JvhT 27, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE- 



569 



NATONAL CARNATION 



SOCIETY. 



The exhibition of tTiis society, lield at the 

 Eoyal Horticultural Hall on Tuesday, July 

 23, was not quite so extensive as some the 

 society has held in London ; it was, neverthe- 

 less, an excellent one, and the fine quality of 

 a very large number of the blooms staged 

 considerably surprised many of the special- 

 ists. The brilliant and hot weather of early 

 July, followed by many days of quite cool 

 conditions, must have proved very trying to 

 carnations, and the growers are to be con- 

 gratulated upon the successful manner in 

 which they overcame these climatic difficul- 

 ties. 



BLOOMS SHOWN ON CARDS. 



In the premier division, and in the leading 

 class for show carnationB, Mr. C. F. Tliurston, 

 Wolverhampton, led for a dozen flakes and 

 bizarres, with full-sized, clean examples of 

 Gordon Lewis, Admiral Curzon, Recorder, J. 

 S. Hedderley, Ophelia, Merton, Master Fred. 



Shorthouse, Janet, Mrs. H. Hoskier, Myra, 

 Lady Maud, Dorothy, Violet, and Tlios. Wil- 

 liams; Mr. J. Douglas second, but scoring 

 a pr-emier with his picotee Amy Robsart, 

 with deep purple edge; Mr. H. Mathias 

 third. 



In the remaining large class, for a dozen 

 yellow-ground picotees Mr. Hayward Mathia« 

 again scored a first, with Ariel, Corona, F. 

 W. Goodfellow, Onward, Gloria, Puck, Santa 

 Glaus, and several seedlings; Mr. J. Douglas 

 came second, and his example of Mrs. J. J. 

 Keen was given the award as the best heavy- 

 edged, yellow-ground picotee; Mesi>rs, A. R. 

 Brown, Lim., third. 



FLOWERS SHOWN AS GROWN. 

 Five classes were provided in the first divi- 

 sion for flowers shown as grown, in v 

 The first of these was for four vases of selfs, 

 three blooms of each, and here Mr. J. Doug- 

 las led with Daffodil, Mrs. G. Joneis, Bob 

 Acres, and Mrs. G. Marshall, all finely 

 staged ; Mr. F. W. Goodfellow, Walsall, 

 second, and Messrs. A, R. Brown, Lim., 

 third. For four treblt^ of faucicis. Mr. J. 



Mr. H. R. Taylor, Cheam, scored for half a 

 dozen flake*^ and bizarres, and his Black Dia- 

 mond wa«s the premier bloom of its class; 

 Mr W. Walker, Kilmarnock, second, and 

 Mr. G. W. l ord. Acock s Green, third. For 

 six selfs the prizes went in order of mention 

 to the Rev. C. A. Gottzwaltz, Droitwich; 

 Mr. W. H. Parton, Kings Norton; and Mr. 

 H- R. Tavlor; while for half a dozen fancies 

 Mr. Taylor led, and wae fallowed in order 

 by Mr. E. J. Price, Bournville, and Mr. G. 

 JJ. Ford. Six white-ground picotees was a 

 class that brought out seven entries, and 

 here tlie awards were made in favcur of Mr. 

 II. R. Taylor, Mr. G. D. Ford, and Mr. J. A. 

 Fort, Winchester; Mr. Price had the premier 

 white-ground picotee — Fair Maiden — in thit? 

 class, and Mr. IL R. Taylor, who was first 

 for six vellow-ground picotees^ had a premier 

 bkx>m in Eclipse; Mr. Parton and Mr. Ford 

 came second and third. 



A quite good number coni])eted in th- 

 t^ion for flowers shown as grown, in vases. 

 Mr. W. Walker led for thive pink or rose 

 sells with Lady Hermione. and Mr. Parton 



wns a ^ood s<Hond. 



three 



MR. ROBERT MORTON'S FIRST PRIZE TWELVE BUNCHES OF CARNATIONS, 

 w^+i, .^^.{nh wnn thA Martin-Smith Cup at the National Carnation Society's Show. 



Flamingo, Ethel MacRae, and Torch- 

 light; Mr. J, Douglas came second, 

 and Mr. H. Mathias third. Five en- 



competi- 

 and here 

 led Avith 



rose 



jesty 

 Keen 

 A. R 



tries. There were also five 

 tors in the class for a dozen selfs, 

 Mr. Hayward Mathias, Medstead, 

 fine specimens of Maud Allen (Premier Self), with 

 E. Shiffner, Wyatt, Theodore, Gatton, Irma, 

 Titan, etc.; Mr. C. F. Thurston came a good 

 second, and Mr. J. Douglas had to be content 

 with third place. 



In the class for a dozen fancy carnations 

 there were again five entries, and here Mr. 

 H. Mathias was well to the front with a par- 

 ticularly beautiful box of grand examples of 

 Donald McDonald, Becky Sharp (premier 

 fancy, a variety raised by Messrs. A. R. 

 Brown, Lim.), Mrs. Leo Hunter, Bombardier, 

 Linkman, Hecla, Queen Eleanor, Erl King, 

 Bevonian, Hercules, and D. O'Connell; Mr. 

 C. F. Thurston second, and Mr. J. Douglas 

 third. Messrs. Arthur R. Brown, Lim., 

 King's Norton, Birmingham, led the way for 

 a dozen white-ground picotees out of five 

 competitors, and their flowers were very clean 

 examples of Mrs. W, H. Twist, Edmund 



Douglas scored with grand specimens of 

 Liberte, Lord Steyne, Edenside, and Pas- 

 quin; Messrs. a/R. Brown, Li 

 and Mr. H. Mathias third, 

 trebles of 



1., second, 

 .e cla^ for 



xjreoieis oi white-ground fancies, Mr. J . 

 Douglas once more led, and this time scored 



Delicia, Pearl, The Bride, and Mont- 

 Messrs. A. R. Brown, Lim., second. 

 Yellow-ground fancies, four trebles, 

 brought out four competitors, and premier 

 award fell to Mr. J. Douglas for Her Ma- 

 Onward, Exquisite, and Mrs. J. J. 

 Mr. H.' Mathias second, and Messrs. 



The best 



nine 



quin 



Brown, Lim., third- 

 trebles, of selfs, fancies, and yellow- 

 OTound picotees came from Mr. J. Douglas, 

 whose Linkman, Mrs. G. A. Reynolds, Pas- 



and Ilene were very fine; Mr. M. 

 .,.„.^ias and Messrs. A. R. Brown, Lim., fol- 

 lowed in the order named. 



In this section Mr, J. Douglas won the 

 trophy for the highest aggregate of points. 



SECOND DIVISION. 

 In this division there were numerous com- 

 petitors in the classes for flowers on boards. 



blooms, Mr. R. Morton, Woodside Park, 

 scored with Mrs. Eric Hambro, Mr. Ford and 

 Mr. ^^. Walker closely following. Mr. Mor- 

 ton was easily first for three crimson selfs, 

 showing grand bloons of Mrs. G. Marshall; 

 Miss Shiifner, W^allands House, Ijcttos, 

 second, and Mr. A. Spurling, Borough Green, 

 third. Daffodil was the variety shown nine 

 times out of eleven in the class for three yel- 

 low selfs, and with this Mr. Morton came 

 first; Captain A. G. Russell, Wheatley, Oxon, 

 second, and Miss Shiffner third. 



The class for three scarlet selfs found Mr. 

 Parton to the front with Etna, Mr. W. W^al- 

 ker and Mr. Morton coming second and third 

 respectively with Cardinal. Mr. Morton had 

 the best three yellow-ground picotees, and 

 Exquisite was his winning variety; Miss 

 Shiffner second, and Mr. Parton third. For 

 a buff or terra-cotta ©elf Mr, Robert Morton 

 scored with fine flowers of Elizabeth Shiffner; 



G. D. Ford second, and Mr. Parton 

 third; eleven competitors. The yellow or 

 Viuff-ground fancies class found fourteen com- 

 petitors, and here Mr. Ford scored with Mrs. 

 Penton ;' Mr. Parton second with Lord Steyne, 



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