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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ September 19,1889. 
through good. For the Yeitch Memorial medal and £7 the competition 
was very close, Mr. Tender being placed first, and Mr. Cairns, 
Mounteviot, Jedburgh, second. The Celery, Onions, Tomatoes, Cucum¬ 
bers, Cauliflowers, and Leeks being especially fine in both collections. 
The Lyon Leeks shown by Mr. Cairns being considered among the 
finest examples ever shown. For the prizes offered by Messrs. Sutton 
and Sons, Reading, Mr. Bigham, Edgerton, was first, and Mr. McBean, 
Johnstone, second. The best collection of salads was staged by Mr. 
Milne, Sunny bank. In the single dishes of vegetables, Celery, Leeks, 
Onions, and Tomatoes were especially fine. 
Of miscellaneous exhibits there was a large and excellent display. 
Among the more noteworthy was a fine collection of 120 varieties 
of Apples from Messrs. J. Yeitch & Sons, Chelsea, about sixty dishes 
of Pears from the same firm, as also some beautiful Nepenthes and 
cut herbaceous flowers. A table of over 400 varieties of Ferns 
from Messrs. Sale, Birkenhead, excited much interest as much on 
account of the healthy appearance of the plants as by the rarity and 
beauty of 'many of them. Messrs. J. Laing & Sons contributed 
examples of their fine Begonias. Local firms were represented by Messrs. 
Dickson & Co., Waterloo Place, who with plants staged an interesting 
series of Apples and many florist flowers. Messrs. J. Methven & Sons, 
Princes Street, had a beautiful assortment of decorative stove and green¬ 
house plants, while Mr. John Downie, Princes Street, had a large table 
of good Begonias ; Munro & Ferguson showing cut herbaceous flowers. 
Messrs. Laing & Mather, Kelso, had many border and Clove Carnations 
and Gladiolus ; Mr. Campbell, High Blantyre, Carnations and Picotees ; 
and Mr. Forbes, Hawick, a representative of collection of Hollyhocks, 
Dahlias, Antirrhinums, Pentstemons, &c. Mr. Deverell showed examples 
of Onions of great size, which attracted very much attention ; and to 
Mr. Murray, Culzean, a first-class certificate was awarded for a large red 
seedling Onion named “ Black Douglas.” The Exhibition was attended 
by many thousands of people during the two days it was open, the 
weather being dull but fine. 
EDINBURGH PLUM CONGRESS, 1889. 
The best varieties of Plums exhibited in the various collections 
were, taking the collections in the order in which they were staged, 
Gordon Castle, October Green Gage, Webster’s Seedling, Aurora, and 
some others of his numerous collection of unnamed seedlings were the 
best in the lot exhibited by Mr. Webster, Gordon Castle Gardens. Moray¬ 
shire ; Mr. Forrest, Haddo House, Aberdeen, had Goliath, Jefferson, 
Washington, and Nectarine (very fine) ; Mr. Crosbie, Buchannan Castle, 
Stirlingshire, Jefferson, Kirke’s, Magnum Bonum, and Victoria ; Mr. 
Sutherland, Langwell, Caithness, Nectarine, and Victoria (very good for 
so far north) ; Mr. Smith, Cullen House, Banff, Lawson’s Golden Gage, 
and Emperor ; Mr. McLeod, Harvieston, Clackmannanshire, Washing¬ 
ton, Coe’s Golden Drop, and Magnum Bonum ; Mr. Whitton, Glamis 
Castle, Forfarshire, Transparent Gage, Pond’s Seedling, and Victoria ; 
Mr. McIntosh, Paxton House, Berwick-on-Tweed, Magnum Bonum and 
Pond’s Seedling, very fine ; Mr. McKelvie, Broxmouth, Dunbsr, Kirke’s, 
Magnum Bonum, Transparent Gage, and Jefferson ; Messrs. Dicksons 
and Co., nurserymen, Edinburgh, Grand Duke, Goliath, Webster’s 
Golden Gage, Victoria, Cox’s Emperor, Lawson’s Golden Gage, Nectarine, 
Reine Claude de Bavay, and Transparent Gage ; Mr. Dunn, Dalkeith, 
Transparent Gage, Jefferson, Kirke’s, Coe’s Golden Drop, Reine Claude 
de Bavay, Goliath, Belgian Purple, Pond’s Seedling, and Prune Damson, 
Mr. McHatt e, Newbattle Abbey, Victoria, Jefferson, Washington, and 
Lawson’s Golden Gage, very fine; Mr. McKinnon, Melville Castle, 
Belle de Louvain, Pond’s Seedling, Victoria, and Washington ; Mr. 
Bowman, Pittendreich, Lasswade, Lawson’s Golden Gage, extra fine; 
Jefferson, Pond’s Seedling, Magnum Bonum, and Victoria; Mr. Taylor, 
Inveresk House, Musselburgh, Washington and Oullins Golden ; Mr. 
Morrison, Jefferson, Victoria, Goliath, and Magnum Bonum (very fine) ; 
Mr. Williamson, Tarvit, Cupar Fife, Jefferson, Magnum Bonum, Wash¬ 
ington, Pond’s Seedling, and Goliath ; Mr. Elliott, Blackadder, Berwick¬ 
shire, Belgian Purple, Magnum Bonum, Lawson’s Golden Gage, and 
Jefferson ; Mr. Milne, Minto House, Roxburghshire, Goliath and Victoria ; 
Mr. Watt, Priorwood, Melrose, Jefferson, Magnum Bonum, Goliath, 
Kirke’s, and Transparent Gage ; Mr. Thomson, Eildon Hall, Newtown, 
St. Boswell’s, Green Gage, Jefferson, Magnum Bonum, and Lawson’s 
Golden Gage (very fine) ; Mr. Cunnison, Kingsmuir, Peebles, Kirke’s, 
Jefferson, and Coe’s Golden Drop. 
Mr. Thomson, Garvald House, Peebles, Goliath and Victoria ; Mr. 
McKinlay, Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Goliath and Cox’s Emperor; Mr. 
Angus, Dalzell, Motherwell, Kirke’s, Jefferson, and Goliath ; Mr. Brown, 
Abercairney, Perthshire, Coe’s Golden Drop, Kirke’s, Magnum Bonum, 
Victoria, Goliath, and Prince of Wales ; Mr. Whitton, Methven Castle, 
Perth, Guthrie’s Topaz (very fine), and Washington ; Mr. Harper, 
Tullibelton, Perthshire, Coe’s Golden Drop, Kirke’s, and Cox’s Emperor ; 
Mr. Fairgrieve, Dunkeld, Caledonian, Pond’s Seedling, Cox’s Emperor, 
Victoria, Kirke’s, Magnum Bonum, and Jefferson (all very fine) ; Mr. 
King, Blairdrummond, Doune, Perthshire, Cox’s Emperor, Jefferson, 
and Magnum Bonum ; Mr. McKinnon, Scone Palace, Perth, Brahy’s 
Green Gage, Diamond, Pond’s Seedling, and Kirke’s (very fine) ; Mr. 
Reid, Solsgirth, Dollar, Goliath and Victoria; and Mr. McLennon, 
Castlewigg, Wigtonshire, Jefferson, Kirke’s, and Coe’s Golden Drop. 
Among the collections sent from England the finest varieties were 
from Mr. Harris, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, Kirke’s, Victoria, 
Lawson’s Golden Gage, Cox’s Emperor, Prince Englebert, and Pond’s 
Seedling; Mr. Clarke, Lowther Castle, Penrith, Magnum Bonum, 
Goliath, Kirke’s, and Lawson’s Golden Gage ; Mr. Christie, The Castle, 
Warwick, Jefferson, Belgian Purple, Pond’s Seedling, Reine Claude de 
Bavay, and Magnum Bonum ; Mr. Watkins, Pomona Farm, Hereford, 
Diamond, Magnum Ronum, Peach Plum, Pond’s Seedling. Oullins 
Golden, Green Gage, Prince Englebert, and Cox’s Emperor (all very 
fine) ; Messrs. R. Smith & Co., St. John’s Nurseries, Worcester, Goliath, 
Coe’s Golden Drop, Cox’s Emperor, Diamond, Reine Claude de Bavay, 
and Magnum Bonum (large and fine) ; Mr. Smith, Mentmore Gardens, 
Bucks, Green Gage, Transparent Gage, Grand Duke (extra fine), Sultan, 
Mitchelston, Jefferson, Kirke’s, Cox’s Emperor, and Reine Claude de 
Bavay, with fine samples of the following Damscns—Shropshire, Wor¬ 
cester, FarleLh, Prune, and Mussel. 
Mr. Alexander, Warley Place, Great Warley, Essex, had very fine- 
Magnum Bonum, Goliath, and Jefferson ; Messrs. Lane & Son, nursery¬ 
men, Berkhampstead, Herts, Jefferson, Prince Englebert, Sultan, Prince 
of Wales, Diamond, Pond’s Seedling, Cox’s Emperor, and Grand Duke, 
all large and very fine ; Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, 
Chelsea, Transparent Gage, Reine Claude Violette, Brahy’s Green Gage, 
Reine Claude de Barav, Lawson’s Golden Gage, Frogmore Late Gage, 
Jefferson, Magnum Bonum, Prince Englebert, Pond’s Seedling, Boulouf,. 
and Decaisne, all extra fine, the last named two being little known, 
varieties of great promise ; Mr. Barron, Royal Hort. Society’s Gardens,. 
Chiswick, Belle de Septembre, and Poupart, extra fine, with interesting 
samples of the French Prune Plum, D’Agen, the true Prune Damson, 
the White Damson, Coe’s Late Red Plum, Winesour Plum, and Royal 
Bullace ; Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., nurserymen, Maidstone, Kent, a very 
interesting lot of bearing branches of Plums and Damsons, inc’uding 
King of the Damsons (large and fine), the Old Sweet Damson (small, 
but sweet and pleasant), Crittenden Damson (very heavily with fruit)*. 
Reine Claude de Bavay, and Magnum Bonum ; Mr. Rust, Eridge Castle 
Gardens, Sussex, Guthrie’s Green Gage, Transparent Gage, Diamond, 
Pond’s Seedling, Washington, and Grand Duke, all excellent, and grown 
at an altitude of 400 feet above sea level. 
From Ireland were sent about half a dozen fine collections, contain¬ 
ing many samples of considerable excellence, the most notable of which 
were from Mr. Warwick, Shanes Castle, Co. Antrim. Jefferson, Trans¬ 
parent Gage, and Magnum Bonum ; Mr. Cumming, St. Helen’s, Co. 
Dublin, Magnum Bonum, Goliath, and Victoria; Mr. Whytock, 
Coollatin, Shille agh, Co. Wicklow, Belle de Septembre, Prince Engle¬ 
bert, Coe’s'Golden Drop, Pond’s Seedling, and Diamond; Mr. Cobban, 
Garbally, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Kirke’s, Coe's Golden Drop, Go iath. 
Pond’s Seedling, Jefferson, and Magnum Bonum ; Mr. Richard Hart- 
land, The Lough Nurseries, Cork, Reine Claude de Bavay, Decaisne 
(extra), Magnum Bonum, Archduke, and Kirke’s. 
BRIGHTON SHOW.— Sept. 11th axd 12th. 
Sussex is one of England’s favoured counties as regards climate* 
and it is only fitting that horticulture should be represanted in its best 
form, both in gardens and shows. For a considerable time the Brighton 
Exhibitions have been regarded as admirable examples of what pro¬ 
vincial shows should really be —namely, displays of the local garden 
produce in competition, together with sufficient exhibits from a distance 
to prevent competitors becoming too restricted in their ideas of perfec¬ 
tion. Of moderate extent, it has avoided the defects which frequently 
characterise the larger exhibitions, the most conspicuous being the 
admission of much inferior produce, simply with the object of filling 
classes and tent space. A carefully arranged schedule, fairly liberal 
prizes, and good competition have rendered the Show notable amongst 
those in the southern counties ; but unfortunately in several years the 
attendance of visitors has not been proportionate to the merits of the 
display provided, consequently financial difficulties have occurred that 
have embarrassed the managers. The Secretary, Mr. Carpenter, haa 
succeeded almost single-handed in reviving the Show more than once 
when it seemed that very unlikely another would be held, and he had 
the satisfaction last Wednesday and Thursday of seeing one of the best 
yet held in the rooms and ground of the Royal Pavilion. The weather 
also was most favourable, and we should be glad to hear that the receipts 
at the gates were sufficient to ensuie a substantial balance. 
Plants. —The two principal collections of specimen plants were from 
J. Warren, Esq., Handcross Park, Crawley (gardener Mr. Offer), who 
was first with twelve fine-foliage and eight stove and greenhouse plants, 
all well-known exhibition specimens, the Palms, Ferns, and Grotona. 
of great size, and occupying much space in the lofty apartments of the 
Pavilion. Following in the same class were Col. Pepper, Milford Hall, 
Salisbury (gardener, Mr. J. Currey) ; and Mrs. Armstrong, Woodslea 
(gardener, Mr. Meachin), both of whom had wel'-grown plants. Sir 
A. Lamb, Beaufort, Battle (gardener, Mr. Portnell) exhibited capital 
examples of Ericas, gaining the chief award. E. cerinthoides coronata. 
and E. Aitoniana Turnbulii being remarkable for their good training 
and abundance of flowers. 
Groups are usually an important feature at Brighton, and on thi9 
occasion they also provided a considerable attriction, but there was » 
little falling off in the general quality as regards the groups of miscel¬ 
laneous plants. Mr. J. Currey was adjudged the premier award for a 
fairly light arrangement of Crotons, Palms, Lilies, and Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, but a number of small and inferior plants had also been 
employed which greatly lowered the value of the group, so much indeed 
that many thought it was scarcely entitled to the position accorded it. 
In classes for groups of this character it is sometimes very difficult ts. 
distinguish between the respective merits of contending groups ;• audi 
though it is advisable to encourage a light style of arrangement it is 
equally undesirable that a loose or careless style should be mistaken for 
