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May 23,1896. 
Ajax ; feathered, Masterpiece and Sir J. Paxton. Third prize, Mr. C. W. 
Needham, Royley Royton, near Manchester, roses, flamed, Aglaia and 
Lady C. Gordon ; feathered, Hilda and Modesty ; byblcemens, flamed. 
Carbuncle and Friar Tuck ; feathered. Trip to Stockport and a seedling ; 
bizarres, flamed. Masterpiece and Wm. Wilson ; feathered, Masterpiece 
and Luke Ashmole, 
Class 2, six dissimilar rectified Tulips.—First prize, silver medal, 
Mr. C. W. Needham, Royley, Royton, Manchester, with bizarres, 
flamed. Sir Joseph Paxton; feathered, Luke Ashmole; byblcemen. 
Universe feathered and Universe flamed ; roses. Lady Catherine 
Gordon flamed, Annie M'Gregor feathered. Second prize, Mr. T. 
Haynes.—Flamed bybloemen, Adonis ; rose. Heroine ; bizarre. Sir J. 
Paxton. Feathered, Bessie, Mabel, and Sir J. Paxton. Third prize, 
Mr. J. W. Bentley.—Feathered bybloemsn, Beauty of Litchurch ; rose, 
Annie M'Gregor; bizarre. Masterpiece. Flamed, Charlemagne, Aglaia, 
and Masterpiece. Fourth prize, Mr. G. Edom, Horeham Road, Sussex, 
with Dr. Hardy, flamed. Sir J. Paxton, feathered, bizarres; Universe, 
feathered, and Bessie, flamed, byblcemens ; Aglaia, both a feathered and 
a flamed rose. 
Class 3, three feathered Tulips.—First prize, Mr. J. W. Bentley. A 
fine exhibit, comprisin? Coningsby Castle, General Grant, and Comte de 
Vergennes. Second prize, Mr. T. Haynes, Sir J. Paxton, Mabel, and 
Adonis. Third, Mr. C. W. Needham, Modesty, Ashmole, Bessie. Fourth, 
Mr. G. Edom. 
Class 4, three flamed Tulips.—Frst prize, Mr. T. Haynes, with a grand 
pan consisting of Universe, Sir J. Paxton, and Mabel. Second prize, 
the Rev. F. D. Horner, M.A., Lowfields, Burton-in-Lonsdale, with three 
excellent blooms of Dr. Hutcheon, Hepworth’s Seedling, and Mabel. 
Third prize, Mr. T. W. Bensley, Mabel, Bessie, Duke of Devonshire. 
Fourth, Mr. C. W. Needham, Dr. Hardy, Bessie, and Nanny Gibson. 
Fifth, Mr. G. Edom, with Sir Joseph Paxton, Aglaia, and an unknown 
bybloemen. 
Class 5, six di-similar Tulips.—First prize, silver medal, the Rev. 
F. D. Horner, Lowfields, Burton-in-Lonsdale, with Fairy and Desdemona, 
byblcemens ; Mrs. Barlow and Rosy Morn, roses ; Dragonfly and 
Storer’s 3A, bizarres. Second prize, Mr. T. W. Bentley, Sir Joseph 
Paxton and Goldfinder, bizarres; Elizabeth Pegg and Glory of Stake- 
hill, byblcemens ; Mabel and Hepworth’s Seedling, roses. Third, Mr. 
C. W. Needham. Sir Joseph Paxton, and Goldfinder ; Glory of Stakehill 
and Elizabeth Pegg ; Madame St. Arnaud and Lloyd’s Seedling. Fourth, 
Mr. T. Haynes, Rose Hill and Mabel; Doctor Hardy and Sir Joseph 
Paxton ; Beauty of Litchurch and Talisman. 
In Class 6 there was a very close competition for the Samuel Barlow 
Memorial prize, for one feathered and one flamed Tulip of any class. 
First prize, Mr. C. W. Needham, with Elizabeth Pegg, feathered ; and 
Sir Joseph Paxton, flamed. Second prize, the Rev. F. D. Horner, with 
a seedling bybloemen, feathered ; and Mabel. Mr. T. Haynes was quite 
a close competitor with Masterpiece, feathered ; and S.ir Joseph 
Paxton. 
In the competition for groups of amateur English Tulips, J. T. 
Bennett-Poe, Esq., Holmewood, Cheshunt, was awarded the first prize 
silver medal for his collection of well-grown blooms, in which were fine 
specimens of Sir Joseph Paxton, Sulphur, Mabel, and Annie MacGregor. 
A few more breeders would have brightened the exhibit. Second prize, 
Mr. J. W Bentley. Third prize, Mr. G. Edom. The group exhibited 
by Mr. C. W. Needham being next in order of merit. The afternoon of 
Tuesday being rather dark, the blooms were hardly seen to the best 
advantage, some of them closing as the afternoon waned.—C. W. N. 
Weather in London, —During the past week the weather in 
the metropolis has been very cold, the winds being particularly harsh 
and unfavourable to vegetation. A few drops of rain have fallen at 
intervals, while equally rare glimpses have been caught of the sun. It 
is hoped that a change will soon be experienced. Yesterday (Wednes¬ 
day) was bright, though a little milder. 
- Weather in the North.— The weather towards the close 
of last week was cold and ungenial, and snow fell in both the north 
and the south of the country. Sunday was also cold, and the hills to 
the north were slightened whitened on Monday morning. With the 
advance of the day on Monday there was a return of milder weather. 
—B. D., S. Perthshire. 
- Gardening Appointment. —Mr. Wm. M. Moir, gardener to 
the Rev. Dr. McLeod (Chaplain to Her Majesty) at Glenfenlan, Dum¬ 
bartonshire, and formerly at Rosshall, Paisley, has been appointed head 
gardener to J. D. Fletcher, Esq,, Rosehaugh, Ross-shire. 
- Viola Conference at Birmingham. — The second annual 
Conference of growers and others interested in Violas will be held on 
the first day (29th inst.) of the Pansy and Viola show in the Edgbaston 
Botanical Gardens at four o’clock in the afternoon. Mr. William 
Cuthbertson will be Chairman, and the following papers will be con¬ 
tributed :—Professor Hillhouse, “ The Genus Viola ; ” Mr. Richard 
Dean, “ Older Varieties of Violas ; ” Mr. J. D. Stuart, “ Viola Sports ; ” 
Mr. E. Burrell, “Violas That Do Well in Surrey Dr. Stuart, “Newer 
Varieties of the Violetta type ; ” Mr. A. J. Rowberry, “ The Winter 
Treatment of Violas.” 
- Colchester Rose and Horticultural Society. —The 
summer exhibition of this Society is announced to be held in the 
grounds of East Hill House, Colchester, on Thursday, June 20tb, when 
excellent prizes will be adjudged for Roses, general plants and flowers, 
vegetables and fruit. The show will be divided into sections to meet 
the positions of all growers, and should prove a great success. The 
Chrysanthemum Show is fixed for Thursday, November 7th. Full 
particulars, with schedules, may be had froai the Hon. Sec., Mr. O. G. 
Orpen, West Bergholt, Colchester, and Mr. P. R. Green, Colchester. 
- Shirley Gardeners’ and Amateurs’ Improvement 
Association. —A meeting was held on the 20th inst. at the Parish Room, 
Shirley, Southampton, when the President (Mr. W. F. G. Spranger) pre¬ 
sided over a good attendance of the members. Mr. Jesse Jones, The 
Gardens, Terrace House, Polygon, Southampton, read a paper on the 
“ Cultivation of the Melon.” The increased fruitfulness of plants raised 
from seed two or more years old, compared with plants from quite new 
seed, was advanced ; but no definite conclusion on the point appeared to 
be arrived at. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Jones for his 
interesting and instructive paper. 
- Pearson’s “ Vine Culture.” —This little shilling work on the 
Vine maintains its popularity, as is evident by the issue of a sixth 
edition, published by Messrs. Forman & Sons, Nottingham. Written by 
one of the soundest of horticulturists in his generation, the late Mr. J. R. 
Pearson, and revised and edited by his son, Mr. C. E. Pearson, this 
handy little book may be regarded as a safe and sound guide for those 
busy people wbo want the greatest amount of information in the least 
space and at the smallest cost. It is a multum in jparvo on the culti¬ 
vation of the Vine, and the prevention or destruction of its enemies. It 
would be no great task to get the matter “ off by heart,” and those who 
should do this will have knowledge worth many shillings, and it may be 
pounds, stored in their minds. 
- Floral Decorations at Warwick Castle.— These were 
carried out on an extensive and elaborate scale during the recent visit 
of the Prince of Wales to the castle of the once king maker. Hundreds 
of splendid Mar^chal Niel and Catherine Mermet Roses were employed, 
as well as large quantities of Lily of the Valley and Malmaison Carna¬ 
tions. Perhaps the chief feature of the floral arrangement was a large 
group of choice Orchids displayed with great taste, and intermingled 
with Asparagus plumosus in the fine drawing-room. On every hand 
Mignonette and Lily of the Valley filled the atmosphere with perfume- 
In the grand old hall, for which the castle is famed, stately Palms spread 
their arching fronds high above banks of vivid scarlet, the whole 
arrangement producing an effect not easily forgotten, and must have 
entailed an immense amount of work on the part of Mr. H. Dunkin, 
Lord Warwick’s head gardener, and his assistants.—G. H. S., Wartcich. 
- Garden Tulips. —The note on “Gardeners’ Tulips” (page 422), 
by Mr. Brotherston, is opportune, and leads me to make a note about 
what I term garden Tulips. I allude to those that are grown solely 
in gardens, and which I call old fashioned Tulips, as being distinct from 
any of those cultivated in pots. In this neighbourhood much attention 
is paid to these Tulips by the cottagers, and hardly a garden can be seen 
that does not contain a good number. It is surprising what a range of 
colouring is to be found, from pure white to the darkest of red, embracing 
all conceivable shades of yellow, pink, and carmine. No one ever 
dreams of disturbing the bulbs with the idea of improving them in any 
way. From the success attained hereabouts it is a plain proof that 
annual replanting of the bulbs is not at all necessary. In what we call 
the wild part of oar garden there are a goodly number of both double 
and single Tulips of this section growing in the grass. To my know¬ 
ledge they have not been disturbed for sixteen years, and they flower 
annually in profusion. The sweet-scented Florentine Tulip (sylvestris) 
is a great favourite. The bright yellow flowers are tinted with green 
' on the outside, and last in freshness a long time,—E. M. 
