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an «dgi^8' of liardy heaths, gave great satis- 

 faction. But the moiit imposing display one 

 could imagine was one produced by bold 

 groups of rosea, with or without a back- 

 ground, and in this connection he stated that 

 one was apt to get tired of the repeti- 

 tion of Dorothy Perkins and Crimson Ramb- 

 ler, and that there were many other varieties, 

 such as Conrad Meyer (on-e* of the finest of all 

 when trained on a rustic pole), which could 

 he used in this way. A simple and exceed- 

 iugly pretty arrangement on the lawn was a 

 bed of the littls' Phlox Begulus, with stan- 

 dard Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora as 

 dot nlants, and an edging of Cerastium to- 

 Tiientosum. On the motion of Mr. Fortune, 

 Mr, High gate received a very cordial vote of 

 thanks for his interesting paper. 



At the meeting on October 1 the secretary 

 will give a paper on " Edinburgh's park and 

 other trees " (with lantern illustrations). 



Edinburg:h Fruit and Flower 



Show. 



(Continued from page 700.) 



by Mr. J. H. Goodacre, and of culinarv 

 varieties from Mr. S. Gordon, the latter espe- 

 cially good. 



APPLES. 



F 



The Malcolm Dunn Memorial Medal for 

 a collection of twelve varieties of apples 

 grown out of doors in Scotland was won by 

 Mr. J. Huff, Threave House Gardens, Castle 

 ^ ' " ' set of Duchess of 



The 



Avith a good 

 Worcester 



Pear main. 



Douglas, 



Oldenburgh, . . ^ ^«-xx^^c*xxx j^ixc 



Queen, Gascoyne's Scarlet, Warner's' King, 

 Peasgood's Nonsuch, Stirling Castle, Baron 

 A\olseley, Norfolk Beauty, Lord Suffield, 

 Cox's Pomona, and Ecklinville; Mr. E. G. 

 Sinclair, Drem, second; and Mr. A. John- 

 ston, Annfield, Stirling, third. In the open 

 class for twelve dishes of apples the prizes 

 fall m order to Mr. R. Whiting, Mr. Cad- 

 dick, and Mr. Mackinlay. 



In the single dish classes some capital 

 apples were shown. As the varieties are 

 selected largely for their usefulness in Scot- 

 land we give the names of those required 

 by the schedule, together with the name of 

 the first-prize winner; Chas. Ross, Mr. R. 



S Hereford ; Gascoyne's 



Scarlet, Mr. J. Duff, Threave House, Castle 

 IJouglj^; Irish Peach, Mr. W. Galloway, 

 ^sford; James Grieve, Mr. Caddick, Ross; 

 ^dy Endeley, Mr. Caddick; Worcester 

 ^earmain, Mr. M. Stewart, gardener to J. 

 i>eUson, Esq., MoUance, Castle Douglas, 

 tourteen entries; Beauty of Kent Mr R. 



L^fi'^f ' o^-'^'"^ Neilsoh, Mr. A. Johnson, 



' I^i^niarck, Mr. Caddick; 



Mr. R. Whiting; Ecklinville, 

 C.AA-^^' I^inperor Alexander, Mr 



d?er M ' ^''i^*^" ^Pi^'^' J- Dtiff; v.rena. 

 CpJa 1 ■ T ^"^^ Lane's Prince Albert, Mr. 

 Grnfv ■ ^^^^y' Caddick; Lord 



tZ Mr\\,'i-. ^-kinlay; Lord Suf- 

 Mr rfA\i■^^ ^l^"ting; Peasgood's Nonsuch, 

 SiHiW P^V,^^"'^ Seedling, Mr. Caddick; 



^""n^h. ^^'hiting; Warner'; 



^Vlifting ■ anii Wellington, Mr. 



^'rodonl,;n ^^'t' °^ culinary apples, 



Pdenhill Beauty, a crimso>i-nhp«t^^ ..Lu.. 



""^^a by Mr. R. Whiting. 



PEARS. 



as collection of twelve 



<i^uer to T ^ Greenlaw, gar- 



mun wW' u Esq., Benmore, Kil- 



Comice pt varieties were Doyenne du 



of Jerspv Duchess, Louise Bonne 



^ ^^t?v m-i -J liif • i -1^ ^ ^ . 



Mr. R. 

 E. W. 

 Grena- 



variety 



^redeniiTlT ^""^ ^' Whiting, 



For : third. ^ 



g^own V q"^^^'^^. ''^ varieties of pears, 

 M wa.t^?^""/' Galloway f^Gos. 



Beu^re H' A ^^^^..^^^"^ ^"d liis varieties were 



S^^'rre hI'^^''''^;.^^^^"^^"^^' ^^^'^ Chretien, 

 ^larriLf '^'^-^^ ^^"^^^ Treyne, Marguerite 

 ^^^^t, and Souv. du Congres; Mr. J. 



Chisholm, gardener to the Marquis of Lans- 

 downe, Meikleoiir House, Perth ^ came i^econd 

 with Clapp's Favourite, Beurre d'Amanlis, 

 Dr. Jules Guyot, Eei^rre Diel, Marie Louise, 

 and Margaret Marrillat, The latter pear was 

 capitally shown by many competitors, and 

 is of proved merit. 



In the single dish classes Mr. R. Green- 

 law, Kilmun, scored for Beurre d'Amaulis 

 and for Conference; Mr. T, Smith, Coombe 

 Court Gardens, Surrey, led for Doyenne du 

 Cornice; and Mr. P. ^^MacAndrew, '^gardener 

 to the Earl of Home, Coldstream, scored with 

 Durondeau. Mr. W. Williamson, Trinity, 

 had the best Jargonelles, and Mr. Greenlaw 

 showed the best dish of Louise Bonue of 

 Jersey. Pitniaston Duchess and Souv. du 

 Congres were best shown by Mr. Mackinlay, 



Williams* Bon Chretien by Mr. W. Cormack, 

 Haddington. 



The four dishes of orchard house pears, 

 shown by Mr. A. Harvey, gardener to Miss 

 Hamilton., Rozelle, Ayr, were grand examples 

 of Pitmaston Duchess, Doyenne du Cornice, 

 Durondeau, and Beurre Superfin; Mr. D. 

 Nicoll, gardener to J. Harriott Bell, Esq., 

 Forgandenny, came second. 



CUT FLOWERS. 



Sweet peas were fairly good for th<? time 

 of year, and the kind of season experienced, 

 bnt there wa^ scarcely a bunch which did not 

 contain soiuo spikes .showing evidence of cold 

 and rain. Mr. J. Herbert. Anchcnheath, 

 Lanarkshire, scored for a dozen bunches, and 

 his best varieties were R. F. Felton Edrom 

 Beauty, Elsie Herbert, Wenvoe Castle, El- 

 frida Pearson, and Purity; Mr. W. F. Land- 

 reith, Coldstream, was second with spikes 

 largely run to stem; Mr. G. Wilson, Ashley, 

 Raltho, third; five entries. Mr, Fletcher 

 was also ahead with six bunches in a class 

 where grasses and light foliage were allowed; 

 a pale cream variety named Paragon pro- 

 vided his best bunch ; Mr. Landreith second. 

 Mr. J. Fletcher led for a bunch of a variety 

 not in commerce, showing the large maroon 

 and purple Mrs. Cowdy, which Mr. R. Bolton 

 is sending out this coming season 



Mr. T. M. Whitehead, ^Selkirk, showed a 

 fine set of twelve bunches of carnations but 

 practically every one of his clean flowers, 

 chiefly yellow-ground fancies, were wired; 

 he was awarded first prize. 



Eighteen bunches of chrysanthemums 

 formed a fine class, and there were thre^ com- 

 petitors. When Mr. J. Smellie, Busbv, Glas. 

 gow, competes, he is hard to beat, \and on 

 this occasion he scored with ease, winning 

 the chief prize with splendid bunches of 

 beantiful flowers of Abercorn Beauty, Cale- 

 donia, Hector, Elstob Yellow Cream Per- 

 rier, Mdme. C. Perrier, Polly, Touraine, Mrs. 

 A. Willis, Dolly Reeves. White Masse Im- 

 proved Mdlle. Masse, Nina Blick, Galatea, 

 Leslie, Mrs. W. Sydenham, Holmes' White, 

 and Fee Parisienne. Messrs. Mason and Co.] 

 Arthurstone Nursery. Jameston, second. 



Messrs. George Nair and Son Prestwich, 

 staged gladioli finely, and were first for two 

 dozen spikes ; Snow Wreath and Prestwich 

 Gem (pink) were very fine, and carried 

 flowers of wonderful size and substance; 

 Messrs. A. E. Campbell and Son, Gourock 

 second, 

 and we 

 twelve 

 Stewart 



Amateurs showed gladioli well also, 

 were especially struck by the fine 

 spikes exhibited by Mr. James 



Woodend Cottage, Whins, 



a 



jun 



Alloa, who staged his flowers boldly in 

 semi-circular stand that provided a varia- 

 tion from the usual three rows of four spikes 

 each. Mr. A. Brydon. Tweedbank, Inver- 

 leithen, scored for six spikes of these hand- 

 some autumn flowers. 



Mr. G. Pirie, Dalhousie Castle, scored for 

 six bunches of perennials with Montbretias 

 Prometheus and George Davidson, Helian- 

 thus multiflorus. Chrysanthemum maximum 

 Moonlight, Chelone barbata, and Anemone 

 japoniea; Mr. J. Sheills, Carstairs, second. 



ROSES. 



In the 



classes some capital flowers 

 were shown, and there was a good competi- 

 tion in most of them. Messrs. Jas. Cocker 

 and Sons, Aberdeen, won premier place for 



thirty-six blooms, and showed the Lyon Rose, 

 Marchioness of Londonderry, Gloire de 

 Chedane Guinoisseau, and Mrs. 

 velt very well ■ Messrs. A. and 

 Dundee second ; and Mr. W. 

 DunferniTine, third. Mr. R. C. 



annexed first prize 



and MdK 



T. Roose- 

 W, Croll, 

 Ferguson, 

 Ferguson, 



for 



Dunfermline, 



eighteen hybrid tea roses, ana iviame. 

 Melanie Soupert and Lyon Rose were very 

 good and of lovely colour in his stand ; 

 ilessrs. Adam and Craigmile, Aberdeen, 

 second ; and Mr. W. Ferguson third. For 

 eighteen tea roses Messrs. D. and W. Croll 

 scored with Mrs. Alfred Westmacott, Nita 

 Welldon, and Medea in fine form. 



VEGETABLES. 



Vegetablr-s were good, but in the open 

 class for eighteen dishes the subjects were 

 r ot st a ge d with that t aste and c a re o n e 

 expects nowadays in a A-ery important class. 

 Mr. W. Yonng, gardoner to Mrs. Fleming, 

 Ilamilto 1, Craiglaw , Kirkcowan, won the first 

 prize with ca2)itai leeks, red and white celery, 

 \\*indsor Castle and Snowball potatoes, Ailsa 

 Craig onions, beet, tomatoes. Quite Content 

 and Gladstone peas, runner beans, cucumbers, 

 very fine Maltese parsnips. Intermediate 

 cprrots. Golden Ball turnips, Winningstadt 

 ct'.bbage, Masterpiece cauliflowers, and King 

 of Cauliflowers; Mr. J. E. Davis, gar- 

 dener to Colon c-1 E. R. Stewart Richardson, 

 Eiillathie. Perthshire, second. Mr. E. Shaw, 

 gardener to Stephen Mitchell, Esq., Kippen 

 Station, scored well in the class for a display 

 of vegetables, twelve dishes, groAvn in Scot- 

 land. This was a particularly fine set, con- 

 sisting of Solid White celery. Purity cauli- 

 flcwers, Priz'?taker leeks, grand Ailsa Craig 

 onions. New Red Intermediate carrots, Sut- 

 tons Black beet, the Gladstone peas, 

 Mi)tcliless dwirf beans. Satisfaction potatoes. 

 Matchless cucumbers, Best-of-AU tomatoes, 

 and Golden Ball turnips. Mr. W. P. Bell, 

 gai'dener to the Earl of Home, Rothwell 

 Castle, caue second, and showed very fine 

 Sutton's Manriuoth canliflowers and Dobbie s 

 Selected parsnips; Mr. R. Stuart, gardener 

 to Lord Lauvlerdale, Thirlestane Castle, 

 Lauder, third; five competitors. 



PLANTS. 



Plants are not made the most of at Edin- 

 burgh, and though fairly largely shown they 

 never seem to form a really serious jiart of 

 the exhibition. Tli^ flat staging does not 

 help matters, and rarely does a competitor 

 u-se pot or bloek to raise his hindermost 

 sjr^cimens. Mr. A. Millar, gardener to the 

 Earl of Home, Douglas Castle, led for four 

 foliage plants with large examples of aloca- • 

 >ias. niaianta^, anthurinms, dieffenbachia, 

 and Phyllotamium Liiideni. For half a dozen 

 specimens in pots not exceeding nine inches 

 ii diam-eter, Mr. Millar again scored with 

 similar subjects. Mr. A. Anight, gardener 

 to Sir Wilfrv:d Lawson, Bart., Brayton, Car- 

 lisle, had a very fine Croton Rnsselli in liis 

 pair that won first prize. In tlie orchid 

 el asses Mr. A. Findlay, gardener to v\. Drv- 

 bnrgh, Esq., Gogar Park, led for cyjjripe- 

 diums and for one orcliid tli.^ latter l>ein.cr 

 L^elio-cattleya Blet.'nIevi-t.M-^ w itli seven 

 flowers. Mr. A. Jefts. 17. l^lacket Place, had 

 the best four orchids, iii> kintls being Cypri- 

 pclium Lord Derby, Odontt>o]ossum grande, 

 O. crispum, and Oiicidium incurvum. 



Tli^ best four stove and greenhouse plants 

 in flower were two statioes, an ixora, and a 

 begonia, staged by Mr. J. McNiell, gardener 

 t'> Major Thorbnrn, Craigcrrie, Peebles; Mr. 

 G. McKenna, gardener to Sir Robert Usher, 

 Biirt., Ratho, came second here, but he was 

 first in some other cla-ses. 



Mr. W. T. Galloway gardener to Mrs 

 Dewar, Drylaw House,*^ was invincible with 

 double and single begonias. Mr. G. Telford 

 gardener to Sir R. Somerville, Eskbank, had 

 things all his own way with fuchsias ; while 

 for chrysanthemums in pots, six specimens, 

 Mr. W. Page, Gilmerton, led the way with 

 fine bushes of earlv sorts. 



NON-COMPETITIVE. 



One of the largest, and, at the same time, 

 one of the most noteworthy of the trade dis- 

 plays was that contributed by Messrs. Dobbie 

 and Co., Rothesay. At one end they had a 



