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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



September i 7j l898- 



Soft-wooded Plants. 



Fuchsias were good on the whole, Mr. J. dimming, gardener to J. Wilson, 

 Esq., Green Park, Liberton, leading for a pair of plants, closely followed by Mr. 

 T. Gibb, gardener to Mrs. Edmonstone, both showing handsome pyramids. Mr. 

 Cumming also led for three fuchsias, Mr. A. Thomson, St. Helen's, Eskbank, 

 coming second. Mr. J. Pearson was to the fore for half a dozen chrysanthemums ; 

 Mr. D. Mackay second ; and Mr. S. Abbott, Prestonfield House, Edinburgh, 

 third; all were freely-flowered specimens of eaily flowering varieties. Vallota 

 purpurea is very popular here, and the class for two specimens brought out a large 

 competition, in which Mr. J. Shiel, gardener to Dr. W. W. Ireland, Maris Bush, 

 Polton, led the way with a pair of first-rate specimens ; Mr. W. Aitken, Balerno, 

 second. For a single specimen of Valotta purpurea Mr. Thomas Gibb was first, 

 and Mr. Aitken second. Mr. W. Anderson, gardener to Colonel Sir David David- 

 son, K.C.B., Colinton Road, Edinburgh, scored for four British ferns with well- 

 developed specimens of Scolopendrium vulgare crispum, Athyrium f.-f. Craigi, 

 Polystichum angulare grandiceps, and Lastrea felix-mas grandiceps ; Mr. J. H. 

 Peason second ; and Mr. W. Muir, Carluke, third. For dwart British ferns, Mr. 

 Anderson was again first with pretty little plants of Polypodium trichomanes, P. 

 cristatum, P. cornubiense, Asplenium marinum, A. microdon, A. trichomanes 

 incisum, A. fontanum, Scolopendrium v. Baxteri, and Adiantum capillus veneris ; 

 Mr. J. H. Pearson second. 



Some handsomely flowered and sturdily grown tuberous begonias secured for 

 Mr. W. Galloway, gardener to J. H. Ford, Liberton, the chief award for six 

 specimens ; Mr. Mackay had the best single specimen ; and Mr. Galloway led for 

 double begonias, and with a specimen double begonia. Mr. G. McKenna, gardener 

 to W. J. Usher, Esq., Ratha, had the best three zonal pelargoniums, freely 

 flowered, flatly trained specimens ; Mr. McKenna was also first for show pelar- 

 goniums ; while Mr. Mackay scored for bronze foliaged varieties ; and Mr. W. 

 Anderson for silver variegated forms. Liliums were good, and made a splendid 

 show, Mr. Bald winning with a fine specimen of L. speciosum, and also for L. 

 auratum. Mr. McGregor, Dunfermline, had the best cockscombs ; and Mr. 

 McKenna the best petunias. 



Cut Flowers. 



For so late in the season roses were very good in the nurserymen's classes. 

 Messrs. J. Cocker and Sons, Aberdeen, had the best dozen of one variety in this 

 division, with Caroline Testout ; Messrs. D. and W. Croll, Dundee, second, with 

 the same ; the Messrs Croll scored for a dozen blooms of La France ; with 

 Messrs. J. Cocker and Sons second. For a dozen blooms of Mrs. J. Laing, Messrs. 

 D. and W. Croll, second. For a dozen blooms of any variety the Messrs. Croll 

 took the lead with A. K. Williams ; Messrs. Adam and Craigmile, Aberdeen, 

 second, with Madame Hoste. Messrs. D. and W. Croll showed the best twelve 

 examples of Merveille de Lyon ; Messrs. Adam and Craigmile first for any other 

 white with The Bride. Mr. II. Dickson, Belfast, won chief honours for a dozen 

 roses with fair flowers of Her Majesty, Duke of Edinburgh, Mrs. J. Laing, Star 

 of Waltham, and Madame J. Bonnaire ; Messrs. D. and W. Croll, second. For 

 two dozen tea roses Messrs. Adam and Craigmile led, followed by the Dundee 

 firm, Messrs. J. Cocker and Sons scored for Alfred Colomb. The best three dozen 

 roses came from Messrs. J. Cocker and Sons, Aberdeen, and were very fine and 

 fresh ; Caroline Testout, Lady M. Fitzwilliam, Madame Eugene Verdier, S. M. 

 Rodocanachi, Captain Hayward, Marie Verdier, and Danmark were the best. For 

 eighteen roses Mr. Hugh Dickson, Belfast, was first, and Messrs. D. and W. 

 Croll second. 



In the amateurs' classes, Mr. W. Parlane, Rosslea Row, had the best two 

 dozen roses and the best six blooms of Alfred Colomb ; Mr. W. Armstrong, 

 Musselburgh, led for tea roses ; Mr. Parlane led in several other rose classes, but 

 the blooms on the whole were poor. Chrysanthemums arranged in large trian- 

 gular sprays are inelegant, but in the class for a dozen sprays Mr. G. Manson, 

 gardener to W. Pattison, Esq., Bathgate, was easily first. For six bunches of 

 herbaceous flowers Mr. Brydon, Innerleithen, was first, his Lobelia cardinalis 

 and Anemone japonica being very fine. Mr. Anderson, Morningside, was first 

 lor a dozen picotees, and for the same number of carnation blooms. Mr. Brydon 

 scored tor two dozen chrysanthemum blooms, showing Madame Desgrange 

 varieties and early Japanese blooms; Mr. W. Black, gardener to P. Pringle, 

 £s<|., Hawick, had much the best chrysanthemum-flowered asters, a splen- 

 didly grown lot. For quilled asters Mr. R. Brown, of Eskbank, was first, but 

 zonal pelargoniums were best shown by Mr. Bennett, Tweedmouth, but the 

 Mowers were not gummed, and lasted but a little while. Mr. G. W. Rilley, 

 iiiil'ishieis, scored a first for annuals with a very bright display, but his bunches 

 were too tight and formal. Mr. A. Dickson, Glenormiston, had the best button- 

 noie bouquets ; Mr Hunt the best shower bouquet ; Mr. Cossar the best shoulder 

 spray, a tine one of Dendrobium Phalsenopsis. Sweet peas were shown finely, 

 \ i i\ „ ncan > Duns > Berwick, winning with large blooms; Blanche Burpee, 

 w a v H } onoUT > Prince Edward of York, and Salopean were first-rate ; Mr. W. 

 Wood, Kelso, second ; and Mr. W. Angus, third. 



P . Collections of Fruit. 



r run was splendid, and there were two charming exhibits put up in competition 

 ior the handsome prizes offered for the best and most tastefully decorated table of 

 oessert Jruit arranged on a table 10 feet long by 4 feet 6 inches wide. The 

 louowing schedule specification will prove interesting to many readers and societies : 

 inc exhibitor must select sixteen "dishes" from the following twelve kinds of 



run, all other " kinds " of fruit being excluded. Of grapes, four dishes— of one 

 ounch each, distinct varieties, two black and two white— may be staged on a table, 

 ut other kinds of fruit, not more than two dishes, two distinct varieties can be 



n f d ',, lhe number of fruit specified for "a dish" must be strictly adhered to, 

 and neither more or less will be allowed 



Kinds of Fruit Num ^er of Fruit , , ^ Number of Fruit 



rUlL in a Dish. Kinds of 1 rult ' in a Dish. 



F.neapple ... 1 Fruit. Pears ... 6 Fruits. 



" Melon 1 do. Apricots ... 9 do. 



^ ra I* s 1 Bunch. Figs ... 9 do. 



£ Pp cs . 6 Fruits. p^ms ... 9 do. 



rSfiT * 5 5°- Che " ies - 40 do. 



lcacneS 6 do. Strawberries AO do. 



variety 



The 



tor each table m*A „ 2 1 iaDle " ci oth and sixteen dessert plates or dishes 



setting up thi tf The ftfif 1 ° f d J* cs *° * used I""** f ° r for 



suitable receptacles provided C £?Jti* U P ™ ° eat fi* °I i"*****' 2 

 foliage on the table cloth ™ 1 exh,b "or ; who can arrange cut flowers and 



*H. All articles of plate dec^ eper g Qes or flower G ,asses Provided by him- 



other receptacles are strict/v Drnh'v!^^ wine S Iasses ' and a11 P Iants in P ots or 

 table must be done hw th+ .ii v! The arrangement and decoration of each 



oy the exhibitor or his regular assistant. 



Special Notice.— The tables will be judged by points, as follows • p^i. 

 dish of fruit— Pineapple may receive a maximum of 10 points 5 eraoes WarV 

 white, 9 ; melons, nectarines, and peaches, 8 ; apricots and figs, 7 7 all otW 

 fruits, 6 ; beauty of flowers and foliage, 10 ; harmony of colours, 10 ; and t JS 

 arrangement, 10. The number of points awarded to each item will be shown nn 

 a card on each prize-winning table. u un 



Mr. R. Cairns, gardener to T . Martin White, Esq., Balruddery, won first prize 

 and his decoration consisted of Dendrobum Phalaenopsis Shroderianum, Odom 

 glossum crispum, a few cattleya blooms, Gypsophila, and a few pink carnations • 

 on the table were sprays of smilax, and long fronds of Selaginella Wildenovi' 

 The best of the fruit consisted of pineapples, good Hero of Lockinge and Windsor 

 Castle melons, Souvenir du Congres pears, Royal George peaches, figs and 

 nectarines ; the grapes were not over good in most instances. Mr. A. Kirk 

 gardener to J. Tnompson Paton, Esq., Norwood, Alloa, was placed second and 

 some little dissatisfaction was displayed at the award, many considering Mr. 'Kirk 

 should have been first ; he had splendid Gros Maroc, Appley Towers (grand), 

 Muscat of Alexandria^ and Duke of Buccleuch grapes, Admirable and Golden 

 Eagle peaches, Souvenir du Congres pears, Humboldt nectarines, black Jamaica 

 pineapples, and Royal Jubilee melons. The following is the list of points :— 



Mr. R. Cairn's pineapples, 8 ; melons, ; grapes, 6 ; apples, $y 2 5 nectarines, 

 6 ; peaches, 5 ; figs, 4^4 ; beauty of flowers and foliage, ; harmony of colours, 

 8 Yz ; tasteful arrangement, % l / 2 ; total, 66. Mr. Kirk : pineapples, 6 ; melon, $ l / 2 ; 

 grapes, 8 ; apples, 4^ ; nectarines, 6 ; peaches, 7 ; pears, 4^ ; beauty of flowers 

 and foliage, 7% ; harmony of colours, 7% ; tasteful arrangement, 7 l / 2 ; total, 64. 



Mr. R. Cairns, gardener to J. M. White, Esq., Balruddery, secured the lead- 

 ing award for ten dishes of fruit, showing Muscat of Alexandria and Black Alicante 

 grapes, Moorpark apricots, Brown Turkey figs, Mere de Menage apples, Royal 

 George peaches, Pine Apple nectarines, very fine ; Souvenir du Congres pears, a 

 melon, and a Smooth Cayenne pine ; Mr. W. Smith, gardener to the Earl of 

 Stair, Oxenford Castle, second, with a good collection. For hardy fruits, twelve 

 dishes, Mr. J. Day, gardener to the Earl of Galloway, K.T., Garliestown, led the 

 way with Worcester Pearmain and Lady Sudeley apples, Williams' Bon Chretien 

 and Souvenir du Congres pears, Lord Napier and Pitmaston Orange nectarines, 

 Castle Kennedy figs, Pond's Seedling and Kirk's plums, Princess of Wales and 

 Grosse Mignonne peaches, and Morello cherries ; Mr. J. Nicholson, gardener to 

 J. W. Melles, Esq., Essex, second ; and Mr. W. Williamson, Cupar, third. 



There were three good collections of a dozen dishes of orchard house fruit, but 

 the set staged by Mr. J. Beisant, gardener to Mrs. Armitstead, Castle Huntly, 

 Longforgan, was much the best, and was composed of Peasgocd's Nonsuch and 

 Emperor Alexander apples, Marguerite Marillat and Souvenir du Congres pears, 

 Gladstone and Princess of Wales peaches, Spencer and Pine Apple nectarines 

 Magnum Bonum and Rivers' Monarch plums, Brown Turkey figs, and Moorpark 

 apricots, a grand lot of fruit ; Mr. R. Cairns, gardener to J. M. White, Ksq., 

 Balruddery, second ; and Mr. W. Williamson, gardener to J. Home Rigg, Esq., 

 Tarvit, Cupar, Fife, third. 



Grapes. 



Mr. Thomas Lunt, Keir Gardens, led the way for six bunches of grapes out of 

 eight competitors, with a superb set of heavy well coloured and finely berried 

 bunches of Muscat of Alexandria, Black Hamburgh, and Alnswick Seedling ; 

 Black Hamburgh was very fine ; Mr. W. Rutherford, gardener to D. Graham, 

 Esq., Bridge of Allan, second, with huge clusters of Muscat Hamburgh, Mrs. 

 Pince, and Black Hamburgh ; Mr. J. Beisant, third. Nine competed in the class 

 for four bunches of grapes, and the most successful competitor was the » rm °| 

 Messrs. W. Murray and Son, Park Hall Orchard, Polmont, who had good 

 clusters of Black Hamburgh, Alicante, and Madresfield Court ; Mr. T. Lunt, 

 second ; and Messrs. D. and W. Buchanan, Kippen, third. In the class lor a 

 bunch of black grapes showing the finest bloom Messrs. W. Murray and bon 

 scored with Cooper's Black ; Mr. Lunt, second, with Gros Maroc ; and Mr. 

 Leslie, Perth, third, with Gros Colmar. . , 



Mr. T. Lunt showed the best flavoured white grapes, a bunch of Muscat 01 

 Alexandria ; Mr. Beisant, second ; and Mr. Rutherford, third, with the same 

 variety. The best flavoured black crape was Madresfield Court, shown by Mr. 

 . J. Green, gardener to Sir C. M. Palmer, Bart., M.P. ; Messrs. W. Murray and 



" " " Mr. Williamson scored for an unnamed 



Son 



all the foregoing 



KM*, acwuu, wilu me same variety, ivir. vv iuiams>uu btuicu ^ — , 

 white grape with a round- berried variety ; and for a single bunch of any duck 

 grape Mr. J. Paterson, gardener to D. Beatson, Esq., Kirkcaldy, led the way in 

 a very keen competition with Cooper's Black, a large bunch of large berries. Sir. 

 R. Hunt, Murrayfield, led for Lady Downes ; Mr. J. Paterson for Gros to mar, 

 with plum like berries; Messrs. D. and W. Buchanan for Alnwick bceaung, 

 Messrs. W. Murrav and Sinn ttl*rlr Alicante, with Mr. A. Hutton aciow 



v Larbert 



Black Hamburgh, and Mr7 Lunt fo/ Muscat of Alexandria— aL — „ « r 

 were single-bunch classes. Mr. Menzies led for two bunches of Black Harm u ^ 

 grapes, with Messrs. W, Murray and Son second. For two bunches ol»w 

 of Alexandria, Mr. Thomas Lunt was a good first with long, Wely, " " 

 coloured and large-berried bunches ; Mr. D. Kidd, gardener to ^ rd , bl Pv/ n D ^/ 

 Musselburgh, second ; and Messrs. D. and W. Buchanan, Forth * ' 

 Kippen, third. 



. Melons, Peaches, &c. . Mr 



Hero of Lockinge was the best green-fleshed melon, and was staged oy 

 W. R Wbitecross, gardener to G. Willsher, Esq., Auchterhouse £1 foi r a scan 

 fleshed melon, Mr. W. Kidd scored. Mr. J. Biilton, gardener to Major Wiio 



boldt ; with 



W. Williamonn. chnwed the best 



Mr. Smith, the best plums 

 Lord Balfour of Burlebh. tl 

 plumi 



Laing 



Kirk's, Denniston Gag " 



Set. For four dicn^c 



Wann, 



_ . . _est yellow plums ; anu » j. Bes *J?V !?*f j^rl 

 Seedling. Mr. Williamson staged the best tour a«" 



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Person's, and Oreen uage, uwh»u«.. — ■ » ( ; ude0f , 



u.W plums, Mr. J. D» ,£.1103 H-J C ^ 



was first, with fine fruits of Magnum Bonum, Victoria, Pond 

 Gohath ; Mr. J. Cairns, wri™.^ the Earl of Home, Coldstream, secona 



Apples. 



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-. ^ Ic Le° d > gardener to J. P. Morgan, Esq., ^^3^ 'Alexander 

 American Mother, Adams' Pearmain, Worcester Pearmain Empeu.r, 



* Pippin, King of the Pippins, Bismarck, >™**™^ l *{ t . R. J 

 wunai ryler's Kernel, Flower of Kent, and Peasgood s N-wgi » d Mx 

 Hamil , gardener to F. S. Robert,. Esq.. St. Saviour's, Jersey, secow i . 



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