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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



September 24, 1898. 



w Bownngiana; Cypnpedium Rothschildiano- 



vmosum"w^mostln^ and other notable orchids were Laelia monophylla 

 and Ccelogyne Veitchi ; silver Flora medal. The old Epidendrum Brassavolae and 

 the curious Dendrobium Mirbelianum, with twisted green flowers, came from 

 Messrs J. Veitch and Sons. Mr. Bond, gardener to C. L. N. Ingram, Esq., 

 Godalming, sent Leelio-cattleya T. W. Bond, a cross between C. labiata and L. 

 purpurata* Messrs. J. W. Moore and Co., Royd Nurseries, Leeds, staged a large 

 plant of a fine variety of Vanda cserulea. 



Fruit Committee. 



A first-rate exhibit of fruit came from Messrs. William Paul and Son, Waltham 

 Cross, who, in addition to a large collection of fine apples in dishes, sent hand- 

 somely-fruited pot trees of leading varieties of apples, pears, figs, and peaches ; 

 the apples were very well grown, and the whole group was a credit to the firm ; 

 silver-gilt Knightian medal. Messrs. J. Peed and Sons, Roupell Park Nurseries, 

 Norwood, showed an excellent collection of apples and pears, both culinary and 

 dessert varieties ; the fruit was remarkably clean and fairly well coloured, solid, 

 and of a good useful size. Grapes were also represented by good bunches of 

 Syrian, Trebbiana, Barbarossa, Gros Colmar, Alicante, Golden Queen, Muscat 

 of Alexandria, Mrs. Pince, Madresfield Court, Black Hamburgh, and Alnwick 

 Seedling ; a good display ; silver Knightian medal. A bi^ collection of apples 

 and Dears came from Messrs. J. Laing and Sons, who arranged some seventy-five 

 dishes of fruit in as many varieties ; Gravenstein, Barnack Beauty, Ribston 

 Pippin, New Hawthornden, Lord Derby, Warner's King, King of the Pippins, 

 Sandringham, Wellington, Emperor Alexander, Cox's Pomona, Frogmore Prolific, 

 Alfriston, and Celina were notably good examples of first-rate apples in this col- 

 lection of good fruit ; silver Knightian medal. 



Some dozen varieties of plums, all picked from pot trees in a cold orchard 

 house, came from Mr. J. Hudson, Gunnersbury House Gardens ; Monarch, 

 Golden Transparent Gage, River's Orange, Coe's Golden Drop, Grand Duke, and 

 Reine Claude du Bavay were represented by remarkably well developed fruits ; a 

 few fine melons were also shown by Mr. Hudson, who secured a silver Banksian 

 medal. Mr. J. Miller, gardener to Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, Esher, sent about 

 thirty dishes of fruit, in which the Conkling, Prince of Wales, Golden Rathripe, 

 and Barrington peaches, Pitmaston Duchess nectarines, and Brown Turkey figs were 

 good samples; silver Banksian medal. Mr. T. Robinson, gardener to W. 

 Laurence, Esq., Elsfield House, Hollingbourne, showed a really good collection 

 of fruit and vegetables, winning a silver Banksian medal. He had Alicante, Buckland 

 Sweetwater, and Gros Maroc grapes, Lord Palmerston and Sea Eagle peaches, Dr. 

 Jules Guyot and Madame Treyve pears, Sutton's A 1 and Blenheim Orange 

 melons, Peasgood Nonsuch apples, Kentish Invicta runner beans, Puritan and 

 Snowdrop potatos, Exhibition tomatos, and Cranston's Excelsior onions. Mr. 

 II. Guyett, gardener to Mrs. Gabriel, Leigham Court Road, Streatham, was 

 awarded a silver Banksian medal for his exhibit — apples, pears, grapes, and crab 

 apples. 



Mr. Keif, gardener to Mrs. Abbott, South Villa, Regent's Park, gained a 

 silver-gilt Knightian medal for a first-rate display of fruit, a display the more 

 creditable when we remember it was grown within two miles of Charing Cross. 

 Muscat of Alexandria and Alicante grapes were finely coloured and finished. 

 There was a good bunch of bananas — Musa Cavendishi, Blenheim Orange, 

 Monarch, and Holborn Favourite melons, and Sutton's Dessert, Duke of York, 

 Golden Jubilee, Perfection, and Peach Blow tomatos. Mr. W. J. Empson, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Wingfield, Ampthill, Beds, was awarded a silver Knightian medal 

 for a grand lot of onions. The bulbs were solid, large, and weighty, and the 

 varieties were Magnum Bonum, Golden Globe Tripoli, Cranston's Excelsior, 

 Bedfordshire Champion, Record— the eighteen bulbs weighing 44^ pounds ; 

 Aiba Craig, Holborn, Brown Globe, Lord Keeper, Empson's Selected, Cocoanut, 

 and Rousham Park Hero. 



Mr. R. J. Hamill, gardener to F. S. Roberts, Esq., Beauvoir, St. Saviour's, 

 Jersey, gained a silver Banksian medal for a good collection of apples and pears ; 

 the apples were of large size, solid and brightly coloured, as might be expected 

 from the Channel Islands. Mr. W. Collins, Chios House, Clapham Park, sent 

 a few apples and pears of such excellence as to merit a vote of thanks. Mr. A. 

 Bull, Cotterham, sent some magnificent examples of Pond's seedling plums ; 

 while Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons showed a dish of Late Devonian peaches. Mr. 

 J. Green, Dereham, showed Up-to-date tomato. Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, 

 sent St. Joseph strawberries, a perpetual fruiting variety. This was also sent by 

 Mr. Hudson and Messrs. Bunyard and Co., Maidstone. Mr. W. Roupell, 

 Harvey Lodge, Roupell Park, sent a group of pot figs, showing also persimmons 

 and Anona Cherimolia, grown out of doors. The same exhibitor was also awarded 

 a silver Knightian medal for a goodly collection of apples, tomatos, and 

 grapes ; Muscat of Alexandria, Gros Colmar, Centennial, and Diamont Traube, 

 were well-finished and most interesting. Mr. S. T. Wright, Superintendent, 

 R.II.S. Gardens, Chiswick, made a most interesting and educational exhibit of 

 a hundred varieties of apples grown in the Society's gardens. It would appear that 

 the crop of apples at Chiswick is a good one on the whole, and that not many 

 varieties have missed a crop. 



WELLINGBOROUGH MIDLAND COUNTIES DAHLIA SOCIETY 



The third annual exhibition of this society took place on the Qth and 10th 

 icst., the spacious Corn Exchange being well filled with dahlias of great excel- 

 lence. The number of exhibitors and entries had materially increased, and the 

 remarkable advance in the general good quality of the flowers was a remarkable 

 feature. The big, coarse, open-eyed dahlias seen at the first show in 1896 have 

 entirely disappeared, and, on the part of the working men especially, all the 

 types of the dahlia were remarkable improvements on what was seen a year ago. 

 Several of the southern growers exhibited in the classes open to all England, and 



Britannia, Stella, Exquisite, Daffodil, Mrs. John Goddard Harmon * i_ 

 Progenitor, Wallace, Laverstock Beauty, The Clown, Starfish CoS? * f?* 61 ' 

 dale, &c. Messrs. J. Burrell and Co., Howe End Nur^fcw^ W 

 with a very fine and fresh collection, also a little sm^i^^^* 000 * 

 them Lucius, Island Queen, Britannia, Keynes' White, Debona A ia ? M ^ mon 8 



j?ro moinl^r hmhlv nromismg new vanVH^c fV, — .. • . * , M A > mimosa. 



xr r imosa, 

 Mr. Mortimer 



&c, mainly highly promising new varieties of their own raising 

 was third. Messrs. Keynes and Co. were also first with twelve varieties * - 

 very fine blooms of those already named; Mr. G. Humphiies came in seS g 

 and Mr. Mortimer, third. CLUna 5 



Cactus 



feature. Messrs. Key 

 character Britannia 

 Countess of Lon 



. tes and Co. again took the lead, having in ve^fi? 

 lia Radiance, Wallace, Progenitor, Countess of Sherbrook? 



sdale, The Clown, Starfish, &c. ; Messrs. J. Burrell and Co 



were a close second, showing also in fine character Antelope, Lucius Marv 

 Service, Starfish, Britannia, &c. ; Mr. Mortimer, third. Messrs. J. Burrell and 

 Co. were first with twelve bunches of pompon varieties, six blooms in a bunch 

 staging model flowers, small, even in size, and very fresh, the varieties Arthur 

 West, George Brinckman, E. F. Jungker, Bacchus, Tommy Keith, Rosebud 

 Douglas, Pncebus, &c. ; Messrs. Keynes and Co., second, also with excellent 

 bunches, having Tommy Keith, Spitfire, Clarissa, Hypatia, Emily Hopper &c 

 in fine character ; Mr. J. Walker was third. ' 



In the amateurs' division the best twelve blooms of show dahlias came from Mr. 

 F. Middleton, Althorpe, and Mr, R. Burgin, St. Neot's, was second, both showing 

 very good flowers. Mr. Burgin was first with six capital flowers, and Mr. 

 Middleton second ; but Mr. Middleton gained the first prize with twelve blooms 

 of cactus, having in excellent form Britannia, Island Queen, Earl of Pembroke 

 Standard Bearer, Starfish, Arachne, and Night ; Mr. H. A. Needs, HorseU, 

 Woking, was second ; and Mr. R. Burgin, third. With six cut blooms Mr. 

 Middleton was again first; and Mr. W. E. Prentice, jun,, Wellingborough, 

 second. Mr. Needs was first with six excellent bunches of cactus dahlias, three 

 in a bunch, having Harmony, Starfish, Charles Woodbridge, Keynes' White, 

 &c. ; Mr. Burgin was second ; and Mr. Middleton, third. Some very creditable 

 bunches of pompons were also shown, but we missed the awards by accident. 

 There were also bouquets of dahlias, Mr. Burgin taking the first prize. 



There were classes of dahlias also for cottagers, in which some very good 

 flowers were staged, and the cottagers have been by no means slow to gather up 

 the ideas of quality, as shown by the preferences of the judges. The first of the 

 special prizes offered by Mr. R. Dean, one of the judges, for three bunches of 

 cactus dahlias, six in a bunch, was won by Mr. W. E. Prentice, jun. ; Mr. W. 

 Spriggs, the secretary of the society, was second ; and Mr. W. Mason, third. 

 The first of the special prizes offered by Mr. George Humphries for six blooms of 

 show and fancy dahlias was won by Mr. E. Matthews, Wellingborough ; Mr. 

 Gennis was second ; and Mr. C. Cox, third. The silver-gilt medal offered by 

 Messrs. Dobbie and Co., of Rothesay, for the most successful exhibitor was won 

 by Mr. W. E. Prentice, jun., Wellingborough. 



A jury of the principal exhibitors and the judges awarded the following cer- 

 tificates of merit : To show dahlia, David Johnson, and cactus dahlia, Ranji, from 

 Mr. George Humphries ; to cactus dahlia, Magnificent, from Mr. J. Stredwick, 

 Silverhill, St. Leonard's-on-Sea ; to cactus dahlias, Wallace, Progenitor, The 

 Clown, Viscountess Sherbrooke, Radiance, and Countess of Lonsdale, from 

 Messrs. Keynes, Williams, and Co. ; and to cactus, Lucius and Antelope, and pom- 

 pon, The Duke, from Messrs. J. Burrell and Co. 



There were a few open classes for fruit, chief among them, three dishes of 

 culinary apples, Mr. T. Pendered, the president of the society, being hrst vvr 

 very good fruits of Ecklinville, Peasgood's Nonsuch, and Warner's King ; Mr. 

 J. E. Bugby, Desborough, was second, with Ecklinville, Peasgood's Nonsuch, and 

 Perkins Ai. Mr. Pendered also had the three best dishes of dessert apples, 

 having in good character Cox's Orange Pippin, Worcester Pearmam, and King 01 

 Pippins; Mr. G. Douglas, Wellingborough, was second, with Quarrenden, Cox s 

 Orange Pippin, and Worcester Pearmain. Mr. Pendered followed up his sue- 

 cesses by taking the first prizes with three dishes of dessert pears, having Pitmaston 

 Duchess, Louis Bonne of Jersey, and Marie Louise ; Messrs. T. Clayton and son, 

 Wellingborough, were second, with Madame Treyve, Pitmaston Duchess, ana 

 Souvenir du Congres. The latter had the best two bunches of g^pes, staging 

 fully ripe and finely flavoured Muscat Hamburgh of good colour ; Mr. 11. *atn- 

 man was second, with a bunch each of Black Hamburgh and Alicante. 



WOODSTOCK FLOWER SHOW, ^ric^n, - 0 - , 



Although the latest of the Oxon shows, the forty-first of the above, held in 

 Blenheim Park, proved to be a record one in point of attendance, the nauu* 

 beauties of the site and surroundings, and the large exhibition of horses, pom 7, 

 and other live stock, jumping and driving, tending to attract visitors ; in aaa mou, 

 some 1,300 specimen agricultural roots were entered in com P etlt *°, m ore t0 

 cultural entries were fewer, traceable to the incidence of the season, du tnw 

 the fact that the money prizes are much too small to attract exhibitor^ 

 distance, to which may be added the ambiguity of terms employed m tnc scu 

 which are somewhat perplexing. As a result of the meagreness ot emr 

 executive appeal to and receive much aid from the several large gardens ro 

 and thus are enabled to present a very attractive display. ^rfirial were 



In the competition the groups of plants for effect, on forty feet su^rnc , 

 apnprnllvQPm^Virnnio.^JL:^ w T Mattock. Blenheim Nursery, isanoo 



cum-IIeadington, being first, his arrangement having some Dnyu, * / tfac 

 for a central band ; Mr. Johnson, Garsington Nurseries, seco ^ pn ^ ousc§ three 

 premier in the classes for six greenhouse ferns, one specimen S rec " whal re- 

 fuchsias, and three zonal geraniums, all of good quality. (It was elitfon- ) 



iuc wuuian growers exaiDiiea m tne ciassc* up™ «» — 6 > — markable that Woodstock did not present one specimen 1 n 1 



their presence and blooms materially increased the interest in the exhibition. Mr. Mr. W. F. Cross, Chilswell, Oxford, had the premier group o • 

 Thomas Pendered, an influential resident in the district, is the president of the The cut flower classes were well filled, and a grand Jsj nc artistic 



^ t ^ ^ , ... , . — c™w„ was produced by the nearly one hundred bouquets, the bulk b fo hnson 



merit. There were some fairly good dahlias, both show and fancy for a 



society ^ 



appears to be established on a sound basis. ~ 



The best twenty-four show and fancy dahlias came from Mr. John Walker, 

 Thame, Oxon, who had in very fine form John Hickling, Perfection, Buffalo Bill 

 (self), Mrs. J. Downie, Harry Turner, John Walker, Mrs. Every, Duke of Fife, 

 William Powell, James Cocker, &c. Mr. S. Mortimer, Swiss Nursery, Farnham, 

 came second ; and Messrs. Keynes, Williams, and Co. Salisbury, third. An 

 extra prize was awarded to Mr. George Humphries, Chippenham. There were 

 seven entries. There were nine entries of twelve blooms. Mr. J. Walker was 



showing, in fine character, Daniel Cornish, Goldfinder, Duchess of 

 Albany, Wm. Keith, John Hickling, Goldsmith, &c ; Mr. Mortimer was again 



a cood second : :\nA M^ccr- r» » . , JL A. , _ *■ *u;-A 



first for twenty-four and twelve, putting up cactus ; Mr. ^"^ 5^ to ^re little 

 dozen show varieties in the amateur class— but exhibitors •W'g^gi towa rdf 

 about giving the varietal names, forgetting that this is one e» Jutland 

 making the exhibition attractive. Asters, from Kirthngton - ™ ^ 1n ; ments cx- 



o two divisions wun vmm u» ~~ — * 



hibited in the district this season -both quilled and incurved, were gouu 

 the framers of the schedule should still denominate the [°*™*r; t< 'nicd/ 

 « French » is a problem which needs to be explained (the terms qu 

 irved " and " reflet » mn »\A ^«*t the whole ground and make w 



Germai 



good second ; and Messrs. C. Kimberley and Son,* Stoke, near Coventry 

 in the class for twenty-four blonm* „f cactU s *hown on a boar 



* and 

 » «« in- 



curved," and 

 Again 



in 



reflexed wuum cuvw iuv . Afifl J-,, 



the grouping of "single and Wv" dahlias ■« one class 



^ 2/ he 822 van 5 ties ' Messrs.' Keynes, Williams, and Co. were hrst with 

 very nne collection indeed, beautifully fresh and even, which comprised 



misapprehension ; 

 from Mr. W. T. 



ngl 



uer match. The gWJ; 



zinnias, Mr. Johnson, were superior to anything 



