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JOURNAL OF HORTICUL2URB AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ November 27, 1881. 
magnificent example of Lady Slade. Second row : Lord Woleeley, Hero of 
Stoke Nevvini'ton, Sir Stafford Carey, Princess of Teck, Venus, Jardin des 
Plantes, Lady Hardinge, and Mrs. Shipman. Front row : Blonde Beauty, 
Barbara, Mrs. Heale, Beauty, Cherub, Princess Beatrice, Mrs. Haliburton, 
Eve. Japanese, back row: Japonais, very fine; Fair Maid of Guernsey; 
Madame C. Audiguier, Golden Dragon, Triompbe de la Rue des Chatelets, 
Soliel Levant, Baronne de Prailly, and Criterion. Second row : Peter 
the Great, Rf'd Gauntlet, splendid; Apollo, M. Ardene, Meg Merilees, F. A. 
Davis (J. Delaux), Comte de Germiny, and La Nympbe. Front row : Pere 
Delaux, Sarnia, Sultan, Hiver Fleuri, Oracle, Thunberg, Magnum Bonum, 
and Striatum. There were very few failing flowers in those stands, which 
were highly creditable to the cultivator. The second prize was with 
great reluctance withheld, as the blooms named Alfred Salter and Queen 
of England were in the unanimous opinion of the Judges of the latter 
variety. Their distinctness could not be claimed because one bloom was 
fresh and the other stale, for both of them were fading, and neither of them 
could stand the test of comparison with any one of the many other Alfred 
Salters in the Show. Had the blooms in question been passed as distinct 
a formal protest would have been entered which could not have been 
resisted; but as they were in the opinion of the officials staged by 
inadvertence, a money grant was recommended for the forty-seven varieties, 
which were generally large and fine, but some of them loose and quite 
devoid of freshness. The exhibitor would have been placed second but for 
the mishap in question. The third prize in this class was won by Mr. 
Coulling, gardener to J. Ruston, Esq., M.P., Lincoln, with fresh blooms, but 
lacking in weight. 
In the class of twenty-four blooms, twelve incurved and twelve 
Japanese varieties, there was excellent competition, Mr. Green again 
securing the chief prize of £5 with examples similar to those in the pre¬ 
ceding class, followed by Mr. Mitchell, gardener to W. J. Warrener, Esq., 
Bracebridge, Lincoln; Mr. Bulmer, gardener to David Wilson, Esq., Cot- 
tingham; and R. Falconer Jameson, Esq., Hessle, in the order named. 
Mr. Green was clearly ahead in the class for twelve incurved blooms with 
a splendid stand containing Queen of England, Golden Empress, Empress 
of India, Alfred Salter, John Salter, Princess of Wales, Venus, Lord 
Wolseley, Princess Beatrice, Barbara, Mrs. Haliburton, and Cherub; Mr. 
Bulmer being second, and Mr. J. Browsho, Beverley, third. In the class of 
twelve Japanese Messrs. Green, Bulmer, and Mitchell were the respective 
winners, all staging well. Mr. Morton, Darlington, was first with six 
Anemone-flowered varieties, his excellent stand including some of the 
Japanese forms; Mr. R, Falconer Jameson being an exceedingly close 
second, and Mr. F. W. Jameson a similarly close third. For six reflexed 
blooms the prizes were awarded respectively to Messrs. Mitchell, R. F. 
Jameson, and F. W. Jameson, all having good stands. The same exhi¬ 
bitors were successful in the class of six blooms, any variety,” which 
ought, according to the intentions of the Committee, to have been “ any 
varieties,” as six were staged in each case. The prizes given by Mr. E. P. 
Dixon, seedsman, &c., for six incmwed and six Japanese varieties were 
won by Mr. Bulmer, Mr. F. W. and Mr. R. F. Jameson in the order named 
for creditable examples. 
Plants. —In the open classes the greatest and best competition was 
for the prizes offered for groups of Chrysanthemums interspersed with 
foliage plants for effect. The first prize of £5 was won by Mr. Bulmer 
with an exceedingly tasteful arrangement, the central plant being a re¬ 
markably healthy Cocos Weddelliana. Mr. Cottam, Cottingham, was 
second; and Mr. Strickland, gardener to Lieut. Col. Saner, third; extra 
prizes being awarded to Messrs. Harland and Read. Messrs. Bulmer, 
Smith, and Wilkinson appeared to take most or all the prizes in the speci¬ 
men plant classes ; and while a few of the examples staged were good, we 
venture to predict there will be better next year. The finest plants in the 
Show were twelve huge specimens, with which an amateur—Mr. T. Smith, 
Murton, York—won Messrs. Laverack & Goddard’s prize, value £10. They 
were what are known as naturally grown—that is, the stems not bent in 
training, and the exhibitor may be proud of having produced them, for 
without being unduly spread out they ranged from 4 feet to 6 feet in 
diameter. 
We are unable to refer to the other amateur classes, and can only say 
that special prizes were recommended for a fine group of plants staged by 
Mr. McMahon, the talented Curator of the Botanic Gardens, and to Mr. 
Martin for cut blooms of Pompons. We could not get near the table 
decorations owing to the density of the crowd. The Show was opened 
by the Mayor and Corporation, and was an undoubted success. It was 
attended by 4000 persons, and a handsome financial balance on the right 
side of the ledger is, we are glad to hear, expected. 
CHESTERFIELD,—NovbmbeR 21st AND 22ND. 
The third annual Show of the Chesterfield Chrysanthemum Society was 
held in the Assembly Room, Market Hall, Chesterfield. The room is a 
spacious one and well lighted, and is admirably suited for the purpose. The 
arrangements of the exhibits was very tastefully effected, and the general 
effect, especially in the evening after the room was well lighted, very bright 
and cheerful. The two sides of the room and one end were appropriated to 
the groups of Chrysanthemums in pots for competition, those on one side 
being incurved and reflexed varieties, whilst the opposite side was tilled with 
Japanese varieties. A good opportunity was thus afforded of comparing 
their relative merits for gmeral decorative purposes, and as there exhibited 
the palm must go to the first named. 
The Society has not until this year given any money prizes, but, instead, 
has given certificates to the winners. This year, however, the 'Society 
resolved to give money prizes in an open class for twenty-four incurved cut 
blooms, not less than twelve varieties, in the hope of inducing some good 
growers from other districts to compete and to improve the standard of their 
exhibits. This class brought seven competitors, one being from Liverpool, 
one from Sheffield, and the remainder from local growers. The first prize in 
this class, as also the prize for the premier incurved bloom in the Show, was 
award 'd to M-. W. K. Woodcock, gardener to Mrs. M. Firth, Oakbrook, 
Sheffi Id, who^e stand of twenty-four was much admired. The back row was 
composed of Enpress of India, Golden Empress, Queen of England, and 
Golden Q leen, two blooms of each. Second row.—White Queen (two), John 
Salter, Mr. Howe, Nil Desperandum, Lady Hardinge, Beverley, and Mr. 
Bunn. Front row—Cherub, White Venus (two), Prince of Wales, Angelina, 
White Eve (very fine). Prince Alfred, and Jardin des Plantes. Tne prize 
for the premier bloom was awarded to a grand bloom of Empress of India 
in this stand. The second and third prizes in this class were taken respec¬ 
tively by Mr. W. Leighton, gardener to J. K. Swallow, Esq., and J. H. 
Clements, gardener to Aid. T. P. Wood, with very good stands. 
In all the other classes, save only the one above referred to, no money 
prizes were given, but certificates as in the two previous years. 
In the local class for twenty-four blooms (gentlemen’s gardeners) Mr. 
J. H. Clements was placed first with very good blooms, and he was also placed 
first with twelve Japanese, very good flowers, his varieties being Madame 
C. Audiguier (two). Lady Selborne (two). Fair Maid of Guernsey (two), 
Soleil de Levant (two), Mons. Lemoine (two), and Bouquet Fait (two). For 
twenty-four Japanese (twelve varieties) Mr. W. Leighton was first; J. 
Surguy, gardener to E. Mason, Esq., second. Mr. Leighton’s stand was a 
very fine one and attracted much attention. His pairs were—La Fres Requier, 
Criterion, M. Marrouch, Astorg, Margot, M. Ardene, Peter the Great, Fair 
Maid of Guernsey, Cossack, M. Lemoine, and Reverie, two blooms of each. 
For twelve blooms incurved (six varieties) Mr. J. Nelson, gardener to W. 
Britt, Esq., was first with fine flowers which might have been much improved 
in the hands of an experienced dresser. This w'ast of proper dressing and 
setting up was noticeable in most of the exhibits, and an objectionable feature 
was the prevailing plan of exhibiting each bloom upon a large and in some 
cases elaborately cut and decorated collar of white paper. There was also 
a class for cut blooms devoted to amateurs, in which some neat but small 
blooms were shown. The principal prizetakers were Messrs. W. S. Clayton 
J. Baker, W. Slack, and E. Turner. 
There was a fine display of large-flowering vars. in pots both incurved and 
Japanese, the finest lot in the Show being a group of eight plants, incurved 
and reflexed varieties, shown by Mr. J. H. Clements. These were grown as 
bushes about 3 feet high with fine foliage and carrying each twenty to thirty 
blooms, nearly all of them good enough for the exhibition table. The 
varieties were Lady Hardinge, Dr. Sharp, White Christine, Nil Desperandum, 
Jardin des Plantes, Golden Empress, Boadicea, and Barbara. The second 
prize was taken by Mr. G. Parkes, gardener to C. Markham, Esq., with 
beautifully fresh and bright plants considerably smaller than those from Mr. 
Clements. The prize for the premier plant incurved was awarded to Mr. 
Clements for Barbara. For the premier Japanese, Mr. G. Parkes with 
Jane Salter. 
Some fine stands of cut flowers, not for competition, were shown by Mr. T. 
Gosling and Mr. T. Hallam. Mr. 'Thomas brought a number of large stands 
of cut flowers, mostly small blooms, not for competition, from Chatsworth. 
There was a small show of Primulas, moderately good plants, and a very fine 
display of fruit, especially of Grapes, which were shown by several exhibitors 
in grand condition. Two exhibits of Gros Colman from Mr. G. Staples,gardener 
to Rev. B. Hallowes, Glasswell Hall, and Mr. C. Morris, gardener to Mrs. Smith 
Milnes, Dunston Hall, were superb, and have, I think, scarcely ever been sur¬ 
passed. A very fine tray of fruit, twelve varieties, was exhibited by Mr. J. 
Surguy, which did him much credit. Messrs. T. Fletcher & Son, nurserymen, 
Chesterfield, were large exhibitors and materially assisted the Show. They 
showed Chrysanthemums, both plants and cut flowers ; also ornamental table 
plants and some very beautiful wreaths and crosses of natural flowers, con¬ 
sisting principally of White Japanesa Chrysanthemums, Bouvardias, and 
Maidenhair Fern. The orchestra was handsomely decorated with Ferns and 
foliage plants from Mr. W. Britt and Mr. F. Swan wick, the latter gen¬ 
tleman contributing a very large and fine specimen of Tree Fern, Cyathea 
princeps. 
The indefatigable Hon. Secretary, Mr. John Hall (to whom and the 
President, Aid. T. P. Wood, the Society is deeply indebted), states that 
although no profit would be realised the receipts would be equal to the 
expenditure. 
BASINGSTOKE.— November 25th and 2«th. 
The first autumn Exhibition of the Basingstoke Horticultural Society 
was held in the Volunteer Drill Hall on the dates named, and considering 
the lateness of the fixture and the earliness of Chrysanthemums this year 
the Show must be pronounced a gratifying success. A better hall for the 
pnrpose we have never seen, for besides being spacious it is as light almost 
as a conservatory; and it was well filled. In some of the classes the com¬ 
petitors were numerous, and very careful discrimination was necessary in 
adjudicating the prizes. Only a closely condensed report can be given of 
the Show. 
Six groups of Chrysanthemums were arranged for the four prizes 
offered, the leading position being well won by Mr. Holdaway, gardener to 
Captain May, with plants ranging fiom 2 to 6 feet in height, bearing 
good blooms and excellent foliage. The great majority of them had 
been cut down—a practice almost indispensable for the purpose in 
question — each supporting about three blooms of exhibition quality. 
The pots were hidden by a bank of moss, and the arrangement was decidedly 
effective. Mr Dawncey, gardener to J. Bramston-Stone, Esq., Birehfield; 
Mr. Champion, gardener to W. H. Blatch, Esq.; and Mr. Qsmond, gardener 
to Major R. P. Warren, were awarded the remaining prizes in the order 
named for groups closely following each other in the order of merit. 
Specimen plants were weak, and are passed without comment. 
Cut blooms were well represented, Mr. Neville, gardener to F. W. 
Flight, Esq., Twyford, Winchester, winning the chief position in the class 
of twenty-four varieties with good and fresh examples. Mr. Drover, 
nurseryman, Fareham, was second, leading Mr. Bowerman, gardener to 
C. N. Bovill, Esq., Hackwood Park, by four points out of a possible 144, 
Mr. Wills being placed fourth with the largest blooms of all, but a fort¬ 
night too old. The most notable bloom in the Show was a grand example 
of Beauty staged by Mr. Drover, who exhibited excellent stands not for 
competition, which were highly commended by the Judges. In the class 
of twelve incurved blooms the prizes fell to Messrs. Drover, Bowerman, 
and Flight, very close in merit, six collections being staged; and in the 
corresponding class for Japanese varieties (seven collections) to Messrs. 
Drover, Flight, and Bowerman. The smaller local classes must perforce 
be passed. 
In table plants the competition was severe, the prizes falling to Messrs. 
Dawncey, Kneller, and Bowerman, the first-named exhibitor taking the 
chief prizes for Primulas, and the two latter for Poinsetrias. Nothing in 
