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THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



June 29, 1912. 



ROYAL 



SHOW 



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DONCASTER, 



July 2n d to 6 th, 1912. 

 £10,900 in PRIZES. 



LIVE STOCK, POULTRY, MACHINERY* 

 JUMPING. RIDING, DRIVING, PIT PONIES. 

 FORESTRY, DAIRYING, HORSE SHOEING, 

 SHEEP DOG TRIALS, DOG SHOW, 



FLOWER SHOW. 



For particulars SEE DAiLY PROGRAMME. 



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Band of The Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons. 



Prices of Admission : Tuesday, Jnly 2nd, 5/- ; Wednesday 

 and Thursday, Jnly 3rd and 4th, 2/d ; Friday and 



Satnrday, July 5tli and 6th, 1/-. 



THOMAS McROW, Secretary. 



Royal Aprrieultnral Society of Enejland, 

 16, Bedford Square, London, W.C. 



B 



ATH GRAND EOSE SHOAV 



and 



GENKHAL ST'MMKU EXHIBITION, 

 WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, JULY 10th and 11th. 



Clares for Rosefi (Nurserymen and Amateurs), 

 Bouqu-ets, Cut Flowers. Swe-et Feas, Strawberries, 



Plants^ and Tuberous Bfg-onias. 



Entries close Friday, July 5th. 

 For Prize Schedules, etc., apply. 



B. K. F. PEAirSON, Secretary. 

 Office: 17, Aro-ylp Street, Bath. 



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E C K E X H A M HORTICULTrRAL 



SOUIKTY. 



GHAND SU \IM KH SHOW. 



WKONKSDA Y, .lUKY 10 1912 



OPEN CLASSKS. KOiSES. Etc 



MILITARY BANDS. SPOKTS. ETC.. 

 CLOCK IlOt'SK. linn. Stc. 

 The NEXT Great Hortieultural Event is the 



OREAT BIRMINGHAM FLORAL. AND 



FRUIT EXHIBITION. 



Note the Date of this GREAT SHOW of the MIDLANDS 

 Friday and Saturday, July I9th and 20th. 



The Opening Ceremony will be performed by 

 The Right Honourable the Countess of Warwick, 

 on Friday, July 19th. at 12 o'clock mid day. 



William G. Carradine. F.R H.S., Secretary, 



Hamstead Road, Birmingham. 



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Cardiff & County Horticultural Society. 



24th graniTXnnual show 



SOPHIA GARDENS , CARDIFF, 



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



Specially ffood prizes in every Section, amounting in 



Money and Plate to nearly £500. 

 Tents lighted by electricity by Messrs. Fred Price and 



Co., Ltd. 

 POPULAtt PRICES. 



Schedules from the Secretary, 



Mr. A. MAURICE BAILED, 24, Dake Street. Cardiff 



CHESTERFIELD FLOWER SHOW, 

 WEONESDAT, 31st July. 



Affiliated with the National Rose Society. 



Special large Marquee for staging Roses. 



Schedules on a-pplioation. 



CHAS. \V.M, HADFIELD, Se<;retary. 



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ANLEY PARK, STAFFORDSHIRE. 



JULY 3rd and 4th, 1912. 



SIXTEENTH 

 GREAT ANNUAL FLORAL FETE. 



£5C0 in Prize*, Silver Cupe, Gold end Silver Medalfi, 

 Silver Challenge Cup, value £10 ICs., offered for 

 " Trad-e Exihibit " (for particulars see page 7 in 



Soheidule). , , ^ • ^ 



Valuable Special Prizee offered by the Principal 



Firms in England. 

 Schedules po*,t free on application to 



WM. POULSON, Secretary. 



Town Hall, Hanley. 



LEICESTER.— ABBEY PARK FLOWER 

 SHOW, 6th and 7th Aujrtist next, Oijrn CIeu^.s. 

 Group of Plants. £2^1, Ci-'. Clo. i'ti. Liberal prizes 

 for Collections of Fruit, ii^-nlny- of Hoses; Silver 

 Cup, GoM and Silv-t^r Mfiiuis ti^r non-oonipetitive ex- 

 hibits. Schedule* from JOSKl»H Bl'ltTON, Supt. 



HEREFORD AND WEST OF ENGLAND 

 KOSE SOCIETY. 

 THE 4oTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF ROhES 



(open to the United Kingdom) 

 Will be held in the SHIRE HALL, HEKEiPOKD, 



On WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1912. 

 £120 in Prizes, and Four National Rose Society's 



Medals. 



Prize Schedules, Entry Forms, and further parti- 

 culars may be obtain-ed from the Hon. Sec., Mr. F. A. 

 SPEEli, Street Court, Kingsland, Herefordshi-re ; or 

 f roni less rs . J a'k e ni an a nd Ck r v e r , Boo ks-?.l le r& , 

 Hereford. 



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ATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



Great Exhibition at Boyal Horticultural Hall, 

 AVestniinster, July 9 and 10. Entries cloee July 3. 

 Minimum annual subscription, 5s. Schedules on ap. 

 l)lication. "Sweet Pea Ajinual " free to members; 

 23., post free, to non-members. List of Sweet Pea 

 names free to new members. CHARLES H. CURTIS, 

 H on . Sec- . , Ade 1 aide Road , B r e n t f o rd , 31 i dd leeex . 



WOLVERHAMPTON GREAT FLORAI 

 FETE, 



JULY 9th, 10th and 11th, 1912. 



£900 in Prizes. 

 E nt r i efi cl o se July 1st. 

 Seh ed u k^s on app I i c^at ion to thfC Sec ret a r y . 



HORTICULTURAL SHOW ADVERTISE- 

 MENTS are iBserted in thie column at ^^i- 

 peno« per line, the minimum charge being two ShiJ 

 ijiigs and Sixpence. Offices, 148 and 149. Aideregat*- 

 Street, London, E.G. 



EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS. 



York Floral Fete and Gala. 



The following notes of York Show were 

 unavoidably held over from our issue of 

 June 22: 



GROUPS AND PLANTS. 



For the best collection of flowering and 

 foliage plants, arranged for eft'ect on a table 

 space 12ft. by 6ft., and 2ft. from the ground, 

 Messrs. J, Cypher and SontS, Cheltenham, 

 scored with a very bright display of ferns, 

 bright crotons, cavnations, lihums, cattleyas, 

 odontoglossums, and laelio-cattleyas ; Mr/W. 

 A. Holmes, Chesterfield, was a good second, 

 and he made carnations and liiiums a fea- 

 ture. Mr. G . W. Richardson, gardener to Mrs. 

 Whitehead, Deighton Grove, Yorks, third, 

 and Mr, T. M. Ward fourth. ITiis was an 

 especially good class, and the competition 

 was very keen. 



The claims tor a group of carnations wa.s 

 a good one. The space allowed wa8 12it. by 

 6ft., and here Mr. S. Barker, gardener to 

 the Duke of Newcastle, Clumber, Worksop, 

 led with a grand lot of Souv.de la- Malmaiean, 

 finely grown, with a backing of scarlet 

 flowers, and crimsons in front. Mr. J. 

 Donoghue was a very cloee second with Mal- 

 maisons backed and flanked by tree and 

 bolder varieties, Cecilia being prominent ; 

 Mr. W. Langstaffe third. 



At Yorku, considerable number of classes are 

 provided for greenhouse plants, and the com- 

 petition is usually keen, this year especially 

 so, Mr. H. W. Clark, gardener to Captain 

 Walker, Mill Mount House, York, led for 

 gloxinias with a handsome exhibit of well- 

 grown plants; Mr. F. Dean, gardener to J. 

 Rowntree, Esq., Clifton Lodge, second. Mr. 

 T. Winn, Burton Lane, led in the open class 

 for gloxinias, and was also a capital first- 

 prize winner for a group of begonias with fine 

 double varieties. Mr. F, Dean scored in the 

 strong class for a group of calceolarias, and 

 was followed by Captain Walker. Messrs. 

 W. Seagrave and Co. ; Mr. Skill, gardener to 

 H. E. Leetham, P]sq., Elm Bank, York; and 

 Messrs. W. J. Godfrey and Son, Exmouth. 

 won prizes as placed, for a group of show 

 pelargoniums. 



Mr. Wm. Todd, Vyner Street, York, gained 

 first prize for a group of roses in pots. Stan- 

 dards, arches, and pillars of Dorothy Perkins 

 and Hiawatha were freely used, with dwarfs 

 of Frau Karl Druschki, Capt. Hayward, etc., 

 beneath. Mr. W. Langstaffe, Garth Terrace, 

 York, second, with a good lot of roses, but 

 not well displayed. In another class for a 

 group of roses, decorative plants admissable, 

 ^r. Langstaffe was the leading prizewinner, 



and his centrepiece was a standard of Phila- 

 delphia Rambler; Mr. W. H. Todd second 



There were but two entries in the class 

 for a table of roses, 6ft. by 4ft., and here 

 Mr. E. J. Hicks won first place with an excel- 

 lent exhibit containing masses of Eichmond 

 Frau Karl Druschki, Lady Hillingdon, Mdme* 

 Abel Chatenay, and Mdme. Ravary; Mr* 

 Henry Drew, Longworth, was a good 'second 



For a specimen greenhouse plant in flower 

 Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons set up a verv 

 large and freely-flowered Erica ventricosa 

 magnifica, and this won them the leadine 

 award; Mr. W. Vause second. The Mese^rs. 

 Cypher scored easily for six specimen foliage 

 plants with large example^^ of kentias and 

 crotons; Mr. Vause and Messrs. E. Simpson 

 and Sons followed in order. The latter firm 

 staged the three best crotons. 



Mr. Barker scored for six orchids in the 

 amateur section, and in the same division 

 led for three orchids and for a single spe- 

 cimen, the latter being a lovely Cattleva 

 Mossife alba. Mr. A. Sunley, South Milford, 

 was also a prize winner in the orchid classes 



and Mrs. Whitehead scored with a fine Vanda 

 suavis. 



PELARGONIUMS 



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'pecimen pelargoniums do not occupy the 

 large position they once did at York, but 

 nevertheless thev make a fine show. For six 

 specimens, zonal or nosegay varieties, Mr. 

 Henry Pvbus, Monkton Moor, won first prize 

 with Mrs. W. Paul, Lady Reid, Mrs. Kelly, 

 Doris Clark, Dr. Kotch, and Mrs. Newdi- 

 gate ; Mr. Jas. Sunley second, and Mr. J. \V. 

 Clarke, third. For a dozen specimens Mr 

 H. Pybus scored, but we have seen him show 

 in better form; Doris Clark, Mary Pelton, 

 H. Jacoby, and Mr^. Kelly were his best ?|ie- 

 cimens; Mr. J. W. Clarke, Clifton, York, 

 came a capital second with smaller but finelj- 

 fiowei'ed specimens, and Mr. J. Sunley came 

 third. 



Mr. J. W. Clarke scored for half a dozen 

 specimens of double varieties with good ex- 

 amples of Ernest Louth, R. W. Sayers, Eoyal 

 Star, Mdme. Thibaut, F. V. Raspail, and 

 King of Denmark; Mr. H. Pybus second, 

 and^ Mr. R. Madgett, Clifton, York, third. 

 Mr. H. Pybuis led for three zonal varieties, 

 and here his selection was Lady Reid, Mrs. 

 Turner, and Mrs. D'Ombrain ; Mr. Sunley 

 second, and Mr. J. W. Clarke third. 



FLORAL DESIGNS. 

 In the classes for floral decorations ther** 

 was a goodly display. Messrs. J. Backhoiine 

 and Son led for two bridal bouquets, and 

 these were composed chiefly of white odonto- 

 glossums; Mr. A. A, Gatley second. The 

 Messrs. Backhouse also came first for a pair 

 of ball bouquets, with designs in gorgeous 

 orchids; Mr. A. A. Gatley second. The 

 Messrs. Backhouse also led for a pair of hand 

 bouquets, and here they used golden onci- 

 diums and cypripediums advantageously. 

 In other classes the York firm scored for a 

 basket of cut flowers and for a basket ot 

 roses, the latter being a fine exhibit 

 Mdme. Abel Chatenav. 



HARDY FLOWERS. 

 A very interesting class was one for twenty 

 alpine and herbaceous plants in pots. There 

 w^ere three exhibits, ail staged outside, and 

 first prize was awarded to Mr. Walter Pyhus, 

 Monkton Moor, Leeds, whose leading ^speci- 

 mens, all in excellent form, were Isepeta 

 Mn.sseni. Saxifraga pyramidalis, Miniulus 

 Tillingi, Delphinium nudicaule, Achillea Ih^ 

 Pearl, and Pyrethrum Nero. Mr. S. Pickei- 

 ing came second with Geranium sanguineum, 

 Cerastium tomentosum. Phlox canadensis, 

 funkias. sedums, and eempervivums Mr. vr. 

 W, Pinknev, Stockton, third. 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 

 Mr. N. F. Barnes scored for a dish of 

 peaches with large examples of 

 George; Mr. Thomas, gardener to the xViai- 

 quis of Ripon, Studley Royal, second, witn 

 Hale's Early. In the nectarine class Mr. 

 Lawton, gardener to Colonel Harrison Broao- 

 r. M.P.. Welton Hou^e. E. Yorks, scorea 



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