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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE- 



July 13, 1912. 



pots Messrs. Lawi^enson was first and Mr. 

 D. Marshall, Yarm, second. 



In the classes for collections of eight and 

 four dishes, Mr. Hathaway was the only ex- 

 hibitor, and was deservedly awarded the first 

 prize in each claee. Mr. Hathaway was also 

 the only coonpetitor for four bunches of 

 grapes, not less than two varieties, and two 

 bunches of Muscats, and was awarded the 

 first prize in each class. For two bunches 

 Off winite grapes, any other variety, Mr. 

 Hathaway was again first ; Mr. Dodds second. 

 For two bunches Black Hamburgh, Mr. J. 

 Hathaway was again first, Mr. W. Lambert 

 second, and Mr. Dodds third. 



The first prize for two bunches of black 

 grapes, any other variety, was awarded to 

 Mr. E. Keith for good clusters. 



For a dish of peaches Mr. Hathaway first, 

 Mr. A. Woods, Beamish Park, second^ and 

 Mr. Dodds third. For a dish of nectarines 

 Mr. Hathaway first, Mr. Clark, Morpeth, 

 second, and Mr. Woods third. Mr. Hatha- 

 way obtained premier honours for a dish of 

 cherries and Mr. W. Lambert was second. 

 For strawberries and tomatoes Mr. Hathaway 

 was first in each class. 



The local nurserymen made some merito- 

 rious displays. Messrs. Finney and Co., 

 Lim., Granger Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

 were awarded a gold medal for floral designs, 

 decorative foliage and flowering plants. 

 Messrs. W. Lawrenson and Sons were 

 awarded a gold medal for rockwork, carna- 

 tions, flowering and foliage plants, roses, and 

 hardy flowers. Messrs. Laing and Mather, 

 Kelso, received a gold medal for a very well- 

 designed rockery, hardy flowers, and conifers. 



Silver medals were awarded to Mr. F. J. 

 Bell, Whitley Bay, for a fine exhibit of violas, 

 ete., and to Messrs. Ord Bros., North Shields' 

 for tulierous begonias, liliums, and decorative 

 plants, etc. 



Messrs. Michie and Co. Alnwick, received a 

 certificate for pink Mrs. Beckett Chayter and 

 Mr. W. J. Sanderson, Warkworth, for delphi- 

 nium True Blue. 



Bournemouth Gardeners' 



Association. 



VISIT TO MICHELGEOVE HOUSE 



GARDENS. 



About fifty members of the above-named 

 association vLsited the lovely gardens at 

 Michelgrove House, Boscombe, on the even- 

 ing of June 28, by the kind invitation of 

 Walter Childs Clark, Esq., F.E.H.S, The 

 members were conducted round the gardens 

 by Mr. Clark, and his son-in-law and daugh- 

 ter, Mr. and Mrs. G. Hamilton. The gar- 

 dens were in the best possible condition, and 

 roses were to be seen everywhere. Mr. Clark 

 is an enthusiast, and grows about two thou- 

 sand plants as dwarfs, standards, and 

 climbers. He advocates the growing of the 

 Lyon rose as a standard, and all the red 

 varieties and Lyon in partial shade. There 

 are many pine trees growing all over the gar- 

 dens, except on a portion of lawn in front 

 of the mansion, and these cast a shade 

 which seems to greatly benefit the roses, as 

 the colours are very rich and last for a long 

 tiine in a fresh condition. One variety. 

 Lady Waterlow, does not receive any sun- 

 shine, and yet its colours were exquisite. 

 That grand rose, Hugh Dickson, was in the 

 best possible condition under some trees, and 

 looked magnificent in the glinting sunlight 

 which came through the branches of the 

 pines overhead. On the trunks of many of 

 these pines climbing roses were trained to a 

 height of nearly 20ft. The golden oak was 

 equally rich in colour, under the pine trees. 

 Hiawatha, Crimson Rambler, Climbing Caro- 

 line Testout, and American Pillar were grand 

 as trained on trees. Some of the climbers 

 were growing in front of rhododendrons, and 

 had their shoots trained over the more pro- 

 minent branches of these evergreen shrubs, 

 and most beautiful the effect was. Mr, 

 Clark believes in hard pruning of the variety 

 Juliet, and certainly his treatment answered, 

 as the resultant blooms were very fine. 

 There is an utter absence of formality in the 

 gardens; they are unique and most charm- 



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ing. New rases are added to th^s large 

 private collection every year, and only the 

 very best are grown. A few only can be 

 named here. Clematises on trellises and rock 

 pillars for pergolas are other features of 

 these gardens. 



After tea the members were invited, by 

 Mr, Hamilton, to look round his gardens at 

 Boscombe Place, which almost adjoins Mr. 

 Clark's garden. Rockery and alpine plants 

 were to be seen in good condition ; roses were 

 also very plentiful and good, and, in the 

 wild garden lily of the valley and camellias 

 w^ere growing luxuriantly under pine and 

 other trees. Mr. Hamilton said the camel- 

 lias had flowered very well owing to the 

 ripening of the wood last year. The kind- 

 ness extended to the members was greatly 

 appreciated, and very hearty votes of thanks 

 w^ere accorded both Mr. Clark and Mr. and 

 Mrs. Hamilton before the party separated. 



Sweet Pea and Rose Show. 



A very successful exhibition of sweet peas 



and roses was held in the Westover Palace 



Rink on Wednesday, July 3. The building 



is an immense one, central, and in every way 



suited to the arrangement of a fine flower 

 show . 



The object of the exhibition was to en- 

 courage the cultivation of sweet peas and 

 roses, and to further the interests of the 

 Bournemouth Gardeners' Society, The 

 committee responsible for the arrangement 

 are to be congratulated on the general suc- 

 cess of the show, and the visitors were plea- 

 santly surprised at the lovely display which 

 they saw. 



SWEET PEAS. 



For the best and most tastefully arranged 

 display of sweet peas with any foliage on a 

 table space 5ft. by 3ft. Mr. Evans, gar- 

 dener to G. J. Fenwick, Esq., was first; 

 Mr, Weaver, gardener to Major Tinker, 

 Christchurch, being second. Mr. G. Garner, 

 Bournemouth, was first in the class for a 

 dinner table decoration of sweet peas and any 

 foliage; Mr. Evans being second, and Mr. 

 Weaver third. Mr. E. G. Cox was the win- 

 ner in the class for nine vases of sweet peas 

 with own foliage; Mr. Weaver was second; 

 both of these exhibits were very fine. For 

 three vases, distinct varieties, Messrs. Cox, 

 Weaver, and C. Pearce won in the order 

 named. Mr. Cox was the winner in the class 

 for one vase, mixed varieties, followed by 

 Messrs. Pearce and Weaver. Mr. Cox had 

 the most tastefully arranged epergne of 

 sweet peas with any foliage; Mr. Nippard 

 taking second honours. 



ROSES. 



For the best display of roses arranged on a 

 table Mr. Weaver was the winner. Mr. 

 G. Cockman had the best six vases, distinct 

 varieties. Messrs. Cox and Pearce were the 

 winners in the above order for three vases. 

 Messrs. Pearce, Cox, and Evans won in 

 the order named in the class for a bowl of 

 roses with own foliage. Mr. Garner had the 

 best basket of roses, Mr. Evans taking se- 

 cond honours. Mr. Garner also had first for 

 a shower bouquet of roses with any foliage. 

 The best H.P. rose was staged by Mr. 

 Douch; he had a nice bloom of J^argaret 

 Dickson. Mr. Cockman had the best H.T. 



NON-COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS. 

 These made a grand display. Mr. J. 

 Stevenson, Wimborne, Dorset, had sixty 

 va&es of sweet peas, occupying a table space 

 of 50ft. run. It was a very beautiful ex- 

 hibit. The flowers were very large and 

 fresh, the- stems \yeing exceptionally long. 

 Messrs. D, Stewart and Sons, Wimborne, had 

 about one hundred vases of roses, and 'some 

 new climbing varieties in pots. Mr. M. 

 Prichard staged, in his well-known style, a 

 beautiful collection of herbaceous cut flowers. 

 Messrs. G. Watts and Sons, Palace Nur- 

 series, Bournemouth, had cut blooms of sweet 

 peas, roses, and carnations, and a group of 

 stove and greenhouse plants. Groups of 

 flowering and foliage plants were arranged 

 by Mr. Evans, the Park Nurseries Co. 



(W. Welch, manager), and Mr. T. K. Ingra 

 Parkstone, Dorset. Mr. Reeves had sweet 

 peas, Mr. Elford border carnations, and the 

 Christchurch French Gardening Companv 

 salads and vegetables. Mr, Clark, of MicheL 

 grove House, filled a table with some level" 

 new and choice roses. 



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Parkstone Gardeners. 



On Thursday, July 4, a very fine exhibition 

 of rambling roses was held by the members 

 of this association. Although the soil in this 

 district is light and gravelly in many parts 

 the roses do well, and this year the colours 

 are very rich indeed. 



First-class certificates were awarded to 

 Mr. Palmer, the hon. secretary, and head 

 gardener to the Poole Corporation, for roses 

 and to Mr. E. G. Cox for sweet peas. 

 There was a good attendance of members 

 about fifty— and several ladies who are 

 enthusiastic rose growers and supporters of 

 the work of this society. Mr. Holmes occu- 

 pied the chair. 



Wig^tonshire Hortic 



iation. 



On Wednesday, June about thirty 



embers of this old-established society held 

 their annual outing, which this year wa^ 

 confined to the county. Leaving Stranraer, 

 the headquarters of the society, in the earh 

 morning, the party were conveyed in two 

 motor brakes along the beautiful shores of 

 Luce Bay to Monreith, the residence of Sir 

 Herbert Maxwell, Bart. Here they were 

 received by Mr. Gordon, the head gardener, 

 and conducted through the interesting and 

 extensive gardens and policies, and were en- 

 abled, owing to the brilliance of the weather, 

 to view the fine collections of herbaceous and 

 rock plants, as well as the grapes and vege- 

 table crops, under the best possible conditions. 

 From here the party journeyed across coun- 

 try to Galloway House, pleasantly situated 

 upon the shores of Wigtown Bay. Here Mr. 

 Day, head gardener, acted as guide, and 

 several hours were happily spent in inspect- 

 ing the inmates of the glass structures, and 

 the flower and vegetable quarters of the en- 

 closed gardens. Needless to say, fruit is a 

 speciality here, and much interest was 

 evinced in the crops, both under glass and 

 in the open. Vegetables, too, were promi- 

 nent, and, owing principally to the genial 

 season, Mr. Day was able to show some ex- 

 cellent examples of early potatoes, one root 

 of each variety being raised and exposed upon 

 the ground, that all having an interest in 

 the valuable tuber might leisurely inspect 

 the produce, and be convinced of the general 

 excellence of the earlier crops in Scotland 

 this season. Carter's First Crop, Duke of 

 York, Sharpe's Express, Sharpens Victor, Sir 

 John Llewellyn, and Midlothian Early were 

 each in turn scrutinised, and as all had an 

 equal advantage as to soil and aspect for 

 development, it was a comparatively easy 

 matter to detect their respective merits. It 

 may be worthy of note that the first-named 

 and the last-named secured the greatest 

 number of admirers — both being in a way 

 distinct — early and second early, and al- 

 though the number of tubers to each root 

 and the weight of crop wa^ considered well 

 above the average, scarcely any small or 

 unusable tubers were observable. Three 

 lines, having one hundred plants in each, of 

 Carter's Beefheart Cabbage were also much 

 admired for their size, symmetry, and vigor- 

 ous appearance. The extensive grounds and 

 flower gardens were afterwards visited, where 

 many stately trees, finely flowered and fra- 

 grant shrubs were viewed and very favour- 

 ably commented upon. 



On the call of Mr. Belford hearty cheers 

 were given for Messrs. Gordon and Way (the 

 former having accompanied the party from 

 Monreith), to which both gentlemen replied; 

 and the party left, as the shadows of even- 

 ing were deepening, upon their forty mil*^ 

 run back to the starting-point— Stranraer- 



regretting that no further exploration of tht 

 charms of the estates could then be made 

 owing to lack of time. 



