ilAY 25, 1912. 



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modated under the centre of one of the 

 arches of the big tent, and in the general 

 arrangement of the plants one expected some- 

 thing better at' an international show. We 

 noticed that Mr. G. A. Hammond, of Bur- 

 ges6 Hill, won £> silver cup for ten roeses 

 .with excellent plants, and the same ex- 

 hibitor had a second prize for twenty dis- 

 tinct roses, which, to say the best of them, 

 were commonplace. Mr, James Brown, Man- 

 chester, won in this class with fairly good 

 plants. Tlie last-named exhibitor had really 

 good plants, which won for him first prize in 

 the class for six pillar roses, and he also won 

 the King's Acre Nursery Cup with a nicely- 

 arranged group of roses. In the class for 

 ten pot rose6, distinct, Mr. Charles Turner 

 won first prize, and we were rather struck 

 with a group of single-flowering roses shown 

 by Messrs. Frank Cant and Co. For twelve 

 ro^s, sent out since January, 1909, Messrs. 

 Frank Cant and Co. won, and the same firm 

 ohowed a nice group of 100 polyantha roses, 

 in which class also Mr. Charles Turner exhi- 

 bited a nice collection. A gold medal was 

 won by Mr. Charles Turner in the class for 



the intersecting 

 the path w^eeping 



Perkins, White 

 other roses were 

 the four 



garden, with a rough flagged pathway run- 

 ning down the centre and aeross the middle, 

 an old sundial marking 

 point. On either side of 

 standards of Dorothy 

 Dorothy, Hiawatha, and 

 gay with flowers, and in the four large 

 sunken beds tea and hybrid tea roses, dwarfs, 

 and standards gave of their fragrance and 

 beauty over a groundwork of violas. 



Messrs. F, Cant and Co. won a cup with a 

 group of cut roses that stood conspicuously 

 alone on the table, but on the other side was 

 a fine bank of ramblers, and others from 

 Met%srs. B. R. Cant and Sons, Colchester. 

 The la^st-named firm had first for tlie 

 best six blooms of any rose not in commerce, 

 and for a climbing rose not in commerce 

 Mr. Charles Turner won with a seedling 

 called Ophelia. 



Messrs. G. Mount and Sons showed some 

 very fine specimens of roses in the class for 

 bunches. Conspicuous amongst them were 

 Frau Karl Druschki, Liberty, White Killar- 

 ney, and Mrs. John Laing. Tlie Feeond 



ing were superb; every flower was of the 

 highest excellence, and the soft rosy forms, 

 like Ladv Howick, Castor, Cassandra, Car- 

 dinal Wolseley, and Pinkie were charming 

 among the scarlet, orange, crimson, - and 

 wliite forms. Among the latter White Wings 

 stood out conspicuously good. It was a 

 great exhibit, and deserved its premier 

 award. Messrs. Wm. Bull and Sons, Chel- 

 sea; Mr. A. H. Kenrick, Berrow Court Gar- 

 dens, Birmingham; and Messrs. R. Ker and 

 Sons, Liverpool, each showed a fine group, 

 the latter firm coming a good second in the 

 competition, and in their set were lovely new 

 shades seen in Clierry Plura, Magenta Queen, 

 Rose Perfection, King George, and Ruby 

 King. Tlie Mestsrs. Ker presented a splen- 



did &ct 



STOVE PLANTS. 

 In various parts of the great exhibition 

 splendidly-grown stove plants, elegant in 

 habit, and many of brilliant colouring, were 

 set up, but by far the most prominent con- 

 tribution in this department was one from 

 Messrs. Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. This 



award wa<> won by Messrs. A. Dickson and huge contribution occupied a fairly central 



AN EXTENSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF ORCHID 

 Exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards Heath, 



thirty-six distinct standards, weeping varie- 

 ties included, and the specimens were very 

 Well grown and flowered. 



^^ e have nothing but prai&e to give for a 

 group of rambler and polyantha roses, with 

 which Me^rs. Stuart Ix>w and Co., Bush Hill 

 Park, furnished a corner of their niiecel- 

 ianeous group. In the arrangement there 

 was a cunningly devised pathway, flanked on 

 this side and that with some of the finest 

 specimens of pillar and weeping roses we saw 

 in the show, standing up above a groundwork 

 ot dwarf polyantha varieties. 



ihe boxes of cut roses in competition re- 

 minded one of the rose season rather than 

 ;>iay but we must give them a brief word. 



y^eo Mount got first for thirty-six 

 ^ooms, followed by Mesers. F. CanT and Co. 



wlft ^^"^J' grower was also to the front 

 Hitn eighteen blooms, followed by :Messrs 



and H. Burch; and for eighteen, G 

 Hammond, Er>q., was first, 

 inside a neat yew hedge. Mr. E. C. Not 



A. H 



^"tt, Wood))rid 



arranged 



rose 



Sons, Newtowuards, whose Alexaudtn- Hill 

 Gray and Carine were extremely fine flowers. 

 Messrs. Mount won a first prize with a mag- 

 nificent collection of cut roses. 



Mr. H. R. Darlington, PotterV Bar, wa^^ a 

 successful amateur exhibitor ot, roses, and 

 Messrs. A. Dickcson and Sons secured a pre- 

 mier award for beautiful flowers of Alexander 



Hill Gray. 



In between two large exhibits oi hardy 

 flowers, Me.^sre. D. Prior and Son, of Colches- 

 ter set up a fine group of roses, the most 

 conspicuous features in the collection being 

 fine specimens of rambling varieties. Messrs. 

 R J. Barnes and Son, Malvern, set up a 

 compaet little bank of roses, which was com- 

 posed of nicely-flowered plants. 



HIPPEASTRUMS. 



Hippeastrums in the orchid tent were 

 splendid but the most gorgeous lot was 

 staged by Mr. Chapman, gardener to Lieut - 

 Colonel Sir George Holford, Westonbirt, 

 Gloucester. Here the culture and the colour- 



position in the big tent, and it was a superb 

 display of fine plants, finely grown, and 

 admirablv disposed in the form of an ellipse. 

 The central features were tall palms, and 

 tree ferns, Medinella magnifica. giant crotons. 

 j)andanuse*;, heliconias, and aralias. Around 

 these were grouped a magnificent set of 

 about seventy-five varieties of caladiums re- 

 splendent in" green and gold, crimson and 

 silver; a few of the finest of tliesc were 

 Louis van Houtte, Mdme. J. Box, Pantra 

 Ralli, Mrs. Harry Veitch, Mrs. McLeod, 

 Leonard Bause, Oriflarame, Raymond Lemoi- 

 nier. King F^ward VII., and Lady Wigan. 

 Tall single-stemmed crotona. finely furnislied 

 from base to summit with leaves of gold and 

 brown and green, rose here and there well 

 above the general surroundings, and espe- 

 cially fine were the examples of Baron 

 Alphonse de Rothschild, .Tohannis, Thom- 

 soni, Warreni. Reidi, Golden Ring, Golden 

 Chain, and Davsprav. Nepenthes Burkei, N. 

 Curtisi, N. Sir Thisleton Dyer, and others 

 swung their quaint pitchers above glowing 



