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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ Novamber 18, 1886. 
King, Lady Henniker, and Lane’s Prince Albert. Altogether the Show was 
a most successful one, and well attended by appreciative visitors. 
WESTON-SUPER-MARE.— November 12th. 
The second Exhibition of this Society was a considerable improvement 
on the first attempt, more especially in the classes for cut blooms. Chrys¬ 
anthemums would appear to have become rapidly popular in the neigh¬ 
bourhood, and it is a pleasing duty to note that all classes of society take an 
active interest in the promotion of a good display. Mr. W. Pain is Hon¬ 
orary Secretary, and with the assistance of a good working Committee 
arranged everything most satisfactorily. All the classes were open to all 
comers, and a further addition in the amount of money offered in prizes 
should lead to still more spirited competition. Mr. W. Brooks wag easily 
first with six specimen plants of large-flowered varieties, staging very 
creditable examples of Mrs. Rundle, Mrs. Dixon, and Mr. G. Glenny, and 
• Thatcher, gardener to A. G. Andrews, E-q., Wells, was second with 
ordinarily trained and much over-staked plants. The prizewinners with 
feur specimens were Mr. C. Holland, gardener to W. Ash, Esq , who had 
fairly good plants, and was easily first; second Mr. W. Lewis, gardener to 
J. E. Cole, Esq.; and Mr. J. Thorne was third. Mr. W. Brooks waB well 
first with trained Japanese plants, his best being Hiver Pleuri, Source d’Or, 
Margot, James Salter, Bertie Rendatler, and Fair Maid of Guernsey. Mr. 
C. Holland was a very good second, and Mr. Thatcher third. Mr. W. Lewis, 
gardener to J. E. Cole, Esq., was well first for four plants of Japanese varie¬ 
ties, Margot and Bertie Rendatler being very prettily shown. The best 
single specimen of incurved variety was staged by Mr. Brooks, and Mr. 
Horstman had a prize for a freely bloomed plant of Japanese Elaine. Mr. 
W. Hughes, gardener to H. Pethick, Esq., took a first pr zi for a handsome 
pyramid of Mrs. Rundle, and Mr. Brooks was second with the same variety ; 
a ^ a P 0rres P 0D ding class for Japanese varieties Mr. Holland was first, 
and Mr. B ooks second. Th r ee collections of six stove and greenhouse plants 
}*l ere ® b ° wn > Brooks taking first prize, Mr. C. Holland the second, and 
Mr. vv . Lewis the third ; and with six Ferns the prizewinners were Messrs, 
vv. Brooks, C. Holland, and W. Lewis, all having good plants of well known 
varieties. There were three very pretty groups of miscellaneous plants 
arranged for effect, Mr. W. Hughes being well first, displaying excellent 
taste m the grouping of choice materials ; Mr. Brooks was second, and Mr. 
W. Lewis third. The first prize for a group of Chrysanthemums was 
, *° ^ r ' Brooks, Mr. VV. Lewis being a good second, and Mr. 
J. Matthews, gardener to Mr. Knyfton, third. 
iiA V£ V,' y 1 j il ir c °b e ction °f cut blooms gained Mr. C. Lucas, gardener to 
J. Marshall, Esq., Taunton, the premier prize for twenty-four large-flowered 
varieties. These included perfect examples of Lord Alcester, Qaem of 
England Empress of India, Jeanne d’Arc, Lady Hardings, White Venus, 
Lord Wolseley, Emily Dale, Mrs. G. Rundle, and Pink Venus. Mr. Brooks 
' ari1 ^ r - J- Thatcher third. Mr. E. S. Cole, gardener to W. 
Pethick, Esq., unfortunately included two blooms of the Japanese Salteri 
n* j ii, 8 v ’ and b b * ? s P°Bt his chance for the second prize. Mr. W. Hughes 
had the best twelve incurved blooms, the most noteworthy being Hero of 
btoke Newington, Lord Alcester, Bendigo, Mrs. Rundle, and Empress 
Eugenie. Mr. R. Richards, Bristol, was second, and Mr. C. Holland third. 
Mr. W. Thomas, gardener to W. T. Marshall,Esq., had the first prize for six 
blooms, these consisting of perfect examples of Prince Alfred, Princess of 
Lord ^Wolseley, Snowball, and Lady Hardinge. Mr. Segar, gardener to 
W.Wilcox Esq.,Weston-super-Mare, was second, and Mr. J. Hall, Wells, third. 
\r @ n t 3 ™ r tw enty-four blooms of Japanese varieties was a very good one. 
L‘ L“ cas was well first, his best being Soleil Levant, Madame Ferral, Fair 
Maid of Guernsey, Thunberg, Japonaise, Comte de Germiny, Grandiflorum, 
Triomphe de la rue des Chalets, Bertie Rendatler, and J. Delaux. Mr. E. S, 
Lole was a close second, his best being Soleil Levant, Fair Maid of Guernsey, 
Madame Feral, J. Delaux, and Criterion. Mr. J. Thatcher was a creditable 
tnira. Mr. VV . Thomas was easily first for twelve varieties, having grand 
j ooms of Madame Feral, Soleil Levant, Fair Maid of Guernsey, Japonaise, 
Madame C. Audiguier, Triomphe de la rue des Chalets, Comtesse de Beaure- 
6 ’ 6 ® ast iBe, L’AdorabL, Comte de Germiny, J. Delaux, Boule 
d Ur. Mr. VV. Hughes was a good second, and Mr. Richards third. Mr. C. 
Holland was first fo- six varieties. Several good stands of Anemone-flowered 
were shown. Mr. Thomas was well first, Mr. E. S. Cole was second, and equal 
thirds were awarded to Messrs. W. Hughes and R. Richards. Mr. W. 
second W4S w '^ b a handsome bouquet, and Miss Poynter, Taunton, 
In the class for any black variety of Grapes, Mr. W. Duff urn, gardener to 
Mrs. Walker Weston-super-Mare, was easily first with good Alicante, and 
he also staged handsome bunches of Gros Guillaume. Mr. W. Hughes was 
well first for four dishes of Pear3, these consisting of Beurre Diel, Marie 
Louise, Beurre Bose, and Urbaniste of goodsize and colour. Mr. W. Duflfurn 
was a good seconl, and there were several other creditable lots shown. In 
the single disn class Mr. W. Lewis was first with good Duchesse d’Angou- 
terne, and the Rev. Mr. Bartlett second with Beurre Diel. A pretty lot of 
Apples were shown, Mr. Jordan winning the first prize for four dish-s, Mr. 
M.r. W. Hughes being a good second. Mr. J. Thorne had the best culinary 
. a ., let '? 3 ’ ai l d , for a Sln ff le dis h Mr. G. Burgess was first. Vegetables were 
ffond £LBiland good, Mr. J. Tilley, gardener to Col. Coigrave, was a 
goon first ror four varieties, the remaining prizes going to Messrs. JordaD, 
CANTERBURY. —November 12th and 13 th. 
hmI™T th k anni !i !l l SllOW , of Chrysanthemums, <fcc., was held at Canti 
-„T 0ll ; he ab, ;y e da te, and was a great success. The Chrysanthemums, 
couise, occupy the chief place, but fruit and vegetables were w. 11 show 
and also groups of miscellaneous plants. The Snow was held in t 
ofBie vef °t re vf| terS i Ha n ’ ther6 W8S n0t r00m f ° r a11 the exhibits i ma ' 
worst ve ° etable ®! * c , Lad to be staged in a spacious marquee. Cut bloot 
'^Presented in large numbers and of good quality, and in many class 
b°tvfn,-r W t 3 VSry Cl ° se ’ bllt tbe honour3 of tQe day certainly fell 1 1 11 
carH^dah'hft ^ ei n^ r to .^‘P’'^v^LLam, Esq., Hall Place, Harbledown, w: 
Slv lwt. b f hl ?’ 1 hlS b,ooma being of very high quality and exceptio 
fiiamete? ’ T? 7 of them iu the back rows measuring 6 and 7 inches 
oiameter, and of coiresponding depth, and those in the middle and front rot 
measuring 4 and 5 inches by 3J. Fruit was well shown, especially Grapes, 
by Mr. Woodcock, and the collection of fruit by W. Knight and E. Dines. 
Vegetables were a strong feature in the Show, and competition very keen 
in all classes. 
The chief prize for cut blooms was for twenty-four varieties, twelve 
incurved and twelve Japanese, open to the county of Kent. Mr. Marlin was 
easily first with a box of grand blooms, as under :—Back row, Golden 
Empress, Empress of India, Emily Dale, Queen of England, Triomphe de 
la Rue des Chalets (very fine), Mdlle. Lacroix, Japonaise (good), and 
Meg Merrilies. Middle row : John Salter, Guernsey Nugget, Princess of 
Wales (very good), Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Boule d’Or, F. A. Davis 
(good), Fair Maid of Guernsey, and Duchess of Albany. Front row : Mrs. 
Heale (good), Lord Wolseley, Lady Hardinge, Cherub (very good), Madame 
C. Audiguier, Grandiflorum, Comte de Germiny, and Garnet. Mr. Hawkes, 
nurseryman, Newington, was second; and Mr. Woodcock, gardener to 
F. Flint, Esq., third, Mdlle. Lacroix and Triomphe de la Rue des Chalets 
being very fine in the last-named stmd. For twenty-four varieties, in¬ 
curved and reflexed, open to the Society, Mr. E. Martin was again first 
with a stand nearly if not quite equal to his box in the open class, his 
varieties being as under:—Back row: Emily Dale, Queen of England, 
Guernsey Nugget, Empress of India, John Salter, Golden Empress, Alfred 
Salter, Lord Alcester. Middle row : Lord Wolseley, Jardin des Plantes, 
Novelty, Christine, Mrs. Heale, Golden Christine, Princ -ss of Wales (a 
grand bloom, which obtained the National Society’s medal for the best 
incurved bloom in the Show), and Prince Alfred. Front row : Princess of 
Teck, Nil Desperandum, Mrs. W. Shipman, Jeanne d’Arc (good), Barbara 
(very good), Mrs. Forsyth, Hero of Stoke Newington, and Lady Hardinge. 
Mr. j. Woodcock was a good second with fresh, well-shaped, but smaller 
blooms, the best being Princess Teck, Empress of India, Emily Dale, 
Golden Empress, &c.; Mr. E. Hazleden, gardener to Mr. Drury, taking third 
honours. In the class for twelve incurved and reflexed (exhibitors in the 
preceding class being excluded) Mr. Kennett, nurseryman, Fordwich, was 
first with Cullingfordi, Lord Alcester, Enamel, Cloth of Gold, Princess 
Teck, Prince Alfred, Golden Queen of England, Nil Desperandum, Mr. 
Gladstone, Dr. Sharpe, and White Christine ; Messrs. A. Elvey, gardener to 
Major Plummer, being second ; Hickman third, and Dines fourth. In the 
class for twelve Japanese Mr.E. Martin was again first, but was very closely 
pressed by Mr. J. Woodcock, both stands being of such high quality that I 
have given the names in both. Mr. Martin had Meg Merrilies, Triomphe 
de la Rue des Chalets, Mdlle. Lacroix, Japonaise, Comte de Germiny, 
Madame C. Audiguier, Boule d’Or, Madame Bertie Rendatler, Garnet, 
Album Striatum, Fernand Feral, and Grand florum ; while Mr. Woodcock 
had Japonais°, Meg Merrilies, M. Tarin, Fair Maid of Guernsey, Mdlle. 
Lacroix, Madame C. Audiguier, Madame Bertie Rendatler, Roseum 
Superbum, M. Delaux, M. Astorg, and F. A. Davis ; Mr. E. Hazleden taking 
the third prize. In the class for six Japan 1 se (exhibitors in the preceding 
class b ing excluded) Mr. A. Elvey was first with a box containing Madame 
C. Audiguier (which bloom also obtained the National Society’s medal for 
the best Japanese bloom in the Show), M. Barne, Fair Maid of Guernsey, 
Comte de Germiny, Chinaman, and Elaine ; Mr. E. Kennett being second. 
In the class for six Anemones Mr. E. Martin was first with Fleur de Marie, 
Gluck, Georges Sands, Lady Margaret, Miss Margaret, and Minnie Cnate ; 
Mr. J. Woodcock being a good second; Messrs. Kennett and Elvey being 
third and fourth. In the class for six triplets of Pompons Mr. E. Martin 
was again first with a box of grand blooms—indeed, in some respects it was 
the best box in the Show, the blooms being of such high quality and size ; 
Mr. J. Woodcock taking second prize, and Mr. Hickman third. 
In class B, for amateurs only, Mr. Noble was first for twelve incurved, 
his best blooms being Prince Alfred, Golden Empress, Lord Wolseley, and 
Jeanne d’Arc ; Mr. A. Nash taking second prize. In the class for six 
incuivedMr. W. Featherstone was well ahead with Prince Alfred (which 
also obtained the medal of the National Society for best incurved bloom in 
the amateur class), Novelty, Lord Wolseley, Beethoven, Cloth of Gold, 
and Lady Talford ; Messrs. Kennett and Bligh taking the second and third 
prizes. In the class for twelve Japanese (amateurs) Mr. W. Featherstone 
was again first with a good box containing Mons. Delaux, Mdlle. Lacroix, 
Thunberg, Madame Clemence Audiguier, M. Mousillac, Triomphe du Nord, 
Gloire du Toulouse, Mons. N. Jacotot, Madame B. Rendatler, Roseum 
Pictum, Mons. Deveille, and Hiver Fleuri. Mr. Noble was second, his best 
blooms being Madame Lacroix, Album Plenum (which also obtained the 
National Society’s certificate for be«t Japanese bloom in amateurs’cl iss), 
Triomphe de la Rue des Chalets, and F. A. Davis. In the special prize for 
twelve Japanese, open to all members, Mr. E. Martin was first with Mdme. 
Lacroix, Japonaise, Meg Merrilies, Triomphe de la Rue des Chalets, Golden 
Dragon, Duchess of Albany, Madame C. Audiguier, Fair Maid of Guernsey, 
Album Striatum, Grandiflorum, Garnet, Comte de Germiny ; Messrs. 
Woodcock, Elvey, and Noble taking the remaining prizes in the order 
named. In the class for six incurved blooms Messrs. Elvey, Woodcock, and 
Dines took the prizes in the order. In the class for six reflexed Mr. Martin 
was first, Mr. Woodcock second, and Mr. Hickman third. 
In the classes for trained plants Mr. Martin carrie J all before him, taking 
first prize in each class, some of his plants having as many as eighty 
blooms almost large enough for exhibition ; the r maining prizes being 
taken by Messrs. Woodcock and Sargeaunt. There were five groups of Chry¬ 
santhemums staged for effect, first prize going to Mr. Featherst me, second 
to Mr. A. Sargeaunt, gardener to M. Kingsford, Esq.; third Mr. A. Elvey; and 
fourth to Mr. W. Elvey, gardener to the Dean of Canterbury. For a group 
of miscellaneous plants arranged for effect Mr. E. Martin was first, Mr. J. 
Woodcock second, and Mr. A. Sargeaunt third. Class for three foliage 
plants Mr. J. Woodcock was first, Mr. E. Martin second, and Mr. A. Elvey 
third. 
Fiuit was well shown, but we have not time or space to give many of 
the awards. In the collection of fruit Mr. Knight was first, Mr. Dims 
second, and Mr. Woodcock third. For three bunches of Grapes Mr. J. 
Woodcock was first with good bunches. Vegetables were very well shown, 
and the competition very keen, Mr. E. Dines, gardener to the Rev. H G. 
Rolt, being first for a collection of vegetables ; Mr. J. Woodcock second, 
Mr. A. Sargeaunt third. Both fruit and vegetables were well staged and of 
high quality by both amateurs and cottagers. The weather on the first day 
was very wet, but there was a very good attendance, which speaks well for 
the future of the Society. 
