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GA RDENERS* MA GA ZINE. 



K rides Fieldingi. Mr. R. Johnson led in the class for 



and Mr. A. Meaton, gardener to J. B HilHitrt, v> a A doze n tuberous be^nn:- 

 scored for half a doz'en'coleus, with finely cob M&SS? *8KS 

 low had the finest nine gloxinias, a good set thfl TZTsn f'Sl [ W 

 Want took first and second prizes respectively for nUA- i " Allso P and C 

 gardener to W. Cunard, Esq., Orleans House TwL^SITk ^ A "»pi 

 dozen palms, Mr. Farr coming second ; Mr. Fan- scored ^ u' had the best Wf 

 specimen foliage plant with Asparagus plumosus, and for T « f ° f - a sin ^ 

 plumosus. ' Ior a P a| m with Cocs 



Messrs. Barr and Son, Covent Garden staged the h 

 hardy flowers, setting up good masses of Inula glandulosa IrTs°n5 0Z ?^ Unche$ °< 

 Eryngium alpinum, Potentilla Rollisoni, Linari! macedonic^ [^^^ ? axin ». 

 delphiniums, Spanish iris, English iris, peonies, ~S^h^^^^ 

 Heuchera sanguinea, Cypripedium spectabilis, &c f Srs £ft Q RusSelliana . 

 and Messrs. A. W. Young and Co. third. aul and Son s <*ond ; 



Vegetables and Fruit. 



double sorts in lovely colours. Hardy cut flowers were well and extensively 

 shown by Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons. Crawley ; the Spanish irises and the violas 

 were especially attractive, and the latter afforded a most agreeable fragrance. 

 Tuberous begonias from Mr. II. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham, con- 

 sisted of stocky, free-flowered, and young plants of both single and double varie- 

 ties representing a first-rate strain ; there were some very distinct bicolor forms, 

 having pink inner segments and scarlet outer ones, others with large white centre 

 and scarlet border ; the pink varieties, both single and double, were especially 

 good. Mr. J. R. Box, West Wickham, showed well-developed hardy flowers, 

 and a splendid group of begonias, tastefully arranged around a centre of tall and 

 graceful palms and draceenas. Mr. T. Butcher sent floral decorations, and Mr. 

 G. Cooper staged specimen pelargoniums. 



RICHMOND, June 29. 



Tins successful suburban society held its twenty-fourth annual show in the 

 spacious grounds of the old Deer Park at Richmond. It was a first-rate show, and 

 being in a fashionable centre the tradesman were well represented, and their 

 exhibits assisted largely to make the display so fine. Roses were good, much better 

 than at Croydon. 



Roses. 



The class for forty-eight trebles at Richmond is possibly the only one of its 



kind in the country ; there were several competitors, and Mr. B. R. Cant, Col- 

 chester, secured the fine silver cup offered as first prize by Mr. and Mrs. A. 



Chancellor, the Mayor and Mayoress of Richmond. His varieties were Ulrich 



Brunner, Mrs. Sharman Crawford, Gustave Piganeau, Cleopatra, Clara Watson, 



A. K. Williams, Madame de Watteville, Dupuy Jamain, Henrich Schultheis, 



Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Victor Hugo, Duchesse de Vallambrosa, Madame Gabriel 



Luizet, Duke of Edinburgh, Annie Laxton, White Lady, Mrs. W. J. Grant, 



Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Niphetos, Madame Cusin, Captain Hayward, Anna 



Olivier, Prince Arthur, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Dr. Andry, Antoine Renoire, 



Comte Reamband, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, The Bride, Marie Verdier, Suzanne 



Marie Rodoconachi, Souvenir d'un Ami, Duke of Wellington, Rubens, Marie 



Baumann, Margaret Dickson, Crown Prince, Marechal Niel, Violette Bouyer, La 



France, General Jacquiminot, Marie Van Houtte, La Fraicheur, Caroline Testout, 



Souvenir de la Malmaison, Helen Keller, Mrs. T. Laing, Marquise Litta ; Messrs. 



F. Cant and Co. a close second, and Messrs. D. Prior and Son third. The 



best twenty-four roses, distinct, three blooms of each, were staged by Messrs. D. 



Prior and Son, Colchester, who won with charming blooms of Marie Van Houtte, 



Prince Camille de Rohan, Marchioness of Devonshire, Fisher Holmes, Caroline 



Testout, Tom Wood, Prince Arthur, Rubens, A. K. Williams, Souvenir d'un 



Ami, Marchioness of Dufferin, Dupuy Jamain, Duke of Edinburgh, Mrs. W. J, 

 Grant, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, Mrs. S. Crawford, Violette Bouyer, Helen Keller, 



Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, La France, Mrs. J. Laing, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, and 

 Ulrich Brunner, all good flowers; Messrs. F. Cant and Co. second. In an 

 amateurs' class for a dozen blooms the winner of the first prize was Mr. W. 

 Romanes, Old Windsor, who showed very fair specimens of Captain Hayward, 

 Madame Lambard, Hon. E. Gifford, Maman Cochet, The Bride, and Charles 

 Lefebvre; Mr. P. Kitchen second, and Mr. West third. 



Mr. R. E. West, Reigate, was first in a special class for a dozen tea and 



noisette roses, with a pretty set ; Mr. J. B. Ma*sh, Claygate, second. Mr. West 



was also first in a special class for twenty- four roses, showing fine flowers of 



Madame Gabriel Luizet and Baroness Rothschild. The best twelve tea roses of 

 one variety were lovely blooms of Rubens, staged by Messrs. F. Cant and Co., 

 Colchester ; Messrs. D. Prior and Son, Colchester, second, with Souvenir de 

 S. A. Prince. The best twelve blooms of a H.P. rose were brilliant examples of 

 Duke of Edinburgh, shown by Mr. B. Cant, Colchester ; Messrs. F. Cant and Co., 

 second, with Mrs. W. J. Grant ; and Mrs. Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, 

 third, with Rev. Allan Cheales. Mr. Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, 

 was a good first for a dczen treble trusses, showing very fresh flowers of Gustave 

 Piganeau, Caroline Testout, Duke of Teck, Mrs. S. Crawford, Souvenir de P. 

 Carnot, Duke of Edinburgh, La France, Duke of Wellington, Marie Baumann, 

 Mrs. J. Laing, Marchioness of Downshire, and Ulrich Brunner ; Messrs. D. 

 Pi ior and Son, second, and Messrs. F. Cant and Co., third. In the local amateur 

 classes for roses, first prizes were scarce, but seconds were awarded to Mr. W. 

 Jones, gardener to J Wigan, Esq., Mortlake, in two classes. 



Groups and Plants. 



A charming group of Malmaison carnations won for Mr. Farr, gardener to 

 A. Pears, Esq., 1 he first prize in its class; the young plants shown were well 

 grown, and carried fine full blooms, deliciously fragrant. Mr. C. Want, gardener to 

 Sir F. Wigan, Bart., J.P., Close Lawn, East Sheen, won the chief honours for a 



group of flowers arranged for effect, putting up a pretty display, in which odonto-B f _ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _ >? | 



possums, Gladiolus The Bride, crotons, and gypsophylla figured freely. Mr. G. lot of orchids noTforTompetVion fine " examples^ of od~ontoglossum,' citrosmum, 

 Watts, gardener to H. Little, Esq., Baronshalt, Twickenham, won first place for cattleya gigas, C. Mendeli C Mo^sue Lselia grandis tenebrosa, Cymbidium 



halr-a dozen specimens of zonal pelargoniums, showing very fine examples of J. - - ' ' M * *'~ m 



Miller, S. Birkin, and several seedlings. The first-prize group of tuberous begonias 

 was staged in a half-circle by Mr. Johnson, gardener to D. H. Scott, Esq., Old 



Palace, Richmond ; the blooms were of fair size and very bright, Mr. C. Turner, ^niKLEY QARDENEK5' A^utiAiivn. 



pelargoniums, and for the same number of At the monrhv m**t\ n „ hM at the Parish Room, Shirley 



SS^W ST* 8 l r ]y T Cl ^ DS ' aU ° nC maSS ?< fl T rS ' S £ Wigg TK SouthampJ^reTas ! r a tendS, the President, Mr. F. G Sprang 

 gardener to W. Stacy, Esq. , West Dray ton, was second for show pelargoniums, with r^mMU.J n. i«. • •el" . f ™ II" During Travels in Japan. 



well-grown specimens. The chief honours for six exotic ferns were won by Mr. 



Farr, gardener to A. Pears, Esq., Isleworth, who staged Asplenium bulbiferum, 



Dirksoniaantarctica, Davallia fipensis, Phlebodium aureum, Nephrolepis exaltata, 



and Davallia bullata. Mr. Gibson, gardener to A. H. Watts, Esq., Devonhurst, 



Chiswick. The best half-dozen specimen foliage plants were sent by Mr. Vause, 



^eamington, who showed Croton Andreanum, C. Warreni, Phronix dactylifera, 



kentia Belmoreana, K. Fosteriana, anti Latania borbonica. Mr. Vause was the 



only exhibitor of large specimen stove and greenhouse flowering plants, and the 



set of six that secured him the chief prize were were freely- flowered examples of Thpr „ WQo . ... - - - w H Ko(T ers Mr. " r. 



Bougainvi ha glabra Sanderiana, Statice profusa. Aphelexis macrantha rosea, M r T H a n g roseS iTu*!?' iainS 2 certificate for twelve 

 Stephanous floribunda, Dipladenia boliviensS, ana Erica ventricosa grandiflora. JfcJ- $$&™* ^V«*»r W ' ttfl for a new seedla* 

 Mr II. L. Fordham, the Nurseries, Twickenham, arranged a charming group P ' aDtS 0f calad,um s, and Mr. B. T.adhams, F.R.H.b., one 10 li _ Mf> 

 pianot ts on a space not exceeding one hundred square feet. It was a full semi- 

 lf C !lT B ? eDt ° f Cr ° tons ' "ttleyas, carnations, and gloxinias, set in a bed 

 MuTihX i?" ' u VCr - these were ranged graceful panicles of gypsophylla, 

 ro£ lli a T St < * arm,n g effe « ; a fewpaceful palms, tuberoses, and liliums 



ff , a ^, Ve *K? ther sub i e «s, and the whole produced an exceedingly 



Esq., Baronshal, Twickenhlm, 9SSSSi Show, November , 5 -d .6. 



Son': £dtg! Sr. CI .'wX witht^ sXrt^ ^ "« 



Gem carrots, Perfection ^So^l^^^^^ 

 Leviathan onion, and Duke of Albany peas, all grand produce • M ■ r ll * 

 gardener to A. H Watts, Esq Demonhurst, Chiswick, sS?^ Mr > G o t 

 gardener to C. E. Strachan, Goddesden Place, Hemel Hem^tead, t rd f 

 C. J. Wane was also first for a collection of nine dishes of vegetables 7 rU„ 

 class provided by Messrs. J. Carter and Co., Holborn ; his Ea^Mom^S 

 Mont Blanc cauliflowers were first-rate ; Mr. T. Gibson seronH . m * 

 Bastile gardener to the Rev. O Powell, Weybridge.thS Ttne 

 for twelve dishes of vegetables the first prize was won by Mr. C. J Waite witH 

 fine group of produce ; Mr. Bastile second; and Mr. J. Gibson third Mr T 

 Osman, Ottershaw Park, Chertsey, had the best collection of fruit, showineBuck 

 land Sweetwater and Black Hamburgh grapes, Hero of Lockinge melon, Brown 

 Turkey figs, Royal George nectarines, and Violette Hative peaches ; Mr Ellis 

 Hounslow, second. Mr. Blake, Clandon Park Gardens, Guildford, was first for 

 black grapes with Madresfield Court. Mr. Osman first for white grapes with 

 Buckland Sweetwater. In other fruit classes Mr. Meaton gained firsts for bla 

 and for white grapes ; Mr. J. Gibson was first for two dishes of strawberries, with 

 President and Royal Sovereign in fine condition; Mr. Farr scored for a single 

 dish of strawberries, with good fruits of President ; Mr. Bolton led for peaches 

 with Stirling Castle, and Mr. Allsop for nectarines with Early Rivers ; and Messrs. 

 Sallows and Ellis scored respectively with cucumbers and tomatos. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



One of the finest of trade displays came from Mr. J. Russell, Richmond, who 

 showed a tasteful group of well-grown and finely-coloured hardy plants of value, 

 by reason • of their bright or variegated foliage ; cornus, Japanese maples, 

 enonymus, ivies, golden oaks, &c, were most pleasingly associated. Messrs. 

 Sander and Co. staged new plants in abundance. Mr. W. Thomson, 

 Sheen Nurseries, Richmond, put up large groups of Hydrangea paniculata, 

 spiraeas, and bamboos. A bright group of orchids came from Messrs. 

 B. S. Williams and Son, Holloway, and contained good specimens of Cypri- 

 pedium Lebandyanum, Laelia purpurata, Aerides Fieldingi, &c. Messrs. K. 

 Wallace and Co. staged liliums, calochorti, and irises in plenty, and made a pretty 

 display. Mr. Foster, Brockhampton Nurseries, Havant, sent a large collection 

 of fragrant and bright sweet peas ; and Messrs. A. W. Young and Co., Stevenage, 

 showed gloxinias, a miniature rockery, filled with alpine and other small 

 hardy plants in flower, and backed by dwarf and rare conifers. Mr. 

 A. Perry, of Winchmore Hill, sent a grand lot of hardy flowers, his forms of 

 Inula glandulosa being especially noteworthy. A handsome group of well 

 grown pot roses, backed by tall bamboos and standards of the useful Hydrangea 

 paniculata, was an effective exhibit contributed by Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 

 Chelsea. Japanese maples, and also a group of stove plants, were well set up by 

 Messrs. Fromow and Sons, Chiswick, 



Messrs. T. Rivers and Sons, Sawbridgeworth, made many mouths water with 

 their wonderfully fine peaches, nectarines, 1897 and 1898 apples, cherries, etc. 

 The new Thomas Rivers peach was a great attraction. A most gorgeous exhibit 

 of cannas came from Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, and was probably 

 the finest this firm has ever shown ; every plant was a perfect specimen with a 

 grand spike, and each grown in a 48 sized pot. Hardy flowers were contributed 

 by Messrs. J. Jackman and Son; Woking; roses by Mr. Spooner, } Nokm 6- 

 Carnations were admirably shown both by Messrs. J. Peed and Son, Norwood, 

 and Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, the latter sending Malmaison 

 varieties. 



Mr T-T nnmor^ ~ n -A~ ^ tt t i * i ~ t.tti' ^L-^n Vi a m nn J- nn a beautiful 



Lowianum, and cypripediums in variety ; this was a splendid amateur 

 competitive display. 



SHIRLEY GARDENERS' ASSOCIATION. 



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being 

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methods of cultivation adopted there in reference to these crops. J 1 ^ a ^ rown 

 was also given to the palms, bananas, and spice trees, views of all Ming 

 on the screen with many other plants. At the close of the lecture a very 

 vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Perkins, and gracefully acknowledge. . 



There was a good display of roses from Mr. W. H. Rogers Mr. ^ ^ 

 inr. J. Hallett, and Mr. G. Verdon. Mr. W. Knapp gained a c « tl f ^J^ediing 

 plants of caladiums, and Mr. B. Ladhams, F.R.H.S., one for a new ^ 

 white pink, and he also showed a good lot of hardy herbaceous cut woora*. 

 E. J. Wilcox prints of tropical plants. 



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KENILWORTII HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, July 14 



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Mendeli, 



Mium Rothschildean^auleya 



C. Warneri, and 



JThe Dittons Horticultural Society, July 13* 

 Woking Chrysanthemum Show, November 2 and 3- 



