November 17, 1890. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
Mr. Lloyd also had the best three dishes of dessert Apples, staging 
good sized, clean, even, bright fruits of Ribston Pippin, King of the 
Pippins, and Cox's Orange Pippin ; Mr. Kidley being a good second ; 
his trio including “ Coker Beauty,” a very handsome and excellent 
Apple ; Mr. Hobby being a close third. Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Crossman, and 
Mr. Kidley were the prize winners in the class for culinary Apples, 
which, like the dessert varieties, were shown well, and in goodly 
numbers. Messrs. Copp, Lloyd, and Kidley were first, second, and 
third for dishes of nine Tomatoes, showing good fruits. Messrs. Copp, 
Bowers, and Lloyd staged the best three dishes of Mushrooms. 
Vegetables. —Collections of ten kinds were shown in force ; the 
quality being good, and the exhibits neatly set up. Messrs. Crossman, 
and C. J. Bowers were first and second in that order for admirable pro¬ 
duce, including Seakale, French Beans, and Asparagus, Mr. Copp 
being a good third ; Messrs. Crossman and Bowers were the only ex¬ 
hibitors in the class for a collection of salad, making a grand display, 
including almost every known salading ingredient, which were neatly 
arranged and greatly admired. Non-competing exhibits : Mr. Scotc, 
Merriott, and Messrs. Jarman, Chard, staged a grand lot of Apples, 
which afforded a capital opportunity for intending planters present 
making a selection. The exhibits were large, clean, and many of them 
very highly coloured, thereby greatly adding to the general effect and 
utility of the Show. —W. 
WATERFORD (IRELAND). 
It was unfortunate the day was so unfavourable, and this prevented 
a greater number admiring what was most undoubtedly the finest 
autumn Show the Waterford Horticultural Society has yet held Chrys¬ 
anthemums, though th e piece de resistance, had attention divided with 
a fine show of fruit, and a really good exhibition of vegetables and farm 
produce, especially those entered for Messrs. Sutton’s of Reading, special 
prize. A £5 cup was presented by Raymond de la Poer, Esq., J.P., to 
be competed for, but the minimum number of four entries, twenty-four 
blooms each, not having come forward, it was withheld, first prize of £2 
going to Lord Besborough, Piltoun, and second to Hon. Dudley 
Fortescue. It is only fair to say Mr. Crawford (Captain de la Poer’s 
head gardener) was interdicted from winning this prize given by his 
master. The blooms were fair, and mostly the varieties about to be 
named immediately except last year’s varieties, twenty-four in number, 
twelve distinct. 
The class of six plants in pots, distinct varieties, brought six com¬ 
petitors, and formed a very effective floriferous bank across the side of 
the large Town Hall, where the Show was held. After some difficulty 
by the Judges in deciding where the balance of merit lay the first prize 
went to C. E. Denny, May Park, and second to Captain de la Poer, 
Kilcronagh. The last named gentleman also had first prize amongst seven 
entries for the best specimen plant in the Show. A new and effective 
departure, and that every show should have, was the introduction of 
prizes for groups. Twenty square feet of space was allotted, and there 
were three entries. It was most difficult to say where most merit 
existed between Mr. Goff, Grenville, and Mr. C. E. Denny, but the 
prizes went ultimately in that order. The plants and blooms formed a 
regular sloping floral bank. 
Cut Blooms —The Hon. Dudley Fortescue was the only competitor 
to enter against so formidable an opponent as Capt. de la Poer, the second 
and first prizes being in the order named in the great sections of incurved, 
Japanese, reflexed, and Anemone flowered. In Mr. Crawford’s first prize 
incurved, and which were little short of perfection, the blooms were 
staged in the following order : Lord Alcester, Alfred Salter, Golden 
Empress of India, Alfred Salter, Lord Alcester, and Lord Wolseley. 
Second row : Prince Alfred, Jeanne d’Arc, Lord Wolseley, Lord Alcester, 
Prince Alfred and Miss M. A. Haggas. Third row : Emily Dale, 
Princess of Wales, Miss M. A. Haggas, Prince Alfred, Mrs. Norman 
Davis, and Hero of Stoke Newington. Front row : Mrs. Noiman Davis, 
Princess of Teck, Hero of Stoke NewiDgton, Mrs. Norman Davis, 
Violet Tomlin, and Princess of Teck. Mr. Crawford’s Japanese were 
very fine, and from their immense size I suggested a large space for 
staging each bloom. It will be seen from the names following many 
of the blooms were staged for the first time. Front row : Baronne de 
Prailly, Volunteer, Balmoreau, Sunflower (fine), Mrs. Mahood and 
Mons. Bernard ; next, Ralph Brocklebank, Stanstead Surprise, Thomas 
Stephenson, Pelican, Jeanne D41aux, George Daniels and Ralph Brockle¬ 
bank. Top row : Jeanne Delaux, George Daniels, Mrs. Mahood, 
Sarah Owen, Madame Baco, and Sunflower. The top row was remark¬ 
able for two Dooms at each end of Etoile de Lyon, simply of immense 
size, Japonais, Stanstead Surprise, Baronne de Prailly and Boule d’Or. 
Whoever beats Mr. Crawford in Dublin will have “ a stubborn foe ” to 
contend with. Last year the first stand was disqualified for having in 
the reflexed class the reflexed Japanese Amy Furze. Curious 1 Mr. 
C. E. Denny was disqualified this year for exactly the same reason in 
the second reflexed. There were three sections for zonal blooms, single 
and double, for fruit, vegetables and farm produce, which would require 
much more space than there is any chance just now to expect from you. 
I may say the principal prize winners were Messrs. Goff, Greville ; N. E. 
Power, Belview ; Hon. Dudley Fortescue, Summerville ; T. W. Anderson, 
Grace Dieu ; C. P. Bolton, Galway House—the courteous and efficient 
Hon. Secretary ; Mr. C. E. Denny, May Park ; Mark de Lindre, Crown 
solicitor ; R. T. Carew, Ballinamona Park ; John and Samuel Strangman, 
J. H. Jones, Mullinabro’, &c. Much credit is due to Messrs. C. P. 
Bolton and J. A. Power, the Hon. Secretaries; and the Judges were 
Messrs. Munro, Kilkenny ; Aherne, Duke of Devonshire’s, Lismore ; and 
your correspondent. — W. J. Murphy, Clonmel. 
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Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution. —As an example- 
of the great good this splendid Institution is doing, we are authori¬ 
tatively informed that a sum of no less than £2648 has been 
distributed in pensions this year, £1700 being during the same time- 
added to the reserve fund. At the last meeting of the Committee it 
was decided to make an addition of twelve pensioners in January, 
making a total of 158. The Institution is deserving of extensive 
support. 
- Chrysanthemum Shows. —Reports of these have continued 
to flow in in unexampled numbers. We have been compelled to abridge 
some and hold a few ovei. The season, however, is drawing to a close, 
and we do the best with what our friends obligingly send us while it 
lasts. 
- Dahlia imperialis.—A beautiful spray of this handsome 
single Dahlia bearing twenty flowers and buds, the former G to 7 inches 
in diameter, has been submitted to us by Mr. F. Smith, gardener to 
R. Muir, Esq., Heathlands, Wimbledon. The plant has been grown 
under glass for two years. 
- At Welton House Gardens, Yorkshire, there is a fine plant of 
Eucharis grandiflora which has flowered eleven times in seventeen 
months. At the present time it has fourteen spikes, six to eight flowers 
on a spike. Pancratium fragrans has been good—seven spikes, some of 
them with fifteen flowers on one spike.—H. P. 
- The Kent County Chrysanthemum Society. — The 
third annual dinner of the above Society will be held at the Bridge 
House Hotel, London Bridge, S.E., on Wednesday evening, Dec. 3rd, 
at 6.30 for 7 o’clock. Tickets will be 3s. 6d. each. The Committee hope 
that members will induce as many friends as they can to attend. 
- Selections of Chrysanthemums. —Will Mr. E. Molyneux 
kindly give me the names of the best twenty Japanese, twenty incurved, 
eight reflexed, eight Anemones (large flowered), and eight Pompons to- 
grow as exhibition cut blooms, excluding those varieties which are un¬ 
certain or difficult to grow, as I am only in a position to grow about 
150 plants altogether.— West Riding, Yorks. 
- A very successful Chrysanthemum Show was held at Col¬ 
chester last week, and we regret that a full report cannot be given. Lord 
and Lady Brooke of Easton Lodge were present, and their gardener (Mr. 
H. Lister) had the satisfaction of winning the premier prize for twelve 
incurved and twelve Japanese blooms in a strong class of eight com¬ 
petitors. The blooms were extremely good, and the N.C.S.’s silver 
medal was also accorded to Mr. Lister for a grand bloom of Etoile de 
Lyon as the best in the Show. Mr. Flight of Winchester also exhibited 
well, taking the second place in the class named. 
- Royal Visit to Reading. —We understand that in con¬ 
nection with the forthcoming Royal visit to Reading, and the ceremony 
of installation of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence and Avondale as Grand 
Master of the newly constituted province of Berks, the question of 
where to serve the luncheon has been a difficulty, but Messrs. Sutton 
and Sons have kindly placed one, or more if required, of their large- 
seed stores at the disposal of the Festival Stewards for this purpose. 
The Grand Secretary visited Messrs. Sutton’s premises, and expressed 
himself perfectly satisfied with all the proposed arrangements, which 
will be carried out, subject to the Prince’s approval. 
-Rainfall near Lancaster. —Having seen the amount of 
rainfall for the past few months, as sent by correspondents to the 
Journal, I send you the amount we have registered here for the past 
three months. August.—Total rainfall for the month, 6-75 inches, rain 
falling on twenty-three days; largest fall in twenty-four hours, 1 •25- 
inch. September.—Total for the month, 5-375 inches, rain falling on 
seventeen days ; heaviest fall in twenty-four hours, 1*375 inch. 
October.—Total for the month, 3 625 inches, rain falling on sixteen 
days ; heaviest fall in twenty-four hours, 0’75 inch. November.—Total 
up to the 24th, 6-125 inches, rain falling on twenty-one days out of the 
twenty-four.—W. G. 
