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Giant Canliflower, and Perfection Tomatoes. Tliere are four other exhibitors 
with less regular but meritorious collections. 
Potatoes .—The display of Potatoes is extensive and excellent, the tubers 
throughout being of moderate size, smaller than we are accustomed to 
see them at shows of this character, but so clean, even, and free from 
defects that they seem much more generally satisfactory. The principal 
class is that for fifty varieties, in which Mr. W. Kerr, Potato grower, 
Dargavel, Dumfries, has succeeded in gaining the first honoirrs with a 
handsome collection, well deserving its position. The varieties repre¬ 
sented are as follows :—White Elephant, Edgcote Purple, Duke of Albany, 
Magnum Bonum, Wonderful Red, Lady Truscott, Peach Blow, Early King, 
Wiltshire Giant, Fillbasket, Woodstock Kidney, Dargavel Beauty, Breese’s 
Prolific, Defiance, American Giant, Red Eluke, Cromwell, Trophy, 
Brownell’s Best, Mr. Breese, Schoolmaster, Victoria Alba, Vicar of Lale- 
ham. International Kidney, Early Ohio, Mammoth Pearl, Fifties Annie, 
ClySe Hall, Dargavel Pride, Excelsior, Red Emperor, Blanchard, Reading 
Russet, Prizetaker, St. Patrick, Lord Rosebery, King Offa, Adirondock, 
Manhattan, Ileatherbell, Matchless, Cosmopolitan, Purple Kidney, Sir- 
Garnet Wolseley, and another irunamed. Mr. R. Dean, Ealing, and Mr. C. 
Osman, Sutton, Surrey, are second and third, each with good collections. 
A class is provided for twelve varieties for garden culture, and in this 
Mr. R. Dean is first amongst the seven exhibitors, staging excellent even 
tubers of Beauty of Hebron, Vicar of Laleham, Ashleaf Kidney, Woodstock 
Kidney, Cosmopolitan, Matchless, Reading Russet, Snowdrop, Radstock 
Beauty, Snowflake, Lapstone, and Sunrise. Mr. J. Hughes, Eydon Hall, 
Byfield, Northampton, is second, and equal third prizes are awarded to Mr. 
W. Kerr and Mr. G. Howard, Bridge, Canterbury. In a similar class for 
twelve field varieties Mr. R. Dean is again first with The Dean, Chancellor, 
Magnum Bonum, Woodstock Kidney, Vicar of Laleham, Cosmopolitan, 
Reading Russet, Schoolmaster, Beauty of Hebron, Reading Hero, Adiron¬ 
dack, and Snowdrop. Messrs. Howard and Kerr are second and third with 
twelve late varieties. Mr. R. Dean is also the premier exhibitor, showing 
Magnum Bonum, Vicar of Laleham, Reading Hero, Bedfont Rose, Chan¬ 
cellor, Mr. Breese, Prime Minister, The Dean, Schoolmaster, Manhattan, 
White Giant, and Beauty of Kent. Messrs. Kerr and Prangnell follow in that 
order. 
English Varieties of Potatoes .—Three prizes were offered for a collection 
of Euglish-raised varieties of Potatoes with their pedigrees, but only two 
are entered—namely, by Messrs. R. Dean and C. Ross, the former gaining 
the chief honours with the following varieties :—Vicar of Laleham (Peake), 
a coloured round from Paterson’s Victoria and Red Emperor. Cosmopoli¬ 
tan (Dean), a white kidney from American Success and Woodstock Kidney. 
The Dean (Dean), a coloured round from Vicar of Laleham and Fenn’s 
Woodstock Kidney. Prime Minister (Dean), a white round from Magnum 
Bonum and Woodstock Kidney. Edgcote Purple (Wiles), a coloured round 
from Edgcote Seedling and Purple Ashleaf. Sunrise (Dean), a white round 
from Beauty of Hebron and Woodstock Kidney. Prizetalc-r (Fenu), a 
coloured kidney from American Willard and Fenn’s Bountiful. Inter¬ 
national (Fenn), a white kidney from Dawe’s Matchless and Feun’s Early 
White Kidney. Cardinal (Dean), a coloured kidney from American Early 
Rose and Fenn’s Bountiful. Perfection (Lye), a white round from Porter’s 
Excelsior and Radstock Beauty. Rosebud (Dean) a coloured round from 
Fenn’s Woodstock Kidney and Beauty of Hebron. London Hero (Dean) a 
white round from Emerton’s Advance and Woodstock Kidney. Bedfont 
Rose (Dean), a coloured round from Fenn’s Woodstock Kidney and Beauty 
of Hebron. Alderman (Dean), a white kidney from American Early Rose 
and Fenn’s Early Market. Wiltshire Giant (Lye), a coloured kidney from 
Improved Peach Blow and American Trophy. Standwell (Dean) a white 
round from Vicar of Laleham and Fenn’s Woodstock Kidney. Progress 
(Lye), a coloured kidney from Fenn’s Bountiful and American Early Rose. 
Recorder (Dean), a white kidney from American Success and Woodstock 
Kidney. Reading Russet (Fenn), a coloured round from American Willard 
and F’enn’s Bountiful. Clyile Hall (Lye), a white kidney from Improved 
Peach Blow and a seedling. Pride of Clyfie (Lye), a coloured round from 
Bountiful and Mona’s Pride. Harvester (Dean), a white round from Beauty 
of_Hebron and Woodstock Kidney. President (Dean), a white round from 
Woodstock Kidney and Magnum Bonum. ChauceUor (Dean), a white kidney 
from Magnum Bonum and Emerton’s Advance. 
A similar class was also provided for American varieties, and in this 
Mr. W. Kerr was the only exhibitor, and was awarded the first prize. It 
M'as, however, subsequently represented that the collection was not in 
compliance with the stipulation in the schedule, as no pedigree was given, 
and the prize card was removed. The varieties are Early Vermont, Mam¬ 
moth Pearl, Triumph, Queen of the Valley, Manhattan, Adirondack, 
Trophy, Snowflake, and White Elephant. 
NON-COMPETING EXHIBITS. 
Several nurserymen and seedsmen contributed large and handsome 
collections of Apples and Potatoes, which occupy more space in the con¬ 
servatory. The Apples are particularly noteworthy, and prominent 
amongst them is the collection from Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, 
which comprises 100 dishes of fine fruits, representing all the best varie. 
ties ill cultivation. Messrs. J. Cheal & Son, Crawley, also have a remark¬ 
ably handsome collection of seventy dishes of Apples and twenty of Pears, 
all of good size, and the former are distinguished by their fine colour, all 
the fruits being clean and well grown. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, 
have seventy dishes of Apples, mostly of fine quality. Messrs. G. Bunyard 
and Son, Maidstone, show an admirable collection of sixty dishes of Apples, 
large and excellently coloured. The London Provincial Dairy Company, 
Belgrave Square, also have twenty-four dishes of Apples; and Mr. Ford, 
Leonardslee, the same number of dishes, but with much finer fruits. 
Potatoes are extensively r presented. Messrs. Sutton V Sons, Reading, 
have an extensive and interesting collection of about 130 varieties and 
twenty-nine seedlings, the same as those shown by this firm at the Inter¬ 
national Potato Exliibition last week. Messrs. J. Carter & Co., High 
Holborn, also have a large collection of useful well-proved varieties, in¬ 
cluding Schoolmaster, White Elephant, Magnum Bonum, Beauty of Hebron, 
Early Ashleaf, and Ashtop Fluke. Mr. S. Ford exhibited twenty-four 
varieties of fine clean well-developed tubers. A large and handsome col¬ 
lection of Gourds was shown from the Socitty’s Gardens, Chiswick, and weie 
greatly admired. 
COMMITTEES. 
Fruit Committee. —Present: H. J. Veitch, Esq., in the chair; and Messrs. 
S. Lyon, C. Ross, G. Goldsmith, H. W. Sutton, J. Ellam, J. E. Lane, 
J. Burnett, J. M. Breese, Philip Crowley, F. Rutland, W. Paul, C. Silver- 
lock, Sidney Ford, G. Bunyard, and R. D. Blackmore. 
Mr. B. S. Williams, Upper Holloway, exhibited two bunches of Winter 
King Grape, described as a sport from Gros Colman grafted on Raisin de 
Calabre. The berries are large, oval, black, and bear a dense bloom, but the 
specimen shown was not in its b-st condition as regards ripeness. The 
Committee expressed a desire to see fruit of the variety from Vines on their 
own roots. H. D. Pochin, Esq., Bodinant, Eglaysbach, Denbighshire (gardener, 
Mr. F. Saunderson), exhibited twelve bunches of Grapes, six each of Muscat 
of Alexandria and Alicante, both large and w-ell coloured, the Muscats in 
particular being very handsome. A cultural commendation was awarded for 
them. Messrs. T. Rivers ife Son, Sawbridgeworth, sent bunches of yellow 
and purple Crabs loaded with brightly coloured fruits, and a dish of Rivers’ 
Monarch Plum, a fine purple variety. Mr. W. Jacobs, Petworth Park, Sussex, 
showed several dishes of Apples, amongst which was a variety named Cumber¬ 
land Codlin, much like Yorkshire Beauty, and some good fruits of Nanny, es¬ 
teemed by the exhibitor as a useful dessert variety.” The Rev. J. A. Williams, 
Aldermaston Lodge, Strat ford-on-Avon, show^ed somefivefruits of Margil Apple. 
Messrs. A. Dickson & Son, Newtonards, Belfast, also sent an Apple named 
Logan’s Seedling, and several others were shown for name. Mr. R. Dean, 
Ealing, had a large round smooth-fruited Tomato, named Prince of Orange. 
Mr. R. Phillips, The Gardens, Deodar.®, Meopham, also had a dish of his 
handsome Perfection Tomatoes; and Mr. G. T. Miles, Wycombe Abbey 
Gardens, showed a dish of a fine red round Tomato. Mr. G. Ward, Bishops 
Stortford, exhibited samples of his patent trough for keeping Grapes, which 
have already been described in this Journal. They attracted much attention 
from the gardeners present, and the general opinion was that the contrivance 
is a very simple and excellent one, obviating many inconveniences arising 
from the use of bottles. Mr. C. Ross, The Gardens, Welford Park, Newbury, 
exhibited a Melon, a cross between Dickson’s Exquisite and Hero of Lockinge, 
well netted and of fair flavour. 
A cultural commendation was awarded to Col. Turbeville, Ewenny 
Priory, Bridgend, South Wales, for a dozen handsome fruits of Duchesse 
d’Angouleme, which weighed in the aggregate 11 lbs. (1 ozs., large, clean, and 
well ripened. Mr. W. Bull, Chelsea, showed a dish of fruits of Kelsey’s 
Japan Plum from California, for which a vote of thanks was accorded. The 
fruits are conical in shape, with a red skin and a yellowish flesh, resembling 
a dark-coloured Nectarine externally. 
A silver Banksian medal was awarded to Mr. J. B. Thomas, Covent 
Garden, London, for eighteen barrels of American Apples just as they are 
imported. The fruits were iu good condition, the best varieties being Belle- 
flower, Nonesuch, Golden Russet, Baldwins, Greening.®, and Northern Spy. 
FLOR.4.L Committee. —Section A.—Present, Mr. John Fraser in the chair; 
and Messrs. E. Hill, J. Dominy, James Hudson, John Woodbridge, H. 
Herbst, F. R. Kinghorn, J. Laing, and Dr. M. T. Masters. Section B.— 
Shirley Hibberd, Esq., in the chair, and Messrs H. Cannell, H. Turner, H. 
Bennett, W. Bealby, J. James, G. F. Wilson, G. Duffield, J. Child, W. B. 
Kellock, and J. Douglas. Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, show plants of 
Dendrobium Phalmnopsis and Sarracenia Wrigleyana, both of which were 
certificated, and are described at the end of this report. Mr. B. S. Williams, 
Upper Holloway, had several plants of the beautiful autumn-flowering 
Amaryllis Mrs. (jarfield, the flowers white veined with bright rose, and 
borne five to six in a head. The graceful Sonchus elegantissima with finely 
divided leaves, and the distinct Coryuocarpus Imvigatus aureus marginatus 
with broad elliptical leaves, dark green edged with yellow, were also repre¬ 
sented, together with a specimen of Cyrtanthus lutescen®, for which a 
botanical certificate was awarded. J. Berners, Esq., Wolversion Park, Ipswich 
(gardener, Mr. J. Sheppard), showed two seedling Crotons, one named C. 
(jem from C. W'iesmanni and C. majesticus, and C. Sheppardi from C. 
Weismanni and C. Morreanus. Both have narrow leaves 8 to 12 inches 
long marbled with green and gold, but they are much alike. 
W. Vanner, Esq., Camden Wood, Chislehurst (gardener, Mr. W. Robins), 
was awarded a vote of thanks for a fine variety of Phalmnopsis Sanderiana, 
named magnifica, which had flowers 2.J inches in diameter and deeply 
coloured. Mrs. Adam.®, Ashton House, Ashton-on-Mersey (gardener, Mr. H. 
Beard), exhibited some remarkably handsome flowers of Celosia plumosa 
most varied and rich in colour, the yellow, scarlet, and crimson tints being 
particularly good, and the panicles are light, graceful, and feathery, as the 
name implies. A cultusal commendation was awarded for this exceedingly 
beautiful strain. 
Messrs. H. Cannell &. Sons, Swanley, contributed a very interesting and 
beautiful collection, including some large plants of the old but little-known 
and very showy Leonotis Leonurus, this hardy plant attaining the height of 
3 or 4 feet, branching freely and producing its long rich orange-coloured 
tubular flowers in dense whorls from the axils of the leaves. A cultural 
commendation was awarded for the plants. A stand of fine Zonal Pelar¬ 
gonium blooms w'as also shown, the best being Cato, bright scarlet, Ida 
Walter, dark scarlet, Eurydice, deep pink, and Imogene, blight salmon, 
being beautiful. A vote of thanks was accorded for a number of flowers of 
the old Dahlia picta formosissima, the florets yellow tdged with scarlet. 
A fine collection of Pompon Dahlias was similarly noteworthy, and some 
profusely flow'ered plants of the pink Begonia Martiana attracted much atler.- 
tion. Messrs. Rawlings Bros., Romford, exhibited a collection of ninety blooms 
of Show and Fancy Dahlias with a number of seedlings. All the flowers 
were large and of great substance, some neat Pompon Dahlias being also 
included. A vote of thanks was adjudged for them. Mr. Ware, Tottenham, 
sent flowers of a pale yellow Cactus Dahlia, very distinct, and pretty 
W. Keith, Esq., Cornwalls, Brentwood (gardener, Mr. T. J. West), exhibited 
thirty-six blooms of well-grown Dahlias, admirable in form and substance ; 
some Pompon Dahlias were also good from the same exhibitor. Messrs. J. 
Cheal & Son, Crawley, had a choice collection of single Dahlias, includ ng 
several very distinct and meritorious varieties, and a stand of variegated ai d 
flowering shrubs and t:ees. Mr. J. King, Rowsham, sent a new Coleus Duke 
of Connaught, the leaves crimson, edged with pale yellow, and prettily 
crenated. Mr. Wiggins, gardener to W. Clay, Esq., Kingston, showed some 
new Cyclamens, the most notable being the “new foliage” variety, which 
has pretty leaves, with a green centre and a neat margin of silvir. A cul- 
