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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 1, 1886. 
Nectarines, two dishes.—First Mr. .Tamieson, gardener to the Earl of 
Crawford and Balcarres, Haigh Hall, Wigan, with Pine Apple and Lord 
Napier. Second Mr. Bannerman with Lord Napier and Down ton. Third 
Mr. Gilman with finely ripened fruit. In the single dish Nectarine class 
Mr. Jamieson is a good'first with Balgowan, Mr. Gilman second with 
Violette Hative, and Mr. J. Douglas, gardener to F. Whitbourn, Esq., 
Great Gearies, Essex, third with Lord Napier of fine quality. 
Strawberries are very fine. For three dishes Mr. Garraway, Bath, is first 
with President, Marguerite, and Sir J. Paxton, second Mr. iggulden. with 
smaller fruits, finely coloured. For a single dish of Strawberries Mr. Wild- 
smith, gardener to Viscount Eversley, Heckfield, is first with a splendid lot 
of President, and Mr. Garraway second with Sir J. Paxton. 
Cherries. —These are not numerous, hut good. Mr. Hare, gardener to 
E. H. C. Nevile, E-*q., Grantham, is first for two dishes with Elton and 
Black Circassian; Mr. Miles coming second. In the single dishes the same 
competitors are the winners. 
Figs.—M r. Wallis is first with a fine dish of Brown Turkey, Mr. Jamie¬ 
son second with Lee’s Prolific, and Mr. Miles third with Negro Largo. 
Melons in pairs are represented by fifteen couples, the first prize going 
to Mr. A. Baily, Frome, Somerset, for a fine pair of Longleat Perfection. 
Second, Mr. Gilman, unnamed. In flavour the Longleat is simply perfection. 
Mr. Rhodes is third. Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, offered handsome 
prizes for the best brace of their Imperial green flesh, Scarlet Invincible, or 
Hero of Lockinge Melons, and in a strong competition Mr. Goodacre secured 
the first prize with Hero of Lockinge; Mr. N. E. Owen second with the 
same variety, and Mr. Iggulden third with the same. Messrs. Carter’s Melon 
prizes were also well competed for, many remarkably handsome fruits of 
their Blenheim Orange. Here Mr. T. Lockie, Oakley Court, Windsor, was 
first, Mr. Lyon second, and Mr. Gilbert Park, gardener to Colonel Parington, 
Wigan, third. 
Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, Sussex, exhibited a collection of twenty 
kinds of Apples in excellent condition, the freshest being Alfriston, Gloria 
Mundi, French Crab, and Norfolk Beefing. 
VEGETABLES. 
These are shown in the same tent as the fruit, and are arranged chiefly 
along the sides. Considering the lateness of the vegetable crops, and the 
early date of the Show, the specimens, as a rule, are remarkably good. The 
collections are excellent. The first class on the list is eight distinct kinds, 
and here Mr. G. T. Miles, gardener to Lord Carrington, Wycombe Abbey, is 
first, showing a beautiful clean lot, consisting of Yeitch’s Extra Early Cauli¬ 
flower, Asparagus, White Elephant Onions, Stamfordian Tomato, Canadian 
Dwarf Bean, Sutton’s New Intermediate Carrot, Pride of the Market Pea, 
and Chancellor Potato. This collection wins well, but is rather closely 
followed by one from Mr. Richards, gardener to the Earl of Normanton, 
Somerley, Hants, with excellent Telegraph Peas, Perfection Tomato, Cana¬ 
dian Wonder Beans, Woodstock Kidney Potatoes, Sutton’s Gem Carrot, 
White Elephant Onion, Green Globe Artichoke, and Early London Cauli¬ 
flower, all being meritorious. There are two third prizes awarded, one to 
Mr. Miller, gardener to W. H. Long, Esq., M.P., Rood Ashton Park, Wilts, 
and the other to Mr. George Garraway, Bath, both having bulky collections 
of really fine vegetables. Four out of the five collections shown here 
receive prizes. 
Potatoes are small and not numerous. For three dishes, Mr. Miller, 
gardener to J. Friend, Esq., Margate, Kent, is first with Waterloo Kidney, 
Sutton’s Ringleader, and Royal Ashleaf; Mr. Miles comes second with 
Snowdrop, Porter’s Excelsior, and Chancellor; and Mr. Richards third with 
First and Best, Woodstock.Kidney, and Ashleaf. For a single dish of 
Potatoes, Mr. Goodacre is first with a clean sample of Ashleaf, Mr. Miles 
second with Snowdrop, and Mr. Oldfield, gardener to R. M. Biddulph, Esq., 
Chirk Castle, Ruabon, third with Beauty of Hebron. 
Peas are very numerous, but many of the pods are not well filled. For 
three dishes, Mr. H. W. Ward, gardener to the Earl of Radnor, Longford 
Castle, Salisbury, is first with Telephone, Telegraph, and Stratagem; 
second, Mr. Iggulden, with Telephone, William I., and Telegraph; third, 
Mr. Miles. For a single dish of Peas Mr. Miles is first with Pride of the 
Market, Mr. Richards second with Telegraph, and Mr. Downham third with 
the same popular variety. 
Only three dishes of Onions are shown, but these are very good, Mr. 
Miles being first with Daniel’s White Elephant, Mr. Richards second with 
the same variety, and Mr. John Garland, Exeter, is third. Cabbages are 
scarce, but of good quality. Cauliflowers are also few in numbers, but 
Tomatoes make a very excellent display. Mr. Elsworthy takes first prize with 
Trophy, splendid fruits ; Mr. E. Bridge second with the same variety ; and 
Mr. Long, gardener to J. M. Kenion, Esq., Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, third 
with Dedham Favourite. This is a fine dish, and was our choice for first 
lace. Cucumbers are of nearly all sorts and sizes ; Mr. N. E. Owen takes 
rstprize with a deep green brace of All the Year Round, Mr. Oldfield second 
with Telegraph, and Mr. Lee third with the same variety. 
Messrs. bUTTON & Sons’ Prizes. —Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Reading, 
offer very liberal prizes for the best collection of twelve kinds of vegetables, 
and the competition for these is both keen and creditable. Here Mr. G. T. 
Miles is again to the fore with a grand group, consisting of Onions, Potatoes, 
Broad Beans, Asparagus, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Cauliflowers, Kidney, 
Beans, Peas, Turnips, Vegetable Marrows, and Carrots. These are really 
excellent, and would win easily at any season of the year. Mr. J. Garland 
is second, his best dishes being Asparagus, Carrots, and Onions. Mr. Miller 
is third, and Mr. Iggulden fourth, with a collection which should have been 
higher. Mr. Lambert, gardener to Col. Wingfield, Onslow Hall, Shrewsbury 
was fifth, the Leeks being wonderful; and Mr. Weekins, Blandford, came 
sixth. Mr. Richards of Somerley made a mistake by showing two 
dishes of Potatoes, but although disqualified he wasawarded an extra prize 
which his produce well merited for its undoubted excellence. 
IMPLEMENTS, &C. 
This section is of such a magnitude as to form an important and interest¬ 
ing feature of the Show, for here are gathered together implements, build¬ 
ings of every description, and almost every modern appliance that science 
and ingenuity could devise for the improvement of horticulture. An 
examination of the vaiious exhibits, especially horticultural buildings and 
the various heating apparatuses, afford abundant testimony of the rapid 
strides that have been made in the improvement of these appliances during 
even the present decade. In the various classes devoted to both of the 
latter subjects there is a keen competition, the entries being numerous, as 
indeed they are in most other classes. There is an exceptionally good show 
of lawn mowers of various types, many of which exhibit marked improve¬ 
ments. In the classes devoted to wirework and kindred subjects there is a 
good display of very tasteful and highly ornamental work. The terra cotta 
and other examples of the potter’s art are models of good taste, and as re¬ 
gards practical utility everything that could be desired. 
The. entries in the boiler competition are numerous, these being repre¬ 
sented in size from the pigmy to the colossal types, all of which are no 
doubt adapted to their particular purpose. As these are, however, dwelt 
upon more fully in another place, we need not do more than give a word in 
passing concerning them. The same may be said, too, of horticultural 
buildings. Garden rollers and tools of various descriptions form a good 
display, most of which exhibit slight improvements on their predecessors. 
A new patent garden barrow and potting bench combined is particularly 
noteworthy of passing commendation as a useful appliance for amateurs, 
as also is the model of the transplanting machine. Among the miscellaneous 
exhibits there is a good display of useful appliances, reference to which will 
be found under tneir respective headings. Taken altogether, this depart¬ 
ment contains a great variety of interesting subjects, well worthy of the 
close inspection of horticulturists generally. 
Heating Small Houses. —Class 1 in the implement department was 
described in the schedule as “ modes of heating a small conservatory from 
10 to 20 feet long.” In making the awards the Judges were very properly 
instructed to take into account the cost of the different boilers submitted for 
approval. Several kinds were placed in competition, and after much con¬ 
sideration the premier award of a silver medal was adjudged to a small un¬ 
pretending modification of the Loughborough type of boiler exhibited by 
Messrs. Halliday & Co., Middieton Wo ks, Manchester, for a well-made 
and neatly finished apparatus, which, with 18 feet of 4-inch piping at¬ 
tached, and an expansion-box and feed-cistern was priced at £4 10s. This 
is known as the “ Derbyshire ” boiler, and is constructed to burn cinders 
or small coke for ten to twelve hours without attention. 
Messrs. Messenger & Co., Loughborough were awarded the bronze medal, 
not because their boiler was inferior to the other, but because it was much 
larger, and consequently more costly than was needed for structures of the 
stipulated dimensions, and had a smaller size been attached to the piping 
it is not improbable the awards would have been at least equal, as both 
boilers would no doubt act equally well, and there would have been no 
appreciable difference in cost. 
The Society’s certificate was granted to Mr. Watson, St. Alban’s, for his 
“ Defiance” combination stove, heated by gas, a very small apparatus heat¬ 
ing sufficient piping for the specified structures, deleterious fumes being 
conducted directly to the open air. Also to Mr. Deards, Harlow, for his 
Princess Louise fire-place apparatus, which is in the form of an ordinary fire 
grate, the bars being formed of metal tubes, through which the water circu¬ 
lates, and which may be conducted through an adjoining structure. An 
important addition has been made to shut off the heat when not wanted in 
the room at night, by which slow combustion is maintained for several 
hours after the fire is made up at night. Messrs. David Lowe & Sons, 
Chester Road, Manchester, and B. Harlow, Macclesfield, also show methods 
of heating worthy of examination by persons who are contemplating keeping 
frost out of their greenhouses, for there is no one kind that can be regarded 
as the best for every structure regardless of its size, form, and position. 
Mr. Mee’s gas or oil heated arrangement of pipes, designed for warming 
halls or miniature greenhouses, is also on view. 
Glass Structures. —The display in the classes devoted to horticultural 
structures is very extensive, and the competition for the various awards was 
keen. Seldom, indeed, has a finer display of houses and frames been 
brought together at any exhibition held in this or any other country. In 
the class for “a plant house, vinery, orchard house, or section thereof,’ 
there are some eight or nine exhibitors, and Messrs. Foster & Pearson’ 
Beeston, Notts, secured the premier award for a light handsome structure 
that was well ventilated on the most modern and improved systems, one 
of the features of this structure being small squares of glass at the base near 
the eave of the house of rough glass much stronger than that with 
which the house is glazed, and which would reduce to a minimum the 
breakage during severe frost. This house well deserved the Society’s 
silver medal which was awarded it. Messrs. Messenger & Co., Loughborough, 
secured a bronze medal, the remaining award for a vinery and plant house 
combined. These are well and easily ventilated, light, and possess that 
finish desirable in such structures. Mr. Webster, builder, Wavertree, was 
awarded the Society’s certificate for a particularly light useful plant or 
forcing house. The chief feature of this structure was the absence of an 
eave plate, the main rafters being continued to the wall plate. These are 
securely jointed where the eave plate or gutter is usually fixed, the front 
lights, therefore, sloping gradually inwards about 2 inches from an upright 
position as generally arranged. 
For the finest ornamental conservatory Messrs. W. Richardson & Co. 
Darlington, were deservedly awarded a silver medal for a very beautiful 
structure, remarkably light, well built, strong and most pleasing in appear¬ 
ance. It is 45 feet in length by 25 feet wide, and probably 25 feet or more 
high, with a lantern roof and abundant ventilation round the sides, which a 
boy could work with ease. The glazing of the small panels just above the 
front lights with small squares of coloured glass and lead on the 
Elizabethan principle add materially to the beauty of the structure. 
Messrs. Halliday & Co., Middleton, Manchester, have been also awarded 
a silver medal for an elaborate structure, 34 feet long by 24 wide, and 
25 feet high, with ornamental tiling inside and out just below the eave 
of the house, which gave to this structure a very striking and picturesque 
appearance. It is of an ornamental character and well deserved the award 
accorded it. For moveable plant pits and frames Messrs. Foster and 
Pearson were again to the front, and secured for their useful structures a 
silver medal. The frames exhibited by this firm are all span-roofed, and 
can either be set upon brickwork or utilised without. They are ventilated 
by a patent process on the top as well as the sides, which is so arranged that 
the wind can have no effect upon the lights if lifted or left open during 
