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Horsham, exhibited fruits of a seedling Apple somewhat like a large form of 
the la9t named, and coloured similarly. 
Mr. W. Divers, Wierton Gardens, Maidstone, was awarded a cultural 
commendation for fine fruits of Seckle Pears, and seedling Apples were sent 
by several other exhibitors, amongst them being one named Lord 
Cottenham, from Dr. Walker, 12, Lingfield Road, Wimbledon, very neat in 
shape, somewhat conical, yellow, with rel streaks on one side. It is a 
heavy Apple, and of gool appearance. Mr. John Crooke, Farnborough 
Grange Gardens, Hampstead, sent several dishes of Plums, Coe’s Golden 
Drop, Reine Claude de Bavay, and Blue Imperatrioe. A dish of fine fruits 
of Pears Doyenne du Comice from a tri e on a wall, and fiDe fruits of Beurre 
Superfin were also shown. Mr. D. Murray, Culzean Castle Gardens, 
Maybole, Ayrshire, exhibited a fine sample of Green Curled Kale. Mr. R. 
Dean, Ealing, sent tubers of Potato Prime Minister, grown since 
September 1st, large and even ; a good Moss-curled Parsley also came from 
the same exhibitor. Mr. J. Lye, The Gardens, Clyffe Hall, Market 
Lavington, exhibited tubers of a seed ing Potato, a cross between Purple 
King and Woodstock Kidney. The tubers were large, somewhat flat, but 
even, and with few eyes. The haulm is said to be stout, about 20 to 24 
inches highland thiB is the third year’s trial. 
Mr. R. Gilbert, Burghley Gardens, Stamfo-d, exhibited a collection of 
his vegetable novelties, comprising Chou de Universal with sprouts of im¬ 
mense size ; Jubilee Green Sprouts, also large and solid ; Universal Savoy, 
a small compact-hearted variety ; and the celebrated Chou de Burghley, 
for which a vote of thanks was awarded. Mr. Gilbert’s exhibit was very 
interesting, and attracted much attention. A cultural commendation was 
awarded to Mr. G. Bloxham, The Gardens, Brickhill Manor, Bletchley, 
Oxon, for six specimens of Yeitch’s Superb White Cos Lettuce, very solid 
and good. Mr. Fletcher, Annesley, Notts, showed a new Potato named 
Lord Tennyson, very large flat tubers with purple eyes. Mr. Burden, The 
Gardens, Wakegreen House, Moseley, Birmingham, also sent a new Potato 
named Vicar of Moseley, arid to be the result of a cross between Vicar of 
Laleham and Woodstock Kidney ; it resembled the former. 
Floral Committee.— Present : G. F. Wilson, Esq., in the chair, and 
Messrs. J. Douglas, W. Wilks, J. Fraser, H. Herbst, W. H. Lowe, R. Dean, 
W. Holmes, C. Noble, C. Pilcher, H. Ballantine, H. M. Pollett, J. O’Brien, 
A. J. Lendy, G. Duffield, Shirley Hibberd, James Hudson. 
Messrs. Hooper & Co., Covent Garden, exhibited a large group of Car¬ 
nations in pots, comprising 120 well grown plants in three dozen varieties. 
Some of the most notable were F. V. Raspail, scarlet in its early stage, be¬ 
coming rather lighter when more advanced ; J. P. Nugue, rich scat let, very 
dwarf and early, strong and free; Irma, bright rose; Sultan, white 
streaked rose ; Dr. Raymond, deep maroon, like a Clove ; Jean Naturelle, 
very free, salmon flaked bright rose, fine blooms, keeps its colour well; 
Mdlle. Carle, pure white, excellent; Vesuvius, a strong growing variety, 
very free, bright scarlet, capital for cutting; Louise Chretien, pure white 
ground, with few bright rose streaks ; Madame Bordet, large white, few 
pale rose streaks, handsome ; Souvenir de la Bruyiere, scarlet, exceedingly 
floriferious, good habit; Zuave, red streaked dark scarlet, good habit; 
Charles Lombard, crimson rose, bright, light centre, handsome, compact in 
habit ; Louis Bernhard, fringed, purplish crimson shaded, distinct; Madame 
Massicault, yellowish centre, edged purplish lilac; Chateaubriand, very large, 
rose coloured, dwarf, best in spring; George Paul, salmon centre, shaded 
pale pink, pretty ; Henriette Nugue, white streaked rose, large flower, dwarf 
and free. A silver Banksian medal was awarded for this handsome group. 
Mr. W. Holmes, Frampton Park, Hackney, Bbowed thirty-six Japanese 
Chrysanthemum blooms of new varieties, comprising several of considerable 
merit. A special vote of thanks was awarded for Macaulay, a peculiar 
bronze yellow with much curled and crisped florets, deeply aDd irregularly 
cut at the points. This would have been certificated, but only two blooms 
were shown, and three are required by the Committee’s rules. One named 
Forester was much like Belle Paule. Samuel Morley, brilliant red, gold 
reverse, medium Bize; M. Canet, dull red, a curious colour: Wm. CobbeU, 
certificated last meeting; C. \v agstaff, pure white, broad florets ; Othello, 
bronze yellow, edged red; and Macbeth, bright yellow. 
A vote of thanks was awarded to W. Cobb, Esq., Sydenham, for a plant 
of Vanda Sanderiana with a raceme of nine large flowers. Mr. Cowley, 
gardener to F. G. Taut*, Esq.,Studley Biouse, Hammersmith, was awarded a 
vote of thanks for Cattleya Loddigesi cindida with one pearly white flower, 
a Cypripedium named obscurum in the style of C. inBigne, and Cirrhope- 
talum ornatiscimum with four flowers, the lateral sepals bearing a curious 
tuft of purplish hair3. Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, exhibited plants 
of the following :—Begonia John Heal, the beautiful hybrid between 
B. socotrana, and a Tuberous variety. It is very free flowering, bright rose 
in colour, lasting for a great length of time, all the flowers being staminate. 
Amaryllis solandrasflora, a New Grenadan species with very long tubular 
flowers (10 inches long) greenish white. Begonia Adonis, a cross between 
one of the tuberous varieties and John Heal, the latter being the pollen 
parent. In habit it resembles the tuberous section, with large but rounded 
leaves and large rosy scarlet well-formed flowtrs. A box of brilliant hybrid 
Rhododendron flowers was also shown, and a fine new scarlet Bouvardiia. 
CERTIFICATED PLANTS. 
Chrysanthemum Mrs. J. Wright (G. Stevens, Putney).—A Japanese 
variety raised by Messrs. J. Laing & Co , and shown and certificated t th 
Crystal Palace in 1886, but the blooms were not nearly so fine as those at 
Kensington, which were 7 inches in diameter, deep, with substantial re¬ 
curving florets of a pearly white tint. Exceedingly handsome, one of the 
best new varieties shown this year. 
Chrysanthemum Marie Uuvray (W. Holmes).— A new Japanese variety 
of the present year with spreading florets, rosy crimson, white reverse. 
Full and rich colour. 
Bouvardia President Cleveland. (J. Veitch & Son).—An excellent novelty, 
remarkable for its brilliant scarlet flowers, the lobes of the corolla large, and 
the clusters dense. The plant is of good habit and a fine addition to 
the Bouvardias. 
SPECIAL PRIZES FOR VEGETABLES. 
Twenty-one classes were appropriated to Vegetables, in all of which the 
prizes were offered by seedsmen, and some idea of the competition can be 
formed from tho fact that in the leading classes the number of entries 
ranged from ten to twenty-four. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, contributed prizes for six dishes of 
Potatoes, which brought seventeen exhibitors. Mr. Hughes, Eydon Hall 
Gardens,was first with excellent samples of Forty-four, Prizetaker, Twenty- 
one, Reading Russet, Favourite, and Reading Ruby. Mr. E. S. Wiles was a 
close second, showing fine dishes of Twenty-one, Abundance, Reading Ruby,, 
Sutton’s Seedling, Favourite, and Reading Russet ; Mr. W. H. Smith,. 
Harpit Wanborough, Shrivenham, was third. Mr. G. Allen, gardener to 
Sir J. Burdett, Bart., Rainsbury Manor, Hungerford, fourth; and Mr. 
E. Chopping, Milton, fifth. 
There was also a good competition with five dishes of Potatoes, sixteen 
collections being staged. Mr. Hughes won first honours with Twenty-one, 
Forty-four, Sutton’s Seedling, Abundance, and Thirty-six, fine even tubers. 
Mr. E. Chopping was a close second; Mr. E. S. Wiles third; Mr. C. W. 
Howard, Bridge, Canterbury, fourth ; and Mr. C. Ross fifth. 
In the class for four varieties of Onions there were seven competitors, 
and Mr. E. S. Wiles won the first prize with Abundance, Silver Globe. 
Crimson Globe, and Golden Globe; followed by Messrs. Hughes, T. A. 
Beckett, and R. Lye. For twelve Onions of one variety, Mr. E. S. Wilesi 
was first amongst fifteen exhibitors,with Improved Reading. Messrs. Hugh a 
and J. Baker following. 
Three prizes were offered for three sticks of White Gem Celery, which 
brought twelve exhibitors, the first prize specimens from Mr. R. Lye being 
fine solid heads ; Mr. J. Bunting, Enfield, and Mr. R. Timms, Amersham, 
being second and third. With six roots of Dark Red Beet there wer& 
nineteen competitors, Mr. J. Neighbour, Chislehurst, taking the lead, with 
Messrs. C. J. Waite and R. Lye as winners of the second and third prizes. 
The largest class of a'l was that for six specimens of New Intermediate 
Carrot, twenty-four entering in this, staging clean handsome samples of this 
fine selection. Mes.-rs. Neighbour, Pope, Lye, Waite, and G. H. Richards 
were the prizetakers in the order named. Fifteen exhibitors of six Prizetaker 
Leeks competed for the three prizes, which were secured by Messrs. J. 
Spottiswood, J. Muir, and E. Chopping. Of the fourteen lots of Student 
Parsnip Mr. Lye had th9 best examples, followed by Messrs. Waite and 
Rich'rds. The prizes in all these classes were offered by Messrs. Sutton 
and Sons, who in addition had a fine exhibit of Potatoes, occupying consider¬ 
able Bpace at one side of the conservatory. Tne principal vaiieties shown- 
were seedlings raised by the firm, some of which are named and others still 
under numbers. First and Best, Woodstock Kidney, Prizetaker, Abundance, 
Sutton’s Seedling, and Reading Hero were very noticeable. A silver Bank- 
sian medal was awarded for the collection. 
Messrs. J. Carter & Co., High Holborn, offered prizes for a collection of 
vegetables, which brought ten exhibitors. Mr. W. Pope, Highclere 
Gardens, Newbury, won first honours with handsome samples of Lyon. 
Leek, Dark Red Beet, A«htop Fluk*, Village Blacksmith, and Chancellor 
Potatoes, Autumn Giant Cauliflowers, Maine op Onions, New Intermediate 
Carrots, Little Pixie Cabbages/ Green Top Six Weeks Turnips, Hol'ow 
Crown Parsnip, and Standard Bearer Celery. Mr. R. Lye, Sydmon on 
Court Gardens, was a good second with very even fine specimens Autumn 
Giant Cauliflowers, Lyon Leeks, and Early Six Weeks Turnips being 
notable. Mr. S. Haines, Co’eibill House Gardens, Highworth, was third,, 
and Mr. C. J. Waite, Glenhurst Gardens, fourth. 
Messrs. W. Wood it Son, Wood Green, offered a silver cup and other 
prizes for four dishes of Potatoes ; there were twenty-four exhibitors, and 
all were very close in merit. Mr J. Hughes, Eydon Hall Gardens, Byfield,, 
was first with London Hero, Vicar of Laleham, Mr. Bresee, and Chancellor, 
all very good. The second and third exhibitors, Mr. Ellington and Mr:. 
E. S. Wiles, showed tubers so near in quality that a medal was awarded to 
each. Amongst other exhibitors, Mr. Chopping had a wonderfully fine dish, 
of Sutton’s Thirty-six. 
Messrs. Webb & Sons, Wordsley, Stourbridge, offered prizes for six 
dishes of Potatoes, which were won by Messrs. Ross, E. S. Wiles, and W. 
Pope, in the order named. The first prize collection comprised Red King, 
Renown, Improved Schoolmaster, Surprise, Discovery, and Kinver Hill, all 
Messrs. Webb’s varieties. Messrs. Webb & Sons also contributed a large 
collection of Potatoes, for which a bronze Bauksiau medal was awarded. 
Some of the most notable varieties were Imperator, Wordsley Pride, M.P., 
The Dean, Improved Schoolmaster, Stourbridge Beauty, Prime Minister, 
Rector of Woodstock, Benefactor, Prizetaker, and Renown. 
Mr. H. Deverill, Banbury, offered prizes for varieties of Onions, such as 
Rousham Park Hero, Anglo White Spanish, Improved Wroxton, and Main- 
crop, also for Aylesbury Prize Red Celery and the Wroxton Brussels 
Sprouts. Th<se brought a large number of exhibitors, the principal prizes 
being awarded to Messrs. Wiles, Neal, Wingrove, D. Murray, F. Doherty r 
S. Haines, and C. J. Waite. Mr. H. Deverell also had an extensive exhibit 
of Celery, Carrots, Beet, Onions, and Brussels Sprouts of his special varieties. 
A silver Banksian medal was awarded for this collection. 
In the classes provided by Mr. C. Fuller, Reading, th re was good com¬ 
petition, Mr. Hughes taking the lead with six dishes of Potatoes, Chancellor, 
Pink Perfection, FidU r’s Perfection, Prolifio, London Hero, and General 
Gordon. Mr. Hughes was also first in the class for three dishes. Mr. Wiles 
was first with nine dishes, comprising Clipper, Reading Russet, Snow Queen, 
M.P., Reading Giant, Crimson Beauty, Chancellor, Vicar of Laleham, and 
London Hero. Other exhibitors and prizewinners were Messrs. G. Allen, E. 
Chopping, and J. Lye. Mr. C. Fidler had a large collection of Potatoes not 
in competition, representing a great number of varieties, and a silver 
Banksian medal was awarded for them. 
Mr. T. Laxton, Bedford, had a collection of n-w seedling Potatoes with 
fruits of his open air Tomatoes, of excellent colour, and samples of Sandy 
Prize Onions. Mr. J. House, Peterborough, sent tuirty-Hr varieties c-6 
Potatoes, for which a vote of thanks was accorded, a number of the best 
varieties being represented by good tubers. A collection of Potatoes w.b 
shown from the Society’s garden at Chiswick, comprising a number of 
seedling varieties that have been tried there this season. A large collection 
of Turnips was also shown fiom Chiswick, representing numerous vaiietiee* 
