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creditable, and Mr. W. Smith had many good blooms in his second-prize 
•stand. Very good also were the twelve bunches which were shown by Mr. 
T. Hobbs, Mr. J. P. Budd, and Mr. J. Burgess, who received the awards in 
the order named. The German and French Asters as usual were very 
numerous and very fine. The winners with the former were Messrs. H. 
Hooper, J. Nation, A. A. Walters, and H. Catley, while the latter were best 
shown by Messrs. G-. Cooling. H. Pocock, J. Burgess, and A. A. Walters. 
Phloxes were well shown by Messrs. W. Luton, H. Hooper, and J. B. Black- 
more. Hollyhocks by Messrs. J. Burgess, A. A. Walters, and H. C. Mayall. 
■Cut flowers in twenty-four bunches by Messrs. B. C. Bryant, E. Brown, and 
H. James. Messrs. J. Cypher, Mark Hookings, and H. James had good 
floral devices. Messrs. M. Hookings, E. T. Hill, J. Bland, and It. B. Cater, 
table ornaments, and Messrs. Cypher, Hookings, and A. George hand 
bouquets; the competition in each instance being very close, and there 
-were several meritorious unplaced exhibits. The stands of named collec- 
'-tions of wild flowers were very numerous, and the specimens remarkably 
well selected and named, the whole with the bouquets and vases of wild 
flowers forming quite a feature in the varied display. 
FRUIT. 
As previously observed, there was a falling-off in this section of the 
’Show. No collections of twelve dishes were staged, and it may be assumed 
that the comparatively few gardeners who could show creditably in such a 
-•class -would regard the prizes as quite inadequate for so great an effort. 
Twenty persons can stage six dishes more easily than two can stage twelve. 
'No Pines were exhibited. 
Grapes. —In the class for eight bunches of Grapes in four varieties there 
were three competitors; Mr. Nash, gardener to the Duke of Beaufort, 
securing first honours with very fine Alicantes, good Black Hamburghs and 
Hady Downe’s, -with small Muscats. Mr. Alderman Chaffin was a rather close 
second with very neat examples of Madresfield Court, Black St. Peter’s, 
Black Hamburgh, and Alicantes, but not perfectly ripe. Mr. Jones, gardener 
to General Doherty, had the remaining prize. There were eight competitors 
in the class for three bunches of Black Hamburghs, the prizes falling to Mr. 
Rye, gardener to James Denham Esq.; Mr. Bannister, gardener to H. St. 
Vincent Ames, Esq.; Mr. Smith, gardener to A. Shipley, Esq.; and Mr. 
.Coles, gardener to Mrs. Smith, for produce of fair average quality and close 
in order of merit. Of two bunches of the same varieties there were five 
exhibitors, the produce being better than in the larger class, and the prizes 
'••went to Mr. Loosemore, gardener to H. Cooper, Esq.; Mr. Shelton, gardener 
to T. "Waite, Esq. ■ and Mr. Lintern, gardener to W. Butler, Esq. Only three 
pairs of Muscats were staged, the prizes going to Messrs. Loosemore, Shelton, 
.and H. Smith, the two former staging fairly good examples. In the Any 
other.white variety class Mr. Loosemore was again to the fore with Foster’s 
■“Seedling, followed by Mr. Bye and Mr. Cole, gardener to W. Pethick, Esq., 
-with Buckland Sweetwater. This w r as the worst class in the Show, as the 
••corresponding class for black Grapes was the best, eight lots being staged. 
Mr. Nash secured first honours with very fine Alicantes, Mr. Coles following 
■with good average bunches of the same variety, Mr. Loosemore having the 
.vemaining prize for small bunches of Alicante. Some good Madresfield 
Court in. this class, but by whom staged we know not, must have been 
■passed with great reluctance by the Judges. 
Melons. —Twenty-six fruit were staged in the two classes—namely, green- 
tilesh and “ any other variety ” class ; and although many of the fruits were 
of good appearance their quality was not satisfactory. In the green-fleshed 
class Mr. Iggulden, gardener to the Earl of Cork, was first with Masterpiece, 
the best Melon in the Show, Messrs. Tucker, Bye, and Carpenter following ; 
but all the fruits were certainly not correctly named. In the remaining 
■ class Mr. Oatbert, gardener to H. Oldland, Esq., was well first with Blenheim 
Crange, Mr. Smart, gardener to H. Brooke, Esq., following. Other prizes, 
we presume, were awarded, and if so the “boys” were not successful in 
-attaching the prize cards. 
Peaches and Nectarines. —The winning dishes of these were fairly good, 
-■six dishes of nine fruits being staged. Mr. Shaw was first with fruit named 
the Prince of Wales, very pale ; Mr. Crothers second with Exquisite ; Mr. 
Gouldsmith third with Goshawk. There were eight dishes of six fruits, the 
prizes going to Messrs. Nash; King, gardener to W. Leach, Esq., and Iggul- 
■den, all staging Barrington. Nectarines were perhaps better than Peaches, 
and the competition was good. The prizetakers were Messrs. Eye, Bannister, 
•G-ouldsmith, Bice, and Shad well, the varieties Pine Apple, Pitmaston Orange, 
• and Victoria. 
Plums. —The competition in these classes was excellent, and the display 
the best we have seen this year. In the class for twelve dishes of dessert 
Plums, Green Gage excluded, the first prize was awarded to Mr. H. Smith 
for Golden Drop, the second to Mr. Clifford for Kirke’s, the third to Mr. 
Gator for Angelina Burdett—a good class. Of culinary Plums, the first and 
second prizes went to Messrs. Carpenter and Mr. A. T. H. Hall, both with 
Fonthill or Pond’s Seedling, Mr. E. Hall following. A fine class of 
twenty-one dishes. For Green Gages the prizes went to Messrs. Lye, Weston, 
J. Hall, and Cole. 
Nine dishes of Figs were staged, but as there was evidently some mistake 
.in the awards, inasmuch as the best dishes were without cards, we are 
unable to indicate the winners. Cherries were very fine from Messrs. Cox 
and Jones, Filberts good, Apples numerous and excellent, and Pears gene¬ 
rally satisfactory. All the most popular varieties of Apples were repre¬ 
sented in creditable condition, but we did not obtain the names of the 
.•successful competitors. 
VEGETABLES. 
A remarkably fine lot of vegetables, principally in collections, were shown. 
As a rule, immense heaps were formed, and the vegetables also were, as a 
rule, much too coarse. Tomatoes were included in very large quantities, 
and Cucumbers, Cauliflowers, and Peas were conspicuously good. The 
winners in the classes for collections of twelve varieties were Messrs. 
Barnfield, W. Smith, and W. Tylee ; of nine varieties, Mr. G. Garraway, 
..Bev. C. C. Layard, and Mr. W. Fisher ; of six sorts, Messrs. J. Walter, 
Shadwell, and W. Bagbourne, the awards going in the order named in 
■each instance. Mr. W. Mead had a fine collection of Gourds, Squashes, 
and Vegetables Marrows; and seedling Potatoes were shown by Messrs. 
J. Walters, G. Garraway, and E. C. Laurence. The cottagers also had a 
•great display of very fine vegetables. 
At the luncheon, which was presided over by Mr. Alderman Chaffin and 
Mr. Cater, and which the Mayor of Bath attended, it was easy to perceive 
that more than ordinary amount of interest is taken in horticultural pursuits 
by influential personages, and with the support that the directorate richly 
merit, the Bath Shows will become more widely famed and add materially 
to the attractions of the beautiful city in which they are held. 
CENOTHERA RIPARIA. 
Under the incorrect name of QE. prostrata this pretty dwarf Evening 
Primrose is now somewhat generally known ; and though its flowers are 
smaller and less showy than those of some other species, we have no 
doubt that its hardiness, free-flowering habit, and especially the extreme 
neatness of its foliage, will cause it to rank among the most useful of the 
tribe. It seems to succeed in any good garden soil. 
It is a near ally of the polymorphous species (E. fruticosa, some form 
of which is to be met with in most gardens, and resembles that species in 
its inflorescence, but is of weaker habit of growth, and differs in its 
narrower and more elongated foliage, as well as in the distinctly stalked 
flowers and seed vessels. Though popularly known as an Evening 
Primrose its flowers are diurnal, as in the case of many other species of 
this genus, and remain expanded several days. It is worthy of note that 
this species is described as biennial by American botanists, though so far 
as our observation has gone the plant cultivated under this name in 
England is certainly perennial. 
When first introduced it was much recommended by the late Mr. D. 
Beaton as a yellow bedding plant, its prostrate growth rendering it very 
suitable for an edging to beds of taller plants ; but the duration of its 
bloom is by no means co-equal with that of the plants usually employed 
as bedders, and of late years this species has been mostly confined to the 
mixed border. Though naturally more or less procumbent, it may, if 
thought desirable, be tied-up, and will then form a bush to 2 feet high. 
It is easily propagated by cuttings, division, or by seeds, and when 
pegged down the shoots root freely.—T. 
APPLE MR. GLADSTONE. 
As I have seen the Editor’s request for the history of this very fine 
early dessert Apple has not been responded to, I beg to say that I have 
for some years tried to find out its history in vain. Our stock first came 
from Sawbridgeworih and other sources in 1875, and a few years later 
the same Apple was imported from France as the Scarlet Pippin, while 
at Messrs. Cranston’s I saw it under the name of Jackson’s Seedling. I 
heard that it was grown largely at Evesham and that district, but my 
inquiries there have led to no results. My own opinion is that it will 
