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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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XOVEMBER 16, 1912. 



Mr, K. Dy-soii was second. Mr. U. WilkTis, 

 Cambridge, was the most succe^ieitul ot the 

 exhibitors in the classes for specimen phuit.-i 

 ot chrv.-iant henuims, his riuecesses inciudingr 

 first tor rtix and three Japaneft>e, for one re- 

 tlexed and one single variety. Salvias made 

 a brilliant display ol colour, and the most 

 succrsr^hil nt" the <.^\hibito^s oi thes»e were th-e 

 Kev. 1*. ( . Townley and Mr, Todd, the latter 

 scorint^ also in the class for begonias with 

 tineIy-tiowere<l examples of Gloire de Lor- 

 raine. 



ruuiT. 



The difvplay of fruit wan on-e of the largest 

 we have st^t^n at Cambridge, and the (luality 

 was high thr*)aghout. Apples and pears 

 were especially well represented, there »x.uiig 

 s<^vcral hundred <lislKvs, in which were to b.' 

 sren iit tlu'ir l>cst all the (incst varieties in 

 gt'uciul cultivation. Very ktH'n wa.s tli/ 

 rinitv>t tnr liuuoiir.-. in the class for twelve 

 ili^lu'^ ii\ a|)i)h'., ti» consist of equal numb, is 

 i'\ riiliuiiry and detsnert varieties. Here Mr. 

 .1. II . Itidgwell wa.s a splendid lirst, the 

 triiil \n-iiiir rather large, nchly colounvJ, and 

 a(liiiiiMi)ly tinished. We notice-d among the 



« (nik i n l; m pples IVangiKKl's Nonsuch , h<it (l 

 I)<rKy, Nrwtoii \V*)!ifler. and Tdu -r (ili- 

 II Ms a nil r >)ivri a II V iiul c wi )rt h v a iia »ii " I h 

 <iehscrt varict ie^> \\ ere- tin- I f ii i K t m < ' 



Orange I'ippin. Mr, A. L.| n,:: wa- ,i 



capital second wilh a collection in wiiidi 

 Lane'cs I'riric^- AIlKit ua^ r^'pri-.-scntiul at 

 its hot . M f. T. Todd won tor six dishes 

 ot applt .^ ( 'unprisiug equal numlxn\s of culi- 

 nary and di'-v^ert varieties, Allington Pippin, 

 Cliarlo [I<»c. and Laiii-'s I'lincc AiK-rt 

 iK'ing especially not^'wort iiy. .Mr, Todd wa^ 

 tir>>t al.-o ioi' t hriH- <li-^lic.- oi dc--cr t apple's, 

 sta«^iMi; Hlcnlrciiii Pippin, i o\ ()ran<_;c I'i])- 

 pm, and IJib-ton Pippin at t hcii- Ix'.st,. 

 t lie cnh)nr bei ng <'.\cepl lotia lly Ijri 1 1 lau t , lal 

 the corresponding cUrs.s. lt*r three <li-^hes of" 

 cnoking apples ^|^. J. H. Kidgwell iiccnpi<v| 

 the lirst place \\ith excellent cxainjilc^ 

 Altriston, Hisniarck, ami New Inn \\c.idc!-. 

 Mr. A. Ivcilintt had the l.c-^t di-.h oi l.anc's 



A llnTt . Mr. i;. Stepherr^on .^t a-^i 

 t lie bot dish ni \\\ \ -"^-oocl's Non>ucii . c,; 

 liranilvy'-> SveiiMnn'. .md of King <d the riji- 

 pins. "I'hr Ke-^t ih^h m rn\\^ Orange Pippin 



\\a^ -^h^c.sn Itv M- -r-- P. M. .Inpr^ ind Soa. 



I In* |iri/.i toi- l.,i^kt nt applcrv iu ci^ntaiii 

 2<)lb. i>\ iTiiit i^avc i , .1-. in j^r '\ icns vcai's, 

 tii> a vt'ry interesting- c >n; 1 : ; i : m . P(;r 

 ba>ket I >t r-ooking a pp.c- M t , W . ( 'ol and 

 Mr. .1 . II. Hidgw cli \\ ere f: r-t and secon d 

 with Xi^wtim W'oikUm- in -.pKinlil condition' 

 and Mr. P. Steni! en>oii ami .Mi'. J. H. Kidg- 

 well occupied -^ln^lar p >-itions in the idass 

 for basket.", ot <lv^>ert a}»plc^, both stagini; 



Cox's Orange I'i[)pin ri'inarkable for briU 

 1 ia ncy ot <'ol* ni riii 



The principal c!a-- tor p<'ar> was that tcr 

 six <lishc--, and Mi. loihi wan with exfi'j)- 

 tif>naily tine truit ot liciirri'' P>a(helicr, 

 l)nidh'--e d ' A n i^ivn leine. Doyen ne <| n PuU] ice. 

 l)*-urrt'^ Di,:. ( haile-v Prnest. and Le lec- 

 tier. Mi. W , Dnhh. '\a-> a capital .-vcmnl. 

 Mr. l-<. I)y,-><>n secured the prcuiicr award tor 

 three 4ii^hc- ol [ie;n-^. uitii h.niil-i me trnits 

 f>f Penrrt"' Paehei ii f, Maiian,,' d'r .'v\a\ and 

 F)oyenne dn ( "oni n c. 



LT*"' I --''CMud. Sttn\ inn- p 



Prin<e 



! 



Mr. P. IImHI^ 



CT ( 



ovxn i.v Mr. \V. P. liolli 



f . 



. Mr. i:. l)y^. 

 and l)i . F). lit Mi. There wa^ a -pu it id cmn- 

 petition in the <xr;i]:v cla>-. and the nio^t 

 snccvsstM] ot thc'-evi^ral conipetifor- w-re the 

 lion. Mr^. d"h..rnrf>)! and Mr. W . liil! toj- 

 Muscat of .Mexandria. and Mr. K. Dyson 

 and Mr. Kirkpatrick tor .\Iieantr. 



NON-COMPETITIVK KXJIIHITS. 



Owing to the tspace available being so fully 

 occupied l)y the products in competition lor 

 the prizes, non-competitive exhibits are 

 usually few in number at the society\s 

 autumn shows. On this occasion Mr. Kirk- 

 patrick exhibited an attractive group of 

 orchids, in which the finely-fiowered exam- 

 ples of Cattleya labiata and Vanda cserulea 

 were the most noteworthy, Mr. Ward, of 

 liishops Stortford, exhibited decorative 

 chrysahthemum.s in variety, and Mr. Dunn, 

 of (^mjbridge, staged several boxes of hybrid 

 tea r<>.eH. the blooms fresh and otherwise 

 of good quality. 



Cardiff Chrysanthemum 



Society. 



XOVKMPKI! t; aiid 7, 



A capital show wa^ lield by this society in 

 the Skating Kink, Cardiff, on the above dat.*s 

 and this roomy tstructure afforded anipie 

 space, both for the exhibits and the visitors 

 Although there wan a slight falling off in 

 the Urtual nninb, r ol entries, this wa.s fullv 

 compensated t.n hv i j,,. excellence of th'e 

 r.\hif)it8, clirysantlKMiinni blooms Ijcino- ^^spe 

 eially good, and the mi.xelhim'ou^ contribu- 

 ;i<ins bv the tradi^ were 

 hii''h older ol 



in every way of a 

 merit . In tiie prc--eU(v of a 

 good at'tMid in> and ^npp.nted by the Padv 

 Mayon-. Carditl. I.;,dv Xinian Stewart 

 opened th.- .-h. 



\\>\: n.A^sKs POP { {■[ p>p()oMs. 



nc.M 



I lie cont ! ion.s of eight va^o cf 

 varict ie>, ^ hree l)lnuin> in 



Japa- 



eaidi^ tor 



which the society'ii cluillcngc cnp went with 

 .tiK* Hrwt prize made a splendiil cia->. Chief 

 1»( Hours were deservedly .-ecurcd Uy Mr. 

 I'-'i 'iiei. M irdener to t he^MarcpuMs of Bute, 

 Patfiill ( a-th'. \v1h> had iarge, solid^ J'is*hly- 



I'd e\aftipies ot (i. Kdly (i.ne Mooni 

 rt'cning tl:e National Pllry^a li t iu-ni n ru So- 

 ciety", cerlitu-alr a- the beVt lii.i.un in tiiv- 

 -Itoui; W illiam d urner. tiiu' ; Pes.Mc iUnU 

 tiey. Pidy \a\\u.\, \\ M^vv, Wliite Australia 



A. Alien. Penarth, win> luid a 

 tiiii' sel of leading varieties, was second and 

 Mr. Joy-^. Courtyrala (iardens, wa,. third 

 1 nr MX vase.. Mr. S. J. [\ (irinter t(,ok tiie 

 I 'ihI \-ilh a Hne nf bloitnis, and thn- wnn 

 Hie Vivian Challenge <'np:" among them 

 'Vt-re r. S, Valli>. ^fa.-^ter James W 

 <ice, F. Jollitfe, and Pady Talbot. " Mr. 



H. A. Allen wa.. second, and Wd 

 Aberdare third. Tiie pi izes for tive 

 blooms (»f any white variet v brouglit 

 four cxicllent cxhihits. oacli co'n .j-tinp-" 

 Mr>. A. \\ MUlrv. Mr. P. P. Tr.her 

 and wa, folh>v\fd by Mi', (uinlcr 

 lalward- !.>r > -<'on(rand third place->. In a 

 sirnilai- e!a-^ tor other tlian a wiiit^. varietv 

 th(^ pr:z , re taken in tlie order naintal bv 

 Mr. rrelierni'. Mr. r:du:pds. and Mr. 11. \. 



(-l-i^^ t^ r on,. v:i,..^> of' c^inirh^ 

 varieties broiiirht ->onic f)cau: itul exliibit 



. of 

 lie led, 

 and Mr. 



\\iiining vaM\ eontaninr:,v mixed colours 

 nded eliarinino-ly, came fr(un Mr 



■ ^'''''P Penarth. P. done! (ia.^kell 



' "ud wil h a 'u'aiit ifnl 

 Pni kii:o in m .. ;id Mr 



vase ol Ml". 



* ; Phiu er tliird. 



d'he 



tiuit 



(P 



\\ a-; 



PP I- PP'»OMs.--(cpf.K( T[o\s 



In Mu 



da |)a lie - ' 

 varirt i\ ^ 



viiciriAPPis. 



Ti 



th 



icre \\ a-v a 



gri'at excel!enee 

 the 



p! a( e. 



vet y -troiiLT com|Hdit ion in 

 e r>(M iety > cla^-^ tor ten kiiid-^. and the Hon. 

 Mr-. ddiornt,>n .Nas tir-t uirii a collection 



t^s|aTialiv noti'worthv iMdnt^* 

 leek-, carrots, an<l parsnip-. Mr. a"! 

 Lclliot t toUoweii <doc-el V tor >ccn nd 

 with a coilectton in wlticli the Pni^^rP 

 -proiits w»Tc of higit «|iial!tv. and Mr. P. 



^^'t-^ third. In \ he * ia^-c. for r^ix 

 in whidt Mc.~r-. Sutton nnd Son^ 

 pr^vidcti the prize. , tin. Hnn. Mr>. Thorn- 

 "ti iH i uyuoil \hr prtanit'r p;witi<.n ; and in 



' and S^Mis' ela-^-^ Mr. Kirk- 



t\\» nt v-ftnii- blix.ni- (.f 

 varieties, i>i nor than twtdve 



the P<>ur:e-> ' Piiallcntre i'uu 

 tnrnicd part of the premier award, and wa< 

 well won by Mr. TP A. Alien, with hue ex- 

 ample, of Pady Talb,»t, G. V Kellv V 



Jolitfe He.-ie (jodtrey. Mad. I>. Rlydviu] 

 . t<-. Mr. J. P. :,VN. vranicner to (indfn v 



P. < !ark. I 

 al-M ;i(r,.,j 



■c* i lid. 



1 1 a u ki' 

 kind-. 



t 



I-. i.HUii-are, wh,* u.is 



well. dun -^ijlrndid M't 



Mailed in the cla^. u-r I^^entv-four idoeni. 

 rV V, ;'''P.in^^ . :,nd incurved, d'h ^ 

 l;ell Harrison ( 1i ill, ,:crM np ua^ otP>rod with 

 li'-'t prize, an.] Mr. ]' _ 



' nf W. A. 



patrii I 



tin ,„„ ! arnier. wdio was 



l'I-'*'''<i hr^f. had splendid }^]nnu- 



Pthennirfo!, ^Puld Jfdfcriw ]■ < v. Hi 

 1 n^dMif \ .^... :,„d White An.tralia annm.; 

 TuTT^' i-'r -^^"^ Pnrtercnp Mr> P 



Judson/.. I . Pvans Frank Trotain , S Thorp' 



and Mrs. G. Denver among tlie incurved. 

 Mr. Evans, gardener to Sir E. G. Philippe j 

 Picton Castle, who was the other exhibitor' 

 strong with incurved varieties. The 

 Claris for tw^elve blooms, di.stinct, Japanese, 

 was espcciaPy good, and here again Mr! 

 Farmer occupied the premier position with 

 a splendidly hnished lot of fine blooms. Mr. 

 Allen wa« a good second, and Mr. Joys a 

 capital third. A similar class for twelve 

 blooms, in not lens than six varieties, brought 

 Mr. H. Skamp, Penarth, to the front, with 

 Mr. S. J. T. Grinter and Mr. J. Lvnn 

 Thomas following in the order named. 'Ilie 

 cla^^H for twelve blooms not Icc^s than foiir 



which " the 



varieties, for which The Empire" Chal- 

 lenge Pup was offered, again gave Mr. Allen 

 the lead, wdth, as his best blooms, F. S. 

 Vallis, Master James, F. Jollift'e, Bessie God^ 

 frey, Mrs. A. T. Miller, etc. Mr. H. Ed- 

 wards was a good second, and Mr. H. Skamp 

 was third. 



Incurved varieties were not provided for 

 in so lil>era] a manner a.s at one time; never, 

 theless, tlit^y were well represented. For 

 twelve blooms, distinct, splendid riets were 

 staged, the blooms being large, solid, and 

 ])i^rfectly formed. Mr. I'\ii'nier again secured 

 leading honours, staging J. Agate, Bocasse, 

 (P F. Pvaiis. and Piittc rcup in especially 

 good lonn. and Mr. i:vans, who was tsccond, 

 alx) had a line exhil)it 



PLANTS. 



The group of plants of single and large- 

 flowering chrysanthemums, arranged with or- 

 nameutal foliage plants in a space 60 cjq. ft., 

 was not well filled, but Messrs. William Tre- 

 seder, Lim., nurserymen, Cardiff, who re- 

 ceived the premier award, had an exceedingly 

 beautiful arrangement, compot^ed of splen- 

 didly flowered Japanese and single varieties, 

 with a margin of crotons, palms, and ferns! 

 Mr. A. Hrnwn, gardener to the executors of 

 the I a t (> .Pun es I In wol 1 Var^ Grove House, 



u a 



ate dames Howell, Esq. ^ 



awarded the first prize for a group of 



< ill v^ant lieninnis ai-ranged in a space of 50 

 ^M- ^ P '1 his wa.. w(dl arranged, and the 

 bloom, were trcsh, moderately large, and 

 the colours pleasingly blended and edged 

 with fern.s and grasses, which made a good 

 hni>li; for this the 'National Chrvsanthemum 

 Soei(dy\s certificate was awarded^ in addition 

 to the first prize. In the class for .single- 

 fiowered cliryi-antlieminns, arrang-d in :a 

 .-pace of V) sq. ft.. Mr. S. J. T. Grinter was 

 awaidial the finst prize. This was a really 

 hne group, arranged in the best style, the 

 vanet]e> being choice, well-grown, tastefullv 

 arranged, and edged with ferns. A silver cup 

 was given in this clas.s. Another class of 

 tins kind was for a group of chrysanthemums, 

 m :32 sq. ft., for those not employing a gar- 

 dener. Air. X. Hatherdale wlio arranged a 

 creditable collection, was tiie only exhibitor. 

 A group of mivscellaneous plants, arranged in 

 a space of 40 sq. ft., brought two compcti- 

 t'U-.. wlio arranired Miese subjects with pleas- 

 ni<r ef1\et. Mr. Mtlntvre, gardener to Ladv 

 Hill. IP)okwood. Llandaff, taking chief 



iiononrh 



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-M I s ( i: I . I . A X I : ( ) r s pl a nts. 



For six oicliids, Mr. G. N. German was 

 the IciidmjT prizo-winner, and staged, nice 

 exniiiplos nf Oncidiiiiii viiricosuni Eo^ersi, 

 < ahmtli- Veitchi. ('vpriijcdiuni Rothsfln'Idi- 

 nmini. and CaHleya labiata. For six Begonia 

 Gloirc de Lorraine, Mr. Davis, gardener to 

 <'• L. Clark, Esq., was first. For Eoman 

 livaniitlm Mr. German wag first and for 

 twelve plants for table decoration Mr. 

 Alrlntvre, gardener to Lady Hill, obtained 

 premier honours. 



FRUIT. 



There were but feu frui^ classes provided, 

 •111(1 witli (■<)mparativ<^lv few exceptions the 

 prodiKo was not ,,t a 'uUr\t ,>,.f]er of merit. 

 I 'lr SIX bunches of grapes, not less than twe 

 varieties, for whicli tlic IJi uckwich Cup was 



ottered as a fir-t pri/,.. M,-. I)„bbs, gardener 

 to Sir John (uinu. St. Melhnis. was placed 



hr-t amoug-t tiireo exliibit ors for fair exam- 

 l)Ies of M 



Alicante, and Gros Colmar; Mr. 



is. Pearson, iluseat of Alexandria, 



G. ir. 



