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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ November 21, 1889. 
yielded ; and another famous vineyard was at Mile End, to the 
east of London, where Clements was very successful then with the 
Frontignac and Yvhite Muscadine.—J. R. S. C. 
P Events op the Week. —To-day (Thursday) the National Chrys¬ 
anthemum Society’s Provincial Show at Hull, in conjunction with the 
local Society, will be opened in the Artillery Barracks, and a Conference 
will be held in the evening, at which Mr. E. C. Jukes is expected to 
preside. The Show will close on Friday evening. Cpon the same day 
the International Chrysanthemum Centenary Exhibition will be opened 
at Edinburgh and continue s until Saturday. Chorley and Stockport 
Shows are announced for November 22nd, and the Ghent Centenary 
Celebration will be opened on November 24th. 
- Birmingham Show. — Our reporter telegraphs : This year’s 
Exhibition is unquestionably the best ever held by the Society. In 
the chief class for cut blooms (forty-eight) the first prize of £25 is won 
by J. Corbett, Esq., M.P., Impney Hall, Droitwich (gardener, Mr. 
Parker), after a very close struggle with W. Marshall, Esq., Tauntom 
both having remarkably fine blooms. The latter received the second prize 
of £15, the third going to Colonel Wingfield (gardener, Mr. Lambert)j 
the fourth to Sir G. Moss, the fifth to Sir B. Moon, and the sixth to 
Lord Heytesbury (gardener, Mr. Horsefield). Specimen plants were 
well shown by Mr. Cooper, gardener to the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, 
Highbury, Birmingham, Sir J. Martineau being second, and F. Denning> 
Esq., third. Three splendid groups were arranged, the first prize one, 
exhibited by Mr. Cooper, being particularly fine. In the chief class for 
Grapes (six bunches) the Earl of Harrington was placed first, J. F. 
Campbell, Esq., [Tttoxeter, second, and the Earl of Cork, Marston 
House, Frome (gardener, Mr. Iggulden), third. A report will 
appear. 
- At the Winchester Show, on Tuesday, which was not large 
hut very good, Mr. F. W. Flight won the Ladies’ Challenge Cup for the 
year with forty-eight beautifully fresh and well finished blooms. He 
was also awarded the N.C.S. certificate for the best bloom in the Show 
—a magnificent example of Etoile de Lyon, a similar award of merit 
being granted to Messrs. W. & G. Drover for one of the finest stands of 
Anemone flowered ever seen. A first-class certificate was granted by 
the Judges (Messrs. W. Holmes and J. Wright) for a new Anemone 
Pompon, which was named Bessie Flight, a deep rose-coloured sport 
from Madame Montels, secured by the father of the lady whose name it 
bears. Further notes on the Show must be deferred. 
-Liverpool Show, which opened on Tuesday, the 19th inst., 
was a great success. Cut blooms, especially Japanese, were excellent, 
and in the chief class the first prize was won by Mr. R. Foster, gardener 
to S. H. Thompson, Esq. Specimen plants and groups were also good ; 
but in the fruit classes there was some falling ofi. A report will 
appear. 
■-Glasgow and West of Scotland Horticultural 
Society.— Mr. Franc Gibb Dougall informs us that the Directors have 
decided that the spring show of the Glasgow and West of Scotland 
Horticultural Society will be held in the City Hall, Candleriggs, Glasgow, 
on Wednesday, 26th March, 1890. The autumn show will be held in the 
same place on Wednesday and Thursday, September 3rd and 4th, 1890. 
- The Portsmouth Show appears to have been a great suc¬ 
cess. Upwards of 21,000 persons paid for admission, and 5000 children 
were admitted free. 
-National Rose Society. —The arrangements to be submitted 
to the general meeting on December 4th are that the Metropolitan 
Exhibition be held at the Crystal Palace on Saturday, July 5th, 1890 ; 
and the provincial Show at Birmingham on Thursday, July 17th. To 
this latter Show silver cups, of the value of ten guineas each, have been 
presented by the Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe, the Right Hon. Joseph 
Chamberlain, M.P., and A. H. Griffiths, Esq. The annual meeting will 
be held at the rooms of the Horticultural Club on Wednesay, December 
4th, at 3.30 p.m., and the annual dinner at the same place at 6 p.m. The 
chair will be taken by the Very Rev. the Dean of Rochester, President 
of the Society. 
- Presentation to Mr. Ernest Benary. —On the 10th inst. 
this well known German seed merchant completed the 70th year of his 
age and the- 50th year of his connection with the business carried on at 
Erfurt. His two sons made their father a present of an album contain¬ 
ing the portraits of many of those in the United Kingdom who had done 
business with him for years past. Some of the leading seed firms in this 
country took advantage of the occasion to present Mr. Ernest Benary 
with a congratulatory address, which was signed by the representatives 
of twenty-one houses of business. The address was encircled by a very 
richly illuminated gold border, relieved with scrolls in beautifully toned 
and harmonised tints of red and blue. The arms of England and Ger¬ 
many in oval shields surmounted the address, and to correspond with 
this at the bottom was an hour glass enwreathed in Ivy, typifying age 
encircled by friendship. At the sides were two pretty bordered panels, 
with the dates Nov. 10,1819, and Nov. 10, 1889. The designing through¬ 
out was most artistic. 
- Tritoma Uvaria. —It is not surprising that this should be 
commonly called the Flame Flower, as throughout September and part 
of October its tall handsome spikes have a grand illuminating effect in 
their dazzling brightness. Isolated plants are not so attractive as groups 
or rows, and it is in either of these forms that it is most telling. It 
grows best in rather a heavy rich soil, and is always finest when allowed 
to remain in the same place undisturbed for many years. 
- Lilium Leitchlini.—H aving a number of this with other 
species, twelve months ago the bulbs were started in a cold pit, and in 
May transplanted into the open ground. They did very well indeed, 
and the bulbs are perfectly healthy and appear as likely to succeed in 
the open as many other Liliums. To those who do not know it, it may 
well be recommended, being sweet-scented, the flowers of good size, 
expanded, and of differing shades of spotted yellow. It is a charming 
companion to the various forms of speciosum which flower at the same 
time.—N. 
-The members of the Reading and District Gardeners’ 
Mutual Improvement Association met at the “ British Workman ” 
last week to hear a lecture from Mr. B. J. Austin, entitled “ Plant- 
Green.” There was as usual a large attendance. Mr. Wm. Lees pre¬ 
sided. Some good specimens of Cyclamen, profusely flowered, were 
exhibited by Mr. T. Smith. A fine basket of Raspberries came from Mr. 
Carter, the variety being Hornet, and a good sample of Peas, Sutton’s 
Latest of All, gathered from the open ground. Mr. Austin’s 
lecture, which was illustrated with diagrams, was exceedingly interest¬ 
ing and instructive. The Chairman hoped the lecture would be one of 
a series from Mr. Austin. On the motion of Mr. Jas. Martin, seconded 
by Mr. Baskett, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Austin for 
his able lecture. 
-A fine Camellia.— “ On-looker’s” note, referring to the fine 
plant, or rather tree, at The Henburys (see page 382) reminds me of a 
very fine tree I have seen in the handsome conservatory in the gardens at 
Balrath House, Kells, Co. Meath. It is four years since I saw it, but I 
should imagine it is as large as the specimen mentioned by “ On-looker ” 
by this time. If my memory serves me truly the tree at Balrath is about 
forty years old. Mr. Ramsay, who is now steward there, was about that 
time acting in the capacity of steward and gardener, and either pur¬ 
chased or grafted the plant about the year 1850. Perhaps Mr. Swift, the 
present head gardener, will kindly furnish the dimensions of the speci¬ 
men, and correct me if I am in error as to its age, &c. The tree is 
planted out, and I believe the variety is alba plena.— Handy Andy. 
- Souvenir de la Malmaison Carnations.—T hese have 
risen into very great popularity within the past two or three years. 
They are not, of course, any larger or more Clove scented than they 
were, but since it has been realised that a large flower may be employed 
for all sorts of decorative purposes—personal and otherwise—without one 
being considered a barbarian, these, the grandest of all Carnations, have 
taken their rightful place. I think the most beautiful of the trio under 
cultivation is the pink or rose variety. There are said to be two quite 
