JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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fine Leviathan Broad Beans, Culverwell’s Telegraph Peas, Model 
Cucumbers, Nantes Horn Carrots, Early White Naples Onions, and 
Canadian Wonder Beans amongst others. Mr. C. Haines, gardener 
to the Earl of Radnor, Colesbill House, Highworth, Bucks, followed 
very closely. Mr. William Meads, Beckett Gardens, was third ; Mr. 
J. Austin, Ashton Court Gardens, Bristol, fourth ; Mr. E. Beckett, 
gardener to J. Plurrie, Esq., Sandown House, Esher, fifth ; and Mr. 
Clarke, The Gardens, Melton Constable, East Dereham, sixth ; all 
staging very creditable examples. 
Messrs. Carter & Co.’s Prizes.—There was a very fine display of 
Peas in the classes devoted to them, and some remarkably handsome 
examples were staged. Five prizes were offered for four dishes, each 
comprising fifty pods, to represent Carters’ Stratagem, Carters’ Tele¬ 
graph, Carters’ Telephone, and Carter’s Pride of the Market; twenty 
exhibitors appeared, thus staging the enormous number of eighty 
dishes, or four thousand pods. The first prize was accorded to Mr. 
G. Miles, gardener to Lord Carington, Wycombe Abbey, with un¬ 
commonly fine examples, the pods of great size and very full. The 
second position was accorded to Mr. H. Marriott, Prospect Place, 
Sherbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire, for collections very close in quality 
to the first. Mr. T. Bailey, gardener to T. T. Drake, Esq., Shardeloes, 
Amersham, was third ; Mr. G. Bartholomew, Hildenboro’, Tonbridge, 
was fourth ; Mr. John Garland, Killerton, Exeter, was fifth ; all the 
prizetakers being extremely near eacKother in the quality of the 
exhibits. 
Messrs. Webb <fc Sons’ Prizes.—Three prizes were offered by the 
above-named firm for six distinct kinds of vegetables, and, like the 
other classes noticed, the competitors were numerous and the quality 
of their exhibits very satisfactory. Mr. W. Meads was first with fine 
Nantes Horn Carrot, White Naples Onions, Suttons’ Telegraph 
Cucumber, Culverwell’s Telegraph Pea, Canadian Wonder Bean, and 
Improved Lapstone Potato. Mr. Miles followed closely, Mr. Haines 
being third. There were nineteen collections staged. 
Messrs. Rivers & Son offered a prize of £2 2s. for the best dish of 
six Lord Napier Nectarines. There were three competitors—Mr. C. 
Williams, The Gardens, Lower Eaton, Hereford, being the successful 
exhibitor, staging large, superbly ripened, and richly coloured fruits. 
Messrs. Webber & Co., Covent Garden, offered prizes for the best 
example of packing fruit, the competitors ’.to dispatch the packages 
from their gardens direct to Kensington, to arrive on the morning of 
the first day of the Show. There were only two entries. Mr. W. 
Crump, gardener to the Duke'of Marlborough, Blenheim, Woodstock, 
Pig. 120 .—Taj gardens, agra. (See page 531.) 
Oxon, secured the chief prize with fine Grapes, Peaches, and Straw¬ 
berries in shallow boxes. For the two former a thick layer of moss 
was placed in first, then a layer of cotton wool covered with tissue 
paper, upon which the fruit rested firmly and closely packed in the 
centre. The Strawberries were in leaves upon wool. Mr. A. Water¬ 
man, Preston Hall, Aylesford, had similar fruit packed without the 
moss, the tissue paper surrounding each bunch of Grapes and single 
fruit of the Peaches, the Strawberries being each wrapped in a leaf. 
In the first-prize collection the fruit was in excellent condition, the 
bloom upon the Grapes being very slightly rubbed. 
THE PELARGONIUM SOCIETY’S SHOW. 
Visitors to previous exhibitions of this Society have, perhaps, seen 
a more satisfactory show than on this occasion both in regard to ex¬ 
tent and quality ; but taking the season into consideration most of 
the sections were very fairly represented—indeed, some handsome 
collections were staged in several classes, the Show and Zonal types 
being especially strong and well flowered. The Fancy varieties and 
the Ivy-leaf section were not in great force, but the cut blooms were 
all that could be desired. 
Show Varieties .—These were numerously represented, mostly in fine 
condition. Mr. Wiggins, gardener to H. Little, Esq., had the best six 
specimens, even and well grown. The varieties were Victory, Illumi¬ 
nator, Jeanette, Magnificent, Prince Leopold, and Setting Sun. Mr. C. 
Turner Slough, was a close second, the plants not quite so large, but 
the blooms of unusual size and very bright; Claribel, Venus, and 
Mabel were very fine. The third prize was withheld. For eighteen 
specimens Mir. J. YTiggins was again first with an excellent selection 
of varieties, including Amethyst, Faust, Hermit, Christabel, Fortitude, 
Rosalind, Ritualist, Dauntless, and Superb in very fine condition. 
Mr. C. Turner again followed closely with a similarly fine selection ; 
Joe, Constitution, Virgin Queen, Valiant, and Mountain of Light being 
noticeable in addition to those named in the previous collection. 
Mr. Hammond, gardener to F. Hunt, Esq., Stamford Hill, took the 
third position. For nine specimens of the decorative section Mr. C. 
Turner secured the first prize with well-flowered examples ; Kingston 
Beauty Quadroon, Digby Grand, and Duchess of Bedford being 
particularly fine. Mr. J. Wiggins was second with neat specimens, 
Miss Bradshaw Improved being in very fine condition; Messrs. J. 
Hayes Edmonton, taking the third position with smaller but freely 
flowered specimens. For eighteen specimens of the decorative section 
Mr Wiggins was first with very good examples of Lucie Lemoine, 
Nellie Hayes, Princess of Wales, and Duchess of Edinburgh among 
others. Messrs. Hayes were second, their best plants being Olivette, 
Decorata, Madame Favart, and Triumphans. , . 
Fancy Varieties .—Three collections only of these varieties were 
staged, and only two of these were of good quality. Mr. Turner w as first 
with six specimens of moderate size, but very healthy and admnably 
