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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ Jit-y 22. 1888. 
and Coleuses. In the smaller group class, space 100 square feet, Messrs. G. 
Cottam, R. Simpson, and W. Glossop were the successful competitors, the 
first named being far ahead with a free, elegant, yet bright ariangement 
of flowering and fine-foliagid plants. The second prize group was weakened 
by packing plants of variegated grass on the top of other pots, imparting 
an artificial appearance that nearly lost it its position. The third prize 
arrangement was a bold mass of, or hank of, plants, but all the pots in the 
front row visible, a great fault in arranging plants for effect. While 
noticing these collections it will not be inappropriate to refer to a parti¬ 
cularly meritorious and diversified assortment of plants arranged by Messrs. 
E. P. Dixon & Son, nurserymen, notfor competition. Very striking amongst 
other healthy stove and greenhouse plants were Hydrangea hortensis and 
Paniculata grandiflora. Orchids imparted riohness and choice Conifers 
massiveness to this valuable contribution to the Show. It was very highly 
commended by the Judges. 
Mr. Cypher was without a competitor in the class for sixteen specimen 
plants, ten in flower, but he none the less merited the prize above men¬ 
tioned, for he staged splendidly. His plants have so often been mentioned 
that it would be superfluous to repeat their names. Mr. Cypher was also 
the only exhibitor of Orchids, winning the chief prize offered for six plants 
with Saccolabium guttatum, Cattleyas Mossise, and Wallisi, Dendrobium 
Pierardi, Epidendrum vitellinum majus, and Cypripedium Lawrencianum, 
all of medium size and well flowered. Sir A. R. Rollit secured the first 
prize for ten ornamental-foliaged plants with fine specimens, followed by 
Mr. Simpson. Prizes in other classes for stove and greenhouse plants were 
won by Mr. Glossop, Mrs. Ross, Mr. A. Wilson, and Mr. W. F. Jameson. 
The Rev. Canon Newton staged very fine Lycopodiums, and well won the 
first prize. Passing the minor classes for plants we come to the cut 
flowers. 
Roses were both numerous and good, not a few stands being of first-class 
merit, notably those of Messrs. Harkness & Son, Bedale, who received the 
first prize for thirty-six, and Mr. Ismay Fisher, Scawby, who was the 
premier exhibitor of twenty-four blooms ; Mr. Swailes, Beverlev, and Mr. 
May having the remaining prizes in those classes. The Bedale Roses were 
very fine indeed, and included the finest Rose of the Show, if not of the 
season, a magnificent bloom of Merveille de Lyon. Mr. Fisher far out¬ 
distanced all other amateurs and, as intimated, some nurserymen. His 
varieties consisted of Louis Van Houtte, La France, Souvenir d’Elise (all 
very fine), Felix Genero, Princess Beatrice, Queen of Queens, Madame 
Gabriel Luizet, Egeria, Charles Lefebvre, Therese Levet, E. Y. Teas, Fisher 
Holmes, Jean Cherpin, Belle Lyonnaise (beautiful), Richard Wallace, 
Senateur Vaisse (very bright), Dupuy Jamain, Jean Ducher, Madame Lam- 
bard, Madame Cusin, Princess of Wales, Marie Baumann, Marie Verdier, 
and Marie Rady. Messrs. H. May, H. Norton, J. H. Fisher, R. Simpson, 
and H. Staunton were successful in the smaller classes. 
Hardy flowers were well exhibited by Messrs. A. Wilson, H. Staunton, 
and G. Cottam, who were adjudged the prizes in the order named ; and 
Messrs. Harkness & Sons, W. Hotham, and J. H. Fisher were the prize¬ 
winners with bright and excellent stands of Pansies. 
The display of fruit was limited but generally good. Mr. A. Wilson was 
awarded the first prize for a collection, the best Grapes, and very fine they 
were, coming from the gardens of Lord Hotham, Black Prince, Buckland 
Sweetwater, Foster’s Seedling, and Black Hamburgh being specially meri¬ 
torious. Mr. A. Wilson, Mr. G. E. Shaw, Mr. W. Glossop, and Mrs. E. Smith 
also exhibited successfully and well. Mr. Wilson staged the best Melon, 
Mr. A. Swanson the best Peaches, and Mr. Ridsdale, gardener to the 
Marquis of Ripon, the best bush fruits. He was also the most successful 
exhibitor in the vegetable classes with excellent produce. 
The display of garden structures, implements, and appliances was some¬ 
what extensive. The greatest aggregate contributions were from Messrs. 
Richardson & Co.. Darlington, and King & Co., Hull, to whom silver medals 
were awarded. Messrs. Richardson were also awarded a certificate for their 
Ivanhoe boiler for heating small greenhouses—an excellent little apparatus, 
square in form, two sides lined with fire clay to retain heat, the other two 
sides containing water. The Darlington powerful hooded tubular boiler 
was also exhibited ; also useful span-roofed frames, for which a bronze medal 
was adjudged. A similar award was granted to Messrs. Inman for garden 
seats and rustic work, also to Messrs. Alfred Peel & Sons for amateurs’ 
greenhouses, and a certificate was awarded to the Horticultural and Agricul¬ 
tural Chemical Company, Tonbridge, for their syringing stand, used for 
dressing plants with insecticide without wasting it. The above is an outline 
of the Show, anything like a complete report being impossible under the 
circumstances. We trust the event would prove very successful. 
BRISTOL SUMMER SHOW.— July 14th and 15th. 
It is some years since the Clifton Society held a summer show, and in 
ail probability the experiment will not again be repeated. No better place 
than the Zoological Gardens for holding an horticultural exhibition could 
well be found, while everything was done on the part of the Secretary, 
Mr. Polkinhorn, and Committee of practical gardeners to make the Show 
a success; but all apparently to no purpose, the attendance of visitors in 
the early part of the opening day being very thin indeed. 
Stove and Greenhouse Plants were well shown by local growers, 
the fine-foliaged section being the most creditable. With nine specimens 
of these Mr. W. Rye, gardener to J. Derham, Esq., Sneyd Park, was easily 
first, these including very fine Crotons Weismanni and irregulare, Cyca's 
revoluta, Arcca sapida, and A. lutescens. Mr. A. Hancock, gardener to 
A. W. Summers, Esq., was a creditable second, his best plants being Latania 
borbonica, Croton undulatum, and Croton Youngi; the remaining prizes 
being well won by Mr. F. Edwards, gardener to J. Lvsaght, Esq. With six 
varieties, Mr. R. Morse, gardener to S. Budgett, Esq., was first, Croton 
pictus, Dracaena Greigi, and Areca lutescens being most noteworthy. 
Mr. Rye was second, and Mr. J. Lee, gardener to T. M. Miller, Esq., third. 
The first prize for six flowering plants was awarded to Mr. Rye, who had 
Bougainvillea glabra, Statice Holfordi, Dipladenia Brearleyana, and Alla- 
manda Hendersoni in fairly good condition. Mr. W. Dobson was a credit¬ 
able second, his best being Cierodendron Balfourianum and Stephanotis 
floribunda. Mr. Rye was also first for three specimens ; Mr. F. Perry, 
gardener to H. C. Miles, Esq., second, and Mr. J. Lee third. 
Table plants were well Bhown, though the majority were rather larger 
tliaD are usua’ly preferred. Mr. R. Morse was first, having Croton Johannis, 
C. Warreni, Dracaena Wilsoni, D. nigro-rubra, Pandanus Veitchi, and Cocos 
Weddelliana in good condition. Mr. W. H. Bannister, gardener to 
H. St. Vincent Ames, Esq., was a good second; and Mr. G. Shelton, gar¬ 
dener to W. K. Wait, Esq., third. The best six Caladiums were shown by 
Mr. Rye, the second prize going to Mr. J. H. Vallance, gardener to J. C. 
Wall, Esq.; and the third to Mr. J. Lee. Coleuses were largely shown and 
in good variety. With these Mr. Vallance was first, Mr. Bannister second, 
anu Mr. E. T. Hill third. Mr. F. Edwards was first for Gloxinias, and Mr. 
Rye for Achimenes. Begonias were well shown by several growers, but 
the varieties, as a rule, were very poor. Mr. G. Shelton was first ; Mr. 
H. Maidmont, gardener to Mrs. Naish, second ; Mr. F. Perry third, and an 
extra was given to Mr. R. Morse. Only a few Orchids were shown, and 
some of these were poor. Mr. F. Perry was first with four varieties, these 
consisting of Disa grandiflora, Epidendrum vitellinum, Odontoglossum 
Lindhyanum, and Aerides odoratum. With a single plant Mr. J. Lee was 
first with a strongly flowered Oncidium flexuosum, Mr. Perry second with a 
good pan of Disa grandiflora, and Mr. J. Stapleton third with Oncidium 
flexuosum, extra strong. Fuchsias were principally exhibited by Mr. J. 
Harris, garuener to the Zoological Society, and his plants fully merited the 
awards of first and extra prizes. Mr. Rye was first for Ferns, and Mr. Ban¬ 
nister second, both having good examples of well-known varieties. 
Cut Roses. —On the whole the display of these was highly creditable, 
though the lateness of the fixture evidently affected the quality of the 
exhibits in nearly every case. The best forty-eight distinct varieties were 
shown by Mr. J. Mattock, Oxford, and included good fresh examples of 
Madame Ferrier, Sophie Tropot, Marie Baumann, Alfred Colomb, Marechal 
Niel, Merveille de Lyon, Madame Rothschild, Senateur Vaisse, Souvenir 
d’Elise Vardon, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Souvenir d’un Ami, Dapuy Jamain, 
Therese Levet, Mons. E. Y. Teas, and Etienne Levet. Messrs. Cooling and 
Sons, Bath, were a good second, their best being Duke of Wellington, 
Framjois Michelon, Duke of Teck, Maurice Bernardin, Alfred Dumesnil, and 
Fisher Holmes. Messrs. Keynes, Williams & Co., Salisbury, were third, 
and three other lots were brought. Messrs. Curtis, Sanford & Co., Tor¬ 
quay, had the best twenty-four distinct varieties, the pick of the lot as we 
saw them consisting of Duke of Edinburgh, Annie Wood, Ulrich Brunner, 
Alfred Colomb, and Charles Lefebvre. Messrs. Cooling & Son were again 
second, and Mr. J. Mattock third. The best twelve varieties were staged 
by Messrs. Cooling dr Son, who had fine fresh examples of Lady Sheffield, 
Julie Touvais, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, A. Dumesnil, Madame L. Pernet. 
H. P. Wilder, Lady McKeith, Franpois Michelon, and Marie Baumann. 
Messrs. Curtis, Sanford <fc Co. were second, and Mr. J. Mattock third. Mr. 
J. Mattock was very easily first for eighteen Teas, distinct, these including 
fine fresh blooms of Niphetos, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Marechal Niel, 
Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Souvenir d’un Ami, Catherine Mermet, David 
Pradel, La Boule d’Or (a lovely yellow), Comtesse de Nadaillac, and 
Madame Willermoz. Messrs. Cooling & Sons were second, and Mr. W. Smith 
third. The amateurs’ exhibits, with one exception—viz., those which won 
nearly all the first prizes—were very poor. Mr. J. Campbell, gardener to 
S. P. Budd, Esq., Bath, had firsts for twenty-four distinct, twelve distinct, 
and six distinct varieties, and also for twelve Teas. Other successful 
exhibitors were Mr. E. S. Cole, gardener to W. Pethick, E-q. ; Mr. J. Pearce, 
gardener to H. Derham, Esq.; Mr. F. Edwards; Mr. J. Clarke, gardener to 
J. S. Pope, Esq. Mr. E. S. Cole was also most successful with baskets and 
bouquets of Roses, and also with epergoes and bouquets of mixed flowers, 
displaying excellent taste in each insiance. Messrs. Hookings and E. T. 
Hill were also prizewinners in this department, while the successful exhi¬ 
bitors of coll ctions of hardy perennials and hardy annuals, of which there 
was a grand display, were respectively Messrs. A. A. Walters. R. Richards, 
and W. Smith, and Messrs. W. Smith, A. A. Walters, and F. Perry, who 
received the awards in the order given in each instance. 
Fruit and Vegetables.— Nine fairly good stands of Black Hamburgh 
Grapes were shown, the first prize going to Mr. J. H. Vallance, who had 
medium-sized well-finished bunches; Captain Alcock, who had smaller 
bunches and larger berries following, and Mr. W. H. Bannister was a credit¬ 
able third. Fewer white Grapes were shown, and none were really ripe. 
Mr. Vallance was first for Foster’s Seedling, Mr. E. Robinson second with 
Golden Champion, berries large but spotted som-what, and Mr. J. Stapletoa 
third. Melons were not very good. Mr. J. Gaskel), gardener to W. A. 
Jones, Esq., was first with Blenheim Orange ; Mr. Rye second with the same 
variety, and Mr. E. Miller, gardener to F. Tagart, Esq., third. The latter 
exhibitor was first in the class for Peaches, having fairly good Royal George, 
and Mr. Vallance was second, and Mr. Miller was also first for Nectarines, 
winning with a pretty dish of Pine Apple. The display of Strawberries, 
considering the season, was remarkably good. Mr. J. House had the best 
four varieties, these consisting of Loxford Hall Seedling, Countess, Souvenir 
de Kieff, and British Queen, all in fine condition. Mr. J. Fudge was second 
and Mr. W. H. Bannister third. Mr. Bannister was first with a single dish, 
having a fine dish of Countess, a flat-fruited variety with seeds very pro¬ 
minent and of fairly good quality ; Mr. Garraway, Bath, being second with 
Goliath, large and good, and Mr. Fudge third with Loxford Hall Seedling. 
The best collection of vegetables was staged by Mr. G. Garraway, Mr. 
W. H. Bannister being second and Mr. E. Miller third. Mr. R. Bow, 
gardener to F. W. George, Esq., had the best Cucumbers, a fairly good brace 
of Carter’s Champion, and a pretty dish of Tomato Hathaway’s Excelsior, 
staged by Mr. P. Garnish, also won a first prize. Mr. R. Bow was first for 
both round and kidney Potatoes, showing Sutton’s Early Regent and Sutton’s 
Kidney respective 1 }". 
Miscellaneous Exh.bits.— Messrs. Garraway & Co., Durdham Down 
Nursery, Clifton, arranged a pretty group of flowering and fine-foliaged 
plants and Ferns, and Mr. T. Bush, nurseryman, Bristol, also sent a number 
of good plants, which were effectively grouped in different places. A good 
strain of Petunias was exhibited by Mr. J. Bradner, Arley Hill Nursery, and 
several stands of cut Roses were also contributed by a few growers. 
THE FLOWER AND FRUIT SHOWS. 
As far as my memory serves the subject of borrowing and buying 
fruits and vegetables by would-be exhibitors was slightly ventilated last 
summer or in autumn, and now is the time to draw attention of secretaries 
