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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ August 21, 189C\ 
Newington is the third week in November,” an unusually late date fora 
south county show. 
Numerous varieties are named for different purposes, some of which 
may be included. Some of the names are erroneously spelled, but are 
given here in the form they are printed. For instance, those recom¬ 
mended for outdoor culture are Aristides, Beauty, Campestrani, Clustered 
Yellow, Duke, King, Princess Marie, Pio-Nono, and Vesta. 
A list is also given of varieties recommended for exhibition as cut 
blooms, which comprises several still well known in their respective 
classes, with others that have long since disappeared. They are as 
follows :—Annie Salter, Cyclopse, Christine, Defiance, Dupont de l’Eure, 
Formosum, Gem, Goliah, Lysias, Nonpariel, Phidias, Queen of England, 
Rabelais, Rebecca, Sydenham, Themis, Two-coloured Incurved, and The 
Warden. 
The list of varieties sent out in 1851 include Arc en Ceil, Guillaume 
Tell, Madame Corbay, Marshal Ney, Madame Aubry, Miss Kate, Mongo 
(reflex) Plutus, Racine, and Rosa Mystica—fine broad petals, similar in 
form to Vesta, very light rose. 
Varieties sent out in 1852 : — Astrolabe, Alcibiade, Christophe 
Columbe, Fortune, Leon Laquay, Lingot d’Or, Nell Gwynne, Pouche 
d’Or, and Rautonette. 
These are all more or less cupped or incurved flowers. 
In a chapter on the qualities of the Chrysanthemum he says : “ As 
regards the properties which constitute a perfect flower, I consider that 
each petal should be broad, thick, smooth at the end, and a little cupped 
or curved, but not so as to show ihe under part too much ; the centre 
should be good, the whole flower forming a little more than half a ball. 
Vesta, in my opinion, nearest approaches these properties.” 
As the best light Anemones he names Gluck, Fleur de Marie, Nancy 
de Sermet, Madame Godereau, Marguerite d’Anjou, Reine Marguerite, 
Avasoliflorum and Junon. 
Several other lists are interesting, notably that of Pompons, intro¬ 
duced in 1846 by Mr. Fortune, comprising Argentine, Asmodde, Autumna, 
Circe, Colibir, Cybele, Dap'nnis, Elise Miellez, Gil Bias, Henriette Lebois, 
La Jongleur, La Fieance, La-nain-bdb6, Madame de Merbel, Maria 
Taillard, Module, Ne Plus Ultra, Piquillo, Perfecta, Roi de Liliput, 
Sacremento, Surprise, Solfaterre. Pompons sent out in 1852 include 
Beauty of Toulousaine, Bouquet parfait, Chedevielle, Dame Blanch, 
Graziella, Hendersoni, La Rousse, La Vapuer, Lais, Phoebus, President 
Decaisne, Quasimodo. 
In the course of the book Mr. Taylor states that in 1852 he was 
“ Awarded at the Stoke Newington show first prize for twenty-four 
flowers, silver cup, value 5 guineas ; also in 1851, first for twenty-four, 
twelve, and Anemone varieties.” The copy I have was only lent, but 1 
should like to procure one myself, either by purchase or exchange.—C. 
HORTICULTURAL SHOWS. 
TAUNTON DEANE.— August 12th. 
The usual good fortune which attends this Society in respect of 
weather did not fail it even in this very uncertain season, and when so 
much depends on this important factor in an open air fete as this Show 
is, it is of course a subject of hearty congratulation on all sides when 
the weather is fine ; and truly this is the fete day for the beautiful 
west county town. It is the day of the year. The buildings blossom 
out in bunting in all directions, the streets are thronged with people, 
the market place is turned into a fair, and special trains bring a large 
number of visitors from places as far distant as Bristol, whi’e waggons, 
vans, and traps of all kinds bring in the country people from the neigh¬ 
bouring villages in large numbers. This must not, however, all be set 
down to love of horticulture. The grand firework display brings a large 
number of people, although the dense crowd which thronged the tents 
in the afternoon clearly showed that a great deal of interest was excited 
in this beautiful annual display. 
The Show was of its usual extensive character. A tent for the open 
classes, another for amateurs, a third for fruit and vegetables, a fourth 
for cottagers, and a fifth for table decorations and bouquets, were 
proofs of the great extent and comprehensive character of the Exhibi¬ 
tion. There was also a bee Exhibition, so that everything was done to 
meet the tastes of the visitors, while the excellent band of the Royal 
Marines discoursed most lovely music. 
Like most other places the character of the Exhibition has con¬ 
siderably altered ; one by one the amateur exhibitors of large stove and 
greenhouse plants are disappearing, and since last year Mr. Cleave of 
Crediton has given them up. These changes made a considerable differ¬ 
ence, and the main stay of this part of the Exhibition was Mr. James 
Cypher of Cheltenham, whose plants were of the usual wonderful 
character ; indeed, there were miles between him and the second prize. 
On entering the large tent the first point of interest was the beauti¬ 
ful stand of Gladioli exhibited by Mr. James Kelway of Langport, our 
great English raiser and cultivator of that splendid autumn flower, 
whose culture of twenty-four acres shows to what a great extent his 
love for the flower has led him. The spikes exhibited were, as is usually 
the case with him, nearly all his own seedlings. Shakespeare, Horace 
Vernet, and one or two others being the only French varieties shown. 
Some of these seedlings were very beautiful, Lady Carrington being 
especially fine. Three of these were selected for certificates—Mr. 
Fowler, Semolina, and Dradacia. The first of these is a very novel 
flower of the Eugene Scribe shade of colour, but larger, finer, and more 
distinct in its colouring than that fine old flower. It is many years 
since Mr. Kelway and myself first met, and I do not think that either of 
us is one whit the less enthusiastic about the Gladiolus than we were. 
We differ in some points in connection with it, but certainly not in 
our love for it. In this large tent so worthily opened by this collection 
were placed the large flowering stove and greenhouse plants of Mr. 
Cypher and others, while around the sides on stages the Zonal Pelar¬ 
goniums, the Begonias, and others, on one side, and the collection of cut 
flowers, Roses, Dahlias, Asters, Verbenas, Hollyhocks, &c. Mr. Cypher’s- 
twelve flowering plants consisted of the following sorts :—Ixora Regina., 
Ixora javanica, Clerodendron Balfourianum, a large and beautifully 
flowered plant; Statice profusa, Ixora Jubilee, Erica Austiniana, 
Allamanda Hendersoni, Erica Irbyana, Bougainvillea glabra, Allamanda 
nobilis, Ixora Duffi, Erica tricolor coronata, and Stephanotis floribunda. 
In the class for six stove and greenhouse plants in bloom, Mr. Cypher 
was again first with Erica Macnabiana, Statice profusa, Allamanda 
grandiflora, Erica Turnbulli, Ixora coccinea, and Erica Irbyana ; and 
also in the class for fine foliaged plants, with Latania borbonica r 
Anthurium Veitchianum, Croton Sunset (a grandly coloured plant},. 
Cordyline indivisa, Croton angustifolium, Kentia Fosteriana, Croton 
Victoria, Cycas revoluta, Dasylirion, and another. The centre of this 
tent was filled up with exotic and hardy Ferns, Lilies, Fuchsias, 
Selaginellas, and other plants of more or less interest. There is, how¬ 
ever, very little change in the plants from year to year. Instead of, 
however, being placed on the stages, they were on the ground, where 
they are not seen so well although the flowers are. yet the effect is not 
so imposing as when they are placed on stages. Nowhere do I see the 
Zonal and Nosegay Pelargoniums so well exhibited as here. They are 
one mass of flower ; not, as generally seen, large green plants with half 
a dozen trusses of bloom. 
In the second tent, which was devoted to amateurs, the first object 
on entering was a fine stand of choice plants of Liliums, Begonias 
double and single, cut blooms of Carnations and Picotees, and decorative 
plants of various kinds. This made a very imposing display. Here again 
the large specimen plants in flower, fine-foliaged plants, Ferns, &c., 
occupied the space, and in fact the whole tent was a repetition on a 
somewhat reduced scale of the former tent ; and here, as there, the cut 
flowers formed a very special feature. Begonias, especially the doubles, 
were well represented ; those in the first prize lot from Mr. W. H. 
Fowler of Claremont being remarkably fine. They consisted of Lord 
Londesborough, Glow, Sulphur Queen, and Taber. 
It was in this tent especially that the loss of such exhibitors as 
Mr. Cleave and Mr. Lawless was especially felt, for although the plants 
shown by Mrs. Pearce, and others were very good, they have not yet 
reached the colossal proportions of their predecessors. She exhibited 
fine well bloomed plants of Phoenocoma prolifera, Anthurium Andrea- 
num, Clerodendron Baufourianum, and the plants which are usually 
shown at this season of this year, and we may soon hope to see them 
equalling in grandeur the plants formerly exhibited. 
I have rarely seen Roses shown so well at this season of the year, the 
Teas being especially good ; in fact our Tea champion, the Rev. F. R. 
Burnside, exhibited a stand of which he need not have been ashamed 
had he shown at the very height of the Rose season. The H.P.’s were 
also very good, but as usual at this time they displayed a certain lack oS 
fulness and brilliancy, but withal that there were some excellent 
blooms. In the class for forty-eight singles Mr. Prince of Oxford was 
first with the following—Dupuy Jamain, Baron Bonstettin, Prince 
Arthur, Baroness Rothschild, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Queen of Queens, 
Davienne Lamy, Ulrich Brunner, Mrs. John Laing, Alba rosea, Gabriel 
Luizet, Marbchal Niel, Comtes3e de Nadaillac, Countess of Oxford, The 
Bride, Madame Hoste, Xavier Olibo, Marie Verdier, Madame de 
Watteville, Niphetos, Catherine Mermet, Grace Darling, Duke of 
Wellington, Earl of Dufferin, Alfred Dumesnil, Marie Rady, La France, 
Victor Verdier, Victor Hugo, &c. Mess's. Cooling & Son of Bath were 
second in the class for twenty-four trebles. Mr. J. G. Budd of Bath 
was first with good blooms of Alfred Dumesnil, Her Majesty, Marie 
Rady, Mrs. J. Laing, Ulrich Brunner, The Bride, Prince Arthur, Alfred 
Colomb, Marie Van IToutte, FranQois Michelon, A. K. Williams, Alba 
rosea, Duke of Wellington, and Her Majesty. Mr. H. Phillips was second. 
In the amateurs’ for twenty-four singles Mr. S. P. Budd was first 
with Francois Reve (/), Eugene Verdier, Earl of Dufferin, Alfred 
Dumesnil, Marie Cointet, Lady Helen Stuart, Catherine Mermet, 
Madame C. Wood. Louis Van Houtte, Alba rosea, A. K. Williams, 
Madame G. Luizet, Francois Michelon, The Bride, Niphetos, Louis Baron, 
Mrs. J. Laing, Ulrich Brunner, ic, The veteran florist, Mr. Hobbs, 
of Lower Easton, Bristol, was second. In the class for twelve varieties, 
the Rev. F. R. Burnside was first with clean and beautiful blooms of 
Souvenir d’Elise, Anna Ollivier, Marie Van Houtte, The Bride, 
Catherine Mermet, Madame Bravy, Hon. Edith Gifford, Francisca 
Kruger, and Etoile de Lyon. This was a very beautiful box, and 
excited general admiration. Mr. Burnside also took the first prize for 
Teas with a still more beautiful stand, consisting of the Hon. Edith. 
Gifford, Catherine Mermet, Souvenir d’Elise (this was a grand bloom, 
of great depth of petal, and perfection in shape), Madame Lambard, 
Marie Van Houtte, Innocente Pirola, Souvenir d'un Ami, and Madame 
Burnside—a most lovely stand. 
There are several stands of Gladioli exhibited in this tent, but that 
brought by W. Herbert Fowler, Esq. of Claremont, Taunton, was far 
ahead of the others. It contained the following French varieties :— 
Tour du Monde, Atlas, Distinction, Sceptre de Flore, Nereide, and 
Pollox. As this was Mr. Fowler’s first exhibit of this beautiful autumn 
flower it deserves especial notice. The spikes are long, well formed, and 
good in colour, reminding one of the days when Mr. Dcbree used to ex* 
• hibit. 
