November 14, 1885. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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the north of London surprisingly late, but those that 
were exhibited were in too many instances undersized 
and with suspicions of roughness. There was not quite 
so many entries either, but this was not noticeable, for 
the table space was fully occupied, and the plants 
formed two good banks on each side of the hall, the 
usual place being selected for the show, namely, the 
Assembly Rooms, Defoe Road. 
The principal classes were those devoted to cut 
blooms of incurved varieties, of which there was a good 
representative show, though the defects already noted 
were observable. Last year, if we remember rightly, 
Mr. J. Udale, Shirecliffe Hall Gardens, Sheffield, suc¬ 
ceeded in winning the 1st prize (a silver cup) in the 
open class for twenty-four incurved varieties, this year 
the experienced old exhibitor, Mr. Monk, gardener to 
W. Fowler, Esq., Forest House, Leytonstone, secured 
the same position, but we did not see any cup men¬ 
tioned in the schedule. It would be interesting in 
connection with this exhibit to know why the Judges 
considered the bloom of Princess of Wales distinct from 
Mrs. Heale in the same stand, the former being pure 
white and possessing none of the characteristic colour. 
In the opinion of such an experienced, careful judge as 
Mr. George, of Putney, they were identical, and the stand 
should have been disqualified. The matter is particu¬ 
larly interesting, because something of a similar nature 
was discussed last year at the same show. Mr. Monk’s 
blooms in all respects well merited their position if the 
question of distinction could be satisfactorily settled ; 
the varieties, Queen of England, Hero of Stoke New¬ 
ington, Refulgence, John Salter, Nil Desperandum, 
and Mrs. Heales, being beautiful examples of moderate 
size, but fresh. In the local class for twenty-four in¬ 
curved, Mr. S. Gilbey, gardener to B. Booth, Esq., 
Cazenoves, Upper Clapton, was the leading exhibitor, 
taking the 1st prize with even samples of Mrs. Heales, 
Alfred Salter, Jeanne d’Arc, Golden Empress, Lord 
Alcester, Queen of England, and Empress of India. 
Mr. Payne, gardener to W. A. Mitchell, Esq., Grenville, 
Upper Clapton, staged the best twelve incurved, and. 
with six incurved Mr. S. Gilbey scored a success. The 
Japanese were not so meritorious, if the premier twelve 
from Mr. Monk be excepted, which comprised substan¬ 
tial blooms of Val d’Andore, Comte de Germiny, 
Madame de Sevin, Fulton, Madame B. Rendatler, ami 
Golden Dragon. Mr. Calvert, gardener to G. Kent, 
Esq., Southwood, Highgate, had a pretty stand of six 
blooms, Boule d’Or, Comte de Germiny, and Mons. 
Astorg, being amongst the best. Other prize takers in 
the several classes were, Mr. W. Martin, gardener to 
H. Matthews, Esq., The Cedars, Woodberry Down, 
Mr. F. Bingham, Mr. W. Goldsmith, and Fir. Peers, 
gardener to F. Cater, Esq., Enfield Highway. 
Several classes were devoted to specimen plants, Mr. 
Monk, as usual, being adjudged first houours for well- 
grown, freely bloomed examples of the Mrs. Dixon, G. 
Glenny, G. Gordon, John Salter, Dr. Sharp, Triomphe 
du Nord, Tokio, LaNymphe, and Soeur Melanie, neat 
pyramidal specimens, evenly clothed with foliage. 
Mr. S. Gilbey had the best four standards and the same 
number of dwarf specimens, the other principal prizes 
being secured by Messrs. G. Davey, Lovegrove, and 
Bass. 
A stand of twenty-four handsome incurved blooms 
was sent from Finsbury Park, and Mr. Smith, Stoke 
Newington, exhibited a large collection of fruits, the 
Grapes and Pears of exceptional merit. 
Putney. —A Tom. 1C )th and 11th .—The Putney and 
district show was this year the best the society has 
held, and was one of the most even and satisfactory 
displays we have ever seen of similar extent, and at a 
local society’s exhibition. The groups of Chrysan¬ 
themum plants were extraordinary, and in this respect 
the show is not likely to be surpassed elsewhere ; while 
such noted exhibitions as the Kingston and the 
Aquarium were made inferior in those classes. Mr. 
Knowsley, gardener to Mrs. Egerton, Putney, was 
easily 1st with magnificent blooms on healthy plants ; 
the incurved varieties being surprisingly fine. The 
Japanese were also grandly represented, and Mr. 
Knowsley must have the credit of having staged one of 
the most meritorious groups ever exhibited. The other 
prizes in this class were won by Mr. G. Stevens, Fir. 
Newell (Wimbledon), and Fir. Carter (Heatliside 
Gardens, Wimbledon), each of whom had praiseworthy 
groups. Specimen plants were not first rate, but much 
the best were those from Mr. C. Bentley and Fir. J. 
Bentley, who gained the leading prizes. Groups of 
miscellaneous plants, Ferns, fine foliage plants, and 
table plants were well represented by exhibits from 
Flessrs. Flethven, Woohams, Sullivan, and Bailey. 
Fruit was shown in capital condition, Grapes, Apples, 
and Pears being especially fine. Fir. W. Smith was 
1st with Alicante Grapes, very large in the bunch, and 
well coloured ; Fir. Alderman leading with Fluscat of 
Alexandria, excellently ripened. Fir. Alexander, Fir. 
Smollet, and Fir. Whitehead were the winners re¬ 
spectively, with Pears, kitchen and dessert Apples. 
Vegetables were clean and good ; but the bouquets, 
except Fir. J. Steven’s Chrysanthemums, were not 
commendable 
Cut blooms were first rate, and the competition was 
exceedingly keen. Fir. A. Holmes, Clapham Park, had 
the best twenty-four incurved blooms, splendid 
examples, of good substance, and including the leading 
varieties. Fir. Sullivan was a close 2nd with better 
dressed blooms, but not quite so fine ; in 12’s he was, 
however, easily 1st. Fir. J. C. Grant lead with six 
varieties, and was also 1st with twelve Japanese, hand¬ 
some fresh blooms ; Fir. C. Bentley being in a similar 
place with six Japanese. Fir. A. Holmes had six 
grand blooms of Queen of England, winning premier 
honours in the class for six incurved, one variety. 
Japanese Anemones (the ordinary large Anemones), 
and Pompones were staged by several good growers ; 
and the exhibits in the single-handed gardeners’ classes 
were very good. The judges were : Fir. Lynes, Fir. 
Newton, and Fir. L. Castle. 
Kingston. — Nov. 10 th and 11th —This show fully 
maintained the high reputation which this suburban 
society holds among Chrysanthemum growers and 
fanciers, for in the leading prize collections, especially 
of cut flowers, truly superb quality was seen ; better 
could hardly have been found at any time, and cer¬ 
tain^ lias not been excelled this year. In the 
miscellaneous plant groups a very pretty arrangement, 
though wanting colour, put up by Mr. Filsell, gardener 
to H. Jeaves, Esq., Twickenham ; and a bolder and 
more gay group, which was brilliantly lit up with 
Calauthe vestita, and vestita rubra, Pointsettias, Tree 
Carnations, &c., from Fir. Glover, gardener to W. Evill, 
Esq., Worcester Park, were placed equal 1st. The 
best group of pot Chrysanthemums came from Fir. 
Buss, gardener to A. T. Price, Esq., Ewell, and a 
dwarfer, finer bloomed, and leaved lot of plants has 
rarely been seen. Of course the arrangement was, as 
usual, stiff and formal, but the blooms were splendid. 
In the specimen plant classes the incurved kinds, 
especially the deep chestnut buds looked dull, but the 
three fine Japanese, La Nymph, Bouquet Fait, and La 
France, from Fir. King, gardener to R. Few, Esq., 
Esher, each about 3 ft. across, and superbly bloomed, 
were the ideals of what specimen plants should be. Jap¬ 
anese kinds are now a long way ahead of the incurved as 
showy pot plants. The customary trio of ‘ ‘Bundles” were 
trotted out liberally in the mop-headed standard class, 
and being severely tied were as stiff and lumpy as the 
most devoted admirer of this kind of thing could desire. 
Kingston always makes a prominent feature of table 
plants, and the best nine, which came from Fir. Waite, 
gardener to the Honourable Colonel Talbot, Esher, 
consisted of Palms, Dracaenas, CTotons, Pandanus, &c. 
Fir. Bates, Poullett Lodge, Twickenham, who came 
2nd, having good plants with soil neatly surfaced with 
Selaginella. The best six came from Fir. H. Trussler, 
gardener to F. Flaud, Esq., Flaldon. A quantity of 
pretty yellow and red Capsicums were shown in the 
class for berried table plants, as also some very good 
Solanums. Chinese Primula were very good also, and 
a grand lot of Cyclamens from Flessrs. Page & Son, 
Teddington, formed a striking group. 
In the cut flower classes the great feature was the re¬ 
markable success of that notable grower, Fir. Flolyneux, 
gardener to W. A. Flyers Esq., Swanmore Park, Bishop’s 
Waltham, who again for the fourth time repeated his 
exploit of winning the champion cup with forty-eight 
blooms. Two years ago this exhibitor carried off the 
champion cup, having won it twice in succession. Last 
year he won the new sliver champion bowl, and winning 
it again this year carries a second trophy from Kingston 
to Hampshire for Fir. Flyers, who doubtless is well 
pleased with the superb ability shown by his able 
gardener. Fir. Flolyneux had in his incurved 
blooms very fine Queen of England, Golden Empress, 
Lord Alcester, Empress of India, Alfred Salter, Emily 
Dale, Sir Stafford Carey, Jeanne de Arc, Prince Alfred, 
Nil Desperandum, Fir. Bunn, Firs. Heal, Mr. Howe, 
and other fine kinds. While of Japanese his finest 
blooms were Baronne de Prailly, J. Delaux, Fladame 
C. Audiguier, Fladame Lacroix, Criterion, Belle Pauline, 
and John Laing. Fir. Gibson, gardener to H. 
Wormald, Esq., Wimbledon, was 2nd, having good 
Japanese blooms, but was weaker than his opponent in 
incurved flowers. Amongst the former he had good 
Fir. Burnett, Hiver Fleuri, Flargaret Flarroch, Fladame 
LaeroLx, and Criterion. There were 3rd and 4th prizes 
awarded. In the class for twenty-four incurved kinds 
Fir. Flolyneux was again a strong 1st with grand 
blooms, chiefly duplicates of those previously mentioned. 
Fir. Woodgate, gardener to Lord Wolverton, Coombe 
Warren, was 2nd with medium sized, but very fresh 
and perfect blooms. Again in the class for twenty- 
four Japanese Fir. Flolyneaux was invincible, showing 
that he was strong all round, as well as in one 
class, indeed his exhibits throughout most materially 
added to the average high quality of the show. In 
this class he had Dornrillan, Baronne de Prailly, Belle 
Pauline, Fladame C. Audiguier, J. Delaux, Golden 
Dragon, Criterion, Fladame Lacroix, Peter the Great, 
and Fir. Burnett (very fine). Fir. King came 2nd with 
some fine blooms of Japanese, Fladame de Leoni, Bal- 
moreaux, FI. Delaux, Firs. Flahood, Flons. Ardene, and 
others ; and Fir. Woodgate was 3rd with smaller but 
very fresh flowers. In other classes Fir. Carter, gar¬ 
dener to Alderman and Sheriff Evans, Esher, was 1st 
with twelve incurved and twelve Japanese, with 
twelve fine blooms of seven reflexed kinds, Fladame 
Fladeleine Teiser, Cloth of Gold, Golden Christine, 
Pink Christine, Phideas, Dr. Sharpe, Distinction, and 
the superb new Japanese reflexed kind, CullingfordL 
Fir. Flolyneux was 1st in that class, as also he was the 
only exhibitor in the class for twelve Anemone Japanese, 
having large Fabias de Fladeranaz, Mdlle. Oatrol, 
Flargaret de Villegeuse, and Sceur Dorothee Souille 
again 1st with six blooms of any one incurved kind 
having grand flowers of Princess of Wales ; and also 
1st in a similar class for Japanese with the new and 
very beautiful variety, Belle Pauline. Fir. Gibson came 
1st with twelve ordinary anemone flowers. 
The competitions in many of the classes was good, 
and space only hinders more liberal reference to the 
exhibitors. It is worthy of mention, that in a new 
class for novices in show Chrysanthemums there were 
seventeen half-dozens, and many fine flowers staged, 
showing that a taste for Chrysanthemum culture is 
rapidly developing amongst young gardeners in the 
district. Certificates of Merit were awarded to Rosea 
superba, a flattisli medium-sized Japanese of refined 
texture and of a lovely rosy pink hue, this was shown 
by Flessrs. Jackson & Son, Kingston ; to Nellie 
Pauline, shown by Fir. Flolyneux, a beautiful Japanese 
mauve-white, edged with rose ; and Cullingfordi, to 
Fir. Orchard, Roehampton, who had this as a plant, 
and a grand rich-coloured crimson-chestnut kind it is. 
Fruits were unusually good, the collection of six 
kinds, including some fine Alicante and Fluscat of 
Alexandria grapes, coming from Fir. Bates, Poulett 
Lodge, Twickenham ; Fir. Munro, Cambridge House 
Gardens, Twickenham, coming next. The best four 
Pears, two of which were stewing kinds, came from Fir. 
King, who had Flarie Louise d’Uccle, General Todleben, 
Catillac, and Uvedale’s St. Germain. The best four 
dishes of Apples, to include dessert and kitchen kinds, 
came from Fir. J. Childs, who had beautiful samples of 
Emperor Alexandra and Blenheim Pippin, also Cox’s 
Orange Pippin and Adams’ Pearmain. Fir. Attril, 
Kingston, was 2nd with fine Flere de Flenage, Gloria 
Flundi, Cox’s Orange, and King of the Pippins. A 
grand lot of Grapes in great variety came from Flessrs. 
Jackson & Sons, and included Black and Paper Ham¬ 
burgh, Black and Kempsey’s Alicante, Gros Flaroc and 
Gros Colmar, Firs. Pince’s Black Fluscat, Lady Downe’s 
and Alnwick Seedling; and of whites, beautifully- 
finished bunches of Tyninghanr and Alexandra Fluscats, 
Golden Queen, and Raisin de C'alabre ; also twenty-four 
dishes of Pears and three good Pot V ines, well fruited. 
Some good arrangements in hardy foliage, berries, and 
grasses were shown, and there was also a lively com¬ 
petition in half-dozens of button-hole bouquets, always 
well done at this capital show. 
The National.— Aw. 11thand 12th .--The annual 
exhibition of the National Chrysanthemum Society, 
held at the Westminster Aquarium, on Wednesday and 
Thursday, showed no falling off either in the quantity 
or the quality of the plants and flowers exhibited, the 
numbers staged being about the same as last year, as 
far as we could judge ; but in some respects there were 
much finer blooms at this show than the previous one. 
Unfortunately, the fog rendered the place so dark on 
both days that it was only with great patience and care 
that the judging was got through in a satisfactory 
manner, and to make critical comparisons between the 
varieties was well-nigh an hopeless task. The managers 
of the Society were most unfortunate in this respect, for 
their exhibition was in every way a credit to them, and the 
arrangements made by Fir. Holmes were simply perfect, 
plants and flowers being staged with a minimum amount 
of friction, while the general effect left nothing to be 
desired. The Veitch Memorial medal and prize of £5 
for thirty-six incurved blooms, brought out four good 
collections, and the leading award fell to Fir. Gibson, 
gardener to J. Wormald, Esq., Florden Park, Flitcham’ 
who had very fine examples of all the leading kinds ; 
and a very close 2nd was Fir. Berry, gardener to the 
Countess of Leven and Flelville, Roehampton. In the 
class for forty-eight incurved varieties, the 1st prize in 
which was the handsome one of £10, there was only 
one exhibitor, Fir. C. Penfold, gardener, Leigh Park, 
Havant, and the 2nd prize only was awarded. The 
finest forty-eight blooms of Japanese varieties that we 
have ever seen, a most remarkable display as regards 
size and even quality, came from Fir. Lowry, gardener 
to J. FlacAndrew, Esq., Belmont, Flill Hill, and which 
were well 1st in a very strong class ; the 2nd prize 
going to Fir. Ridout, gardener, Woodhatch Lodge, 
Reigate. 
The President of the Society, Fir. Edward Sander¬ 
son, was again successful in securing a 1st prize, 
a silver cup, for twenty-four incurved varieties, and 
needless to say, that though not large, his blooms were 
all quality. For twelve Japanese and the same number 
of incurved blooms, Fir. Shoosmith, gardener to Canon 
Hodgson, came in 1st in a good competition, and the 1st 
prize for twelve large anemone-flowered varieties was won 
by Fir. Sullivan, gardener to D. B. Chapman, Esq., 
Downshire House, Roehampton, with a most creditable 
collection. The specimen plant classes were well filled 
ami the examples shown by Fir. Gilbey, gardener to F.' 
Floore, Esq., Blendon Hall, were of an exceedingly hi <rh 
order of merit. The trade groups, four in number and 
shown by Fir. G. Stevens, of Putney, and Mr. N. 
Davis, of Camberwell, were the finest that have been 
seen at the National Society’s Shows, and reflected great 
credit on both growers. 1 n both classes which were for in - 
