December 7, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



947 



and understand he is a 



clerk, with one small greenhouse. 

 H. Plowrighit_ Trinity Pla-ce, Windsor, was 

 second to Mr. tioos'eniore in nearly every case, 

 ^r. J. Mackenzie, Shooter's HUl, was first 

 in a few classes, and Mrs. Alice Whitworth, 

 TV>a Avenue. Datchet. was also a first prize 



railway 

 Mr. T. 



winner. 



NEW VARIETIES 



The Floral Committee granted an Award 

 of Merit 'to each of tlie following varieties : 

 Snowstorm (recently figured in our columns), 

 from Mr. W. Lawrenson, Yarm-on-Tees ; 

 to Barones's de Brienen (a pink variety 

 recently figured by us), from Messrs. Stuart 

 Low and Co., Enfield; to Mary Allwood 

 (ill list rated in the present issue) , from 

 Messrs. Allwood Brothers, Hay ward's' Heath ; 

 and to Mrs. A. F. Button, a fine pink 

 variety, from Mr. A. F. Dutton, Iver, Bucks. 



NOX-OOMPETITIVE. 



Messrs. Felton and Son, Hanover Square, 

 had a quite attractive exhibit of cut flowers, 

 composed entirely of British-raised perpetual 

 carnations; especially good "were their vases 

 of Lady Northcliffe, Mandarin, B'aronesis de 

 Brienen, Una Wallace, Marmion, Snowstorm, 

 K. F. Felton, and Mrs. C, F. Eaphael. We 

 refer our readers to the sedtion of our 

 E.H.S. report headed "Carnations'' for de- 

 >scription of the other non-oompetitive dis- 

 plays. 



MEDAL AWARDS. 



Large Gold. — ^To Mr. C. Engelmann, Saf- 

 fron Walden. 



Gold.— To Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., 

 Enfield. 



Large Silver-gilt. — To Mr. H. Burnett, 

 Guernsey. 



Silver-gilt. 

 Hanover Square ; 



Brothers 



To Messrs. Felton and Sons, 



to Messrs . Allwood 

 Hayward's Heath; to Messrs. 

 Voung and Co., Hatlierley, Cheltenham; to 

 Mr. Wm. Lawrenson, Yarm-on-Tees, 



Silver. — ^To Mesisrs. Wim. Cutbuvsli and Son, 

 Highgate; to Mr. C. Lange, Hampton. 



National Chrysanthemum 



Society. 



The annual dinner of this society, held on 

 Wednesday, November 26, in the Venetian 

 Chamber, Holborn Restaurant, London, w^as 

 a most enjoyable function. In the unavoid- 

 able absence of the President, Sir Albert 

 Eollit, Mr. Thos. Be van presided. The at- 

 tendance was excellent, about a hundred and 

 three members, including many ladies, being 

 present. 



Mr . Bevan presented the diallenge cup 



and shields, and extended congratulations to 



the winners. The room and tables were 



finely decorated with chrysanthemums and 



foliage plants, the speeches were interesting, 



and the musical part of the programme very 

 enjoyable. 



Chelmsford Gardeners' Asso- 

 ciation. 



^ At the second meeting of the winter ses- 

 sion of this society, which was held at the 

 lustitute of Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Christy 

 presided over a large attendance of members. 



Mr. Montague Allwood, of Hay ward's 

 Heath, gave a very instructive lectui^e on 

 -Perpetual-flowering Carnations, and in his 

 opening remarks directed attention to the 

 high position these carnations hold, and ob- 

 served that they were flowers within the 

 ^^<^ch of both rich and poor. As no great 

 temperature was needed, their cultivation 

 fould be easily mastered by those who were 

 ^^ble to grow chrysanthemnms, air and light, 

 and a temperature just above 50, l>eing the 

 ^luef requirements. Dealing with propaga- 

 tion, Mr. Allwood said the chief thing was 

 ^o obtain good cuttings, and to select them 

 rrom the centre of half-ripened shoots, as 

 those taken from the base were too slow of 

 growth, and those taken nearest the flower 

 ^ere too weak. Cuttings should be inserted 

 |n sand, and not loam, as the latter had a 

 ^'^^"cy to hold more moisture tlian was 

 good for the cutting. A compost of loam with 



sand, a fifth of stable manure, and a little 

 lime rubble would be quite suitable to use 

 in potting off the footed cuttings. The 

 method of stopping was fully explained, and 

 it was advised to stop fairly hard down into 

 the mature wood, such as down to six leaves, 

 Mr. Allwood made special mention of the 

 perpetual carnations for summer budding, 

 and felt certain that the border carnations 

 would soon be a thing of the past, but care 

 should be taken to give them a well-drained 

 soil, as a water-logged bed or l>order was 

 fatal to their welfare. A cordial vote of 

 thanks was accorded the lecturer. 



Poole. 



Under the auspices of the Borough of 

 Poole (Dorset) Allotments Association, 

 Limited, a lecture on "Vegetables for Home 

 Use, Market, and Exhibition " was given by 

 Mr. G. Garner, of Bournemouth, in the 

 Guildhall, Poole, on Wednes^day, November 

 20. The Mayor of Poole (Alderman Herbert 

 S. Carter, J. P.) presided, and referred to 

 the good work being done by the associa- 

 tion, which now numbered about seven hun- 

 dred members. He also referred to the great 

 possibilities in the country in tlie matter of 

 what he would term intensive culture. Dur- 

 ing a recent tour through the country he was 

 much impressed by the great amount of un- 

 cultivated land that he saw in many coun- 

 ties. 



The meeting was an open one, gardeners 

 and the public also attending, also the senior 

 scholars from the neighbouring schools w^ith 

 their teachers. 



The lecturer dealt chiefly with the pre- 

 paration of the soil at the present time, and 

 in -spring; also with the appdiicatlion of 

 manure in autumn and spring, selection of 

 crops for certain ooils, selection of varieties, 

 planjting, summer treatment of growing 

 crops, their gathering and storing, and the 



selection .and preparation of j^roduce for <'x- 

 hibition purposes. 



A very free discussion took place at the 

 close of the lecture, and many questions 

 were answered by Mr. Garner. Votes of 

 thanks were passed to the Mayor for pre- 

 siding, and for granting the use of the 

 Guildhall, and to the lecturer. 



Sanquhar Horticultural 



Society. 



The annual meeting of this society was 

 held in the Town Hall, Sanquhar, the other 

 evening, Mr. James Thomson, Newark^ vice- 

 president, in the chair. The report sub- 

 mitted to the meeting of the society's opera- 

 tions for the past year was of a very satis- 

 factorv character, the financial statement 

 showing that the debit balance from the pre- 

 vious year had been wiped out and a small 

 balance to the credit of the society remained. 

 The office-bearers were elected as follows : 

 Prsident, Mr. James Moffat, Gatesido : vice- 

 president, Mr. James Thomson, Newark ; 

 hon. secretary and treasurer, Mr. Jolm Mil- 

 ligan, Sanquhar; assistant secretary, Mr. R. 



M. Kendrick, jun. After consideration it 

 was agreed to increase the number of classes 

 in one of the sections. 



oyal Horticultural Society. 



(Continued from p. 934.) 

 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



A number of new apples and pears were 

 staged in the annexe by Messrs. J. Cheal 

 and Sons^ Crawley, and made up a very at- 

 tractive and interesting exhibit. Crawley 

 Bea u t y , a 1 ocal raised apple , th a^t flowers 

 late in May, w^as well-shown, and gained an 

 A.M. ; it is a regular cropper, and the 

 sbaplely fruits are brilliantly shaded with 

 crimson, and spl.ashed with crimson-scarlet 

 over the green ground ; it is a solid cooking 

 apple tliat will keep well till M-arch. Encore 

 is l^etter known, and so is Rival and Chas. 

 Tlor-s, Cr iwley Reinette and Buxted 



Favourite arc less known, but of consider- 

 able merit, while Beurre de Naghan pear, a 

 fine late variety, was shown in fine condition. 



\ 



Mrs. V. Banks, Park Street, W.^ displayed 

 a fine collection of bottled fruits and vege- 

 tables, representing a hundred and sixty- 

 eight varie^ties; this was a splendid exhibit, 

 and a much larger one than this clever lady 

 has hitherto staged, and it gained the 

 coveted Gold Modal. Mis-s Sewell, Harcourt 

 Terrace, S.W.; Mi;s. D. E. Jones, Pershore; 

 Mrs. Miller, Marlow; and Messrs. Westma- 

 cott and Co., Leadeuhall Street, all showed 

 bottled fruits, preserves, or confections. 



Tile Agent-General for British Columbia 

 brought up a splendid exhibit of British 

 Cohimbian applets. The fruits were, as usual, 

 finely graded, of excellent size and l>eautiful 

 colour, vand packed in first-rate style. A 

 variety named Winter lianana gained an 

 A.M. An apple named Stcyn s Seedling, 

 from I.ady Tliornycroft, Isle of Wight, also 

 gained an Award of Merit. 



CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS. 



Class 



Lsel 



and Co., 

 Miss A. 

 and Sons, 

 from Col. 



to Carna- 



Golden Oriole var. Ruby, from Sir G. Hoi- 

 ford (grower, Mr. Alexander), Westonbirt, 

 Tetbury; to Odontioda Latona Fowler's var., 

 from J. Gurney F''owler, Eteq. (gardener, Mr. 

 J. Davids), Glebelands, South Woodford. 



Award of Merit. — To ('y})ripedium Eury- 

 b iad es , from Sir Tre xov J . a \\ r e n c e , Bart, 

 (grower, Mr. W. H. White), Burford Lodge, 

 Dorking; to Cypripedium Viking, from Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart. ; to Sophro-laelio- 

 cattleya Carna, from Messrs. Charlesworth 

 and Co., Hayward's Heath; to apple Craw- 

 Icy Beauty, from Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, 

 Crawley ; to apple Steyn's Seedling, from 

 Lady Thornycroft, Isle of Wiglit ; to apple 

 Winter Banana, from the British Columbian 

 Government; to Chrysanthemums Mis;i A. 

 Brooker, Eric Wild^ and Mrs. W^ingfield 

 Miller, from Messrs. W. Wells 

 Merstliam ; to Chrysanthemum 

 Brooker, from Messrs. J. Veitcli 

 C hel se a ; to Pr u n us M i q u el i a n a , 

 Stephen Clarke, C.B., Cuckfield ; 

 tion Bonfire, from Messrs. W. Wells and Co., 

 Merstham ; to Carnation Mrs. A. F. Dutton, 

 from Mr. A. F. Dutton, Iver, Bucks ; and 

 to Asplenium divaricatum elegans. from 

 Messrs, J. J, Parker and Co., Whetstone. 



MEDALS. 



Gold. — To the British Columbian Govern- 

 ment, for fruit; to Mrs. V. Banks, Park 

 Street, W., for bottled fruit-sand vegetables; 

 to Mr. C. Engelmann, Saffron Walden, for 

 carnations. 



Silver-gilt Flora.— To Mr. H. Burnett, 

 Guernsey, for carnations. 



Silver-gilt Banksian. — To Messrs. W. Cut- 

 bush and Son, Highgate, for carnations, etc. 



Silver Knightian. — To Mrs. Miller, Mar- 

 low, for fruit, preserves, and confections; to 

 Messrs. Westmacott and Co., Leadenhall 

 Street E.C. for 



Silver Flora.- 

 for begonias and carnations; to Colonel M. 

 Lockwood, M.P. (gardener, Mr. Craddnck)^ 

 Bisliop's Hall, Romford, for chrysanthe- 

 nmm.-v; to Messrs. Stuart- Low and Co._ En- 

 field, for carnations; to Mr. L. Russell, Rich- 

 mond, for azaleas, etc. ; to Messrs. James 

 Veitch and Sons, Chelsea ^ for begonias, 

 etc. ; to Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 for orchids; to Messrs. Jaincs Veitch and 

 Sons, Chelsea, for orchids. 



Silver Banksian. — To Messrs. J. Cypher 

 and Sons. Cheltenham, for orchids; to H. T. 

 Pitt, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Thurgood^, Ross- 

 lyn/Stamford Hill, for orchids; to Messrs. 

 Baylor, Hartland and Co., Cork, for or- 

 chids; to Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, Craw- 

 ley, for fruits; to Miss Sewell, Harcourt 

 Terrace, S.W., for jams; to Messrs. Allwood 

 Brothers. Hayward's Heath, for carnations; 

 to Rev. H. Buckston, Derby, for cyclamen : 

 to Messrs. Thos. S. Ware, Felthani, for 

 alpines; to Messrs. W. Wells and Co., Merst, 

 ham, for chrysanthemums and carnations ; to 

 Messrs. Young andCo., Hatherley, for carna^ 

 tions; Mr. W. Lawrenson, Yarm-on-Tees, 

 for carnations. 



Bronze Banksian. — To Messrs. H. B. May 

 and Sons, Edmonton, for greenhouse flowers 

 and ferns: to Mrs. D. E. Jones, Pershore, 

 Worcester, for bottled fruits. 



eserves. 

 To Mr. C. Lange, Hampton, 



