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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



June 22, 1912. 



path divided thi^ from a large front bed in 

 v-hicli Astilbe Arendsi Kriemhilda, Lilium 



Iris 



Szovitziannm, Incarvillea Delavayi, 

 Cajanus, etc., were edged with white Viola 

 coruuta.' Messrs. G. Gibson and Co,,Leeming 

 Bar, Bedale, adopted the usual herbaceous 

 border design, using eremurus, poppies, 

 liliums, and campanulas; and they won tliird 

 prize. Messrs. J, Harkness and Sons, Bedale, 

 was commended for their exhibit. 



ORCHIDS. 



In the premier class of thiiS section the re- 

 quirements were a display of orchids on a 

 tyble spaee of 13ft. by 5ft.; plants and cut 

 flowers were both admitted. There Avere three 

 competitors, Messrs. J. Cypher and Son8, 

 Cheltenham, secured the first prize with a 

 very effective arrangement of Cattleya 

 Mossiae, Laelio-cattieya Fascinator, L.-c. 

 Canhamiana, white odontoglossums, Brassia 

 verrucosa, oncidiums, cymbidiums, and mil- 

 tcnias. Second prize was won by Messrs. 

 Mansell and Hatcher with a very beautiful 

 exhibit of Renanthera Imschootiana, white 

 odontoglossums, Cattleya gigas, C. Mossiae, 

 miltoniae, and oncidiums. Messrs. Hassall 

 and Co., Southgate, gained third prize, and 



Mr. Barker scored for a specimen orchid 

 with a neat example of Miitonia Bleuana 

 Ilessle var., with two spikes. Messrs. J. Cypher 

 aiid Sons came second with a very fine form 

 of Odontoglossum porcultum. Messrs. J. 

 Cypher and Sons scored for three orchids, 

 nd Mr Barker was second. 



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EOSES. 



Eoses were a very fine feature of the gala, 

 the flowers being of good size and fine colour- 

 ing, and they were largely displayed by lead- 

 ing growers. The class for seventy-two 

 blooms, not less than three dozen varieties, 

 found Messrs. D. Prior and Sons, Colchester, 

 to the front among three competitors. A few 

 of the best blooms were Mons. Joseph Hill, 

 Hugh Dickson, Yvonne Vacherot, Florence 

 Pemberton, Mrs. W. J. Grant, Countess of 

 Caledon, A. K. Williams, Bessie Brown, 

 Mdme. Jules Gravereaux, and Mrs. Coxhead. 

 Messrs. Frank Cant and Co., Colchester, 

 came second, with Messrs. Jarman and Co., 

 Chard, third. For forty-eight blooms, Messrs. 

 D. Prior and Sons were again chief prize- 

 winners with fine flowers of Mildred Grant, 

 White Maman Cochet, La France, Dean 



content with second place, and Mr. E. J 

 Hicks came third. Mr. W. Hutchinson 

 Kirby Moorside, scored in the amateur clasee^ 

 for twelve and for eighteen bloo 

 fair specimens. 



IS with 



SPECIMEN STOVE AND GEEENHOrSE 



PLANTS. 



These continue to figure at York Gala, and 

 as they are very effective, and show evidence 

 of high cultural skill, they invariably attract 

 a great deal of attention. As each competi- 

 tor places his plants together, instead of 

 setting them out in their respective clasfeee, 

 it is not always easy to pick out the prize- 

 winners in due order. 



The best collection of stove and greenhoiis* 

 jDlante, in bloom, came from Messrs. Janit> 

 Cypher^ and Sons, Cheltenham, who, in a 

 space 20ft. by 10ft., arranged many famoun 

 examples of Statice profusa. Erica ventricosa, 

 E . C a ve ndi sli i , C lerode ndr on Thorn son ae . 

 Franciscea eximea, Clerodendron Cypheri, 

 and anthuriums; Mr. W. Vauee, Leaming- 

 ton, came second, and he showed fine exam- 

 ples of Pimelea Henderson!, and Erica Caven- 

 dishi. Noble e-pecimens of Clerodendron 



MESSRS. 



J IS BACKHOUSE AND SONS^ FIEST PKIZE GARDEN OF HARDY 



FETE AND GALA. 



FLOWERS AT YORK FLORAL 



and 



they showed Odontioda Charleeworthi 

 Cypripedium niveum in good form. 



Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons led for ten 

 orchid.s with fine examples of Cypripedium 

 Curtisi, Vanda t^res, Miitonia vexillaria, 

 Phalaenopsis Rimestadiana, Epidendrum 

 prismatocarpum, Lselio-cattleya Aphrodite, 

 Cattleya Moesise, etc.; Mr. Barker, gardener 

 to W. P. Burkinshaw, Esq., Hessle, Hull, 

 was second with Laelio-cattleya Fascinator, 

 L.-c. tenebrosa Walton Grange var. Star of 

 York, C. gigas, Miitonia vexillaria, etc. ; 

 Mesers. Hassall and Co., Southgate, third. 



Mr. J. Barker led for six orchids in a close 

 competition, and his test plants were Renan- 

 thera Imschootiana,Cattleya gigas (very fine), 

 C. Mossiae (with twenty-one blooms), Cypri- 

 pedium Shillianum, L.-c. Fascinator Schro- 

 der*, and Miitonia vexillaria. Messrs. J. 

 Cypher aod Soni? were second, and here the 

 best examples were of Cattleya Whitei with 

 five blooms, Laelio-cattleya Canhamiana with 

 sixteen flowers, L.-c. Krauzlini, Cattleya 

 Mossiae, and Renanthera Im8chootiana. 

 Meesrfe. Hassall and Co., Southgate, came 

 third. 



Hole, Mdme. Jules Gravereaux, Lyon, Juliet, 

 and Countess of Caledon ; Mr. George Prince 

 second, and Messrs. Frank Cant and Co. 

 third. For thirty-six blooms, Messrs. D. 

 Prior and Sons were again to the front, with 

 Messrs. Frank Cant and Co. and Mr. H. 

 Drew, Longworth, following in the order 

 given. 



Five competitors staged two dozen blooms, 

 and here Messrs. Frank Cant and Co. came 

 to the front with fine examples of Gloire de 

 Cbedane Guinoisseau, J. B. Clark, Helene 

 Guillot, Maman Cochet, O^Donel Brown, Boa- 

 dicea, and the good old Mrs. John Laing; 

 Messrs. D. Prior and Sons came second. The 

 last-named firm annexed the first prize for a 

 dozen flowers of white roses with Fran Karl 

 Druschki, Mdme. Constant Soupert, Medea, 

 etc. ; Mr. George Prince second; and Messrs. 

 F. Cant and Co. third. 



The premier award for eighteen roses, dis- 

 tinct, fell to Mr. George Prince, whose ex- 

 amples of Ethel Malcolm, Mrs. Hubert Tay- 

 lor, Bessie Brown, Mdme. Jules Gravereaux, 

 W.' Shean, and Lady Ursula were notably 

 good; Messrs. D. Prior and Sons had to be 



Thomeonae, and Erica Cavendi^hi ^^^^ ^•^^^jl" 

 tricoea, the latter a giant, won for tne/^^^j* 

 tenham firm first prize for three greenhouse 

 plants in bloom; Mr. W. Vause second. 

 one stove plant in flower Messrs. J. v.yP^o 

 and Sons scored with a handsome Ixo^^.;?,^'* 

 liamsi, and Captain Walker followed witn 

 large Anthurium Scherzerianum. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. 

 The fruit classes provided a capital display- 

 There were three tables of ripe fruit, ttec 

 rated, and here Mr. N. F. Barnes, g^-i'^^^, 

 to the Duke of Westminster, Eaton iiau' 

 Chester, won first prize. His decoration^ 

 consisted of odontoglossums, Lihum speci 

 6um, and thalictrum. His fruits were excex- 

 lent specimens of Madreefield Court U 



Alexandra grapes (i-^ ■ 



Royal George P^^^^^^ 

 and Pineapple nec- 

 and James G^le^e 

 Jeffei^on ^» 

 Guyot and Trioniphe 

 - " Lockinge an<l 



and 



specimens 



Muscat of 

 Peregrine and 

 (13), Lord Napier 

 t a ri ne s (1 3^) , Eaton i an 

 a p pies ( 10^) , K i r k s a nd 

 (9V), Dr. Jules 

 Vienne pears (10), 'Hero of 



Eaton Seedling melons (9). For decoration 



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