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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



May 25, 1912. 



We liked the collection of vegetables that 

 won the premier award for E. Biggs, Esq., 

 Fleet House, Weymouth, the Early Gem car- 

 rots being especially good, and the arrange- 

 ^ent tasty ; but in describing the collection 

 from W. B. M. Bird, Esq., Eastham House, 

 Chichester, which was placed second, we again 

 use the expression, too much parsley in the 

 garnishing. J. A. Bigge, Esq., Frome, Dor- 

 chester, had the best six dishes, cauliflowers 

 being the best feature; but Mr. H. Brad- 

 shaw's exhibit from The Grange, Steeple 

 Aston, was not set out to the best advantage, 

 though the vegetables were good. 



Mr. S. Mortimer, of Farnham, won a first 

 prize with the cucumbers for which he is 

 famous; Mr. W. E. Alsen, Hants, second; 

 and the Duke of Portland third. A.J. Thorn- 

 hill, Esq., Huntingdon, also won a prize with 

 .six cucuml:)er*> ; and Baron E. O. von 

 Ernsthausen, Ditton Hill, was to the front 

 with three. 



Bird took the chief honours. In the beet 

 section, Mr, E. Biggs was to the front, and 

 the Duke of Portland had by far the beet- 

 cauliflowers. In the carrot class the 

 Duke of Portland was the leading prize 

 winner, and Messrs. Tigwell and Sons, 

 Greenford, had the best exhibit in the mush- 

 room class. Green and well-filled were the 

 pods of green peas with which Mr. W. H. 

 Myers was first, and for a single dish of 

 potatoes the Duke of Norfolk won with Sut- 

 ton's Balmoral Castle, the same exhibitor also 

 being on the top with a dish of a variety not 

 in commerce, showing a potato called Sut- 

 ton's New White. There were a few lots of 

 radishes, in this class Mr. W. H. Myers being 

 the winner ; and in the rhubarb class Mr. E. J . 

 Preston showed sticks of enormous dimen- 

 sions. White, fresh-looking turnips won a 

 prize for Mr. W. H. Myers; and the Duke of 

 Portland was the only exhibitor of three pairs 

 of marrows. The Halliford French Garden, 



HAKDY RHODODENDRONS AND 



AZALEAS. 



These two import ant classes of hardy 

 shrubs were contributed in large numbers, 

 and arranged in bold groups in the various 

 parts of the large lent they produced a rich 

 and tasteful display of colour. Prominent 

 among the several exhibitors were Messrs. 

 J. Waterer and Son, of Ba.^^ihot, who had a 

 tastefully arranged group, remarkable alike 

 for the splendid development of the plant? 

 and the high quality. The colection consisted 

 of finely-flowered bush specimens interspersed 

 with equally well-bloomed standards. The 

 exquisitely beautiful Pink Pearl was promi- 

 nent, as also was the equally beautiful pink 

 Mrs. Sterling, which also is one of the fine 

 varieties distributed by the firm. Especially 

 noteworthy amon^ the bush specimens were 

 the glowing carmine Dorothy Fortescue, the 

 lovely lavender-pink Lady Hillingdon, the 

 brilliant red Marquis of AVaterford, the rose- 



A FINE COLLECTION OF STRAWBERRIES, CHIEFLY 



ARIETIES. AND OTHER FRUITS. 



Exhibited 



Laxton Brothers, Bedford. 



Potatoes were not a great show, as might 

 have been expected, but Mrs. Dennison, Berk- 

 hamstead, showed six nice dishes, which won 

 a first prize; and for three varieties W. H. 

 Myers, Esq. Swanmore, exhibited some very 

 nice examples. We have not for a long time 

 seen a prettier arrangement of salads than 

 that which was set up by Mr. E. Beckett, and 

 won first prize; W. H. Myers, Esq., was 

 second, but this exhibit would have looked 

 better ' without the wood-wool between the 

 dishes. Tomatoes were both numerous and 

 good the Duke of Portland being a splendid 

 first with six dishes; and the specimens 

 shown from Swanmore in the three-dish class 

 were equally good. Giant asfparagus was 

 shown by Mr. A. J. Harwood, Colchester; 

 and Mr. J. Garland, Exeter, also showed 



some good heads. 



In point of numbers, French beans v 

 rather weak, and H. W. Myere, Esq., won with 

 very tender pods. A few dishes of broad 

 beans appeared, and here Mr. W. B. M. 



Shepperton, sent a lot of vegetables and 

 sala<fc from their establishment, and conspi- 

 cuous amongst them were carrots, lettuces, 

 cauliflowers, turnips, and radishes. 



Quite a big expanse of tabling was filled 

 with vegetables from Messrs. 

 Raynes Park. Everything staged 

 and good, and conspicuous in the 

 were cauliflowers, cabbage, tomatoes, 

 new potatoes. The length of tablin 

 with vegetables from Messrs. Veitc 

 Chelsea, was loaded witli fine, clean 



ade 



rich 



Carter's, 

 was fresh 

 ultitude 

 and 

 filled 

 of 



speci- 

 mens, urowiug ptas III pots made a suit- 

 able centrepiece, and other conspicuous fea- 

 tures were some grand cauliflowers, mush- 

 tomatoes, cabbage, turnips, and let- 

 tuces; the vegetables were tastefully dis- 

 played in neat wicker baskets. Gigantic 

 stalks of rhubarb were staged by Mr. T. E. 

 Dawes, Norfolk. Very effective banks of 

 spring cabbage, and a beautiful lot of let- 

 tuces were shown by Mr. E. Beckett, from 

 the Aldenham Gardens. 



tinted white Mr^. John Glutton the 

 scarlet Prometheus, the deep scarlet Micnae 

 Waterer, the white Duchess of Connaug^m. 

 the purple^blotched Sappho, the deep pm^ 

 Stutagart, the bright carmine Cynthia, 

 deep pink Kate Waterer, the bright oraiig 

 red Mrs. Holford, and the blush Miss Clemen- 

 tine Walsh. Very fine in the group y^^^ 

 the standards of Pink Pearl, Marquis oi 

 Waterford and Gower Waterer. Messrs. ^- 

 Waterer and Son also had a huge group. 



in which big bushes and s^^^^^^^^jo- 

 Pink Pearl were predominant, ^^^^^ 

 diiced a delightful effect. In this groap 

 were also fine examples of ^ 

 white Mr6. Tom Agnew Ever^iannm. 

 of the oldest of the rhododendrons, 



of the best in its colour ^mc 



exquisite shade of l^Y^^^t^'riS 

 ^ an effective varie^^ 



of deep rose- 



display 



group 



the V^^^ 



one 

 is an 



and Charles Bagley, 

 bearing large trusses 

 coloured flowers. A glorious 



of 



colour was prod 



by the great 



