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JOURXAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ November 22, 1S77. 



generally thin and over-trained. For standards Mr. Polly, 

 gardener to H. Rogers, Esq., Oatlands ; Mr. Masters, gardener 

 to F. Day, Esq., Oatlands, and Mr. Millican, were placed in the 

 order named for creditable specimens, with stems about 3 feet 

 high, and close well-bloomed heads 2 feet in diameter. Pyra- 

 mids were not good — indeed, the best plants, those of Mr. 

 Morgan, gardener to S. J. Du-Croz, Esq., were not pyramids at 

 all, but columns. Mr. Reynolds had the best single specimen — 

 a fine example of Hereward 5 feet in diameter. Pompons, 

 except the half globes of Mr. Masters and the standards of Mr. 

 Polly, were not superior ; many of them were late, and others 

 over-trained. 



The cut blooms were better than the plants. In the class for 

 fwenty-four incurved varieties Messrs. Cornhil), Polly, and 

 Reynolds were placed in the order of their names; and for 

 twelve blooms Messrs. Boxall, PloughmaD, and Morgan. The 

 best blooms were White Globe, Blush Queen, White Venus, 

 Mrs. Halliburton, Princess of Wales, Alfred Salter, Lady Har- 

 dinge, Jardin des Plantes and its bronze varieties, Golden 

 Beverley, Barbara, St. Patrick, Pink Perfection, Prince Alfred, 

 and Prince of Wales. The best reflexed varieties were Chevalier 

 Domage, Dr. Sharpe, Felicitc, Julie Lagraviere, Alma, Cloth of 

 Gold, Mount Etna, and Progne, and the successful exhibitors of 

 them were Messrs. Cornhill, Millican, and Masters. Japanese 

 were very good. For twenty-four blooms the prizes were won 

 by Messrs. Millican, Cornhill, and Masters with capital col- 

 lections. The best sorts, and gay they were, were Elaine, Gloire 

 i.e Toulouse, Yellow Dragon, Bismarck, La Nymphe, Hero of 

 Magdala, Nuit d'Hiver, Rob Roy, Fulton, and Fulgore. The 

 best Pompons were Mdlle. Martbe, James Forsyth, Florence, 

 Bob, President, Miss Talfourd, White Trevenna, and the Cedo 

 Nullis. Messrs. Masters, Cornhill, and Polly secured the 

 prizes with excellent f-tands. 



Messrs. Jackson & Sons, Kingston, exhibited superior stands, 

 including some of the newer varieties of Japanese; of these 

 Fulton, rich yellow, and Fulgore, rosy purple, are well deserv- 

 ing of extensive cultivation. The Show was well managed and 

 patronised. 



STOEE NEWINGTON. 



At the Assembly Rooms, Church Street, Stoke Newington, 

 was held on the 16th inst. a very creditable Exhibition of Chrys- 

 anthemums, fine-foliaged plants, &c. For the best collection 

 of ten Chrysanthemums in pots Mr. J. Monk, gardener to 

 Henry Head, Esq., Stamford Hill, obtained the firtt honours. 

 In this collection were two remarkable pyramids of Rifleman 

 and Prince of Wales. They were 5 feet high and well bloomed 

 and furnished. For Eix plants in HA-inch pots Mr. Monk was 

 the only exhibitor, stagine capital examples of Golden G. 

 Glenny, Miss Hope, Mrs. G. Rundle, Venus, Prince of Wales, 

 and Lord Derby. The same exhibitor was first for six and four 

 in the classes for Pompons ; and Mr. F. Wells, gardener to F. A. 

 Smee, Esq., Woodbury Down, second, but many of the flowers 

 were not open. 



For six foliage plants in pots not to exceed 12 inches in diame- 

 ter Mr. Beale, gardener, Page Green, Tottenham, was first; and 

 Mr. Monk second. For eight table plants the table was turned, 

 Mr. Monk being first, Mr. Beale second. Both exhibited well. 



Cut Blooms. — In the open class for twenty-four blooms Mr. 

 Langdon, gardener to Dr. Monro, Brook House, was the only 

 exhibitor and staged an excellent collection. In the class for 

 twelve blooms Mr. Butcher was first. His best blooms were 

 John Salter, Prince Alfred, and Rev. J. Dix. Mr. Monk was 

 second in this collection. Mr. Brunlees, St. Patrick, a-d Princess 

 of Walos were very fine. In the class for Bix blooms Mr. 

 Butcher was first, Mr. Langdon second, and Mr. Monk third. 



In the class open for amateurs residing in Hackney and Fins- 

 bury, of Bix blooms, T. G. Godwin, Esq., secured first honours 

 with a fine lot. In the open class for twelve Mr. Hammond, York 

 Lodge, Stamford Hill, was first with very good blooms, includ- 

 ing Prince Alfred, Mr. Heales, and Princess Beatrice, remark- 

 ably good. In the clais for six blooms there were five boards, 

 first honours going to Mr. Butcher, second Mr. Hammond, third 

 Mr. Goderer, Mr. Beale and Mr. South being equal fourth. 



In the maiden class for six blooms Mr. Hammond was first 

 with very fine blooms of Prince Alfred, Mrs. Heales, White 

 Venus, Nil Desperandum, Princess Beatrice, and Mrs. George 

 Rundle. Mr. Oubridge, G, Church Road, Stoke Newington, 

 second. Noticeable on this board was White Globe and Princess 

 Teck. Standards were very well Bhown by Mr. Langdon and 

 Mr. Wells, the former exhibiting large-flowering kinds, and the 

 other exhibitor PompoDS, each receiving a first prize, which 

 Was well merited. 



In the miscellaneous collections were good collections of 

 Cyclamens from Mr. Monk, and Mr. Butcher was a very good 

 second. A very good group of Solanums came from Mr. Rochford, 

 Page Green, Tottenham. Mr. Stroud also exhibited a group of 

 useful decorative plants. Mr. Shirley Hibberd exhibited some 

 fine pans of Watercresses which he cultivates so successfully ; 

 Mr. Oubridge of the Church Road Nurseries staged very good 

 decorative plants, also six fine plants of Elaine Chrysanthemum 



and bouquets. He also had the arrangement of the Exhibition, 

 which was very well carried out. 



WESTMINSTER AQUARIUM. 



The Borough of Hack! ey (late Stoke Newington) Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society held their Show in the above building on the 20th 

 and 21st inst. At most exhibitions of the year the cut blooms 

 have been superior to the plantB, but at the Aquarium the plants 

 were bettor than the blooms. Many fine examples of culture 

 were exhibited. 



The classes for large-flowered varieties in HA-inch pots were 

 well filled ; that accomplished grower Mr. Hall, gardener to 

 W. Stevens, Esq., Lower Tulse Hill, having the first place in 

 the premier class for six plants. The specimens were net mora 

 remarkable for their symmetry — the pots being nearly hidden — 

 than for the fine foliage and excellent blooms, of which Mrs. 

 Dixon had more than a hundred, and Faust — a grand plant — 

 about fifty, all of exhibition quality. The Becond-prize plants of 

 Mr. Rainbow were also extremely fine, but the blooms were 

 smaller. Mrs. Dixon and Mrs. G. Rundle have each about two 

 hundred flowers. Amongst the standards were some excellent 

 specimens. The sterna are about Sh feet high, and the umbrella- 

 Bhaped heads about 3 feet in diameter ; the blooms are very 

 regular and the foliage good. These plants reflect much credit 

 on the suecesful cultivators. The Pompons were not equal to 

 the large-flowering varieties, being generally later and more 

 unequally furnished. The best of the reds was Bob, of yellows 

 St. Michael, and of whites Mdlle. Marthe. Messrs. E. G. 

 Henderson & Sons, St. John's Wood, had a first-class certificate 

 for a new variety with pale carmine red flowers, glossy and 

 well formed ; also for a small plant of a large-flowered variety 

 named Variegata, the colour being deep rose slightly tipped with 

 white, a variety that will be looked for when the plant becomes 

 stronger and the flowers larger. This firm exhibited a collection 

 of well-grown plants ; and Mr. Turner, Slough, brought his 

 grafted standards. Some of the heads were formed of half a 

 dozen varieties, and produced a novel effect. There appears to 

 be no more difficulty in having a number of varieties on one 

 stem than in budding half a dozen Roses on one Briar. 



Cut blooms were not very numerous nor large, yet very fresh, 

 and many of them of excellent quality. The leading varieties 

 will be found mentioned in our reports of other shows, and it is 

 not necessary to repeat them. We could not wait to obtain the 

 names of the prizewinners, the system of exhibiting under 

 numbers and affixing the cards afterwards (now nearly obsolete), 

 being a circumlocutory process worthy of the " dark ages," when 

 judges were not to be trusted, and time appeared to be of less 

 value than it is in the latest days of the nineteenth century. The 

 old system was, however, made the best of, and the Show, a 

 good one, was well managed by Mr. Holmes. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



Perhaps the largest and moEt imposing display of Chrys- 

 anthemums in England is now on view in the Victoria Park, 

 London. The individual blooms are not finer, if so fine, as 

 the best examples at the Crystal Palace ; but the number of 

 plants — with blooms of high average quality — exceed any col- 

 lection that has this year come under our notice. Altogether 

 five thousand admirably-grown plants are arranged under a 

 eanvas-covered framework, three thousand of the large-flower- 

 ing varieties and two thousand Pompons. The canvas shed 

 is 100 yards in length, and faces the south. It is by the side 

 of the broad walk near the principal group of flower beds, and 

 the plants have been inspected and admired by thousands of 

 visitors. About a hundred sorts are in flower, and there are 

 many splendid blooms of all the leading varieties. Glnck is 

 especially fine and is highly effective. It is noteworthy that 

 the plants have not had the advantage of glass to assist the 

 opening of the blooms. It is a most successful display, and 

 Mr. Mclntyre and his assistants deserve a hearty vote of thanks 

 for providing it. The collection will continue attractive for a 

 week or ten days. 



We hear that Mr. George Deal, an active partner in 



the firm of Messrs. Weeks & Co., Chelsea, has been elected to 

 the vacant seat in the directorate of the West London Com- 

 mercial Bank, Sloane Square, Chelsea. 



■ The following prizes were awarded at Messrs. James 



Carter & Co.'s Metropolitan Root Show, which was held in 

 the Agricultural Hall, Islington, last week: — Mr. Pragnell, 

 the Gardens, Sherborne Castle, was placad first for twelve 

 dishes of vegetables, followed by J. Neighbour, Esq.; Mr. 

 Iggulden, gardener to R. B. Wingfield-Baker, Esq., and W. S. 

 Baldwin, Esq., in the order named. In the Potato classes — 

 namely, for twenty tubers of Snowflake, Red-skin Flourball, 

 Improved Magnum Bonum, and American Breadfruit, the 

 successful exhibitors were Mr. Pink, gardener to Lord Sondes ; 



