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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
£9 
Strawberries. Mr. Penford second ; Black Hamburgh Grapes and Lucas 
Strawberries were his best dishes. Mr. Tavener had superior Black 
Hamburgh Grapes in the class for three bunches any Black ; Messrs. 
Inglefield and Penford followed, both having the same kind. The last 
named was first in the class for any white variety with very fine Golden 
Hamburgh. Mr. Inglefield second with Muscat of Alexandria, unripe. 
Mr. Penford had the best Melons (scarlet and green flesh) with Syon 
House and Victory of Bath. Mr. Inglefield showed good Dymond 
Peaches in the class for one dish. Strawberries were excellent, Mr. 
T. Hall, gardener to S. Montague, Esq., M.P., South Stoneham House, 
Southampton, having Sir J. Paxton as the best; while Waterloo won for 
Mr. T. Wilkins, gardener to Lady Theodora Guest, Inwood House, 
Henstridge, second prize. Mr. Penford had the best Nectarines, Lord 
Napier. Mr. Hall, with Knight’s Early Black, won first for Cherries. 
Vegetables were only fairly good. For nine sorts Mr. Wilkins was a 
good first, having Suttons’ Seedling Potato, Perfection Tomato, Leviathan 
Broad Bean, Magnum Bonum Cauliflower, and Early Milan Turnips as 
his best dishes. Mr. Inglefield was a close second. The best Tomatoes 
were staged by Mr. Penford, a splendid dish of Perfection. Mr. B. Wood¬ 
ward, Liphook, had the best Cucumbers in a strong competition. 
Large displays of hardy cut flowers were made by Mr. B. Ladhams, 
Shirley, and Mr. M. Prichard, Christchurch ; Messrs. Keynes, Williams, 
and Co., Salisbury, and Messrs. Ewing, Havant, contributing excellent 
stands of Roses. 
BRIGHTON.— July 1st and 2nd. 
Although the R03es, which usually constitute an important feature 
at this Show, were not so abundant as might have been desired, they 
were more numerous than was expected, and the quality was also better 
than the season rendered likely. To compensate for any deficiency in 
the Roses there were tasteful groups of flowering and fine-foliage plants, 
together with some admirable specimens in the stove and greenhouse 
classes. The Show was as usual under the management of Mr. E. 
Carpenter, and was held in the principal room of the Royal Pavilion. 
With Roses Mr. C. Turner, Slough, was the most successful, as he 
secured premier prizes in several classes. His leading forty-eight 
comprised some capital blooms, the varieties being as follows :—Fisher 
Holmes, Pride of Waltham, Earl of Pembroke, Mrs. John Laing, Xavier 
Olibo, Frangois Michelon, Hon. Edith Gifford, Devienne Lamy, Marie 
Van Houtte, Ulrich Brunner, Madame Lacharme, Marguerite Brassac, 
Niphetos, Camille Bernardin, Innocente Pirola, Marie Baumann, Alba 
Rosea, Duke of Edinburgh, Madame Gabriel Luizet, A. K. Williams, 
Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, Prince Camille de Rohan, Madame Margottin, 
Prince Arthur, La France, Marquise de Castellane, Captain Christy, 
Dr. Andry, Jean Ducher, Marie Rady, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, Duke 
of Wellington, Caroline Kuster, Victor Hugo, Souvenir de la Malmaison 
Countess of Rosebery, Comtesse d’Oxford, Alfred Colomb, Comte3se 
Panisse, Grace Darling, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, John Hopper, Star of 
Waltham, Charles Darwin, Perle des Jardins, Marguerite de St. Amand, 
Heinrich Schultheis, and Comtesse de Nadaillac. Mr. F. Woollard, 
Cooksbridge, was second, and Messrs. G. W. Piper, Uckfield, third. 
For twenty-four triplets Mr. C. Turner wa3 again first, showing 
Senateur Vaisse, Pride of Waltham, Capt. Christy, Marie Baumann, 
Duke of Wellington, Marquise de Castellane, Heinrich Schultheis, 
Madame Margottin, La France, A. K. Williams, Madame Gabriel Lu ; zet, 
Jean Ducher, Charles Lefebvre, Grace Darling, Comtesse d’Oxford, and 
Princess of Wales. Mr. G. W. Piper was second, and Mr. Booth, Uckfield, 
third. The best twelve Tea (triplets) came from Mr. D. Booth, and 
comprised Hom&re, Marshal Niel, President, Souvenir d’Elise Vardon, 
Madame Falcot, Triomphe de Rennes, Marie Van Houtte, Hon. Eflith 
Gifford, Niphetos, Catherine Mermet, Due de Magenta, and one that 
was unnamed. For twelve blooms of any Rose Mr. C. Turner was first 
with Mrs. John Laing, very bright and fine specimens, and Messrs. Piper 
second with Ulrich Brunner. 
In the class for eight stove and greenhouse plants Mr. Portnell, 
gardener to Sir A. Lamb, was adjudged the first prize for excellent 
plants of Statice profusa, about 4 feet in diameter and covered with 
flowers. Ixora Prince of Orange, Stephanotis floribunda, Bougainvillea 
glabra, Dipladenia amabilis, a fine globular plant bearing large flowers ; 
Anthurium Schertzerianum, Allamanda Schotti, and Erica tricolor 
Wilsoni. Mr. Mould of Pewsey was second, his best plants being Erica 
aristata, 4 feet across ; E. ventricosa Bothwelliana, and Statice profusa. 
Mr. Portnell was also first with twelve table plants, neat and useful 
specimens for decorative purposes. 
Groups arranged for effect were capital, and Mr. H. James, Norwood, 
was first with one of the best groups he has shown. Mr. Currey, 
gardener to Col. Pepper, Salisbury, was a close second, and Mr. 
E. Meachen, Withdeane, was third. Mr. Currey was also first for an 
excellent group of Ferns. Non-competing groups of plants were staged 
by Messrs. J. Peed & Sons, Roupell Park and Streatham Nurseries, who 
are frequent and welcome exhibitors of choice and useful plants at 
shows around the metropolis and in the southern counties. Messrs. 
J. Cutbush & Sons, Highgate, had a fine collection of greenhouse 
flowering and foliage plants, and Mr. G. Miles, Dyke Road, Brighton, 
had a large group of miscellaneous plants. Floral decorations were 
not of a remarkable character, much the best coming from Mrs. 
F. T. Gadd, 20, Steyne. 
CHISWICK.—July 2nd. 
The eleventh annual Exhibition of the Chiswick Horticultural 
Society took place in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens, 
Chiswick, on Thursday last, and was in many respects very successful. 
Much interest centred in the new class provided in this year’s schedule 
for a group of Gloxinias arranged with Palms and Ferns in a semi"-- 
circular space on grass not exceeding 100 square feet. The successful 
competitors were Mr. A. Newton, gardener to J. B. Hilditch, Esq., Asgii'l 
House, Richmond ; Mr. Thomas Bones, gardener to J. Donaldson, Esq., 
Tower House, Chiswick ; Mr. A. Wright, gardener to E. H. Watts, Esq.,. 
Devonhurst, Chiswick ; and Messrs. W. Fromow & Sons, Sutton Court 
Nursery, Chiswick, who gained the prizes in the order named. The 
handsome silver challenge cup (value 25 guineas) for seventy-two cut 
Roses was won with grand blooms by Mr. B. R. Cant, St. John’s Street 
Nursery, Colchester; second, Mr. Charles Turner, Slough; third, 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt; highly commended, Mr. Frank Cant, 
Colchester. 
Vegetables were well shown by Mr. C. J. Waite, Glenhurst Gardens, 
Esher ; Mr. D. White, gardener to Mrs. F. Watson, Redlees, Isleworth 
Mr. W. Palmer, Surrey ; Mr. E. Chadwick, gardener to E. W. Nelson,. 
Esq., Hanger Hill House, Ealing, and others. Mr. J. Palmer staged 
fault'ess fruits of the New Melon Sutton’s Triumph not for competition-, 
and which were highly commended. 
Non-competition groups ot plants and cut flowers contributing much 
to the attractiveness of the Show were sent by Messrs. Charles Lee and 
Son, Hammersmith; Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son, Highgate ; Mr. 
Reynolds, gardener to the Messrs. De Rothschild, Gunnersbury Park, 
Acton, and Mr. M. T. May, gardener to the Marquis of Bute, Chiswick 
House, whilst special mention must be made of the quaint group of 
Cacti from Messrs. Jame3 Carter & Co., which deservedly attracted 
much attention. 
NORWICH.—July 2nd. 
The early morning train on July 2nd carried us off to commence 
once more the round of Rose showing at Norwich. There were already 
some amateur and professional Rose growers in the train, and at tire 
stations where we expected them familiar faces, peering over their piles 
of green boxes, were loudly welcomed. Burston Station was passed in 
silence, amid expressions of heartfelt regret that the late Rev. H. T. 
Frere, the pioneer of Rose showing in East Anglia, was lost to our little 
band. 
The Show was held in Catton Park, the seat of S. Gurney Buxton, 
Esq. (to whom exhibitors and Judges are much indebted for a welcome 
luncheon), some three miles from the city ; but Mr. Pollard, the able 
Hon. Sec. of the Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society, was not 
oppressed with fear as to the result of holding a show so far off in 
unsettled weather, for the Society is one of the strongest in England 
financially, and in the support accorded to it in the rapidly increasing 
and many churched City. The East Anglian Horticultural Club, a- 
useful and flourishing Society, has its headquarters here, and therefore 
is, I am sorry to say, able to embrace but a small portion of East Anglia 
proper ; and such an institution, whose meetings must, I am sure, be full 
of harmony and good will with Mr. F. Morris in the chair, is just the 
thing which many Rose societies and horticultural exhibitions require to 
support them. As I walked back to the station early in the afternoon 
the people were pouring out in waggonettes, brakes, and private carriages 
to such an extent that schoolchildren lined the railings of their play¬ 
grounds three deep to see the people go by, as if it was the Derby Day ! 
It was “ a sight for sore eyes,” especially for some treasurers that 
I wot of. 
A good Rose Show could hardly be expected at such an early date 
in such a late season, indeed the Committee held a meeting to consider 
the advisability of postponing the date, but the difficulty of finding 
another suitable day which would not interfere with another Show 
proved too much for them, and the original fixture was wisely adhered 
to. The postponing of fixed dates might, I think, call for some expres¬ 
sion of opinion at the next general meeting of the N.R.S. 
H.P. Roses were weak, indeed it was plain that hardly anyone had 
come to his strength on that point, and considering that four strong 
professionals were represented, it was very noticeable how all the best 
Teas were to he found in the amateur classes. For forty-eight Roses- 
Mr. Prince of Oxford was first, showing H.P.’s better and Teas smaller 
than usual. Mr. B. Cant second with Madame de Watteviile as his best 
bloom, and Messrs. Burch of Peterborough third with A. K. Williams- 
in good condition. 
In the amateur classes the Rev. H. A. Berners of Harkstead Rectory, 
Ipswich, was well to the fore, his Rose3 being evidently considerably 
earlier than those of his rivals, and Rev. A. Foster-Melliar of Sproughton 
took a back seat throughout. In thirty-six Mr. Berners was first, having- 
only Alfred Colomb, however, among H.P.’s as a first-class bloom. Mr. 
Foster-Melliar was second with barely a decent H.P. in his stand, but 
showing three extra fine Teas—Comtesse de Nadaillac, very fine and 
high coloured, but quite past its be3t ; Edith Gifford, very solid and 
large, and a rare specimen of La Boule d’Or of unusual shape and colour. 
Miss Penrice of Witton was third. Four stands of twenty-four were 
staged, Mr. T. H. Powell of Drinkstone Park being first with a neat fresh 
box, and Mr. Foster-Melliar second with a good many bad ones, but one- 
fine Jean Ducher. Of the remaining three boxes, much lacking in quality, 
two had a considerable struggle for the third place, but an unusual 
amount of eccentricity of nomenclature in her rival’s stand gained Miss 
Penrice the award. 
Four boxes of twelve Teas (amateurs) were shown, upholding well 
the character of East Anglia for growing and showing these lovely- 
flowers. Mr. Berners was placed first with a collection worthy of record. 
Back row : Madame Bravy, Comtesse de Nadaillac, grand ; Rubens, 
rather empty ; Catherine Mermet, good. Middle row : Jean Ducher,. 
Cleopatra, good; Souvenir d’Elise, very fine; Edith Gifford. Front 
