August 3, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 



601 



class went to Mr. C. H. Herbert, who was 

 first in the class for twelve fancies. 



SWEET PEAS. 



These were put up in large numbers, and 

 the leading class was for a display occupying 

 a space of twenty feet by four feet, a twenty 

 guinea challenge cup being offered as first 

 prize. The victor was Mr. T. Jones, Bryn 

 Penylan, Ruabon, and it goes without say- 

 ing that his flowers were remarkable for 

 their size, length of stem, and good texture ; 

 while the arrangement was very neat. After- 

 glow. Eosabelle, and Charles Foster were 

 brought prominently ibefore and above a 

 mass of popular varieties, and at the back 

 were big stands of Melba, Edrom Beauty, 

 and Thos. Stevenson. The secoi^d prize was 

 annexed by Mr. E. T. Bromley, Roselcigh, 

 Wilmcote, Stratford, who introduced baskets 

 among his vases. 



R-obert Sydenham Limited's class for nine 

 varieties made a great display, the entries 

 being numerous and good. The chief award 

 went to Mr, W. H. Holloway, Port Hill Gar- 

 dens, Shrewsbury, his flowers being large, 

 without coarseness; second prize fell to Mr. 

 W\ V. Wall, gardener to J. Booth, Esq., 

 Ardencote, Claverdon, who used maidenhair 

 fern (we did not like it) to set off the flowers ; 

 the third prize was secured by Mr. T. Batche- 

 lor, gardener to H. Mitchell, Esq., Mercote 

 Hall, Hampton-in-Arden ; fourth going to 

 Mr. J. Eandall, 103, Tackbrook Street, Leam- 

 ington. Messrs, Webb and Sons also had a 

 good sweet pea class for eight bunches, the 

 lead being taken here by Mr. P. Vincent, gar- 

 dener to J. W. Lamplough, Esq., Manor 

 House Hotel, Leamington; with Mr. A. 

 Taylor, Leconfield, Kineton Eoad, Olton, 

 second; and Mr. G. L. Blackburn, gardener 

 to Captain Starkey, Bericote House, Leam- 

 ington, third. 



FEUIT. 



A collection of fruit of high quality was 

 exhibited by Mr. J. Gibson, gardener to the 

 Duke of Portland, Welbeck Abbey, Worksop, 

 who s:ecured the challenge cup, and also a 

 Silver-gilt Knightian Medal from the R.H.S. 

 The eight dishes were of Black Hamburgh 

 and Muscat of Alexandra grapes, Welbeck 

 Seedling melon, Williams' Bon Chretien 

 pears, Barrington peaches. Pineapple necta- 

 rines. Brown Turkey tigs, and Rival apples. 

 The table was tastefully decorated with Mal- 

 maison carnations that were a fine exhibit 

 in themselves. 



Mr, Gibson repeated his success in the four- 

 dish cla-ss, showing a splendid Royal 

 Jubilee melon, with peaches, nectarines, and 

 Muscat grapes. Second prize in thiii class 

 went to Mr. E. R. Jones, gardener to Lord 

 North, Wroxton Abbey, Banbury, his Black 

 Hamburgh grapes being very good bunches ; 

 third prize Avas taken by Mr. E. Coy, gar- 

 dener to the Lady Knightley of Fawsley, 

 Daventry. Mr. Gibson won for black grapes, 

 followed by The Manor Fruit Farm, Knowle, 

 the same order being maintained in the 

 white grape class. Mr. Gibson's dish of 

 Barrington peach topped all other entries; 

 Mr, Jones, Wroxton, led for nectarineis 

 with a fine dish of the variety Pineapple, and 

 also scored for a wliite-fleslied melon. The 

 Manor Fruit Farm won both for dessert 

 and cooking apples, beating Mr. Gibson in 

 the former class. 



VEGETABLES. 



These were staged in considerable quan- 

 tity, but the quality was not at all high. 

 The class for ten dishes found several compe- 

 titors, and first prize fell to Mr. J. R. Tooley, 

 gardener to Hugh Andrews, Esq., Todding- 

 ton Manor, Winchcombe; Mr. E. R, Jones, 

 Wroxton Abbey, second; and Mr, Rainbow, 

 11, Church Hill, Birmingham, third. Several 

 firms offered prizes for produce grown from 

 their seeds, and the result was a big display, 

 occupying all one side of a tent. Mr. G. L. 

 Blackburn, gardener to Captain Starkey, 

 Bericote House, Leamington, took the lead 

 in Messrs. Clibran's class. The first prize in 

 Messrs. Dickson and Robinson's class went 

 to Mr. T. Parry, gardener to W. J. Gresson. 

 Esq., Birlington House, Pershore; M 



Webb's prize being secured by Mr. E. Win- 

 chester, Brookside, Rubery, Birmingham. 

 Still another class was provided by Mesers. 

 Sutton and Sons, the winner here being Mr. 

 W. Wright, gardener to M. P. Lucas, Esq., 

 The Oaks, Leamington. 



OraER CLASSES. 



In the amateurs' section there wa^ a group 

 class, the area to be covered being 121t. by 

 9ft. A challenge cup, which was the leading 

 award, was secured by Mr. A. J. Friend, 

 gardener to the Misses Robinson, Newlands, 

 Leamington, who made free use of Oncidium 

 fiexuosum, Francoa ramosa, begonias, and 

 carnations, together with Asparagus plumo- 

 sus, crotons, and small palms. It was a 

 bright and well-devised group. Mr. J. 

 Fisher, gardener to Alderman Holt, Oak- 

 lands, Leamington, took second place. 



Table decorations filled a large tent, there 

 being no less than twenty-six exhibits. For 

 a dinner table for eight i>ersons, Mr. W. J. 

 Mattock, Oxford, took lirtst place with a 

 nic-^ly-arranged centrepiece of odontoglos- 

 sums and Gloriosa superba, and corner vases 

 of cypripediums, with a judicious use of 

 asparagus and selagineila. In the ladies* 

 class Miss M. L. Deakin, Hay Hall, Hay 

 Mills, Birmingham, was first, using sweet 

 peas lavishly. Robert Sydenham Limited's 

 class filled well, and Miss Deakin was again 

 the winner, and we certainly liked this table 

 better than that in the previous class. 



NON-COMPETITIVE. 



Messrs. J. Yeitch and Sons, Lim., Chel 

 had an exhibit that for extent, variety, and 

 intrinsic value was admittedly the finest 

 feature of this fine show. The group was 

 mainly composed of a superb collection of 

 ornamental stove and greenhou&e plants, and 

 to enumerate the many subjects, all of which 

 were really good, would occupy more space 

 than we can afford, much as we should like to 

 give our readers an idea of the beauty and 

 interest of a group which filled nearly 700 



square feet. 



Messrs. Peed and Sons, Norwood, were the 

 fortunate winners of the challenge cup 

 offered for the best trade exhibit, the firm 

 putting up a really good group of caladiumi? 

 m excellent variety, and all well-grown, 

 highly-finished plants. Rufus, a blood-red 

 variety, was very conspicuous, and the huge 

 leaves of John Peed were in striking contrast 

 to the tiny, but pretty, C. argyrites, Avhich 

 is as useful and popular as ever. Maidenhair 

 ferns were freely used to set off the bright 

 and varied foliage of the caladiums. Con- 

 spicuous on a big stand of ferns, put up by 

 Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, Edmonton, were 

 some excellent specimens of Platyceriums. 

 Mr. H. N. Ellison, West Bromwich, had ferns 

 and cacti, many of the latter being of com- 

 parative rarity. 



Hardy flowers were shown well by Messrs. 

 Dicksons, Lim., Chester, their phloxes and 

 gladioli b?ing remarkably bright. Another 

 big and attractive exhibit of hardy flowers 

 was put up by Messrs. J. H. White and Co., 

 Worcester, Montbretia rosea and Campanula 

 Bonieusis being worthy of special note. 

 Sweet peas came in quantity from Messrs. 

 Aldersey and Marsden Jones, Tilston, Mal- 

 pas, and also from Messrs. W. H. Simpson 

 and Sons, Birmingham, who, in addition, 

 showed a fine lot of antirrhinums. Sweet 

 peas and carnations were tastefully used 

 by Robert Sydenham Limited, Birming- 

 ham, to demonstrate the usefulness and 

 artistic merits of their rural table decora- 

 tions. 



Messrs. J. Waterer and Sons, Lim., Bag- 

 shot, had a group of conifers and other orna- 

 mental trees and shrubs in the open ; Cedrus 

 atlantica glauca was represented by a num- 

 ber of voung shapely trees, and there was a 

 mass of vivid colour in the flowers of Spira-a 

 Anthony Waterer. A big display of horticul- 

 tural requisitet^ was made by Messrs. Wm. 

 Wood and Sons, Lim.. Wood Green, there 

 being, in addition to samples of chemicals, 

 a number of tools and implements of varied 

 utility. A device that deserves mention was 

 a moth trap, exhibited by Mr. Hagon, of 



Leamington; by means of this trap, which is 

 lit up at night, motlis can be caught alive, 

 thus serving either the purpose of clearing a 

 garden of pests or of obtaining specimens for 

 study. 



MEDALS. 



The society's medal awards to non-compe- 

 titive exhibits were : 



Large Gold.— Messrs, J. Veiteh and Sons, 



Lim. ; and Messrs. J. Waterer and Sons, 

 Tiim. 



Small (Jolrl. — Mes.sr.s. H. B. May and Sons. 



Silver. — Messrs. J. H. White and Co.; Mr. 

 H. N. Ellison, Messrs. Aldersey and Marsden 

 Jones, Messrs. W. H. Simpson and Co., 

 Messrs. Dicksons, Lim.. Rolx^rt Sydenham 

 Limited, Major Stringer and Messrs, Har- 

 butt and Co. 



Bronze. — Messrs. Hinton Bros. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 



AWARDS. 



A deputation from the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society visited the Leamington Show, 

 and made the following awards: 



Gold Medal.— To Messrs. J. Veitch and 

 Sons, Chelsea, for stove and greenhouse 

 plants; to Messrs. J. Cj'pher and Sons, Chel- 

 tenham, for a group of plants; to Sir G. H. 

 Kenrick, Bart, (gardener, Mr. Maedonald), 

 Edgbaston, Birmingham, for a group of 

 plants. 



Silver-gilt Flora. — To Mr. W^. Vause, Leam- 

 ington, for group of plants; to Messrs. J. 

 Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, for stove 

 plants; to Messrs. Gunn and Sons, Olton, 

 for roses; to Mr. Chas. Wall, Bath, for car- 

 nations; to Messrs. Young and Co., Chelten- 

 ham, for carnations; to the Misses Robinson, 

 The Newlands, Leamington (gardener, Mr. 

 A. J. Friend), for a group of plants. 



Silver-gilt Banksian. — To Alfred Holt, 

 Esq., J. P., Oakland, Leamington (gardener, 

 Mr. J. Fisher), for a group of plants. 



Silver-gilt Knightian. — To His Grace the 

 Duke of Portland, K.G. (gardener, Mr. J. 

 Gibson), Welbeck Abbey, for fruit. 



Silver Knightian. — To H. Andrews, Esq. 

 (gardener, Mr. J. R. Tooley), Toddington 

 Manor, Winchcombe, for vegetables; to Mr. 

 J. E. Warr, 3, Glebe Place, Leamington, for 

 vegetables; to Mr. G. H. Wilkins, 18, North- 

 cote Street, Leamington^ for vegetables; to 

 Mrs. E. W. Everitt (gardener, Mr. E. Alla- 

 way) , Sherbourne House, Leamington , for 

 fruit. 



Silver Flora.— To Mr. William Lowe, Bees- 

 ton, Xotts, for roses; to Mesnrs. Gunn and 

 Sons, Olton, for herbaceous flowers ; to 

 Messrs. Dicksons, Chester, for cut flowers ; to 

 Messrs. W. H. Simpson and Sons, Birming- 

 ham, for sweet peas; to Messrs. Aldersey and 

 Marsden Jones, Tilston, for sweet peas ; to 

 Mr. C. F. Waters, Balcombe, for carnations; 

 to C. C. Shaw, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Bart- 

 lott). Thornbank, Leamington, for a group 

 of plants; to .Mr. T. Jones, Bryn Penvlan, 

 Rnabon. Xorth Wales, for sweet peas. 



Silver Banksian. — To F. Bouskell, Esq., 

 Market Bosworth, for herbaceous plants; to 

 the King's Acre Nurseries, Hereford, for 

 roses; to A. Cay, Esq. (gardener, Mr. E. 

 Benton), Woodside, Ivenilworth. for ferns. 



Bronze Knightian. — To Mr. T. Xoon^ jun.. 

 The Square. Stockton, for vegetables; to 

 Mr. J. Wright. 45. Guy Street. Warwick, 

 for vegetables; and to Mr. I-]d. Deakin, Hay 

 Hall, Hay Mills, Birmingham, for vegetables. 



Scottish Horticuitura.1 Asso 



ciation. 



The annual excursion of this association 

 took place on July 27, when, on the invita- 

 tion of the hon. president, Captain Archibald 

 Stirling, 100 of the meml)ers, including the 

 president, Mr. Massie, and several other 

 office-bearers, visited the beautiful grounds 

 of Keir. On arrival at Keir the visitors 

 were received by Captain and the Honour- 

 able Mrs. Stirling, and afterwards they were 

 entertained to Inncheon in a large marquee 

 erected on the lawn. Captain Stirling pre- 

 sided at the luncheon, and, after the loyal 

 toast had been duly honoured, extended a 

 hearty welcome to the party, and gave the 



