SEPTEMBsa 2S, 19T2. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



745 



BIRMINGHAM CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 SHOW. 



NGLEY HALL, NOVEMBER 5, 6, and 7. 1912. 



now ready, and all particulars may he 

 application to 



ALFRED NOAKEiS, 

 Secretary, 



148. Bristol Street, 



Bimiing-ham. 



Schedules 

 ( >rwDed on 



FiATIONAL VE6ETABLE SOCIETY'S SHOW 



Will be Opened by the Earl of Clarendon, 



at 2 p*m., on October 2nd. 



^. hedale« of classes and prizes offered a-t tlie -Society's 



GREAT EXHIBITION OF VEGETABLES 



bt- held in tlie Clarendon HaJl, Watford, are now 

 ready, and mn be luid on application to Hon. 8ec., 

 E. G.' Quick, Kelmscott. Ix)cket Road, Wealdstone. 



Harrow. 



HORTICTJLTUEAL SHOW ADVERTISE- 

 MENTS are inserted in thie column at Six- 

 ptnc« per line, the minimum charpfe being Two Shil- 

 licfi and Sixpence. Oflices, 148 and 149, Aldersgate 

 -Wf^t London, E.G. 



EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



A very large exhibition was held at the 

 Royal Horticultural Hall on Tuesday, Sep- 

 tember 24. Every available inch oi' space 

 was filled, and not only was the display a 

 larg^e one, but it wa^ a good one also. Or- 

 chids were not numerous, but hardy flowers, 



iahlias, roses, fruits, and vegetables were 



ery fine. The series of competitive classeis 

 lor vegetables added materially to the size 

 and interest of the show. New roses, dah- 



:as, chrysanthemums and orchids were also 



: .special interest. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



Uos-es were in great force. Messrs. Alex. 



'irkson and Sons, Newtownards, had a brave 

 .-iiow of lovely autumn blooms, and in many 

 caijes the flowers were as fine as in summer. 

 Chief interest centred in the new varieties, 

 such as the yellow Mrs. Mackellar (A.M.), 

 tiie dark crimson George Dickson (A-^.), 



^Iward Bohane (A.M.), a lovely and shape! v 



d rose ; Lady Pirrie, Grace Molyneux, Mrs. 

 tred Straker. Red Letter Day etc. Messrs 

 ^^m. Paul and Son, Waltham' Cross, staged 

 a beautiful collection of roses and set up 

 charni mg displays of Pharisaer, Lyon , 

 Uralhna, Mrs. A. R. Waddell, Ophelia, 

 ^dy Dovvne, Mdme. Abel Chatenay, Juliet, 

 ^;>oodwin. Coronet, Joseph Hill etc. 



A hne exhibit of roses from Messrs. Frank 

 V^ut and Co., Braiswick, Colchester, con- 

 -^^a of bunches of the best autumn- 

 |\ering roses, and especially good were 

 ^'^.fl.^laine Soupert, Mdme. Charles, 



y ^;]^i»igd«n. Queen Mab, La Tosca, 

 >n Mdme Antoine Mari, Mdme. Ravary, 

 '^riate, Sulphurea, and A. R. Goodwin. 

 ^■^ ^-ery pretty exhibit of rases cime from 



"J^^rs. Benjamin Cant and Co., Colchester, 

 Mh^ W ^^"""^^^ ''^ Mdme. Abel Chatenay 

 cot t' • v.^^'ii?^ Soupert, Jessie, Mdme. FaL 

 Lvon ""^^ Elegance, La Tos('.. \\ 

 Sn ^^^s^ave Nabonnand 



. In tl' 



amor, 

 wo IV ver%- 



L Lo carnations from Messrs. 



'"inches of Barones^ de'sVion^;; 



eld 



there were good 

 pie TarT """'"ess ac isrienen. Royal Pur- 

 W A • ^'J?^ and White Encliaii- 



daisils goodly selection of Micliaelmas 



«hown Ter/pf ""'^^ disposed ; good things 

 ^onBlJ ^■''y' Rosalind, Climax Ke*^- 



'ne ¥i!' ,I^unc(>mbe Mann, R. c' Pull- 

 Hefl ^.'^"^h. and Mr. S. T. Wright. 



^mlTl ^'P^""^"' Bayswater, ■ 

 ^ajifrair"! alpines, chiefly 



rigl 

 were 



repre- 



^fitch *^ ^"'^ P*"s- Messrs. Robert 



^^ronica vi-+ staged the blue 



CvTr^^x.^' Bowdeni, N. B. pal- 



Calceolaria 



^^^^ rxm'!"!^^^^^ nutans, Maefnolia ^randi- 



I'f^^l tiiin^ V"^^- ^"^^ ''^^^^^ beau- 



h Messr. T capital sweet peas, shown' 



Jarman and Co., Chard, were in- 



teresting, because they were from plants that 

 had seeded, but which had grown away 

 again as a result of moist weather, and 

 flowered freely at the top of the sticks. Most 

 popular sort.s were represented, and the 

 blooms were quite good. 



Messrs. Ja^. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, ex- 

 hibited some beautiful streptocarpuses, bril- 

 liant cannas, nerines, and ixoras, and 

 tlowers and plants of a very line tritoma 

 named Lord Roberts, with very large spikes 

 of rich deep coral red flowers. .Standard 

 salvias from the same firm were very bright. 

 Mr. W. Eaislea, Eastwood, Essex, had a small 

 exhibit of such charming roses as Lyon, 

 Mdme. Melanie Soupert, Juliet, Mrs. David 

 McKee. Lady Hillingdon, Marquise de 

 Sinety, Gottfried Kellar, etc. Messrs. H. 

 Cannell and Sons, Swanley, were reprcssented 

 by hardy flowers in great variety, but their 

 sheave^s of the golden Helianthus'sparsifolius 

 and of Helenium Riverton Gem were con- 

 spicuously good. 



Tlie early chrysanthemums exhibited bv 

 Messrs. W. WelLs and Co., Merstham, in- 

 cluded J. Bannister, Le Garonne, Crimson 

 Polly, Verona, Roi des Blancs, Bronze 

 Goacher, Polly, and Leli, all good varieties. 

 Jean Carter, a new yellow single, gained an 

 A.M. Framfield Early White, a fine large 

 early white chryFanthemum from Mr. Nor- 

 man Davis, Framfield, Sussex, also gained an 

 A.M. Gladioli formed the chief attrac- 

 tion in the exhibit from Messrs. R. 

 Wallace and Co., Colchester, and the purple- 

 blue Baron Hulot was the most conspicuous 

 variety, though the paler Claude Monet, and 

 the fawn and buff hybrid.s from G. primu- 

 linus were attractive 



Mr. Dixon, garderer to Mary Countess of 

 Ilchester, Holland House, Kensington, 

 showed a collection of berried sprays of Cra- 

 taegus, these forming a very interesting little 

 exhibit, Mr, Amos Perry, Enfield, and Mr 

 W. Ingwersen, South Croydon, each showed 

 new Michaelmas daisies, the latter staging 

 several double sorts, such a® Colwall Beauty 

 and Moonlight, Mr Gentle, Little Gaddes- 

 den, again showed his new scarlet pent- 



st emon , Gaddesden Gem . 



Messrs. W^illiam Cutbush and Son, High- 

 gate, had a pretty exhibit of roses and car- 

 nations. Dwarf polyantha roses were used 

 as a groundwork for tall stands of good 

 artumn-flowering roses, and for fine bunches 

 of Countess of Lathom, Lord Rothschild, and 

 Edna, the latter a fine mauve-heliotrope 

 variety. Messrs. R. W. Procter and Sons, 

 Chest axfield, had a nice group of cut roses. 

 Messrs. K. H. Bath, Lim., Wisbech, showed 

 large sheavets of Martin Reed, a new bright 

 yellow early chrysanthemum of great beauty. 



A grand bank of hardy flowers from Mr. 

 James Box, Lindfield, commandsd attention 

 for its effectiveness as well as for the 

 variety and quality of its contents. Hele- 

 niums, phlox-es, rudbeckias, delphiniums, a 

 fan ous lot of early chrysanthemums, a fine 

 lot of Cimicifuga simplex, and sheaves of 

 Hollandia, princeps, America and White 

 Excelsior gladioli were among the more strik- 

 ing features of this display. A very inter- 

 esting collection of sprays of ornamental 

 foliaged and berried shrubs, from Messrs, 

 Paul and Son, Cheshunt, included Catalpa 

 pulverulenta, Euouymus atropurpurea, 

 rvrus sorbus, Prunus Moseri, fl. pi., Rhus 

 tvphinia laciniata, golden elms, maples, etc. 

 " Sweet peas that i*?emed to be unuf^ually 

 well waved were submitted by Messrs. 

 Dobbie and Co., Edinburgh; the flowers were 

 lovely in colour, size, and fragrance, and 

 notably good were the bunches of May 

 Campbell, Mrs. W. J. Unwin, Hobbies 

 Cream, Melba, Rosabelle, Countess Spencer, 

 i;:frida Pearson, and Edrom Beauty. Splen- 

 did scabious and a rare collection of the best 

 and newest collarette dahlias helped to 

 make up a large and bright display. Messrs. 

 Barr and Sons, Covent Garden, displayed 

 a capital lot of gladioli and selections of 

 Michaelmas daisies and early chrysanthe- 



mums. 



Messrs. T. S. Ware, Lim., Feltham, had 

 a great show of Michaelmas daisies, peeony- 

 ttcwered dahlias in great variety, and cactus 

 dahlias in all the colours of the rainbow save 



bine. Rather solidly banked weie the gor- 

 geous pa'ony-flowered dahlias irom Messrs. 

 Bakers, Wolverhampton; The Warrior, Cod- 

 sail Gem, Mrs. T. A. Weston, Liberty, J. S. 

 Erunton. and Germania were outstanding 

 sorts. Mr. E. Dixon, Putney, i^howed hardy 

 flowers, HS did Messrs. G. "and A. Clark, 

 Dover, these latter having the graceful 

 Cimicifuga simplex in lull form. Choice 

 ferns from Mestsr^. U. B. May and Sons, Ed- 

 numton, were a hue foil to the brilliant col- 

 t urts of dahlias, etc. 



Mr. J. T. West. Brentwood, gainrd an 

 A.M. for rueful and Johnny, a decorative 

 and a pomjwn dahlia n^spectively ; he made 

 a rare blaze with paH)ny-flowered. <iei()rat ive, 

 and cactus dahlias, and among them all 

 Brentwood Yellow was again conspicuously 

 gcixl. Collarette dahlias wer<> boldlv shown 

 by Mr. James B. Riding. Chinglord : ihi^ 

 were Iwicked by pa»ony-flowered sort.s, and 

 the collection also included Madame I/cg- 

 grang?, Madame <\ Molin, Dei)nte Avnand. 

 Meissonier, and Mons. C. Dui)ont, new ane- 

 mone-centriHi varieties that suggest the pos- 

 sibilities of dahlias are not yet fully 

 fathomed. 



Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, Crawley, made 

 a splendid bank of colour with cactus* single, 

 and pompon dah]i,is ; among the former 

 Harold Peerman, I{ed Admiral, Mis« Stred- 

 wick, Mrs. Usmar, Ruby Grinstead, and 

 Sifowdon were very fine. Collarette, paeony- 

 flowered cactus and decorative dahlias were 

 boldly staged by Messrs. Carter. Page, and 

 Co., Ix)ndon Wall; the same Arm displayed 

 a charming collection of violas, very clean 

 and bright and fragrant, and also collec- 

 tions of antirrhinu.ns and early chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



Mr. C. Turner, Slough . ])resented fine 

 examples of Attraction, f]leanor, Delice, YeU 

 low Colosse, Loveliness, and Mdme. Lumere, 

 all large, decorative dahlias of great 

 beauty, fine colour, and good size; liesides 

 these there! were selections of i)ompon, show, 



collarette, and paeony-flowered dahlias in fine 

 condition and variety. 



Of considerable interest was the collection 

 of capsicums shown by Mr. Thomas Steven- 

 son, gardener to E. G. Mocatta, Esq., Wo- 

 burn Place, Addlestone ; these were well 

 grown and freely fruited, the most effective 

 sorts b?ing Chameleon, Early Dwarf Yellow, 

 Bouquet, Mammoth, Yellow, Ruby King, 



Elephant's Trunk, Chinese Giant (a very 

 li^rge, stout, fruited form), Chinois, and the 

 rcund berry-like Cerise. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



Lady 



Mr. A. W. Metcalfe, gardener to 

 Wernher, Luton Hoo, Luton, brought up a 

 beautiful lot of splendidly-grown orchids. 

 The examples of Yanda caerulea were very 

 fine, the spikes bold, many-flowered, and of 

 lovely deep colour. Dendrobium formosum 

 giganteum was equally good, wliilc Cypripe- 

 dium W. R. Lee. vw. Lord Derby carried fif- 

 teen spikes, and La lin-t attleya Bletchleyensis 

 and L.-c. Dominiana wire capital. From 

 Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, came a 

 good set of plants of Cattleya Minucia, carry- 

 ing beautiful mauve fiower.s; C. labiata, and 

 C. Nestor were also shown. 



Of quite outstanding merit was Odonto- 

 glossum Woodroffeae (Rossi rube-^oens and 

 Queen Alexandra) with brown and yellow 

 sppa's and petals, and a purple, yellow-based 

 lip. shown by Mr. E. H. Davidson, Borlases^ 

 Twyford. This gained a F.C.C. The same 

 exhibitor showed the bright Sophro-cattleya 

 Dora, and numtrous examples of Cattleya 

 aurea!. Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Enfield^ 

 had a bright little exhibit of orchids, wherein 

 Oncidium varicosum was prominent. Hou- 

 lettia Brocklehurstiana, Cattleya Hardyana 

 Enfieldense, Odontoglossum Uro Skinneri 

 alba, and other good things were included. 



The contribution from Messrs. J. and A, 

 MoBean, Cooksbridge, comprised a few pretty 

 odontoglossiims and odontiodas ; conspicu- 

 ously good was Cattleya Lord Rothschild 

 albe*,cens (A.M.), with white sei>als and 

 petals, and a golden lip with a few purple 

 markings ; and Cymbidiura ervthrostylum. 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Hay wards 



