July 24, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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HORTICUL TURAL S OCIETIES. 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Horticultural. — 
The summer show of this society was held in the Leazes 
Park on "Wednesday, July 21st, and proved to he one of 
the best ever held in Newcastle, the flowering and 
foliage plants being alike remarkable for the quality 
and quantity of the exhibits. The miscellaneous plants 
arranged for effect in a space of 20 ft. by 10 ft. were 
also well done by the several exhibitors. The fruit and 
cut flowers, as usual here, were exhibited in large 
numbers in the several classes. To the able and 
courteous secretary, Mr. J. J. Gillespie, and the com¬ 
mittee of management, the great success of the society is 
mainly due. The principal prize in the open class for 
eight plants in bloom, dissimilar, was awarded to Mr. 
E. H. Letts, gardener to the Earl of Zetland, Aske 
Hall, Richmond, Yorks, who had fine examples of 
Ericas, Parmenteria rosea and obbata, Anthurium 
Scherzerianum, Pimelia decussata, a mass of flower, 
and as fresh as it is usually seen in May ; a -fine 
Phcenocoma prolifera Barnesii, Azalea Brilliant, 6 ft. 
in diameter, &c. The second prize went to Mr. 
Johnson, gardener to J. B. Hodgkis, Esq., Elm Ridge, 
Darlington, whose group included a fine Ixora Wil- 
liamsi, Ericas, tricolor Wilsoni, and Jasminiflora alba, 
a good Statice profusa ; Mr. James Noble, gardener to 
Theodore Fry, Esq., M.P., Darlington, was third ; 
Erica retorta major in this collection being very fine ; 
4th, Mr. E. Adams, Swalwell. 
For eight foliage plants, Mr. E. H. Letts again took 
the lead with fine examples of Encephalartos Alten- 
steinii, Stevensonia grandifolia, Dasylirion acrotrichum, 
Kentia Fosteriana, Cycas revoluta, Croton Johannis, 
&e. ; Mr. Hammond, gardener to Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 
Bart., M.P., Bray ton Hall, Carlisle, was a close 
second ; his Croton Queen Victoria was the finest 
Croton in the show, and the specimens of Phoenix 
rupieola, Macrozamia Frazerii, and Dasylirion glaucum 
were fine examples of cultivation ; Mr. Jas. Noble was 
third. For the miscellaneous group arranged for effect, 
Mr. McIntyre, gardener to Mrs. Gurney Pease, Wood- 
side, Darlington, easily won premier honours with a 
bright arrangement of Crotons, Anthuriums, &c., nicely 
balanced by the free use of Palms, Adiantums, &c. ; 
Mr. Hammond came in second ; and Messrs. Clark 
Bros. & Co., nurserymen, Carlisle, third. For six 
Ferns, Mr. Johnson was first; Mr. J. Noble, second ; 
and Mr. J. McIntyre, third. Three Crotons: First, 
Mr. J. Hammond ; second, Mr. E. H. Letts ; third, 
Mr. J. McIntyre. For six stove or greenhouse plants 
in flower, amateurs only, Mr. E. H. Letts was again 
awarded premier honours with even and well-matched 
plants ; second, Mr. E. Adams, Swalwell. 
Forty-eight cut Roses, open class : First, Messrs. 
Harkness & Son, the Nurseries, Bedale ; second, Messrs. 
R. Mack & Son, Nurserymen, Catterick Bridge ; third, 
Mr. Henry May, The Hope Nurseries, Bedale. Thirty- 
six cut Roses, open class : First, Messrs. Harkness & 
Sons ; second, Mr. Henry May. Twelve Teas : First, 
Messrs. Harkness & Son ; second, Messrs. R. Mack & 
Sons ; third, Mr. Henry May. Twelve yellow Roses, 
open class : First, Mr. John Shorte, for twelve very fine 
Gloire de Dijon ; second, Messrs. R. Mack & Sons ; 
third, Messrs. Harkness & Sons. Twelve dark Roses, 
open : First, Messrs. R. Mack & Sons ; second, Messrs. 
Harkness & Son ; third, Mr. W. Handysides. Twenty- 
four Roses, amateurs only: First, Mr. Geo. Finlay, 
gardener to Mrs. Maynard Prout, East Layton Hall ; 
second, Mr. T. Laws, Ponteland ; third, Mr. Cuthbert 
Laws. 
Eight dishes of fruit: First, Mr. J. Mclndoe, gar¬ 
dener to Sir. J. W. Pease, Bart., M.P., Hutton Hall ; 
second, Mr. J. Edmonds, gardener to the Duke of St. 
Albans, Arnold, Notts. Four dishes of fruit: First, 
Mr. J. Mclndoe ; second, Mr. J. Edmonds ; third, Mr. 
Wm. Jenkins, gardener to Brodie Cochrane, Esq., 
Durham. Four bunches of Grapes: First, Mr. J. 
Mclndoe ; second, Mr. E. Douglas, gardener to Mrs. 
J. Harris, Derwent Lodge, Cockermouth ; third, Mr. 
Wm. Jenkins. One Pine Apple: First, Mr. J. Mclndoe ; 
second, Mr. J. Edmonds ; third, Mr. R. Dawes. Two 
bunches of Grapes : First, Mr. J. Potter, gardener to 
Mrs. Geo. Moore, Carlisle ; second, Mr. Wm. Jenkins; 
third, Mr. J. Mclndoe. Two bunches of Muscats: 
First, Mr. T. Elworthy, gardener, Broad Green, Liver¬ 
pool ; second, Mr. J. Mclndoe ; third, Mr. E. Douglas. 
Single dish of Peaches: First, Mr. J. Edmonds ; second, 
Mr. T. Elsworthy ; third, Mr. J. Lawson. Single dish 
of Nectarines : First, Mr. Wm. Dodds, gardener to R. 
C. Clephan, Esq., Bertley ; second, Mr. T. Elsworthy; 
third, Mr. J. Edmonds. The best green-flesh Melon 
came from Mr. J. McIntyre ; scarlet-flesh ditto, Mr. 
Wm. Jenkins. 
Open class, for best vase or epergne of cut flowers, 
first, Mr. W. R. Armstrong, High Cross Nursery, Ben- 
well ; second, Mr. 0. Lamb, gardener to Lindsay 
Wood, Esq., Chester-le-Street. Vase or epergne, 
amateurs only : First, Mr. John Battensby, Swalwell; 
second, Mr. Wm. Whiting, gardener, Shotley House, 
Shotley Bridge. Bridal bouquet, ojjen class : First, 
Mr. J. R. Chard, Clapham Common ; second, Mr. W. 
R. Armstrong ; third, Mr. W. Whiting. Six table 
plants, open : First, Mr. John McIntyre ; second, Mr. 
H. Johnson ; third, Mr. James Noble. Eighteen spikes 
of cut herbaceous flowers, first, Mr. T. Battensby, 
Hagg Hill, Blaydon ; a close second, Mr. John Short ; 
these were very fine and deservedly attracted much 
attention from the visitors. 
The miscellaneous class included, from Messrs. S. 
Nairns & Sons, Benshaw Nurseries, Newcastle, forty- 
eight fine bunches of cut Pelargoniums ; from Messrs. 
Kent& Brydon, Nurserymen, Darlington, 100 varieties 
of cut herbaceous flowers ; from Mr. John Wardle, City 
Nursery, Moor Edge, Newcastle, a miscellaneous group 
of stove and greenhouse plants, arranged for effect ; and 
to Messrs. Wm. Fell & Co., Wentworth Nursery, Hex¬ 
ham, was awarded a special medal for a collection of 
hardy trees and shrubs in great variety, arranged for 
effect; a similar award was also made to Messrs. J. 
Robson & Sons, Rose Nurseries, Hexham, for hardy 
trees and shrubs, in pots, and six boxes of fine cut 
Rose blooms. 
Hampton Hill and Hampton Horticul¬ 
tural and Cottage Garden. —The fifteenth 
annual exhibition of the above society took place, on 
the 14th inst., in the grounds of the Hon. and Rev. 
H. Bligh, who had kindly placed them at the disposal 
of the Committee. Fine weather and a somewhat com¬ 
prehensive schedule brought together, in the first place, 
a large and fashionable attendance, and in the latter a 
very pleasing and effective display of fruit, plants, 
and flowers. The latter were highly creditable, many 
being of first-class quality, the skill acquired in dis¬ 
posing them being displayed to great advantage. For 
the best arrangement for table decoration of cut flowers 
in an epergne or vase, Miss Lambert was awarded first 
with a neatly-arranged epergne, who, for the most 
part, employed choice hardy flowers and native grasses, 
the former including varieties of Papaver nudicaule, 
white, orange, and yellow, Aquilegia chrysantha, Cam¬ 
panula pumila alba, and Cornflowers, Nymphtea alba 
occupying the base of the arrangement; these, with 
grasses, made up a pleasing and natural arrangement. 
For the best centre device, consisting of fruit, foliage, 
and flowers, the Hon. Mrs. Bligh was awarded the 
first prize. Next in the order of the schedule, for the 
best arrangement of Roses, foliage, &c., in a dish, the 
prize went to Miss M. Makepiece, New Hampton. 
The two next classes were the great features of the 
show, and attracted considerable attention, the com¬ 
petition also being considerable. For the best floral 
wreath, Mrs. Thos. Bowling was a good first with a 
large and handsome wreath of choice white flowers and 
Maidenhair Fern ; taste and skill were noticeable in 
the arrangement throughout, the flowers being well 
disposed and of easy, natural bearing. For the best 
floral cross, the first prize was awarded to Mrs. Wade, 
but here the judges were much beside the mark, and 
their decision far from just. That awarded the premier 
place was, in reality, not of true cross-like outline, 
being tapered at the points and having a bulky centre. 
The cross section also w T as not of sufficient size to 
balance the upright. It was composed of Lilium can- 
didum, white Sweet Peas, one or two small Gardenias, 
some Tuberoses, Gladioli The Bride, Tea Roses, and 
Maidenhair Fern. By far the handsomest floral cross 
in the exhibition was contributed by Mrs. Gullick, 
L’Hyvrensej Broad Lane, Hampton, whose arrangement 
it would be difficult to surpass. The points in its 
favour were a well-defined cross, to which may be 
added choicer flowers and highly finished touch. It 
consisted of seven fine Amazon Lilies, amidst which 
Tuberoses, with Gladioli The Bride, were interspersed, 
while the base was beautifully feathered with Bouvardia 
jasminoides. This, with Maidenhair Fern, made up a 
beautiful whole, the arrangement throughout being what 
all such arrangements should be— i. e ., the essence of light¬ 
ness and elegance. The fllxt class was devoted to 
ladies’ sprays, and brought a good competition, the first 
prize for three going to Mrs. Wade, North Edge, who 
had prettily-arranged sprays of Roses, Miss Jolliffe 
Carnations, and yellow Marguerites, mingled with small 
laterals of Asparagus plumosus. This same lady was 
also first with six button-holes ; the above classes were 
devoted to the ladies. 
For the best group arranged for effect, Mr. James 
Harkett, gardener to H. O. O’Hagan, Esq., Rose Bank, 
Hampton Court, was first, his group consisting of 
small suitable-sized plants of Dracaenas, Dieffenbacliias, 
Crotons, Cocos Weddelliana, Abutilons, Gloxinias, 
Maidenhair Fern, and Liliums, the latter consisting of 
L. auratum, L. candidum and L. speciosum rubrum 
var. cruentum. The collections of fruits, such as 
Currants (black and white), Gooseberries, Strawberries, 
and Raspberries, were numerous and good throughout, 
the first and second prizes for six dishes going respec¬ 
tively to Mr. H. Coleman, gardener to J. Evans, Esq., 
with a good all-round lot, and Mr. R. Springle, gardener 
to J. W. Gullick, Esq., the latter collection containing 
some remarkable fine fruits of red and yellow Rasp¬ 
berries, which were much admired. The classes devoted 
to zonal Pelargoniums, stove and greenhouse-flowering 
plants, Coleus, &c., were below the average, and the 
vegetable tent was well stocked, and Peas, Broad Beans, 
Potatos, &c., were well and numerously represented, 
and reflect great credit upon the cottagers of the 
neighbourhood. The same remark also applies to the 
juvenile members of the exhibitors, whose collections 
of wild flowers and grasses were very interesting. 
Among the miscellaneous exhibits not for competition 
were a collection of cut Roses from Mr. Will Tayler, 
nurseryman, Hampton. The Messrs. Collins Bros. 
& Gabriel, 39, Waterloo Road, S.E., sent a large 
and highly interesting collection of hardy perennials 
and bedding Violas from their Hampton Nurseries, 
conspicuous among which were Liliums candidum, 
testaceum, Davaricum Incomparable, Thunbergia- 
num var. olutaeeum, and the pauther-spotted Lily, 
L. pardalinum ; other noticeable flowers were Core¬ 
opsis lanceolata, Gaillardia grandiflora maxima, Galega 
officinalis and its white variety, Alstromeria chili- 
ensis, Campanula persicifolia alba plena, and others. 
The bedding Violas comprised some twenty splen¬ 
did varieties from the purest white to the richest 
purple and violet shades ; and the Messrs. Hooper & 
Co., Covent Garden and Twickenham, sent some good 
blooms of Carnations and Picotees, including one or 
two good seedlings which, as usual, received their full 
share of admiration ; these three firms were respectively 
awarded First Class Certificates ; on the whole the 
committee have good reason to be satisfied with the 
results of their labour. 
Chiswick Horticultural.— July 15 th. —The 
mention of a flower show at Chiswick is enough to 
make old gardeners prick up their ears and wonder 
whether the old days have again returned, whilst it 
should encourage young ones to visit the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Gardens in which the show is held, and see for 
themselves, in addition to the show, what sort of work 
is being done there. If the show is not the creation of 
the Royal Horticultural Society, it is under its pat¬ 
ronage, and is really promoted by a local body of 
horticulturists who have permission to use the Chiswick 
Gardens for their exhibition ; and a delightful place 
for a show it is, even if somewhat spread about to meet 
the great demands this year made upon Mr. Barron’s 
space. Very fine weather greeted the show and a fairly 
numerous company, but nothing like what would have 
been seen in some provincial town, for London people 
seem becoming too listless to support anything good 
with any public spirit. Groups are always telling 
features at shows, and were specially so at Chiswick. 
First the eminent firm of Messrs. C. Lee & Sons put up 
two large and distinctive collections of plants, the first 
including pot Roses, Statices, Kalosanthes, Spiraea 
Palmata, Hydrangeas, &c, backed by standard and 
pyramid ornamental foliage trees, &c., and the other 
from their Wood Lane Nursery, Isle worth, and com¬ 
prised rich-coloured examples of those hardy trees and 
shrubs for which the firm are so famous. Mr. May, 
gardener to the Marquis of Bute, Chiswick House, sent 
a very effective group of plants, as also did Mr. Roberts, 
from Gunnersbury Park, and Messrs. Fromow, of 
Turnham Green. 
Of decorative groups, three of the leading trade 
decorators in the district, or indeed around London, 
Messrs. Hooper &Co., Twickenham, Messrs. Fromow, 
and Mr. A. Brown, Richmond, competed ; the former 
being placed first, with one of charming arrange¬ 
ments, the others coming in the order named, and 
were each very beautiful and very light. The gar¬ 
dener’s groups, Mr. J. Hudson, gardener to H. J. 
Atkinson, Esq., M.P., Gunnersbury House, was a good 
first with a very pretty arrangement; Mr. Chadwick, 
Hanger Hill House coming second ; and Mr. A. Wright, 
gardener to E. H. Watts, Esq., Cannock Chase. The 
best stove and greenhouse plants came from Mr. Bates, 
gardener to Mrs. Meeke, Poulett Lodge, Twickenham, 
who had admirable Allamanda Hendersoni, Bougain¬ 
villea glabra, Kalosanthes coccinea, Dendrobium, So- 
bralia macrantha, and Clerodendron, all very finely 
done ; Mr. A. Wright was second. Mr. Chadwick had 
the best six Caladiums, in medium-sized but richly- 
coloured ones ; Mr. H. Davis, gardener to H. J. Lake, 
Esq., Chiswick, being second. 
Foliage plants and Ferns were in strong force, Mr. 
Chadwick having the best six, the first in Crotons 
variegatum, Cycas revoluta, Allocana Veitchii, Areca 
lutescens, &c., all good ; Mr. Dawes was second with 
Ferns. Mr. A. Wright was first, having fine Asple- 
nium lucidum, Nephrolepis exalata, Adiantum trape- 
ziforme, all good ; Mr. Chadwick and Mr. Dawes 
also had fine specimens. The three best Fuschias, 
good large Pyramids, came from Mr. A. Wright, 
who also had the best six Coleus, in huge flat bush 
plants, finely done and coloured. Mrs. G. Simpson, 
Sensation, Ada Sentance, and Glou, were amongst the 
best shown. Mr. Naile, gardener to the Honble. Col. 
Talbot, Esher, had good Pyramids for second place. 
With the tree pyramid mosses shown recently at Eal¬ 
ing, Mr. Wright was again an easy first ; Mr. Chad¬ 
wick coming second with capital pans. Begonias were 
plentiful, but not first rate; Mr. Wright having the 
best six, whilst Mr. Naile had the best dozen Gloxinias, 
really fine plants, full of bloom, but had been a little 
shaken with the long transit. 
Z.onal Pelargoniums were plentiful, but a little stale. In 
a special prize class for six Orchids, Mr. J. James, Nor¬ 
wood, was first with fairly good Cattleva Gaskelliana, 
Odontoglossum vexillarium and Alexandra, Cypripe- 
dium barbatum nigrum, &c. Mr. Hill, gardener to 
H. Little, Esq., Twickenham, being second ; Mr. Little 
also showed a very interesting collection of Cypripediums 
in baskets. Cut flowers were in strong force, the best 
