September 14, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



711 



AliS 



To Messrs. Carter Page 

 to Mr. Jas. Box, for 



jiilver-gilt Flora, 

 and Co., for dahlias; 

 phloxes, etc. 



*iilver-e:ilt Banksian 

 Lim., for dahlia^.: to Mr. A. Perry, for hardy 



■To Messrs. Hobbies, 



To Mr, W. T. Pitt, 



flowers. , 1 



Silver Flora Medals. n ^ q 



fcr orchids; to Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, 

 for dahlias; to M<^ssrs. B. R. Cant and Sons, 

 for roees; to Messrs, J. Cheal and Sons, lor 

 trees and shrubs; to Messrs. Gunn and Sons, 

 for phloxes; to Messrs. W. Paul and Son, for 

 roses; to Messrs. Felton and Sons, for nelum- 



Silver Knightian Medals.— To Mr. Brandt, 

 for fruit; to Mr. Merry, for fruit 



Silver Banksian Medals.— To Messrs. Barr 

 and Sons, for hardy flowers; to Messrs. G, 

 Biinvard and Co., Lim., for hardy plants; to 

 Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son, for dracaenas; 

 to Mr A. LI. Gwillim, for begonias; to 

 Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, for ferns and 

 veronicas; to Mr. ^S. Mortimer, for dahlias; 

 to Mr. L. R. Eussell, for flowering plants; 

 to Mr. C. Turner, for dalilias; to Messrs. T. 



Ware, Lim., for dahlias; to Miss Walters 

 VnsoB for painting of nelumbiums. 



Bronze Flora.— To Mr. J. T. West, for 



Virst' Class Certificates.— To Cattleya Me- 

 moria H. A. Tra«ey, from Mr. H. S. Good- 

 son; to Dendrobium Schutzei. 



Awards of Merit.— To Odontioda Devosiana 

 Fowlers var., from Mr. J. Gurney Fowler: to 

 Laelio-cattleya St. Gothard, from Mr. C. J. 

 Phillips, Sevenoaks; to Chrysanthemum 

 Crimson Polly, from Messrs. W. Wells and 

 Co.; to Hel'ianthemum autumnale rubruni 

 and Achillea Perry's White, both from Mr. 

 Amos Perry; to Dahlia Queen Mary, from 

 Me.'^srs. H. Cannell and Sons; to Dahlia 

 Crawlev Star, from Messrs. J. Cheal and Son; 

 to Collarette Dahlia^ Ideal and Albert Man. 

 mene, both from Mr. J. B. Riding; to Dahlia 

 Selma, from Mr. C. Turner; to Dahlias John 

 Riding. Xantwich, and Dolly, from Messrs. 

 Jas. Stredwick and Son; to Pentstemon Gad- 

 desden Gem, from Mr. A. G. Gentle ; to 

 Dahlia Papa Charmet, from Messrs. Hobbies, 

 Lim.; to Potato The Diamond, from Messrs. 

 Barr and Sons; to Potato The Conquest, from 

 Me.ssrs. Dobbie and Co. ; to Potato James 

 Cribsoii. from Mr. T. Staw^ard ; to Strawberry 

 Merveille de France, from Messrs. G. Bun- 

 yard and Co. 



Dundee Horticultural 



I 



ion. 



SEPTEMBER 5—7. 



&ocietv 



held on the historic Magdalen Green, Dun- 

 dee, and, synchronising with the meeting of 

 the British Association in the city, a very 

 special effort was put forth to make it worthy 

 of the occasion. Right well did the effort 

 njaterialise ; no show produced better or 

 ^ore meritorious work ; and this was all the 

 n^ore gratifying when one considers that it 

 was the visit paid by the British Association 

 to Dundee in 1867, and the handsome dona- 

 tion that learned bodv then contributed to 

 ^he funds, which first" placed the society in 

 a position of stability and enabled it ever 

 ^^nce to hold an annual exhibition. On this 

 ^>^casion the British Association handed to 

 Jn^ society the handsome sum of £100. and 

 tfte very judicious manner in which, with the 

 ^ther prize money, this sum was utilised, 

 ^rought out results which reflected the 

 ^ighest credit on the administrators. The 

 tries this year were extremely satisfactory, 

 ,^"^^^"ting to no less than 2,6()0, being 350 



Zl^- ^^^^ y^^^' "T^^ interiors of the 



■;pacious marquees presented to the thousands 



ih^^^A^^^ combinations of great beauty, and 

 J! ^^^^r^i^Io arrangements of the worthy 

 ^cretary, Mr. AY. F Hill, left nothing to 

 ttesired. Once again the Countess of 

 rathmoro opened the show in the presence 

 . i^^rge fashionable gathering of 



■''^'-•^ and gentlemen. 



r^,. PLANTS. 

 1 his section has ever been 

 ^ feature at Dundee, and on 



there was, as usual, a capital display. 

 Groups of plants, to be judged for quality 

 and effective arrangement, were w^e.l shown. 

 Mr. James Beats, gardener to Mrs. Boase, 

 Binrock, Dundee, was a capital first, his 

 arrangement being chiefly composed of capi- 

 tally-grown crotons, chrysanthemums, pink 

 clerodendrons, and Lilium auratum, with 

 various fine foliage plants. Let it be noted 

 hen? that this is the eleventh time Mr. 

 Beats nas taken premier honours at the 

 Dundee show for groups of plants, surely 

 a record of which any gardener might be 

 well proud. Mr. James Bethel, gardener to 

 C. G. Gilroy. Esq., Grange, Monifieth, Dun- 

 dee, was a very good second; Mr. George 

 Scott, gardener to A. Sinclair, Esq., Seath- 



the first place; while in both classes Mr. 

 Thomas C. Brown, Balcairn, Dundee, proved 



a worthy second. 



For liiiums and flowering chrysanthemums 

 nothing could approach the fine specimens 

 sent from Seathwood. Dracaenas Avere a 

 capital show, and Mr. "William Grieve, Ifazle- 

 wood, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, well earned 

 the honours here. Pelargoniums, single and 

 double, made a fine display, and Mr. John 

 G. Clarke, Elmslea, Dundee, and Mr. James 

 Beats lead finely in the respective classes. 

 Mr. John G. Clarke, for three w^ell-grown 

 coleus, was deservedly first. For six stove 

 or greenhouse plants (three foliage and three 

 in flower), Mr. Georgo Bcid, Tnvertay. was 

 first; Mr. Beats and ^Ir. Einnear followed. 



CA^FTLEYA MEMOEEV H. A. TRACEY. 



Flowers large ; sepals and petals, rose-pink ; 



September 10. H. S. Goodson, 



lip, deep crimson. F.C.C.. R.H.S., 

 Esq., Fairlawn. Putney. 



an outstand- 

 this occasion 



wood Dundee was third with a really ex- 

 cellent group.' For nine stove or green- 

 house plants, distinct, flowering and foliage, 

 Mr James Kinnear, Fernbrae, Dundee, made 

 a very fine first, his chief foliage plants m 

 eluding same capitally-grown crotons w^hile 

 clerodendrons and ixoras were the leading 

 flowering plants; Mr. George Eeid, Inver- 

 fay West Ferry, Dundee, was a capital 

 second, his leading foliage plant l>eing an 

 esquisitelv-grown dasylirion, and his flower- 

 ing plant a statice ; Mr. Beats was third 

 here Ferns always a striking feature at 

 Dundee, were well represented, the honours 

 for exotics being divided between Mr. (ieorge 

 Reid and Mr. James Beats. The begonias, 

 both single and double, shown by Mr. George 

 Scott. Seathwood, deservedly placed him in 



Mr. W. T. Mcrrison. Gowrie House, Perth, 

 had the best four British ferns, and also 

 best six dwarf British ferns; while Mr. Reid, 

 Invertay. led for best tree fern with a much 

 admired specimen. For palms, the honours 

 were divided between ^Tr. Beats, Mr. Kin- 

 near, and Mr. James Bethel, Grange, Moni- 

 fieth. Mr. Morrison, Gowrie Tlnu^e. had the 

 best twenty alpines. distinct. CnckK-ombs 

 were few, and Mr. Beats wa-s first with fine 

 examples. Mr. George Reid, Invertay, ob- 

 taincil premier honours for six exotic ferns, 

 distinct, with capital specimens. 



CUT FLOWERS. 



It was in this section, if anywhere, where 

 the effects of the disastrous season experi- 

 enced were most (observable. The leading 



