August 31, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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The following awards were made by the 

 Floral Committee at the same meetings: 



First Class Certificate. — Cactus Dahlia 

 Richard Box, flowers soft creamy-yellow, 

 very large. 



Awards of Merit. — Cactus Dahlia Florid, 

 flowers bright searlet ; Cactus Dahlia Flossi 

 ^Vells, flowers violet-red; Cactus Dahlia Sta- 

 bility, flowers lilac-rose ; Paeony-fiowered 

 Dahlia White Lady, flowers white, in the 

 centre creamy-yellow ; Montbretia Fire King, 

 flowers bright scarlet, .shaded orange, raised 

 by E. H. Xrelage and Sou, of Haarlem. 



Shrewsbury Floral Fete. 



(Continued from page 656.) 

 NON-COMPETITIVE. 



The trade display's alone would have pro- 

 vided an exhibition far above the ordinary, 

 both in extent, variety, and quality; conse- 

 quently they formed a tine setting for the 

 competitive contributions, and added 

 materially to the size and interest of tha fete. 



Messrs. Dicksons, Chester, displayed splen- 

 did sheaves of Gladiolus America, G. Lafay- 

 ette, Lilium auratum rubro-vittatum, Rom- 



neya Coulteri^ montbretias, roses, early chry- 

 santhemums, i^hloxes, and other useful 

 flowers. A large exhibit of ferns from Mr. 

 H, N. Ellison, West Bromwich, contained a 

 fine collection of nephrolepsises, Adiantuni 

 Glory of Moordrecht, and the new Pteris 



Parkeri. Mr. Ellison also contributed a very 

 interesting collection of cacti for Mr. F. 

 Adolphe Haage, of Erfurt. 



Messrs. Bakers, Wolverhampton, filled a 

 large space in the large fruit tent with 

 phloxes, delphiniums, Lilium tigrinum, 

 pseony dahlias, gladioli, and early chrysan- 

 themums, set out in bold masses. Messrs. 

 Caldwell and Son, Knutsford^ displayed a 

 rather crowded lot of phloxes and other use- 

 ful hardy border flowers. Messrs. John 

 Forbes, Hawick, made up a capital display 

 with choice phloxes, a fine selection of car- 

 nations and picotees, and a specially fine set 

 of beautiful pentstemons, among which Mrs. 



Michie and Six Dighton Probyn were of great 

 merit. 



Picked fruit and fruit trees in pots, sj^len- 

 didly grown and cropped, were finely set up 

 by the King's Acre Nursery Co., Worcester. 

 Giou Morceau, Le Lectier, pears; Black Ham- 

 burgh, Alnwick Seedling, and Black Alicante 

 grapes; Mere de Menage, Emperor Alexan- 

 der, Cellini, Cox's Orange Pippin, Peas- 

 good's Nonsuch, and The Queen apples, were 

 tile pick of a grand lot. The same firm alcso 

 contributed roses and hardy flower.s. In 

 the display of hardy flowers from Messrs. G. 

 Gibson and Co., Deeming Bar, the varieties 

 of Chrysanthemum maximum named Prin- 

 cess of Whales, Wynyard, and Mrs. F. Daniel 

 .stood out prominently among many good 

 things. A little collection of alpine plants 

 was tacked on to a very large and bright 

 exhibit of select border flowers- set up by 

 Messrs. Isaac Hou^e and Son, Westbury, 

 Bristol; the ov.er boxes from this firm were 

 particularly good. 



A very effective exhibit came from Messrs. 

 E. Webb and Sons, Wordisiey, Stoui'bridge. 

 Liliums, aetilbes, and early chrysanthemums 

 iormed a fine background for fine (specimens 

 oi the firm^s specialities in melons, toniat^ies, 

 p^as, potatoets, beans, onions, etc., and the 

 whole was decorated with arches of sAveet . 

 p^as and carnations. A very interesting col- 

 lection of cacti was submitted by Messrs. S. 

 ^. Thompson, Alfred Road, Handsworth, the 

 mamiliarias being particularly good, Mr. 

 Edwin Murrell, Shrewsbury, put up a verv 

 interesting and clean lot of roses, and etaeed 

 niany of the latest novelties. 

 , Dobbie and Co., Edinburgh, exhi- 



bited s^veet peas, roses, and collarette 

 Manilas; the former were quite fine for the 

 ^^a^on, and such dahlias "a^ Queen Anne. 

 Antwerpia, Balmoral, Queen Mary, and Prin- 

 ^^^^ Louise stood out conspicuously. Tlie 



Choice nephroIep.siseiS and a selection of 



carnations and violas came from the same 

 firm. 



The Royal Horticultural Society's exhibit 

 of forty-two bunches of grapes from the 

 Wisley Gardens was a great attraction to 

 the fruit specialists, as the varietiets staged 

 included many not in general use, but^ of 

 great excellence, as well as some of great 

 attractiveness but little table merit. The 

 varieties were Duke of Buccleuch. Buckland's 

 Sweetwater, Ladv Hiitt. Mrs. IVni mhi. 

 Directeur Tisserand, Prince ot Wales. Muscat 

 Champion, Black Prince, White Tokay, Lady 

 Hastings, Trebbiano, Golden Champion, 

 Chasselas Napoleon, Madresfield, Appley 

 Towers, Syrian, Foster't> Seedlino-, Gros 

 Maroc, Black Hamburgh, Alnwick Seedlino-, 

 Duchess of Buccleiich. Bowood Muscat, MuZ 

 cat Hamburgh, Grizzley Frontignan. and 

 White Frontignan. The whole formed 



a most creditable and interesting collec- 

 tion. ^ 



Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Reading, put up 

 a first-rate exhibit of flowers, fruit-s, and 

 vegetables. The background was composed 

 of asters, antirrhinums, liliums, and bego- 

 nias, and formed a capital setting for splen- 

 did melons and tomatoes, fine onions, pota- 

 toes, carrots, cucumbers, b-eet. aul)-er ^iiK\^. 

 marrows, peas, endives, cauliflowers. etc., 

 the whole forming a most attractive exhibit. 

 Messrs. Hobbies, Lim., Dereliani. filled a 

 creecent-shaped space with a vei v larq-e col- 

 lection of roses, and collarette vim-\u< and 

 paeony-flowered dahlias. The r{)ses were very 



fresh, and represented the best varieties for 

 garden decoration, and they were used 

 here to flank the high stands of brilliant 

 dahlias. 



Messrs. Gunn and Sons, Olton, displayed 

 phloxes in their usual splendid fashion, "and 

 set up glorious heads of bloom in great 

 sheaf-like stands, presenting th? finest varie- 

 ties in fine style. Messrs. R. Wallace and 

 Co., Colchester, presented their striking 

 novelty M()nti)retia Star of the Fast, 

 together with choice gladioli, kniphofias, 

 et<5 



Cosmos^ and African marigolds were equallv 



il da^igr 

 re disph 



wsbury : the baskets of 



fine Floral da^igne of great beauty and dis- 

 tinction were displayed by Messrs. Jones and 



hhrewfibiirv ih^ l^c,oir«+.-. 



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^ini>s. and carnations were very attractive! 



Messrs. Dickson and Robinson, Manchester, 

 put up a beautiful lot of Lilium longiflorum. 

 L. auratum, L. speciosuin, fiue sheaves of perl 

 ])etual carnations, and a capital set of finely 

 grown vegetables, their peas being perfect. 

 Messrs. Aldersey and Marsden Jones. Tilstcn. 

 Malpas. staged swe.'t peas; and Mr. Robert 

 Bolton, Wartoii, Carnforth, showed sweet 

 largely and grandly, his R. F. Felton, Chas. 

 Foster, Mrs. C. W. Breadmore, Thos. Steven- 

 son, etc., being particularly good. Messrs. 

 Young and Co., Hatherley, Cheltenham, dis- 

 played perpetual carnations in capital stvle, 

 showing large vases of Mrs. Greswolde Wil- 

 liams, Lady Neeld, Cheltonian, Mikado, Bri- 

 tannia, Enchantress, and other good varie- 

 ties. 



Messrs. Fred Smith and Co., Woodbridge, 

 set up a particularly fresh and attractive 

 contribution of hardy flowers, their gladioli, 

 scabious, phloxes, gaillardias, and montbre- 

 tias being especially good. Messrs. Rich and 

 Co., Bath, also contributed h-irdy fiowers, 

 and made up a fine show w^ith Gladiolus 

 America. Mv^ssrs. Jarnian and Co., Chard, 

 submitted good vegetables, dahlias in abun- 

 dance and in great variety, roses, zonal 

 pelargoniums, and their charming sweet sul- 

 tans. Messrs. Barr and Sons, Covent Gar- 

 den, put up a first-rate selection of well- 

 grown vegetables, and staged their produce 

 in a most attractive manner. 



Lyon Rose, George Diekson, Lady Ursula, 

 Mrs. Fred Straker, and Irish Fireflame, were 

 conspicuously good new roses in an exhibit 

 from Messrs. A. Dickson and Sons, New- 

 townards. Mr. W. Ferguson, Dunfermline, 

 put up large stands of Lyon, Frau Karl 

 Druschki, and other good roses. Messrs. 

 Hewitt and Co., Solihull, sent hardy flowers 

 in season; and Mr. W. A. Manda, St. 

 Albans, exhibited the beautiful Polypodium 

 Mand'^ianum, and a very elegant and light 

 asparagus named A. elongatius-. Messrs. 

 Felton and Sous, Hanover Square. W.. 

 demonstrated the decorative value of im- 



ported blooms and leaver of Nelumbium spe- 

 ciosum. 



The gladioli from Messrs. Hogg and 

 Robertson, Dublin, were in first-rate condi- 

 tion, and Messrs. Wcl.h and Brand's stately 

 hollyhocks, from Sailron Walden. made a 

 brave show. Messrs. S. Bidi' and Sons. Farn- 

 ham had a fraj^rant and eflVctive ,i>xhibit of 

 the finer varieHes of >wi^m p-as, and Mr. R. 

 Prichard. Wiinlw.m.'. and Mr. J. H, Mars- 

 den, each contril)uted groups of hardy 

 flowiTs. V-ry bright and gay were the showy 

 gaillardias set up in goodiv numhers by 

 Messrs. Harkness and S^.n, IJedale. Messrs. 

 Hugh Dickson, Lim., Belfa.-t. wt-re large 

 exhibitors of bt^iutiful rosi-s. tlicir stands of 

 George Dickson and Ihe Lvoii showing up 

 finely. Mr. Vincent Slade sent brilliant cut 

 pelargoniums from Tauiiton, and Mr. A, W. 

 Thorpe. Lichfield, made a fino dis])lav with 

 large bunches of firM-raU- carl v-ll</werin.cr 

 chrysanthemums. 



Mr. Hpckclt, V.M.H.. Aldonliam House 

 Gardens, lllstree, put up one of liis surpris- 

 ingly fine exhil»i(s of spJt-ndi:ilv-grown vege- 

 tables, the (]uality. varK'ty. and fine staging 

 of 111- laige numhers of kinds and varieties 

 leaving notliiiig to :le.ir;-l. Messrs. Cli- 

 hrans, Altrincham, had a l irge and meri- 

 toi-ious contribution of we]l-oi<nvn veo-etables 

 set out in most skilful and attractive man- 

 ner; if one subject could be seVcted as of 

 outstanding excellence it would })e the celerv 



Fruits, picked, and growing (ui pnt trees, 

 from Sawbridgewortli^ thoronghlv sustained 

 the reputation of Messrs. T. b'ivcr. and Sons • 

 their Cox's Orange Pippin, Kival. and Peas- 

 good's Nonsuch apples wer-^ marvels of fine 

 culture, and tht' pe;irs, clii<'tly of their own 

 raising, with ovangos, plums, ]>eaches, and 

 nectarines, combined to make a striking ex- 

 hibit of great educational interest. ^Mr. 

 Albert Myers. Siil ton Lane, Shrews])ury, 

 brought forward tlie l>;'st of n;'W and old 

 zonal pelargoniums, and set np plants and 

 cut flowers in splendid style. Mr. Patterson 

 showed violas in his usual good stvle; and 

 Robert Sydenham Limited, Birmingham, 

 made a good show with floral decorations in 

 rustic stands. 



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

 brought up a first-rate contribution of ferns, 

 and put up their group in fine style. Large 

 davalliac^, adiantum^, and platyc^riums 

 formed a fine background for Adiantum 

 Glory of Moordrecht, gold and silver gymno- 

 grammas, Ts^ephrolepis todeaoides, N. Mar- 

 shall!, and other beautiful plumose formj=. 

 Of special interest was the display of twenty 

 fronds, cshowing the varieties that have been 

 evolved during recent years. Two plant^^ of 

 the rare Platycerium Wallichi were included 

 in this exhibit. A brilliant exhibit from 

 Mr. L. Russell, Richmond, consisted of seve- 

 ral hundred beautifully-grown plants of Celo- 

 sia plumosa ; scarlet and yellow were the 

 colours chiefly displayed, but there were a 

 few purplish-rose ones also. A few baskets 

 of hardy fuchsias added further interest to 

 this display. 



Mr. Amos Perry, KnHeld, was a large exhi- 

 bitor, and he occupied a large half-circle in 

 the large group and plant tent. In the 

 centre of his ^pace was a raised water lily 

 pool of rectangular shai>e, the front and 

 sides being planted up with choice hardy 

 ferns, while along the back, just beyond the 

 wat^r, Lilium auratum, L. Browni, and L. 

 speciosum roc^e among bamboos, reeds, and 

 other elegant moisture-loving jilants. ' The 

 circumference of the display was filled in a6 

 a broad flower border, with six great masses 

 of blue, lavender, violet, and purple delphi- 

 niums, with massen of Artemesia lactiflora, 

 asti]l>es, phloxes, hollyhocks, heleniums, etc., 

 in between. The whole formed a verv bold 

 and striking exhibit tliat attracted a' great 

 deal of attention. 



In reporting on the e^liibits of dahlia(> we 

 were only able to give the names of the win- 

 ners of the first and third jirizes in the clasf; 

 for colleetions, owing to the entries iK^ng 

 .somewhat scattered. We are now in a posi- 

 tion to say that the secoiul awaid wa.s made 

 in favour of Mr. J. Walker, Thame. 



