THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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at Hull have for some years past been considered, and properly so, the 

 most beautiful arrangements that are presented to public notice in the 



Xor^ lin ^ o{ . exhib j tion g roups 0 f chrysanthemums and other plants, 



^^much room for improvement, as collections arranged for effect illustrated some of the best for the purpose of showing the style of 



tbC1 t'nue to form a somewhat weak feature at a considerable proportion of arrangement of those attaining the highest honours in the competi- 



con l x hibitions, and thereby to fail to contribute their full share to the tions, and thus assisting readers who are desirous of breaking away 



^ cCX . k j .icAfnincss of the respective Catherines. The causes of from the. sterpntvnpH G fvU B a ^mm^n a* ovhihitirmc UK** fi.« v»^o 



riTHST-\NDiNG all that has been written with reference to the United Kingdom. It has been not less a pleasure than a duty to refer 



in highly appreciative terms to them on several occasions, and I have 



and usefulness of the respective gatherings 



attra ups being less satisfactory than they should be are not difficult 

 the / r ° mine. In many instances they fail to satisfy those imbued with 

 6 degree of artistic perception, because of their being limited 

 50m ^. tQ c hrysanthemums, and for this the societies must be held respon- 

 i° On the other hand many exhibitors fail to produce a tasteful 

 SI angcmcnt in consequence of their assuming that a great mass of arranged amongst the palms, crotons, dracxnas, and alocasias, and the 

 ^lour is essential to artistic effect, and crowding the largest possible whole of the blooms are of exhibition quality, the effect being sur- 



from the stereotyped style so common at exhibitions. With the hope 

 of affording still further assistance in this direction I give here- 

 with an illustration of the group for which Mr. G. Wilson, gardener to 

 Sir James Reckett, Bart., Swanland Manor, Brough, worthily received 

 the premier award in the class at the recent exhibition. As will be seen 

 from a glance at the illustration, the chrysanthemums are lightly 



MR. G. WILSON'S FIRST. PRIZE . GROUP OF. . CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND FINE FOLIAGE PLANTS, HULL. 



^o f p,a„ t s in , he ^scribed space. .» no, a few cases a, .eas. ^*^3* ^ gg ££SJ££ £ 



' f*aiiia ill me preSCilueu bpdtc. in hul <x lew tdica ai iv^cwv r * o j 



°ae-third more plants are used than are required, and it would be an arranged 



u *mense advantage if exhibitors generally would reduce the number of generally 



P'ants used Ho tv.^ • x i**,*;**™ Kir>^~^ -*r :~ai owmm* ^noiitv cati ^fartr 



generally adopted, for it is extremely difficult to arrange a large group 



uuvauwyc ii exniDirors generany wuuiu reauce liic numuci ^* 5 CUWfli ' . j . . 4 , i «• *~ v« 



Plants used by the exclusion of those having blooms of indifferent quality, satisfactorily when, m accordance with the usual practice, it has to be 

 • N ot less AmaU^xA* • ai_ . i ~* _i -.X. ^foi A m » nn the. mornine of the opening day. 



desirable is the general use of plants with ornam 



-v^uuuic ID U1C £, CilCI Cll uov- vi pidilLS Willi uiuauivu^* 



^ v *s, and it would be an important advance were societies to require 

 « a assoa ation of fine foliage plants with chrysanthemums in groups 

 ganged for effect" This may on the first impulse be regarded as im- 

 chry/ ad ditional tax upon competitors ; but there are few exhibitors of 



drac^e emUms wou ^ not ^ e al ^ le t0 P rov ^e two or three palms, 



nas, and crotons for their groups without any great difficulty. | 

 Soci el ° m ^ Ver y e arly period in the history of the Hull Chrysanthemum 

 sh 0Wn y chr y san themums and plants with ornamental leafage have been 



together, and withlsuch highly successful results that the groups 



To the right and left of the group are two of the drawing room 

 mirrors which constitute such a pleasing feature of the exhibition at 

 Hull that on the right being the arrangement which obtained premier 

 1 nours The society provides mirrors with plain frames, and the ex- 

 hibitors are allowed full scope for the display of their taste, the only 

 nHition being that the plants in front of the mirrors must be arranged 

 ' senrcircle with a depth of about two feet. The height of the mirrors 

 U about six feet, a fact of interest as indicating the height of the group. 



