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Esq., Weavering, was the most successful exhibitor in the culinary 
class, easily securing the first prize with handsome examples of 
Cellini, Blenheim Pippin, and Weavering Apple. Mr. Green was 
second with nearly equally good fruit. Mr. Braddick taking the 
third position. Culinary Pears were well shown by G. Stockdale, 
Esq., Wateringbury, and dessert varieties by Mr. Braddick, these 
gentlemen securing the premier prize in each class, the latter staging 
some very good specimens of Chaumontel and Glou Moreau. 
Mrs. Stoddart Douglas was the principal exhibitor of Grapes, taking 
first prize in each class with medium-sized bunches of Black Alicante 
but superbly coloured, and Muscat of Alexandria rather small but 
apparently well ripened. Other moderately good Grapes were sent 
by J. Whatman, Esq., Vinters ; J. Hollingworth, Esq., Turkey Court; 
and Capt. Brenchley, East Sutton. 
Among the special exhibits the most remarkable was a collection 
of Apples from Mr. L. Killick, comprising 150 varieties all in good 
condition, but the Loddington Seedling in the centre were extremely 
fine. A special prize was deservedly awarded to Mr. Killick. Mr. 
Braddick sent a basket of handsome Pears ; Messrs. Thomas Erost 
and Sons had collections of Potatoes shown as grown. In the large 
hall Herbert Monckton, Esq., Maidstone, exhibited a basket of vege¬ 
tables and fruits which were tastefully arranged with foliage and 
flowers, the dried silvery pods of Honesty forming a pretty margin. 
Mr. S. Dean contributed beautiful baskets of Chrysanthemum blooms 
arranged with foliage over the handle and rising from the centre of 
the basket into a hemispherical mass of bright and carefully selected 
colours. This was highly commended by the Judges. 
The weather proved as favourable as could be desired, and large 
numbers of visitors attended the Exhibition, especially in the evening. 
SOUTHAMPTON. 
The autumn Exhibition of this Society was held in the Victoria 
Skating Rink on the 16th and 17th inst., the groups of Chrysanthe¬ 
mums and plants completely filling the large building. The cut 
flower classes were also much better than last year, whilst the fruit 
and vegetables were most abundant. The whole of the arrangements 
were most satisfactorily carried out by an energetic executive with 
Mr. Fuidge as Secretary. 
In the nurserymen’s class for a group of plants Messrs. Oakley and 
Watling were awarded the first prize, Messrs. J. and C. Ransom the 
second, and Mr. E. Hillier the third ; all exhibiting small but useful 
specimens. In the corresponding class for gardeners Mr. Wills, 
gardener to Mrs. Pearce, The Firs, Bassett, was a very good first; Mr. 
J. Ayms, gardener to Mrs. Eliot, York, occupied the second position ; 
and Mr. Hinds, gardener to Lord Wimborne, the third. For a group 
of Chrysanthemums arranged in a limited space there were six com¬ 
petitors, the post of honour being obtained by Mr. Allen, gardener to 
J. Bailey, Esq., Elmfield Hill, Mr. Wills being placed second, Mr. 
Ayms third, and Mr. T. Osborne, gardener to J. Buchan, Esq., Wilton 
House, fourth, all exhibiting well. For twelve and six plants and six 
Japanese plants grown on single stems there was a spirited com¬ 
petition between Messrs. Wills, Ayms, Allen, Osborne, and Thomas, 
who secured the principal prizes. The plants exhibited were not trained 
with that uniformity customary at the London shows, neither could 
the flowers in all cases be said to be of such excellence, still the 
majority were very showy and attractive. 
In the open class for twenty-four cut blooms, sixteen incurved and 
eight Japanese, the back row to be Japanese, there were six collec¬ 
tions staged, the premier award of the Exhibition going to Mr. Moly- 
neux, gardener to W. H. Myers, Esq., Swanmore Park, Bishop’s 
Waltham, for a collection that we have only seen surpassed this 
season by Mr. Tunnington at the Kingston Exhibition for the chal¬ 
lenge vase. Mr. Molyneux’s blooms were large, fresh, and of that 
beautiful globose form that is so desired in a good incurved flower. 
Mr. Wills was a very good second, Mr. Moorman third, and Mr. 
Stillaway, gardener to the Right Hon. Earl Cairns, Bournemouth, 
fourth. In the other classes Messrs. Molyneux, Wills, and Moorman 
were the chief prizetakers. 
Fruit and vegetables were plentiful; several fine stands of Grapes 
were staged ; the Apples and Pears not only large but highly coloured. 
Poinsettias, Primulas, and Cyclamens were all well represented. It 
was, collectively, a very fine show, and combined as it was with 
an exhibition of British and foreign cage birds, attracted a large 
number of visitors. 
TUNBRIDGE WELLS. 
Under most unfavourable circumstances as regards the weather this 
Society’s annual Exhibition of Chrysanthemums, plants, and fruit 
was opened on Thursday, the 18th inst., in the handsome hall near 
the station. Snow was falling nearly the whole of the afternoon, 
consequently deterring a large number of persons from visiting the 
Show, but fortunately the weather proved remarkably fine on the 
following day. The display of Chrysanthemums was one of the 
largest held this year, the specimen plants, particularly the dwarf- 
trained Pompons, being excellent; but the cut blooms, though nume¬ 
rous and neat, were slightly deficient in size and substance in the 
majority of the collections. Provision was made for the exhibition of 
miscellaneous plants, and those for table decoration were very well 
represented ; but the fruit was the chief feature of the Exhibition 
both in quantity and quality, the Apples being staged in most satis¬ 
factory condition. The schedule contained no less than sixty-three 
classes in three divisions—A, open to all exhibitors in East Kent and 
Mid-Sussex ; B, for gentlemen’s gardeners and amateurs within a 
radius of fourteen miles of Tunbridge Wells ; C, for those within an 
eight-mile radius of this town ; and D, devoted to fruit classes similar 
to division A. The prizes were not of high amount, the majority 
ranging between 10s. and 2s., and yet the entries were numerous, as 
they often are where many small prizes are offered instead of a few 
large ones. It is scarcely necessary to add that under the superin¬ 
tendence of the Secretary, Mr. E. Charlton, the general arrangements 
were highly satisfactory. 
Among specimen Chrysanthemum plants one of the most important 
classes was that for a group of eight arranged for effect, the style of 
training not being stipulated but left to the exhibitor. The chief 
prize in the class was a silver cup, value three guineas, offered by 
the tradesmen of Tunbridge Wells, and formed, of course, the coveted 
object of the competitors, though the second and third prizes were 
£2 and £1 each respectively—with the exception of one other class 
the highest offered. There were four entries, the plants constituting 
bright and effective groups to the left of the entrance, at one side of 
the spacious and handsome hall which the Society is so fortunate in 
obtaining. Mr. F. Early, gardener to G. A. Brittain, Esq., Ferndale 
Park, succeeded in winning the cup with vigorous dwarf and pyramid 
and standard specimens, both foliage and blooms of which were 
excellent. They were tastefully and effectively arranged ; the most 
noteworthy varieties being Peter the Great, Magnum Bonum, Dr. 
Sharpe, Prince of Wales, and Fair Maid of Guernsey, all exceedingly 
well flowered. The second position was accorded to Mr. Adams, 
gardener to T. Grant, Esq., for smaller specimens, but indicating 
similarly good culture. Mr. J. Allan, gardener to Lady G. Field, 
Ashurst Park, followed with bright and healthy examples, but rather 
deficient in the number and quality of the blooms. The correspond¬ 
ing class in division B was also for eight specimens, a silver cup of 
equal value to that already noticed being given by the ladies of the 
district as a first prize. This, although restricted to fewer growers, 
was also well competed for, three attractive groups extending nearly 
half the length of the hall on the right of the entrance, thus corre¬ 
sponding with those in the first class. Mr. J. Wilkins, gardener to 
Mrs. S. Williams, Shirley Hall, Langton, contributed the best collec¬ 
tion, including plants in a surprisingly vigorous state, the foliage 
excellent and the flowers of good form ; Mrs. Sharpe, Fulton, and 
Mrs. G. Rundle were the most noteworthy. Mr. R. Beilby, gardener 
to W. H. Tindall, Esq., Hollyshaw, Camden Park, was second with 
less luxuriant but neat and profusely flowered specimens. The third 
position was accorded to Mr. J. Nutting, gardener to Col. Ramsden, 
Ashurst, for rather small plants, among which was, however, an 
admirable specimen of the bright and effective variety Bob. The 
entries in the class for six dwarf-trained large-flowered varieties con¬ 
stituted an imposing bank at one end of the hall, serving well to 
balance the Pompon specimens at the opposite end. The premier 
award was secured by Mr. Early with well-grown, handsome, and 
profusely flowered specimens of Prince of Wales, Mrs. Haliburton, 
Baron Beust, Golden George Glenny, and Mr. G. Rundle, all very 
even and cleverly trained. Mr. John Charlton, Summer Yale Nursery, 
was a very close second, the blooms large and of good shape, and the 
plants vigorous, though the stakes employed in training were slightly 
too prominent. Mr. Wilkins took the third place with neat and 
healthy plants,but bearing comparatively few blooms. The Pompons 
were remarkable for their great size generally and the abundance of 
their blooms. Those opposite to the incurved were particularly fine, 
and Mr. John Charlton well deserved the first prize he obtained for 
six large and handsome specimens, of which President Decaisne, Cedo 
Nulli, Fanny, Calliope, and Mr. Astie were excellent in every respect. 
Many other admirable collections were staged, the principal prize- 
takers being Messrs. Beilby, Early, Mitting, and Wilkins. The total 
number of specimens exhibited exceeded two hundred—sufficient to 
occupy considerable space, and in a less commodious building could 
not have appeared to nearly so much advantage. 
Cut blooms were numerously represented, but in many of the col¬ 
lections there was plenty of room for improvement; indeed some 
were a long way from the exhibition standard. However, those 
accorded the chief honours in the classes were in several instances 
marked by more than ordinary merit. The best twenty-four incurved 
blooms in division A were staged by Mr. J. Allan ; they were even, 
fresh, and moderately good in substance, especially Cannell’s Bronze, 
Rev. J. Dix, Princess of Wales, and Guernsey Nugget. Mr. John 
Charlton’s second-prize blooms were smaller, but neater and^ very 
clean. The B class for twenty-four incurved was not very well filled ; 
Mr. A. Henderson, gardener to J. Deacon, Esq., Mabledon Park, 
taking the chief prize for fairly good blooms, among which Barbara 
was especially worthy of notice. In the open class for twelve of the 
same section Mr. Charlton won with medium-sized blooms, but of 
excellent form. Queen of England, Antonelli, Mrs. G. Rundle, Golden 
George Glenny, Rev. J. Dix, and Lady Hardinge were the best in the 
stand. Mr. W. Cornwall, gardener to F. Burchard, Esq., Horsted 
Place, Uckfield, and Mr. Early followed with fair collections. Mr. 
J. Charlton was again in the chief position with twelve Japanese, 
his blooms possessing a creditable freshness and purity of colour. 
Bismarck, Garnet, Striatum, Mons. Charles Hubert, and Red Gauntlet 
were also of good size. Mr. Early was in this case a close second, 
but the varieties were not quite so distinct or well chosen. Mr. Allan 
was a good third with neat blooms. Japanese were well represented 
in two other classes. Mr. G. Ware, gardener to Miss Morgan, Hangers- 
