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1 6, 1898 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, July 12. 



have to record a first-rate fortnightly exhibition at the Drill 

 . 1 .«_•_ i.: — — s*Vi av^^u^i »nso eVi/Mir so that visitors 



again 



m ^?KmiWon had good value for money. Fruit was well shown ; sweet 

 ffb ° 2d other hardy flowers were grand ; , orchids were good, though not so 

 Stiful as usual . „ 



Floral Committee. 



11 f Sm j t h gardener to Martin R. Smith, Esq., Hayes, Kent, put up a 

 h Vrouo of Malmaison carnations, the varieties, Mrs, Martin Smith, Calypso, 



Oscar 



Cuter 



vith the flowers 



the flowers sec iu iutw) wu a^^wiu^uuwvi »^*«-" iiop^^u^ ^. u ...v^ u ^, '»^w ** 



pleasing feature of an extensive display. Sweet peas were shown by Messrs. 

 w'Cannell and Sons, Swanley, the firm making a good groundwork of bracken 

 to set off the blooms to advantage. All the sorts were well grown, but Countess 

 Shrewsbury , Blanche Burpee, Primrose, Prince Edward of York, Ovid, Duke 

 of York, Mars, and Lonely were those we most admired in a fine seU Bronze 

 prince and other good pansies were shown by Mr. Eckford. The ever-popular 

 sweet peas were also shown by Mr. F. G. Foster, Brockhampton Nurseries, 

 Hivant, who had a beautiful lot of flowers, but in not a few cases put too many in 

 1 bunch ; Stella Morse (yellowish), Earliest of All, Mars, Black Knight, Cardinal, 

 Oriental, and Celestial were attractive sorts well staged. 



Mr. Whillans, gardener to the Duke of Marlborough, sent several fine carna- 

 tions, Oxford Yeoman being a fine crimson scarlet. Messrs. Koster and Co., 

 Boikoop, Holland, sent a fine specimen of Abies pungens glauca pendula, a 

 beautiful plant. Messrs. W. Paul and Son, Waltham Cross, Herts., showed a 



— — , — — » ^pw.tv Words- 

 worth (H.T. and China), Waltham Standard (H. P.), and Milton, a lovely rosy 

 crimson H.P., were especially good ; Tennyson is also a lovely creamy- white H.T. 

 Mr. N. N. Sherwood, Dunedin, Streatham Hill, showed an interesting set of 

 uricties of the Cupid sweet pea ; these made good pot plants. Mr. J. Douglas 

 wis to the front with carnations, putting up a large number of new seedlings. 

 Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton, showed a most interesting group of aspleniums, 

 string not less than sixty- five species and varieties, these including A. flabelli- 

 fclium, A. praemorsum, A. Nidus- Avis, A. caudatum, the bold A. marginatum, 

 ^ (Hfaricatum, and A. fragrans ; Mr. May also showed finely cultivated specimens 

 of Golden Fleece abutilon, and Swainsonia galegifolia. Mr. Simpson, gardener 

 Marshall, Esq., Auchinraith, Bexley, showed a handsome plant of Polysti- 

 ttumangulare x P. aculeatum. Mr. Baines, gardener to Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 Birt, Dorking, showed a splendidly-flowered plant of the deep blue Exacum 

 Mcnmhum. Besides their new roses already referred to, Messrs. W. Paul and 

 Son put up a fine display of cut blooms and standard and bush plants in pots, all 

 nadl? flowered ; foremost varieties were Waltham Standard, White Lady, Ella 

 Gorton, Empress Alexandria of Russia, Enchantress, and Madame Charles. A 



display of ferns was made by Messrs. J. Hill and Son, Edmonton. 



favL'i M a S ,ga e ?- r to . D * niel Co ?P er > Esq-. Warren Tower, Newmarket, 

 **ed Malmaison carnations in fine condition, the flowers being lame and the 



health* .Fro* Messrs. R. Wallace and Co., Colchfster came 



pardalinum califor- 

 le, as also was the 

 beautifully shown by 



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Bnfo Q^ t £ E^ZflX. mhhC ' * fiDe Va " ety ° btaiDed by CrOSSil * 

 lot S r ft5; Tho ™. as ' gardener to Her Majesty the Queen, Windsor, staged a grand 

 dhhes S "«&nS ? Dg P" P . tH £ ly di5heS ° f strawb e"ies which included spfendid 

 The CoumLs InS' Sf!- ' a T s . Veitch ' WaterIo °' Lead«. A. Barron, 

 mtiv^TL } K ; ( f r0SS m ^onne, Walburton Admirable, Violette 



he cherHe^ ^£nM? ^k' S ° *° WCre the SeveraI ^ctarines and melons, while 



colour fiS It %* en f Cn t0 M]y a PP reciated ■ thei ' size , quality, and 

 5 « r, r ft. p S' Several new melons were staged, but none gained awards. 



new^Wm™ °i hCrS Sh ° T d baskets of their S rand strawberries Leader, the 

 Charlo t ZJX? 3 C u° SS bet ^ een R °y al Sov ereign and Commander. Royal 

 W, Dorking ^ ° by Mr ' BaiD ' gardener t0 Sir Trevor LawrenL, 



Prerndt^Thyp-' We ™> Salop, showed some splendid culinary, peas, Ideal, 

 Son S'nJ, 1 l' Wm Giant bein g the tet. Messrs. H. Cannell and 

 M a vnr 1 als ° sh ° wed an f x «llent set of peas, among which Matchless, Lord 



MUs Rili H a °^ G u dU C S ' - EpiCUre Were verv g ood ' Mr ' G ' Lane , gardener to 

 Miss Ridge, Highfield Staines, sent half-a-dozen bunches of finely berried Black 



MahS f- aP r S - M l: u 9' M ^ F.L.S., State garden-superintendent tolhe 



nted b hi™ t*' eXh, ^ d - SOm t dri ? d Cabba S e « cauliflower, and carrots pre- 

 Etrl y ii ' anda5 L used during the rainy season in India when vegetables are 



Sin tk S - ] i Carter . and Ca ' s exhibit of culinarv P eas a »^cted much 

 ™" ' ■ >■ P ° dS T ere fine ' and wdI fiIIe d with large peas in every instance. 



F K" "n^ 6 ^ h ° J WD ' 8Dd amon g those Supreme, Lightning, Alderman, 

 Early Morn, Daisy, Gradus, and Prince of Wales were first-rate. 



c . 7 . Medals. 



Mver-gilt Knightian to Mr. Owen Thomas, Frogmore Gardens, Windsor, 

 bridge t0 Bristow » gardener to J. W. Temple, Esq., Groom. 



Silver-gilt Banksians to Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton ; to Mr. C. Blick 

 gardener to Martin R. Smith, Esq., Hayes, Kent. 



J^ZF*****"" ^ ™^ X *' J ' a ° d S ° nS ' Chelsea ' for strawberries 



Silver Flora Medals to D. Cooper, Esq., Newmarket ; Mr. F. G. Foster, 

 Eashing Pa*'" fner ' ' M '' Baskett, g arde ner to Lord Penzance, 



Silver Banks ian Medals to Messrs. J. Hill and Son, Edmonton ; Messrs. Barr 

 and Sons, Covent Garden ; Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley ; Messrs. Paul 

 and Son, Cheshunt ; Messrs. J. Carter and Co., Ilolborn; Mr. F. W. Campion. 

 Colley Manor; Messrs. F. Cant and Co., Colchester; Mr. H. Eckford, Wem. 



w. £r ° nze Bankstan Medals to Messrs. R. Wallace and Co., Colchester : and to 

 Miss Ridge, Staines. 



ROSE SHOW. 



A splendid rose show was held at the Drill Hall, Westminster, on the above 

 date, and it proved conclusively that the Council was right in postponing the show 

 from June till now. The competidon was very keen. Ten in a class was the 

 usual number of exhibitors, and in one case there were seventeen mmnpritnn TK« 

 roses were good. 



Brown 



class for eighteen trusses 



Amateurs. 



Mr f Pitt ~5T J?*"".' VJ f; IUC " IU5CS wcre neauutuiiy shown by 



•«elov van, Zu V T Cam P lon 'Esq. , Colley Manor, Reigate ; the roses 

 L'WeaJ, \V ^ ]{jphnrH S though too closely packed in some instances. 



M»r,7„ k. Richardson, Crimson Ramb er, Loneworth Rambler and 



^r M ? , r a T 7 ™ ote T hs ;- v A grand e c xhibit So 



^Crimson Kantb l r Filhr? , ' n** 1 J*^"*** S ^ h ' who had bi g bu °ehes 

 ^^l^nd^:T^1^A Bia0iiK Alister Stella Gray, Olga de 



CESSES Jarden rnt'f "r^ft 1 D ^ MeSSrs « acd Son ' 



Spira a 8 mlma a Ja f? ght fc^* Japanese iris, Orchis 



'wy/Cwavd nSS* Rn va 'l arunc . u f ' Madame Pierre Cochet, Narcissus, A S. 



Ducher > and Mada - 



•0 bozefof g a Un rose's' S ^ ESSSSi ^ S - hing Park » Godalming, 

 especS lv The ne"! L° btam K ed b ^ ^ybndising ; they were a fragrai 



P« "P » gland I exhibit of Twe^ ^ h ?! r,dfc , i Mt ' H ' Eckford « ^m, Salop, 



^v e %xhibit and comaS " aged 1D ta "- gIa - SS Vases ' this was a 

 £l'ord Productions Sdv Skew ^ ? C V an f? eS J in addition to allthe ^ding 

 • Othello, deepest Trimson tSfSSS M p. rS ' Dugdale « deep rose ' Sanation, 

 forms that a e hSTnVen , ' f?™? white ' we ^ especially 



Sons, Covem Gwder ^ T reputation. Messrs! 



. .11 ^araen, put a prettv exhihif nf Trie Tf^L^r- • _ 



of 



Birr ai_ 

 «f colours 



ely golden 



^ s also well 



competitors, for the Sherwood 



Orpen, West Bergholt, Colchester, with superb blooms of Mrs. J. Laing, Madame 

 Cochet, Gustave Piganeau, Caroline Testout, Ulrich Brunner, Mrs. W. J. Grant, 

 Cleopatra, Francois Michelon, Mrs. Sharman Crawford, A. K. Williams, Souvenir 

 de S. A. Prince, Marquise Litta, Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi, Madame Hoste, 

 Helen Keller, La France, Earl of DufTerin, and Kaiserin Augusta Victoria ; Mr' 

 Salter, gardener to T. B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch, Reigate, second ; and Mr! 

 C. J. Grahame, Wrydelands, Leatherhead, third. The best dozen roses were fine 

 blooms of Etienne Levet, Caroline Testout, S. M. Rodocanachi, Mrs. Paul, Mrs. W. 

 J. Grant, Ulrich Brunner, Mrs. J. Laing, Beauty of Waltham, White Lady, Francois 

 Michelon, Marquise Litta, and La France, shown by Mr. E. Mawlew Berk- 

 hampsted ; Mr. Mease, gardener to A. Tate, Esq., L 

 Rev. f . Foster Melliar, Sproughton Vicarage, third. 



The best half-dczen roses were shown by Mr. G. W. Cook, North Finchley, 

 who staged Mrs. J. Laing, Francois Michelon, Etienne Levet, Mrs. W. J. Grant, 

 Mrs. S. Crawford, and Earl of DufTerin ; Mr. J. S. Thompson, Bounds Green, 

 second ; and Mr. P. G. Burnand, Reigate, third. Mr. Salter was first for nine 

 blooms of one variety with Mrs. J. Laing; Mr. C. J. Grahame, second, with the 

 same variety ; and Mr. O. G. Orpen, third, with Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. 

 For six blooms of one variety, Mr. G. W. Cook scored with fine specimens of 

 Mrs. J. Laing; there were seventeen competitors, Mr. Mease coming second with 

 Mrs. J. Laing ; and Mr. E. M. Bethune, Deune Park, Horsham, third, with the 

 same variety. 



In the class for eighteen tea or noisette roses there was a very keen com- 

 — ^'on, but Mr. O. G. Orpen scored with a pretty stand that contained Cleo- 

 , Madame Cusin, Souvenir de Elise Vardon, Maman Cochet, Catherine 



Tnn,^^ Pir/^Io r^rnline K uster. Corinna. Souvenir de. S. A. Prinre. 



nnt/ T- 8 * P Jea *ing exhibit of annuals and KU,.ui. • 1 — patra, Madame Cusin, souvenir ae cuse varaon, luaman ^ocnec, ^ainenne 



***** the utility of such flowers ?or garden and hoL' Mermet, Innocente Pirola, Cuoline Kuster, Corinna, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, 



Opr„Tx, r decoration. Medea ' Bridesmaid> Madame Hoste, and Comtesse de Xadaiilac ; the specif.- 



Od riitnlo.. .... . y RC »ID COMMITTEE. \ c . i„„ tu.rf v * vanVtips. Mr. F.. Iff. Rpfhnn*. c( »rnnr1 • s,nA 



■'. r «vor Uv t ' I a " T ? uei0 T re thls committee. Mr. W 

 tfendid « M -{T wr 5" ce » Bar t., Dorking showed V*^, %m: 



folium 



^har 



Cite, , &c. M r UrUt. ^ « 7 a \ t \Vr uas ^iHana alba, Bulbo- 



Jt> e ' V* up a grand 1 !Zn Sfr^ J; W ' 7 Cm P le ' E ^ • L^wood, 

 ^ ^ci men S rep SttiSS l?L P aUleya V h - e num «ous, well-grown 



-gardener to I [ Hkl, va "f les > highly cultivated. Mr. J 



ZikiT^ ^ecimen of nh" B K r - anW °° ds ' P rea * Baddow, Chelmsford, 

 iSS? flo *ers, and 0 the r , ?o ?^ droblum D ^ rei - carr > ing eleven spikes of 

 • .:':;^ ! ^rcawa^ %^ & Cultu f com.nendation and silver 



^ sent a curious form of' oSS f * to Baron Schroder, The 



"us iorm ot Odontoglossum crispum . 



Me *~ I. V^u ._ , > Fr "it Committee. 



^9 Wei 



KSLSS^ cherries Govern^' °\ ^ Hawk ^ere specially good. 

 J^^eland fiigarrSu F?' t^'i G S5 pie d'Annonay; Elton, Black 



• L:Uiy and Bigarreau de 



r^^bcrrics wtmJ. 1 ^ n 8 rown m the open on pyramid trees. 

 ' C S ^ cof Sensauon^he Countess, Lord 



mWH Brltlsh Q^en, Leader, Cardinal. Elton Pine. 



cation was for not less than twelve varieties. Mr. E. M. Bethune, second ; and 

 Rev. A. Foster Melliar, third. For a dozen blooms, teas or noisettes, in not less 

 than twelve varieties, the Rev. W. H. Jackson, Stagden Vicarage, Bedford, was a 

 good first, with Mr. J. T. Strange, Reading, second ; and Mr. E. Mawley, third. 

 Miss Langton, Hendon, led the way for half a dozen tea and noisette roses ; Mr. 

 R. W. Bowyer, Hertford, second ; and Mr. J. Thompson, third. 

 Mr. Orpen had the best dozen blooms of any tea or noisette rose, showing Souve- 

 nir de S. A. Prince in fine condition ; Mr. C. J. Graham second, and Mr. R. W. 

 Tackson third. For six blooms of one. variety Mr. Bethune scored with The 

 Bride ' Rev. A. Foster Melliar second, with Souvenir d'Elise Vardon ; and Mr. 

 F. w/ Flight third, with Madame Cochet. 



Open. 



For eighteen roses distinct, Messrs. D. Prior and Son, Colchester, was first 

 with superb blooms of Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi, Her 

 Majesty, Helen Keller, Marchioness of Londonderry, Gustave Piganeau, Horace 

 Vernet, Mrs. J. Laing, Comtesse de Ludre, Mrs. W. J. Grant, Alfred Colomb, 

 Maman Cochet, La France, Marie Verdier, Marguerite Boudet, Duke of Fife, 

 Caroline Testout, and Camille Bernardin ; Messrs. F. Cant and Co., Colchester, 

 second ; and Messrs. Paul and Son, third. In the open class for eighteen tea 

 , distinct, Messrs. D. Prior and Son, Colchester, secured first prize with 

 w*t-f»in'il*». Catharine Mermet. Innocente Pirola, Maman Cochet, 



roses 

 Madame 



lll^L} aTiwju* wj» — 9 — — 



Watteville, Catharine Mermet, Innocente 

 Caroline Kuster, Ernest Metz, Jean Ducher, Souv. de un Ami, Marectial JNiei, 

 Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Madame Hoste (a grand flower), Comtesse de Nadaillac, 

 Ethel Brownlow, The Bride, Media, Bridesmaid, Corinna, and Madame Cusin ; 

 Mr. G. Prince, Oxford, second ; and Messrs. Paul and Son, third. 



