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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



August 27, 1898, 



three trusses of each, having brilliant blooms of Madame Victor Verdier, Charles 

 Lefebvre, Marechal Niel, very fine in colour ; Maman Cochet, Marie Van Houtte, 

 Grand Mogul, Mrs. J. Laing, and Ernest Metz ; Dr. Budd, Bath, was second, 

 his leading blooms were Madame Hoste, Medea, Maman Cochet, Madame Victor 

 Verdier, &c. ; third, Mr. A. A. Walters, Bath. With thirty-six distinct varieties 

 Mr. Mattock was again first, having fine examples of Her Majesty, Alfred Colomb, 

 Mrs. J. Laing, Horace Vernet, H. Schultheis, Marchioness of Londonderry, 

 Great Mogul, Fisher Holmes, Duchess of Bedford, L'Eclair, Madame Hoste, 

 Princess of Wales, Kaiserin Aug. Victoria, &c. ; second, Mr. Thomas Hobbs, 

 Ear ton, Bristol. Mr. Mattock was also first with the best twenty-four and the 

 best twelve blooms, chief among his blooms were Annie Wood, Mrs. J. Laing, 

 Horace Vernet, Maman Cochet, L'Eclair. Marechal Niel, Marie Van Houtte, 

 &c. ; Mr. A. A. Walters was second with twenty-four : and Dr. Budd third ; Dr. 

 Budd was second with twelve ; and Mr. A. H. Grey, Bath, third. Mr. Mattock 

 came in first with twenty-four teas, not less than twelve varieties, having in very 

 fine character Marechal Niel, Catherine Mermet, Anna Olivier, Madame Hoste, 

 Princess of Wales, Maman Cochet, Luciola, Sec. ; second, Mr. C. T. Mattock, 

 Headington ; and Mr. A. H. Gray third. With twelve blooms also Mr. Mattock 

 was first, and Dr. Budd second. With twenty-four dahlias, Mr. G. Humphries, 

 Langley, Chippenham, was first ; and Mr. J. Walker, Thame, second, though the 

 latter, in our opinion, deserved the first prize, as his blooms were the 

 freshest, brightest, and most perfect, an opinion in which both exhibitors 

 coincided. Mr. Walker had finely-finished, though not quite full-sized 

 blooms of S. Mortimer, Buttercup, Mr. J. Greaves, Florence Tranter, Nubian, 

 Miss Cannell, George Wyatt, Arthur Rawlings, R. T. Rawlings, John Standish, 

 &C. Messrs. J. Cray and Son, Frome, were first, and Mr. J. Lindsay, Frome, 

 second, with twelve varieties. Mr. G. Humphries had the best twelve fancies, 

 chief among them Hercules, Mrs. Saunders, Frank Pearce, Rev. J. B. M. Camm, 

 Mabel, Dazzler, Comedian, Lottie Eckford, &c. ; Mr. J. Walker was second. 

 Mr. Ji Burgess, Kingswood, was first with twelve bunches of single varieties, and 

 Mr. Thos Carr second. With twelve bunches of pompons, Mr. J. Walker 

 was first, and Messrs. Cray and Son second. Mr. George Humphries had the 

 best twelve bunches of cactus varieties ; Messrs. Cray and Sons were second. 



Asters, though decidedly better than at Taunton, were not up to their usual 

 mark, the Comet varieties being in the best character. Some very good holly- 

 hocks were shown by Mr. Smith, of Kingswood. There were verbenas also, but 

 they were very poor ; sweet peas also, cut zonal pelargoniums, and very good car- 

 nations and picotees for the season. Mr. F. Hooper, Bath, was firstjin both classes. 

 Cut flowers in twenty-four bunches were represented by stove and greenhouse 

 plants of good character ; Mr. H. Matthews was first, and Messrs. Stokes and 

 Co , second. Gladioli were good, Mr. F. Hooper having the best twenty-four 

 spikes, and for the dry season there were very good fancy pansies, Mr. F. Hooper 

 also taking the first prize. 



Fruit. — The best collection of ten dishes of fruit came from Mr. W. 

 Strugnell, The Gardens, Rood Ashton, and consisted of very good Alnwick 

 Seedling and Muscat of Alexandria grapes, peaches, nectarines, plums, figs, &c. 

 With six varieties Mr. Pymm was first ; he had Black Hamburgh and Muscat of 

 Alexandria grapes, peaches, nectarines, apples, and melons ; Mr. Strugnell was 

 second. A good smooth Cayenne pine won the first prize for Mr. C. Bull, 

 Crediton. The best two bunches of black grapes were from Mr. A. Young, gar- 

 dener to the Earl of Cork, Frome ; Mr. J. Dole, Bristol, was second ; in each case 

 Gros Maroc was well shown. Mr. F. Smith, gardener to the Bishop of Salisbury, 

 had the best two bunches of white grapes, other than Muscats, showing very good 

 Buckland Sweet Water ; Mr. J. Dole was second with the same. Mr. Smith had 

 the best two bunches of Black Muscat, and Mr. Strugnell was second, both with 

 Madresfield Court. Mr. Young was the only exhibitor of white Muscats, taking 

 the first prize with two good bunches. 



Melons were fully represented, and there were some good apricots, Moor Park 

 predominating. Plums appeared to be generally wanting in ripeness. Cherries 

 were represented by fine Morellos. The best dish of peaches was Violette Hative, 

 from Mr. II. Clack, gardener to C. E. Colston, Esq., M.P., Round way Park ; 

 Mr. A. J. Haynes being second with Barrington. Mr. Pymm had the best dish of 

 nectarines, showing very fine Pineapple ; Mr. Clack a close second with the same 

 variety. Mr. Young had the best two dishes of dessert apples, having Beauty of 

 Bath and Red Astrachan in excellent character ; Mr. E. Fisher came second with 

 Beauty of Bath and Irish Peach. Mr. G. Gerrish, Broughton GifTard, was first 

 with two dishes of culinary apples, having very fine Emperor Alexander and 

 fcclinville ; Mr. E. Hall was second with Lord Suffield and Warner's King. Mr. 

 Smith had the best two dishes of dessert pears, staging Souvenir de Congres and 

 Bon Chretien ; Mr. W. L. Mead was second with Jargonelle and another. 



A very fine collection of bunches of garden roses was shown by Messrs. G. 

 ttWbt an< * ^ 0nS, °^ ^ at ** ; a ^oroughly representative and highly meritorious 



Olivier : and 



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ABINGDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, August 18. 



After a lapse of a season, through lack of funds, this society held its twelfth 

 show in the grounds of the Abbey House, the residence of E. J. Trendell, Esq., 

 As far back as 1839 a floral society existed here, but after a chequered course it 

 fell through. The present society was started as a cottagers' society, its earliest 

 exhibitions being a kind of a political reunion, the funds for prizes and expenses 

 being provided. The site of the show forms a portion of the once famed Abbey 

 °i Abingdon, and near the house may be seen what is termed " The Ruins," but 



1 * n faCt ' * S a re P resentati on of the old chapel which stood in another portion 

 of the grounds, the stones which are much fretted and worn, having been brought 

 to their present position. The chapel is roofless, and under one of the windows 

 is a massive stone coffin, said to have held the remains of the founder. 



The gardens were wonderfully bright, seventeen beds in geometric pattern 

 being filled with pelargoniums, such as Henri Jacoby, Madame Crouse, and 

 Souvenir d Charles Turner, relieved by alternantheras in variety, Sedum glauca, and 

 Lchevena glauca, mesemhryanthemum, &c, with central plants of the variegated 

 agave, blue gum, &c, the many vases of the walls being filled with Hydrangea 

 nortensis, specimen fuchsias, petunias, and pelargoniums ; the paths edged by blue 

 tiles in cable pattern. Mr. J. Horsley is the eardener, and hot summers just suit 



mm, as the land lies moist. 



%J*S? schedule contained five divisions, with three classes open to all England : 

 Dut he amount offered as prizes failed to attract more than two competitors for 

 DremtrLiTf' *° ra } m ™ses, in pairs, Mr. John Mattock took 



of Tionder^ Ma jesty, Charles Lefebvre, Marchioness 



t^^t^ 9 xi £ Williams > Mis. J. Laing, Grand Mogul, Ulrich 

 and Horace VcrnJ h ' lISJ^ S " M * R°docanachi, Mrs. R. G. S. Crawford, 

 blooms of Frne«t \?f* t 8 also P remi e r for a dozen triplet teas, with grand 

 met, Marechal viii ^J** 00 *** Pirola, Madame Hoste, Catherine Mer- 



S. A Prinr* p - The Bride > Maric Van Ho *tte, Souvenir 



' Princess of Wales, Miss Ethel Brownlow, and Anna 



The first prize for two dozen dahlias was won by Mr T R T k Vclvct « 

 on-Thames, who had some grand fancy forms and verv bririir r^,^' Henlc Y- 

 being Mrs. Saunders, Plutarch, James Cocker, T C Read n ' i S selccti <* 

 Albany, Crimson Globe, John Walker, Willie Garrett Earl n/p Duchcss * 

 Hon. Mrs, P. Wyndham R. T. Rawlings, Mrs. Gladstone Ur^TT^ 

 Rebecca, James Yick, Shirley Hibberd, Matthew Campbell' u/nT' 

 Pleasure, Florence Tranter, Dazzler, and Sunbeam. ' J 11 



The class for six plants was well filled, Mr. Aldworth who ^ 

 first prize with full-sized specimens of Brugmansia (Datura) K 2 ^ 

 flowered; Begonia Rex and B. metallica^ 



maidenhair fern ; Mr. E. J. Trendell, was second, stapintr specimens of 



yoi Asple- 



House, occupied third place. In this section Miss Dodson, Laae 

 Hon. F. L. and Lady Mary Wood, The Abbey, staged a number of findy-b&S 

 sias, agapanthus, ferns, &c, not for competition. For a pair of nlanU ftiA uJ? 



nium bulbiferum : Mr. Fawdry, gardener 



good 



fuchsias 



g 



pair of plants the Hon. 



I Mr. Knight, 



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class for coleus was one of the best in the show, the plants dwarf-grown fresh 

 and bright, with a convex outline, G. Saxby, Esq., Mr. Ward, gardener to Mrs 

 E. Harris, Albert Park, and Mr. Knobes, gardener to Rev. W. Watson The 

 Vicarage, dividing the honours. Ferns contained no new forms, nephrolepas. 

 asplenium, davallia, pteris, and adiantum being generally staged. For six Mr' 

 J. Horsley led ; and Mr. J. B. King was second for three ; this last named 

 had a good example of Todea superba. Begonias were not up to the mark but 

 fuchsias were above the average. Mr. F. Payton, Lombard Street, was first for 

 three fuchsias, having good examples of Doel's Favourite, Mrs. Marshall, and 

 Gustave Dore. 



A goodly collection of epergnes, &c, were arranged in the ladies' section. 

 For an epergne for a dinner table Miss A. Humphreys led, with sweet peas, fern 

 fronds, and panicles of gypsophila ; Miss S. M. King second, with harpaliums, 

 white sweet pea, begonias, &c, mixed with variegated ivy and vinca sprays. i 

 a trio of vases Miss M. G. King took the award for arrangements of carnations, 

 rose buds, Madame Crouse pelargoniums, and gypsophila ; the best set of button- 

 holes were of pretty tea roses by Mrs. S. Holifield, Appleton. Mr. Payton led 

 with show dahlias, medium size, but of spherical outline. Mr. A. G Morris, 

 gardener to F. C. Swindell, Kingston House, was premier for cactus forms ; Mr. 

 Knight second. Asters were generally under-sized, the best stand in the show 

 being a dozen Comets ; these were out of the running owing to the curious word- 

 ing of the schedule Why quilled asters should be " German 99 and the remainder 

 of the types M French " may become solved some day ; the better wording of the 

 two sections would be " quilled" M reflexed or incurved." ^ A collection of 

 eighteen varieties of scabious were staged by T. Tatham, Esq., which were 

 much admired for their handsome development. Roses as shown by Mr S. 

 Holifield were popular kinds, only lacking a better style of mounting. There 

 were some fine double zinnias, but the colours were limited ; the bright eyed 

 verbenas appeared to still command notice. Carnations of the yellow ground 

 type were presented in numbers. . . 



Fruit was excellent, and for a collection. Mr. A. G. Morris was first wiUj 

 Alicante (wonderfully good for the period) and Foster's Seedling grapes, Sutton i 

 Scarlet melon, July Gage plums, Moorpark apricots, and Royal George petcbei ; 

 G. Saxby, Esq., second, with Beauty of Wordsley melon, Morello cherries, Moor- 

 park apricots, Black Hamburgh and Foster's Seedling grapes and Alenndnj 

 Noblesse peaches ; Mr. T. Horsley, third with a melon, apricots, Muscat or 

 Alexandria and Black Hamburgh grapes, Alexandra Noblesse peaches and Hum. 

 boldt nectarines. White grapes were generally Foster's Seedling, the awards goi. s 

 to Messrs. A. G. Morris and E. Aldworth ; in the black grape class the ordei was 

 reversed. Mr. Horsely, was first for peaches with fully ripe Alexandra ^ies*. 

 Mr. J. Winter, gardener to E. L. Shepherd, Esq., Albert Park, second v un 

 Royal George; Mr. Horsley, presenting the only fit dish ^ n^n* *w 

 boldt. The best melon was Hero of Lockinge, from Mr. Winter , the 

 were Windsor and Jargonelle, the dessert apples being Irish reach ana 

 Quarrenden. A very choice dish of red currants (Raby Castle), «^ fro ";; r ; 

 T. S. Simpson, the stalks of great length and berries large and brilliant, 

 were generally Orleans and River's Early Prolific. f 



four 



For 

 clean, 



Barnard 



iook several nrst prizes, his examples oi aution => oaL1 "*" „ , ' ner beans M 

 being altogether good. The peas were generally Autocrat, ana run cfC 



Plus Ultra types. Autumn sown onions of the Tripoli and stfaog 



generally weighty and well ripened, and the big forms of spring onl ° ^ w the 



indications of belonging to the Ailsa Craig type. Short » rr °* * r For Suttc* 



intermediate types appear to incline too much to the longer sec . Rttlcan 



, Ailsa Craig onio*. 

 Knobes, second 



uaii^.aLUUU puiillUS, l\Q ±'1US UlU* A « 



and Autumn Mammoth cauliflowers ; Messrs. Winter ana 

 third. 



BRIGHTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, August f3 ^ 



bition 



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exhibitions 



Corn Exchange, 



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principal centres of horticultural activity. 1 

 not so satisfactorily filled thev have been 



The classes 



P filled as they have been on some previous o je< ^ 

 department was more than counterbalanced m ^ 

 hrL E. ^ fl^rs. The contributions to uj ' ^ 



section 



dahlia* M 

 I afforded 



obj 



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decorations on a large scale. 



Eschar^, - ; 



rang^ in two WJ 



— -^^"'^ujc plants, £iuupo, - 



tents on the lawn. The arrangements were II— " e the c hair 

 reflected much credit upon the administrative abilities of the 



Balchin, and the secretary. Mr. T. Lewis. 



pletetiess 



