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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
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having fine examples of Autumn Giant Cauliflowers, Queen of Batli 
Marrows, Sulham Prize Celery, Ward’s Incomparable Peas, Telegraph 
Cucumbers, International Kidney Potatoes, Trophy Tomatoes, and Carters’ 
Champion Runner Beans. Mr. W. Tylee was second, and Mr. T. Evry third. 
The best collection of six varieties was staged by Mr. E. J. Day ; Mr. W. 
second, and Mr. Ricketts third. Mr. Ward, gardener to the Earl 
of Radnor, was first for a fine dish of Stamfordian Tomatoe s , Mr. Ashman 
being a good second, and Mr. B. B. Cater third. There were also a fine lot 
°* j^ oe8 i Carrots, Onions, Parsnips, Turnips, and other vegetables 
staged, by cottagers and amateurs, none of which presented the appearance 
of having passed through a very trying season. 
The pleasure of a visit, to the Bath Show is enhanced by the pleasant 
and hospitable reception invariably accorded to visitors, and with a Com¬ 
mittee so earnest and officials so zealous the exhibitions of the Society, fine 
as they are, can scarcely fail to increase in magnitude in future years. 
NATIONAL GOOSEBERRY SHOW. 
The following is a list of the prizewinners and the varieties at the recent 
Show in Manchester :— 
Exhibitor. 
Dishes op Twelve Berries. 
Colour. 
Name of Berry. 
James Salsbury. Red . Lord Derby. 
Bradley Bradley — - 
James Hervey. 
Thomas Burrows 
William Riley 
Blucher. 
Speedwell. 
Bobby. 
Clayton. 
Edmond Salsbury. Yellow .Ringer. 
James Bower. 
Benjamin Cheadle. ’’ 
Daniel Bower. 
James Walton . ” 
James Salsbury. Green 
Edmond Salsbury. „ 
John Torkington . 
James Walton . 
Alfred Tomkinson. 
Leveller. 
Lady Haughton. 
High Sheriff. 
Hero of the Nile. 
Stockwell. 
Shiner. 
Surprise. 
Plunder. 
British Oak. 
James Salsbury. White . Transparent. 
James Hervey. . ~ 
James Warburton. ” 
Alfred Tomkinson. „ 
William Robinson. 
Careless. 
Fascination. 
King of Trumps. 
Faithful. 
James Warburton 
James Salsbury ... 
John Torkington 
James Bower . 
James Salsbury. 
Edmond Salsbury_ 
Benjamin Cheadle. 
John Knowls. 
James Hervey . 
James Threlfall. 
John Clark. 
Samuel Burchenall . 
John Boot . 
John Torkington _ 
Hamlet Foden . 
Alfred Tomkinson.... 
Bradley Bradley .... 
Robert Downs . 
Daniel Bower. 
James Bower. 
Frank Cliff . 
Robert Whitehurst .. 
William Riley. 
Samuel Dennerley_ 
James Salsbury ..., 
Edmond Salsbury . 
Edmond Salsbury , 
James Salsbury .... 
John Knowls . 
Bradley Bradley.... 
James Hervey. 
Robert Whitehurst. 
James Bower . 
Robert Downs. 
Alfred Tomkinson. 
James Hervey. 
Twins. 
dwt. gr. 
Red . Lord Derby . 33 20 
Yellow . Ringer . 39 20 
Green . Surprise . 22 5 
White . Fascination. 30 8 
Premier Prizes. 
Red Macaroni . 22 0 
Yellow Ringer . 22 10 
Green Surprise. 20 18 
White Transparent . 20 12 
Red Companion . 20 8 
Yellow Leveller. 19 13 
Green Diadem. 18 21 
White Princess Royal . 20 0 
Red Lord Derby . 20 4 
Yellow Thatcher . 19 12 
Green Plunder. 18 15 
White King of Trumps . 18 10 
Red Blucher. 19 18 
Yellow Catherina. 18 17 
Green Shiner . 18 7 
White Peto . 17 3 
„ Bobby . 19 6 
,, Garibaldi . 18 0 
„ Stockwell. 18 4 
„ Careless. 16 21 
CLASS PRIZES. 
Red. 
. Bobby . 21 19 
. Falstaff. 21 16 
. London. 20 19 
. Governor . 20 16 
. Lord Derby. 20 9 
. Blucher. 19 14 
.... Companion . 19 3 
. Clayton. 19 2 
. Stockwell. 19 0 
. Seedling Firbob . 18 5 
. Ploughboy . 17 2 
. Lion’s Provider . 17 16 
James Salsbury .. 
James Salsbury ... 
James Hervey. 
John Knowls . 
Edmond Salsbury 
Alfred Tomkinson 
James Hervey. 
Benjamin Cheadle 
James Threlfall ... 
Robert Downs. 
John Torkington.., 
William Riley. 
Yellow. 
.... Thatcher . 
.... Mount Pleasant 
... Garibaldi . 
.... Leveller. 
.... Ringer . 
... Drill . 
... Wakeful. 
... Lady Haughton 
... High Sheriff. 
... Catherina. 
... Favonius . 
... Oldham. 
22 20 
22 16 
20 17 
19 18 
21 9 
18 15 
18 14 
19 0 
18 5 
17 16 
17 4 
16 6 
Green. 
James Salsbury . 
.... 21 
20 
James Salsbury . 
.... 21 
0 
Edmond Salsbury . 
.... 20 
18 
Edmond Salsbury . 
.... 20 
12 
J ames Threlfall . 
.... 18 
18 
VVilliam Riley. 
.... 17 
12 
Robert Downs. 
.... 17 
15 
William Riley. 
.... 16 
19 
Robert Whitehurst. 
.... 17 
17 
John Knowls . 
.... 17 
14 
John Boot. 
Ifi 
9 
Benjamin Cheadle . 
.... 15 
10 
White. 
Edmond Salsbury . 
.... 23 
18 
James Salsbury . 
15 
James Salsbury . 
It) 
John Knowls . 
.... 18 
22 
Edmond Salsbury . 
.... 18 
20 
John Torkington. 
_17 
21 
Benjamin Cheadle. 
.... 17 
15 
Robert Downs. 
.... 16 
20 
Alfred Tomkinson . 
.... 15 
19 
William Riley. 
.... 16 
6 
John Boot. 
10 
William Riley. 
.... 15 
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HORTICULTURAL SHOWS. 
BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
September 2nd and 3rd. 
The above Society held its thirty-third Exhibition of plants, flowers, 
and fruit under most favourable auspices on Wednesday and Thursday last 
in the Pavilion and its grounds. Those who have had an opportunity of 
comparing the merits of the Show with those of previous years unhesitatingly 
pronounced it to be an advance on its predecessors, both in the quantity and 
quality of the exhibits. Much praise is due to the indefatigable efforts of 
the courteous Secretary, Mr. Councillor Carpenter, and the esteemed 
Treasurer, E. N. Hall, Esq., as well as the Hon. Superintendent, Mr. Chil- 
man, and the Committee for the admirable way in which they had carried 
out the arrangements of the Show. The fruit and flowers were staged in a 
long suite of rooms in the Pavilion, which were in the evening lighted by 
electricity, and the plants in a large tent in the grounds, which wa3 beauti¬ 
fully illuminated by Chinese lanterns. First-class bands discoursed excellent 
music to the multitudes of visitors who thronged the Pavilion and grounds 
from the opening until the close, 11 p.m. of the first day. It is to be hoped 
that these liberal attractions will tend to the financial success of the Society, 
which it appears has not latterly received the support il deserves. Plants 
were shown in good form, especially good being those shown by Mr. Gilbert 
of Hastings, and which gained the silver cup. There was a good show of 
fruit, the entries in the Apple and Grape classes being very numerous. Cut 
flowers were also shown in quantity. The stands of single and double 
Dahlias contained very fine blooms. Roses were fairly represented, some 
good examples of Teas being shown by that well-known exhibitor Mr. 
A. Slaughter. Some tastefully arranged groups of plants were contributed, 
not for competition, by Messrs. Balchin and Miles ; a stand of fine blooms of 
Begonias by Messrs. Laing; and stands of herbaceous cut flowers by Messrs. 
Ckeal & Sons. A great novelty in the cut flower department were some 
crosses and wreaths mounted with fish bones ingeniously formed to repre¬ 
sent flowers and grasses. So well was this device carried out that it was 
only on a close inspection that its nature could be detected. 
Plants. —In the classes for plants open to all England there were 
numerous exhibits. Mr. Rann, gardener to J. Warren, Esq., Handcross Park, 
won the first prize for a collection of twelve varieties, six fine-foliage and 
six Ferns, with splendid plants of Dasylirion acrotrichum, Cyathea Smithi, 
Davallia Mooreana, Phcenix tenuis, Alocasia metallica, Gleichenia rupes- 
tris, G. glaucescens, and others; and Mr. T. Gilbert, Springfield Nursery, 
Hastings, second with scarcely less beautiful examples of Croton majesticus, 
Adiantum farleyense, Bihea filamentosa, and Dicksonia antarctica ; Mr. 
H. James, Castle Nursery, Lower Norwood, coming in third with much 
smaller plants. In the next class for eight stove and greenhouse plants in 
bloom, Mr. T. Gilbert was first, and consequently winner of the Ashbury 
cup, value ten guineas. Some grand specimens of Statice Gilberti, Kalo- 
santhes coccinea snperba, Erica rnmula and E. cerinthoides coronata were 
shown by the latter exhibitor in this class. Mr. Rann, gardener to 
J. Warren, Esq., came in second with large well-flowered examples of 
Ericas Hartnelli virens and cerinthoides coronata, Allamanda nobilis; and 
Mr. Meachen, gardener to E. Armstrong, Esq., was third with exceptionally 
large specimens of Rondeletia speciosa major and Pimelea decussata. For four 
varieties of stove and greenhouse plants in bloom, Mr. Gilbert was first with 
well-flowered examples of Erica Eweriana superba, Allamanda nobilis, <fcc.; 
second, Mr. Rann, with a good plant of Lapageria alba in his collection; 
and third, Mr. N. Tupp, gardener to G. Boulton, Esq., Eastbourne. In the 
second division, open to amateurs and gentlemen’s gardeners of the county 
only, for four stove and greenhouse plants, four varieties, Mr. Jupp was 
placed first; Mr. Townshend, gardener to Capt. Thompson. Dyke Road, 
second; and Mr. Rann third. Mr. Meachen, gardener to C. Armstrong, 
Esq., Withdean, was first in the class for four variegated plants in variety, 
with admirably grown plants of Croton Queen Victoria, a well-coloured 
specimen, Croton Andreanum, Anthurium crystallinum, and Yucca aloifolia. 
Mr. Rann came in second, one of whose plants, Croton Evansianus, was 
particularly striking in size and brilliancy of colour. There were only two 
entries in this class. In the same division for a miscellaneous group of 
plants in or out of bloom, arranged for effect, Mr. J. Turner, gardener to 
Major Way, Wick Hall, was deservedly awarded first prize for a very pretty 
group, the arrangement being light and pleasing, and Mr. Meachen secoi d 
For a group of Ferns, arranged for effect, Mr. Jupp first with a choice and 
pleasing group, and Mr. Meachen second. 
