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[supplement] 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



25, 1912. 



be meutioned as being among the most pleas- 

 ing, Messrs. Young and Co., Hatlierley, 

 ClieJtenham, showed, as usual, in splendid 

 style, their flowers of Cecilia, The Hon. Lady 

 Audley Neeld, Duchess of Devonshire, 

 and other varieties being especially good. 

 The pretty mauve flowers of Gresw^olde Wil- 

 liams, and Golden Glory were other distinct 

 eorta shown by this firm. 



Mr. Chas. Blick, The Warren Nurseries, 

 Hayes, Kent, showed both perpetual and 

 border varieties, his flowers bearing witness 

 t^ splendid cultivation. King George, a 

 lovely pure white border, and Lady Her- 

 moine, a clear rose pink, were specially good. 

 Mr. G. Lange, Hampton, had a very nice 

 exhibit, and Mr. Burnett, of Guernsey, 

 brought over a capital lot, including the re- 

 markablv fine Wodenethe, Mrs. C. W. Ward, 

 Eex. and Alma Ward. 



Mr. J. Douglas, Edenside, Great Bookhani, 

 had a lovely lot of new and very beautiful 



Dutton, Iver, Bucks, and charming also were 

 the flowers sent from Locksheath Xu^s^ry, 

 Southampton. Effective in every respect 

 were the carnations from Mr. G. EngeJmann, 

 Saffron Walden, and Mr. B. E. Bull, 



FRUIT TREES. 



Messrs. 

 tilled a 

 tion of 



On the 

 peaches 



of fruit 



Laxton Brothers, of Bedford, 

 corner of the grounds with a collec- 

 trained fruit trees in pots and tube, 

 fence at the back were trained 

 and nectarines, carrying good crops 

 , and in front of these were good 

 specimens of espalier apples and pears, cor- 

 dons, and peaches and nectarines in pots. 

 All the trees were well grown and healthy in 

 appearance. Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., 

 Enfield, also sent a small collection of 

 trained trees, but several of the specimens 

 betrayed signs by the flagging of the 

 foliage, that they had not appreciated being 

 lifted. 



of the trees were furnished with good crops 

 of fruit. In between the standards, bushes 

 and pyramid apples, pears, plums, etc., were 

 gooseberries and currants, tigs and nuts in 

 the course of training, and in front was a 

 line of cordon gooseberries thickly studded 

 with berries. AH the trees were in pots and 

 tubs sunk into the ground, and the carpet 

 of green turf with which the soil between 

 the trees was covered gave this unique fruit 

 garden a most natural appearance. Apart 

 from being interesting, this exhibit, as a 

 demonstration of fruit culture, pruning, and 

 training, was distinctly educational. Two 

 standard apples in front, having luxuriant 

 bunches of mistletoe growing in their heads, 

 attracted much attention, but it is Iv^rdlv 

 necessary to say that the people who appre- 

 ciated these specimens were not gardeners. 



Inside the large marquee Messrs. Veiteh 

 and Sons were once more represented, but 

 this time with a magnificent circular group 



- ''-'-ci- » "1-1-™. 



V t u.Mi'i;i:iu:xsiVK and remahkably fink collection of exotic ferns. 



t:xhibited by Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, Edmonton. 



border varieties, among which Virginia, Mrs. 

 Henwood, Jean Douglas, and Hercules were, 

 if not tTie best, exceedingly good. 



The laced pinks class was won by Mr. C. 

 H. Herbert, Acocks Green, who showed Ida, 

 lona. Fair Maiden, and Princess Mary. His 

 competitor was Mr. J. Douglas. 



Messrs. G. Mount and Sons, Canter- 

 bury, proved that they can grow and 

 show other things well besides rot^, 

 for they exhibited a grand lot of car- 

 nations in one of the tents where the com- 

 petitive classes were accommodated. Another 

 nice lot of flowers came from the nursery of 

 Messrs. G, and W. H. Burch, Peterborough, 

 and we were very much impretic^ed by the car- 

 nations shown by Sir Randolph Baker. Mr, 

 G. F, Waters, Balcombe, made a fine effect 

 with carnations, and another good collection 

 was set up by the Clurry Nur^^ery Company, 

 Berks. Some beautiful flowers were seen 



amongst the carnati 



staged by Mr. A. F. 



It its questionable whether a finer specimen 

 of a complete fruit garden at an horticultural 

 show has ever been seen than that exhibited 

 by Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons. It was con- 

 veniently placed in a sheltered corner, and 

 loganberries in flower, climbing over arches, 

 were the first indication of its pretsence. A 

 line of fan-trained pears, cherries, peaches, 

 nectarines, and plums ran round the back, in- 

 terspersed Avith single cordons, to convey the 

 idea of furnishing an outside garden Avail, 

 and next to this was a broad path encircling 

 the group. Hirough the centre of the latter 

 ran a path with vertical cordons on either 

 side, and some capital specimens of what 

 may be described as one-sided espaliers, suit- 

 able for planting at the ends of walls that 

 are furnislud with vertical cordons. That 

 the trees came from Veitch means to say 

 that they were Avell-grown and trained, in 

 the pink of condition as regards health, and, 

 in addition to leathery foliage, the majority 



of fruit trees in pots. Peaches and nec- 

 tarines were the conspicuous feature, an 

 most of the specimens were well covered AVitn 

 fruit. A treble cordon plum in a tub simpiv 

 laden with fruit was much admired, ana 

 golden-yellow against a setting of 

 leaves, were the little oranges shown i 

 baskets. Standard figs were a feature, ana 

 the specimens of standard and i^^'^^'^^^ 

 peaches and nectarines in the group 

 remarkably Avell cropped. Altogether tni 

 Avas a very fine exhibit, and worthy ot tu 

 reputation of the Chelsea firm. It may 

 added that this fine group was margined d 

 a collection of finely-grown strawberries 



Hudson, gardener to ^^V^^^J^ 

 Esq., Gunnersbury, struck a n^ 

 idea of arrangement respecting 

 of fruit. There were Annes 

 the exhibit, trained over a series of 

 arches, which formed a kind of pergola, an 



be 



Mr. Jas. 

 Rothschild, 

 line in the 

 his display 



