July 23, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
739 
JUBILEE COLB MEDAL 
BOUQUETS, 
WREATHS, 
ETC., ETC. 
PERKINS & SONS, 
COVENTRY, 
Make Cut Flowers a Speciality, and are pre¬ 
pared to execute orders for Bouquets, Ladies’ 
Sprays, Buttonholes, &c., also Wreaths and 
Crosses for Funeral purposes, on the shortest 
notice, finished in the most artistic style. 
They were awarded FORTY FIRST Prizes 
during 1886 for Bouquets and other made-up 
Flowers at the principal Exhibitions, and up 
to the present time this year have obtained 
the following prizes :— 
The Liverpool Horticultural Association. 
TITHE EIGHTH GRAND SUMMER EXHI- 
JL BITION ok PLANTS, FLOWERS, FRUIT and VEGE¬ 
TABLES will be held in SEFTOX PARK, on Saturday, July 
30tli, and Bank Holiday, August 1st. Entries close July 23rd. 
Schedules of prizes can he had on application to the Secretary, 
EDWARD BRIDGE, 3, Cedar Terrace, Tarbock Road, Huyton. 
Abbey Park, Leicester. 
GRAND FLOWER SHOW will be 
held on Tuesday, August 2nd, 1SS7, under the patronage 
of the Mayor and Corporation. 
A VEITCH MEMORIAL MEDAL AND £5 is offered for 
eight dishes of fruit, distinct, Pines excluded. Second prize, £3 ; 
third prize, £2 ; fourth prize, £1. 
SCHEDULES will be sent upon application to the Secretary 
and Curator, Mr. JOHN BURN. 
The Nursery k Seed Trade Association, 
LIMITED. 
RATING O F N URSERIES. 
T A MEETING of Nurserymen and 
Market Gardeners, held on 2Sth of June, 1S87, at the 
Horticultural Club, London, it was decided to take such steps 
as might he necessary for Die purpose of obtaining a reduction 
in the amounts at which Nurseries and Market Gardens are 
assessed, and also of obtaining a basis on which such assess¬ 
ments should be made. A Committee was formed for the 
purpose of carrying this into effect, and a guarantee fund was 
started to meet the necessary expenses. The Committee at 
present consists of Mr. Beer (Worthing), Mr. Bennett (Shep- 
perton), Mr. Bunyard (Maidstone), Mr. Daniels (Daniels Bros., 
Norwich) Mr. Haynes (Penge), Mr. Horsman (Bradford), Mr. 
Low (Uxbridge), Mr. Pearson (Chilweil), Mr. Shannon (Carter & 
Co., London), Mr. H. Turner (Slough), Mr. Veitcli (Veitch & 
Sons, Chelsea), and Mr. J. Wood Ingram (Huntington). Gentle¬ 
men who are willing to join the Committee, or to subscribe to 
the guarantee fund (such guarantee not to exceed £10), will 
please communicate with the Secretary, Mr. F. C. GOODCHILD, 
25, Old Jewry, London, E.C. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, July 25th.—Flower Show at the People’s Palace. 
Tuesday, July 20th.—Fruit and Floral Committees of the Royal 
Horticultural Society meet at 11 a.m. National Carnation 
and Picotee Society’s Show. Special Sale of Orchids ill 
Flower at Protlieroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, July 2Sth.—Sale of Imported Orchids at Stevens’ 
Rooms. 
Friday, July 29th.—Extensive Sale of Imported Orchids at 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
BATH.- — March 23 rd. 
Bouquet for the Hand . 
... First 
SHREWSBURY. — March 31st. 
Ball Bouquet . 
... First 
Bridal Bouquet . 
... First 
NEW CASTLE-ON -TYNE. — April 20 th <£ 21st. 
Ball Bouquet 
... First 
Lady’s Spray ... . 
... First 
Buttonhole Bouquet . 
... First 
CRYSTAL PALACE. — May 21 st. 
Ball Bouquet ... . 
... First 
Bridal Bouquet .. 
.. First 
Three Ladies’ Sprays . 
.. First 
Three Gentlemen's Buttonholes ... 
.. First 
MANCHESTER.— May 21 1 IA 
Morning Wreath . 
Bridal Bouquet . 
Ball Bouquet . 
Three Ladies’ Sprays 
Nine Buttonhole Bouquets 
to June ilh. 
•”] JUBILEE 
•" j- GOLD 
• j MEDAL 
YORK. GALA.— June 15th, 16th and 17th. 
Two Bridal Bouquets 
First 
Two Hand Bouquets . 
First 
Two Ball Bouquets ... . 
First 
LEEDS.— June 21 st to 24 th. 
Bridal Bouquet . 
First 
Hand Bouquet ... . 
First 
Spray for Lady’s Wear . 
First 
RICHMOND.— June 29 th. 
Hand Bouquet 
First 
Three Sprays for Ladies’Wear 
First 
BIRMINGHAM. —July 14 th and 15 th. 
Bouquet of Roses ... 
First 
HEREFORD.— July loth. 
Two Bridal Bouquets 
First 
Two Ball Bouquets. 
First 
Lady’s Spray (Evening) . 
First 
Gentleman’s Buttonhole (Rose) ... 
First 
Lady’s Spray (Morning) . 
First 
Buttonhole (Mixed) . 
First 
Telegraphic Address: BOUQUET, COVENTRY, 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs' Garden. 743 
Aralia Regime. 740 
Birmingham Rose Show .. 746 
Briar, Scarlet Austrian.... 747 
Cape Heaths . 743 
Cattleya gigas Shuttle- 
worthii . 748 
Delphiniums . 740 
Dutch Bulb Trade. 740 
Floriculture. 748 
Frost at Midsummer. 743 
Gaillardias . 746 
Gardeners' Calendar. 747 
Gardeners' Orphan Fund.. 742 
Horticultural Societies .. 74S 
Law Notes . 749 
PAGE 
Liliuni polyphyllum. 747 
Mission Room Flower Show 744 
Octadenia speciosa. 744 
Orchids at Nunfield . 743 
Orchids,terrestrial and Cape 
Bulbs. 744 
Pea, Huntingdonian. 747 
Peas on Trial . 739 
Plants, illustrated. 746 
Roses on Brier Stocks .... 746 
Shrubs, free-flowering _ 744 
Vicar’s Garden, the . 742 
Weather and Fruit Pros¬ 
pects . 742 
Worms and Their Work.... 745 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1887. 
Peas on Trial at Chiswick. —Though new, 
and so-called new varieties of Peas are not 
being sent out now in such numbers as they 
were a few years ago—when they were so 
plentiful, in fact, as to lead some of our foreign 
friends to believe that Peas, and not Barley, 
paid the interest on the National Debt—still 
they come in sufficient numbers to warrant 
the Royal Horticultural Society in, from time 
to time, growing a large collection for com¬ 
parative purposes. In the spring a large 
number of both old and new sorts were sown 
at Chiswick, and for several weeks past much 
interest in the trials has been taken both by 
traders interested in the matter, and private 
growers on the look out for good novelties. 
As might he expected, several of the so-called 
new sorts prove to he old friends under new 
names, or are so closely similar that it is 
undesirable to keep them separate, or to add 
to the already long list of existing names. All 
the sorts grown for trial were sown at the 
same time and under the same conditions, as 
far as soil and manure were concerned, so that 
a fair basis of trial has been secured for all 
alike. Great stress has been laid on late- 
ripening, prolific, and large well-flavoured Peas; 
and this was the more urgent and desirable, 
in view of the need for such in localities where 
the rainfall is light, and especially in unusually 
dry and otherwise unfavourable seasons, such 
as the present has proved. Dwarf early Peas, 
particularly those that do not require staking, 
have, at the same time, not been neglected. 
The value and desirability of these trials, from 
a utilitarian point of view, is undeniable, and 
the best thanks of the public in general are 
due to Mr. Barron, the superintendent, for the 
perfectly equitable footing on which all the 
sorts under trial have been placed, and care¬ 
fully looked after hv his greatly reduced staff. 
Four of the new varieties have recently been 
certificated, and will be found mentioned 
below, together with a list of superior sorts, 
not necessarily arranged in strict consecutive 
order of merit, as the trials are not yet com¬ 
pleted. When all have ripened they will he 
arranged under several classes, such as White 
and Green Round Peas, White and Green 
Marrow-fats, and White and Green Indented 
Peas, so that the relative position of each can 
be more readily determined. 
The recently certificated varieties are :— 
Exonian, which, this season, has grown about 
3 ft. high, and ripened early ; the pods are 
moderately thick, straight, well filled and 2^ 
ins. to 3J ins. long, containing from six to eight 
large, sweet peas that completely fill the pod. 
The size of the pods and the height attained 
by the stems this season are, however, but 
little criterion of their dimensions in wet 
seasons, but are merely relative to those of 
other kinds under trial. Chelsea Gem : A very 
early variety requiring no staking, and having 
deep green foliage and stems about 1 ft. long; 
the pods are straight or slightly curved, well 
filled, and contain about five and six sweet 
peas that are round, white and indented when 
mature. Laxton’s No. 21 : This is also a 
white, indented Pea when mature, but of large 
size ; it is early, with stems attaining a height 
of 31 ft. to 4 ft., with light green foliage : the 
pods are thick, well filled and nearly straight, 
3£ ins. to 4 ins. long, and containing eight to ten 
well-flavoured peas. The crop this season is 
moderately heavy. St. Duthus : A late-ripen¬ 
ing Marrow Pea of great merit and very 
prolific; the straw varies from 3 ft. to 4 ft. in 
height, and is well clothed with deep green 
foliage; the pods, which generally attain a 
great length, is well filled and densely packed 
with eight to eleven well-flavoured peas. They 
are also conspicuous for their comparative 
thinness or slender character, deep green in 
colour, and are curled. 
Of early varieties, we note that already the 
greater part of the pods of Magnificent are 
ripe, and the stems, which attain a height of 
5 ft. to 6 ft., have completed their growth; the 
foliage is light green, as hi most early varieties, 
and a heavy crop has been produced ; the pods 
are about 3J ins. long, straight, or nearly so, 
and well filled. Laxton’s No. 6 : Requires no 
stakes, as it attains only a length of 12 ins. to 15 
ins.; the pods are large and full, 3 ins. to 4 ins. 
in length, and contain seven to nine large, 
closely-packed peas. It is nearly ripe, .and, in 
our opinion, is an early variety of superior 
merit. Alpha attains a height of 3 ft. to 4 ft., 
and is also very early, being now nearly ripe ; 
the pods are 2 ins. to 2i ins. long, and compara- 
