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November 9, 1912 



were prominent in this g^roup. Mr. Barrett, 

 late secretary of the society, was a clo^e 

 second, having grandly-grown chrysanthe- 

 mums and palms, set in cork pockets, cro- 

 tons, dracsenas, and a groundwork of fernts. 

 Third honours went to Mr. Bridle, gardener 

 to Lford Alington, who staged a loveiy group 

 containing cattleyas, carnations, begonias, 

 and Francoa ramosa. This was very lightly 



ged, and most effective. Mr. Evants, 

 gardener to G. J. Fenwdck, Esq., was a good 

 fourth. The group arranged by Messrs. G. 

 Watts and Sons, Limited, was also very 

 attractive, and contained some lovely fresh 

 plants of liliums, crotons, and chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



CUT BLOOMS. 



Mr. J. Stevenson, gardener to G. Mocatta, 

 Esq., Woburn Place, Surrey, won easily in the 

 c]ac*s for twenty-four cut blooms on boards, 

 not fewer than eighteen varieties. His 

 blooms were: W. Turner (2), Mrs. R. A. 

 Witty, Hon. Mrs. Lopes, F. S. Vallis (2), 

 Queen Mary (2), Master James (2 , William 

 Gee, Thomas Lunt (2), Madame G. Rivol, 

 Queenie Chandler, Frances Jolliffe, Frances 

 Rowe, F^red Chandler, His Majesty, Lady 

 Talbot (2), W. Mease, Miss A. E. Roope, 

 The same exhibitor scored in the class for 

 twelve Japanese incurved cut blooms on 

 boards, having massive and fresh ti|>ecimens 

 of William Turner (2), Mrs. A. T. Bott, 

 Willie Rawling (2). Mrs. W. Iggulden, 

 Madame G. Rivol (2), Miss A. E. Roope, and 

 Queen Mary. Mr. Usher was second, W. 

 Rawlings, W, Turner, G. Mileham, 19<)8, 

 and Madame R. Radaelli, being good. Mr. 

 J. Stevenson, Wimborne, was a close third. 

 A9 previously stated. Mr. Tooley won in the 

 class for nine Japanese cut blooms in vases. 

 He had massive, well-coloured ones of F. S. 

 Vallis, Master James, Lady Talbot, Madame 

 G. Rivol. Puritv. Mrs. Mease, Hon. Mrs. 

 Lopes O. H. Broomhead. and Frances 

 Jolliffe, all well &ei up. Mr. J. Steve»7K-n 

 was second. Mr. Kitcher, gardener to Major 

 Wyndham Pain had the best two vases of 

 nine blooms in a vae^, one variety in each, 

 Reginald Vallis and Mrs. R. H. B. Marsham 



to E. G. 



Mr. Cox 



gardener 

 econd . 



resT>ectively. 



Duberley, Esf^ , 

 Mr. Galpin. gardener to Mrs. Telfer, won 



in thi^ class for six vn^tv. distinct. Master 

 James and K. Vallis hoinor good; Messrs. 

 J. H. Pis:got and F. (I. Cox being second 

 and third respectively. Mr. Barrett, gar- 

 dener to E. Howard Mav. Esq., had the 

 best three bush plants; Mr. Evans was a 

 close second. Singles in vases were lovely. 

 Mr. C. Honey, gardener to J. T. Rayner, 

 Eisq., staged "fine flowers; Mr. Burge, erar- 

 dener to Rev. C. H. Burrows, was a close 

 second, with lovely clean specimens; Mr. 

 Galpin came third. The last-named scored 

 in the class for six vases of undisbudded 

 singles. Mr, Kiteher won in the class for 

 twelve blooms on boards, not fewer than 

 eight varieties; White Queen and Potk tt's 

 Crimson were really ^and in thi^ si uid. 



TABLE DECOR AITONS. 



Twelve table decorations were in com]>e'ti- 

 tion. the prizee going" to Mrs. Cape, Messrs. 

 J. H. ('ape, Burg-e, and Geo. Garner resp?c- 

 tivelv. The last-named won in the classes for 

 ehower bouquets and ladies' sprays. 



FRUIT. 



Fruits were good, and extensively show^n, 

 nearly fiff^y bunches of grapes being staged. 

 Messrs. Toolev, Garner, and Barrett beinp' 

 the chief prize-winners in the five classes. 

 The bunches were of high quality. Mr. U-her 

 had the best four dishes of pears, Mr. T. 

 Stevenson was second. The la.st-named had 



the best four dishes of apples, 



VEGETABLES. 



In the principal classes for collections Mr. 

 Usher was invincible, putting up wonderfully 

 fine leeks, celery, onions, and cauliflowers. 



Tlie amateurs' and children s sections were 

 well filled, competition throughout being 



Gold 

 Stuart 



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chids; and to Walter Child Clarke, Esq., for 

 orchids and begonias. 



Silver Medals. — To Mr. V. Slade, for zonal 

 pelargoniums; to The Winter Gardens Man- 

 agement, for chrysanthemums and miscella- 

 neous plants; to Messrs. Toogood and Sons, 

 Southampton, for onions and marrows; to 

 Mr. Welch, Park Nurseries, Bournemouth, 

 for fibrous begonias and ericas; and to the 

 Christchurch French Gardening Company, 

 for vegetables and salads. 



Highly Commended. — Messrs. Jarman 

 and Co., for apples; Mr. J. Stevenson, for 

 chrysanthemums ; and Mr. Ingram, Park- 

 Btone. for miscellaneous nlants. 



Medals were 

 I^w and Co. 



awarded to 

 for carnation^ 



Messrs 

 and or 



Southampton Horticultural 



Society. 



NOVEMBER 5 and 6. 



In the Coliseum the annual autumn show 

 was held, and proved a euccetsis. Entries were 

 fairly numerous. Cut blooms were well 

 shown, and, as usual, the arrangements were 

 of a satisfactory nature. 



PLANTS. 



For a group of decorative, single, and other 

 chrysanthemunnis, arranged with palms, ferns 

 etc., there were no entries. For six plants, 

 with not less than five blooms on each, suit- 

 able for con ser v ator y decoration , Mr . C . 

 Hosey, gardener to J. C. E. lyEsterTe, Esq., 

 Elmfield, Southampton, was first of three com- 

 petitors, with well-flowered examples of 

 popular varieties ; Mr. F. G. Bealing, Bassett^ 

 second. Single-flowered varieties were pro- 

 vided for at Southampton in six varieties, 

 the best coming from Mr. Allan Cooper, 

 115, Hill Lane, Southampton, an amateur 

 a remarkably fine exhibit of freely-flowered 

 plants; Mr. Bealing, florist, second. Bush- 

 grown plants were best shown by Mr. Hosey, 

 who won for four varieties in quite an easy 

 manner. 



CUT BLOOMS (OPEN). 



In competition for twenty- four, in eight 

 varieties, of Japanese blooms, three of each, 

 to be staged in vases, Mr. W. Hall, gardener 

 to Major Chichester, Embley Park, Bomsey, 

 was first, with full, solid blooms, well dis- 

 played, of such varieties as Mrs. L. Thorn, 

 Frances Joliffe, Master James, F. S. Vallis, 

 and W. Turner; Mr. C. Hosey second. The 

 best vases of two white varieties, in an entry 

 of four, came from Mr. W. Hall, Mr^. A . T. 

 Miller and W. F. Lever were well repre- 

 sented; Mr. Hosey was here again second. 

 In a class for three vases of any two varie- 

 ties other than white, Mr. W. Hall followed 

 up his previous successes by winning the 

 premier prize with Lady Talbot and D. B. 

 Crane. 



Decorative varieties were provided for in 

 a class for four distinct kinds, in sprays of 

 not less than three blooms, excluding singles. 

 Five competed, and the several arrangements 

 made an interesting class. Mr. Bealing wais 

 first with a really fine display, CannelFs 

 Late, Freda Bedford, Market Eed,'and Louise 

 d'Or were capitally repre«sented ; Mr. G. Ell- 

 wond, gardener to W. H. Myers, Esq., Swan- 

 more Park, Bishop's Waltham, second. In 

 competition for the six vases of single- 

 flowered varieties, distinct, to be shown dis- 

 budded, there were four entrants, the best 

 coming from Mr. Bealing, who staged 

 grandly-developed blooms of popular varie- 

 ties; Mr. A. J. Marsh, gardener to M 

 Hodgson, Esq., Moreton House, 

 worthy, Winehester^ second. 



A class was provided for three Japanese, 

 incurved, anemones, or singles, arranged in 

 a space 6ft. by 6ft., any foliage plants with 

 a centre palm being allowed. Quality and 

 effective arrangement were considered the 

 leading features, aud Mr. Bealing was the 

 only exhibitor, and had an interesting dis- 

 play. Six vases of undisbudded sing-le varie- 

 ties were best shown by Mr. C. Dymott, 

 Ireemantle; Mr. A. J. Marsh a close 

 seeon d . 



Cut blooms arranged on boards had seven 

 classes allotted them, the leading one bein^ 

 for twenty-four Japanese in not less than 



Kings- 



sixteen varieties, or more than two of anv 

 one variety. There were four competitors 

 and Mr. W. Baxter, gardener to Captain f' 



G. Dalgetey, Lockerley Hall, Eomsey, was 

 an easy first, staging fully-developed blooms 

 of F. S. Vallis, D. B. Crane, Lady Talbot 

 and Master Jamec^; second, Mr. W. Half 

 with much smaller flow^ers. The beet twelve 

 Japanese, distinct, came from Mr, D. Ed- 

 wards, gardener to W. Garton, Esq., Sarig. 

 bury Court, Southampton ; and Mr. T. Hall 

 gardener to Ellen Lady Swaythling, Soutl 

 Stoneham House, second. 



Incurved varietie8 had one class set apart 

 for them, and this was for eighteen blooms 

 in not less than twelve varieties. Mr. A. J. 

 Marsh obtained the premier award with C. 



H. Curtis, Mrs. G. Denyer, and Romance 

 were of high quality; Mr. Edwards second. 

 The premier incurved bloom in the show was 

 C. H. Curtis, from Mr. A. J. Marsh, a really 

 good specimen of that old and still popular 

 variety. Mr. W. Hall secured a like position 

 in the Japanese section w^ith a handsome 

 specimen of A. Turner. 



LADIES' CLASSES. 



The most elegant stand of chrysanthemums 

 arranged with autumn foliage, etc., was 

 one from Miss M. Snellgrove, London Eead, 

 Southampton — quite an effective effort; Mrs. 

 E. Ladhams, Shirley, second; six entries. 

 Baskets of autumn leaves, berries, etc., were 

 numerous, the best coming from Mrs. Beal- 

 ing; Miris Taylor, Bemerton Eectory, Salis- 

 bury, second. 



FRUIT. 



The 



first 



Fruit was plentiful and good, 

 prize for black grapes was won by Mr. 

 Hall, who had Appley Towers in line condi- 

 tion, a like honour falling, in the class for 

 any white grape, to Mr. W. Baxter, who 

 staged Muscat of Alexandria in remarkably 

 fine condition. Dessert apples were numer- 

 ous, and for four varieties Mr. T. Hall won 

 with really lypical examples of what dessert 

 fruit should be. The premier award for four 

 iishes of kitchen apple® fell to Mr. D. Ed- 

 wards. The leading award for pears in four 

 sorts went to Mr. W. Hall; Mr. T. Hall 

 second. 



VEGETABLES. 



These were best shown by Mr. G. Ellwood, 

 who won the premier award in Messrs. Too- 

 good's class for six dishes, seven competing, 

 and altso for Messrs. Sutton and Sons' 

 class for six dishes with excellent examples 

 of cauliflowers, leeks, celery, carrots, and 

 potatoes; Mr. H. Keep, Cottages, Aldermas- 

 ton, Reading, second in MeSvSrs. Sutton s 

 class. Messrs. J. Carter and Co.. London, 

 had a remarkably fine display of vegetables, 

 not for competition. 



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