July 6, 1912 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



523 



ev€n set, iu which Mr. David McKee and 

 Mr. T. Eoosevelt were a trifle th-e best ; Mr. 

 ^Y. Dunn second, and Mr. M. Coulson third. 

 For six teas the prizes went in order to 

 Mr. E. W. Miller, Mr. W. Dunn, and Mr. A. 

 Colin Lnnn ; while Mr. K. M. Eiffen was an 

 easv first for three tea roses; and Mr. M. 

 Coulson jK^ored for three other than tea roses 

 in a keen competition. 



Mr. Eidg^well, gardener to R. J. Fuller, 

 Eciq., St. Andrews Street, lei tor a dozen 

 varieties of pelargoniums, three trusses of 

 each ; Mr. Andrews, gardener to J . M. 

 Linton, Esq., second, but neither labelled 

 their varieties. Mrs. Eouth had the best set 

 of feix varieties, Mr. Ridgewell coming eecond 

 in this class. Mr. C. Smith scored for a 

 dozen vases of delphiniums with a capital 

 exhibit, and Dr. Dalton led for six bunches 

 of hardy flowers. Mr. C. Smith led for a 

 dozen bunches of hardy fiower8 in a virykeen 

 competition, his bunches of scabious, Lilium 

 candidum, L. elegans, and potentilla^ bein;^ 

 excellent; Mr. J. Hall second, and Mr. E. 



Burn third. 



The premier set of eighteen bunches of 

 sweet peai> was won by Mr. F. Hian with 

 a grand lot of Mrs. E. Hallan, Douglas 

 Unwin, King Edward Spencer, Arthur Tin- 

 win, Clara Curtis, etc. ; Mr. A. Murre'l 

 second, and Eev. J. A. FeUowes third. , 

 Hian was a capital first for a dozen bunches 

 of sweet peas, and he showed grand spikes 

 of leading varieties; Mr. P. Hawkes s-econd, 

 and Mr. W. P. Neal third. Dr. Keynes led 

 for six bunches of sw-eet peas, with Mr. 

 Hian, Mr. Hawke.s, and Mr, Murr3ll taking 

 other awards. 



First prize for a decorated table was won 

 by Mrs. A. E. Warren with a l>eautiful de- 

 sign in pink and pale blue sweet peas and 

 gypsophila; Mrs. Edwards second, and Mrs. 

 J. Hall third. For a table with roses as 

 decorative subjects, Mrs. E. M. Biffen scored 

 with a bold display of Mdme. Abel Chatenay, 

 Mrs. Tate, etc. ; Dr. Keynes second, and 

 Mr, Edwards third. 



The premier award for a large group was 

 won by Mr. W. P. Neal with a bright con- 

 tribution, in which crctons, variegated abu- 

 tilon, anthuriums, begonias, and Statice 

 Suworowi were well arrangied ; Mr. R . S . 

 Hudson second. Mr. Hudson annexed the 

 chief prize for six specimen ornamental 

 foliage plants, a giant Kentia being his chief 

 plant. Sir John Sandys had the beet fuchsias, 

 and Mr. W. A. Harding second. 



Mr. R. S. Hudson led for ten orchids with 

 good Vanda caerulea, Thunia Marshalliana, 

 Cypripedium barbatum, etc. ; Mr. W. A. 

 Harding second. The latter had the best 

 specimen fern, and also the finest three ferns, 

 one of these being a grand Adiantum cunea- 

 tum. Mr. Hudson beat Sir John Sandys for 

 six exotic ferns, and each showed well, the 

 latter winning for six hardy ferns. Mr. R. 



Fuller had the best dozen single zonal 

 pelargoniums, staging freely-flowered speci- 

 mens in 6in. pots, and carrying fine trusses; 



Mrs. Eouth second. For six double-flowered 

 plants these competitors had positions re- 

 versed, and for six singles Mr. P. Hall led. 



Strawberries were grandly shown, and the 

 first prize fell to Mr, A. Lelliott for superb 

 berries of Givon's Late Prolific; Messrs. R. 

 M. Jon?s and Son second. In tlie flavour 

 class Dr. Dalton scored with British Queen. 

 Mr. Lielliott scoi'^d for ra*>pberries, Mr. 

 Dann for gooseberries, Mr. Dobbs for black 

 currants with enormous berries, and Mr. 

 L^^lliott for red currants. 



Mr. W. A. Briscoe had the best eight dishes 

 of vegetables, and his French l>eans, toma- 

 toes, marrows, and potatoes were capital. 

 Mr. Eouth had a splendid bunch of carrots, 

 a perfect set, and won first prize. Mr. C. E. 

 Englis led for peas, Mr. E. J. Hall for pota- 

 toes, and Mr. C. Forbes for tomatoes. 



Messrs. Wood and Ingram, Hunting'don, 

 contributed a very fine non-competitive col- 

 lection of roses, their Eayon d'Or, Marquise 

 de Sinety, Gen, MacArthur, Molly Sharrnan 

 Crawford, and Ladv Pirrie beino^ excellent. 

 Messrs. J. Burrell and Co. also exhibited 

 roses in goodly numbers and of good quality. 



METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS. 



T.VKEN TN THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY'S GARDENS at WISLEY. SURREY. 



Height above Sea-lovel. 150 fe^t. 



Datr. 



JKSHINE. 



Temperature of the 



Air. 



1912. 



June 23 



TO 



June 29. 



At 9 a.m. 



Day 



Niglit 





Dry 

 Bnlb. 



Wet 

 Bnlb. 



eet. 



Low- 

 eet. 



„ i;6 —Wednesday.. 

 „ -ThurBday,... 



hr. m. 

 11 54 



9 36 



3 24 

 10 30 



6 40 

 8 24 



4 45 



deg. 

 b5 

 62 

 58 

 60 

 59 

 58 

 60 



de^. 

 68 

 58 

 55 

 56 

 54 



57 

 69 



deg. 

 71 



70 

 62 

 69 

 6i 

 69 

 65 



deg, 

 59 

 51 

 54 



h.\ 

 51 

 54 

 52 



Means 



(total) 

 64 13 



60 



56 



67 



53 



Date, 



1912. 



June 23 



TO 



June 29, 



Jnne 23 

 24 



25 



26 



27 

 28 

 29 



(f 



Sunday 



if onday 



T nesday 



Wednesday., 

 Thnrsday..., 



Friday 



Satnrday .... 



Mean'' 





Temperature of 





THE Soil 



S5 

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At 9 A.M. 





At 



At 



At 





1 ft. 



2 ft. 



4 ft. 





deep. 



deep. 



deep. 



ins. 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 







62 



58 



0 05 



65 



62 



5S 



0-18 



64 



62 



68 





62 



61 



58 



0-06 



62 



61 



58 



0 07 



62 



61 



5S 



0-13 



62 



61 



58 



(total) 









' 049 



63 



61 



58 



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deg. 



53 



47 



49 

 48 

 43 

 46 

 44 



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