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classes. Mr. T. Sadler had the best stand of six reflexed blooms, followed 
by Messrs. W. Howe and C. Livermore, the last-named being first with a 
very pretty stand of Anemone Pompons ;1 and Mr. J. Swan, gardener to E. 
Jones, Esq., Clayton Park, gained similar honours with twelve large 
Anemone varieties, Messrs. Livermore and F. Fulbrook being second and 
third. 
In the specimen plant class for six incurved varieties Mr. E. Cherry was 
adjudged first honours, his two best plants being Mrs. Dixon end Mrs. G. 
Bundle, with about fifty blooms each and very neatly trained ; the others 
were John Salter, Empress of India, Queen of England, and Lord Alcester. 
Mr. J. Weston, gardener to D. Martineau, Esq., Clapham Park, was second 
with well-flowered plants, but not so evenly trained as the others. This 
exhibitor was, however, a good first with six Pompons, 3 to 4 feet in 
diameter, Rosinante, Salomon, Golden Cedo Nulli, Golden Madame Marthe, 
and Mrs. Forsyth being the best varieties ; Messrs. Luff and E. Cherry 
following. Mr. R. Clark was first with three standard Pompons, and Mr. 
Livermore with three pyramids ; Mr. E. Cherry and Luff showing well. 
Of the miscellaneous plants the Orchids and Ferns were the principal 
features, especially the group from Selborne bo tastefully arranged by Mr. 
C. J. Salter. This included Cypripedium Spicerianum with fifteen flowers, 
several good plants of Vanda coerulea, one with a raceme of nineteen 
flowers and buds, another with twelve large highly coloured flowers ; Cypri¬ 
pedium Lawrenceanum, Cattleya Dowiana, Lycaste Skinneri, Cymbidium 
giganteum, Cypripedium purpuratum, Mesospinidium vulcanicum, Masde- 
vallia tovarensis, and several others. The same exhibitor was first with six 
and three Orchids, showing Vanda Sanderiana, Cattleya Dowiana, Masde- 
vallia chimsera Wallisi, Cattleya Skinneri, Vanda ccerulea, and Cattleya 
igas; Mr. Luff being second for three Orchids with Lycaste Skinneri, 
ypripedium Spicerianum, and Oncidium tigrinum bearing a large panicle 
of flowers. Mr. Guyett was first for a specimen Orchid with Phaltenopsis 
grandiflora bearing eight fine blooms, Mr. Luff second with Lycaste 
Skinneri rosea, and Mr. Sadi r third for Cypripedium insigne. In the fine- 
foliage and other plant classes the principal exhibitors were Messrs. H. 
Guyett, Luff, Livermore, Gedner, and Fulbrook ; Mr. H. Wright, gardener 
to J. A. Whittard, E-q., Streatham Hill, having the best four Ferns, fine 
healthy specimens of Adiantum trapeziforme, Goniophlebium subauriculatum, 
Gymnogramma Laucheana giganteum, and G. schizophylla gloriosa, a 
grand example of this graceful Fern. 
The vegetables and fruit were staged in the gallery and a small adjoining 
room. Mr. W. Howe had the premier collection of twelve sorts of vege¬ 
tables, Mr. A. Sandy taking similar honours for eight sorts, both these and 
the other competitors having well-grown produce. A special prize for 
Grapes offered by H. Tate, Esq., was won by his gardener, Mr. Howe, with 
three bunches of Alicantes and three Muscat of Alexandria, both well 
coloured ; Mr. C. J. Salter being adjudged a second prize for three bunches 
of Gros Colman very large in berry. In the class for black Grapes Mr. 
Howe was also first with handsome Alicante, Mr. A. Wing second for the 
same variety, and Mr. Russell third with Black Hamburgh, Mr. Salter 
leading with beautifully ripened Muscat of Alexandria. With three dishes 
of dessert Apples and the same number of culinary varieties Mr. Sandy was 
first, showing good fruits, Messrs. Collins, Sadler, and Guyett securing the 
other prizes ; and the same exhibitors competed in the Pear class, Mr. 
Guyett being first. Mr. Salter was first for Cucumbers with Selborne Rival, 
and was also awarded a certificate for fruits of the same variety. Mr. 
Weston had a tasteful stand of flowers for the dinner table, being awarded 
the first prize, and Messrs. Guyett, Luff, and Mursell were the winners for 
table plants, Mr. W. Roupell exhibiting a collection of Apples and Grapes 
and a tree in a pot of Lord Derby Apple. 
Mr. Walter Edmunds of Chelsea exhibited a “ new ” garden rake named 
the “ easy leveller.” The iron teeth are square, tapering to a point, and 
arranged so that the sharp edges are at right angles with the head, and thus 
break up the soil in which they come in contact. This kind of rake, which 
is now “ registered,” have been in regular use in the north of England for 
considerably^ ver a quarter of a century. It was commended by the Judges. 
CRYSTAL PALACE.— November 5th and 6th. 
Commencing with March ‘26th this year a series of seven highly success¬ 
ful horticultural Bhows at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, under the able 
management of Mr. W. G. Head, terminated on Friday and Saturday last 
with an admirable Chrysanthemum Exhibition, in which the prizes were 
well contested by a large number of growers. The expectations recorded 
some weeks ago, that incurved blooms at the early shows would be found 
rather deficient in substance and quality, have been too well fulfilled, 
scarcely any samples of exceptional merit having been hitherto staged. The 
damp weather has caused many blooms to suffer materially, and the com¬ 
plaints of “reflexing” in such varieties are frequent. The Japanese, on 
the other hand, have been well represented, and the increasing popularity 
of this section can be reaiily understood for several reasons, the primary 
one being that they are more easily grown to exhibition quality. At the 
Crystal Palace this difference was clearly noticeable, for even in the large 
classes, though many neat and good incurved blooms were shown, many 
also were undersized or weak, while plenty of substantial handsome well- 
developed Japanese could be found. Reflexed varieties were strongly re¬ 
presented, and very seldom have seventeen stands of a dozen blooms each 
been entered in one class. Anemones and Pompons, though in smaller 
numbers, were interesting for their bright or delicate colours. Specimen 
plants were, with one or two exceptions, somewhat below the average, but 
the handsome bright effective groups amply compensated for this defect, 
and in few places could similar groups be seen to such advantage. It too 
often happens at Chrysanthemum shows that collections of plants which 
really constitute the most effective portion of the display are crowded into 
corners in dark hall or rooms, where their beauty is greatly lessened or quite 
lost. 
A liberal schedule was provided, the great class being that for forty- 
eight blooms, twenty-four incurved and twenty-four Japanese, not less 
than eighteen varieties of each, or more than two blooms of one variety. 
In this four prizes were offered—namely, £10, £7, £5, and £3, amply suffi¬ 
cient to encourage keen competition, as proved by the fact that twelve 
collections were staged, or 576 blooms—an imposing array in one class. The 
most successful exhibitor was Mr. C. Gibson, gardener to J. Wormald, 
Esq., Morden Park, Mitcham, who was an easy first with a praiseworthy 
collection of fresh even blooms, the incurved heavy in the back row and 
medium-sized in the others, the Japanese all large and bright. The varie¬ 
ties included in these stands were as follows :— 
Incurved. —Back row—Golden Empress, Empress of India, Golden 
Queen, Princess of Wales, very fine ; Nil Desperandum, Queen of England, 
Empress of India. Middle row—Jeanne d’Arc, Nil Desperandum, Barbara, 
Prince Alfred, Jeanne d’Arc, Lord Wolseley, Hero of Stoke Newington, 
Lord Wolseley. Front row—John Salter, Princess Teck, Refulgenoe, 
Cherub, Lady Hardinge, Princess Beatrice, Golden Eagle, and Venus. 
JAPANESE.—Back row—Comtesse de Beauregards, Val d’Andorre, 
Thunberg, Maiden’s Blush. Japonaise, Grandiflorum, Maiden’s Blush, and 
Madame C. Audiguier. Middle row—Grandiflorum, M. Burnet, J. Delaux, 
Boule d’Or, Mdlle. Moulise, Baronne de Prailly, J. Delaux, and Boule 
d’Or. Front row—M. Astorg, Yellow Dragon, Comte de Germinv, Elaine, 
Fernand Feral, Duchess of Albany, Mdlle. Lacroix, and Marguerite ifarrouch. 
Messrs. W. & G. Drover, Fareham, Hants, were second, their incurved blooms 
rather smaller though neat, but the Japanese blooms were not so good. The 
third place was taken by Mr. J. M’Kenzie, gardener to F. S. W. Cornwallis, 
Eiq., Linton Park, Maidstone, his back row incurved blooms being very 
fine. Mr. M. Sullivan, gardener to D. B. Chapman, Esq., Downshire House, 
Roshampton, was fourth, all his blooms being fresh and clean, but the 
Japanese were the heaviest, Val d’Andorre being capitally shown. 
Incurved Blooms. —In the class for eighteen incurved varieties Messrs. 
W. & G. Drover were first for medium size blooms of the following. In the 
back row—Lord Alcester, Jeanne d’Arc, Queen of England, Empress of 
India, Alfred Salter, and John Salter. Iu the middle row—Nil Desperandum, 
Lady Hardinge, Mrs. H. Shipman, Lo d Wolseley, Prince Alfred, and 
Beauty. In the front row—Prince of Wales, Mrs. Dixon, Princess of Wales, 
G. Glenny, Baron Beust, and Mrs. G. Rundle. Mr. Horsefield, Heytesbury, 
and Mr. J. W. Springbett, Cheshunr, were second and third with clean, neat 
blooms. Eleven entries. With twelve incurved there were ten exhibitors. 
Mr. J. Gore, gardener to Captain Taylor. Glenleigh, Hastings, securing first 
honours with neat blooms. Mr. J. Wyatt, gardener to J. Perry, Esq., 
Braddenhurst, Caterham Valley, was second, and Mr. E. S. Cole third. 
Mr. J. Wyatt had the best six blooms of one variety, neat compact 
examples of Nil Desperandum. Mr. M Russell, gardener to D. C. T. Lewis, 
Esq., Broomfield, Henfield, was second with Jeanne d’Arc, small; and Mr. A. 
Holmes, gardener to H. B. Hill, Esq., South Road, Clapham Park, third with 
Queen of Eugland, in a class of fifteen competitors. 
Japanese Varieties. —A cap tal stand of eighteen Japanese secured the 
first prize for Mr. J. Munro, gardener to J. D. Paul, Esq., Cambridge House, 
Twickenham. The blooms were very bright and of good substance, repre¬ 
senting the following varieties :—Back row—Baronne de Prailly, Bouquet 
Fait, Boule d’Or, M. Ardene, Val d’Andorre, Madame C. Aud'guier. Middle 
row—Fair Maid of Guernsey, Marguerite Marroucb, Madame|B. Rendatler, 
Comte de Germiny, Comtesse de Beauregarde, Soleil Levant. Front row— 
Criterion, Gloire de Toulouse, F. A. Davis, Fernand Feral, M. Lacroix, and 
John Laing. The second place was accorded to Mr. E. Wills, gardener to 
Mrs. Pearce, The Firs, Bassett, Southampton, who had Criterion and Val 
d’Andorre, very large and handsome. Mr. H. W. Ward, gardener to the 
Right Hon. the Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle, Salisbury, was a close 
third, eleven other competitors in this class contributing creditable stands of 
blooms. For twelve Japanese varieties Mr. H. Shoesmith, gardener to the 
Rev. Canon Hodgson, Saltwood Rectory, Hythe, Kent, was first with a 
fresh, bright collection. Mr. Fred. Moore, Blendon Hall Gardens, Baxley, 
and Mr. E. S. Cole, gardener to W. Pethick, Esq., Woodside, Sneyd Park, 
B istol, being second and third in a class of fifteen exhibitors. Mr. Gibson 
led in the one-variety class with six handsome blooms of Grandiflorum. 
Mr. A. Elphick, gardener to J. Clutton, Esq., The Orchard, Reigate, was 
second with Madame C. Audiguier, and Mr. Shoesmith third with Elaine, 
large, deep, pure blooms. There were nineteen stands in this class. 
Reflexed Anemone and Pompon Varieties. —Seventeen competitors 
entered in the class for twelve reflexed blooms, not less than eight varieties. 
Mr. W. Neville, girdener to F. W. Flight, Esq., Cornstiles, Twyford, was 
placed first with Madeleine Tezier, King of the Crimsons, Emperor of 
China, Chevalier Domage, Dr. Sharpe, Cullingfordi, Peach Christine, and 
Cloth of Gold. Mr. E. Wills was second with fine blooms, and Mr. C. 
Gibson third. 
Fifteen stands of twelve Anemone-flowered varieties were exhibited 
Mr. M. Sullivan leading with clean even flowers of Lady Margaret, Acquisi¬ 
tion, Fleur de Marie, G uck, Georges Sands, Emperor, R ino des Alveoles, 
Prince of Anemones, Margaret d’Anjou, and Queen Margaret. Mr. F. Moore 
secured the second place, his blooms of Minnie Chafe, Fleur de Marie, and 
Laing’s Anemone being excellent; and Mr. C. Penford, gardener to Sir F. 
Fitzwygram, Bt, M.F., Leigh Park, Havant, was third. The fine stands of 
twelve Pompon Anemones made a pretty class ; Mr. Gore winning the 
premier place with Perle, Marguerite de Coi, Regulus, Antonius. Madame 
Montels, Calliope, Mr. Astie, Madame Chalonge, Madame Sentir, and Firefly. 
Mr. J. Howe and Mr. E Chadwick were second and third. 
In the class for twelve Pompons, three blooms of each, there were nine 
competitors. Mr. W. Neville gained the chief award with White and 
Golden Madame Marthe, President, Mustapha, Black Douglas, La Puretd, 
Marie Crouzart, Marabout, Toussaint Mauvesot, and White Trevenna. 
Messrs. G. Duncan and J. Gore were second and third. 
Amongst twelve stands of six Japanese Anemone blooms Mr. C. Gibson 
was first with Fabian de Mediana, Madame Cabrol, Sceur Dorothce Souille, 
and Madame Clos. Messrs. W. & G. Drover were second, and Mr. W. H. 
Ward third. Only one stand of sing'e varieties was entered, Mr. E. Chad¬ 
wick being awarded the third prize fo- small flowers. 
Plants. —The groups of plant- constituted an important feature in the 
Exhibition, considerable taste being evinced in the disposition of the plants. 
For a group arranged in a space of 100 square feet Mr. G. Edwards, 
Balham Nursery, was awarded first honours, showing a very effective group 
with a good proportion of light and dark varieties, chiefly Japanese, with a 
margin of Pompons. Messrs. J. Laing & Co , Forest Hill, were second with 
an imposing group, including many new varieties ; and Mr. N. Davis, 
Camberwell, was third with a bandsome goup. For a group in a space of 
50 square feet Mr. W. Webster, gardener to Mrs. Croll, Mavis Bank, Grange 
Road, Upper Norwood, was first with a bright informal arrangement, the 
