Mat 25, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



[supplement] 



10 



Me^rs. Fisher, Son, and Sibray , Handiswortli 

 Sheffield made several fine exlirbits in tlie 

 ffreat tent, displaying the choicest of orna- 

 mental ti-ees and shrubs, chiefly those with 

 coloured foliage and elegant leafage. One of 



" ^ apleSj and it 



their groups was of Japanese 

 was a capital effort. wn™ 4-4- 



^^T Fielder gardener to Miss \\ illinott, 

 VMH exhibited a number of new shrubs, 

 chiefly of Chinese origin. Rhododendron 

 microphyllum, Berberis Gagnepami, Deut- 

 zia lono'ifolia, and Hydrangea Bretschneideri 

 were the best of the flowering subjects. 



The Rev. A. T. Boscawen, Ludgvan, Corn- 

 wall stao-ed a very pretty eet of varieties of 

 Leptospermum &coparis; the crimson- 

 flowered L. s. Nicholi (F.C.C.) wa^ especially 

 fine the whole plant thickly studded 

 with its small red flowers; and L. s. 

 Boscaweni is white (A.M.) Both these should 



very fine, and along the front were dishes 

 of the whitest of cauliflowers and the green- 

 est of peas, cnsp-looking lettuces, young 

 carrots, and clean potatoes. The French 

 beans in this exhibit were also very good. 



There waa a fair amount of taste iu the 

 arrangement of the collection of vegetabU^s 

 which won first prize for the Thatcham Fruit 

 and Flower Farm, Newbury, and, except f*"r 

 the very small potatoes, the quality v>as of 

 a good standard. Cauliflowers were quite a 

 go^ feature, and growing i>eas, festooned in 

 the background, looked very effective. The 

 tomatoes, though small, looked very fre^h, 

 and the same may justly be said of all the 

 dLshes which lay on a bed of parsley on the 

 stage. 



We expected something good from that 

 kiug of vegetable growers, Mr. E. Beckett, 

 of Aldenham. at an International Show, but 



Mr. C. F. Raphael won a first prize in a 

 space of 50 feet with a collection of vege- 

 tables that was highly creditable. The best 

 dishes were Sutton s Silver beet, potatoes in 

 variety, early giant peas, cauliflowers, and 

 marrows, and most of the dishes were dis- 

 played on wooden stands elevated above a 

 white groundwork on the table. The second 

 prize here was won by Mr. A. B. H. Gold- 

 Bchmidt, Mildenhall, and the exhibit was 

 arranged somewhat similar to the above, but 

 the third prize display, sent from the St. Vin- 

 cent's Industrial School, Dartford. was only 

 third-rate by comparison, and there was far 

 too much greenery used in setting up the 



ditches. 



The Duke of Portland won in the class for 

 twenty-five dishes of vegetables with speci- 

 mens that bore the Gibson stamp of quality. 

 Fine ijidced were the conical mounds of 



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SOME OF THE 



Exhibited b 



FINELY-FRUITED ORCHARD HOUSE TREES 



prove very acceptable to lovers of such 



Messrs 



:ood 



the collection set up exceeded our exiKcta- 

 tioMS. To say that llie vegetables can h> trn.n 

 Aldenham Hou«e Gardens is equal to the ex- 

 pression that the arrangement was tastetul 



^nd «.verv dish on the table bore the stami) of 

 II, jiuseajnaa »anaeri, witn lar^e ancle\er\ ui»u ^ 



act«; Alocasia Micholitziana, the good quality. ^ii^ ^"^VtV .^t^toes for 

 d Eriobotraya Japonica .variegata. ^^f "^^^^^^^^ 



clusters of peas carried the deepest of bloom. 

 oTa green^board at the back were pearly- 

 white cauliflowers, red and white celery 

 beet, cabbage lettuce and "i«7«^„^', ^^^^ 

 raised stands in front one ^^^^fjiot fail to 



admire the fresh, g'-f ° f ^^^1™^'^' *^.t/ '^^^ 

 asparagus, fruita of the l<>,^^,P!'7^f,;„^f 

 plant, turnips, tomatoe.., and Gutter ^ans^ 



Carrots were as fresh as paint ; t^^mp^J^ 



white a.s snow, with butter 1>^^"^ ^^'^T^ 

 coloured tint. It was a fine ^^^^^it and 

 worthy of the man who grew and staged the 

 produce. 



-'iTOsts. r. canaer ana /sons new piai 

 included the very graceful Adiantum Sif- 

 bs'itianniii, Mussaenda Sanderi, with large 

 wlute l)ract«; Alocasia Micholitzian" 



d Eriobn+.ravn. iflnnnina. var..^^ , 



habit; 



this set secui-ed a first prize. 



Roscoea cautilioides, a yellowish flower, 

 was one of the prettiest of new flowers, and 

 it shown by Messrs. Bees, Lim. 



VEGETABLES 



SALADS 



i-ed 



but this was well done by the Mempes Fruit 

 Jf arming Company, Purley, and they well 

 deserved the gold medal they won. We do 

 not particularly favour cucumbers and toma- 

 loes exhibited in boxes, but the produce waa 



cauliflowers, lettuces, and marrows, and in 

 front raised above a groundwork of purple 

 velvet folds, were grand dishes of green peas 

 broad beans, potatoes, cucumbers, the finest 

 of marrows, and the freshest-looking ot 

 spring cabbage. A fine exhibit without a 



doubt. I 1, 



In our opinion there was a little too much 

 parsley used in the collection of vegetables 

 which won first prize for W. H. Myers, Esq. 

 Swanmore Park, but we have nothing hut 

 praise to give to the fine dishes of Centenarv 

 Jeas, Ideal potatoes. Red Milan turnips, and 

 Perfection tomatoes. Late Queen broccoli, 

 too was very good, and Flower of Spring 

 cabbage was nicely hearted. The Marquis 

 of Northampton was a verv good seh-uuI. and 

 T H Tatham, Esq., Kendall Hall, l.l^tl^>e, 

 third'; but all through this claas P^^^^^^yj"'^ 

 employed with a liberality that bordered on 



extravagance. 



