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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
June 13, 1891. 
Royal National Tulip Society.— June 6th. 
This exhibition, which was postponed from May 30th, 
took place in the Botanical Gardens, Manchester, on 
the above date, but was accompanied by weather so dull 
and cold as to be much more characteristic of the first 
days of March than those of June. But no weather, 
however unkind and winterly, can damp the ardour 
or lessen the enthusiasm of the Tulip grower, and in 
order that he might present his flowers in their best 
character, he had resorted to many contrivances to get 
them as far advanced to maturity as possible, and with 
but very few exceptions young and small flowers were 
the rule. A week or a fortnight later would have best 
suited the Lancashire growers; indeed, they are not 
unlikely to have this season’s Tulips in bloom when 
they should be almost on the eve of showing Carnations. 
A great many more flowers were staged than we 
expected to see, and the character of the season con¬ 
sidered, the show proved much better than was generally 
anticipated. As is usual on such occasions, the flowers 
were arranged on tables placed down the centre of the 
annexe. 
It was Mr. Thomas Haynes’s (of "Warwick) year. 
He was far enough south to catch the flow of the 
season, and he was able to stage flowers of much larger 
size than any other competitor living further north, 
the result being that he won the Cup with twelve 
blooms, and took the first prize with six blooms, in 
addition to being well up in other classes. His twelve 
blooms, which contained two feathered and two flamed 
of each class, consisted of bizarres, feathered, Sir J. 
Paxton and Duke of Edinburgh, a very fine flower, 
deep golden yellow ground, finely feathered with rich 
crimson ; flamed, Sir J. Paxton and Dr. Hardy ; roses, 
feathered, Heroine and Lizzie (Dymock) ; flamed, 
Mabel and Aglaia; bybloemens, feathered, Violet 
Aimable and Bessie ; flamed. Duchess of Sutherland 
and Talisman. Second, Mr. J. H. Wood, Roy ton, 
Oldham, with bizarres, feathered, Masterpiece and 
Sir J. Paxton ; flamed, William Lea and Sir J. 
Paxton; roses, feathered, Aglaia and Mrs. Wood, 
a very pretty variety, feathered with cherry-red 
on a pure white ground; flamed, Mabel and Aglaia; 
byblcemens, feathered, Talisman and Adonis ; flamed, 
Chancellor and Duchess of Sutherland. Third, Mr. 
Samuel Barlow, Stakehill House, Castleton, with 
bizarres, feathered, Lord Stanley and William Wilson ; 
flamed, Sir J. Paxton and Ashmole’s Seedling ; roses, 
feathered, Heroine and Modesty ; and flamed, Lady 
Catherine Gordon and Annie McGregor ; byblcemens, 
feathered, Mrs. Cooper and Alice Grey ; flamed, 
Jackson’s Seedling and Talisman. Fourth, Mr. C. W. 
Needham, Royton, Oldham ; 5th, Mr. James W. 
Bentley, Stakehill, Castleton. Six stands competed. 
Mr. Haynes’s, first prize, six blooms, very fine indeed, 
consisted of bizarre, feathered, George Hayward ; 
flamed, Sir J. Paxton; roses, both feathered and 
flamed, Mabel ; by bice men, feathered, Connersby 
Castle ; and flamed, Talisman. Second, Mr. C. W. 
Needham, with bizarre, feathered, Masterpiece ; and 
flamed, Sir J. Paxton ; rose, feathered and flamed, 
Mabel ; byblcemen, feathered, King of the Universe, 
and flamed, Duchess of Sutherland. Third, Mr. J. H. 
Wood, with bizarre, feathered and flamed, Sir J. 
Paxton ; rose, feathered, Industry, and flamed, Mabel; 
byblcemen, feathered, Adonis ; flamed, Talisman. Mr. 
S. Barlow was fourth, having bizarre, General Grant, 
finely feathered with red ; and Friar Tuck, byblcemen, 
feathered, also in good character. Mr. Joseph Hague, 
Stockport, was fifth ; Mr. J. W. Bentley, sixth ; and 
Mr. W. Dymock, Stockport, seventh. Nine stands 
competed. In the class for six blooms, for half-guinea 
subscribers, there were four competitors. Mr. John 
Hayes, Royton, was first with bizarre, feathered, Sir J. 
Paxton ; flamed, Orpheus ; rose, feathered, Industry ; 
flamed, Mabel ; byblcemen, feathered, Bessie ; flamed, 
Adonis. Second, Mr. J. Housely, Stockport, with 
bizarre, feathered, Royal Sovereign ; and flamed, Sir J. 
Paxton ; rose, feathered, Mrs. Lea ; flamed, Mabel ; 
byblremen, feathered, Agnes ; flamed. Chancellor. 
Third, Mr. S. Johnson, Stafford ; fourth, Mr. W. 
Prescott, Lowton. In the class for three feathered 
Tulips Mr. J. H. Wood was first out of seven compe¬ 
titors, with bizarre, Sir J. Paxton ; rose, Modesty ; 
byblcemen, Violet Aimable. Second, Mr. Samuel 
Barlow, with bizarre, William Wilson ; rose, Sarah 
Headly, very bright in colour ; byblcemen, Mrs. 
Cooper. Third, Mr. C. W. Needham, with bizarre, 
Masterpiece ; rose, Alice ; byblcemen, Bessie. Fourth, 
Mr. W. Kitchen ; fifth, Mr. John Hayes ; sixth, Mr. 
W. Prescott. There were seven competitors also with 
three flamed Tulips, and here Mr. T. Haynes was 
placed first with bizarre, Sir J. Paxton ; rose, Aglaia ; 
byblcemen, Duchess of Sutherland. Mr. John Hayes 
was second with bizarre, Orpheus ; rose, Mabel ; and 
byblcemen, Seedling. Mr. S. Barlow took the third 
prize with bizarre, Ashmole’s Seedling ; rose, Aglaia ; 
and byblcemen, Adonis. Mr. J. Housely was fourth, 
Mr. W. Kitchen, fifth, and Mr. J. Hague, sixth. 
Class 6 was for two Tulips, one feathered and one 
flamed, of any class, for maiden growers only, a maiden 
grower being one who has never before obtained the 
amount of his subscription in prize money. It is the 
practice to offer to all maiden growers who enter in 
this class a few Tulips in addition to any prizes he may 
win. Mr. J. Housely, of Stockport, was the only 
exhibitor, and was placed first, with bizarre, flamed, 
Sir J. Paxton ; and rose, feathered, Mrs. Lea. Class 
7 was a similar class open to all, and it is a rule of the 
society that the stands showing in class 6 can also 
compete in class 7. Here Mr. T. Hayes was again 
first, having bizarre, feathered, George Hayward ; and 
flamed, Sir J. Paxton. Mr. J. Housely’s stand, 
awarded the first prize in class 6, was placed second ; 
and Mr. John Hayes was third, with bizarre, flamed, 
Sir J. Paxton ; and rose, feathered, Aglaia. Fourth, 
Mr. W. Kitchen ; fifth, Mr. A. Moorhouse ; sixth, 
Mr. C. W. Needham. 
A considerable number of flowers were staged in the 
classes for single blooms. Bizarres, feathered : first, 
Mr. S. Barlow, with "William Wilson, and second with 
Garibaldi ; third, Mr. J. H. Wood, with Sir J. Paxton ; 
fourth, Mr. A. Moorhouse, with Masterpiece ; fifth, 
Mr. S. Barlow, with General Grant; sixth, Mr. John 
Hayes, with John Ratcliffe, which is very like Master¬ 
piece ; seventh, Mr. J. Hayes, with Sir J. Paxton ; 
eighth, Mr. S. Johnson, with William Wilson ; ninth, 
Mr. J. Hayes, with Ajax ; tenth, Mr. S. Barlow, with 
Lord Stanley. Bizarres, flaked : first, Air. T. Haynes, 
with Sir J. Paxton ; second, Air. J. H. AVood with the 
same ; third, Air. T. Haynes, with Dr. Hardy ; fourth, 
Air. J. Hayes, with Orpheus ; fifth, Air. T. Haynes, 
with Prince of AVales ; sixth, Air. C. W. Needham, 
with Alasterpiece; seventh, Air. AV. Dymock, with 
AVilliam Lea ; eighth, Air. S. Barlow, with Excelsior ; 
ninth, Air. W. Prescott, with Pilot ; tenth, Air. J. 
Housely, with Ajax. Roses, feathered : first, Air. AV. 
Prescott, with Industry ; second, Air. J. W. Bentley, 
with Alodesty ; third, Air. J. H. AVood, with Industry ; 
fourth, Air. AV. Prescott, with Aliss Hindley, and fifth, 
with Aglaia ; sixth, Air. J. AV. Bentley, with Julia 
Farnese ; seventh, Air. J. Hayes, with Airs. Bright; 
eighth, Air. S. Barlow, with Sarah Headly ; ninth, 
Air. J. Hayes, with Alabel ; tenth, Air. J. H. AA r ood, 
with Heroine. Roses, flamed: first, Air. T. Haynes, with 
Alabel, and second, with Sarah Headly ; third, Air. J. 
Hayes, with Alabel; fourth, Air. J. Housely, with 
Aglaia, and fifth, with Annie AlcGregor ; sixth, Air. S. 
Barlow, with Lady Catherine Gordon ; seventh, Air. 
W. Prescott, with Airs. Woolley ; eighth, Air. J. Hayes, 
with Triomphe Royale ; ninth, Air. AA T . Dymock, with 
Queen Henrietta; tenth, Air. J. Housely, with 
Industry. Byblcemens, feathered : first, Air. AV. 
Prescott, with Guido; second, Air. J. AA r . Bentley, 
with Bessie ; third, Air. AAA Prescott, with Yiolet 
Aimable ; fourth, Air. J. H. AVood, with Alice Grey ; 
fifth, Air. AAA Dymock, with Talisman ; sixth, Air. S. 
Barlow, with AVilliam Parkinson ; seventh, Air. AV. 
Dymock, with Seedling; eighth, Air. AV. Prescott, 
with Lancashire Hero ; ninth, Air. J. Housely, with 
Lady Denman ; tenth, Air. S. Johnson, with Talisman. 
Bybloemens, flamed : first. Air. AAA Dymock, with 
Chancellor ; second, Air. T. Haynes, with Beauty of 
Litchurch; third, Air. S. Barlow, with Friar Tuck; 
fourth, Air. S. Johnson, with Chancellor; sixth, 
Air. John Hayes, with Lord Denman; sixth, Air. 
AV. Prescott, with Adonis ; seventh, Air. S. Barlow, 
with Bessie, improved; eighth, Air. S. Johnson, 
with Duchess of Sutherland ; ninth, Air. John Hayes, 
with Seedling ; tenth, Air. A. Aloorhouse, unknown. 
The premier-feathered Tulip was rose, Aliss Wood, 
shown by Air. J. H. AVood, a most attractive flower, 
which, should it maintain its present character, will be 
found a valuable addition to its class. The premier 
flamed Tulip was a finely marked Sir J. Paxton, from 
Air. T. Haynes. 
Breeder Tulip=. There were five stands of six blooms, 
and Air. Samuel Barlow was first with excellent blooms 
of bizarres, Hepworth Seedling 140/63, and Criterion ; 
roses, Airs. Barlow and Rose Hill; byblcemens, Glory 
of Stakehill and Maid of the Alill. Second, Air. 
J. H. AA T ood, with bizarres, AVilliam Lee and Lord 
Delamere ; roses, Mabel and Mrs. Barlow; byblcemens, 
Alice Grey and Snrpasse le Grande. Third, Air. J. AV. 
Bentley, with bizarres, Horatio and Sulphur ; roses, 
Alabel and unknown ; byblcemens, Adonis and 
Ashmole’s 114. Fourth, Air. T. Haynes ; fifth, Mr. 
A. Aloorhouse. The best three breeder Tulips also 
came from Air. S. Barlow, who had bizarre, Sir. J. 
Paxton ; rose, Aliss Burdett-Contts ; and bybloemen, 
Glory of Stakehill. Second, Air. S. Johnson with 
bizarre, unknown ; rose, Miss Burdett - Coutts ; 
and byblcemen, Alaid of Orleans. Third, Mr. 
J. H. AVood, with bizarre, Sir J. Paxton ; rose, 
Alabel; and byblcemen, Alice Grey. Fourth, Mr. 
John Hayes; fifth, Air. J. AV. Bentley ; sixth, Mr. J. 
Hague ; seventh, Air. AA 7 ". Prescott; eighth, Air. A. 
Aloorhouse. Single blooms, bizarre breeders: first, Air. 
AV. Prescott, with Sir J. Paxton; second. Air. J. H. 
AVood, with Storer’s No. 4, and third, with Lea’s No. 1 ; 
fourth, Air. S. Barlow, with Richard Yates, and 5th, 
with Pilot; sixth, Air. J. H. AVood, with Sir J. 
Paxton ; seventh, Air. S. Barlow, with Airs. Lea ; and 
eighth, with Seedling 27 a. Rose breeders : in this 
class Air. S. Barlow was awarded the first six prizes, 
viz. : first, with Hepworth Seedling 127/63 ; second, 
with Alabel ; third, with Mrs. Barlow ; fourth, with 
Miss Burdett-Coutts ; fifth, with Hepworth’s 127/63 ; 
sixth, with seedling ; seventh, Air. A. Aloorhouse, 
with Annie AlcGregor ; eighth, Air. J. W. Bentley, with 
Industry. Byblcemen breeders : first, Air. S. Barlow, 
with Ashmole’s 126; second, with Ashmole’s 114; third, 
with Hepworth Seedling ; fourth, with Adonis ; fifth, 
Air. John Hayes, with unknown ; sixth, Air. S. Barlow, 
with Glory of Stakehill ; seventh, Air. T. Haynes, with 
seedling ; eighth, Air. S. Barlow, with seedling. 
The premier breeder Tulip was byblcemen, Ashmole’s 
126, shown by Air. S. Barlow, a flower charming in 
colour, and fine in build. 
The Woolly Aphis on the Auricula. 
Can any of your readers suggest anything that will rid 
the Auricula grower of this pest. On looking through 
my plants last week I found a seedling Auricula in a 
60-sized pot badly infested with it, so I stood the plant 
for over an hour in a strong solution of soft soap and 
water, but on taking it out and examining it through a 
magnifying glass I found the insects were still alive and 
apparently none the worse for their immersion. I then 
stood the same plant for an hour in some very strong 
soot water ; this seemed to stupefy them, but in a few 
minutes they were active again. If any one knows of a 
cure for the aphis and will give the particulars, he will, I 
am sure receive the thanks of all Auricula cultivators. 
— William Badcock, Reading. 
[We shall be very pleased to receive communications 
from Auricula growers, in reference to their experience 
of and dealings with this woolly aphis. It seems to 
have found its way into every collection of Auriculas 
in the kingdom, however well cared for and isolated. 
That the insect cannot be present upon the plants for 
any good purpose we are well assured, and yet it does 
not appear to affect the general health of the plants to 
any appreciable degree. It would seem to be most 
injurious on the ground level, clustering round the 
neck of the plants, where it is doubtless doing harm to 
the young roots that have not yet got down into the 
soil. It can be brushed away by means of a small stiff 
paint brush, and to ensure the destruction of the insect 
it should be brushed into scalding water. It clusters 
also upon the roots of the plant, clustering round the 
sides of the pot, and in this position can be dealt with 
only by re-potting. We believe that Air. T. E. 
Henwood holds the opinion that black soft soap will 
kill the aphis, while the light-coloured will not. As 
this statement is doubtless based on experience, it is 
worth while bearing in mind that the black soft soap 
should be employed as an insecticide.— Ed.] 
Pinks. 
Shall we have any flowers at the exhibition of the 
National Pink Society at the Royal Aquarium on the 
24th inst. 1 That is the question that is just now 
exercising the minds of lovers of this fragrant favourite 
in the garden. It is practically the only chance we 
shall have in London of seeing Pinks produced in 
anything like quantity. At the meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society on the 23rd inst., prizes are 
offered for Pinks in two classes, but the competition is 
open only to amateurs, and unfortunately we do not 
know of many of these about London. I trust that 
every grower of the Pink who possibly can will exhibit 
at the Royal Aquarium on the 24th, so that the society 
may be kept in existence, and encouraged to go on with 
