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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ April J2, 1886. 
colour; 4, White-edge, Conservative; 5, Self, Sir W. Hewett, extremely 
dark, nearly black ; 6, Alpine, Princess of Waldeck, bright red shaded ; 
and 7, the wild Primula Auricula, the plant having been collected by 
Mr. Llewelyn on the Pyrenees. All these except the first and last have 
been raised by Mr. Douglas and certificated ; Silvia having been 
honoured by two societies, Conservative by three, and the grey-edge 
Mrs. Moore (not mentioned there but included in the following lists) by 
four. Other varieties of Show Auriculas from the same raiser that have 
been certificated are Mabel and Marmion, both grey-edges, while of Alpine, 
Florence, Prince, J. H. Laing, Amelia, and Elwyne have been similarly 
honoured. 
The following is a selection of six of the finest Show varieties in each 
class as grown at Great Gearies. 
Green-edge. —F. D. Horner (Simonite), Prince of Greens (Trail)) 
Colonel Taylor (Leigh), Admiral Napier (Campbell), Alderman Wisbey 
(Headly), and Verdure (Douglas) a new variety, one of the brightest 
clearest greens of all ; the edge spotless, the flower and truss fine. 
Grey-edge. — George Lightbody (Headly), Silvia (Douglas), Mrs. 
Moore (Douglas), Lancashire Hero (Lancashire), Richard Headly (Light- 
body), and Mabel (Douglas). 
White-edge .—Acme (Read), Conservative (Douglas), John Simonite 
(Walke-), Smiling Beauty (Heap), True Briton (Hepworth), Glory 
(Taylor). 
Selfs .—Sapphire (Horner), Duke of Albany (Douglis), Sir W. Hewett 
(Doujlas), Negro (Brockbank), Pizarro (Campbell), and C. J. Perry 
(Turner). 
In other houses and frames is also a choice collection of Primulas and 
Polyanthuses, which are mentioned in the report of the Auricula Show and 
Primula Conference, while throughout the garden at Great Gearies is a 
model of neatness. 
LIME FOR VINE BORDERS. 
I should be very sorry for your correspondent “ A. L. G.” to think 
that I attribute to any unworthy motive the action he has taken in 
criticising my articles on this subject. The opposite is the case, and I 
admire him for his courage in attacking the subject I advanced. His 
remarks show that he is not a mere imitator, but exercises his thinking 
powers, and strikes out a course for himself. I did not intend referring 
to this subject again at present, whatever your correspondent’s reply had 
been, for the object for which my first article was penned has been 
entirely overlooked. I wish to thank “ A. L. G.” for his criticism, and to 
insure him that I at least believe his motive in so doing to be thoroughly 
honest.—W m. Bardney. 
SWANSEA SPRING- SHOW. 
This was held in the Prince of Wales Drill Hall on April 14th and 15th, 
It is a spacious building with abundance of light coming in from the top 
and we have never seen a hall in which flowers were seen to greater advan¬ 
tage. The arrangements were all that could be desired, the Chairman and 
Treasurer being Captain Colquhoun, and the Hon. Sec. Mr. T. D. Lewis, 
both of whom were unremitting in their labours to make it a success, and 
they succeeded ad i irably. Here and there in the body of the hall groups 
of plants were arranged, chiefly in circles, and all round was banked up 
with many excellent foliage and flowering plants. In competing for a 
group of plants, which was the leading class, Mr. Warmington, gardener to 
J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., Penllergare, was accorded the first prize for a 
remarkably effective collection. A graceful Palm formed the centre, the 
edge of the circle was fringed with Maidenhair Ferns, Primulas of the 
verticillata type, Cyclamens, Lachenalias, &c. t while the body of the group 
was composed of Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Spiraeas, Ferns, Epacris, &c. 
The plants here were in fine condition, and the arrangement was first-rate. 
Mr. Buckmaster, gardener to Sir Henry Hussey Vivian, came second, the 
Azaleas and Orchids being exceedingly fine, as were many more of the 
plants,'but they had evidently been arranged in a hurry, as they were too 
crowded; individually the specimens were of a high order. Mr. Harris, 
gardener to Mrs. Vivian, Singleton, was placed third with a fine group, which 
displayed more superior culture than taste in arrangement, as the plants 
here again were excellent and the blossom both rich and profuse, and 
altogether these three groups reflected much credit on those who cultivated 
the plants. 
For the best collection of twelve cut flowers Mr. Harris was a good first, 
showing some superb heads of Rhododendrons, Orchids, and Roses. In the 
hand bouquets Mr. Harris was again deservedly successful, and Miss E. 
Barron of Sketty Nurseries won in the buttonhole bouquets with attrac¬ 
tive brace. In the miscellaneous collection of plants Mr. Stafford, 
gardener to J. T. D. Llewelyn, Esq., was an easy first with a splendid 
collection, including Pelargoniums bearing trusses of prodigious size and 
wonderful colour, Auriculas nicely flowered, herbaceous Primulas, Pansies, 
&c., altogether an interesting and attractive collection; Mr. Harris was 
second with another good lot. In the nurserymen’s section Captain 
Mansfield, St. Clear’s, was first in the group class with small but excellent 
flowering and foliage plants ; and Mr. Barron of Sketty was second with a 
first-rate selection of valuable Coniferre and Evergreens. Cinerarias were 
dwarf and well bloomed, and Mr. Farrant, College Street, Swansea, and 
Captain Mansfield secured the leading prizes. In Azaleas Mr. Farrant and 
Mr. Speck, Llanelly, divided the honours with healthy finely bloomed 
plants. In Hyacinths and Tulips Mr. Barron was quite in advance of 
others and secured both firsts, Captain Mansfield and Mr. Speck following. 
The bridal bouquets were superb ; indeed, we have never seen finer in South 
Wales. Mrs. Loadstone, a lady florist of Llanelly, was first with a 
massive, beautiful, and artistic arrangement, excellent ; and Captain 
Mansfield was second with another of a less showy character. In buttonhole 
bouquets Mrs. Loadstone was a good first, Mr. Farrant being second ; and in 
wreaths or floral devices Captain Mansfield was first with a very elaborate 
wreath, Mr. Barron second with one remarkable for its simplicity and 
sweetness, and Mrs. Loadstone third with another slightly too heavy. In 
the miscellaneous class Mr. Farrant was first with a group of well-bloomed 
but small plants, while Mr. Barron was second with many fine plants, rather 
crowded. 
Vegetables were well shown by Mr. Harris and Mr. George Nott. The 
amateurs were creditably represented by Mr. Morse, Sandore, Mr. Paddon, 
Mr. Hitchings, and Mr. Waters. Apart from the numerous groups entered 
for competition, the local nurserymen and florists exhibited large quantities 
of excellent plants and flowers for exhibition, and in this respect special 
mention deserves to be made of Mr. Barron of Sketty and Blackpill, Captain 
Mansfield, Mr. Farrant, Mrs. Loadstone, and Mr. Clare of Temple Street. 
NOTES FROM MY GARDEN IN 1885.—No 2. 
ROSES. 
Although I gave in last year’s volume a survey of the Rose 
season in general, I did not especially allude to my own garden, and 
indeed bad in view rather the Rose as an exhibition flower, and the 
character of the season as affecting the many shows held throughout the 
country, and therefore do not feel that I am quite travelling over the 
same ground in giving these notes of the Rose in my own limited space ; 
and for the reasons I have already given they may be acceptable to some 
of the readers of the Journal. 
I do not exhibit, and therefore do not grow for exhibition ; but as I 
have to so frequently act in the capacity of judge I like to have under 
my own eye the leading varieties and the new ones as they appear, so 
that I may be familiar with them when they appear in the stands.. I grow 
them in a separate part of my garden, so that no other flower interferes 
with them, and they probably receive much the same treatment as they 
would do were they grown for exhibition, save that I do not disbud so 
rigorously, nor do I grow maiden plants. Besides this I have a few Teas 
planted against the wall, so that my season is a tolerably prolonged, one. 
I do not grow any under glass save one plant of Mardchal Niel,. which I 
have at the back of my small annexe, where I grow a Vine. This plant is 
somewhat of a novel character. I had it three or four years ago from 
Mr. Prince of Oxford, and it was grown in a large pot ; the shoots were 
nailed up to the back of the house, and I expected at most to have got a 
couple of years out of it. However, it pushed its roots through the 
hole at the bottom of the pot and into the soil on which it stood. There it 
has remained, and made some very vigorous shoots, which, however, had 
to be cut back, as they would have interfered with the other plants in the 
house, and especially with the Vine. It has borne this treatment very 
well, as last spring I cut from it about 120 blooms, and it is now showing 
well for bloom and exhibiting no symptoms of decay, as it flowers and 
makes growth before the Vine begins to start. The latter does not inter¬ 
fere with it. The wood becomes well ripened. By the time that these were 
over the Teas and Noisettes on the wall began to develope their 
bloom 3 . It is a great satisfaction to me that my grand plant of Reve 
d’Or has so much recovered from what I feared was its coup de grace in 
1880 and 1S81. It has now gone up 12 or 14 feet and bloomed well, and 
as I have protected it thi 3 winter I hope it will do even better this year. 
Besides it I have in my house that very good climbing Rose Longworth 
Rambler, which is very hardy and very floriferous, and its colour gives it 
a great claim, being of a very bright red tint somewhat like Reine Marie 
Henriette, although a much thinner Rose than that variety, but more free- 
fl iwering. A plant of that on my gardener’s cottage gave some very fine 
blooms. It is not a colour much beloved of ladies, but still useful. .1 
have also Madame Berard, Belle Lyonnaise, and Climbing Devoniensis, 
which have all grown most vigorously. Madame Berard has too much of 
the loose growth of Gloire de Dijon to be quite what one wants. Belle 
Lyonnaise gave me a quantity of fine bloom, although displaying in most 
cases the one fault it has—viz., cleft blooms. Climbing Devoniensis was 
most satisfactory ; the blooms of it were lovely, and were produced very 
freely. 
I have on the wall Madame Margottin, Perle de Lyon, Bouquet d'Or, 
William Allen Richardson, Comtesse de Nadaillac, Madame Van Houtte, 
Madame Caroline Kuster, Catherine Mermet, and Ma Capucine. These 
all flowered well, and especially Nadaillac ; indeed the flowers of this 
lovely variety develope with me some remarkable colouring, so much so 
that my friend Mr. Biron, no mean judge, told me he never sees it so 
well coloured elsewhere. I am afraid some of these will have to give way, 
as they are planted between the Peach trees, which are gradually usurping 
the space devoted to them. These few Tea Roses are very acceptable to 
me, as they give blooms before those in the open develope themselves. 
Teas are of course the fir-t to come in there. I did not prune mine so 
hard as in the year before, and they did very well. They have, in fact, 
now quite filled up the beds, and as hard pruning implies more vigorous 
growth I avoided it mainly for that purpose. Amongst those Teas of 
more recent date which greatly pleased me were Madame Watteville, 
Madame Cusin, and the Hon. Edith Gifford. They are well known, and 
therefore there is no need of saying much about them. They all seem to 
be good growers, and, like most of their race, very free bloomers. 
Madame Cus n is quite as dark as I care to see. 
The decision formed by the National Rose Society that Hybrid Teas 
are to be classed amongst and shown as Hybrid Perpetuals, is the only 
logical one that could be made, for as it is impossible to make a separate 
class for them, and they cannot be shown as pure Teas or Noisettes, they 
would be excluded altogether if this were not the decision. Take for 
example Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, what confusion has been made with it. 
Some assert that it is a Hybrid Tea, others that it has no Tea blood in it, 
