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THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



June 22, 1912^ 



Silver-gilt Medals to Messrs. W. and J. 

 Brown, Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, Mr. G. 

 Eeuthe, Messrs. T. S. Ware, Lim., and Mr. 

 J. Box. 



Silver Medals to Messrs. E. H. Bath, Lim., 

 Messrs. G. Gibson and Co., Messrs. G. Bun- 

 yard and Co., Messrs. Carter Page and Co., 

 Messrs. Bakers, Messrs. Kelwav and Son. 

 Messrs. W. J. Godfrey and Son/Mr. F. Bous- 

 k^ll, and Messrs. J. Cheal and Son. 



Messrs. F. Smith and Co. were awarded the 

 Gardeners^ Magazine Gold Medal for the 

 best exhibit in the show 



F.C.C. to Wahlenl5ergia gentianoides, from 

 Mr. E. Prichard, Lithocjpermxim Froebelli, 

 from the same exhibitor ; to Delphinium 

 Dusky Monarch, from Messrs. J. Kelway and 

 Son; to Gladiolus Queen Mary; to Delphi- 

 nium Lavender, from Mr. G. Ferguson; to 

 Lavatera Olbia, from Mr. M. Prichard; to 

 Eodgersia tabularis, from Mr. Amos Perry. 



Na.tiona.1 Gladioli Society. 



Tliis society held its first summer show 

 of early flowering gladioli in the Eoyal Hor- 

 ticultural Hall , Vincent Square, West- 

 minster, in conjunction with the usual fort- 

 nightly meeting. Although it was not a 

 great effort, it will suffice to draw attention 

 to this beautiful section of the gladioli. For 

 twelve varieties^ six blooms each, Messrs. 



E. H. Wheadon and Sons, Guernsey, won the 

 premier award with beautiful vases of 

 Sarnia's Glory, Dawn, Orient (a very beauti- 

 ful vase). Peach Blossom, Dauntless, Beauty, 

 The Queen, and Dictator. Mr. C. Blamlield, 

 Guernsey, was second. For six varieties^ Mr. 



F. Lilley, Guernsey, led off with some fine 

 spikes. King Edward VIL, Dewdrop, Princess 

 Victoria, Pink Perfection, Salmon King, and 

 Que^n Alexandra. For a small group, three 

 feet by six feet, Mr. Lilley was again suc- 

 cessful, staging fine vases of Princess Vic- 

 toria, King Edward, Queen Alexandra, King 

 of Spain, and Dewdrop. 



Mr. K. Velthuys, Hillegom^ had a nice re- 

 presentative collection in which were noted 

 the distinct Baron Jules Hulot, Augusta, 

 America, etc. Mr. F. Lilley also contributed a 

 gay group, though he had rather an unfor- 

 tunate position for staging. 



East Ang:iian Horticultural 



Club. 



At the June meeting of this club Mr. Hy. 

 Goude, the Norfolk County Council Lecturer, 

 gave a discourse upon "Pests" (Insect and 

 Fungoid) that he has met with in the course 

 of his work as horticultural instructor in the 

 large county of Norfolk. As there are on 

 the western side large tracts of land which 

 each year are devoted to potato culture, it 

 was only to be expected that they came first 

 for comment. The leaf-curl disease is gene- 

 rally in error attached to " the disease " 

 of which everyone dreads. Both the Ameri- 

 can and the old form of mildew are often 

 met, and are proving disastrous to goose- 

 berry growers. The mite has entirely pre- 

 vented growers in some of the districts grow- 

 ing black currants, whilst in others the 

 strawberry beetle has carried on its ravages 

 to an injurious extent. Caterpillars and 

 aphis, apple suckers and scale, appeared more 

 in some places than in others; the bright 

 side of it, however, was that one noted now- 

 adays more active and stringent steps werc^ 

 taken to check and eradicate^ these enemies, 

 by spraying and clean culture. The matter 

 brought out a very animated general 

 discussion. 



There was a capital display of flowers, 

 fruits, and vegetables upon the tables, the 

 thanks of the meeting going to Mr. F. Wilby, 

 gardener to F. A. Bainbridge, Esq., for sweet 

 peas; to Messrs. A. J. and C. Allen, for their 

 group of new roses; and to Mr. Frank Neave, 

 for a display of pansies and columbines. The 

 summer excursion of the club is this year 

 fixed for July 11, to the notable gardens of 

 West wick House, by kind permission of 

 Colonel B. J. Petre. 



*»* Mr. H. N. Ellison, West Bromwich, was 

 awardefl a .Silver-gilt Medal for the fine col- 

 lection of plants he exhibited at the Royal 

 Counties Show, Guildford. 



Mr. 



Yorkshire Floral Fete and 



Gala. 



(Continued from page 464.) 

 Barnes secured 2()-J- points, making 

 a total of 109 points. Second prize fell to 

 Mr. J, Edmonds, gardener to the Duke of 

 St. Albans, Bestwocd Park, Arnold, Notts, 

 who had good dishes of Eoyal Sovereign 

 strawberries. Lord Napier nectarines, and 

 Black Hamburgh grapes; for this exhibit 

 the judges awarded 95 points. Carnations 

 and gypsophila were used for decoration. 

 Third prize fell to Mes8rs. C. E, Simpson, 

 In the class for a collection of ten kinds 

 of fruits there were four entries. Mr. S. 

 Barker, gardener to the Duke of Newcastle, 

 Clumber, Worksop, was a capital first with 

 Bl^ck Hamburgh and Foster'^ Seedling 

 grape.s. Early River's cherries. Lady Sudeley 

 apples, Brown Turkey figs, Eoyal George 

 peaches. Royal Sovereign strawberries. Royal 

 Jubilee melon. Early Transparent Gage 

 plum.^, and Lord Napier nectarines. Mr. J. 

 Kclmonds came second with good strawberries 

 and Dyinond peaches; Mr. J. E. Hathaway, 

 gardener to J. Brennand, Esq., Baldersby 

 Park, Thirsk, third. 



Mr. Edmonds led for six kinds of fruit, 

 and he had a very nice Queen pineapple in 

 his set; Mr. S. Barker second, and Mr. J. 

 Hatliaway third. For four dishes of fruits 

 the prizes fell in due order to Mr. W. N. 

 ITagiie, gardener to W. D. Cliff, Esq., Mean- 

 wood Towers, Leeds; Mr. Edmonds, and Mr. 

 J. Hathaway. 



Mr. Edmonds scored for a pair of bunches 

 of Black Hamburgh grapes, with finely- 

 berried and deeply-coloured clusters ; Mr. 

 H. E. Bray, gardener to Lady Hawke, Tad- 

 caster, second. Mr. Edmonds also led for a 

 pair of bunches of white grapes with neat 

 amples of Muscat of Alexandria; Mr. Hague 

 second, and Mr. N. F. Barnes third. 



NON-COMPETITIVE. 



Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Reading, oc- 

 cupied their usual position, and made up an 

 ela>K)rate exhibit of flowers, fruits, and vege- 

 tables, the whole arrangement being good; 

 the firm's specialities in peas, cucumbers, 

 tomatoes, melons, and beans were pleasingly 

 associated with sweet peas, stocks, gloxinias, 

 poppies, delphiniums, and other charming 

 summer flowers. Messrs. J, Kelway and 

 Sons, Langport, exhibited stately and beau- 

 tiful delphiniums in asisociation with such 

 charming single pseonies as Queen of Roses, 

 Heart's Desire, Scilla, and Purple Cup, the 

 latter rich crimson-purple, and a real beauty. 

 Messrs. Dickson'8, Chester, filled a goodly 

 length of tabling vnth sheaves of pseonies, 

 delphiniums, and irises, fronted Avith a 

 wide selection of paeonies, poppies, cam- 

 panulas, liliums, and spiraea.^ 



The delphiniums from Messrs. R. H. Bath, 

 Lim., Wisbech, were particularly g"obd, not- 

 ably the varieties Mrs. K. F. Caron, Rev. E. 

 Lascelles, Hampton, and Duke of Buccleuch ; 

 peeonies and Spanish iris were also good. 

 Messrs. Wm. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, 

 showed a capital lot of perpetual carnations. 

 Alma Ward and Mrs. L. Mackinnon being 

 very fine; the new pink named Princess 

 Christian, very free, was splendid, and the 

 new hydrangeas, araucarias, coleus, etc., all 

 added to the effectiveness of a good display. 



M(\<>rs. Dobbie and Co. Edinburgh, showed 

 a glorious group of bunches of sweet peas, 

 in which May Campbell, Thos. Stevenson, In- 

 spector, Melba, Decorator, Dobbie's Scarlet, 

 and other of their specialities were conspicu- 

 ously beautiful. Early dahlias, chrysanthe- 

 mums, and antirrhinums were also staged. 

 Messrs. Aldersey and Mar.sden Jones, Til- 

 ston, contributed a few sweet peas and hardy 

 flowers. Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, con- 

 tributed a collection of perpetual carnations. 

 Messrs. Young and Co., Hatherley, Chelten- 

 ham, exhibited carnations finely, putting up 

 splendid bunches of good blooms of Duchess 

 of Devonshire, Robert Craig, Mikado, Cecilia, 

 Mrs. Greswolde Williams, Britannia, and 

 White Enchantress. Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Ex- 

 mouth, sent his new Canterbury bells and 

 poppies. Mis-e Hemus, Upton-on-Scv<'ni, had 

 an exhibit of dainty Iceland poppies and 

 sweet peas. 



Batchelori 



Mr. Clarence Elliott, Six Hills, Stevena., 

 put up .a most interesting rock eanU' 

 planted with colonies of Wahlenbereia 

 cola, Nepeta Musseni, Campanula nulla fw" 

 alls enneaphylla. Orchis maculata and otlJ' 

 pretty plants. Messrs. E. J. Batehelor am) 

 Sons, Harrogate, massed fine varieties of nZ. 

 ful ferns, and made free use of NephroleS 



an a lovely mossy-fronded form^ 

 great beauty; Schouleri, N. WTiitmani 

 and N. todeaoides were other fine thina 

 staged in a goodly group. Messrs. Sea<^raS 

 and Co., Sheflaeld, were represented bv x 

 fragrant display of violas flanked bv m. 

 leaved pelargoniums. 



Messrs. Hogg and Robertson, Dublin 

 showed ixias grandly— indeed, they made an 

 unusually fine display of these beautiful 

 flowers, m association with Spanish irises 

 Mee^srs. S. Broadhead and Son, Huddersfield 

 put up a little rock garden, and Mr. J F 

 Sadler, Newbury, showed hybrid orchid^ 

 hhums, and hardy flowers. Mr. A. F. Duttoii 

 Iyer, Bucks, contributed one of his fine ex- 

 hibits of beautiful carnations, and if 

 any were better than the rest thev were 

 Mikado, Enchantress, Mrs. A. F. Button 

 White Lawson, and Winsor. Mr. C. 

 Breadmore, Winchester, put up a beautiful 

 lot of sweet peas, and the colouring of his 

 Scarlet Emperor, Marjory Linzie, Stirling 

 Stent, Princess Mary, Dazzler, and Aggie 

 Elder was lovely. 



Messrs. Webb and Sons, W^ordsley, Stour- 

 bridge, displayed their fine gloxinias in froi 

 of a bank of sweet peas, liliums, spira-a- 

 etc. In front of all this beauty they ar- 

 ranged first-rate cauliflow^ers, peas, marroiv?. 

 potatoes, melons, tomatoes, etc. Messrs. 

 H. B. May and Sons, Edmonton, submitted 

 a large, beautiful, interesting, and educa- 

 tional exhibit of useful ferns. Messrs. Jar- 

 man and Co., Chard, sent pelargoniums and 

 their charming varieties of sweet sultans. Mr. 

 Chas. Warner, Abbey Nurseries, Leicester, 

 put up a most interesting exhibit of hardv 

 fuchsias^ 



Messrs. Bide and Sons, Farnham, contri- 



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