 Kelway & Son, who exhibited a stand of thirty-six blooms of 

 their own seedlings of surpassing excellence ; the flowers were 

 all large, the spikes grand, and the colouring fresh and bright. 

 Conspicuous among them were Duchess of Edinburgh, a lilac- 

 rose flower of great excellence ; the other varieties were also 

 splendid. This stand was not exhibited for competition. In 

 the class for thirty-six Mr. George Wheeler of Warminster was 

 first. Amongst his flowers tbere were a large number of seed- 

 lings and some good spikes of named flowers, especially Adolpho 

 Brongniart and Leandre. Mr. Coppin was second with a very 

 indifferent stand. In the class for twenty-four tbe Rev. H. H. 

 Dombrain was first with a stand in whioh were some fine spikes, 

 while others told of the straits to which he was driven to make 

 up a stand of twenty-four on September 20th. Thev were 

 Marchioness of Lothian, Meyerbeer, Mignon, Antiope, Zampa, 

 Norma, Eugene Scribe, Etendard, Horace Vernet, Leda, Chris- 

 tophe Colomb, Venus, Panorama, Chloris, Murillo, Lydie, 

 Adolphe Brongniart, Amaranth, Frametta, Ltaudre, and Psyche. 

 Mr. Julius Sladden of Chipping Norton was second. 



In the miscellaneous class some admirable stands of Roses 

 were shown by Messrs. William Paul & Son, Mr. Cranston, Mr. 

 Turner, and Mr. Corp. Amongst Mr. W. Paul's was a very 

 promising seedling called Pride of Waltham, as shown some- 

 thing between Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier and Madame Marie 

 Cointet, also Hero of Waltham. Mr. Turner had a beautiful 

 collection of bouquet Dahlias consisting of Flora Macdonald, 

 yellow ; Startler, lilac-tipped ; Little Arthur, orange ; White 

 Aster, white ; Baby Waite, lilac ; Louis Rodani, deep lilac ; 

 Crimson Beauty, dark orimson ; VeBta, white ; Amelie Barbier, 

 white-tipped; and Little Dear, white-tipped. He had also some 

 baskets of charming plants of Tree or Perpetual-flowering Car- 

 nations, comprising Sir Garnet Wolseley, Vestal, Balaolava, 

 Coronation, Lady of Avenel, white ; Osman Pasha, red ; Gaelder 

 Rose, white; Amateur, light crimson ; Mazeppa, flaked ; and Rose 

 Perfection. Extra prizes were awarded to the several exhibitors. 



First-olass certificates were awarded to Mr. C. Turner for 

 seedling Dahlias Charles Lidgard and Lady Golightly, and for 

 Potato Schoolmaster ; to Messrs. Kelway & Sons, Langport, 

 Somerset, for seedling Gladioli Maroianus, John Laing, Venulus, 



