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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



July 27, 1912 



SHOW 



GLASGOW 



CENTENARY FLOWER 



in Marquees on Bunhouse Graunds, 



Kelvingrove, Qlasg-ow, 



On WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY, 



September 4th, 5th, and 6th. 



J 



£500 in Trophies and Prize Money. 



fichedulea m»y >»« hud an Hpplication to thtt SubscriVMT. 



Kntrie« olos^' on August 'iUt. 

 HUGH M MAt:KIK, S4>cn>tary an<i Tr<?usur**i , 

 KM. St. Vin*T*'nt StnM^t. Ghk^ow. 



ANDY SHOW, BEDFORDSHIKE. 



44th YEAR. 

 THUKHDAT. AUGUST 2&th. 1913. 



I^rf?(<«t Ou^yday Show in the Mi4iland6. 



I'Ur/ES VAI.UK £1,000, including 

 ilMt ff.r IManttt and £55 for Cut Fiowertt. 



ScIhmIuWs. Kntry Fomii, etc., <>t 



WM. GUKEN. Sf^orertary, 



:4 II' 1 \ 



Fomiiby, atul lor a, like lUirulHT ol waved 

 varieti<'8,\vith waved btandardsi, Mr. G. Faulk- 

 Dev took tho l<*ad. In the claH^es net apart 

 I'or members of the corn trade^ Messrs, E. J. 

 Procter and J. Taijwcott took the lead. 



ilOSES. 



Considering the high temperature roses 

 were of eood colour, but below the average 



For eighteen hybrid tea« Mr. J. W. Parker, 

 gardener to J. II. Dixon Nuttall, Esq., Pres. 

 cot, wm the only exhibitor, and his best 

 blooms were Lyon, Lady Ashtown, R. C. 

 Wardle, and Mrs, VV. J. Grant, etc. For 

 eighteen blooms, distinct, Mr. Parker still 

 held hiri own with a fair stand, followed by 

 Mr. J. H. Kefford, gardener to Mrs. J. Smith, 

 Thelwell; and Mr. John Aindow, gardener 

 to \V. A. Kockiiff, li^., Formby. For 

 twelve blooms Mr. Aindow came to the front 

 with bonie excellent exam-pies of G. C, Waud 

 Mods. Paul I>*di, etc. For six blooms Mr. 

 W. Foulkes led the way. 



For twelve blooms in not le^ than six 

 vanetie*!, Mr. Loo Thomson held the lead in 

 position; and for six, Mr. P. FitzpatrickT 

 and for two vases Mr. Charles Green, Nes- 

 ton, were first; and in the local class Mr. 

 Chris. Hackney was 6UC3e:*5fful, 



OTHER CLASSES. 

 For a table of sweet peas, 

 led in a strong competition, and for the 

 gereraJ table Mrs. If. E. Marsh won witli 

 lovely bronzy roses. Herbacet>us cut flowers 

 were staged finely, Mr. Joh i George winning 

 in the class for twelve bunches with an 

 effective exhibit; Mr. J. W. Parker second. 

 For six bunches Mr. Parker came out top; 

 and for six bunches of flowers grown in the 

 oi^n Mr. Loo Thomson took the lead, fol- 

 ic wed by Mr. E. Sergei 



For six carnations and picotee.s, threo 

 blooms of each, Mr. James Calder took the 

 lead, having fine blooms of Ann Hathaway; 

 Messrs. R. R Anderson and Charles Russell 



took the second and third prizes rc-sjjectively. 

 For twelve blooms arranged in vases Mr. 

 Mills, gardener to H. S. Barrett, Esq., took 

 the lead with pleasing blooms of Miss PegP^y 

 Miss Willmott, ete. Messrs. Jamas Calder 

 and Joseph Oxton took the remaining awards, 

 for six blooms the prizemen were Messrs. 



s, and G. A. Turner. For 

 SIX blooms, amateurs, Mr. R. Dnke led and 

 for one vase of three blooms Mr. E. Sereer^on 

 won with Cecil i I ^ 



Mr. E. Turibnll had 

 and viola blooms. 



pansies 



COMPETIT 



were, m stronor 



Non-competitive disolays otxun- 



foroe, and did much to enhance the interest 

 of the exhibition. Gold Medals were awarded 

 to Mr. R. Maason, of Gateacre for a fine 

 display of roses with a background of ramb- 

 lers. and vases and boxes of exhibition varie- 

 tiesofgood form and colour; to Messrs. Dick- 

 fions, Chester, whr) had an exhibit of rosesand 



herbaceous floAcrs; to the Liverpool Orchid 

 Company for orchids and roses; to Messrs. 

 R. P. Ker and Sons, Aigburth, for a table of 

 miscellaneous plants, including well-coloured 

 crotons, witli an addition of truit and vege- 

 tables; to Messrs. Bees, Lim , for herba- 

 ceous cut flowers, roses,, and alpine plants; 

 to Mr. H. Middlehurst, Liverpool, for a pleas- 

 ing colleatiOii f f sweet peas of well-known 

 varieties; to Mr. R. Wright, of Formby, for 

 sweet peiis, his Mr.s. Hettie Roome being a 

 telling new variety ; to Messrs. Aldersley and 

 Marsden Jones, for a fine display of well- 

 grewn sweet peas. 



Silver Medals to Mr. C. A. Young, of West 

 I>erby, for a charming display of carnations 

 aid picotees, arranged on show boards; to 

 Mr C. Russell, Bl mdellsands. fot a good set 

 of carnations in vases; to The Covent Gar- 

 den Seed Company, for herbaceous flowers; 

 to Mr. W. Rowlands, Chilwall, for cut roses; 

 to Messrs. Jonos Bros., Liverpool, for cut 

 fiowers ; to Messrs. Aitken and Faulkner, 

 Tarv in , for sweet peas and herbaceous 

 flowers; to Messrs. Fishlock Bros., for floral 

 decorations ; and to Mr. Hodgkinson, for 

 gloxinias of a good strain. 



A. Bowles, 

 Sir J. D. 

 Messrs. W. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE. 

 JULY 16.— Present: Mr. E. 



4 



M.A., F.L.S. (in the chair); 

 Llewelyn , Dr. A . B. Rendle, 

 Hales, W. Fawcett, Hooper Pearson, and F. 

 J. Chittenden (hon. secretary), 



DELPHINIUM CONSOLIDA SPORTING. 



— Mr, W. Hales showed infloresoences of D. 

 consolida with all flowers on one side white 

 and flowers partly bUie and partly white on 

 the other. They had appeared in a bed of 

 the ordinary D. consolida at Chelsea where 

 no white forms had been seen before. 



DELPHINIUM, GARDEN FORM, VIRES- 

 CENT. — Mr. Chittenden showed inflorescences 

 from a bhi^ garden form of delphinium, with 

 all the flowers virescent, the foliose character 

 of the parts (the stamens were not affected) 

 varying somewhat in degree. In some the 

 carpellary leaves were still folded and closed 

 at their edges, the ovules being represented 

 by tbe serrate margins of the folded edges; 

 ill others they were quite open. 



PLANTS INJURED BY FUMES FROM 

 S.vIELTING WORKS.— .Si_' John Llewelyn 

 showed leaves of a number of different plants 

 from cottage gardens in the Swansea district 

 showing very serious injury, in the form of 

 mad inaro^i?is and patches. This injury had 

 api;eared si'iiuitaneously with the introduc- 

 tion of a new moth:>d of extracting zinc from 

 itvs ores in the neiafhbourhood, and it was 

 thought that probably the greater volume 

 <>f fumes emitt-'d from the stacks, end pos- 

 sibly a difference in the composition of the 

 frmes was accountable for the 

 d a m a g? wrou gh t . 



ferred to Dr. Voelckor. 



The 



greater 

 specimens were re- 



ERIA RHYNCOSTYLOIDES.— A botani- 

 certificate of appreciation was recommended 

 to this beautiful, though small-flowered 

 orchid, native of Java, exhibited by Sir Tre- 

 vor Lawren?e, Bart., V.M.H. 



CERTIFICATl:: OF APPRECIATION.— A 

 certificate of appreciation was recommended 

 to Messrs. Charlesworth, of Hay ward's Heath 

 on the suggestion of the Orchid Committee^ 

 for work done in raising Odontonia x Edna, 

 exhibited at 'lotland House Show. 



la- 



Reading- Gardeners' 



tion. 



The strongest muster of members for the 

 society's annual excursion since the memor- 

 able trip to Well^ck Abbey in 1907, assem- 

 bled on Thursday, July 18, when, by kind 

 permission of Waldorf Astor. Esq., 'the beau- 

 tiful gardens and grounds at Cliveden, near 

 Maidenhead, were visited. The steam launch 

 " Majestic conveyed the party from Caver- 

 sham Lock at 9.30 a.m., outlying members 

 joining at several lock^ and at Henley until 

 the number reached 150. 



Cliveden was reached at 1.40. At the 

 landing-stage the party was met by the head 

 gardener, Mr. W, Camm, and under his guid- 

 ance at once proceeded by the steep winding 

 path to the summit of the hill, thence to 

 the huge covered tennis court, where through 

 the kindness of the vice-president an excellent 

 luncheon was in readiness. After the repast 

 and the loyal toast, the Chairman expressed 

 the thanks of the members to Mr. Astor and 

 Mr. Camm for their kindness, and a vote of 

 thanks was accorded to the vice-president, 

 Mr. L. Sutton, for so kindly entertaining 

 the party. 



Leaving the tennis court the party walked 

 across the private golf course to the pretty 

 water garden. The fine range of glass houses 

 and the walled garden were then inspected. 

 The mansion, situated immediately above the 

 world-famous Cliveden Woods, which renders 

 the ITiames at this point so singularly beau- 

 tiful, claims as its founder George Villiers, 

 Duke of Buckingham, favourite of Charles 

 II., and was for a time occupied by Frederick, 

 Prince of Wales, father of George III. Two 

 former mansions having been destroyed, by 

 fire, the present handsome structure in the 

 Palladian style was designed and erected by 

 the late Sir Charles Barry, and stands in a 

 beautifully timbered park of 300 acres. Pass- 

 ing through the forecourt lawns and gardens, 

 gay with colour, the terrace on the soutl 

 front was gained. From this point of van- 

 tage a view of surpassing beauty is obtained. 

 In the foreground is the charming and ex- 

 tensive Italian garden, exquisite in design; 

 beyond, the woodlands rise abruptly from 

 the Cliveden reach of the Tiiames, and in 

 the distance the beautifully wooded counties 

 of Berks and Surrey are seen. Passing round 

 the mansion the glass houses immediately 

 adjacent were inspected, and then a visit was 

 paid to the charming herbaceous garden just 

 in the zenith of its beauty. Many were in- 

 clined to linger here, but time would not per- 

 mit. 



Having regard to the delays experienced in 

 the morning a punctual start on the return 

 journey was made, and Reading was reached 

 shortly before ten p.m., after an outing pro- 

 nounced by all to be one of the most enjoy- 

 able and successful promoted by the associa- 

 tion. 



Horticultural Club. 



The usual annual outing of the members 

 of this club took place on Thursday, the 18th 

 instant, and, despite the unseasonable lapse 

 into chilly and gloomy weather, was an 

 tremely enjoyable one. Some fifty ladies ana 

 gentlemen, occupying two saloon carriages, 

 reached Slough from Paddington about mid- 

 day, proceeding thence in motor brakes to 

 Stoke Poges, where they visited the old 

 church, sacred to reminiscences of the poet 

 Gray, whose tomb is in the churchyard, and 

 notable as containing the pew of Williani 

 Penn, whose name is equally immortalised as 

 the founder of the new great State of Penn- 

 sylvania. Leaving the old church, parts of 

 which date back to the twelfth century, the 

 party was then driven through Burnham 

 Beeches and the charming woodlands of 

 which they form a quota, stopping to partake 

 of a very excellent lunch at Wingrove's R«^s- 

 taurant there. 



Among the guests were two from Canada, 

 Professor Hutt and Mr Whyte, and the 

 usual toast of " The King " having been 

 honoured, Mr. Druery proposed that of the 

 visitors generally, coupling their names there- 

 with, in response to which toast they replied 

 in highly appreciative terms as regards the 

 hospitality they w^ere enjoying, the ^von- 

 drous l)eauty of the places they were privi- 

 leged to visit, and last, but not least, the 

 heartfelt reciprocity with which they and 

 their fellows from Canada had recently met 

 in their endeavours to increase the solidarity 

 of the great British Empire by fraternal co- 

 operation. 



The lunch over, the party proceeded t<> 

 Cliveden, where, by permission of W. ^• 

 Astor, Esq., they were conducted by Mr. 



