THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



hrysanthe- gentlemen's gardeners, there wei 

 h , - ^' Weston- classes for cut blooms. TIip 'Tv.,, 



aied g_ood bloom,. ^ Ers"" Bri,Jl:^''',iSe,'"fet„l=*"i„ec 



! staged splendid blooms of Mrs. T 



viz., Mr. J. T. Curtis, gardener to eliow was held, and, as 

 H. Davies, and Mr. H. Woodward, yet seen there. Muc 



NOVEMBER 3 and 

 the Park Hall, the twenty- 



, was a good second. For 

 >, Mt. F. E. Atkins, Cardiff, 



s^'Mr.T.^E^dwl?SrCaid^ff! 



nd. Mr. F. Bible 



beside a large amoui 



gement in the 



Mrs. A. T. Miller being agaii. _ „ 



aged. For one bloom of any should have an effecrnpo- 

 ^aker was placed first with a it has induced them to bri 



white, with handsome blooms of 

 nan Davis and Mrs. A. T. Miller- 

 I second. Tlie last-named won the 



PLANTS. cnrysanTnemuras. Cypher and Son, Cheltenham f< 



Oi. l.i k Huide a splendid sliow, and for a CUT BLOOMS. and to J. J. Nealo, Esq.. Lynwooc 



roup 6ft by 4ft., Mr. Gostling, gardener There were ten open classes, and all ^or orchids, well grown and arra 



[) A. G. Groves, Esq., took chief honours, but two of these were devoted to cut blooms. ^r. Basham, Fair Oak Nurseri 



■ith la?Iias, cattleyas, odontoglossums, and The leading class was for eight vases of ^^S' Newport, for a fine exhibit 



ypripediums; Mr. Spowage, gardener to Japanese blooms, distinct, three of each, for and pears. Messrs. W. Clibran 



olonel H. Gary Batten, followed. Mr. Curtis which the George Williams Challenge Cup Altrincham, Cheshire, had also a j 



on the first prize for three plants, staging au^ " • - s h . .... . i 



, a nne variety awara; lour competed, the best coming from 



.J.- ... good form of Mr. W. G. Drake, Cathays Terrace, Cardiff, 



Lypripedium msigne; Mr. Woodward took an exceedingly fine display, the blooms not 



nd Mr. Vi 



ompeted, the 

 [•ake, Cathays 



^di^v'^f t ^ d ^'"^ e-^cessivdy'^arge?^ bu? fresh"" anT^i-ichly 



two plan^° and M? Curtis JV H.^ Si^Su^yt^Mdme. P.^^EadaelH; An unusually large number of members 



St and second for one plant. F. S. Vallis (fine). Lady Talbot (extra good), assembled for the fortnightly meetino- in the 

 :.;dium I^^-^Tm '^""''^ -^"^ties of Cypri- President Viger (large), Bessie Godfre^, an^d Abbey Hall on Monday , Oct Jber 25, tie vi<^! 

 pedium n-Jgne Mr. Spowage and Mr. dost- Reginald Vallis (extra deep and richly president, Mr. Leonard Si 

 ng took the honours, and for one plant of coloured); Mr. F. Bible, gardener to Prince chair. Mr. Sutton dre\ 



ypripedium insigne, Mr. Curtis was placed Hatzfeldt, Draycott Park! Chippenham, " 



i'^^ second. a good second, having a magnificent tr 



warded 'the'^pi 

 ow; Mr. G. 



dng that November 17 would be here 

 ^ fi • P^S'O^e of which was yery quickly, and urging intending exhibitor 



mI g^'''h b d t"" %^ woii^b™ rk^i t' ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^''^ ^^^y 



with sm^il^l'^" Park! thii 



wenty- ^J-fc-ociation, was, according to the pro- 



oi irun, not less than four kinds therp wpvp T ...v..x,^_„, ..x^ ^^.c. v^uuxuis Chal- gramme, to have lectured this evening, but 



four exhibitors, Mr. Wilkinson gardener to Ic^^^t. T in cash was awarded to owing to his unavoidable absence from Eead- 



G. A. Gibbs, Esq., Tynesfield ' comine- fir^^t t^i " was the only competitor, i^g. JVlr. F. Townsend, head gardener to the 



with Ladv Downes and Muscat oT lixan- was well deserved, for he staged vice-president, very kindly exchanged dates 



dria grapes. Jubilee melon ^^arn's pIppL f- , Japanese, dis- with Mr Parfitt, and gave his pa?er, "An- 



applef, and Marie Louise and Doyenne^^di^ .^^1' ^^"1^*^^' Wil- "".als and Perennials Grown as Annuals," on 



Cornice pears; Mr. Baker secdnd,^and Mr dTwere filT'Jfb Eoad Nur^r es. Car- this occasion instead of a fortnight later. 



Thoday, gardener to E. P. Nott, Esq., third^ f rf.h SnnS,? ^W^"" well-staged Mr Townsend opened his remarks by saying 



For six dishes of pears, Mr. Bannister was '"flVi^T 1 ^ ' ^p^^!, P^*^P°'^ 



placed first amongst five exhibitors with ex ^"^ H. A. Joy, Cardiff, third. peas, asters, or stocks, each of which might 



cellent examples of Charles Ernest Princess m 1. ^"^^^eurs' section for six vases, well form a subject in itself. 



Doyenne du Cornice, Beurre Diel Beurre An- blooms of each, Mr. A. F. Hill staged ,/irst dealing with annuals grown in pots, 



.iou, and Fondante de ThirrS.' FT t'I^^^^"* v fr^ ^P^«' T.^.'^'T^ reminded his audience of the 



Dessert apples, six dishes, formed a strong r %7i ' ^-Z' ^^^^l'' ^'S^'' ^^""^'^f ^l^rkias in pots, which no doubt 



class (eleven competitors) in which Mr G ^^V^- ''"^ won the coveted trophy, the many of them saw at the last Temple Show. 



Pow. with splendid dishes of Cox's Orange , Smgle-flowered varieties and enumerated many other subjects that 



Pippin, AUington Pippin, King of . the Pip- m7%^' rSZ ^ ^^^"i ^""^ here ell shown, ^ight be treated in an equally successful 



pins, Baumanns Red ReinetteT Rival and r/j^ ff ^i°don gardener to Dr. . Wallace, manner, schizanthus, godetia (double rose). 



Paroquet took the first prize; Mr. J. H. of G w'^Fnl? ^Sf^^^^ «tock-flowered larkspur, annual and peren- 



Virgo second; Mr. H. Pow third. Mr. A. YpiY^w V r ^t^?'*^ ^^^^f""' ^^^^^^ chrysanthemums, nicotiana, balsam, 



Currey took the lead for four dishes with a Thl ZlJ ' Bronze Pagram. nemesia, Dimorphotheca aurantiaca, etc., the 



fine set. For six dishes of culinary a^jples tnL,- arranged vase of single-flowered ^^if and novelty of which, when seen in 



Mr. G. Pow was again first in a strong class' rtlP^^^ one from Mr. G. J. T. Grinter, Pots. words could not express. Pacing to 



staging large, clein dishes of New?of Won! th^l^^of IZ n^J" f • V ^'^w half-hardy and hardy subjects raised ulder 



der, Bismarck, Bramley's Seedling, Stirling r^ZZ r ^^-^^ variety Mr. G. Tucker, S^^^ ior summer bedding, the lecturer said 



Castle, Peasgood's Nonsuch, and G^oiene'! Jf*^^^^^' Cardiff, won with exceedingly fine ¥ ^^de no apology for the number of varie- 



Seedling; Mr. H. Pow was a good second r°Sf!i. ef ^1°^' Maident, proposed to mention, the members 



d Mr Currev third. Mr W^lSnsSi wa^ ' ^/.^^ford Street, Cardiff, won the premier ^^ad seen all, or nearly all, in the gardens 



" -- ■ ^ Tin«,t,n« „^ f...... +0, .. .1 - -^ -Tillside in the summer. 



their beauty. 



splendid conditio 

 PLANTS. 

 I group of chrysanthemu: 



Vegetables, for collections of which Messrs. Pla^te, Lord Ninian Stuart gave a chal ^^^^S^^-^^T*''?^' • "^"^^^^^ compact), nicoti 



Garaway and Co., Messrs. Carter and Co., \%^g^ cup, which was competed for bv T"^^' 4i«*otis grandis statice. mimi 



and Messrs. Sutton and Sons all gave prizes Messrs. G. Williams and Sohand Mr W Drummondi, salpiglossis, 



were staged in large quantity, and in firstl Treseder, Cardiff, the prizes go"ng in the ^'Z% "'''"^^ • . 



rate condition. order here given. The premier group con- ^^"^^^"^^lo'^/s to sowing, the proper < 



NOxN-COMPETITIVE. "^^"^ handsome blooms, and, the treatment w?rp f,St^f,vf! ^"T^^nr^p'rl 



OJe non-competing exhibits were a great '"^rlr^Z^Z^'fer^^^^^^ -p^-Se Tr^ ^^J^LSFwas aSe" to^ r?. 



help m making the show a success. Orchids santhemums arranrd bv cotta^er^i« V confidence that for the raisin 



Cv^wfl Tc^^ of 20 square feet. The/e were W en?r?rft? annuals a preponderance of leaf-soil may 



wm^mm m^^-^ mmmm 



Messrs. Parker and Son«, Clifton ; carnations In 



