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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ November 12,1891. 
Grange, Putney Hill, had excellent stands. Dr. Walker, 12, Ringfield 
Road, Wimbledon, was credited with the second prize for twelve 
incurved in this section, but the name of his gardener was not on the 
card, and also for twelve Japanese. In the amateurs’ division he won 
easily both with incurved and Japanese, Mr. H. Trengrouse, Miss Toppin, 
and Mr. J. Terry also receiving prizes. 
The groups were perhaps the best feature of the Show. Mr. 
G. Springthorpe, gardener to R. W. Alexander, Esq., Gifford House, 
Roehampton, had an admirable one, in which Japanese were the most 
conspicuous, the plants being healthy, and the blooms very fine. He 
was awarded the silver cup as first prize, and well deserved it. Mr. 
J. Dark, gardener to J. Hooker, Esq., Lomond House, Putney, also had 
a fine group, in which incurved were employed freely, and with 
excellent effect. This would have won at many shows. Mr. Portbury 
was third, and Mr. Methven fourth. Trained plants were well up to 
the average, if not a little above it. Messrs. Springthorpe, Pearce ; 
C. Bentley, gardener to J. Bosworth, Esq. ; J. Bentley, Portbury, 
Grounsell, and Townsend, Providence Nursery, Putney, were the prin¬ 
cipal prizewinners. 
The groups of stove and greenhouse plants, the table plants, the 
Primulas, and the berried plants were excellent, and the fruit merited a 
special note, being exceptionally fine. Messrs. Wright and Knowles had 
some splendid dishes of culinary Apples, Winter Hawthornden, Blenheim 
Orange, and Alfriston being very fine. Mr. Methven also had some 
grand fruit of Lord Derby, Mere de Manage, and Alfriston. Mr. 
J. Bentley was first with dessert fruit, his King of the Pippins being 
very fine, and Cox’s Orange and Ribston excellent. Mr. Portbury was 
second, and Mr. W. Tew third. There was some high-class fruit in the 
implaced dishes also. Mr. Wilson, gardener to R. Christie, Esq., and 
Mr. Methven showed Grapes finely, and Pears from Messrs. C. Alexander, 
J. Bentley, and G. Springthorpe were but little inferior to the Apples. 
TAUNTON.— November Gth. 
Chrysanthemum Shows, strange to relate, are not so well supported 
at Taunton as might reasonably be expected, and although under a new 
management, or that of the Committee of the Summer Flower Show, 
with its two excellent Honorary Secretaries, Messrs. Howard Maynard 
and Alex. Hammett, no better encouragement appears to have been met 
with. As far as the exhibitors were concerned there was not much 
cause for complaint, cut blooms and fruit being particularly plentiful 
and good. 
Two good groups of Chrysanthemums and Ferns were arranged, Mr. 
J. Bishop, gardener to Murray Anderson, Esq., being well first for 
capital cut-backs, a little too formally grouped though. Mr. H. Mock- 
ridge was a creditable second, the background of finely flowered 
varieties of Chrysanthemums being especially good. Mr. W. Cavill, 
gardener to H. F. Manley, Esq., had a first for six trained plants, any 
varieties, these consisting of such old favourites as Mdlle. Lacroix, 
Bertier Rendatler, Elaine, Peter the Great, Lady Selborne, and Dr. 
Sharp in very good condition. Mr. J. Reed, gardener to F. J. C. Par¬ 
sons, Esq., was first for six varieties of Ferns, Mr. F. J. Burge being 
second. Poinsettias were remarkably well shown by Mr. J. B. Payne, 
gardener to the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, and in a well-filled 
class for table plants Mr. B. T. James, gardener to Sir W. A. Lethbridge, 
Bart., was first, and Mr. J. Lloyd, gardener to Vincent Stuckey, Esq., 
Langport, was second. Primulas are always well shown at Taunton. 
For six plants Mr. J. Shepherd was first, Mr. W. Cavill second, and Mr. 
J. B. Payne third. 
The silver cup value £5 with £3 added, offered for forty-eight cut 
blooms, twenty-four Japanese and a like number of incurved,eighteen dis¬ 
tinct varieties of each, brought out four competitors, all staging creditably. 
However, the Judges had no great difficulty in awarding the premier 
honours to Mr. G. Hawkins, gardener to W. H. Fowler, Esq., who had a 
remarkably good lot, Japanese varieties being best represented. This 
fine exhibit consisted of Japanese, back row : Etoile de Lyon (2), 
Florence Davis (fine), R. Brocklebank, Mrs. C. W. Wheeler, Puritan, 
and Gloire de Rocher. Middle row : W. H. Lincoln, F. C. Kingston, 
W. W. Coles, Madame Baco, Sarah Owen, Eynsford White, Edwin 
Molyneux, and Avalanche. Front row : Souvenir de Angdlie, Ariel, 
Aida, Mrs. J. Laing, Eynsford White, Golden Dragon (selected for 
special prize), Japonaise, Mrs. TI. Cannell, and Louis Boehmer. 
Incurved.—Back row : Golden Empress of India (2), Princess of Wales 
(received special prize for premier incurved bloom), Lord Alcester, Queen 
of England (2), Golden Empress of India, Princess of Wales, and Mrs. 
Coleman. Middle row : Empress of India, Jeanne d’Arc, A. Salter, 
Lord Wolseley, J. Doughty, Princess of Wales, Lord Alcester, and Miss 
Haggas. Front row : Violet Tomlin, Lord Eversley, Cherub, Alfred 
Lyne, Jardin des Plantes, Mrs. Halliburton, Beauty of Hull, and Baron 
Beust. Mr. J. B. Payne was a good second, having a capital lot of 
incurved blooms, and a highly creditable lot of Japanese varieties, 
among which Sunflower, Boule d’Or, and Mrs. W. Clarke were the best. 
Mr. J. Lloyd was a close third; and Mr. Crossman, gardener to 
J. Brutton, Esq., Yeovil, fourth. The class for twenty-four Japanese 
varieties, for which the first prize was £5, was also a good one, though 
Mr. W. H. Fowler won rather easily, his stands being altogether fault¬ 
less. The varieties were, back row : Etoile de Lyon, Florence Davis, 
Ralph Brocklebank, Puritan, Gloire de Rocher, Boule d’Or, Baronne 
Prailly, and E. Molyneux. Middle row : R. C. Kingston, a large hand¬ 
some bloom, Souvenir de A. Amiel, Madame C. Audiguier, Stansteac. 
Surprise, Madame Baco, Avalanche, and W. H. Lincoln. First row : 
Louis Boehmer, Sarah Owen, Album Fimbriatum, Soleil Levant, Mrs. J. 
Laing, Eynsford White, Mons. Bernard, and Mrs. H. Cannell. Mr. J. 
Lloyd was a creditable second, his stands comprising excellent blooms 
of Comte de Germiny, Meg Merrilies, Sunflower, Ralph Brocklebank, 
Volunteer, and Mons. Bernard. Mr. Cros3man was third. With twelve 
Japanese blooms (this class not being open to exhibitors in preceding 
classes) Mr. C. P. Burge was well first, having Sunflower, Madame 
Laing, Moonlight, and A. H. Neve particularly good. Mr. H. 
Mockridge was second, and J. Golding, gardener to Dr. J. H. Mead, third. 
Exactly similar positions were occupied by these competitors in the 
class for six Japanese varieties. Mr. J. Lloyd was the only exhibitor of 
eighteen incurved varieties, and was deservedly awarded the first prize. 
Mr. Mockridge was first, and Mr. W. Connolly, gardener to J. R. C. 
Talbot, Esq., second for twelve incurved varieties. In Mr. Mockridge s 
first prize stand of six incurved was a very good bloom of John 
Lambert, Lord Alcester and Miss Haggas also being very fine. Reflexed 
varieties were not well shown, and the Anemone-flowered were quite 
neglected by the growers generally. The competition with blooms of 
any white flowered Japanese variety was close and good, Mr. J. Cording 
being first with beautiful blooms of Avalanche; Mr. Crossman follow¬ 
ing with the same variety, some lovely blooms of Eynsford White being 
oassed over by the Judges. With six blooms of any other colour Mr, 
Crossman was first, with rather coarse Etoile de Lyon. Mr. C. P. 
Burge being second with richly coloured Sunflower. Other kinds of 
cut flowers were well shown by Messrs. H. Slocombe, gardener to 
E. Price, Esq.; C. P. Burge, J. Lloyd, and B. T. James, Sir W. A. 
Lethbridge, Bart. 
A large room was wholly given up to fruit and vegetables, and the 
exhibits were both numerous and of high quality. For a collection 
of fruit Mr. J. Lloyd was well first, having Gros Colman, Mrs. Pince, 
and Alicante Grapes, a Queen Pine Apple, Coe’s Golden Drop Plums, 
Hero of Lockinge Melon, Pitmaston Duchess Pears, Adams’ Pearmain 
Apples, and Nottingham Medlars all in excellent condition. Mr. J. 
Reed was a creditable second, and Mr. Crossman third. Mr. W. Conolly 
had very fine Muscat of Alexandria Grapes and took two firsts with 
these. Mr. J. B. Payne was first for Alicante, and other successful 
exhibitors of Grapes were Messrs. J. Lloyd, G. Webber, gardener to 
J. Luttrell, Esq., and J. Reed. The principal prizewinners with Apples 
and Pears were Messrs. J. Reed, J. B. Payne, J. Laing, J. Crossman, 
Burge, James, J. Hill, and H. Littermore. With a collection of vege¬ 
tables Mr. W. Cavill was well first; Mr. W. Greedy, gardener to 
Major Burton, second ; and Mr. J. Brutton third. A capital collection 
of Apples and Pears was shown not for competition by Messrs. Jarman 
and Co., Chard. 
CRYSTAL PALACE.— November 7th and 8th. 
The annual Exhibition at Sydenham is invariably looked forward to 
as one of the events of the Chrysanthemum season ; the substantial 
prizes offered induce good competition, and exhibitors feel there is some 
credit attached to “ a victory at the Palace ” beyond the mere pecuniary 
compensation. Then, too, there is plenty of space to display the various 
exhibits to the best advantage; “ breathing room,” so to speak, which 
those who have had experience in the cramped quarters assigned to some 
shows was fully appreciated. The Palace is, in fact, so admirably 
adapted for horticultural shows of all kinds that it would prove an 
irretrievable los3 to the horticultural world if this institution were ever 
to be disassociated from such attractions and to degenerate into an 
establishment of the music hall character. 
The Show on Friday and Saturday last was not in some respects the 
largest we have seen there, but in all-round even quality and close 
competition it would compare favourably with many of its prede¬ 
cessors. The cut blooms in several of the chief classes were extremely 
good, and have rarely been surpassed. The groups were excellent, and 
the specimen plants fully up to the standard. Besides these, several 
important non-competing exhibits were shown, and the groups of Chrys¬ 
anthemums grown in the Palace gardens were by no means the least 
attractive part of the display. One group of the latter, in fact, arranged 
in a semicircular form near the magnificent Tree Ferns at the opposite 
end of the building, evoked the admiration of both visitors and 
Judges. 
In the cut bloom classes that for forty-eight always attracts the most in¬ 
terest, and the winning collection well deserved its position, the incurved 
blooms being particularly handsome, but why the exhibitors disfigured 
the stands by affixing prominent bright yellow name-cards to the front 
it is difficult to understand; it was one of the worst examples of bad 
taste we have_seen, and it is to be hoped will not be repeated by them 
or imitated by others. 
Of the seven stands of forty-eight cut blooms, twenty-four incurved 
and twenty-four Japanese, not less than eighteen varieties each, that 
from Messrs. W. & G. Drover, Fareham, was. first, their blooms being 
distinguished by their substance and bright fresh colours. The incurved 
varieties were as follows—Back row : Empress of India, Lord Alcester, 
Alfred Salter, Emily Dale, Lord Alcester, Alfred Salter, Empress of 
India, and Emily Dale. Middle row : Mrs. E. Coleman, Prince Alfred, 
John Doughty, Queen of England, John Doughty, Golden Empress, Lord, 
Wolseley, and Mis3 M. A. Haggas. Front row: Empress Eugenie, 
Jeanne d’Arc, Mrs. N. Davis, Violet Tomlin, Mrs. E. Coleman, Princess 
of Wales, Mrs. W. Shipman, and Nil Desperandum. Japanese—Back 
row : Etoile de Lyon, W. H. Lincoln, Mrs. C. Wheeler, Etoile de Lyon, 
Sunflower, Alberic Lunden, Stanstead White, and Mrs. C. Wheeler. 
Middle row: Sarah Owen, E. Molyneux, Stanstead White, Jeanne 
Dhlaux, Puritan, E. Molyneux, Madame Baco, and Mons. Bernard. 
