Jl'LT 13, 1912. 



rHE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



541 



Cardiff & Coun ty Hort icultural Society. 



24fh GRAND^AIWUAL SHOW 



SOPHIA GARDKNS, CARDIFF, 



Weanesd&y tf Thursday. July 17 & 18, 19I2. 



Specially *rood prizes in every Section, araonuting in 



Money and Plate 'o* nearly £500. 

 Tents lighted by electricity by Messrs. Fred Price and 



Co., Ltd. 



POPULAR PRICES. 

 Schedules from the Secretary, 



Mr. A. MA UR ICR BAILKV, 24. Dnke Etreet, Cardiff. 



THE HULL AND E^ST RIDING 

 OHiaSANTHEMrM SOCIETY 



The TWKNTY-FIKST SHOW of the ahove Societv 

 will be held in the CITY HALL HULL, on \VE1)- 

 KE^:DAY and THURSDAY, 20th and 2l6t November 

 next. >'end for >ohedii!<*; to 



J.VJIES DIXON, Hon. Pocrotarv, 

 County Bu ildings, Hiill. 



EICESTER.— ABBEY PARK FLOWER 



SHOW, €th and 7th August next. Open Class 

 Group of Plants, £15, riO, £6. Libt^ral prizes 



for Collections of Fruit, DisT>lays of Roses; Silver 

 Cup, Gold and Silver Medals for non-oompe-titive ex- 

 hibits. Sehedules from JOSEPH BURTO.\\ Supt. 



ROYAL LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIEl'Y. 



GREAT HORTICl'LTURAL EXHIBITION wil] be 

 held in oo n n e c t i o n with the q bo ve at P resfto n , 

 Au^rust Lst, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th. Kntries close July 15th 

 Sohe<lules on application to PETER BLAIR. Tren- 

 thani Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, 



HORTICULTURAL SHOW ADVERTISE- 

 MENTS are inserted in thie column at ^.i- 

 penoe per line, the minimum chansfe being two Shil 

 UifA and Sixpence. Offioefi, 148 and 149. Alderegate 

 Str^t, London, E.C. 



table decoration class over- 



UDstairs. The 



National Sweet Pea Society. 



The exliibition held by this society at the 

 Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, 

 Westminster, S.W., on July 9 and 10 wa,s the 

 very finest it has evor held. In high quality 

 and in the wide range of colouring exhibited 

 by the fragrant flowers thin exhibition has 

 never been exceeded. The hall \va.s well 

 filled, and tlie 



fiowed into the Lecture Hall 

 show was, perhaps, scarcely so effective a.s 

 usual because erections of baize-covered 

 stag-ing were placed down the centre 

 of eacli table, spoiling the ^how as a spec- 

 tacle, though perhaps it was to the advan- 

 tage of some competitors. The gallery was 

 tastefully decorated by Mr. Tigwell and the 

 hon. secretary, and all round the hall were 

 wonderful trade exhibits, all of sweet peas, 

 certainly the fine.st trade displays the society 

 has attained. 



A rule to the effect that double standards 

 Would disqualify caused a good deal of 

 trouble, and there w^ere not a few disquali- 

 fications as the result of numerous protests 

 against infringement of the rule. In several 

 cas-es the best flowers were displaced because 

 of double standards. 



GENERAL DIVISION 



EXCLUDED. 



TRADE 



F 



In the Sutton Cup class for twenty-one 

 bunches, distinct, Mr. A. Moring, gardener 

 to A. W. Stirling, Esq., Holme Lea, Goring, 

 led, and his best bunches were of Hercules, 

 TLcs. Stevenson, Elsie Herl>ert, Flora Nor- 

 ton Spencer, and J. Ingman. Mr. Humphrey, 

 gardener to C. Ilopton, Esq., Th? C ottage, 

 Greenford, was placed second. The bes-t 

 tv.enty-four bunches, distinct, found Mr. 

 C. Beale, gardener to Mrs. A. Kensington, 

 Haverbrack, Uckfield, to the front with some 

 kvely flowers, those of Helen Grosvenor, 

 \Ninsome, Mr. W. J. Unwin, Clara Curtis, 

 and Tenant Spencer being especially good; 

 Mr. Moring fjecured the second prize. Mr. 

 I Stevenson, gardener to E. G. Mocatta, 

 I'^q.. Woburn Place, Addlestone, would have 

 '<^d the way in teh Eckford Cup class 

 *»Ht was disqualified, and so Mr. A. 

 teller, gardener to Sir Randolph Baker, 



the cup with 

 Barbara, Clara Curtis, 

 Herbert, Dora 

 Evelyn Hemus; 



E 



way in 



disqualified, 

 gardener to Sir 

 ^3rt., Blandford, won 

 ?rand flowers of 

 Lavender George 

 T. Stevenson, and 

 I^liell, gardener to Captain Twist 

 t;Odge, Reading, came second. Mr. 

 Greenhall, Longhall, Armagh, won the 



T 



Usher 

 Mr. 



Earlev 

 Cowdy, 



George, Mrs. Cuthbertson, W. P. Wright, 

 R. F. Felton, and King Manoel — all other 

 c<mipetitors were ruled out of court. 



Mr. C. Stapyiton, Englefield Lodge. Engle- 

 field Green, scored for three bunches of 

 ci^am-pink varieties with Mary Longdown, 

 Miss Chetwynd Stapyiton, and Mrs. R. 

 Hallam. Mr. lieale, gardener to Mrs. Ken- 

 sington, led for three vas.?s of double standard 

 ^arieties, and here he showed Audrey, Crier, 

 Orange Perfection , and Scarlet Emp?ror ; 



Mr. Usher second, and Dr. Phillips. Malpas, 

 was third. 



OPEN CLASSES. 

 Mr. J. Stevenson, Poole Road, Wimborne, 



A it ken 

 edge ; 

 blush : 



apricot-pink; Agricola, lilac, mauve 

 Birdbvook, chocolate-marbled on 

 Mr. Moring second, and Mr. R. 

 Wright. Foimby, third. Tlie E. W. King 

 Challenge Cup for a dozen bunches was won 

 by Mr. Cordell, garden ?r to A. F. Blade^iby, 

 RtK>khelds, Reigate ; hi^ best vases were of 

 Melba, Hercules, Mrom Beauty, and Flora 

 Norton Si)encer; Mr. Prophet, gardener to 

 B. P. Brooks, Esq., Par Station, Cornwall, 

 second; and Mr. Cowland. gardener to R. J. 

 Lemon, Esq., Bransfield, Godstone third. 



Mr. Propliet scored for six bunches of five 

 stems eadi with g(K)d vases of Doris Burt, 

 Whit? Queen. Isobel Malcolm, Mrs. W. King, 

 Dn/zlei* and AiiL^'lian Oransre; Mr. Usher 



swi:i:t pea r. f. felton. 



Lavender-colour. A.M., N.S.P.S., July 9. Mr. R. Bolton, Carnforth. 



third, and Mr. W. Richardson, The Grange, 

 Sutton, third. Mr. Bealing was the only 

 prize-winner in the class for six bunches of 

 spikes with double standards, and led with 

 popular varieties; Messrs. Faulkner and 



Aitkin. Tiirvin. Choster, second; and Mr. T, 

 Cror-s. Wury St. f]<iniuHds third. 



In the Burjx^e Cup class for a table (8ff . by 

 4ft.), filled with fine waved varieties, each of 

 the eleven com])otitors fell under the ban 

 of disqualification. Init tlu' judges recom- 

 mended prizes to -Mr. \V K. AI>cn. Denmead: 

 Mr. W. Hopkins, jrardcner to Frain W* ]- 

 lesley, Esq., Westfield. Woking; .nid Mr. i . 

 W. Broadmore, Wincin'r^t^ r. in the nrdcr 



scored in the Classification class for twenty- 

 four bunches, and he had "Earl Spencer, Thos. 

 Stevenson, and Maud Holmes; Mr. Tigwell 

 second. In the class for a dozen bunches, 

 distinct, everyone was disqualified, but the 

 judges recommended prizes in order of merit 

 to Mr. F. G. Bealing. Burgess Street Nurse- 

 ries, Ba:^sett; Mr. C. IJ. Gabriel, Easdale, 

 Hoisell; and Mr. Fairl>airn, gardener to E. 

 Otter, Esq., Stanhope Park, Gre?nford, each 

 of whom showed finely. 



In the novelty class for three bunches of 

 seedlings, Mr. 1\ H. Chapman offered a spe- 

 cial cup as first prize, and this was won by 

 Mr. R. Bolton , Carnforth , wit h A udrew 



