November 23, 1912. 



903 



EXHIBITIONS 



AND 



MEETINGS. 



Edinburgh Chrysanthemum 



Show. 



The Scottish Horticultural Association 

 Held its annual exhibition in the Waverley 

 Market, Edinburgh, on Thursday, Friday, 

 and Saturday, November 14, 15, and 16, The 

 weather was dry and cold, but, thanks to 

 the effectiveness of the combined heating and 

 ventilating apparatus recently installed by 

 Messrs. Mackenzie and Moneur, Lim., the 



of the hall was kept at an 

 equable and delightfully comfortable tem- 

 perature throughout tlie show, so that in 

 future exhibitors need fear no harm for their 

 tender plants, nor need visitors fear discom- 

 fort from oold and draughts. The attend- 



of the public was very satisfactory. 



inside 



ance 



the drawings being £10 in excess of last 

 year's. 



There was a considerable decrease in the 

 number of entries, but, on the other hand, 

 in consequence of the council having decided 



Edinburgh Queen Victoria Memorial Class, 

 for fifteen vases in 15 varieties, three blooms 

 in each vase, Mr. Thomas Lunt, gardener to 

 Captain Archibald Stirling of Keir, and Mr. 

 James Eraser, gardener to Mrs. Simson, 

 Bonaly Tower, Colinton, were the only en- 

 trants. Mr. Lunt was an easy first, and he 

 was awarded the prize of .£12 and the City 

 of Edinburgh Cup, which, having been won 

 by him for the third time, now becomes his 

 property. The cup and tlie pri^s are pre- 

 sented by the Magistrates and Town Coun- 

 cil of Edinburgh. Mr. Lunt's varieties, with 

 noints awarded to them, were as follows : 



y-ariety shown. Max. Pts. 



Coronation 12 



Hon. Mrs. Lopes 12 



White Queen 12 



Geo. Hemming 12 



Mrs. L. Thorn 12 



Mary Poulton 12 



Lady Tal1x)t 12 



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8 

 9 



8^ 

 81 

 10 

 10 

 9 



was awarded to Mr. R. Mackenzie, gardener 

 to J. E. B. Baillie, Esq., of Dockform, In- 

 verness. Tlie third to Mr. H. MacSkimmiug, 

 gardener to W. T. MacLcUan, Auchenault, 

 Helensburgli; and the fourth (£1) to Mr. 

 D. MeLean, gardener to Right Hon. R. C. 

 Munro Ferguson, of Raith, Kirkcaldy. Mr. 

 Small's varieties and the }x>ints awarded to 

 them were as follows: 



11 



10 



Si- 

 ll 



Varh'tv sluHVii. y\:\\. IMs 



Wm. Turner 12 



Erancen Jolliffe 12 



Mrs. A. T. Millar ... 12 



P. S. Vail is 12 



Mrs. L. Thorn 12 



White Quwn 12 



Fred Chandler 12 



a ■ • 



albot 



9i 



81 



96 



6 



Mr. R. Mnclconzio hnd 7i\ poiut.s, Mr. INFac- 

 J-'kimmiiig 72!, and Mr. .\irI,oaii 71 J points 



THE FINE COLLEOTON OF CHRYSANraCMUMS 

 for which Mr. T. Lunt, gardener to Captain A. StirHng, .as awarded the City of Edinburgh Cup and .12 at the .eottash 



^ Horticultural Society s Exhibituni. 



that every competitor should pay a deposit Mrs. A. T. Millar ... 12 11 out o Y>, st"bl<)o,n in tliv show with 



as a guarantee that he would stage, there Franoe.s JoLhffe 1^ ••• J hir'wni Turner in thi^ cln^>. 



was a very marked d,tl.r.n.c in the proper- Maud \\ ilhamson... 12 ... 10 ln« ■ j,pan.M. chrv- 



tion of entries staged a.s compared with Melchet Beauty ... 12 ... '^'^ • * .i'; 



former years. In fact, the staging was Purity 12 ... 9 In W^^^ 



almost full, whereas formerly from 20 to 30 F. S. Va lis ^ 2 ... 9 ^^^^^J^^^^^^^,, l^oltrhad 



per cent, was not an unusual proportion o ^ 12 . 10 57' out of 72 point;, and was awarded the 



non-staged entries m some sec ions In ^^m. iuiner _ ^' f""' „f 'gi. Mr. MacSkimming being 



the vegetable classes, for example, the en- second Air D McU.an third, and ' Mr. L. 



tries staged were scarcely less numerous than \. ? " ^vX^or tn Divid Thomson Fmi 



last y<,ar's whereas fully one-half of the it will be observed that the points awarded f<^^^^^'J''lfr%^^^^^^^^^ 



total deficiency in the entries occurred in to Mr. Lunt are considerably under la^t (^^^^^'^^'.''^^r^;^^^^^^ 



this group. The show, however, appeared year's' (156), when he last won the cup, and Japares. ^^'^^ ^f^. T Lm.t v',s J 



^ome4at^hinner owing to a falling off in this, no doubt, may be put down to the bad t^s, .sliown -- "^^f^^^^^l' "y^it.'^l.ie 



the entries in the principal chrysanthemum season. ti •j'' at,- T,Mit wi« nlso first for two va^es 



big-bloom classes. In the leading class there In the Scottish Challenge Cup class, for third. J'',; \ ,,Hetv, 



were only two entrants, and the nnmber was eight vases. Japanese chrysanthemums, m Japanese ' ''\> / , f,,ur vases 



little more than half the average in the eiiht varieties, three blooms in each vase, con. t^ree blooms u c^^^^^ 



Scottish Challenge Cup class, and, taking filed to Scottish gardeners and amateurs, .n twelve vanetm, tbi-ee "^m. ^ n^i eac^ 



them all over, the blooms were not so fine there were six lots staged, and thechal enge vase. /[."^-^^^Xrlson Ir^ Norham. 



