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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
of Ailsa Craig Onion, Autumn Giant Cauliflower, Pearl Celery, Sensation 
'lomatoes, Ne Plus Ultra Runner Bean, Prodigy Pea, Webb’s Defiance 
Carrot, and Satisfaction Potato. Mr. W. Pope was a very close second, 
Mr. J. Hathaway third, and Mr. C. J. Waite fourth. Messrs. Webb 
and Sons also provided good prizes for their Tomatoes, and the variety 
Sensation was very well shown. Mr. A. Coombe was first, Mr. J. 
Cranford second, and Mr. C. J. Waite third. Messrs. Sutton &c Sons 
provided the prizes in five different classes. For a brace of Cucumbers 
Mr. A. E. D. Darby was first for a good brace of Matchless, Mr. H. 
Forder being second, and Mr. J, Hathaway third. With a dish of 
Tomatoes the competition was very keen. Mr. T. Pye was first, Mr. 
C. J. Waite second, and Mr. G. Squibbs third, all having perfect dishes 
of Sutton’s Perfection. The winners with Peas were Messrs. W. Pope, 
T. Wilkins, and T. Meares, and with Carrots W. Pope and W. Dawes, 
who took the prizes in the order named. Quite a large number of 
Melons were shown, Messrs. H. Forder, J. Bates (gardener to J. T. 
Harris, Esq.), and T. Wilkins taking the prizes as named. Messrs. Carter 
and Co. provided liberal prizes for their specialities in the way of 
Beans, Tomatoes and Melons, and these were well competed for, but the 
names of the respective prizewinners could not be ascertained when 
this report was taken. Messrs. Thomson & Co., Birmingham, were 
alsr donors of special prizes for a collection of six varieties of vegetables, 
and with these Mr. T. Smeatham was first. Mr. J. Newell (gardener to 
G. H. Kenrick, Esq.), second, and Mr. Coombs third. Mr. Robert Syden¬ 
ham, Birmingham, likewise offered prizes for a collection of vegetables, 
and in this instance and also in the cases of special prizes offered by 
Messrs. W. Clibran, the Judges overlooked the classes for a considerable 
time, the judging not being completed when the tents were thrown open 
to a crush of exhibitors and visitors. 
Miscellaneous. 
The honorary exhibits staged were of a very meritorious character, 
and in sufficient numbers to form a fine exhibition by themselves, the 
local nurserymen always staging fine displays. The following medals 
were awarded to their exhibits—viz., a gold medal to Messrs. Sutton and 
Sons, Reading, for a grand display of their new Gloxinias, including 
Her Majesty, Duke of York, Empress of India, Souvenir de Shrewsbury, 
and Purple Prince, to which certificates were awarded. A silver medal 
to the Liverpool Horticultural Company for a superb display of floral 
designs. Silver medals also to Messrs. Cutbnsh & Son, London, for a 
collection of plants ; to Mr. B. It. Davis, Yeovil, for Begonia blooms ; 
to Messrs. Hewitt & Co., Birmingham, for a collection of plants and cut 
flowers ; to Messrs. Thomson & Co., Birmingham, for 500 blooms of 
Carnations and Picotees ; to Messrs. Hy. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, for 
Begonia blooms, Cactus, and other Dahlias ; to Mr. Blair, Trentham, for 
twelve Pines. Bronze medals to Mr. John Price, Rhyl, and Messrs. Lee 
and Co., Shrewsbury, for collections of fruit; and a special prize to Mr. 
Wallis, Keele Hall, for five dishes of Figs. 
Certificates went to Mr. E. Murrell, nurseryman, Shrewsbury,for a fine 
lot of Roses, plants, and cut flowers. First and silver medal was awarded 
last year, and no exhibitor can take one two years in succession, to Mr. 
Hy. Eckford, Wem, for new Sweet Peas ; to Mr. A. Myers, Shrewsbury, 
for a collection of plants ; to Messrs. Birkenhead, Sale, for new and rare 
Ferns (medal last year), also to Messrs. Kelway & Son for a very fine 
collection of Gladioli (medal last year), but first class certificates also to 
new Gladioli, Sarah Bernhardt, Unionist and Nautch Girl; to Messrs. 
Dicksons, Limited, for plants and cut flowers ; to Messrs. Keynes, 
Williams & Co., for new Cactus Dahlia Mars ; to Messrs. Sutton and 
Sons, for new winter blooming Begonias ; to Mr. Charles Turner, Slough, 
for Carnations and Pico’ees; to Mr. Hy. Pattison, Shrewsbury, for 
Violas ; to Messrs. Thomson & Co., Birmingham, for seedling salmon 
self Carnation Mrs. J. Chamberlain. 
Amongst Messrs. Cannell & Sons’ new Cactus Dahlias the following 
were very fine and distinct :—Ernest Cannell, bright orange ; Robert 
Cannell, bright carmine rose ; Mrs. Douglas, shaded fawn and rose, and 
bright; Duke of Clarence, shaded crimson, all of the Juarezi type, and 
with these was Canna Louise Chretien, orange, beautifully spotted with 
brownish red. 
On the first day 15,000 persons were present, and over 40,000 on the 
second. The great Exhibition is admirably managed by Messrs. Adnitt 
and Naunton, the Hon. Secretaries, and the Committee had the work 
ready for the Judges soon after ten o’clock. 
CARDIFF.— August 17th and 18th. 
The annual Show of this Society was held at Cardiff on the above 
dates, and was admitted on all sides to be the best ever held in the town, 
if not in South Wales. The district is well suited for the growth and 
maturing of fruit, vegetables, and flowers, and it is evident that the art 
of culture is being better attended to year by year. The exhibits were 
set out in a series of eight or nine large tents, arranged within the 
Sophia Garden, the lawn of which afforded most grateful walking 
ground for visitors, while the avenues of well foliaged trees furnished 
delightful shade, which was much appreciated in the sunshine and heat 
with which the Show was favoured. 
The tent set apart for the open classes, where the competition was 
practically limited to nurserymen, proved a great attraction to 
connoisseurs. Tne principal honours in this department were carried off 
by Mr. Cypher of Cheltenham. In the class for twelve stove and green¬ 
house plants he was first with very fine specimens of Ixora amabilis, 
Franciscea calycina major, Allamanda Hendersoni, Erica Uriana, Clero- 
dendron Balfourianum, Anthurium Andreanum, Erica Jacksoni, 
E. Marnockiaua, Stephanotis floritunda, Rondeletia Bpeciosa major, 
Ixora I’ilgrimi, and E. Austiniana. These plants were compact in 
growth, thoroughly flowered, and in the best condition possible. Messrs. 
W. Heath & Son, Cheltenham, were second with good plants of Alia- 
manda grandiflora, Statice profusa, Phoenocoma prolifera Barnesi, and 
similar plants of other varieties. In the class for eight fine-foliaged 
plants Mr. Cypher’s first prize collection embraced splendid plants of 
Croton Chelsoni, C. Newmani, Dasylirion acrotrichum, Pritchardia 
pacifica, Kentia Belmoreana, K. australis, and Cycas revoluta. Messrs. 
Heath & Son were second with large plants, principally Palms and 
Crotons. 
In the class for six Fuchsias, Mr. T. Clarke, gardener to Col. Sir E. 
Hill, Cardiff, was first with magnificent plants in fine bloom, comprising 
Beaconsfield, Display, Mrs. Rundell, Charming, Thomas King, and Rose 
of Castile. The second prize specimens, exhibited by F. Hillard, Esq , 
Cardiff, were good, but not of such fine varieties. For six Zonal Pelar¬ 
goniums Mr. Hillard was first with large, well-flowered, flat-trained 
plants, perfect in foliage, the varieties being Mark Twain, Madame Leon 
Dolloy, F. V. Raspail, Eureka, Wonderful, and Minnie Parker. Mr. T. 
Clarke was second with similar plants but not quite so well flowered. 
For eight exotic Ferns, Mr. Malpas, gardener to Mr. C. E. Jenkins, Pen- 
v-lan, Cardiff, was first with excellent plants of Adiantum cuneatum, 
A. cardiochloena, A. gracillimum, A. amabile, Gymnogramma chryso- 
phylla, Woodwardia radicans, Davallia Mooreana, and Dicksonia ant- 
arctica. Mr. Clarke was second. With twelve Begonias (Tuberous), 
Mr. Jenkins was first, having a fine assortment of singles and doubles, 
and Mr. Evan Lewis, Llandaff, was second with plants little inferior to 
the others. 
Mr. Cypher was first with four Orchids, having good pieces of 
Cattleya Gaskclliana, OJontoglossum Harryana, Cattleya gigas, and 
Phalaenopsis Schrbderiana, and Messrs. Heath & Sons second. 
In the tent for plants confined to amateurs a large number of excel¬ 
lently grown specimens were shown. In the class for four stove or 
greenhouse plants in bloom, distinct varieties, there was good competi¬ 
tion, and Mr. Jenkins was first with evenly balanced plants of Plumbago 
capensis, Clerodendron Balfourianum, Allamanda Hendersoni, and 
Vallota purpurea. Mr. Currey, Salisbury, was second with good plants. 
For four fine-foliage plants Mr. A. Pettigrew, gardener to the Marquis 
of Bute, Cardiff Castle, was first with Cjcas revoluta, Croton int r- 
ruptum, C. majesticum, and Phoenix compacta. Mr. Jenkins was 
Becond ; and Mr. Hockey, gardener to Col. Page, third. For four 
Fuchsias Mr. Hillard, sen., was first with large well-flowered plants ; 
and Mr. T. Clarke second. 
An interesting and successful feature in the plant department was 
the tent containing the groups of miscellaneous plants arranged for effect, 
occupying spaces of 100, 50, and 25 square feet respectively. The 
100 feet groups were arranged in circular form down the centre of the 
tent, and the 50 feet and 25 feet groups were placed along the sides. 
Of the half dozen 100 feet lots the first prize was awarded to that 
of Mr. Currey, Salisbury, which was a very neat low group of plants, 
many of them being common hardy border flowers, such as Liliums, 
Gladioli, Campanula pyramidalis, with Crotons, Orchid, and Maiden¬ 
hair Fern for a groundwork. The group was light and open, and every 
plant was shown well. The second prize was awarded to Mr. Case, 
florist, Cardiff, for a very neat group, made up of Palm in the centre, with 
Maidenhair Ferns, Caladiums, Crotons, Cockscombs, and other plants. 
For the groups of 50 feet Mr. Clarke was first with a handsome arrange¬ 
ment, consisting chiefly of Crotons, Oncidiums, Gloxinias, and Tuberous 
Begonias, edged with Maidenhair Fern. Col. Page was a good second, 
and Mr. A. Pettigrew third. In the group of 25 feet Mr. C. Waldron, 
Llandaff, was first with a bright little group, consisting of Coleus, 
Dracasna, and Caladiums, lit up with flowering plants of Tuberous 
Begonias, Gloxinias, &c. Mr. Evan Lewis was second with a group 
consisting chiefly of flowering plants ; and Mr. Marcus Gunn, Llandaff, 
third. The silver medal for the exhibit showing the highest cultural 
skill was awarded to Mr. A. Pettigrew for his 100-feet group, which was 
made up of valuable plants, though less showy in the mass than some of 
theothers. The groups altogether made a splendid display, and were 
much admired by non-professional visitors and gardeners. 
In the department of cut flowers the Show was of marked excellence. 
The Roses in the open classes were a feature in themselves, such as we 
have rarely witnessed. Mr. Stephen Treseder, nurseryman, Cardiff, 
who literally swept the boards in all the classes, was awarded the 
premier prize for twelve H.P. distinct varieties, three blooms of each, 
with a stand comprising Mrs. John Laing, Duke of Wellington, Dr. 
Andry, Earl of Dufferin, La France, Auguste Rigotard, Victor Hugo, La 
Duchesse de Morny, Silver Queen, A. K. Williams, and Charles Lefebvre. 
Messrs. D. & W. Croll, nurserymen, Dundee, who have established a 
reputation as Rose growers in the north, were second with a good stand, 
but the flowers were lacking in size and colour. Mr. Treseder’s first 
prize stand of Tea Roses were splendid. It is rarely that such perfect 
blooms are to be seen at this season, and many of the individual flowers 
were amongst the best seen this year. The varieties were Marie Van 
Houtte, Madame Lambard, Francisca Kruger, Hon. Edith Gifford, 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Ernest Metz, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Anna 
Ollivier, Madame Hoste, The Bride, Catherine Mermet, and Innocente 
Pirola. The English Fruit and Rose Company (Cranston, Limited), 
Hereford, were second with a very fine stand, in which the blooms were 
smaller and rougher. Mr. Treseder’s first prize stand of twenty-four 
H.P. Roses were as follows :—Countess of Oxford, Duchess of Bedford, 
Heinrich Hchultheis, D. Lamy, La France, Ulrich Brunner, Mrs. John 
Laing, Alfred Colomb, G6n«5ral Jacqueminot, Marquise de Castellane, 
