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THE GARDENING WORLD 
October 29, 1887. 
Carter & Co., Holborn, including any three dishes of 
Potatos selected from their Vade Mecurn for 1887. The 
first prize was secured by Mr. W. Pope, Highclere 
Castle Gardens, Newbury, and his collection contained 
some excellent specimens of Cauliflower, Carrots, Leeks, 
Onions, Parsnips, and Celery. The second award went 
to Mr. R. Lye, The Gardens, Sydmonton Court, 
Newbury ; Mr. S. Haines, The Gardens, Coleshill 
House, Highworth, secured the third ; and the fourth 
went to Mr. C. J. “Waite, Glenhurst, Esher. 
Sixteen prizes for vegetables were offered in seven 
classes by Mr. H. Deverill, Royal Seed Stores, Banbury. 
There was good competition in each class, and the 
exhibits occupied considerable space. Mr. E. S. Wiles, 
Edgecote Gardens, Banbury, secured the first prize for 
eight specimens of Deverill’s Rousham Park Hero 
Onion ; the second going to Mr. G. Neal, Brampton, 
Oxford. The first prize for Deverill’s Anglo White 
Spanish Onion again went to Mr. E. S. W r iles, and the 
second to Mr. G. Neal. The first prize offered for the 
best exhibit of Deverill’s Improved Wroxton Onion 
was secured by Mr. T. Doherty, gardener to Lord 
North, Wroxton Abbey, Oxford, Mr. G. Neal being 
second. Prizes were also offered for twelve specimens 
of Deverill’s Main Crop Onion, the first being awarded 
to Mr. E. S. Wiles. The first prize for Wingrove’s 
Aylesbury Prize Red Celery was won by Mr. H. 
Wingrove, gardener to R. N. Byass, Esq., Rousham 
Park, Oxon, the second being awarded to Mr. G. Neal. 
Mr. Starke, gardener to the Earl of Ellesmere, Manor 
House, Brackley, was awarded' the first prize for 
Brussels Sprout, The Wroxton, Mr. C. J. Waite being 
second. 
Twelve prizes, in three classes, were offered by Mr. 
C. Fidler, Potato-grower, Reading, for nine, six, and 
three dishes respectively of Potatos. The nine dishes 
were to include Fidler’s Snow Queen, Fidler’s Clipper, 
and Fidler’s Reading Giant : and Mr. E. S. Wiles 
secured the first prize. The second was carried off by 
Mr. Hughes, The Gardens, Eydon Hall, Byfield, 
Northampton; the third being secured by Mr. G. 
Allen, gardener to Sir F. Burdett, Bart., Ramsbury 
Manor, Hungerford. Five prizes were offered, and 
there were fourteen entries. There were thirteen 
entries for the six dishes, which were to include FidJer’s 
Perfection, Fidler’s Prolific and Fidler’s General Gordon. 
Mr. Hughes was the first prize winner and Mr. G. Allen 
the second. The three dishes were to include Fidler’s 
Clipper and Fidler’s Bountiful ; and the first prize was 
awarded to Mr. -Hughes ; while the second went to 
Mr. E. S. Wiles. There were eight entries in this last 
class and the exhibits, on the whole, were very 
meritorious. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, offered thirty-five 
prizes in nine classes for vegetables and Potatos. 
There were twelve entries of Sutton’s Improved Reading 
Onion, and Messrs. E. S. Wiles, Hughes and J. Barker, 
Brampton, Oxford, carried off the first, second and 
third prizes respectively. There were eight entries for 
the collection of Sutton’s Abundance, Silver, Crimson 
and Golden Globe Onions ; and the first prize was 
secured by Mr. E. S. Wiles ; while the second and third 
went to Mr. Hughes and Mr. T. A. Beckett, Cole Hatch 
Farm, Penn, Amersham, respectively. For .the col¬ 
lection of Potatos, Sutton’s Seedling, Abundance, 
Twenty-one, Thirty-six and Forty-four, there were 
sixteen entries. Mr. Hughes carried off the first award ; 
while the second and third were won by Mr. E. 
Chopping, Milton, Sittingbourne, and Mr. E. S. Wiles, 
respectively. Five prizes were offered for six dishes of 
Potatos, selected from a given list, and Sutton’s Forty- 
four, Reading Russet, Prizetaker, Favourite, Twenty-one 
and Reading Ruby were some of the most prominent. 
The first prize out of seventeen entries, which were 
all extremely creditable, was secured by Mr. Hughes ; 
Mr. E. S. Wiles and Mr. W. H. Smith, Harpit, 
Wanborough, Shrivenham, were second and third 
respectively. Mr. R. Lye was the first prize winner 
in the class for Sutton’s White Gem Celery, and Mr. 
J. Bunting, Holt white’s Hill, Enfield, was second. 
Mr. J. Neighbour, Bickley Park, Kent, won the first 
prize for Sutton’s Dark Red Beet; and Mr. C. J. Waite 
came in second. The first, second and third prizes for 
Sutton’s New Red Intermediate Carrot went to Mr. 
J. Neighbour, Mr. W. Pope and Mr. J. Lye, Market 
Lavington, respectively. There were in all twenty-two 
entries, generally of high-class merit. For Sutton’s 
Prizetaker Leek there were fourteen entries, and Mr. 
J. Spottiswood, Queen’s Park, Brighton, and Mr. J. 
Muir, The Gardens, Margam Park, Port Talbot, took 
the first and second prizes respectively. Mr. R. Lye 
was the first prize winner in the class for Sutton’s 
Student Parsnip ; while Mr. C. J. Waite took the 
second. 
Messrs. Webb & Sons, Wordsley, Stourbridge, 
offered some prizes for six dishes of Potatos selected from 
Webb’s Early Ashleaf, New Wordsley Pride, New 
Renown, New Red King, Benefactor, Discovery, and 
others. There were twenty entries, and Mr. C. Ross, 
gardener to G. B. Eyre, Esq., Newbury, secured the 
first prize ; while the second was won by Mr. E. S. 
Wiles. 
Messrs. W. Wood & Son offered special prizes for four 
dishes of Potatos grown with their manure. These were 
to consist of white and coloured rounds, and white and 
coloured kidneys, which drew out twenty-two entries, 
many of which were notable for their size. The first 
prize, a Silver Cup, was secured by Mr. J. Hughes. 
The second and third prizes, each a Silver Medal, were 
won by Mr. W. Ellington, West Row Gardens, 
Mildenhall, Suffolk, and Mr. E. S. Wiles, respectively. 
North of Scotland Horticultural Asso¬ 
ciation. —The fornightly meeting of this association 
was held in the east front room, Music Hall Buildings, 
Aberdeen, on Friday evening, the 21st inst. Mr. James 
Cocker, president, occupied the chair, and there was a 
good attendance of members. Notice was given by 
Mr. David Edwards that at the next meeting he would 
move that a sum of money be taken from the 
association’s funds, sufficient to clear the deficit on the 
cost of the Jubilee prizes presented by the association, 
as the amount subscribed for that purpose did not come 
up to the required sum. Mr. Edwards then read an 
interesting paper on “ Propagation.” The subject, Mr. 
Edwards said, was a large one, and he would only be 
able to deal with it in a general way. The portion 
of a plant most suitable for being selected as a cutting 
depended upon the condition of the plant as regards 
growth and health ; upon its nature, whether hard- 
wooded or soft-wooded ; and the season of the year had 
also to be taken into account. In the first place, a 
plant should be in a healthy state, and the most suitable 
time for propagation was directly after the growth of the 
plant has ripened, but, of course, before the fall of the 
leaves, if deciduous. Soft-wooded plants, such as 
Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, &c., might be propagated at 
any time. Propagation, the speaker considered, was 
one of the most interesting branches of gardening, and 
in view of the large influx of new plants of all kinds, he 
thought it would be a most useful and profitable study 
were gardeners to pay more attention to the art of 
propagation. It was only by testing each new plant 
that they could gain a correct knowledge of its repro¬ 
ductive capacity. The paper contained many useful 
hints, and showed that the writer had thought his 
subject well out. An animated discussion followed the 
reading of the paper, after which Mr. Edwards received 
the hearty thanks of the association. A very instruc¬ 
tive paper on “Root and Branch Pruning of Fruit 
Trees,” was then read by Mr. J. Ogg, Heathcote. Mr. 
Ogg’s paper, which gave evidence of having been 
carefully written, and was very well received, contained 
a large amount of valuable information regarding 
pruning. After the reading of the paper an interesting 
discussion took place as to which was the best time in 
the year for pruning. At the close a cordial vote of 
thanks was, on the motion of the president, accorded 
Mr. Ogg for his valuable’contribution, and a similar 
compliment having been paid to the chairman, the 
proceedings terminated. 
National Chrysanthemum.— At a general 
meeting of the members of this society, held on Monday 
evening last, forty-seven new members and five Fellows 
were elected. On Wednesday the Floral Committee 
met at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, when First 
Class Certificates were awarded to Mr. G. Stevens, 
Putney, for Chrysanthemum Mrs. J. Wright, a remark¬ 
ably fine new white variety, described in another column. 
To Mr. W. Holmes, Frampton Park Nursery, Hackney, 
for Chrysanthemum Macaulay, a decided novelty, the 
flower being of the size, shape, and general conformation 
of a small moss-curled Endive, and in colour, yellow, 
suffused with bronze. To Mr. R. Owen, Maidenhead, 
for Chrysanthemum Elsie, a very neat reflexed flower, 
of medium size, and pale creamy yellow colour. To 
Mr. G. Stevens, for Chrysanthemum Duke of Berwick, 
a free-growing variety of medium height, with large 
milk-white flowers, splashed with rose. And to Mr. 
Sinclair, gardener, Easthampstead Park, for Chrysan¬ 
themum, Marquis of Downshire, a Japanese variety, 
with cinnamon coloured blooms, in the way of W. 
Robinson, but distinct from that variety. Stands of 
new flowers were shown by Mr. T. S. Ware, Mr. W. 
Holmes, Mr. R. Owen, Mr. G. Stevens, and Messrs. 
Davies & Jones ; and the Silver and Bronze Medals 
were taken by the last named firms in the order named. 
FLORICULTURE. 
Chrysanthemums. —So many persons grow Chry¬ 
santhemums, in some form or the other, that it is 
almost a rarity for a garden to be without them. As 
is well known, the great majority of the Chrysan¬ 
themums bloom so late in the open air, that it 
frequently happens that many of the flowers are 
injured by frost before they are half expanded. We 
have had already two or three sharp frosts of an 
ominous character ; but as the atmosphere has been 
dry, but little harm has come to the Chrysanthemum 
plants. All plants in pots in the open air should be 
housed without delay, if not already within doors. 
Nothing in the way of a house suits them better than 
one that is cool, light, and airy. The fact is, the 
plants have so much foliage, and require so much 
moisture, that the buds are liable to damp off if there 
is any stagnant moisture in the house ; and moisture 
in the house, or rather an excess of it, will sometimes 
have this further bad effect, it will cause the flowers of 
incurved varieties to reflex, throwing their petals out¬ 
wards instead of inwards. Though the Chrysanthemum 
is a hardy plant, it is necessary during dull, damp, 
foggy weather, to put on a little fire-heat, and that is 
being mainly supplied now in our large Chrysanthemum 
nurseries by carrying a pipe round the house on a level 
with the eaves thereof, and this tends to disseminate 
a drying and genial atmosphere on a level with the 
flowers, preventing damp ; yet plenty of ventilation 
should also be given with fire-heat, but on the side of 
the house opposite to that from which the wind is 
blowing. If it be from a cold quarter, and should 
mildew appear upon the leaves of the plants—and it 
has a very disfiguring effect if allowed to make head¬ 
way—it is a good plan to wash them with soft soap 
and water, and then dust them with finely-powdered 
sulphur. 
I fully sympathise with those who make efforts to 
grow and bloom the Chrysanthemum in the open 
ground, for they are charming if the month of 
November prove favourable to their well-doing. But 
early-flowering varieties should be planted in the open 
ground, such as the hybrid Pompons and Japanese 
types that bloom in October, and such early-flowering 
incurved varieties, as Mr. Bunn and the Beverleys. 
Sometimes, but happily not often, the Chrysanthe¬ 
mums in the open air become sadly cut up by frost 
in September or early in October ; and therefore it is a 
good plan, when it can be done, to plant against a wall 
or fence of some kind that affords a little protection. 
“When sharp frosts threaten, some light covering can 
be hung against the fence, which would save a good 
many of the flowers from taking harm. 
I think there is a grand promise of Chrysanthemum 
exhibitions, commencing with the Crystal Palace early 
in November. So far as I, have seen, flowers promise 
to be very fine indeed this season. So there will be 
many a stiff battle with the “ Mums ” you may depend. 
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. 
Grapes Badly Coloured. — A. L. C.: From what you state it 
would seem that insufficient ventilation has been given in order 
to induce the much-coveted bloom on the berries. The latter 
can yet be greatly improved, however, if you keep a gentle fire 
burning all day, leaving ventilation at top and bottom of the 
house just sufficient to cause a free circulation of air. A week 
or ten days of this treatment will induce a marked change both 
in the appearance and flavour of the fruit, and after that it may 
be discontinued if the results are satisfactory. If the weather 
prove dull and foggy or otherwise very damp, it will be necessary 
to continue firing to prevent damping, especially if the berries 
are in any way crowded. If a dry room is at command and the 
fruit thoroughly ripened, it may be cut and removed thence with 
a portion of the branch for inserting in bottles of water. 
“ The Chrysanthemum.”— G. B . .- It is published by the 
author, Mr. Molyneux, The Gardens, Swanmore Park, Bishops 
Waltham, Hants, and Mr. E. H. May, 171, Fleet Street, E.C. 
Price Is. 
Various.— J. J., Didsbury: 1, There is nothing unusual in 
your Himantophyllum flowering at this period. Being an ever¬ 
green plant, you must not dry it off at any season. 2, Keep the 
Dendrobes dry, and at the warmest end of the house, which will 
be hot enough until they approach the flowering stage. 3, A 
mixture of good turfy loam and fibrous peat. 
Names of Plants.— D. M. : 1, Pteris hastata macropliylla ; 
2, Pteris serrulata; 3, Pteris serrulata cristata ; 4, Doodia 
aspera corymbifera; 5, Pteris heterophylla; 6, Phlebodium 
aureum. IF. J. D. : The smaller and lobed leaf is that of the 
White Poplar or Abele (Populus alba), and the large leaf is that 
of the whitish-leaved Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera 
candicans). G. G. : 1, Rodriguezia secunda ; 2, Brassia maculata. 
Names of Fruits. — D. .1/., Tarbolton. : 1, Tom Putt; 4, Here¬ 
fordshire Pearmain ; others not recognised. — H. Heath : 1, 
Pitmaston Duchess ; 2, Marechal de la Cour ; 3, Beurre Bose ; 4, 
Beurre Ranee ; 5, Glou Morceau ; 6, Beurre de Capiaumont— 
E. Thorpe : 1, Ribston Pippin ; 2, Catshead. 
Communications Received. — W. W. & S. —J. R. (thanks). — 
J. P.—B. L.—G. B. (next week).-W. G.—A. H. E.—M. D.— 
R. G.—P. B. 
