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THE GARDENING WORLD 
August 7, 1886. 
varieties now require a plentiful supply of water, 
indeed, this plant frequently gets much less water 
than it should, and hence the very shrivelled condition 
into which it often gets after flowering and until the 
growing time comes round again. This is strictly an 
evergreen Orchid, and its old roots are active even 
when the growths are dormant, and they demand a 
fair supply of water to keep the plant plump. 
With regard to the management of Dendrobes and 
other plants while at rest, it should be said that the 
drying off is very favourable to the increase of insects, 
and the plants require watching and cleaning, even 
although the foliage is soon to fall, otherwise a stock of 
insect pests will be provided which will cause mischief 
and trouble afterwards. 
The Temperatures for August should be :—Warm 
or East Indian House, 75° to 85° by day, 70° at night : 
Cattleya or intermediate house, 70° to 80° by day ; 65° 
at night; cool or Odontoglossum house, 60° to 70° by 
day, 55° at night .—James O'Brien. 
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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
The Carnation and Picotee Union, 
Oxford.— Aug. 3rd. —Those of us who were privi- 
ledged to be present at the meeting of the above on the 
3rd inst., experienced another most enjoyable day in 
the company of not a few of the leading raisers and 
cultivators of these popular flowers. The weather was 
beautifully fine, the number of flowers competing large, 
so was the number of exhibitors, these being about 
twenty-five in all, a number, as Mr. E. S. Dodwell 
stated at the luncheon, “almost unprecedented” in 
a gathering of this character. It was pleasant to see 
so many of the midland and northern growers rallying 
to the support of the father of the Carnation and 
Picotee Union ; and another remarkable feature, was 
the marvellous quality of bloom which characterised 
the show. Actually, there were few weak flowers, 
and the task of the judges was by no means a light 
one. As last year, the competing flowers were arranged 
under a tent in Mr. Dodwell’s garden ; in addition, 
all his frames and houses were full of blooming plants, 
and they over-flowered on to the sides of the walks. 
While in the open ground, hundreds of seedlings were 
extremely gay. 
Judging commenced soon after noon, and the awards 
of the judges were as follows:—Carnations, twelve 
dissimilar varieties, seven prizes being offered, and six 
collections competing ; First, Mr. J. Lakin, Temple 
Cowley, Oxford, with scarlet bizarres, Robert Lord and 
Arthur Medhurst ; crimson bizarres, Master Fred and 
Rifleman ; purple flaked, Sarah Payne, Squire Meynell, 
George Melville, and Squire Whitbourn ; scarlet flaked, 
Tom Chapman and John Ball ; red flaked, Mrs. 
Symonds and Rob Roy ; second, Mr. W. L. Walker, 
Bulmershe Road, Reading, with scarlet bizarres 
George, Charles Phillips, and Arthur Medhurst ; crim¬ 
son bizarre, John Laing ; purple-pink bizarres, Sarah 
Payne and Harrison Weir ; purple flaked, Henry 
Startup ; scarlet flaked, Henry Cannell and John 
Whitham ; red flaked, Tim Bobbin and Biddy Malone ; 
third, Mr. M. Rowan, Manor Street, Chelsea ; fourth, 
Mr. William Slack, Queen Street, Chesterfield ; fifth, 
Mr. George Chaundry, Marston Lane, Oxford ; sixth, 
Mr. W. Wardill, Park Street West, Luton. In the 
class for six blooms of Carnations, dissimilar, there 
were twelve competitors, and eight prizes were awarded 
as follows :—First, Mr. Thomas Bower, Horton Green, 
Bradford, with crimson bizarres, Dr. Symonds, Rifle¬ 
man, and J. D. Hextall; pink flaked, Florence 
Higlitingale ; scarlet flaked, John Ball ; red flaked, 
Mr. Symonds ; second, Mr. J. S. Hedderly, Swinton, 
Nottingham, with scarlet bizarres, Mars and Admiral 
Curzon ; crimson bizarres, Harrison Weir ; pink flaked, 
Mayor of Nottingham ; scarlet flaked, Sportsman ; and 
pink flaked, Sybil ; third, Mr. Robert Lord, Hole 
Bottom, Todmorden ; fourth, Mr. G. Wynne, gardener 
to Huson Morris, Esq., The Nest, Hayes, Kent; fifth, 
Mr. C. Phillips, Earley, Reading ; sixth, Mr. Thomas 
Anstiss, Brill ; seventh, Mr. T. E. Henwood, Earley, 
Reading ; eighth, Mr. S. Brown, Crompton Road, 
Handsworth, Birmingham. 
Then followed classes for single blooms of Carnations, 
five prizes being awarded in each, as follows :—Scarlet 
bizarres, first Air. C. Phillips, with Robert Lord ; 
second, Mr. J. Lakin ; and third, Mr. M. Rowan, with 
Fred ; fourth, Mr. T. E. Henwood with George ; fifth, 
Mr. C. Phillips, with Charles Phillips. Crimson 
bizarres : First Mr. J. Lakin, with Rifleman ; second, 
Mr. A. R. Brown, Compton Road, Handsworth, 
Birmingham, with John Laing ; third Mr. Rowan, with 
Master Fred; fourth, Air. J. Lakin, with Samuel 
Barlow ; fifth, Mr. S. Brown, with Diamond Seedling. 
Purple-pink bizarres : First and second, Mr. C. Phillips, 
with Faust; third and fourth, Mr. H. Startup, with 
Master Fred and Samuel Barlow ; fifth Mr. AV. L. 
Walker, with Master Fred. Purple flake : First, Mr. 
Walker, with Henry Startup; second, Mr. T. E. 
Henwood, with Sarah Payne; third and fourth, Mr. 
Robert Lord, with James Douglas and Dr. Foster; 
fifth, Mr. Hedderly, with Mayor of Nottingham. 
Scarlet flakes ; First, second, third and fourth, Mr. 
Hedderly, with Sportsman ; fifth, Mr. J. Lakin, with 
Tom Lord. Rose flakes : First, Mr. J. Lakin, with 
Airs. Symonds ; second, Air. Hedderly, with Sybil ; 
third, Air. Rowan, with Dolly Yarden ; fourth, Air. A. 
R. Brown, with Aliss Burton ; fifth, Air. J. Lakin, with 
Rob Roy. In all these classes a very large number of 
flowers competed. 
In the class for twelve Picotees, dissimilar, four col¬ 
lections competed, Air. J. Laken being placed first with 
red edges: Brunette, Airs. Dodwell, and William 
Summers ; purple edges : Purple Prince, Airs. Niven, 
Jessie, and Njunph ; rose edges: Constance Heron, 
Royal Visit, Airs. Payne, Edith Dombrain. and 
Favourite (Liddington). Second, Air. R. Lord, with 
red edges : Alaster Norman, Emily, Winnifred Esther ; 
purple edges : Zerlina, and Clara Penson ; rose edges : 
Lady Holmesdale, Aliss Norman, Royal Visit, and Airs. 
Rudd. Third, Mr. AI. Rowan; fourth, Air. Geo. 
Chaundry. In the class for six varieties there were 
fifteen competitors, and the competition was exceedingly 
keen. Air. John Payne, Woodstock Cottage, St. Paul’s, 
Oxford, was first, with red edges: Aluriel and John 
Smith ; purple edges : Zerlina and Thomas William ; 
rose edges : Royal Visit and Airs. Payne. Second, Air. 
T. E. Henwood, with red edges : Brunette and Clara ; 
purple edges : Purple Prince and Jessie ; rose edges : 
Royal Visit and Air. Rudd. Third, Air. C. Phillips ; 
fourth, Air. J. S. Hedderly ; fifth, no name ; sixth, 
Air. Thos. Anstiss, Brill, Bucks. ; seventh, Air. S. 
Brown ; eighth, no name. 
In the classes for single blooms of Picotees there were 
a great many flowers also, and in the class for heavy reds, 
Air. T. Anstiss was first and second with Alary D. 
Anstiss ; third, Air. Phillips, with John Smith ; fourth, 
Air. Henwood, with Airs. Dodwell ; fifth, Air. C. 
Phillips, with Brunette. Light reds : first, Air. 
Phillips, with Thomas William ; second, Air. Lakin, 
with Airs. Gordon ; third, Air. Henwood; fourth, 
Air. Startup, with Thomas William ; and fifth, Air. C. 
Phillips, with the same. Heavy purple : first, Air. 
AValker, with Purple Prince ; second, Air. Rowan, with 
Alliance; third, Air. Startup, with Purple Prince; 
fourth, Air. Phillips, with Zerlina ; fifth, Air. Walker, 
with Purple Prince. Light purple : first and second, 
Air. Hedderly ; third and fourth, Air. Thos. Anstiss, 
with Clara Penson ; fifth,Air. Walker, with Alary. Heavy 
rose : first, second, and third, Air. Rowan, with Airs. 
Payne ; fourth, Air. Henwood, with Edith Dombrain ; 
fifth, Air. J. Lakin, with Elise. Light rose : first, 
second, third, and fourth, Air. Rowan, with Nellie 
(Rudd), all beautiful blooms; fifth, Air. T. Anstiss, with 
Favourite. Yellow grounds : first, Air. Hedderly, with 
Edith ; second, Air. Lakin, with Alidas ; third, Air. 
Phillips j and fourth, Air. Henwood, with Florence ; 
fifth, Pride of Penshurst, no exhibitor’s name being 
given. 
Selfs, Fancies and Yellow Grounds were so nu¬ 
merously shown in twelves and sixes, that they made 
a very fine display, and so generally good were all 
the flowers, that they gave the judges a good deal of 
trouble. Air. W. Read, gardener to A. H. Dodwell, 
Esq.,. Stanley Road, Oxford, was first, with Huson 
Alorris, Airs. Alostyn Owen, Eurydice, Janera, William 
Bacon, Airs. Alorris, Florence and some very fine 
seedlings. Equal first, Air. J. Lakin, with Princess 
Teck, Airs. W. Alusgrave, Janera, Sir B. Seymour, 
Florence, Emma Lakin, Polly Clark, Black Knight, 
Pride of Penshurst and seedlings ; third, Air. Huson 
Alorris ; fourth, no name; fifth, Air. T. Anstiss; sixth, 
Air. George Chaundry; seventh, Air. H. Hovel, 
gardener to G. H. Alorrell. Esq., Headington Hill, 
Oxford. In the class for six varieties, Air. C. Phillips 
was first, with Airs. Dodwell, Huson Alorris, Aluriel, 
Alark Antony, Cleopatra and Florence ; second, Air. 
R. Lord, with George Fawcett, Stanley Hudson, Hunts¬ 
man and three seedlings ; third, Air. AValker ; fourth, 
W. Gawn, Esq., Iffley Road, Oxford; fifth, Air. 
Hedderly ; sixth, no name ; seventh, Air. Henwood ; 
eigth, Mr. Slack. 
The best specimen bloom of Fancy (all bicoloured 
flowers being regarded as Fancies) was George Fawcett, 
from Air. R. Lord ; second Air. Lakin, with Huson 
Alorris; third, Air. T. Anstiss, with Airs. Pratt; fourth, 
Air. Lakin, with seedling ; fifth, Air. T. Anstiss, with 
Delicata. The best Self was Huntsman, from Air. 
Lord; second, Air. AValker, with Cleopatra ; third, 
Air. T. Anstiss, with seedling ; fourth, Mr. Lakin, 
with seedling ; fifth, Air. Henwood, with Cleopatra. 
The Premier Carnation was S. B. Robert Lord, shown 
by Air. J. Lakin. The Premier Picotee, light rose edge, 
Liddington’s Favourite, shown by Air. J. Lakin. The 
Premier Fancy or Self, Sir Toby Belch, crimson, flaked 
with maroon, shown by Air. R.” Lord. 
The Royal Southampton Horticultural, 
lhe twenty-fourth summer show of this society was 
held on July 31st and August 2nd in the society’s 
grounds, AVestwood Park. Southampton was en fete 
on Saturday, owing to the visit of Princess Beatrice 
and Prince Henry of Battenberg, who had consented to 
open the show. The w T eather was gloriously fine, and 
the principal streets were gay with bunting, especially 
along the route to the park, where their Royal High¬ 
nesses were received by the Earl of Carnarvon and 
Lord Montagu, the president of the society. After 
declaring the exhibition open, they were conducted 
round the exhibition tent, and much admired the 
various exhibits. Princess Beatrice also distributed 
the prizes of the Hants Beekeepers’ Association, of which 
Her Royal Highness is president. 
The show was splendidly arranged, and the day being 
fine, there was a large attendance of visitors. West” 
wood Park is a splendid place for an exhibition of this 
description, and the arrangements reflected great credit 
upon Alajor General Lacy, the chairman ; Captain 
Gibb, the vice-chairman ; and Air. Fuidge, the energetic 
secretary, who were ably assisted by a good working 
committee. The spacious double tent was a grand 
sight, and we have seldom seen a better lot of plants 
than were here exhibited. Flowering and foliage plants 
were exceedingly fine, as were also the groups arranged 
for effect. 
Plants. —Seldom has a finer lot of plants been seen 
than those exhibited in the following classes :—In 
Class 1, for twelve stove and greenhouse plants, six 
foliage and six flowering, open, the first prize, £15, 
was awarded to B. AV. Cleave, Esq., of Crediton (gar¬ 
dener, Air. Lock), who showed Kentia Belmoreana, 
Cycas revoluta, Latania borbonica, Encephalartos 
villosa, Croton AVarnerii, Erica ampullacea and Thomp- 
soni, Dipladenia amabilis, Statice Holfordi, Ixora 
coccinea, and Anthurium Scherzerianum. Air. Cypher, 
Cheltenham, was a very close second, the judges having 
some difficulty in deciding the point; but Air. Lock’s 
foliage plants had the weight in his favour. Air. 
Cypher’s plants were Statice Gilbertii, two good Ericas, 
Ixora amabilis, Stephanotis floribunda, Phtenocoma 
prolifera, very fine, 6 ft. through, and well flowered ; 
Cycas circinale, Latania borbonica, Croton Johannis 
and majesticus, and Kentia Fosteriana and australis ; 
third, Air. C. Rann, gardener to J. AVarren, Esq., 
Handcross Park, who showed in his well-known style. 
In the corresponding class for nurserymen, Air. Alould, 
Pewsey, came in first, and Air. James second. These 
collections were good, but not so fine as in the open 
classes, i or twelve plants, six foliage and six flowering, 
open to gardeners only, Air. AVills, gardener to Airs. 
Pearce, was first with a group consisting of a good 
Statice, Phamocoma, Bougainvillea, Clerodendron, 
Erica, and Stephanotis, Croton Queen A T ictoria, Vers- 
ehaffeltia splendida, Cycas revoluta, Latania borbonica, 
Kentia Fosteriana, and Areca lutescens, a good well- 
grown lot of plants. Second, the Hon. Airs. York 
(gardener, Air. Amys), who showed well ; and third, 
Air. Blandford, gardener to Airs. Hazelfoot. For nine 
miscellaneous plants, three to be in flower, Air. Aloly- 
neaux, gardener to AV. H. Alyers, Esq., Swanmore 
Park, came in first, showing Trachelium cceruleum, a 
good old plant too much neglected, about 3 ft. through, 
very fine and fresh ; Allamanda Hendersoni, Bougain¬ 
villea glabra, Areca lutescens, Seaforthia, Latania bor¬ 
bonica, Alocasia macrorhiza, Croton Queen Victoria 
and variegatus, a good, creditable lot. Second, Col. 
H. Crichton, Netley (gardener, Air. Reynolds). There 
were seven competitors with groups of miscellaneous 
plants arranged for effect, and they made a fine 
display, but in most cases were far too heavy. It is a 
great pity that this should far too often be the case, as 
many good plants are lost by overcrowding, and one 
would think from previous advice that has been given 
to many of the old competitors that they would at 
least try to remedy their system of blocking together. 
The first prize was awarded to Air. James, who had a 
decent arrangement containing many Orchids ; second, 
Air. J. C. H. Rawson ; third, Col. H. Crichton ; fourth, 
Air. AVills, gardener to Airs. Pearce ; fifth, the Hon. 
Airs. York. These groups made a very fine display, 
and were a great feature in the exhibition. 
Ouchids. —For a collection of Orchids Air. Osman, 
gardener to H. J. Buchan, Esq., was first, showing a neat 
lot of plants, including many novelties, such as Cattleya 
crispa, C. Schofieldiana, very fine, C. Gaskelliana, 
C. Eldorado; Dendrobium Dearei; Odontoglossums 
vexillarium, vitellinum, Uro Skinneri, Hastilabium ; 
Oncidium Lanceanum with over 50 flowers. The best 
single specimen Orchid came from Air. Budd, gardener 
to F. G. Dalgety, Esq., a good iEride quinquevuinerum; 
second, Air. Osman, with Calanthe verratifolia, very 
fine ; and third, Air. Blandford, who showed Dendro¬ 
bium moschatum, a superb plant. 
Begonias were shown fairly well as also were Gloxinias, 
Coleus, Fuchsias, and Celosias; these last would look 
much better if not so formally staked. Alignonetto 
was good as also were Cockscombs. Six Ferns : First, 
Air. Wills, who showed a good half-dozen ; second, 
B. AV. Cleave, Esq. ; third, Hon. Airs. York; the 
whole lot were very good. For four Ferns, Col. H. 
Crichton was first. Hardy Ferns were well to the fore, 
the first prize going to Air. Wills for a good distinct 
half-dozen. For a single specimen Erica : First, Air. 
Cypher, with a good fresh E. retorta major, Air. Amys 
was first for a single specimen flowering plant, with a 
good Allamanda Hendersoni, well flowered. Pelar¬ 
goniums were shown in quantity, first prize going to 
Air. J. C. H. Ramson. The amateurs showed well in 
their various classes, many well grown plants being 
exhibited, and reflecting great credit upon the various 
contributors. 
Table Decorations and Cut Flowers. —For table 
decorations, in the open class, Air. Cypher was a very 
