GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



. u i. <ize and depth of colour; the second pn« set 11031 m ^ jonn 

 «* for - ' h Cr nmnbe? of varieties, hut somewhat smaller flowers. The pr 

 ^pnsing 1 ^ ^™ m b Mr . Aubrey Harcourt, president of the society. In 

 in this class w« e / vec , y ^ to ^ d f specimen 

 —f«irs' section, beyona uic . ... i . .. L .t:.^ u„ Mr. 



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_ mtion. That 



Am0Dg G^dens' com'posed "oT roses we'll d"es"erved the post of honour; 



Zeaianu r»» •» -, 



the cut flowers the bouquets appeared 



Mr, 



Blenhei 



In this class the Duke of Marlborough's 



Lad 



pecimens of the florist's art, ana a wonuenui 

 e collection of iris, pyrethrunis, and the many 



'prays were likewise j"^ ^ 



Ir'neren'niair 0 Afew stands orpaa^rwere presented of fair quality for 

 £d£5 P b the roses seemed to provfcentres of attraction. Mr Prince was 

 »S d reroier for twenty-four varieties and for eighteen tea-scented forms, the 

 Sdpal P varleues being The Bride, white ; Souvenir d'un Ami, pale rose ; 

 Wmr d'Elise Vardon, creamy white edged rose ; — 

 Son yellow ; Cleopatra, verypale pink edged^ rose^; Comtesse ^adailkc,^pale 



flesh coppery rose; " " ** T * * " * ° 



Hoste, pale yellow ; 



The 



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Madame C. Kuster, bright 

 patra, very paic jjiuk cugcu iuac , Comtesse Nadaillac, pale 

 Madame E. Lambert, flesh pink, shading white ; Madame 

 iosic paicicmm , Maman Cochet, soft rosy salmon ; Marechal Niel, golden 

 cllow; Souvenir de S. A. Prince, a lovely white form ; Innocente Pirola, pure 

 ^hite, fawn shaded ; Ernest Melz, soft carmine ; and Hon. Edith Gifford, white 

 ated* salmon pink ; each bloom of full size end fresh. 

 Fruit constituted a small feature, but was on the whole very good, 

 mpes were Foster's Seedling, and Black Hamburgh ; the melons were 

 Hero of Lockinge ; the strawberries were Royal Sovereign ; the peaches were 

 Bellegarde, Royal George, and Grosse Mignonne ; the cherries May Duke ; and 

 ihe nectarines Milton and Lord Napier. 



Vegetables, owing to the season, were only half an average number, although 

 the cauliflowers, carrots, potatos, tomatos, and cucumbers left but little to desire, 

 Ugh quality ruling, especially in the classes provided by Messrs. Sutton and Sons, 

 tod Messrs. Webb and Sons. Mr. T. Lockie, Diddington Hall Gardens, 

 secured Messrs. Sutton's premier ; and Mr. C. Brook, gardener to Dr. Batt, 

 The Hill, Witney, was awarded first prize in Messrs. Webbs' class, who offered 

 prizes for nine and six dishes respectively. Mr. Lockie was also first for 

 cucumbers with Royal Windsor, and for tomatos with Perfection. Amateurs 

 ud cottagers were well to the front, their products being altogether good ; 

 pets and beans were the exception on this occasion. 



Among the extra productions exhibited may be mentioned a floral harp of 

 •hite blooms from the Banbury Nurseries. Mr. Deverill, Banbury, also put up 

 1 long run of cut flowers. Mr. Montague Wootten staged a very fine double 

 begonia, large spherical bloom of white, edged rose, and received a first-class 

 certificate— a well-merited honour. 



CROYDON, June 29. 



The Croydon Horticultural Socie.y held its thirty-first summer show on the above 



??T ds ? f Brick ??^l Hou / e > AddiscombeRoad, by kind permission of 



roqr l.Keid, Esq. It was a fairly good show though we have seen better at Croydon. 



ihe r^s in the amateur classes were very poor as a whole, but fairly good for the 

 •Mon m the trade and open classes. The competition throughout was by no 

 Mfc The arrangements were good, as usual in the hands of Mr. A C 



Groups and Plants. 



U [ arge PW arranged on a space not exceeding eighteen feet 



S£S2£tf ^ J- Ha'rrisf garSeS: 



tatted 



brigh 



l f ' j — ~' v>.wj^ii , tin* wab a gooa exnibit and con- 



£ f*^^ gloxinias, caladiums, 



™« mium were most effective. Mr. C Lane 

 ' * ■;*!. LpperCaterham.came second; 



, crotons, caJadiums, &c. ; the 

 gardener to C. H. Coles, Esq., 

 one or two early chrysanthemums 



■aptuti, and AmaWIis J f "\ Vmcans . Majestica, Regalis, 



W-wbrnn mfaS d t r 8r ?T COl0 , Ured - Mr 'J' W " hicks was £ 



K «*°cd, second Mr t H . G - We ^ gardener to T. F. Lynch, Esq., South 

 ^•k^^es^^VoSSdui 3 ' a F r a imen .° rna r^al'foli^e pTant 



was first with Bougafnvmea glJ ^raand Mr T^™* ^^"^IP'^t Mr. 

 J«nnnoides. Mr r Hi j ^ arns second with Rhyncos- 



Unties. M 



k Lane 

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*»is, 



7a V K . *" u iree n °wered though not verv lar^e 



a first prize for six 



D. 



For 



fr. . - r « C. Peirei 

 *£i£T*> El*™ f» P- Crowl 



-«-r v q ' 9 Chlch ester Road Crovdnn • ,J \t V> Jr***' S ard ener to T. 



^£S \l U ^ dd « I, Croyln/ Mr W*taJKf* t0 J - 



nk C " House > p «k Hill Rise was VaX' « \ ^^nott. gardener to Mrs. 



' " fctndsomc «"d well-grown p'an'ts Mr ?*v * *° T ™™ tuberous be S onias 



i* ts Mr. J. nlrri s ^L:^V,;r - V.- rerrett . second. For nine ferns 



l^IVSter? Pteris, gymno- 



?i. and fiec 



1^*7 Plant, 



Gloxi 



best 



Mr. T. Slate 



"T* J kh «^ P Ems - Mr A Dv rW ° 0d ', S ^ ed the best tabl 

 ^con, ucond. b p ants » Mr * A. Dyer, gardener to T. Peacock 



Mr 



, C J' Sailer, 

 £"> ■•adevall 



Cut Flowers. 



C r ard f! e _'_ to T- B, Haywood 



nty 



eep» 



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bunchesTf ' stove ' a nJ 00dha l Ch ' R a dgate ' 

 - -^.^uiums cattSv.. a Dd g reenhou se flowers 

 las » gloxinfasr&c TablJ Z?' odonto Slossums, gloxinias, 



" " Mrs A. C ^ Rolin^n rat r „ Were "g ht and 



Koad, Croydon D £ n ond WaUlD g ton ' comin g fi '^ ' 



Roses. 



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l-^n-en, * We > not & * h ° ^ a, th e only exhibitor of -thirty six 



^ Bcoa, but the best varieties were Mrs. 



427 



? 1 ™ w •£ F awford ' Dr \ Aod'e. Marie Cointet, Eugene Furst, Violate Bouyer, 

 A K. Williams Captain Christy, Dupuy Jamain, General Jacquiminot, Anna 

 Ulivier, and S. M. Rodocanachi. Mr. Slaughter also gained the first prize for 

 twenty-four roses, Charles Lefebvre, General Jacquiminot, Fisher Holmes, 

 Anna Olivier, Mrs. Sharman Crawford, and Marie Van Houtte were the best 

 examples. The first prize for twelve roses of one variety was won by Mr. E M 

 Bethune, Denne Park, Horsham, who ihowed very fair examples of A. K. 

 Williams. Mr. P. G. Burnand, Hill Grange, Reigate, won first prize for a dozen 

 roses distinct with moderately good specimens of Duke of Edinburgh, La Frarce, 

 Gustaye Piganeau, Catherine Mermet, Pride of Waltham, A. K. Williams, 

 Kosenste Jacobs, Dupuy Jamain, Horace Vernet, General Jacquiminot, La 

 1- ranee No. 2, and Prince Camille de Rehan ; Mr. Bethune came second ; and Mr. 

 E. Mawley, Rosebank, Berkhamstead, third, with a set that con ained 

 eleven tea-scented roses. Mr. Bethune scored for a dozen tea or noisette roses 

 with neat blooms of Comtesse de Nadaillac, Marie Van Houtte, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, Niphetos, Madame de Tartas, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Hon. E. 

 Giffoid, Anna Olivier, Medea, Catherine Mermet, Madame Bravy, and Perle des 

 Jardens ; Mr. E. Mawley, second. In a class for four trebles open only to 

 growers of less than two thousand plants, Mr. P. G. Burnand led the way with 

 nice flowers of Caroline Testout, Gustave Regis, Comtesse de Nadaillac, and A. 

 K. Williams ; Mr. E. Mawley second with Marie Hoste, Souvenir de la 

 Malmaison, 1^ France, and The Bride ; Mr. Bethune;second. The first prize was 

 apparently withheld in the class for nine roses, but Mr. D. W. Freshwater, 

 Reigate, and Mr. F. W. Amsden, Croydon, gained second and third respectively. 

 Mr. Freshfield was also awarded a second prize for nine tea or noisette roses and 

 Mr. Amsden a third, the section beirg for growers of less than a thousand plants. 

 Among growers of less than five hundred rose plants, Mr. W. D. Freshfield, The 

 Wilderness, Reigate, gained first place for six blooms with fair specimens of Grace 

 Darling, Magna Charta, Kaiserin, Augusta Victoria, Violet Bowyer, Gustave 

 Regis, and Jeannie Dickson ; Mr. Keppel S. Gifford Edenson, Sutton, second. 

 Mr. Freshfield scored for six tea or noisette roses with Marechal Niel, Marie Van 

 Houtte, Rubens, Anna Olivier, Bcuquet d'Or, and Niphetos. 



The local challenge cup for the best twelve roses, distinct, brought three com- 

 petitors, but Mr. A. C. Gifford, Cornwalls, South Norwood, had no difficulty in 

 winning wi'h good specimens of Gustave Piganeau, Alphonse Soupert, Charles 

 Lefebvre, Caroline Testout, E. Y. Teas, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Captain Christy, 

 Prince Camille de Rohan, A. K. Williams, Dr. Andry, Jeannie Dickson, and 

 Grace Darling; Mr. M. Hodgson, Shirley Cottage, Shirley, second ; and Mr. 

 Amsden third. Messrs. Hodgson, A. C. Gifford, and F. Amsden were awarded 

 prizes in the order of their names for half a dozen blooms in a local class. Mr. 

 Hodgson had the best six tea or noisette roses, and Mr. Amsden came secord. 



In the open section Messrs. F. Cant and Co., Colchestei, beat Messrs. Prior 

 and Son, Colchester, for forty-eight roses, with a very even set of blooms, the y 

 varieties being : Back row— Dupuy Jamain, Princess Beatrice, Duke of Welling- 

 ton, Cleopatra, Duke of Bedford, Jeannie Dickson, Helen Keller, Caroline 

 Testout, A. K. Williams, Mrs. Frank Cant, Camille Bermardin, Madame G. 

 Luizet, Victor Hugo, Marchioness of Duffeiin, Marquise Litta, and Mrs. W. J. 

 Grant ; middle row — Marchioness of Downshire, Duke of Albany, Ethel Brown- 

 low, Captain Hayward, Marguerite de St. Amand, Medea, Devoniensis, Crown 

 Prince, Mrs. S. Crawford, Auguste Rigotard, Ernest Metz, Beauty of Waltham, 

 Rubens, Alfred Colomb, Prince of Wales, and Francois Michelon ; front row — 

 Niphetos, La France, Abel Carriere, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Dr. Andry, Catherine 

 Mermet, Reynolds Hole, Souvenir d un Ami, Prince Arthur, Marechal Niel, Duke of 

 Teck, Jules Finger, Madame Cusin, Maman Cochet, Dr. Sewell, and Suzanne 

 Marie Rodocanachi. For twenty-four roses distinct, three blooms of each, there 

 were but two competitors, Messrs, Frank Cant and Co., Braiswick Nurseries, 

 Colchester, came first with gocd flowers of Mr?. W. J. Grant, Duke of Welling- 

 ton, Viscountess Folkestone, Duke ofConnaught, Beauty of Waltham, Marchioness 

 of Downshire, Clara Watson, Prince Arthur, Maurice Bernardin, Lady Mary 

 Fitz william, Crown Prince, Rubens, Fisher Holmes, Marechal Niel, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, Cleopatra, Captain Hayward, Mrs. Sharman Crawford, General Jacqui- 

 minot, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, Dr. Andry, La France, Mrs. Frank Cant, and 

 Duke of Teck ; Messrs D. Prior and Son, Colchester, second. 



Mr. J. R. Box, Croydon, won the leading award for twenty-four roses distinct, 

 with a fair set that consisted of Magna Charta, Margaret Dickson, Horace Vernet, 

 Spenser, Senateur Vaisse, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Dake of Edinburgh, Maman 

 Cochet, Mr. Sharman Crawford, Villaret de Joyense, Souvenir d'un Am : , Fisher 

 Holmes, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Comtesse de Ludy, Violet Bouyer, G nera! 

 Jacquiminot, Souvenir de Dr. Gaimain, Elie Morel, Beauty of Waltham, Blairi 

 No. 2, Miss Ethel Brownlow, Dr. Sewell, Madame Gabriel Luizet, and Abel 

 Carriere ; Mr. A. G. Green, Great Horkesley, Colchester, second ; and Mr. T. 

 Butcher, Shirley, third. Messrs. D. Prior and Son, won the first prize for two 

 dozen tea and noisette roses with pretty box that contained Caroline Testout, 

 Madame Cusin, Ernest Metz, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Innccente Pirola, 

 Devonienses, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, Marie Van Houtte, Hon. E. Gifford, 

 Souvenir d'un Ami, Madame Hoste, Cleopatra, Maman Cochet, The Bride, 

 Amazone Madame Bravy, Rubens, and Anna Olivier; Messrs. F. Cant and Co., 

 second. For a dozen roses of one variety, Messrs. D. Prior and Son won with 

 fine flowers of Mrs. W. J. Grant. The best dozen blooms of any one tea or 



Mr. A. G. Green, Colchester, and were a good set of 

 • Messrs. D. Prior and Son, second, with Souvenir de 



noisette rose came irom 

 Souvenir d'Elise Vardon 



S. A. Prince. 



Fruit and Vegetables. 



For strawberries, Mr. C. Blurton, gardener to H. Cosmo Bonsor, Esq. 

 Kingswood Warren, was first with a good dish of Royal Sovereign ; Mr. (i. 

 Pretble second, and Mr. O. Jeal third with the same variety. Mr. O. Jeal, 

 gardener to Miss Waterall, Waddon Lodge, Croydon, had the best pair 

 cucumbers ; Mr. G. Eales, gardener to J. Glaisher, Esq., Croydon, second. 

 D. Osman, Ottershaw Park, was the first for a melon. 



Mr F. Friend, The Rooks Nest, Godstone, showed the best three bunches ot 

 white erapes showing Foster's Seedling ; Mr. W. Lintott, Marden Park, second ; 

 and Mr Bethune third. For black grapes Mr. C. Blurton was easily first with 

 nicely finuhed Black Hamburgh ; Mr. Osman second, and Mr. J. Friend third. 



Mr. J. Johnson, gardener to Mrs. Crawley, Bramley Hill, Croydon, had the 

 Lest collection of vegetables, showning good tomatos, cabbages, peas, onions, and 



For a collection of six varieties only Mr. C. Perrett scored with a gcod 

 Mr. C. Lewry was also a successful exhibitor of vegetables. 



M.P., 



of 

 Mr. 



turnips, 

 txhibit. 



Trade Exhibits, 



Barr 



Hardy flowers in quantity were shown by Messrs. 

 Garden, their group including a collection of pieonies and the new and beauufa 

 Phi'adelphus Lemoinei. A group of well-grown double and single begonias was 

 exhibited by Messrs. J. Laing and Sons ; the varieties were most effective, 

 especially the pink Lady Giffen. Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, made 

 an effective display of tuberous begonias, staging the handsome group of first rate 



