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THE GARDENERS- MAGAZINE, 



June 22, 1912. 



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ATH GRAND ROSE S H O ^\ 



and 



GENERAL SUMMKll EXHIBITION, 

 WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, JULY lOtli and 11th. 



Classes for Eos^B (Nurserymen and Amateurs) 

 Bouquets, Out FIow<^rs. Sweet Pe>as, Strawberries' 

 Plants, a.nd Tuberous Begonias. 



Entries clos^ Friday, July 5th. 

 For Prize Schedules, etc., a.pply, 



B. R. F. PEARSON, Secretary. 

 Office: 17. Argyle Street, Bath; 



BIRMINGHAM the new centre of 



u i 11 I II U n H m , HORTICULTURAL ACTIVITY. 



?pace should be bc^okHl without delay at tliis 



GREAT SHOW OP THE MIDLANDS 



^'^Tu*'*'^"*!!?. Ceremony will be performed bv 

 The Right Honorable the Countess of WarwTck ^ 

 on Friday, July I9th. at 12 o'clock mi d day. 



Schedules (post free) from Secretary : 



William G. Capradine, F.R H.S., Hamstead Road. 



Birmingham. ' 



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LETCHLEY AND 



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TRATFORD 



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ORTICULTURAL 



OCIETY. 



BLETCHLKY VAUK. HrCKS. 



Magnificent grcumlfi, adjoining- Rlotohl^v Junction, 



L. and N.AV. IMy. 



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HIRD 



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NNUAL 



HOW, 



AUGUST 5th, 1912, BANK HOLIDAY. 

 The leading- Show in the :\ridlands. 



Prizes amounting- to £18 offered for Carnations, 

 £16 for Ro)&es, m open classes, Sp* rial Prizes for 



Tahle Becorations, etc., rtc. 



Schedules on application to Secr^tarv, 



Bletchley. June 17th, 1912. 



THOS. BKST. 



Cardiff & Coun ty Horticul tural Society. 



24th GRAND ANNUAL SHOW 



HaPHIA GARDENS. CAKDIFF, 



Wednesday fir" Thursday, July 17 & 18, 19I2. 



Specially •rood prizes in every Section, amounting in 



' Money and Plate to nearly £500. 

 Tents lig-hted by electricity by Messrs. Fred Price and 



Oo.^ Ltd. 

 POPULAR PRICES. 

 Schedules from the Secretary, 

 Mr. A. MAURICE BAILEV, 24, Duke Street. Cardiff 



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ANLEY PARK, STAFFORDSHIRE. 



JULY 3rd and 4th, 1912 



SIXTEENTH 

 GREAT ANNUAL FLORAL FETE. 



JE5C0 in Prizes, Silver Cupe, Grold and Silver Medale, 

 Silver Challeng^e Cup, value £10 IQs., oifered "for 

 ** Trade ExJhibit '* (for particulars eee page 7 in 

 Schedule). 



Valuable Special Prizes offered by the Principal 

 Firme in England. 

 Schedules po^t free on application to 



WM, FOULSOX, Secretary. 



Town Hall, Hanley. 



CiALTAIRE, SHIPLEY, AND DISTRICT 



HOSE SOCIETY. 



TENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION will be held in 

 SALTAIRE PARK, on WEDNP:SI)AY, JULY 17th, 

 1912. (Postponed from July ath.) 



Entries olos^i July 12th, 



Schedule and further parti-cul^irs frmn the Hon. 

 Secretary, E. WRIGHT, Ilosedene, The Glen, Sal- 

 t&^f'-e. Yorks. 



HORTirULTURAL SHOW ADVERTISE- 

 .^lEXTS are inserted in this column at bix- 

 penoe per line, the minimum charg'e being two ShiJ 

 ling's and Sixpence. Offices, 148 and 149, Aldersgate 

 iStreet, London, E.G. 



Schrod-er. Tlie Dell, Eorhani, exhibited the 

 glorious Lselio-cattleya Baroness Emma (C. 

 Hardyana x L.-c. eximia) with grand purple 

 lip (F.C.C.); and Miltonia Bleiiana Rising 

 Sun (A.M.), white with orange-yellow disk. 



Cattleya gigas Mandaiana came from Mr. 

 W. A. Manda, St. Albans; and Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons secured an A.M. for Odon- 

 tonia St. Albans (Miltonia fuscatum x Odon- 

 toglossum Pescatorei). 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



Mr. A. E. Bourse, Hope Vitw, Biggleswade, 

 gained a Silver Medal and Cultural Commen- 

 dation for three bunches of wonderfully fine 

 asparagus. Messrs. Whitelegg and Page 

 showed the Newberry, a strong rambling 

 grower, and very free fruiting, the berries 

 even larger than those of the loganberry. 



CERITFICATES AND AWARDS. 



Fir.st-class Certificate.— To Lselio-cattleya 

 Baroness Emma, from Baron Bruno Schroder 

 (gardener, Mr. Shilh. The Dell. Eo^ham: to 



Fowler's 

 and 



from 



var., 

 Co., Hay wards 



Odontioda Cooksoniae, 

 ile srt r s . Ch arles worth 

 Heath. 



Award of Merit.— To Odontonia St. Albans 

 from Messrs. Sander and Sons, St, Albans;' 

 to Miltx)nia Bleuana Rising Sun, from Baron 

 Bruno Schroder, ITie Dell, Egham; to Car- 

 nation Mrs. Husan Morris, from S. Morris, 

 Esq., Thetford; to Begonias James Braid, 



F. W. Walker, and Golden Shower, from 

 Messrs. Blackmore and Langdon, Twerton, 

 Bath; to Delphinium Harry Smeatham, from 

 Messrs. Blackmore and Langdon, Bath; to 

 Delphiniums Drake, Tagalie, and Lovely, 

 from Messrs. J. Kelway and Son, LaTigport ; 

 to Eremurus Lemon Queen, from Messrs. 

 Jas. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea ; to Phila- 

 delphus Bouquet Blanc, from Messrs. Jas. 

 Veitch and Sons; to Philadelphus Vio 

 Lactee, from Messrs. Jas, Veitch and Sons, 

 and Messrs. Paul and Sons, Che^unt; to 

 Lavatera Olbia, from Mr. M.' Priceard, 

 Christchurch ; to Delphinium Lavender, from 



G. Ferguson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. F. W. 

 Smith), Weybridge ; to border Carnation 

 Cyclops, from Mr. Charles Blick, Hayes; to 

 Malmaison Carnation Charles Blick, from 

 Mr. Charles Blick, Hayes; to roses Pink 

 Pearl and Effective (pillar variety), from 

 Messrs. Hobbies, Lim., Dereham. 



After trial at Wisley the following del- 

 phiniujus have been granted an Award of 

 Merit: To Darius, Cymbeline, Jessica, and 

 Lorenzo, from Messrs. G. Bunyard and Co., 

 Maidstone; to Mrs. James Kelway, Smoke 

 of W di\ Dr. Lodwidge, and Royal Standard, 

 i vimi Mes.srs. J. Kelway and Son, Lang]:)ort ; 

 to :Mdme. E. Geny, J. S. Sargent, Colonel 

 Crabbe, and Dr. Bergman, from Messrs. J. 

 Forbes, Lim., Hawick; to J. S. Brun- 

 ton, from Mr. B. Ruys, Dedemsvaart, Hol- 

 land; and to Lizzie Van Veem, from Mr. 

 J. Box, Lindfield. 



MEDALS. 



Gold.— To Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Read- 

 ing, for sweet peas. 



Silver-gilt Flora.— To Messrs. Frank Cant 

 and Co., Colchester, for roses; to Messrs. 

 B. R. Cant and Sons, Colchester, for roses; 

 to Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, for 

 orchids; and to Messrs. Jas. Veitch and 

 Sons, Chelsea, for greenhouse plants and 

 hardy flowers. 



Silyer-gilt Banksian.— To Mr. Jas. Box, 

 Lindfield, for hardy flowers and sweet peas. 



Silver Flora. — To Messrs. Blackmore and 

 Langdon, Twerton, Bath, for delphiniums; 

 to Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, for carnations; 

 to Messrs. G. and A. Clark, Dover, for hardy 

 flowers: to Messrs. Wm. Cutbush and Son, 

 Highgate, for hardy flowers; to Messrs. Gumi 

 and Son, Olton, for phloxes and violas; to 

 Messrs. G. Jacknian nnd Son, W^oking, for 

 hardy flowers; to ^Icssrs. Carter Page and 

 Co., London Wall, for dahlias, etc. ; to 

 Messrs. ^Vm. Paul and Son, Waltham Cross, 

 for roses; to Mr. Amos Perry, Enfield, for 

 hardv flowers; to Messrs. R. Wallace and Co. 

 Colchester, for hardy flowers ; to Messrs. 

 Stuart Low and Co., Enfield, for orchids; to 

 Mr. Black, gardener to R. Thwaites, Esq., 

 Streatham, for orchids; to Mr. H. Davidson, 

 Borlases, Twyford, for orchids. 



Silver Banksian. — To Messrs. Barr and 

 Sons, Covent Garden, for hardy flowers; to 

 Messrs. R. H. Bath, Lim., Wisbech, for 



pseonies and delphiniums; to Messrs. G Bun 

 yard and Co., Maidstone, for hardy flowers' 

 to Messrs. H. Canuell and Sons, Swanley for 

 begonias, etc.; to Mr. W. J. Godfrev^Ex 

 mouth, for Canterbury bells; to Mr' L* 

 Greening, Richmond, for rock garden- to 

 Messrs. J. Kelway and Son, Langport,' for 

 paeonies and delphiniums; to Messrs. Stuart 

 Low and Co., Enfield, for carnations- to 

 Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, Edmonton' for 

 ferns, etc.; to Messrs. Paul and Son, Ches- 

 hunt, for roses; to Mr. Maurice Prichard 

 Christchurch, for hardy flowers; to Mr. A. e' 

 Bourse, Biggleswade, for asparagus; ' to 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Hay wards 

 Heath, for orchids. 



Bronze Flora.— To Messrs. Bakers, Wol- 

 verhampton, for hardy flowers; to Mr. R. L 

 Russell, Richmond, for salvias, etc.; to 

 Messrs. T. S. AVare, Lim,, Feltham, for hardy 

 flowers. 



Bronze Banksian. — To the Misses Hopkins, 

 Shepperton, for hardy flowers ; to Messrs. e! 

 W. King and Co., Coggeshall, for sweet peaa; 

 to Mr. G. Reutlie, Keston, for hardy flowers; 

 to Messrs. A. A. Walters and Son, Bristol, 

 for delphiniums; and to the Liverpool Orchid 

 Nursery Company, Liverpool, for orchids. 



National Hardy Plant Society, 



JUNE 19. 



The first show of this latest aspirant to 

 national honours was held in the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, Vincent Square, West- 

 minster. The competitive section hardly 

 came up to expectations, but the trade ex- 

 hibits made up for any deficiency in the other 

 classes, for the result was a fine show. The 

 arrangement of the hall might have been 

 better from a spectacular point of view, but 

 this was partly owing to its following so 

 closely on the heels of the fortnightly show, 

 and partly to some of the exhibitors cancel- 

 ling their entries on the morning of the 

 show. 



The premier class in the show was for a 

 collection of hardy flowers to occupy a space 

 fifteen feet long by five wide. Here there 

 were four very fine entries, the first prize 

 being awarded Messrs. Fred. Smith and Co., 

 Suffolk Seed Stores, AVoodbridge, who sta.^ed 

 a splendid exhibit, lightly arranged. The 

 chief subjects employed were delphiniums, 

 papavers, alstremerias, campanulas, Poten- 

 tilla Louise Van Houtte, heucheras, and 

 Inula glandulosa. If a fault could be found 

 it was with the long sticks supporting the 

 labels. The second prize falling to Mr. Frank 

 Bouskell, Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, who 

 had a more richly coloured group, the papa- 

 vers with delphiniums, gaillardias, irises, 

 pseonies, and pinks were nicely blended, and 

 there was a lightness about the group that 

 must have made the exffibit a very close 

 second; while Messrs. Bees, Lim., were third. 

 Messrs. F. Smith and Co. were awarded for 

 their collection the gold medal offered by the 

 Gardeners* jVIagazine for the best exhibit 

 in the show. 



Class 2 was for a collection of hardy her- 

 baceous perennials grouped on the floor in a 

 spac- twenty feet "by nine. The first prize 

 was well won by Messrs. G. and A. Clark, 

 Lim., Dover, who had a really fine displav. 

 arranged in a most artistic fashion. The 

 irises were beautifully grouped, with lii>^ 

 clumps of Betonica grandiflora, Artemesia 

 tinctoria, Pyrethrum Mrs. Alfrey,^ Pentste- 

 mon tubiflorus, and campanulas. The group 

 was well finished off with grasses and tur^. 



Messrs. Whitelegg and Page, Chislehur^t. 

 were second with a rather loose but highly 

 effective group. The chief features were th^ 

 delphiniums^ anchusas, campanulas, aii^ 

 gaillardias, the front being formed witli 

 alpine pinks and violas. 



For a collection of irises, Mr. F. Bouskell 

 was awarded second prize for a collection 

 that were unnamed, and consequently of little 

 educational value. 



For a collection of delphiniums there were 

 only two competitors, Messrs. Blackmore and 

 Langdon being placed first with splendid ex- 

 amples of Harry Smetham, Lord Curzon (very 



