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was well won by Mr. W. Bate”, who had good white and black Grapesi 
Reaches, Nectarines, a capital Pine Apple, and a Melon. Mr. C. J. Waite, 
y'fr er ’, ana Mr. Chadwick followed. With black Grape 3 , Mr. T. Osman, 
Uttersbaw Park Gardens, Chertsey, was fiist with two capital bunches of 
wiaeK Hamburgh, Mr. Milsom was second and Mr. A. Wright third. Mr. 
Usman was again first with white Grapes, good examples rf Buckland 
feweetwater, closely followed by Mr. W. Bates with Foster’s Seedling, and 
JVtr. J. Coombs for Muscat of Alexandria. Mi-. Palmer was first with an 
excellent Melon, Eero of Lockinge, well netted and of good flavour : Mr. 
rri w ith * w0 fine dishes of Cherries, Bigarreau Napoleon and 
Hlacfc Tartarian. Gooseberries, Currants, and other small fruits were shown 
in several classes. 
Vegetables were shown in good numbers and fine condition. In the class 
lor Messrs. Sutton & Sons’prizes for six variet’es of vegetables, Mr. C. J. 
Waite, Glenhurst Gardens, Esher, took the lead with white Leviathan 
Unions, rung of the Cauliflowers, Snowdrop Potatoes, Duke of AlbaBy Peas, 
Early Gem Carrots, and good Tomatoes. Mr. C. G rrod, ga-dener to J. K. 
lindale, Esq„ Oxford Lodge, Twickenham, was second : Mr. W. Palmer, 
gardener to W. F. Hume Dick, Esq., Thames Ditton, was third: and Mr. 
Onadwtck fourth. 
In Messrs. Carter and Co.’s class for six varieties of vegetables, Mr. C. J. 
Waite was again first with Sukreta Potatoes, Mont Blanc Cauliflowers, white 
Emperor Onions, Carter’s Horn Carrots, Perfection Tomatoes, and 
stratagem Peas. Mr. J. Stroud, Twickenham, was second, and Mr. J. 
Uoombs, Mortlake, was third. In the Society’s class the prizewinn rs were 
fu Tii"' ,* te ’ ^ r - J- Coombs, and Mr. C. Garrod, in tbe order named. In 
tneilotato class Mr. C. J. Waite was first with Sutton’s Seedling, Beauty of 
Hebron, and Woodstock Kidney. Mr. Waite was also first with Peas, and 
Mr. Balmer with Tomatoes. Lady George Hamil'on cffered three prizes for 
rne best collection of garden produce, which formed an interesting class. 
Mr. I hadwick won first honours with an excellent collection, followed by 
Messrs. A. Wright and Davis. 
w?‘^ mpeting exhibits were numerous. Mr. J. Roberts, Gunner-bury 
Earn Gardens, had a basket of very fine Gloxinias edged with Panicum. 
xr"»,r 0bert ? a ' 80 an imposing group of flowers and fine-foliage plants. 
Mr. May, gardener to the Marquis of Bute, Chiswick House, showed large 
group of flowering and fine-foliage plants (highly commended). H. Little, 
Esq., Ihe Barons, Twickenham (gardener, Mr. F. J. Hill), contributed a 
group of Orchids, not for competition, which comprised grand plants of 
Uypnpedium Lawrencianum and 1 arbatum, with C. superciliare, C. Day- 
superbiens, Cattleyas, Lfelia purpurata, and Brassavola Digbyara. 
Messrs. C. Lee & Son, Hammersmith, contributed a large group of orna- 
mental, foliage, and variegated shrubs (highly commended). The same 
nrm had seven boxes of fine Rose blooms (highly commended). Mr. T. S. 
Ware, Tottenham, bad a collection of hardy flowers (highly commended). 
Messrs. J. Veitch drSons, Chels< a, had eight boxes of handsome Rose blooms 
highly commended). Messrs. Hooper & Co. had a collection of fine Gloxinia 
blooms (highly commended). Messrs. J. Carter & Co., High Holborn, showed 
a large group of annuals (highly commended). 
EAST MOULSEY. 
Moulsey is the centre of a populous and fertile district in the 
neighbourhood of Hampton Court, and supports a horticultural society 
that has done much good among all classes in the neighbourhood who 
- ln the cultivati °a of flowers, fruit, and veg tables. The Society’s 
Exhibition was held on the 13th inst. in the well-wooded grounds of Moulsey 
Coutt, the residence of F. Francis, Esq. As there are not many large speci¬ 
men plant-growing establishments in the neighbourhood, the Committee 
Wisely gave the best prizes for groups. The competition waB good and the 
arrangements creditable to the exhibitors. In the la-ge group class, Mr. 
Turner, gardener to F. Francis, Esq., was placed first with a cheerful 
association of h-altby plants, amongst which double Petunias, Liliums, and 
Gloxinias were well represented, with a fine central Palm. Mr. G. Masters, 
Walton Road, Moulsey, followed very closely indeed with a more generally 
artistic group, but a little light in the centre. Mr. G. Bailey was third, his 
plants being a little too closely packed. In the small group class the awards 
went respectively to Mr. Berridge, gardener to T. Andrews, Esq., for a very 
chaste arrangement; Mr. Petrs, gardener to A. Keeting, E,q., and Mr. 
Giles, gardener to O. Keene, Esq., for attractive collections. A class was 
provided for nine plants, the first prize being well won by Mr Hunt, 
gardener to Sir Robert Carden, who staged a Tery fine Cyathea medulla»is, 
also a good Cycas and Bougainvillea; be t as followed by Messrs. Haskett, 
gardener to C. O’Hagan, E-q., and Turner. Mr. Hunt was fir^t also for 
ornamental fo iaged plants, Ferns, and Beeonias. Gloxinias were vtry good 
indeed, the first prize falling to Mr. Hookings, gardener to Sir Henry 
Thompson, Messrs. Hunt and Tnrner closely following. Mr. Yeo, gardener 
to Hies Fitzroy, secured the lead ng prize for Zonal Pelargoniums with 
dwarf healthy flonferous plants, Mr. Vile bemg second, and Mr. Gow. r 
third with larger examples. Fuchsias were fresh, healthy, and well grown 
by Messrs. Peters, Gow er, and Berridge, who were awarded the prizes in 
the order named. Mr. H. Long exhibited well in the amateurs’ class, a white 
Oleander being epecia'ly admired. 
Roses were on the whole rather small but fresh and bright, though the 
whole of the collections were not well staged. Messrs. Yeo, Sumpter, 
Bourne, and Goodhall were tbe successful exhibitors. Mr. Will 
Tayler staged good stands not for competition. Collections of hardy 
flowers for which Messrs. Yeo, Davis, and Hunt received prizes, were very 
good, and table decorations excellent. 
Fruit was very well represented. Messrp. Hookings and Hunt taking the 
prizes for black Grapes, their positions being reversed with whites, the 
former Black Hamburghs, thelatter Foster’s Seedling, and all good. The 
only superior Melon staged was Hero of Lockirge by Mr. Turner. Small 
fruits, such as Currants, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Cherries, and Straw¬ 
berries, were admirably shown both by gardeners and amateurs. 
Vegetables were excellent, the prizes for eight dLbes being won by 
Messrs. Hcokiugs, Turner, and Daws with first-rate produce, and not less 
meritorious were the collections of six dishes with which Messrs. Yeo, Hunt, 
and Beaver were the successful exhibitors. Mr. Hookings had also a special 
and fine exhibit of Peas and Beans. The Duke of Albany was perhaps the 
finest Pta in the Show. Mr. Yeo staged the best six dishes of Potatoes we 
have seen this year, the varieties being Lord Rosebery, red round ; Snow- 
drop, Vicar of Laleham, Prime Minister, Prizetaker, and Reading Perfection, 
These won and well deserved the highest award, Messrs. Hookings and 
Turner following. Mr. Masters’ prizes for vegetables were won by Messrs. 
Hunt, Beaver, and Gower. Mr. Hookings staging the best Cucumbers,. 
Ca ter’s Model. 
The Show was well managed by Mr. H. Andrews, the Honorary 
Secretary, and Mr. G. Masters, arid the Society is greatly indebted to the 
tstet med Vicar of the parish, the Rev. W. F. Reynolds, for his active 
co-operation in promoting its prosperity. 
FARE HAM. 
The twenty-second annual Exhibition of the Fareham and South Hants 
Horticultural Society was held on the 13th inst. in a field adjoining the 
cricket ground, and was a success in quality. The plants were better than 
in past years, but there was a fading off in the fruit and vegetable classes, 
pat ticularly amongst the cottagers, but the long-continued drought affects 
these exhibitors more than any others. The arrangements were excel! nt, 
and were as usual under the guidance of Mr. Harry Smith, the energetic 
Secretary. The principal plant class was that for eight stove andgreenhouse 
specimens. Here Mr. E. Molyneux, gardener to W. H. Myers, Esq., Swanmore 
Park, was an easy first, his plants being large and clean, while his 
Crotons were magnificent in colour, the best being variegatus, 6 feet in 
diameter; Queen Victoria, a large plant, highly coloured. Latania bor- 
bonica, a large fresh specimen ; Arcca lutescens, Seaforthia elegans, and a 
freely flowered globular-shaped plant of Bougainvillea glabra were some of 
the most noteworthy. 
Mr. W. Hawkins, gardener to W. Bishop, Esq., Swanwick, occupied the 
second place with much smaller specimens, but they were characterised by 
good health, the best being Latania borbonica, Cycas revoluta, Bougainvill a 
glabra, and Clerodendron Balfourianum. Mr. Hawkins was first prizewinner 
for twelve specimens in flower and six foliage plants. In the former class 
Anthnrium Schertzerianum, Vinca rosea, and Oncidium sphacelatum were 
the best, while in the latter class Anthurium regale was the most noteworthy. 
W. H. Deane, Esq., Fairfield took second prize. Equal first prizes were 
awarded to Mr. Hawkins and C. T. Thornton, Esq., for a group of miscel¬ 
laneous plants arranged for effect, both having suitable material and good 
taste in arranging them. For a single specimen Mr. Molyneux staged a 
finely coloured Croton angustifolius, which gained the first prize, while a 
medium-sized Latania borbonica took second honours for W. H. Deane, Esq-. 
Mr. Hawkins had the best six Ferns, clear vigorous examples of 'good 
kinds. 
Pelargoniums and Zonal Pelargoniums were best shown by Mr. Hawkins, 
while Mrs. Boyd bad the best Coleus. p or two bunches of black Grapes 
Mr. Molyneux was easily first, showing Black Hamburgh, medium-sized 
bunches, with large berries and well finished. Mr. Hawkins was second with 
larger bunches not quite so well coloured, while this latter exhibitor took 
first for two bunches of white Grapes with Foster’s Seedling, rather green. 
Mr. Boyd second with much smaller bunches, but larger berries and better 
colour. Mr. C. J. Thornton staged splendid Cherries. Mr. MoB neux was 
the only exhibitor of one Melon, staging William Tillery in capital 
condition. 
Major Ramsay, Ivery House, Fareham, was the only exhibitor of Roses, 
ho staged a capital box of eighteen varieties and another of nine varieties 
being fresh and of good form, A. K. Williams, Marie Baumann, Etienne' 
Levet, Jean Ducher, Etoile de Lyon, Marie Rady, aud Mrs. Laxton being 
the best, while in the nurserymen’s class Messrs. Ewing & Co., Havant^ 
were the only exbibi'ors of twenty-four varieties, which were in capital 
condition if not large ; Pride of Waltham, Duke of Wellington, Sunset 
Marquise de Castellane, Marechal Kiel, and Countess of Oxford were the 
best, while the same firm staged a quantity not for competition, arranging 
them in threes. Merveille de Lyon, Reynolds Hole, Ulrich Brunner, and 
Comtesse d’Oxford were the most conspicuous. 
For a box of cut flowers 3 feet by 2 feet Mrs. Boyd was the prizetaker 
with a choice assortment of both hothouse and hardy kinds. For twelve 
kinds of vegetables three exhibitors staged. Mr. Molyneux was an easy 
first with White Leviathan Onions, Nantes Horn Carrots, Globe Artichokes 
Duke of Albany Peas, Trophy Tomatoes, and Long White Vegetable Mari 
rows ; the Rev. E. S. Prideaux, Brune, was second with a clean lot. Mr. 
Hawkins had the best dish of Tomatoes, a very fine one of Carter’s Ruby. 
Messrs. Hawkins & Son, Fareham, staged a captal collection of small plants 
in a miscellaneous class. 
ROYAL CALEDONIAN SOCIETY’S SUMMER SHOW. 
Held in conjunction with the Provincial Show of the National Rose 
Society, of which a detailed re; ort appears above, this Exhibition was 
mainly noteworthy for the quantity and quality of the fruit and vegetables, 
both being largely in excess of what has been brought together at previous 
shows held at this date. The plants were few in number considering the 
large amount of floor space theie is to cover in the Wav rley Market., nor 
as a rule were they remarkable for size. Cut flowers were very poorly repre¬ 
sented, setting the Roses aside of course. 
An unfortunate contretemps occurred in the morning. The market 
gardeners, who only last year obtained in the highest Court of Appeal a 
decision favourable to their view that tbe Market had been built in the first 
place for their convenience, had not been consulted about the Show being 
held in their market, and they pushed their rights to the utmost extremity, 
refusing to leave the Market until at ten in the forenoon the market for the 
day was over. 
Coming now to the irize list the more noteworthy features are noted 
below. 
Gardeners’ and Amateurs’ Classes.—Plants. 
Class 1, table of plants, 20 fett by 5 feet, for effect. Three very pretty 
and effective groups were staged. Tho first prize was awaid d to Mr- 
Grossart, Canaan Lane, Ed nbui gh, for a very light and ph asing arrangement. 
Mr. R. Cockburn, gardener to H. H. Norris, Esq., Coltbridge Hall, second 
with an arrangement specially rich in Orchids, but Badly wanting in that 
lightnees which is so effective; and third Mr. J. Donaldson, gardener toH.E. 
Moss, Eeq., Murray field. 
For six stove or greenhouse plants, in flower, distinct, Mr. J. Patterson* 
