XovEMi^ER 2, 1912, 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE, 



847 



A few palms and crotoiis were used, and tlie 

 Pttinff was of ferns. Rising over the latter 

 were about four dozen very hig vases of 

 =in<rle Japanese, and incurved varieties, as 

 tvoU for market by the Heston iirm. The 

 flowers were very firm, on long stems, and 

 from a dozen and a-half to three dozen in 

 each vase. The singles were notably good, 

 and we were specially struck with Mensa, 

 Portia Jessica, Mi^s M. Walker, Merstham 

 Gem Florrie King, White Pagram, Ceha, 



and Ceddie Mason. 



Messrs. H. Canncll and Sons, Swanley, 

 showed apples and pears in fine condition 

 and in considerable numbers, and this firm 

 also made a bright display with pelargoniums 

 and chrvsanthemum.s. Eoses are indeed per. 

 petual in the^e days, and we have them 

 exhibited all the season through. Messrs. 

 Hobbies Lim., ^Dereham, ishowed a quite 

 •lice lot of blooms from the open, including 

 such varieties as Madame Abel Chatenay, 

 Madame Eavary, General McArthur, Mdme. 

 M. Soupert, and Mrs. B. E. Cant. Perpetual 

 carnations were prettily displayed by Messrs 

 Young and Co.. Hatherley, who disposed 

 their flowers of Marmion, Oeisha, May Day, 

 Enchantre^^s, Mrs. .Ores wold W^illiams, and 

 Scarlet Glow very elegantly. 



Choice ferns and good strains of cyclamen 

 and Primula obconica made up an interesting 

 exhibit from Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, 

 Edmonton. Other trade displays included a 

 few new varieties from Mr. W. J. Godfrey, 

 Exmouth; a stand of blooms from Messrs. J. 

 Stredwick and Son. St. Leonards; a table of 

 fruit from Messrs. J. Peed and Sons, \'v e^t 

 Norwood, and floral arrangements by Mr. T. 

 Williani8, Oxford Eoad. Ealing. 



MEt)ALS. 



Large Gold Medal and Messrs. Clay and 

 Sons' Gold Medal for the best non-competi- 

 tive exhibit.— To Mr. Norman Davis, Fram- 

 field. 



Gold Medal.— To Messrs. W. Wells and Co., 

 Merstham; to Mr. H. J. Jones, Eyecroft, 

 Lewisharn. 



Small Gold.— Messrs. J. Peed and Son, 



West Norwood. 



Silver-gilt.— To Messrs. H. Cannell and 



Sons, Swanley — one for fruits and one for 



flowers. 



Large Silver.— To Messrs. J. Peed and 

 Sons, West Norwood, for fruit. 



Silver.— To Messrs. Young and Co., 

 Hatherley, Cheltenham, for perpetual car- 

 nations. 



FLOEAL COMMITTEE'S OUTING. 



The mem-bers of the Floral Committee were 

 kindly invited to visit Wobnrn Plaoe, Addle- 

 stone, by E. G. Mocatta, Esq., on Saturday 

 afternoon, October 26, to view the chrysan- 

 themums. The party was met at Addlestone 

 Station by Mr. Thomas St3veiison, who has 

 charge of the gardens, and is so justly cele- 

 brated for his culture of sweet peas and 

 chrysanthemums, but these are by no means 

 the only specialities at Woburn Place. Th? 

 chryv^anthemums were flowering in three 

 houses, and the committee were fortunate in 

 s^^ing the collection before the flowers had 

 been cut for the «hows. Mr. Stevenson cul- 

 tivates about 32() plants of Japanet^e varieties 

 in large pots, and about 14^) in smaller sizes. 



In addition, a large number of decorative 

 and single varieties are grown for house and 

 conservatory decoration,^ and right well are 

 they done, too. Market Eed wa.s in sjdendid 

 form, as were also the dwarfer types, such 

 as Caprice du Pfihtemps, Kathleen Thoni])- 

 son, White Cap, Yellow Cup, and Primro.-e 

 Cap, while the single varieties producing 

 Classes of flower were ?danor House, Terra 

 Cotta, very free; Snovvflake, a fine white: 

 Charles Dickens, deep yellow ; W hite Pagram , 

 Bronze Pagram, a very ricl 

 Pagram, Sylvia Slade, and many others. 



The incurved varieties are not grown now. 

 but the Japanese varieties include all the 

 It'test novelties, while, uci^dlos to arid, the 

 ^J^Itivatioxi displayed wa^ ol" tlie lii^hot p(fs- 

 sible order, and called lor uiueh couuiionda- 

 fion from the visitors. The bulk ^>f tlu^ 

 pbnits are arraiiged in a lonir. narrow ]iea( h 

 house, where thev seeui to flourish under 

 id<al conditions. To ouard agaiu-.-t dami>iug 



h colour ; Edith 



the entire floor was covered with short-cut 

 straw, which evidently answer^s well in this 

 case, for not a sign ol damping was noticed. 

 The following varieties are but a few of 

 the best specimens noticed : Mrs. R. E. 

 Witty, reddish terra cotta, good throughout 

 the collection; Wm. Turner, pure white, will 

 surely make Mrs. Gilbert Drabble look to 

 her laurels, it is a magniflcent flower; H. E. 

 Converoe, very fine; Fred Chandler, red with 

 a gold reverse; Fred Green, a rich velvety- 

 purple, very fine in colour: Marie LtH>mes. 

 rich terra cotta ; Master Jauies, t ai ryiii..>- 

 excellent flowers of a rich hue ; while Lady 

 Talbot, with long, narrow i^etaln, was very 

 handsome; Bob Pulling, a fine rich yellow; 

 and the Hon. Mrs. J^opes were carrying very 

 heavy, deep flo-vers. 1* rancis Joliffe appeared 

 to be a favourite, for it is largely grown. 

 Japan was equally striking. Queen Mary 

 a most promising variety, while His Majesty 

 fi lly bears out its promising character. \\ . 

 Gee was very deep in colour, as was also 

 Mrs. K. Luxlord, a fine Indian-red, with a 

 gold reverse; while Bessie Godfrey has still 

 to be reckoned with as a yellow. There 

 v;ere numbers of otlier varieties, all deserv- 

 ing notice, but the foreg^oing are enough to 

 give a general idea of the collection. 



The rose garden is very extensive, and 

 planted with all the most modern varieties, 

 which are represented by six or twelve ])lants 

 of each sort, while the pergola>. covered, as 

 they are, with all the best varieties, must be 

 a flne si^ht in the summer and autumn 

 months. The water garden is large and 

 most articstically arranged, not that one 

 wanted to admire anything in the water line 

 that afternoon, for with typical floral com- 

 mittee weathar it rained most ]iersistently 

 the whole afternoon. In the kitchen garde i 

 a.i arch of fruit trees runs the entire length 

 of the garden, and as only two or three trees 

 of each variety are grown, the collection 

 must be a very comprehensive one. The gourd 

 arch or pergola is a most substantial e^^ection. 

 and must be a novel sight wlum carrying 

 its collection, of fruits, ats exhihiteil hy Mr. 

 Stevenson last year at Vincent S<aiare. In 

 the houses the' same thoroughue.-s ]n-:n-ails. 

 At the time of the visit salvias, primulas, 

 cyclamen, cinerarias, aealyphat>, Begonia 

 Gloire de Lorraine, with crotons, dracaenas, 

 abiitilons, etc., were all in splendid condition. 

 Orchids are now being added ; already 

 two houses are devoted to them, and another 

 another one is in eoar-e of construction. 



The Connmittee were kindly entertained to 

 tea by Mr. Mocatta to whom the best thanks 

 of the Committee were accorded. 



Hereford Fruit and Chrysan- 

 themum Society. 



OCTOBER 23 and 24. 



A fine show was held by this society on the 

 above dates iu the Shire Hall, Hereford. 

 The schedule provided upwards of 120 

 classes, which were, with few exceptions, 

 well filled with produce of excellent qua- 

 lity. Apples had the lion's .share of clasps, 

 and made a remarkably tine display. Of 

 other fruits, pears and grapes were present 

 in very good quality, while vegetables and 

 farm roots were largely staged in splendid 

 condition. Chrysanthemum.^ aru at no time 

 a verv promineut feature at thi> >oeiety's 

 ^l].)w.'luit the elas>e.s devoted to them are 

 l(tr hloanu^ arranged in vases, and these do 

 much together with trade exhibits of a 

 similar character, to beautify tlu^ hall, and 

 relieve monotonv. Tlie arrangements were^ 

 as is invariably tlie case at Herelord, per- 

 feetlv carried 'out and the judging com- 

 menced punctually, for which credit is due 

 to Mr. E. S. Jones, the secretary, and his 

 a-r-istants. 



ori:x CLASSES. 



In tlie class for eollectioii of fruit. -i\ 

 dishes three creditable exhibits were 

 staged, the leading one coming fiom Mr. 

 C Liddle. gardener to Sir J. Cotterell. l- n- 

 umi^ Hi> dishes were Gros Colmar grape, 

 of oxctllcnt (lualitv. Muscat of Alexaudrm 

 grapes Cox'> Oraugc Pippin applet, a hue 

 dish of Dovenne du Cornice pears, ( oe - 



Golden Drop plums, and a melon. Mr. Sykes, 

 gardener to Colonel Henry, of Hatfield, fol- 

 lowed with almost equally good dishes^ and 

 H. E. Hollins, Esq., Maidstone Court, was 

 tliird. Mr. Liddle was first for Gros Colmar 

 grapes, and staged splendidly coloured large 

 bunches ; General Clive Perrvstone Court, 

 was second, and Mr. Sykes a close third. 

 The prizes for any other black grapes were 

 taken by Mr. Liddle, Mrs. Woodhoiue, and 

 H. E. Holliuv; Esq. There was only one 



cxii ihi tor of wh iU' gra pr>. and M i-. Sy k.\s 

 w a> (io>e! \\'(ll V a waidiMl ti i >t prize. 



I 'or tifi V (ii>!it'> ot cul inary and dessert 

 ap])h'^, an'angt'd with foliage decorations, 

 Mr. C. \V. Powell, Warham Court, took the 

 lead with good examples of leading varieties, 

 nicely arranged in white baskets. Tlie fol- 

 lowing dishes were noted as specially good: 

 iKival , Hlenheim Orange, Ril>ston Pippin, 

 Charles Ross, King of the Pippins, Crim^^on 

 Queening, Adam's Pearmain, Cox's Orange 

 Pippin, King of Tomkins County, Devon- 

 shire T?ed, Allington Pippin, King Edward 

 "VTI.. Lord Nelson, Hoary Morning. Cornish 

 Giant, Sandringham, Bismarck. Twenty 

 OuncL^, Cox's Pomona, Em]>eror Alexander, 

 AVann-r's King, King's Acre Houiitiful, Hol- 

 land bury . Hambling's Seedling 'I' lie Queen, 

 and Newton Wonder. Mess]>.. Pewtre-s 

 15rotliers, Tillington Nursery, laiiie s-cond. 

 losing ground amongst their des-rit varieties. 



The class for thirty di-h > ot apples 

 brought only one exhihitor Mr. St cncfield, 

 gardener-to Mrs. 'Hill, AIoretf)n Court, who, 

 however! liH^cured first prize for clean, large 

 fruits ofilejlding varieties arranged with f()li- 

 age decorations. Twelve dishes of culinary 

 apples made a capital class, in which five ex- 

 ]Hi)itors ^competed, and tliere was little dif- 

 ference in the quality of the prize-winner's 

 fruits. Air. Kelly, gardentr to ^Nlossrs. (ift- 

 ting and Newton, Glewston Court, IJor-s, was 

 placed first with ^hc following good set: 

 marck. Warnc? V King, llckl invilic^, Hainh- 

 liugV Seedling, Pea^good's Nonsuch, Gloria 

 Mundi, Tibbett's Pearmain, Lord ' Derby, 

 Newton Wonder, Bramley^s Seedling, Coxs 



We fiirc retaining- this column w^^k by w^<'k to 

 t.ilci- uni r-t'^idcrs on "flying: visits" to our new 

 \\ an Iioii.-:es and Ti-sting- Grounds at Rayn-tv Park, 

 S.W.^ >vhicli are Jilwars open to tlie public— 

 Jauu\s Carter and Co., The King'ci Se^edt-meu. 



FIVE MINUTES WITH THE BCLBS 



Bulbs by the billion. 



Bulbs representing practically every hardy 

 ilowcriiiii- varirt\ that exists. 



Si'iii out finni iiiiyiics Park by the single 

 bulb, or by tens of thousands. 



Last year's order for bulbs for the various 

 Palaoe Gartletis of his Majesiy tiie King, the 

 Rovai Parks, and the L.C'.f. CIanjen> amount^ 

 to 6&,C00 Hyacinths, 171.000 Narci=>su:. bulbs, 

 170,000 Tulips, and 116,0C0 Crccuses. 



Only by paying a visit to Raynes Park can 

 one g'ain any idea of the fascination of bulb 

 cultivation. Iiuuntierabie little stories niig-ht 

 bo told as wondfrf ul us that the Lilv 



of the Valley crow n>. wliich sjx^nd from 

 six to nine months in tile fre^^zing chaInber^, 

 and are brought out in .-olid liinip? of ice, to 

 spring into the purest of blooms within three 

 or four weeks. 



Here, at K imu s Park, one may purchase a 

 bulb for a hvi -pound note, or a thousand for a 

 truinea — and i-verv ludb carries an insurance 

 policy in the actual t rials to be seen at our 

 Trial Grounds in the sprmg. 



We recently paid £76 for 20 Xarc:>Mi- l)ulb-. 

 Tlie world-rtMiowued King Alfred Datbxlil. the 

 bulbs of which are now marketed at 2>. each, 

 \\ a>-^old in its fnsi year at sm-eral uuine-ts ea»-ii. 



I.ik< ' iui*>x other things. IdiIVis may be had 



at ail prii e'. ; but <'nly good bulbr from u hou-e 

 of }i)-est:Li"i^ rt>p:iy tli-eii' <-o-T in thi^ al)undant 

 re;di>:iT ii>n of h iig nn)urhs of anricipati<)n. It 

 nt> i> ' u-hfiiittf one hi 'I I'-i id a litth^ more 

 w hen ^pnngt imp brin-j-^ it di -appointments. 



Next Week: " l!ido<n- ( larilpuing 



Ja^ies Carter & Co. 



