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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



iS'OVEMBER 2, 19lv 



Hoy a I Botanical "^ K^jy ^ ^^^J ^ & Horticultural 

 Society of Manchefiter and tie Northern Counties. 



PATUON: HIS MV.JKSTY THK K[\f;. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



And Autumn Exhibitioni 



TO BE HELD IN THK 



On November 12th, 13th, and 14th. 



1^ET4I^TT> PRIZE 



This will -tlu' most importaut Kxhibition luld in 

 .Mancheist<*r in re<^fnt years, anil His Maj^^-sty has 

 graciously approvt^i tlie <k^eign of Now M^xJals, whi<*h 

 wiLl te award'e-d to comi>e'titivt> and non-ef>nip(»titiv<' 

 Krhibitors in various ct'ctions. Sche<lul<\s and pai- 

 ti-cuLars of *ypace, otc., fn-e on ap|dicatio,n to 

 P. WKATHEHS. Secrotary. OW Trafforxl. Manchostor. 



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BRADFORD CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 KXHIBITION, 

 In ST, GPXillOK'S HAI.L, on 

 FRIDAY ami SATtntDAY, NOVK.MBKR l^th & 16.h. 



£oO for Cl'T BL003IS ON BOARDS, 

 befeidee otiior valuii-bk- Prizes for opt^n competition. 



Sehf'dule.s, with <>ntry forms, post free from 



H. SPENOEiC, Hon. StH-retary. 

 Horton Park, Bradford. 



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ULL AND EAST RIDING CHRY8AN- 



THKuMl'M SOCIETY'S SHOAV, 

 In the CITY HALL, HI LL, 

 2*Kh <>nd 21v6t Nov-ember. 

 Kntiirs elo.-o 13th >'ovtuu^. r ]'M2. 



S-ch-L-dules un application to — 



JAM1'>; DIXON, Hon. 

 ^ County Buildings, 



S+crttary, 

 Hull. 



HORTICtTLTURAL SHOW ADVERTISE- 

 MENTS are inserted in thie column at Six- 

 pence per line, the niinimam charge being Two fcihil- 

 lingi and Sixpence.'. Ottioe^, 148 and 149, Alder&gate 

 btre«t. London, E.G. 



Mabel Booth; Mr. F. G. Sealing was a good 

 second, and Mr. G, Milehara third out of 

 four entries. 



A very interesting class, for six va.sis of 



anemone varieties, attracted considoralilu at. 

 tention. Mr. T. J. Broom^ gardener h) Mi>s 

 Langwortliy, Gays IJouse, Holyport, lew with 

 good blooms of Mrs/H, Eland (very tine). La 

 Marguerite, Miss A. Lowe, John Bunyan, 

 Mrs. N. Buna, and' Mdme. C. Lebocqz ; 

 second prize tell lo ^Fr. W. rar>eyj gardener 

 to C. O. Clark, Aekiay, Sliortlands, and 



third to Mr. J. Foster, gardener to Lady 

 Yule, Hanstead House, Bricket Wood, There 

 were seven competitors, and yet many people 



had imagined that anemone varieties had 

 practically gone out of cultivation ! 



Anemone pompons were very pleasingly 

 shown by Mr. F. Fitzwater, Bushey Lodge 

 Gardens, Teddington^ who gainefl first prize 

 for a pair of vases, and was followed by Air. 

 T. J. Broom. For >ix voes of tliese pretty 

 flowers, Mr. Fitzw^atc i wa^ again first^ show- 

 ing Antonius, Rose Marguerite, Perle, Mrs. 

 Astie, Marie Stuart, and Emily Rowbottom ; 

 Mr. J. Foster second, and Mr. T. J. Broom 

 third. Pompon varietie.^ were very well and 

 freely shown. Foi* ^ix vas^s, Mr. J. W. 

 Hust^ey, F5(»iiv*'riv Hnu>e. llxeter, wad a fine 

 first witli sliMP'^'ly l)I(>(ini- ..f Mdlle. E. Dordan, 

 W. Westlake, Black Douij^la^. and Prince of 

 Orange: Mr. F. Fitzwater canic second, and 

 Mr. J. Foster third; eiglit competitors. 



The best dozen incurved blooms staged on 

 boards were from the veteran Mr. G. Hunt, 

 who scored with good cxani])lc> cf Buttercup, 

 Mrs. G. Denyer, Romaiuc, Mrs. F. Judson, 

 W. J. Higgs, Clara Wells, Ladv Isal^el, Bo- 

 cace. Duchess of Fife, G. F. Evans, and Mar- 

 jorie Shiea ; Mr. A. Jones, gardener to Mins 

 Wybury, Hadley Manor, Barnet, second, and 

 Mr. T. G. Broom tiiird. For six incurv;^] 

 blooms, one variety, Mr. T. Bee-on Ivd from 

 seven entrants witii ma>sive brilliant tlow-r^ 

 of Buttercup; Mr. R. Kvaiis s^ardcncr to 

 Miss Flattery, T]ie Orchard. .M irlow, sL«c(»nd 

 and Mr. A. Jones third. 



DECORAITA^F EXHIBITS 



There wcrr two vIa 



tor laMc rli'cora- 

 tions, one tor yellow and bionzf- hhionis aiul 

 cne for other colours. In th/ former thco 

 were nine competitors, and Mr. A. W. Tro-;- 

 ; ^^oarl. Twirk.nham, scored 



■vvun an tlogant ariano-.^nieut of 



and pale yellow blooms; Mr. T. W. Stevens, 

 Laurie Park Gardens, Sydenham^ second, ami 

 Mr. R. F. Felton, Hanover Square, third, 

 the latter showing a low design of flowers in 

 small, siltered baskets. Twelve competed in 

 the other class, and Mrs. A. R. Bide, Farn- 

 ham, scored with a pleasing arrangement of 

 pink flowers; Mr. T. W. Stevens second, and 

 Mr. L. Wheeler, The Gardens, Wood Hall. 

 Dulwich third. 



For a vase of single blooms, Mr. D. B. 

 Crane, Wood view, Highgate, scored easily 

 with a very pleasing arrangement of line 

 blooms; if the design had been a few inches 

 higher it would have been better. Mr. W. 

 Dennis, Woodhall Gardens, Dulwich, second, 

 and Mr. Robertson third; nine entries. 



Five hand baskets of chrvsanthemums were 

 displayed, and premier honours fell to Mrs. 

 Brewster, St. Peters Street, Canterbury, for 

 golden Japanese and single sorts, associated 

 with croton leaves; Mrs. S. A. Cole, Addis- 

 combe Avenue, Croydon, came second with 

 yellow and bronze flowers, and Mrs. A. R. 

 Bide, Highlands. Farnham, was third with 

 light bronzy-buff flowers. 



Mrs. Brewster scored for a basket of 

 autumn foliage and berries with a strikiuj^ 

 design, composed largely of Honesty seed 

 vessels, clematis fruits, and pliysalis, sym- 

 phoricarpus, privet, and pyracaiitha i)erries: 

 Mrs. R. Allen Hope. Devonshire House, Ad- 

 dlestone, second, and Miss A. Bashford, Bar- 

 row Hedges Farm, Carshalton, third. 



AAIATEURS^ DIVISION. 



Mr. J. Bedson, gardener to R. Barber, 

 Esq., South Hill, Bromley, led in the ama- 

 teurs' division for a dozen Japanese blooms 

 with a capital set of even flowers; Mr. C. 

 PuUen, gardener to G. Fores, Esq., Blen- 

 heim, Raynes Park, second, and Mr. W. 

 Rigby third. Mr. Loo Thomson, Ailsa Craig, 

 Formby, Liverpool, had a fine half-dozen 

 vases of singles, securing fir>t prize for grand 

 flowers of Felix, Bronze Pagram, J. H. Gres- 

 wolde Williams, Ceddie Mason, and Mrs. H. 

 J. Hampson. 



Six fine flowers of Lady Talbot won first 

 prize for Mr. C. Pulleii in the class for six 

 flowers of one variety; Air, W. Parsey Ack- 

 ray Gardens, Shortlands. second, with Mr«. 

 R. H. B. IMusliam. a fine white. Air. C. 

 Fox, Tunbi-idge Wells, scored in another 

 class for a dozen Japanese blooms, with Mr. 

 Gooding, Edenbridge, second. 



Out of eisrht entries for six JapaneF? 

 blooms Air. H. E. Campkin, Bournemouth 

 Park Road, Southend-on-Sea, led with fine 



bronze 



flowers of Alaster James, Hon. Mrs. Lopes 

 Mrs. G. C. Kellv, Frances Joliffe, Master 

 David, and Airs. A. T. Aliller ; Air. C Fox 

 second, and Air. H. W. Mason, Ferndale 

 Road, Banstead, third. For six blooms in 

 three varieties. Mr. Campkin was again 

 first, followed by Mr. C. Fox and Mr. L. 

 White, Thornton Heath; seven competitors.! 



Other successful competitors in the 

 sniall-r amateur classes were* Air C Fox 

 Mr. Rigbv. Air. T. W. Stevens, Air. J. w' 

 ^lartui. Addlestono (tine vase of singles). Mr 

 L. Dyer. I'jjper Norwood; and Mr. J Van- 

 -tone, llollymead, Tulse Hill; Mr C Lib 

 bc^rty Howood Lodge Gardens, Bromlev 



A J \ H^^^^^y: D. B. Crane; and 



Mr. Loo Thomson. 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



In the fruit classes Air. W. Howe gar- 

 dener to Lad.y Tate. Park Hill, Streatham, 

 was awarded first prize for three bunches of 

 Wack graces: and Mr. A. Jefferies, Moor 

 Hall Gardens, Harltnv, wa> placed second 

 with three very fine dusters of Applev 

 lowers that seemed to be worthv of a betteV 

 position. Mr. Jefferies was firSt for white 

 grapes with good bunches of Aluscat of Alex 

 nndna; Mr E. C. Wickens, TewkesburV" 

 L:ul^r, (,,rden>, for.^t Hill, mm ond. Mr 

 Uu-.en> was fir>t tor (iro. ('.,lmar grapes ' 



ApjK.s wer. w<.l] slmwn, and leading 

 V I V'i ^-^T'^'^^^- ^V. Linl^ltf 

 Wevbridge.- ''"^^ ^'''^ ^^^^^^^^ 



^T^l^r' v" grardener to the Rev 



H i "'^*r-i '^'^'^"^^^ p,,k, Weybridge, had 

 things all Ins own way in th.. only class for 



a collection of vegetables, winning Jir 

 Sydenham's prize with a grand lot of leeks* 

 onions, tomatoes, parsnips, carrots. Factor 

 potatoes, celery, and Autumn Giant cauli- 

 flowers, and Brussels sprouts. 



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TRADE EXHIBITS. 



In front of the Royal box, and facing the 

 orchestra, Mr. Norman Davis, Framfield 

 staged a magnificent group of cut chrj^san- 

 themums, associated with palms, crotons 

 ferns, and autumn foliage. This was a great 

 effort, and both in its artistic disposition 

 and the high quality of the blooms it was a 

 display of the very highest merit. From 

 end to end the group was about thirty 

 yards long. In genera] outline it consisted 

 of a large semi-circular central group, a 

 smaller group on either side, and then larger 

 groups at each end. In the central feature 

 the rich crimson His Majesty was grouped 

 in the foreground, and behind it were large 

 vases and growing plants of Mrs. Lopes, 

 Amber Queen, Airs. Totty, D. B. Crane,* 

 Lady Talbot, Mdme. Pax)lo Radaelli, Butter- 

 cup, H. J. Thorp, J. W. Molyneux, 

 and White Queen. A dozen or so of splen- 

 did large anemone-flowered varieties filled 

 one of the small groups, and tliese graceful 

 flowers attracted a great deal of attention. 

 Pompons in variety, incurved sorts of the 

 Ruiwile section, and some reflexed flowers 

 filled the other small group. The right-hand 

 end^ was filled with decorative and market 

 varieties, represented both by plants and 

 stands of cut flowers. At the opposite end 

 Mr. Davis grouped a grand lot of single 

 varieties, and here Mensa, Miss Alary Pope, 

 Sussex Yellow, Celia, Ideality, and Mrs. Loo 

 Thompson were very finely shown. The 

 ]>eauty of this exhibition was unquestioned, 

 but its great interest lay in the fact that 

 every section of the flower was well repre- 

 sented, from the most diminutive sort up to 

 the largest Japanese varieties. It was pro- 

 bably the largest and finest exhibit ever 

 contributed to an exhibition of the N.C.S. 



Another splendid group was the one staged 

 in very bold style by Messrs. W. Wells and 

 Co., Merstham. This was 72ft. long by 10ft. 

 deep, and tall stands of wonderfully fin& 

 blooms were the outstanding feature,^ these 

 being arranged over smaller stands, and 

 vases of single and decorative varieties, 

 though some tall stands of bright singles 

 figured in the background. Of course, full 

 use was made of ferns, palms, and coloured 

 foliage, and every attention was paid to the 

 production of a pleasing effect. Particularlv 

 fine were the glorious flowers of the splendid 

 Japanese varieties Queen Marv, a magnifi- 

 cent white; Airs. R. -Luxford, chestnut; 

 Wm. Turner, white; H. E. Converse buff 

 and red; Mrs. L. Thorn, vellow ; Mrs. C. H. 

 Totty, pink; Mrs. G. LloVd Wigg, pale yel- 

 low; and D. B. Crane, deep yellow. For 

 size of blooms this exhibit was unsurpassed. 



A large and very effective group of cut chry- 

 santhemums, arranged with great taste by 

 Mr. H. J. Jone^, Ryecroft, Lewishani, ex- 

 tended across the front of the orchestra. 

 Palms, ferns, Helxine Solieroli, and autumn- 

 tinted foliage were all freelv us-ed to pro- 

 duce a pleasing display. The outline of the 

 group was pleasinglv curved, and there was 

 an excellent finish to the whole. Towards 

 the hack were tall stands, each containing 

 about two dozen show blooms of Japanese 

 varieties, smaller stands of singles and re- 

 flexed varieties being placed to right and 

 left. In the centre large vases and baskets 

 of fine flowers of Aliss Roope, Frances 

 Johffe, Bob Pulling, Aliss Elsie Davis, Joan 

 Stretton, J. Surrey, Mrs. R. C. Pulling, Don 

 Q. (a new incurved), G. J. Beer, Mrs. Tickle, 

 and Francis Rowe were &et over ferns and 

 crotons, and produced a grand effect. Single 

 varieties were very pleasinglv disposed in 

 the flanking groui)s. and Uw^ included a 

 number of n-w and promising seedlings. Mrs. 

 H. J. Jones, an immense new yellowish-green 

 Japanese variety, was very conspicuous in 

 this fine exhibit. 



A very attractive and interesting cxhil)it 

 from Messrs. Craggy Harrison, and Cragg. 

 Heston, Hounslow, wa-; arranwd on the floor. 



