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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



July 27, 3912. 



and Miss Shiffner third with Wallands. For 

 fancies of any other ground colour Mr. 

 Parton led with Ivo Sebright, while Mr. 

 H. E. Taylor came second and Captain Eus- 

 Ml third, with the same variety. 

 Mr. Morton continued hie auocesses in 

 the class for the while-ground fancies, scor- 

 ing with The Nizam ; Mr. H. D. Taylor second 

 and Mr. J. A, Fort third. For three selfs 

 of any other colour than specified Mr. D. 

 Walker led with the deep heliotrope Jim 

 Biudzo; Mr. L. Hart, Hertford, second, and 

 Mr. J. A. Fort, third. The class for 



trebles of selfs, fancies, or yellow-ground 

 picotees brought out eleven competitors, and 

 thpi chief prize-winner was Mr. E. Morton, 



side Park, for a grand lot of blooms of Lord 

 Steyne, Daffodil, Linkman, Mrs. G. A. Eey- 

 nolds, Mrs. George Marshall, Togo, Eenown, 

 Elva, John Euskin, Margaret Lennox, Cv- 

 clops, and F. W. Goodfellow. Mr. W. H. 

 Parton, Moseley, was second prize-winner 

 with good vases of Soltaferre, Etna, Lord 

 Steyne, Linkman, and Queen Eleanor. 



OPEN CLASSES. 



This division required a bunch of nine 

 blooms in each class. For a pink or rose 

 self, Mr. J. Douglas scored wifh Eosy Morn; 

 Messrs. A. E. Brown, Lim,, second; and 

 Mr. H. Mathias third. Mr. H, Mathias 



CAENATION MES, G. JONES. 

 The first prize bunch of a buff or terra-cotta self carnation at the Natio 



Society's Show; exhibited by Mr. Jas. iKigfas. 



al Carnation 



second. 



who staged finely; Mr. W. H. Parto 

 and Mr. E. .7. Price third. 



THIRD DlVISIOJf. 



In the third division the classes were 

 arranged for smaller gro-vers, and the lead- 

 ing pnze-winnors were Mr. J. B. Willetts, 

 Yardley; Mr. A. E. Chambers, Welling- 



^ Painter, Brentford; and 

 Mr. C. Brown, Hatfield Peverel. 



MARTIN SMITH CUP CLASS 

 Crreat interest always centres in this 

 wiiich IS for a dozen distinct varieties 

 oioome of eael 



class 



thr€^ 



^ -, selfs, fancies, and yellow- 

 ground picotees to be represented. There 

 r^'iiT entries, and the handsome cup fell 

 to Mr. Eobert Morton, Grange Dene, Wood- 



scored for a white self with good flowers of 

 litan ; the Messrs. Brown and Mr. J. Bons- 



nLti Tf^- ^^^^^^^^ Thornton 



Heath, ed for a crimson self with Mrs. G. 



Marshall, finely shown; Mr. H. Mathias 

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

 third. In the class for a yellow ^If Mr' 

 l^akeman led among five entries with a erand 

 bunch of Daffodil that contained the primier 

 ^If flower; Mr. J. Douglas second, and Mr 

 H. Mathias third. Mr. J. Douglas, witli Bob 

 Acre^, and JVIessrs. A. R. Brown, Lim., with 

 Cardinal, were first and second respectively 

 in the class for scarlet selfs. Among buff or 

 terra cotta selfs, Mr. J. Douglas scored with 

 a lovely bunch of Mrs. G. Jones; Messrs A 

 K. Brown, Lim., second, and Miss Shiffner 

 third. For any self variety of a colour not 



specified Mr. H. Mathias led with Helen 

 plum colour; Messrs, A. R. Brown Lim' 

 second with Clarice, and Mr. J. Doueks 

 third with the violet-purple Purple Emperor 

 In the yellow-ground picotee class Mr j' 

 Douglas annexed the first prize with John 

 Ruskin; Mr. J. H. Lakeman second with 

 Margaret Lennox, and Mr. H. Mathias thii^ 

 with Gloria. Yellow-ground fancies found 

 Mr. Douglas to the front again with Pas- 

 quin, followed by Mr. H. Mathias, who 

 showed M. Thurston, and Messrs. A B 

 Brown, Lim., who staged Linkman. Nine 

 blooms of any other than a yellow or buff- 

 ground fancy found Mr. Douglas once more 

 to the front, with fine blooms of The Bride* 

 Mr. Lakeman second with The Stoker, a 

 dark crimson flower; and Messrs. A. E 

 Brown, Lim., third with Droitwich. 



Mr. J. Douglas won the Cartwright Cup in 

 this division, for "the best exhibits of any 

 one exhibitor." ^ 



SEEDLINGS. 



In the seedling 

 Brown. Li 



classes Messrs. A. R. 

 scored for a scarlet bizarre 

 or flak© with Joseph Lister, Mr. Mathias 

 had the best self with Irma. In the fancy 

 class Mr. H. R. Taylor led with a big crim- 

 son-marked yellow ground, unnamed; Messrs. 

 A. R. Brown, Lim., second with the pretty 

 My Fancy. Mr. H. Mathias' Bill was the 

 best white- ground picotee. 



CERTIFICATES. 



Certificates were granted to Peggy, a white 

 ground picotee, with light red edge, from 

 Mr. Hay ward Mathias ; to Eclipse, a yellow- 

 ground, red-edged picotee, from Mr. H. E. 

 Taylor; to Gloria, a yellow-ground picotee 

 with heavy rose edge, from Mr. H. Mathias; 

 to Dago, yellow-ground picotee, with heavy 

 bright crimson edge, from Mr. H. Mathias. 



NON-COMPETITIVE, 



Several interesting exhibits from traders 

 added to the extent and attractiveness of 

 the show, Messrs. Webb and Brand, Saffron 

 Walden, astonished everyone with their 

 splendid spikes of double hollyhocks. The 

 choice ferns from Messrs. H. B. May and 

 Sons, Edmonton, were greatly admired. Mr. 

 Maurice Prichard, Christchurch, contributed 

 a host of phloxes, carnations, gladioli etc. 

 Mr. Chas. Turner, Slough, put up a bold ex- 

 hibit of hardy flowers, and Messrs. Phillips 

 and Taylor, Bracknell, arranged banks of 

 hardy flowers around a water lily pool, as 

 well as staging a collection of carnations 

 and picotees. Mr. H. Lakeman, Thornton 

 Heath, put up a fine lot of popular varieties 

 of border and perpetual carnations. 



GOLDEN^LEAVED IVIES. 



Among hardy shrubs at Holland Park, a dis- 

 play second to none was furnished) by the gol- 

 den-leaved tree ivies, both grown as bushes and 

 as standards. They are of high ornamental 

 value, but, owing to the length of time neces- 

 sary to build up an effective specimen, they 

 always realise good prices. There is more 

 than one golden-leaved form, but all are 

 beautiful. Grown in pots or tubs they are 

 exceedingly useful for various decor.itive 

 purposes, especially in draughty spots where 

 tender subjects would be liable to quickly 

 suffer. Of climbing forms there are several 

 whose leaves are more or less golden, notably 

 angularis aurea, chrysophylla, digitata 

 aiirea, palmata aurea, and spectabilis aurea. 

 Of variegated rather than golden-suffused 

 kindfi one of the newest is Hedera dentata 

 variegata, a large-leaved, bold-growing 

 variety, with clearlv variegated leaves. 

 Apart from their well-recognised value for 

 the clothing of walls and similar purposes, 

 ivies of different kinds are of considerable 

 value as screen plants. Grown in large pots 

 or tube, and trained fan fa^shion, they are 

 exceedingly useful for screening any wi^' 

 sightly feature. The fact that, grown in 

 this way, they may be moved to wherever re- 

 quired IS a great point in their favour.-T. 



