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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



Mat 25, 1912. 



twelve bunches of grapes, and the first prize 

 was richly deserved, as the Hamburghe, 

 Foster's Seedling, and Madresfield Court 

 were very good, and the bunches were set 

 out in a highly decorative manner. The 

 Trustees of the Duke of St. Albans., Best- 

 wood Lod^e, had the best dish of nectarines, 

 showing Early Rivers, while the Duke of 

 Portland won with a dish of peachee, and 

 the trustees of the Duke of St. Albans for a 

 collection of three dishes of peaches and 

 three of nectarines. 



Melons were sparsely scattered over a long 

 length of tabling. The Horticultural Col- 

 lege had the best pair, and they also won 

 with a scarlet-fleshed specimen, and a green- 

 fleshed melon. A. J. Thornhill, Esq., Hunt- 

 had the best white-fleshed melon, 

 and the Marquis of Salisbury won with a dish 

 of figs. 



For two bunches of black and two of white 

 grapes, the Marquis of Salisbury won with 

 very moderate samples, and all the exhibits 

 in this class were second rate. Tlie Trustees 



ingdon 



Mr. C. F. Eaphael, Shenley, third, with quite 

 a creditable lot. The Duke c^f Portland was 

 the only exhibitor in the class for two dishes 

 of cherries, and was awarded first prize. 



It seemed more like September than May 

 when one looked on the collection of apples 

 shown by Messrs. G. Bunyard, of Maidstone, 

 but everybody remarked how well the fruits 

 had been kept, particularly the dishes of 

 Smart's Prince Arthur, Sandringham, AlfriR- 

 ton, Northern Greening, Blue Pearmain, 

 Sturmer, Wellington, and Newton Wonder. 



BEGONIAS. 



Double tuberous begonias, more like giant 

 dahlias in point of size, were shown by 

 Messrs. Blackmore and Langdon, Bath, and 

 the collection deservedly won the first prize. 

 The colours were excellent, the flowers simply 

 magnificent, esj>eeially Princess Victoria 

 Louise, salmon-pink, and Mrs. Peter Blair, 

 white. For the time of the year this was a 

 really wonderful display. Messrs. T. Ware, 

 Feltiiam, set up a very fine lot of double 



Western China by Mr. E. H. Wilson, at- 

 tracted the careful attention of all lovers oi 

 new, rare, and choice hardy plants. A very 

 large num'ber of kinds represented the genera 

 rubus and vitis, but there were a few coni- 

 fers, and a whole host of other things, and 

 a few of outstanding merit were Salix mag- 

 nifica, which has leaves eight inches by six 

 inches ; Juglans cattleayensis, Deutzia 

 Veitchi, Deutzia longifolia, Cotoneaster 

 divaricata, Potentilla frutico&a, Ailantliuv 

 Vilmoriniana, the graceful Cotoneaster 

 Zabeli, Spiraea Wilsoni, Lonicera Maacki, tlie 

 interesting Hydrangea Sargenti,. the fine 

 Cotoneaster Salicifolia rugosa, with graceful 

 pendulous branches^ and Stranvaesia Davidi- 

 ana undulata. This also was a wonderful 

 collection, and one more evidence of the en- 

 terprise and potriotism of the private patroii> 

 of horticulture. 



Messrs. W. Fromow and Sons, Chiswick, 

 put up a goodly set of Japanese maples, but 

 crowded these graceful plants rather much. 

 The finelv cut-leaved Acer ianonicum lacin- 



A GEOUP OF PYRAMIDAL AND STANDARD BAYS. 

 Exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. 



of the Duke of St. Albans had the best pair 

 of Black Hamburghs, but the colour was 

 deficient, and for Foster:s Seedling Sir W. 

 Greenwell won with bunches that were by 

 no means finished. The Duke of Portland 

 was the only exhibitor in the class for a pair 

 of Buckland Sweetwater bunches, and won 

 first prize. The name of the Duke of Port- 

 land appeared over a collection of several fine 

 dishes of peaches and nectarines, and in the 

 strawberry classes the Earl of Lytton had 

 the best dish of twenty; while the Marquis 

 of Salisbury won with a collection of nine 

 varieties. The Duke of Westminster was the 

 only exhibitor of plums, and won first prize 

 with two good dishes of Golden Gage. 



In further reference to melons, the Horti- 

 cultural College at Swanley set up a nice 

 collection of fruits, but the first prize in this 

 class, which was for twenty-four fruits, was 

 easily won by Mr. C. H. BecTcett, Chilton 

 Gardens, Hungerford. who displayed some 

 magnificent fruits. The Duke of Westmin- 

 ster was a capital second in this class, and 



tuberous begonias, for which they were 

 awarded second prize. Some of the flowers 

 here were remarkably fine, and the colours 

 rich and striking. Messrs. Blackmore and 

 Langdon won the silver cup for a collection 

 of single tuberous begonias with a group 

 of fine plants, some of the fringed flowers 

 being remarkably good ; and the firm had 

 the same honour in the class for fifty double 

 tuberous begonias. In this collection the 

 varieties Duchess of Cornwall, Winsome 

 Partner, and Mrs. J. Booth were very good. 

 Mr, W. S. Edwardson, of Sidcup, set up an 

 interesting collection of tuberous begonias, 

 which won first prize in their class; and Mr. 

 F. Davis, of Pershore, set up a group that 

 was quite creditable. 



linarifolium, A. p 



dissectum pur 



CHINESE, JAPANESE, AND OTHER 



RARE PLANTS. 



An immense collection of trees and shrubs, 

 all raised by Mr. E. Beckett, V.M.H., gar- 

 dener to the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham 

 House, Elstree, from seeds collected in 



iatum, A. palmatu 



roseum marginatum, and A. 



pureum were a few of special merit in a 

 fine set. , 

 Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, sub- 

 mitted a large group of no fewer than two 

 hundred and forty species of Chinese plants, 

 all introduced by them through their collec- 

 tor, Mr. E. H. Wilson, V.M.H. Climbing 

 vitis and rubus were plentiful, while ber- 

 beris, ilex, aralias, viburnums, osmantnu- 

 and gfpiraeas were quite numerous, many 

 them as yet unnamed. Here was ^^^^^J^ 

 from which to add in future years to t^e 

 attractions of our gardens. A few of 

 plants were in flower and of these we maae 

 note of the pink Rosa Willmottiae; Styrax 

 Hemsleyanum, with drooping white flowers, 

 Cotoneaster Harrowiana, Dipella ventricosa. 

 with its green seed pods, Buddleia variabin^ 

 Veitchiana, Celastrus latifolius, the loven 



Deutzia Veitchi, an<l 



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of 



pin k I arge-flowered 



Hydrangea Sargenti 

 dulata. 



and Stranvaesia 



