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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ June 9, 1881. 
Mr. Unite had the bronze medal with articles of the same nature. Mr. 
W. Cains, Poole, was worthily awarded a certificate of merit for a 
small and very useful garden tent, showing much ingenuity on the 
part of the inventor. The tent is 7 feet by 5 feet, has no central pole, 
yet is strong and rigid. The tent contains a seat and table, which at 
the first glance would seem to serve no other purpose than the ordi¬ 
nary one ; but they do, for they are so constructed as to form a box 
into which the tent and its paraphernalia can be packed; the box 
being only 3 feet long, 18 inches wide, and 9 inches deep. Mr. Cain 
has further carried his ingenuity to the top of the tent, for the 
central ornament is the mallet for fixing the pegs. This tent ought 
to be a treasure to picnickers, and is suitable for small lawns generally. 
Messrs. Boulton & Paul, J. J. Thomas, and Dick Radclyffe had many 
articles in this class, not less useful than those above mentioned. 
Mowing Machines. —The Judges’ work in this class of eight exhi¬ 
bitors, each having a number of machines, was no sinecure, for special 
advantages in some form or other were claimed for each kind of 
mower; and it may be safely said that all were good and did their 
work well. After a critical examination the silver medal was granted 
to the old firm of world-wide fame, Messrs. T. Green & Sons of Leeds 
and London. As the machines are known in all lands where good 
lawns are cherished it is quite unnecessary to give any description of 
them. The bronze medal went to Messrs. Ransomes, Head, and 
Jefferies for a remarkably good method of delivering grass from the 
boxes of the machines worked by horse power. This is a most effi¬ 
cient contrivance that will commend itself to all operators ; the 
machine is also strong in make, easily worked, and cuts smoothly. 
Messrs. Samuelson, Banbury, had a number of machines suitable 
for the smallest as well the largest lawns that d : d their work well. 
Mr. T. Clark (Chadborn & Coldwell Manufacturing Company) was 
awarded a certificate of merit for the Excelsior machine that won 
the silver medal last year. It is simple in design, strong, and w r orks 
with great smoothness and ease. 
Garden Engines , Syringes, tfc. —There was much competition in 
this class. Messrs. Boulton & Paul were successful in securing the 
silver and Messrs. Arnold & Sons the bronze medal. The Norwich 
collection was an extensive one, and included a great variety of 
appliances for distributing water in the open air and under glass, in 
large gardens and in small, and was altogether a most meritorious 
collection. Messrs. Arnold, besid s showing hand syringes, had the 
efficient “ Simplex ” pump figured and described in this Journal last 
year, page 169, vol. i., new series. Mr. J. Deverill, jun., Slough, was 
adjudged a certificate of merit for his patent irrigator for watering 
lawns. Considerable ingenuity appears to have been displayed in 
its production, and the Judges’ approval was given after seeing it in 
operation. It is self-acting, and attracted much attention from 
visitors. 
Rustic Adornments. —Mr. J. C. Fox of South Kensington, whose 
summer-houses are so widely knowm and in such high repute, re¬ 
ceived the silver medal in this class for a number of picturesque 
structures of different sizes and patterns, and adapted for the adorn¬ 
ment of gardens and pleasure grounds of various sizes and character. 
They are most satisfactory works of their kind—substantial, and of 
that quaint and pleasing appearance that commend them to those 
Fig. 104.—FOSTER & PEARSON’S SILVER MEDAL TENANT RIGHT STRUCTURE, 
who require houses of this nature. Messrs. Dick Radclyffe & Co. 
were adjudged the bronze medal in this class for tasteful constructions 
of the same character. 
Seating Apparatus. —A great number of boilers, valves, &c., were 
exhibited by eight competitors, and considerable interest was mani¬ 
fested in the verdict of the Judges, and much discussion was brought 
to bear on the merits and shortcomings of the different boilers. The 
apparatus for which the silver medal was awarded was a wrought 
iron saddle boiler with a series of intersecting tubes, somewhat in the 
form of the letter X, but the tubes in ogee form, in the crown of the 
boiler. Most gardeners who examined the boiler expressed a favour¬ 
able opinion of it, but some thought there was scarcely sufficient 
space for fuel for what is known as “ banking-up.” It is no doubt a 
quick and powerful boiler without being complex, the latter condition 
having, no doubt, had weight with the Judges. The bronze medal 
was won by Mr. Warhurst of Highgate for an apparatus designated 
“ Ben’s Boiler,” a ribbed and flued saddle, the flues being in the sides, 
and the ribs, in the form of teeth, in the crown ; there is also a cross 
connection in the arch between the two ribs or teeth, and from this 
cross piece a vertical waterway to the crown of the boiler, affording 
a free passage of water to the flow pipe. This appears to be a strong 
and useful apparatus, and will probably do its work well. Mr. Wag- 
staff had vertical and arched saddle tubular boilers ; and Mr. Watson 
saddle and wedge, also suspension boilers, which found favour with 
some on-lookers, but as a rule the Judges’ decisions were acquiesced 
in by the horticultural public. Several boilers were included in the 
miscellaneous collections of other exhibitors. Messrs. Weeks & Co. 
exhibited their well-known, widely used, and much-approved tubular 
boiler, but not for competition, also models of horticultural struc¬ 
tures of the various kinds as made at their works at Chelsea. 
Garden Structures Modes of Glazing, ifc. —There were no less than 
seventeen competitors in this class, and the exhibits covered a great 
amount of space. The silver medal was awarded to Messrs. Foster and 
Pearson of Beeston, Notts, with portable frames that were awarded 
the silver medal last year, and figured and described on page 493, 
vol. xxxviii.; also a fine span-roofed greenhouse represented in the an¬ 
nexed engraving. It was for this house that the medal was given. It 
is not only a fine house, 40 feet by 18 feet, strong, with grooved rafters 
to prevent drip, elliptically cut glass to prevent the putty being satu¬ 
rated and thoroughly ventilated ; but it is a true tenant’s structure, 
and can be removed at will. Of this there is no doubt. It can be taken 
down quickly without disturbing the glass, and speedily erected 
again as may be necessary. It is also equally a landlord’s struc¬ 
ture, as owing to the width of the iron foundation standards, 
3 feet, the structure is firm and immoveable by the wind. The 
sides are bounded from the ground to stage. It is a substantial 
and useful house for plant or fruit culture, and worthy of the honour 
it has received. The bronze medal was adjudged to Mr. Helliwell 
of Brighouse, Yorkshire, and Parliament Street, London. This is 
a well-proved system of glazing without putty, all the woodwork 
being covered with glass, the squares being securely fixed by lead 
clips on horizontal sashbars ; the bars are channelled for the pre¬ 
vention of drip, and the roof may be fairly described as firm, safe, 
simple and effectual. Certificates of merit were granted to Mr. C. 
Causley of West Hackney; to Messrs. Tracey & Son, Ilford; to 
Messrs. Johnson Brothers & Co., Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, and to 
Mr. T. Bickley, Birmingham, for systems of glazing without putty. 
Mr. Causley’s method is applicable to ordinary sashbars, which are 
here covered with metal caps, between which and a metal lid in the 
rebate the glass is inserted and securely gripped. The roof is strong, 
light, and waterproof, and means are adopted for preventing drip by 
condensed moisture. Messrs. Tracey’s plan consists of tubular metal 
sashbars with longitudinal slits, in which the glass is inserted and held 
securely, the tubes resting on horizontal sashbars the same distance 
apart as the squares are in length. A noticeable feature in this plan 
is its great simplicity ; the roof is curvilinear. Messrs. Johnson’s 
