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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



ferns, all pretty specimens in small pots ; choice hatdy ferns were conspicuous, 

 and some especially good forms of Polypodium cambricum attracted attention. 

 Warmth-loving exotics were also largely represented, davallias, gymnogrammas, 

 aspleniums, and adiantums being especially plentiful. Mr. Deverill, Ban- 

 bury, put up splendid bunches of hardy herbaceous flowers, including a very fine 

 coreopsis that is even more graceful than C. grandiflora. Mr. J. Forbes, Hawick, 

 sent some beautiful pentstemons and bunches of herbaceous flowers, also a 

 brilliant set of cactus and show dahlias, and carnations, including a fine group of 

 the popular Yuletide. Messrs. Dickson, Chester, had a large display, consisting of 

 handsome trusses of zonal pelargoniums, highly-coloured dracoenas and crotons, 

 some choice conifers, bouquets, &c, all tastefully disposed in a long bank. 

 Messrs. E. Webb and Sons, Stourbridge, hid a huge show of good tuberous 

 begonias, representing a fine strain ; a collection of sweet peas, a few bunches of 

 hardy flowers, and a splendid lot of gloxinias, selfs, shaded, and spotted forms of 

 high quality. Mr. S. Mortimer, Farnham, Surrey, set up nine stands of dahlias, 

 show and cactus varieties, all fine blooms, large and bright. Mr. Edwin Murrell, 

 Shrewsbury, showed a fragrant and bright collection of cut roses, Mrs. J. Laing, 

 Marchioness of Londonderry, and Prince Camille de Rohan being especially good ; 

 cannas and palms made a fine background. 



Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, showed a goodly lot of Draccena 

 Sanderiana, the quaint Acalypha Sanderi, Dendrobium biggibum, Rex begonia, 

 and some of their new sonerilas and caladiums. Messrs. Pritchard and Sons, 

 Shrewsbury, staged an extensive and interesting collection of cacti and succulent 

 plants of various kinds, also liliums, gladioli, &c. From Worcester, Messrs. R. 

 Smith and Sons showed a handsome group of plants, tastefully arranging fine 

 specimens of campanulas, coprosma, liliums, choice conifers, Szz. ; a very 

 bright exhibit. Mr. J. H. White, Worcester, had a bright group of gladioli, 

 hedychiums, cannas, crotons, hardy flowers, &c. Tuberous begonias were exten- 

 sively displayed by Mr. B. R. Davies, Yeovil, who had freely-flowered specimens 

 of choice single and double varieties. Mr. Edwards, of Sherwood, staged fancy 

 fern baskets. Mr. Hartland, Cork, had a large display of wonderfully fine 

 begonia blooms, arranged flatly on moss, in boxes, an arrangement necessitated, 

 perhaps, by the distance they have to travel, but nevertheless not a nice method. 

 Mr. II. Eckford, Wem, Salop, put up a beautiful collection of sweet peas, the 

 fine, handsome, and fragrant blooms on long stalks being lightly and tastefully 

 displayed in tall, clear glass vases. Mr. Pattison, Shrewsbury, made a good show 

 with violas. Broad beans of various kinds and sizes were staged by Messrs. 

 Harrison and Sons, Leicester. Mr. W. Sydenham, Tamworth, showed violas in 

 good condition, the deep yellow Pembroke being finely represented. Messrs. 

 Jarman and Co., Chard, had a miscellaneous display of plants and flowers. 



Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons had one of the most attractive of non-competing 

 exhibits, this consisting of finely-grown cannas in smaH pots, all carrying splendid 

 spikes of magnificent flowers ; L. E. Bally, Queen Charlotte, Aurora, and Beaute 

 Poitevin were grandly coloured. The Jadoo Company, Exeter, had a large group 

 of plants— very many kinds— that had been grown in the jadoo fibre. Gladiolus 

 m great beauty and variety came from Colchester, shown by Messrs. R. Wallace 

 and Co. ; this firm also staged liliumsfand fifteen varieties of montbretias. 



Medals. 



Gold Medals were awarded to Messrs. W. and J. Birkenhead, The Jadoo Com- 

 pany, Messrs. Pritchard and Sons, Mr. Murrell, Messrs. Wallace and Co., Messrs. 

 K Sander and Co., Mr. M. Campbell, Messrs. Webb and Sons, Messrs. Hartland 

 and Sons, and Mr. H. Eckfoid. 



Silver Medals to Messrs. R. Smith and Co., Mr. Myers, Messrs. Dicksons, 



Chester; Mr. J. H. White, Mr. Deverill, Messrs. Tarman and Co., and Mr. B. k. 

 Davies. 



Bronze Medals to Mr. S. Mortimer, Messrs. Jones and Sons, Mr. W. Syden- 

 ham Mr. Pattison, Messrs. Harkness and Sons, and Mr. J. Forbes, Hawick. 



first-class Certificates were awarded to Messrs. Dicksons, Chester, for Dracaena 

 Uippsi ; and to Mr. P. Blair, Trentham, for Carnation Trentham Rose, a glorified 

 Ketton Rose, and a good border variety. 



TAUNTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, August U, 



Taunton was favoured with a splendid day when it made holiday on the 

 occasion of its annual flower show. The weather was magnificent, the Yivary 

 lark in the best condition, and the spacious white tents, six or seven in number, 

 formed a huge camp upon the green grass. With the exception of fruit and 

 vegetables and some of the cut flower classes, the entries were very heavy, and 

 some of the plants—the fuchsias in particular— had to be placed in the open air. 

 l he cottagers tent, in which the vegetable classes were staged, was a remarkable 

 sigtit. In the whole of the twenty classes the entries ran into double figures ; 

 most of them ran into the thirties, and one reached over forty. The judges said 

 tfiat the vegetables produced by cottagers were equal to those shown by the gar- 

 aeners who are among the leading growers and exhibitors of high-class vegetables, 

 l here was an enormous throng of visitors ; the streets of Taunton, as well as the 

 show ground, were crowded with human beings. 



b pec i m f.n" Plants.— It is rarely there is an entry ot five collections of stove 

 and greenhouse plants in flower, but it was so in the Somersetshire town. Mr. 

 James Cypher, nurseryman, Cheltenham, was first with a grand lot, large, even 

 specimens, finely grown and bloomed. He had Statice profusa and intermedia ; 

 fcneas Austiniana, Turnbulli, Fairieana, and Aitoniana, all superb examples ; 

 Ixora Duffi, Allamanda nobilis, Stephanotis floribunda, Bougainvillea glabra, 

 * ith two others. Mr.W. Finch, Coventry, was second, with a very good selection ; his 

 cruet specimens were Allamanda grandiflora, Statice profusa, Rondeletia speciosa 

 major, a fine Enca ampullacea, and others in proportion. Mr. A. Rowland, 

 Saidener to W. W. Brock, Esq., Exeter, was third. With six specimens Mr. 

 Cypher again took the lead ; he had grand examples of Ericas Austiniana and 

 *:muia btatice intermedia, Stephanotis floribundi, Bougainvillea Sanderiana, and 

 i xora caiicifoha. It is sometimes said there are no large specimen plants to be 

 found in the country but they could be seen at Taunton. 



T*„«f am * teurs ^vision, Mr. Thomas, gardener to W. G. Marshall, Esq., 

 launton, was first with good specimens, such as those already named ; Mr. Row- 



Tk£*£L T^l a ? d Mr '. Peel third ! but, in the class for six plants, Mr. 

 \Z£S£* ? . thC fifSt A P ; 1ZC » and Mr. Thomas was second. The best newly. 

 I™ tIA . WaS . Acal ?P ha Sanderi ; Mr. Cypher was second with the 

 nhint fr^r* T IP 2*?? »tovc plant was Clerodendron Balfourianum, a good 



August 2 o, ig^. 



Sand ford 



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second with Stephan 



hne ni»»rc nf rw*,i;»: / v*V — • imu DQK specimen ^iccuhuunc piam, a 



fragnuuissimum ; M r W fvT« T° the ^ fern ' afine exam P Ie of Adiantum 



second with AkophUa £|S£ B s ^ Cner to , E - JE «?! 5«2 ™. embden ' was 

 shown, of the f,,™..- . t • ^Pcumen lycopochums and fuchsias were also 



specimen of Epidendrum prismatocarpum Cyprinedi p 

 Cattleyas gigas and Rex, a very good quartette fot L childean ^ and 

 Mr. J. Cypher was second. He lad (Jttl^^^ 1 ^ * the 

 enspum, and Vanda ccerulea. 7 B ana vjaskelhana, Lei* 



Soft-wooded Plants.— Begonias in eight mri 

 best condition by Mr Thomas ; Mr. H. Godding in tl * 



well-grown zonal pelargoniums in two classes, and also IrimrU lhere . Wer e some 

 these classes were repeated in the amateurs' division f„^ • * s P € cimens, and 



and flowered bushes ' bn < — -/~:^ T i- 



Groups of Plants, arranged for effect, had a tent alln^«i ♦ u 

 they were seen to much better effect than heretofore wh u „ ,° em> and 

 artistic effect was secured. In the open class Mr. Rowland waslS SthT ^ 

 effective arrangement, bright foliage plants and flowers with fr™. I V?* 

 well grouped ; Mr. W. Finch was second ; and Mr. Peel third t„ A. ' °$ 

 division, with a smaller group, Mr. Rowland was again first" and MrT^* 

 second. Gloxinias and achimenes made bright patches of colour in rfcl 0ms , 

 tent, Mr. Thomas taking the first prize with gloxinia? and Mr Vfw**^ 

 achimenes. There were classes also for balsams, petunias, and cock's iw^ 



Fine Foliage Plants AND Ferns. — In the opidStTS^iine 

 foliage plants some splendid specimens were staged, Mr Tame* Pv^l Vi- 

 the first orize with Kentias Forsteriana. TMmn™£ ' a ' 225 C F htI . takm 8 



bonica ; 



Flambea 



* • T r !^ ,F««u& oeing a nne Uycas revoluta, Latank 



borbomca, and croton Queen Victoria ; Mr. W. Vause, Leamington, 4s thhS 

 In the amateurs division Mr. Peel was first, with six fine foliage plant* as £ 

 was also with four stove and greenhouse plants in flower; Mr. Rowland takiS 

 the second prize in both instances. ^ 



Cut Flowers are always a strong feature at Taunton, but owing to the late 

 ness of the season there was a very poor display of asters, which are generally 

 very finely shown ; roses also were not so numerous as usual. The best thirty-six 

 roses in the open division came from Mr. J. Mattock, Oxford, who had excellent 

 blooms of Alfred Colomb, Mrs. J. Laing, Dupuy Jamain, Duke ofTeck, Marechal 

 Niel, Medea, A. K. Williams, Ulrich Brunner, Charles Lefebvre, Her Majesty 

 L'Eclair, Marie Baumann, Beauty of Waltham, Niphetos, &c. ; second, Mr! 

 Thomas Hobbs, Bristol. With eighteen varieties Mr. Mattock was again first', 

 his leading blooms L'Eclair, Laurence Allen, a desirable new variety ; Marchioness 

 of Londonderry, Horace Vernet, Mrs. W. J. Grant, Comte Raimbaud, and 

 Marechal Niel ; Messrs. Jarman and Co., Chard, were second. Mr. Mattock 

 also had the best box of eighteen teas, chief among them excellent blooms of Maman 

 Cochet, Marechal Niel, Ernest Metz, The Bride, Medea, Madame Cusin, Innocente 

 Pirola, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, and Catherine Mermet; Dr. Budd, Bath, 

 was second. In the amateurs' division for twenty- four and twelve varieties of 

 roses, and also for twelve teas, Dr. Budd was first in each of these classes, and 

 Mr. T. Hobbs second. 



Dahlias showed the lateness of the season. The best stand of twenty-foi r 

 show varieties came from Mr. G. Humphries, Chippenham ; Messrs. Jarman ard 

 Co. were second. The former took the first prize for twelve fancy varieties, $nd 

 also for six cactus varieties. Mr. J. Burgess, Kingswood, had the best six 

 bunches of single dahlias. Mr. Humphries was also first with nine bunches of 

 pompon dahlias ; the Rev. M. Branckner was second. Mr. T. Hobbs was first 

 for show and fancy varieties in the amateurs' division, and Mr. Burgess for singles. 

 Mr. McAllister was first for cactus varieties. 



Fruit was scarcely up to the Taunton standard on this occasion either in 

 quality or quantity. There were two collections of eight dishes. Mr. W. Strug- 

 nell, The Gardens, Rood Ashton, was first with Alnwick Seedling and Foster $ 

 Seedling grapes, Alexander Noblesse peach, Stanwick Elruge nectarine, Negro 

 Largo fig, Moor Park apricot, and Governor Wood cherry; Mr. Crossman, 

 gardener to J. Brunton, Esq., Yeovil, was second with Madresfield Court and 

 Buckland Sweetwater grapes, Dymond peach, Pine Apple nectarine, and others. 

 Mr. Mitchell, gardener to J. W. Fleming, Esq., Romsey, was first with four 

 dishes, having Madresfield Court grapes, Dymond peach, Pine Apple nectarine, 

 and a melon ; Mr. Crossman was second. Mr. Mitchell had the best three bunches 

 of Black Hamburgh grapes, large and well-finished ; Mr. Wilkinson, gardener to 

 T. W. Greaves, Esq., Bristol, was second ; and Mr. W. A. Todd, third. Mr. 

 Mitchell had the best three bunches of any other black, staging good MadresheUi 

 Court ; Mr. W. McAdam Smith (Mr. C. Cooper, gardener) was second wiw 

 Alicante. The best two bunches of White Muscats also came from Mr. Mitchell , 

 the Rev. T. Greaves was second. The first prize three bunches of any otner 

 white were Buckland Sweetwater from Mr. W. A. Todd ; the Rev. T. Greav» 

 was second with Buckland Sweetwater. Melons were fairly well shown, inc 

 best peach was Sea Eagle, very fine fruit, coming from the Frome t run in 

 Flower Company ; Mr. Mitchell was second with the same. Some very ^goou 

 apricots were shown for the season, chiefly Moor Park. Mr. F. M. ^ cwt0 ^ f [ £ s 

 the first prize, and Mr. R. C. Trevillian the second. The best dish of ^nccuwi 

 was Pine Apple from Mr. S. Kidley ; Mr. J. Webber, gardener to G. t. 

 Esq., Dunster Castle, was second with Lord Napier. , h c 



Vegetables were in great quantities, especially in the cottagers tent, » * 

 there was a remarkable display of high quality produce. The ™ 

 Sutton and Sons' special prizes was won by Mr. T. Wilkins, The QjJJg 

 Henstridge, with a veiy fine collection. Major Aid worth was second, ajj^ 

 J££ Sai ? dford third - Major Aldworth took the first prizes offered by ie 

 Webb and Sons. The Mayor of Taunton also offered prizes for a coUect 

 Mr. J. Priscotr, Selworthy, was first, and Mr. J. Jones, Dunster, second. 



Many fine miscellaneous displays were staged. 



5EVEN0AKS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, August 10^ 



he thirty.first exhibition of this society was held in Knole gfrJZl 

 th* MwtMk. i , • • * „r *u« T?;«Kf Hon. Lord » 



7 — - — 



iTLr 1 ^ 0 ^, °P en t0 " to visitors. The park is notea ju. »- ~£ lieiag 

 delightful undulations, and its magnificent trees, oak and beech in PJJJJJ,^ fof » 



The park 



the 

 tile, 

 and 



to for 



blustering south-west wind, which occasionally freshened to *&?'*TZ. as \ good 

 the stability of the tents. Happily the rain held off, and there 

 company. rr 



One long tent accommodated the main of the plants. One 



exotic powering plants. Mr. A. Gibson._.g«^ c ^ «J dy Sloped 



""* v miaauin. 



ing 



staged the best 



He had a fine sahcifolia, Cibotium 



Dixiana, L Fraseri, and Anthurium Scherzerianum. Mr. a. tf ^ 



.•S^-SSS Quarry, was second living AHamaxid^ 



rba and Ixora Fraseri as his best S P CCI , t 5cm ^ M**"* 

 ^ental-foliaged &*^g**j^^ Veitchi^«* 



pnnceps 



Thibautiana 



