Jtma 15, 1912 



THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 



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ANLEY PARK, STAFFORDSHIRE. 



JULY :ird and 4th. 



SIXTKKNTH 

 GREAT ANNl'AL FLORAL FETE. 



iTfCO in Vriwti, HilT«r Cum, OoUt »n<l SitT4*r If^tU* 

 >iW*-r ChHUfmirv Cup. vftfu«« £10 lOn., offered for 

 " Trado Kxliibtt '* (for |MirticuUr« «e« |>tt|ro 7 to 



ValuutU' Special PrUtvi t ffere<l th<' I*rinci|ml 

 Firm* in En^Und. 

 St'ht-duleii IMi^t frif uu «i>i>!icati<in to 



Town UaM, H«nl»j. 



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WINDSOR ROSE SHOW. 



Patron: HIS MAJESTY THE KINO. 



The 2l8t 



ANNUAL 



EXHIBITION 



wlii take place ud 



SATURDAY, 29th June, 



hy gnicKJiiH pprmiKsion of 



HIS MAJESTY TH E KING , 



THE SLOPES OF WINDSOR CASTLE. 



ADMISSION 



Free to HulMcribers from Noon 

 Non-Subucriben, 12 o'clock, 2/B. 



99 



2 p.m. 1/-. 

 5 p.ni. 6d. 



riour at 8 p.m. 



SchediUe« on application to the Hon. Soc.. 



Windnor CaatJe. 



Cardiff I County Horticultural Society. 



24th GRAND ANNUAL SHOW 



Wcdacsday V Thvrtday. J«|y 17 flT 18. 1912. 



Moll. \ ;,n'l T- * -OO- 



POFULAk PRICR9. 

 ^rbtNlnkiii from tli« M«crtUrT« 



Mr. A. MAURtCR BAlLRf, 24, Duka MvM. Oaidiff 



BIRMINOHAM.-Tka SkowonUliyUaJa 



» IMI»\Y «tid S'ATIUnW 



OVER jt450 IN CASH PRIZE 



I thf Cn*^ for HOf 



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EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS. 



••oyal Horticultural Society. 



M IKNTIFK < OMMi n LK -^L NK i. 

 Prwient : Mr. E. A Bowlwi, M.A . F.L S 

 0" thcrhair): Pmf Bonl|frr.Sir Ev^rard u 

 l^»rn. MPfi^r^. \Vil»H>n, Odpll. Pr^rf* 



. K)w«*** and Chit 

 h Mr. Aloxap<1' ' 



AK/KLL\ (TAXZENSIS— Ml 



»l'Wm(^ f^howed a i^xl of fw^d< o; i ,ns 



1 1 ^7^' ^l'*' ^hirh arr half. 



1 n7J^*^\^h ^'KKTIFI('ATES.-rrofca.or 

 Haylry Ba]fo«r oxhibitM ihv foJlowine 



-^xtrrajfa majiiw^ula o*ry ilo^olv allied to 

 «ninoniani, h„t much larger' in all its 



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parta), S. diveraifolia var. foliata with 

 tnarkod vpiniiifj of the ovat^ Ipav<'H. Frinnila 

 X Kdna (wliirli r<»oeivi^ a Iloiajiiral (*<'rtiti- 

 call* at the* Ui^t mtvting). Sonico Lvalli, ILmiIc 

 f. (with yellow floworn about IJ inthoH acnms, 

 from New Z^'aland), AKter likiang<'UHih, 

 F>anehet (with large, d<H»p-blui» HowerK about 

 two iuche«i in diameter on Htalkw thre<' inches 

 long, from Y'uuuan, a very Wauliiu! little 

 plant). Primula x Inverlelth (1*. Hulloyana 

 X P. pulverulenta), much in the way of P. 

 X Edina, but a nljadc deeper in colour and 

 more robui^t in habit. Botanical Certificateti 

 were unanimounly recommended for the last 

 three plants. 



VARIATION IN SWEKT PEAH. — Mr. 

 ('uthlx^rtson brought examples of sweet peas, 

 original forms. (1) A rich ruby-coloured un- 

 named variety produced waved flowers on 

 normal plants, i.e., plants having waved 

 leaver. Two plants of the same variety with 

 jxTfectly plain leaves, like the leaves of the 

 old tyjx*, had prt>duced perfectly waved 

 flowers with open keels. (2) In fhe white 

 wav<*d variety (Etta Dyke), in the waved 

 cream variety (Dobbie's Cream), and in the 

 nink-and-white bicolor(MrH. Cuthbert«on) he 

 nad found a deep purple-flowered plant — one 

 in a thousand. p<'rhaps — giWng a colour ap- 

 proaching the colour of the wild sweet pea, 

 but retaining the waved formation. 



SWECT PEA WITH LEAFY TENDRILS. 

 — Mr. (*uthl>ertson also showed some sweet 

 pea leaver with some of the tendrils becom- 

 insf leafy, the result po^jRiblv <»f bi^h 

 cultivation. 



Royal Counties Exiiibition. 



JUNE 11— U. 



In conneilion with the exhibition of the 

 Royal Count ie#* Agricultural ISociety, a hor- 

 ticultural de|>artment waa provided, and was 

 a distinct HUccesH. No schedule of prizes 

 Wiis iKsued, the executive depending upon the 

 trade mainly to make a displav. in w^hich 

 they were not dL^p|K)inted. F-ntering the 

 tent the first exhibit to attract attention was 

 a hand*»ome collecton of sweet ]>eas from 

 M<-srs. Bide and Son, Alma Nurs<' 

 r ' nham, consisting of such varieties in first- 

 - (x»ndition Mrs. Townscnd. Dorothy, 

 Orange King. Blue Bells, ITiomas ^tevenston, 

 Mrs. n. Hallam. Melba, Mrs. Stewart Cham- 



?ion. Edna Harland. and Harold (Silver-gilt 



M<*>*sri5. Jarman and Co., Chard, arranged 

 a nice table of eenteaureas, roses, etc, (Silver 

 Medal K Mewrs. H. B. Mav and Sons Ed- 

 monton. filled the end of the tent \^ith ch<»ice 

 ferns, consisting of such kind** a.s Nephrolepis 

 Marshalii compact a. Adiantum farleyense 

 cl"ri'»snm» Osmunda palustris undul^ta^. and 

 N brolenin Whitniani (Silver-gilt Medal). 



M MS. Mauri<x! Young and Sons. Milford, 

 (KKialming, exhibited carnations in variety 

 (Award of Merit). Messrs. E. W. King and 

 Sins. Coggesha.Il. Ivssex. contributed a most 

 attractive collection of sweet peas, arranged 

 in huge manses, notably Mrs. \V. King, Elsie 

 rt»i'rt. Anglian Cream. Mrs. H. Sykes, Rosa- 



Hlie. and C^instanw Oliver ((toid Medal). 

 Mr. Goatley, gardener to Ivord Northcliffe, 

 Sutton Place, Guildford, displayed a tasteful 

 group of mif^cellaneous plants (Silver-gilt 

 Medal). Mr. Blake, gardener to the Earl of 

 (>n<](n\ CHandon Park, Guildford, had a 

 t:i .iiji . ! well-grown plants of Lilium Har- 



Medal t. 



^!<'*iH^s. John W.i' ,iit:i -^n-i,- h . ■ 



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f orm*Hl an at t ract i v<^ grou p 

 i' dendrons. kalmia-s. etc. ((told M i . 

 From Measrs. B. Ladhams and < ' 

 * y, Southampton, came huge in.t 

 jrnk- uid ga i 11 ard i a*« , also panniies, cam- 

 li i» i,t-. and rockery plants (Silver-gilt 

 Medal). Mr. Elisha J. Hicks, Twyford, 

 pr et t i ly d i spl ay ed cl i m bi n g ro«es an d 

 other garden varieties. Especially notice- 

 able was Rone Moyesi Sarah liernhardt, Irish 

 Beauty. Trier, Comtesse du Cayla. Seagull. 

 Richmond, and Edu Meyer ((Jold Medal) 

 Mr. C, F. Waters. Dearland Nursery. Bal- 

 combe, contributed carnations in large num- 

 bers and of high quality, the varieties in- 



cluding lulith Waters, Rofeo Pink Enchan- 

 tre>«, Carola, A. E. Marden, and Mrs. Ben- 

 nett (Silver-gilt M<Mlal). From McKsrs. W. H. 

 Rogers and Son. Southampton, came a small 

 but interest ing exhibit of nwkery plants, 

 which included RuIjus australis or'the Aus- 

 tralian Bramble. R. foliosa. and Phile«ia 

 buxifolia, clematis in variety, and choice her- 

 baceous plants. 



Messrs. Stuart I>3w and Co., Bush Hill 

 Park. Middlesex. exhibited orchids in 

 quantity, among them l>eing Cattleya Men- 

 delli, Miltonia vexillaria, I.jelio-cattIeya Can- 

 hamiaua, and numerous cypri|>ediums and 

 odontoglossums ; carnations were attractive 

 as Baroness de Brieuen, I.^y Alingt<m, 

 Calypso. Lady (V)ventry, Maggie Nettlefield, 

 and Princ<^H Juliana (Gold Medal). Orchida 

 were al so ad m i rably shown by Mr, H . A . 

 Tracey, Amyand Park Road, 'Twickenham, 

 the most noteworthy examples l>eing Cat- 

 tleya Mendelli White Queen. Laplio-cattleya 

 Canhamiana Our King, Odontoglossum 

 grande Williarasianum (Silver Medal). 



The Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery ar- 

 ranged an effective rock garden at one end 

 of the tent, planting it with such useful 

 subjects for the purpose as Cypripedium spec- 

 tabile, heucharias, dianthus,^ double poppies. 

 Onosma tauriea» Aster alpinus albus, and 

 Edelweiss (Gold Medal). 



Messrs, Sutton and Sons, Reading, had 

 as usual a capital display of flowers and 

 vegetables. The potatoes/ which comprised 

 thirty-five varieties, were most interesting; 

 they included the new Balmoral Castle and 

 Acquisition. White City, Supreme. Satisfac- 

 tion, and May Queen, the la^it named being 

 still the best early variety; cabbage, Sutton's 

 Earliest, the result of se<*d sown in Januarv; 

 tomatoes liest of All. Princess of Wales, and 

 Golden Perfection, with grand pods of Sut- 

 ton's Centenary marrowfat pea, were also 

 of much interest. In the decorative portion 

 of Messrs. Sutton's display were magnificent 

 gloxinias, double begonia'*^, etc., with effec- 

 tive lK)rders outside of 3ol>elias. Chrysanthe- 

 mum coronarium. Verbena Miss Willmott. etc. 

 Messrs. Toogood and Sons, Southampton, had 

 an attractivp v [j-^i'^lo display in the hor- 

 ticultural tejr ;ii tin n ^tand (Gold 



Medal) 



Scottish Horticultural 



Association. 



Tin HKtnthly meeting of Ihi** a>s<.'('iat inn 

 was held in the (ioold Hall, 5, St. Andrew 

 Square. Edinburgh, on the 4th inst. Mr. 

 Massie, the president, wa^^ in the chair, and 

 there was an attendance of seventy-five 

 members. 



The evening was devoted to p. ([Mr- by 

 juniors, for which book prizes were oilered 

 by the President. Fourteen young men con- 

 Iributed papers, the subjects being of their 

 own selection, and the first prize 

 (Wright's Vegetable Growers Guide), was 

 awarded to Mr. A. Brotherston, Shiplake 

 Court Gardens, Henley -on-Thames. for a 

 paper on " The Early Treatment of 

 the Perpetual-flowering Carnation ; the 

 second (Robinson's English Flower Garden), 

 to Mr. Wm. Reach, Cullen House Gardens, 

 for a paper on "Primula sinensis "'; and the 

 third to Mr. Charles Cook. Dalkeith Gar- 

 dens, for a paper on "Violets in Winter." A 

 pa)X'r on " Malmaison Carnations," liy 

 Wm. Smith, Whittinghame Gardens, l^a-t 

 lx>thian, was highly commended; and papers 

 'm " The Cultivation of S<*hi7^inthus Wise- 

 tonensis" and The Culture <tf Ikgonia 

 (iloire de Lorraine." bv Messrs. I). Ami- 

 strong, Riccarton Gardens. Midlothian, and 

 Thos. Cload. Keir Gardens. Dunblane, re- 

 spectively, wero cr»mmend(Hr (h ihr m^ition 

 of the President . a hea rU - t Iiiink^ 



was accorded to the judg* - - \\ l)v- 



tock (Dalkeith Fife (Doblne and ( o f. and 

 Cairns (Murieston^ — and a ^innlar 4*i»ni])1i- 

 ment was acx'orded ' " ' ' ^ 

 motioii of Mr. C<>^ ni 

 pnniding the jiri/* 

 The exhibits were 



; . i i . , I 



lieddy Pilri^ (P. Hulleyana x \\ Ht . 

 from Mr. Wm, Robertson, Pilrig House Gar- 

 dens, Leith (^awarded a First-class Certificate) ; 



