58 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
r July 19, 1888; 
It is desirable that such applications be made as soon as possible. 
The Committee has such a considerable amount of funds at disposal 
that prizes for exhibits not already specified in the printed programme 
can, I am informed by the Chairman, and doubtless will, be granted, the 
wish being to further develope, in everyway possible, the science and 
art of horticulture in the widest sense of the word. 
The exhibits admitted to competition for gold, silver, bronze medals 
and money prizes include hothouse, conservatory, garden, and field 
plan ts, as well as seeds of all classes, also the products thereof, and 
the manufactures therefrom, including wine, beer, porter, vegetable 
•oils, sugar, resin, indiarubber, hemp, flax, jute, bast, and cotton, coffee, 
tea, and tobacco, fruit in natural and preserved state, and vegetables of 
all classes, garden architecture, plans of and designs for gardens and 
parks, models and exhibits of hothouses, conservatories, with apparatus 
for heating and shading the same ; summer houses, permanent and 
portable ; tents, garden furniture, verandahs, aquariums, aviaries, 
poultry, swan, and duck houses, all kinds of garden, park, and field iron 
and wooden fences, tiles, sculpture, vases, urns, and pedestals, material 
for construction of watertight ponds and cisterns, especially without 
the use of cement; flower baskets, appliances for the decorative illu¬ 
mination of gardens, parks, conservatories, Ac., garden and park engines, 
machinery, implements, and mechanical appliances of all sorts, such as 
hydrants, hoses, pipes, fittings, irrigating appliances, water carts, 
syringes, Ac., pumps, motors, and all apparatus connected therewith ; 
mowing machines to be worked by hand, pony, or donkey power ; horse, 
pony, and hand carts of all sorts; surveying, levelling, and drawing 
instruments, Ac. 
Flower pots and tubs for ornamental plants, labels, bouquet cases 
and holders, apparatus and appliances for drying fruit and vegetables, 
bouquets, wreaths, fans, Ac., flower stands and table decorations, orna¬ 
ments for dinner tables, drawing rooms, &e., sample of the best mate- 
ria's, wire, Ac., for tying bouquets, hair dressing, and decoration. 
Collections of herbs, wood and seeds, butterflies and insects, petrified 
plants and fossils ; bee farming, working bees, hives, and appliances 
connected therewith, samples of honey and wax, literature on bees and 
bee-farming, literature on horticulture ; in fact, as will be seen by the 
programme, all classes of exhibits are included which are directly or 
indirectly connected with the most iniproved cultivation of gardens, 
parks, and model farms, a branch of industry taken as a whole which is 
further advanced in the British isles than any country in the world. 
No charge will be made for space required for exhibition. 
The foregoing is a list of some of the chief products and manufac¬ 
tures enumerated in the programme received from Baron Edward von 
Oppenheim, Chairman of the Executive Committee.—J. R. Mulvany, 
H.B.M. Consul for Westphalia, and the Rhenish Provinces, British 
{Consulate, JDiisseldorf-on-the-Rhine. 
P.S.—Since writing the foregoing, I see by a supplementary pro¬ 
gramme that 21.700 marks (£108S) have been subscribed for money 
prizes. 
GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
A grand summer and Rose Show was held on July 11th and 12th 
under the auspices of the International Exhibition Committee, the 
funds being provided by the Executive of the “ International.” Two 
large marquees were erected in a sheltered spot in the beautiful grounds 
of Kelvin Grove Park, the half of which is this year enclosed as part of 
the Exhibition grounds, and is a most delightful retreat to sightseers 
when fatigue compels them to come outside. The arrangements were as 
usual carried out under the skilful superintendence of Mr. Franc Gibb 
Dougall, and proved very satisfactory, plants and flowers being admir¬ 
ably disposed in both tents, giving a most pleasing sense of varied 
beauty. 
The large collection of plants shown by Mr. R. Bullen, Botanic 
Gardens, in the Rose tent, added greatly to the effect. The eye turned 
with relief from the mass of colour on the Rose table to the varied 
shades of green in the Botanic collection, and the popular names 
attached to the plants proved a source of great interest to the visitors 
who thronged the tents. Over a hundred varieties of officinal medicinal 
plants were shown, among them being some very large specimens. 
Special notice was taken of two large plants of Sugarcane, a magnificent 
specimen of the Tea plant, and many others too numerous to mention. 
Messrs. J. & R. Thyne, Great Western Nurseries, Kelvinside, had the 
•only collection of plants in the nurserymen’s class, the space filled being 
about 200 square feet. Although the stimulus of opposition was wanting 
the arrangement was done with the elegance and taste for which the 
firm is famous. Messrs. Jas. Bryson & Son, Helensburgh, exhibited a 
■collection of Roses in pots, and a plant of Blackbeny (Wilson, junior), 
in fruit. A magnificent plant of Stanhopea tigrina suspended from the 
roof in the tent attracted much attention. About fifteen fully expanded 
blooms formed a beautiful wreath, completely hiding the bottom of the 
basket in which it was grown ; the colour was very dark and the spots 
few. An enormous model flower garden was shown by Mr. R. Millar, 
Netherhill Gardens, Paisley, containing a very pretty range of modei 
plant houses. Mr. M. Campbell, nurseryman, High Blantyre, had a 
large collection of Pyrethrums, Pansies, Carnations, and Begonias, for 
■which he was highly commended. A seedling Pansy named Lizzie 
Duncan received a first class certificate, an honour it also received at 
Edinburgh. Messrs. R. B. Laird A Sons, Edinburgh, showed a stand of 
Pyrethrums of excellent quality, all named sorts tastefully set up, many 
of the blooms rivalling in form quilled Asters. This collection wa3 
very highly commended. Mr. A. Lister, Garfield Nursery, Rothesay, 
exhibited a large collection of fancy Pansies ; many of them were seed¬ 
lings of good quality, a stand of twenty-four blooms being highly com¬ 
mended. Mr. Geo. Bainbridge, florist, Eglinton Street, had some choice 
bouquets and chaste floral wreaths, for which he was very highly com¬ 
mended. 
Cut Flowers. — Roses .—In the class open to all for sixty blooms 
Roses, distinct varieties, Mr. Hugh Dickson, Belmont Nursery, Belfast, 
had first prize with very beautiful blooms, not so large as we have seen 
in more favourable seasons, but the quality was all that could be desired. 
Some of the more striking varieties in the stand were A. K. Williams, 
Benoit Comte, Earl Dufferin, Lord Bacon, Merveille de Lyon, Mabel 
Morrison, and a splendid bloom of Etienne Levet, which gained the 
first prize for the best bloom in the Exhibition. Messrs. Harlcness, 
Bedale, Yorkshire, had second, and Messrs. A. Dickson & Sons, Newton-' 
ards, third. For forty-eight blooms Messrs. A. Dickson & Sons had the 
first prize, Mr. Hugh Dickson second, and Messrs. Harlcness third. In 
the class for twenty-four blooms of Roses a local grower came well to 
the front, Mr. David Robertson, Mossend Nursery, Helensburgh, taking 
the first prize ; Mr. Wm. Montgomrie, Cardross, second ; and Mr. Thos. 
Smith, Stranraer, third. In the class for Tea or Noisette Roses Mr. 
Robertson was again first with very fine blooms of Rubens, Niphetos, 
Madame de Watteville, Madame Falcot, and Grace Darling. Mr. 
Robertson was also first for twelve trusses of Moss Roses. For twelve 
blooms Marechal Niel Roses, Mr. Tinsely, Lennox Castle Gardens, had 
an easy victory over Mr. Wm. Parlane, Row. Messrs. Harkness A Sons 
had the best six blooms of A. K. Williams. 
Messrs. Perkins & Sons, Coventry, had first prize for the best basket 
of Roses and Ferns, best basket of assorted flowers, and the best bouquets 
of bridal and assorted flowers. The exhibits of Messrs. Perkins were a 
feature of the Show. We are accustomed to fine bouquets in Glasgow, 
but those from Coventry could not have b°en excelled. The baskets 
were works of art, calling forth the admiration of the lady visitors. In 
the class for thirty-six blooms, Roses, the local champion, Mr. Wm. 
Parlane, Helensburgh, easily held his own, gaining the first prize and 
the Veitch Memorial medal. 
In the other tent fruit and cut flowers were arranged round the edge, 
plants filling a large table in the centre. A decorated dessert table, 
10 feet by 5 feet, was put up by Mr. W. B. M : Neil, 0, Blantyre Street, 
and was much admired ; the fruit and flower dishes and gi t service 
being kindly lent for the occasion by Messrs. Ostler of I.ondoir and 
Birmingham from their magnificent collection in the International 
Exhibition. 
Plants .—The prize for six stove and greenhouse plants was awarded 
Mr. Thos. Hogg, gardener to Mr. J. Gordon Aitkenhead, C-athcart, the 
same exhibitor having also the prize for three stove and greenhouse plants. 
Mr. Geo. Mesoon, gardener, Mercia House, Pollokshields, had first prize 
for a table of plants arranged for effect, and the best Tree Fern. Mr. 
Mathieson, gardener to J. L. Henderson, Esq., Westbank, Partick, had 
first prizes in the classes for six foliage plants, three foliage plants, 
and one specimen Palm, Kentia Belmoreana. The Palms in this col¬ 
lection were exceptionally fine. The prizes for six exotic Ferns, six 
British Feins, and six pans Lycopodiums were in each case gained by 
Mr. Caughie, gardener to ex-Provost Kennedy, Partick, and were all 
admirable examples of cultivation. Table plants made a splendid 
display, and have not been exceeded in quantity or quality in any 
previous exhibition in connection with this Society. Messrs. R. B. 
Laird A Sons, Edinburgh, won the prize in the open class, Mr. R. 
Grosart, Oswald Gardens, Edinburgh, carrying away the first in the 
gardeners’ class. Mr. Grosart had also first for six trusses of Orchids, 
Cypripediums Veitchi and C. Stonei, very fine, and three Dracaenas in 
8-inch pots, D. Lindeni in very fine colour. For twelve trusses stove 
or greenhouse plants, Orchids excluded, Messrs. R. B. Laird was first 
with choice bunches of red and white Lapagerias, Dipladenias, Stepha- 
notis, Allamandas, Ac., very tastefully put up. In the Orchid classes 
Mr. David Wilson, gardener to Hugh Steven, Esq., Westmount, Kelvin- 
side, had it all his own way, being first for three specimens and one 
single specimen, his specimens of Odontoglossums being large and very 
superior forms. Mr. Wm. Cowan, Clelland Gardens, Campbeltown, had 
the best Ericas ; Mr. J. Robertson, Spring-bank Gardens, Stirling, had 
the best Crotons. Mr. Cullen, Balornack Gardens, had the only three 
Fuchsias shown ; they were, however, magnificent specimens. 
Amongst numerous fine stands of herbaceous cut flowers, Mr. Wm. 
Storrie, Garngabet, Lenzie, had the first prize for a really grand collec¬ 
tion. Mr. John Sutherland, Victoria Nursery, Lenzie, had the best show 
Pansies. Mr. M. Campbell, Blantyre, the best fancies, while in the 
Viola class, Mr. Baxter of Daldowie Gardens, Broomhouse, had as usual 
the premier position in both the open and confined classes. His most 
telling varieties were Goldfinch, Rosy Morn, Lady Gertrude, Mr. Burns, 
Morning Star, York and Lancaster, Bullion, Delicata, Queen of Scots, 
Dawn of Day, and Columbine ; the blooms were arranged in fan shape 
in Mr. Baxter’s best style. 
Fruit .—This was very good for this time of year. For collection of 
fruit, six dishes, Mr. J. Macindoe, Hutton Hall, Guisborough, was 
awarded the first prize. Mr. Macindoe was also first with six Nectarines, 
and the same honour for Cherries ; he also secured the first place for a 
collection of vegetables of high quality. Mr. McHattie, Newbattle 
Abbey, Dalkeith, had all the honours for Grapes, securing first for 
four bunches Grapes, at least two varieties, two bunches white Grapes 
and two bunches black, all excellent examples, attracting a large 
