Mat 18, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



401 



Mrs J Douglas; third, Mr. J. Edwards; 

 fourtli, Mr, \Vni. Barker; fifth, Mr. T. 

 Hliarpe; sixth, Mr. J. W. Bentley. Pair for 

 Maiden Growers.— First, Mr. Thos. Sharpe, 

 with Dean Hole and Attraction; second, ^\Jr. 

 \ Browuhill, with Pluto and Clio; third, 

 Mr Wm. Hyslop, with Blue Bell and Uranie. 



One Yellow Variety.— First, Mr. W. sM. 

 ^hipman, with Exquisite; second, Mr. G. D. 

 Hall - tliird, Mr. \\ . AI. Hyslop; fourth, Mr, 

 G \' Wright; fifth, Mr. G. D. A. Hall; and 

 sixth, Mr. John Tonge. One Light Variety, 

 -^irst Mr. John Tonge, with Lucreece; 

 second/ Mr. W. M. Shipman, with Argus; 

 third Mr. C. F. Faulkner, with Mildred Jay; 

 fourth, Mr. G. Geggie; fixth, Mr, John Stel- 

 fox; and sixth, Mr. G. D. A. Hall. 



ITiree Dissimilar. — First, Air. John Stelfox, 

 with Miss Baker, Rosy Morn, and Argus; 

 second, Mr. John Tonge; third, Mr. David 

 Johnson; and fourth, Mr. G. Geggie. Seed- 

 ling. — First, Mr. W. M. Shipman, with Miss 

 Molly; and second, with Marjorie ; third, Mr. 

 John Tonge, with Horace Grindrod. 



The premier alpine in the show was Vestal, 

 shown by Mr. J. W. Bentley. Challenge cup 

 winner ior alpines, Mr. W. M. Shipman, 

 Altrincham. Certificates for seedlings were 

 granted to the Rev. C. E. Bell for Xenophon; 

 to W. M. Shipman for Miss Molly and Mar- 

 jorie; and to Mr. John Touge for Horace 



Grindrod. 



LACED POLYAXTHUSES. 



For Three Dissimilar, Black Ground, I'oly- 

 anthuses. — First, Mr. J. W. Bentley, wntli 

 Exile, Tiny, and Mrs. Holden; second, Mr. 

 David Johnson, with N. Brownhill, Airs. 

 Brownliill, and Coronation ; third, Mr. X. 

 Brownhill. Three Dissimilar, Red Ground, 

 Polyanthuses. — First, Mr. David Johnson, 

 with Master Fred, Nellie, and King Alfonso; 

 >econd. Air. Norman Brownliill, with Red 

 King and two seedlings; third, Mr. J. W. 

 Bentley, with King, Middleton Favourite, 

 and George IV.; fourth, Mr. Wm. Grindrod. 

 Single, Biack Ground, Polyanthuses. — First, 

 Mr. Wm. Grindrod; second, Mr. Geo. Lord; 

 third, Mr. Wm. Grindrod; and fourth, Mr. 

 D. Johnson, with Mrs. Brownhill; fifth, Mr. 

 Wm. Stringer, with Mrs. Holden; sixth. Air. 

 J. W. Bentley. with Tiny. Single, Red 

 Ground, Polyanthuses. — First and second, 

 Mr. J. W. Bentley, with George IV. ; third, 

 Mr. Wm. Grindrod, with Mrs. Holden ; 

 fourth, Mr. David Johnson, with Nellie; 

 hfth iMr. Norman Brownhill. 



Premier polyanthus in the exhibition, Mrs. 

 Brownhill, ;shown by Mr. W. Grindrod. 



Challenge cup winner, Mr. James W. Bentlev 

 Stakehiil. 



National Tulip Society. 



The annual exhibition of this societv was 

 held under the auspices of the R.Hi's, at 

 Vinoent Square, on May 14. The show could 

 not be deemed a large one, but the competi- 

 tors, though few in number, could not he 

 accused of lack of interest, for they had 

 entered freely. The quality of the flowers 

 decidedly good, though "the comments of 

 a lashionable crowd could not be taken into 



accx)unt, or one might be led to think other- 

 wise. 



f^^^P^'^"*^^^ ^^^""^ ^^'^ twelve dissimilar r(>c- 

 nned tunps: there were four exhibitor>. the 

 ^rst prize xalling to Mr. A. D. Hall, Harpen- 

 ^n, who staged fine examples of George 

 ^ayward Annie McGregor, Bob Morley, 



J^f^l^^^' 'Mrs. Collier, Sir Jos. Pax- 

 Talisman, Mrs. Maurice Tweedie, 

 ^^esty Elizabeth Pegg, and Jas. Mackin- 

 (w' TT P^'^^ii^r feathered flower was 



-^^-^^^^d this .taud. Mr. C. W. 



aTmJ^^"^; ^''^'^ second, having good ex. 



amples of Sir J. Paxton, Duchess of Suther- 



feamuel Barlow, and Mrs. Sharp as 

 Ca\t !f ^^^amples, while Mr. J. W\ Bentlev, 

 Mr VV "^^^ w^th nice neat flowers, 



intr' fiV Cambridge, was fourth, hav- 



examn P/o"^'^^' ^^^^ flo^^^ ^ith a fine 



In u ''^^^"^^^^l Barlow, 

 ^*>rs \!*' ^''^''"^ ^^^"^^ ^^^'^ but three exhibi- 

 ^toc'kru r; * ^'^^dhani leading oft' with 



'lalisiLn \Y I' ^.^^^o^^ McGregor, 

 -^Ir. \ ii' -^^^^^^t^^i-piece, and Mrs. Collier. 



• ^- nail followed with qr<>nd pvnnnil*^^! 



of Talisman, Samuel Barlow, and Mabel. 

 Mr. J. W. Bentley was third. 



For three feathered varieties we had three 

 exhibitors, Mr. A. D. Hall winning well; 

 Garibaldi, Elizabeth Pegg, and Mrs. Collier; 

 while Mr. C. W. Needham followed with 

 Wm. Wilson, Adonis, and Mrs. Collier, and 

 Mr. J. W. Bentley was a good third. The 

 class for three flamed varieties apjieared to 

 he better supported. Air. W. Dunn being well 

 ahead with fine blooms of Samuel Barlow, 

 Annie McGregor, and Duchess of Sutherland, 

 Mr. W. Peters was second, and Mr. C. W. 

 N^eedham third. The management do not 

 consider it necessary to give the exhibitors' 

 addresses. For two varieties, one feathered, 

 one flamed, for the Samuel Barlow prizes, 

 Mr. W. Dunn was placed first with Sir J. 

 Paxton and Lord Lilford. Mr. J. W. Bentley 

 was second, and Mr. A. D. Hall third. 



The breeder class was most interesting, 

 and there were four entries. Mr, C. ^\ . 

 N^eedham w^on first with good, solid fiowors 

 of Goldfinder. Beauty of Litcliurtli. Lov.^i- 

 ness, Alfred Lloyd, Glory oi Sparkliill. and 

 Auuie McGregor. Mr. A. D. Hall was ^'coud 

 with larger tiowers, in which were Mrs. M. 

 Tweedie, Alcestis, Sigurd, T\ileiki, and two 

 seedlings. He also won the premier prize 

 for the best breeder with Sionird. Mr. W. 



Dunn was a capital third. 



For three breeders Mr. C. W. Needham was 

 frst, Mr. A. D. Hall second, and Mr. W. 

 Dunn third. The classes open to growers of 

 less than four hundred flowering bulbs se- 

 cured four entr.es, Mr. W. L. T. Loat, 

 Paignton, being first for six varieties, stag- 

 ing Sir J. Paxton, Annie McGregor, and 

 Jane in good form. Mr. A. K. Chater was 

 second, and Mr. R. W. Hall, Cambridge, 



third. 



Air. H. C. Bartiett was first for three 

 breeders, followed by Mr. W. L. S. Loat. 

 Mr. A. D. Hall was first with Mabel, in the 

 flamed rose flowers, also first in the feathered 

 rose, with Mrs. Collier. Mr. C. W. Needham 

 was first with a flamed bybloemen, with 

 Chancellor; while Mr. C. W. Needham was 

 first for a single bloom of feathered bybloe- 

 men with Stockport; while Mr. W. Dunn 

 won first for a feathered bizarre with a fine 

 flower of Lord Lilford. Mr. C. W. Needham 

 won first for the rose breeders with Annie 

 McGregor, also first with the best bybloemen 

 breeder, staging Talisman, and first with Dr. 

 Hardy as a bizarre breeder. The Rev. J. 

 Jacob, Whitchurch, was the only exhibitor 

 of six vases of garden tulips, and was de- 

 servedly awarded the first prize. Tlie varie- 

 ties sta^ged were Innocence, Hammer Hales, 

 A^ellow Spencer, Glare of the Garden, Toison 



d'Or, and Soloman. 



The same exhibitor w^as also first and only 

 exhibitor for six vases of Darwin tulips. . 



Scottish Horticultural 



Association. 



Tlie monthly meeting of this association 

 was held in the Goold^HalL o, St. Andrew 

 Square, Edinburgh, on the 7th inst., when, 

 under the title of " Some Impressions of 

 America and its Horticulture," Mr. James 

 Whvtock. Dalkeith House Gardens, gave au 

 lu'couiit. with lantern illustration^^, of a 

 tour MKulr last summer through parts of 

 Gntario and New York State, but mojc espe- 

 cially of the fruit-growing districts of tlie 

 former Mr. Massie, the president, was m 

 the chair, and there was an attendance of 



110 members. * 



Fruit-growing is one of the most important 

 rural industries in Ontario, and on the 

 ]>orders of Lake Ontario is one of the most 

 productive fruit-growing tracts on the Ameri- 

 can continent; in fact, between Toronto and 

 Hamilton one mav travel continuously 

 through orchard lands for 80 miles. The 

 chief fruits grown are apples and peaches, 

 and the latter find a ready market in the 

 large cities. Several large commercial horti- 

 cultural establishments were visited. In one 

 of these, the Dale Fstate. at Hramptou, there 

 were 22 acres under glass, eacli <»f the 

 houses, which were span-roofed, and 

 heated bv steam, being 8(K) feet long by 2^ 

 feet wide, and in these roses, carnations. 



chrysanthemums, etc., were grown by hun- 

 dreds of thousands, afl planted out on 

 benches running the full length of the house. 

 Large private horticultural establishments, 

 which are such a familiar feature liere, are 

 practically non-existent in Canada. Much 

 attention is g'iven to decorative gardening, 

 and to street trees in the large cities. The 

 public parks of Toronto, including orna- 

 mental water, cover over 1,600 acres, and 

 i:64,000 is spent annually upon these and the 

 street trees. The public parks and gardens 

 of New I'ork extend to 7,223 acres, and the 

 annual cost of upkeep is i;iG6,U0U, and, in 

 addition to this, jt8,(XJ0 is spent annually on 

 the street trees. 



On the motion of Mr. McHattie, Mr. Why- 

 tock received a very cordial vote of thanks. 



Ihe exhibits were: Eitteen vases of the 

 newest varieties of sweet peas, including 

 Lavender George Herbert (hxed), Lady 

 Miller, Dobbie's Scarlet, and Mrs. ( uthliert- 

 son, from Messrs. Dobbic and Co., Ldin- 

 burgh (aw^arded a silver-gilt nittlai); -eighty 

 vases of Darwin and late-fiowering tulips, 

 from Mr. D. W . Thomson, i.ainburgli 

 (awarded a silver-gilt medal); fourteen vases 

 of tulips (various), from Messrs. James 

 Grieve and Sons, Edinburgh (very highly 

 commended); liose Prince of Bulgaria, trom 

 xVIessrs. Todd and Co., Edinburgh ; hardy 

 rhododendrons, trom Mr. A. Johnstone, Hay 

 Lodge, Edinburgh; Echium sp., from ilr. 

 Tiios. Nicholson, Joppa; auriculas, fi-om Aliss 

 Burton, Polton ; aquilegiiis (.sei'dluig) Irom 

 Mr. J. Ihomson, Craigiehall, Lramond 

 Bridge ; myosotis and varieties of daisies, 

 from Mr. C. Comfort, Broomtield, Davidson's 

 Mains. 



The meeting on June 4 will be devoted to 

 the reading ot short papers by junior mem- 

 bers. 



Bournemouth Gardeners. 



At 



a recent meeting oi members, a 

 paper Oil "Strawberries,' by Miss ('. Ai^iu's 

 lioojjer, was read. This lady is a grt-at lover 

 of gardening in all its branches, and ;akes 

 a great interest in the Bourneinoutn Gar- 

 deners' Association. 



Ihe lecturer said she supposed there was 

 no fruit more generally likea than the straw- 

 berry, nor one more useful from the house- 

 wifes point of view. The tirst attempt to 

 cultivate tiu' straw^berry w^as in Eng. ana, and 

 this fruit was mentioned in the year 1440 in 

 an old song by one Alaster Jan Gardener, 

 and in the time oi Richard III. strawberries 

 were hawked about the street. Tlie first 

 horticultural variety, oi wiiich there is 

 any account, is " Ihe Fres^ant/' wliicii 

 dates from the year 1661». The lecturer 

 said that the cultivated strawberry was 

 probably from our own wild variety, and 

 the same wild variety was tound in 

 France, too, but England led the way in 

 its cultivation. Two hundred years ago 

 there appeared in both England and Frame 

 a new varietv nanuHl the Tine Apple >traw- 

 l>erry which ^nade a great sensation at the 

 t:me\ and it beeanu' the parent of all our 

 large-fruited varieties. It was named 

 Piue Apple because of the distinctive 

 flavour of its fruit, but no one ever 

 kiunv from Avhence it came. The first best 



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