July 31, 1890. 1 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
three blooms of eicb, having good examples of Madame Cusin, Hon. 
Edith Gifford, Innocente Pirola, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Francisca Kruger, 
The Bride, Souvenir d’un Ami, Princess of Wales, Souvenir d’El so. 
Madame Bravy, Mons. Furtado, and Catherine Mermet. The Rev. J. H. 
Pemberton was second, having in good form Madame Thfi ese Levet, so 
well coloured as to supply quite a startling hue among Teas ; Princess of 
Wales, Souvenir d’un Ami, Madame Bravy, Niphetos, and Anna O livier. 
The Rev. T. R. Burnside also had the best twelve Teas, single blooms, 
comprising Souvenir d’Elise, Ca'herine Mermet, Innocente Pirola, Princess 
of Wales, Hon. Edith Gifford, Madame Thdrese Levet, Caroline Kuster, 
Niphetos, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Tne Bride, Rubens and Francisca 
Kruger. Second, Mr. E. B. Lindsell, with Caroline Kuster, Francisca 
Kruger, Marie Van Houtte. Anna Ollivier, Souvenir d’Elise, Catherine 
Mermet. and Cimtesse de Nadaillac. The Rev. J. H. Pemberton was 
third. There was no competition in the class for twelve trussis of any 
yeljow Rose. In that for any white the Rev. T. R. Burnside was first with 
a very fine lot of Innocente Pirola. Mr. C. Burgess, Plumbley Cottage, 
Chester, was second, and Mr. Samuel B irlow, J. P., Stakehill House, third, 
both with Merveille de Lyon. The best twelve blooms of any crimson 
Rose were Ulrich Brunner, from the Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Mr. Samuel 
Barlow was second with Marie Bauman. Bouquets of Rises, the best 
three came from Mr. George Wilkes, gardener to Miss Lord, Ashton-on- 
Mersey. 
District Grown Roses. —There were some classes for these grown 
within twenty miles of Manchester. Mr. Tatham, Wilmslow, was first 
with twenty-four varieties, having fairly good flowers of A. K. Williams, 
Captain Christy, Marie Baumann, Due de Rohan, Prince Arthur, Ulrich 
Brunner, Beauty of Waltham, Alfred Colomb, La France, Madame I. 
Pereire, Lord Bacon, and M. P. Wilder. Second, Mr. James Brown, 
Heaton Nursery. Mr. Brown had the best twelve blooms. Mr. Tatham 
was second. Mr. C. Burgess had the best six, staging perhaps the finest 
bloom of Her Majesty in the Show. Mr. R. G. Burgess was second, and 
the latter had the best bouquet of Roses. 
Extra Prizes were awarded to Mr. Samuel Barlow for a cElection 
of cut blooms of perennials, annuals, garden Roses, all of a fine and 
interesting character; and also for a large flowering spike of Phormium 
tenax variegata, which had been produced in the open ground at his 
Welsh residence at Llandudno ; to Messrs. Dickson & Robinson, 
seedsmen, Manchester, for a fine lot of blooms of Carnation 0 , hardy 
perennials, Roses, &c.; to Messrs. Dickson, Brown, & Tap, seedsmen, 
Manchester, for Roses, hardy perennials, &e., a very attractive group; to 
Messrs. Clibran & Son for a collection of flowers of very fine single 
Begonias end Clematis, also for Calceolarias in pots ; to Messrs. D’ckson 
(Limited), Chester, for fine bunches of hardy perennials, &e.; to Mr. M. 
Campbell, Blantyre, for a very fine and representative collection of cut 
flowers of Pansies, especially of Fancy varieties ; and to Mr. Henry 
Eckford, for a collection of bunches of cut blooms of Sweet Peas. 
A first-class certificate of merit was awarded to Messrs. Paul & Son 
for Bourbon Rose Mrs. Paul. A new H.P. named Bruce Findlay, a kind of 
deep shaded A. K. Williams, is of a very promising character, but was 
not staged in good condition. 
NATIONAL PINK SOCIETY. 
NORTHERN SECTION. 
The Pink Show, held in connection with the Manchester Rose Exhib'- 
tion, was a decided success when it is considered the area of cultivation 
in the north as well as in the south has become very restricted of late. 
There were two exhibitors of twelve blooms in not less than six varieties. 
Mr. M. Campbell, Auchinrai h Nurseries, Blantyre, was first with Modesty, 
very fine; Ada Louisa, Dr. Maclean, Nothing Better, a fine da k variety ; 
Boiard, Reliance, D. Godfrey, and John Drake, with a finely formed 
petal. Second, Mr. Samuel Barlow, J.P., S.akebill H >use, Castleton, 
with Boiard, very fine ; George Hodgkinson, Brown’s Heavy Red, Mrs. 
Thurston, Henry Hooper, Mrs. Dirke, and Rosy Morn. There were five 
stands of six varieties, distinct. Mr. Samuel Barlow was first with Boiard, 
Mrs. Darke, Brown’s Heavy Red, George Hodgkinson, James Thurston, 
and one unnamed. Mr. T. Lord, Hole Bottom Tt-dmorden, was second 
with Boiard, Rosy Morn, Modesty, Bertram, Mrs. Darke, and Eurydice. 
Third, Mr. Campbell. In the class for six blooms, not less than three 
varieties, Mr. Samuel Barlow was first with two blooms each, Mrs. Daike 
and Brown’s Heavy Red, Bjiard, and one unnamed. Mr. F. MortoD, 
Wolverhampton, was second with two blooms of George Hodgkinson, 
Boiard, Henry Hooper, Mrs. Darke, and C.ipper. In the class for three 
blooms, one purple laced, one red laced, and one black-and-white, there 
was no competition. A goodly number of blooms were staged in the 
classes for the best purple and the best red laced Pinks. In the former 
class Mr. Samuel Birlow took all the prizes, being first, second, and 
fourth with Boiard, thirl with Henry Hooper, and fifth with George 
Hodgkinson. In the class fotred laced fl <wers Mr. T. Lord was first and 
second with Bertram, and fourth with Modesty ; Mr. S. Barlow third and 
fifth with Mrs. Darke. The premier j urple laced Pink was Boiard, 
shown by Mr. 8. Barlow ; and the best red laced, Modesty, shown by Mr. 
Campbell. 
The best collection of miscel'aneous Pinks of all types came from 
Mr. Thomas Walkenden, Moor-ide Nursery, Sale, who had an excellent 
collection of bunchts, comprising, of laced varieties, Progress, Emmeline, 
and seedlings; whi e border Pinks, William Brownhill, Mrs. Sinkin®, 
Fimbriata alba, and seedlings ; and of coloured varietie 0 , Souvenir da 
Sale, deep pink, and some good unnamed seedlings. Mr. Samuel Barlow 
was second with neat bunches of George Hodgkinson, Mr 0 . Darke, 
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Boiard, Mrs. Thurston, Fraak Simonite, and others ; the common white 
border Pink, Lakin’s Seedlings, and mule Pink, Napoleon III. 
Certificates of merit were awarded t) Mr. Tnomas Walkrnden for 
Pinks Souvenir de Sale, Linley, Walkenden, white, delicately tinted with 
pink in the centre; Progress, white, with pink lacing; and William 
Brownhill, pure white; all very desirable acquisitions to the class of 
border Pinks. 
FINE STRAWBERRIES. 
Of the two Strawberries figured one is quite new and the other 
not so widely known as it will be a few years hence. 
Competitor (fig. 14) is Mr. Laxton’s latest production, one of 
FIG. 14.— LAXTON’S COMPETITOR. 
his largest, and he esteems it one of his best. As seen growing at 
Bedford early in the month it appeared to be quite as free as 
Noble, the fruits as large, practically as early, and better in quality. 
It is the result of a cross between an American Strawberry, Kerr’s 
Prolific, and Forman’s Excelsior. The fruit is high in colour, 
and the variety will probably be tested with Noble by many 
cultivators. 
Waterloo (fig. 15) is a highly distinct Strawberry, and its 
value is enhanced by its lateness in ripening. As seen at Chiswick, 
and in Mr. Smee’s garden at Ilackbridge, this variety may be fairly 
regarded as the most useful of all the late sorts. Most late Straw¬ 
berries are the reverse of free bearers, but Waterloo is productive. 
After all others were over in both the gardens named, basketfuls 
of the large mulberry coloured fruits of Waterloo could be- 
gathered in a few minutes. The fruit shown is not one of the 
largest, but girthed 6|- inches. It was grown at Chiswick, but not 
FIG. 15.—WATERLOO. 
weighed. Mr. Cummins has gathered from the ordinary crop,, 
without any thinning, a fruit weighing 2J- oz3., and many ap¬ 
proaching that weight. 
In quality Waterloo is sweet with a sub-acid taste, and accept¬ 
able to many palates. It is better than either Eleanor or Elton 
Pine, more prolific than either, and the crop from one row of 
Waterloo would realise twice the money that could be obtained 
