September 1, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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feeders, and repay liberal treatment by their superior 
quality. The breaks from which Onions have been 
cleared, and the ground deeply trenched, are suitable 
for Cabbages, and in the event of the former being late, 
as they seem everywhere this year, the latter may be 
planted after Peas or Potatos. The larger growing 
kinds should be planted about 2 ft. apart each way, 
while the smaller ones, such as Ellam’s Early and 
Wheeler’s Imperial, may be planted at 18 ins. apart. 
Lettuce and Endive. —Make large plantations of 
these in warm borders and under south and west walls 
from sowings that were made about the end of July. 
For the smaller-growing kinds 1 ft. apart will be 
sufficient, but the larger-growing kinds will require 
about 15 ins. between the plants in the row. 
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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural. 
August 28 th. 
Hardy herbaceous plants were most prominent at the 
meeting on Tuesday last, but stove and greenhouse 
plants and florists’ flowers were well represented. The 
collections of fruit were not so numerous or so large as 
on the last occasion, but were sufficient to show that 
Plums are now in season. A Silver Banksian Medal 
was awarded to Mr. B. S. Williams, Victoria and 
Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway, for a large and 
exceedingly attractive group of stove and greenhouse 
plants, including a large number of good Orchids. 
Delphiniums, Gaillardias and Gladioli were extensively 
exhibited by Messrs. Kelvvay & Son, Langport, 
Somerset, and a Silver Banksian Medal was awarded 
them. A Bronze Banksian Medal was awarded to Mr. 
T. S. Ware for a large group of cut flowers of 
hardy herbaceous plants and Dahlias. A Bronze 
Banksian Medal was also awarded to Messrs. J. Cheal 
& Sons, Crawley, Sussex, for an exceedingly showy 
collection of single and Cactus Dahlias. A beautiful 
group of tuberous Begonias was shown by Messrs. H. 
Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, for which a Bronze 
Banksian Medal was awarded. A number of them 
were certificated, but Rising Sun seemed quite entitled 
to that distinction on account of its brilliant orange 
hue with a paler centre. They also exhibited a group 
of Cannas, some of which were certificated. A collec¬ 
tion of cut blooms of orange and lemon African 
Marigolds, measuring 4 ins. or 5 ins. in diameter, and 
Veitch’s strain of striped French Marigolds, were 
shown by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea ; and a 
large group of China Asters, lifted from the open 
ground and potted up, were exhibited from the Royal 
Horticultural Society’s gardens at Chiswick. 
A vote of thanks was awarded to A. le Doux, Esq. 
(Mr. W. Rhymes, gardener), Langdon House, East 
Moulsey, for a fine plant of Cattleya Loddigesii, le 
Doux’s variety. A fine specimen of the white-flowered, 
sweet-scented Funkia grandiflora, grown in a pot, was 
shown by W. Roupell, Esq., Harvey Lodge, Roupell 
Park. He also showed some fine plants of Lobelia 
splendens Yietoriee, also in pots, but grown in the open 
air. Cut blooms of Hollyhocks were shown by Messrs. 
E. T. Smith & Co., Martell Road, West Dulwich. 
At the meeting of the Fruit Committee, Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, exhibited a large group of fruit, 
chiefly Plums, including the Peach Plum and Prince 
of Wales, reddish purple ; Early Golden Drop, St. 
Etienne and Denniston’s Superb, yellow ; The Czar and 
Rivers’ Early Prolific, purple ; Early Orleans and Blue 
Gage. They had also fine specimens of Lord Suffield 
Apple, Sea Eagle Peach, Morello, Tradescant’s Heart, 
and St. Margaret Cherries, Alpine Strawberries, and 
Quatre Saison, a white variety, and a new Melon 
named Standard. A collection of Plums was also 
brought up from the Royal Horticultural Society’s 
gardens at Chiswick, including Damas de Mangeron, 
Mamelonee, Blue Gage, Victoria, and Gisborne’s Early 
Yellow. An interesting lot of small sweet-flavoured 
Grapes was exhibited by W. Roupell, Esq., consisting 
of the Strawberry Grape, Niagara, a white highly 
fragrant variety, Purple Constantia, Grizzly Frontignan, 
and Primavis Frontignan. He also showed some beau¬ 
tiful samples of Duke of Buccleuch, which had been 
grown in an 11-in. pot. A seedling Melon was shown 
by Mr. G. Boston, The Gardens, Combe Park, Reading ; 
and Whillan’s Excelsior Melon by Mr. Whillans, The 
Gardens, Blenheim Place, Woodstock. A seedling 
Apple was staged by Mr. J. H. Lynn, Wisbech ; and 
Messrs. Harrison & Sons, Leicester, exhibited plants of 
the Green Emperor Bean, a very prolific variety. 
Trowbridge Horticultural and Floral. 
This very popular floral festival took place on August 
22nd in a field close to the railway station, in the finest 
of weather, and as usual it attracted a large company. 
There is one especial feature about the • Trowbridge 
Show : the townspeople take it up with great spirit, 
and the town is prettily decorated. The Flower Show 
Committee gave a sum of five pounds towards the 
embellishment of the town, and it appears to be money 
well spent. Triumphal arches are thrown across the 
roadway at various points, and even the hotels dress 
up for the occasion. Under the directions of the 
station-master, Mr. J. A. Cox, the railway station is 
always decorated in a very gay manner, and on this 
occasion it appeared to look smarter than ever. Fine 
weather brought in a very large concourse of people, 
and every one appeared to be in the highest possible 
spirit. 
A lot of fine plants, including Fuchsias of unusual 
excellence, are always staged at Trowbridge. But good 
as are the materials, no good effect is secured owing to 
the absence of anything like effective arrangement. 
The method adopted has been in force for years, and so 
wedded are the committee to their old ways that I fear 
they will go on in this manner until the end of time. 
Fancy having all the biggest plants put at the end of 
the tent, and the smallest in the middle ! But so it is. 
I should like to have the arrangement of the tent 
for once, just to see what can be done in another and 
better direction. 
Fuchsias are always such a leading feature at Trow¬ 
bridge that I give them a foremost position in this 
report. The best half-dozen specimens came from Mr. 
G. Tucker, gardener to Major W. B. Clark, Trowbridge, 
who had, of dark varieties, Charming, the Hon. Mrs. 
Hay, Doel’s Favourite, and Thomas King ; and of light 
varieties, Harriet Lye and Arabella. Mr. H. Pocock, 
gardener to J. P. Haden, Esq., Trowbridge, came 
second. Mr. Matthews, gardener to W. R. Brown, 
Esq., Trowbridge, had the best four plants, staging 
the Hon. Mrs. Hay, Bountiful, Rose of Castille, and a 
seedling. Mr. Tucker came in a good second with 
Charming, Thomas King, Bountiful, and Mrs. Rundle. 
Some very well-grown and flowered Fuchsias were 
shown by amateurs and cottagers ; but the large plants 
lacked their usual finish owing to the sunless and cold 
character of the season. 
Of stove and greenhouse plants there were several 
collections, shown in classes for nine, six, and three 
plants. The principal exhibitors were Mr. G. Tucker, 
Mr. J. Matthews, Mr. Richman, gardener to C. L. 
Palmer, Esq., Trowbridge ; Mr. Currey, gardener to 
Col. Pepper, Salisbury ; and Mr. J. F. Mould, nursery¬ 
man, Devizes. The best specimen plant was a capital 
piece of Stephanotis floribunda from Mr. J. Hiscocks, 
gardener to E. B. Rod way, Esq., Trowbridge. Mr. 
J. F. Mould came second with Allamanda nobilis. The 
best new plant was AnthuriumVan Houttei, Impatiens 
Hawkeri being placed second. Heaths were in fairly 
good form, shown hy Mr. J. F. Mould. Begonias, 
both single and double, were in good condition, Mr. 
G. L. Palmer being first with six well-grown and 
bloomed plants in each class ; Captain Tucker, Trow¬ 
bridge, also exhibited well. Gloxinias and Achimenes 
were pretty good ; some very nice plants of the former 
were shown by Mr. G. L. Palmer. Mr. G. Pynner, 
gardener to - Goldsmith, Esq., Trowbridge, had the best 
four specimens of Orchids, having Cattleya Loddigesii, 
C. Eldorado, Odontoglossum citrosmum, and Cypripe- 
dium Stonei. Zonal Pelargoniums, Petunias, and 
Verbenas made good features. Petunias are grown 
trained to wire shield-like sloping trellises, and they 
thus present to view a rather formal mass of flowers 
of fine quality. Verbenas are similarly trained; but 
neither are done so well as they were a few years 
ago when there was a much brisker competition among 
growers. 
Foliage plants were somewhat past their best; they 
had been exhibited a good deal and had got stale. 
Mr. J. Currey had the best nine ; Mr. W. C. Drum¬ 
mond, nurseryman, Bath, was second. Coleus were a 
very good feature, especially some finely-grown and 
coloured plants staged by Mr. J. Matthews. Caladiums 
were of medium quality, Mr. Matthews having the best 
half-dozen in this class also. Ferns always make a 
good display, as they are shown in groups of fifteen 
and include Lycopods also. Mr. Tucker had the best 
lot ; Mr. J. Coke, gardener to A. P. Staneourt, Esq., 
Trowbridge, and Mr. H. Pocock receiving equal second 
prizes. 
Cut flowers : among these Dahlias and Roses always 
take high places. Messrs. Keynes, Williams & Co., of 
Salisbury, were first, with twenty-four show varieties 
—twelve fancies and twelve bunches of Pompon 
varieties ; Mr. G. Humphreys, nurseryman, Chippen¬ 
ham, was a good second in all three classes. Some 
very pretty single Dahlias were shown by Mr. A. A. 
Walters and Messrs. George Cooling & Sons, both 
nurserymen, of Bath. A very good collection of Cactus 
Dahlias was shown by Mr. G. Humphries. 
Roses were numerous and very good, and especially 
so the Tea-scented varieties, in the different stands. 
Mr. J. Mattock, nurseryman, Oxford, took the first 
prize, with twelve varieties, three blooms of each ; 
Messrs. Keynes, Williams & Co. being second. In the 
class for twenty-four varieties, single blooms, Dr. Budd, 
of Bath, was first, with a very fine lot; and Messrs. 
Keynes, Williams & Co. were second. In the amateurs’ 
division, Dr. Budd was first in two classes for twelve 
varieties ; Mr. Thomas Hobbs, of Bristol, being second. 
Of the Tea-scented varieties, the following were in 
good form : Marie van Houtte, Madame Lambard, 
Rubens, Catherine Mermet, The Bride, Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, Mrs. John Laing and Innocenta Pirola. 
The leading H. P.’s were Ulrich Brunner, Lady Sheffield, 
Dupuy Jamain, Beauty of Waltham, Marshal P. 
Wilder, Marie Baumann, Fisher Holmes, &c. 
Fruit was scarcely up to the usual mark—and it is 
generally a high one at Trowbridge. But every show I 
have attended during the month of August betrayed 
this failing. The only exhibitor of ten dishes was Mr. 
A. Miller, gardener to W. H. Long, Esq., M.P., Rood 
Aston, Trowbridge, had a very good lot, consisting of 
Alicante and Foster’s Seedling Grapes, Barrington and 
Noblesse Peaches, Violette Hative and Stanwick Elruge 
Nectarines, Moorpark Apricots, &c. Mr. W. Iggulden, 
gardener to the Earl of Cork, Marston, Frome, had the 
best six dishes, having Black Hamburgh and Foster’s 
Seedling Grapes, Grosse Mignonne Peaches, Pine Apple 
Nectarine, Moorpark Apricot, and Melon. Mr. George 
Pymm was second. The best black Grapes were Black 
Hamburgh and Madresfield Court ; the best white— 
Muscat of Alexandria and Buckland Sweetwater. The 
best Peaches were Royal George and Grosse Mignonne; 
the best Nectarines, Pine Apple and Elruge; the best 
dessert Apple, Beauty of Bath ; the best culinary 
Apple, Lord Suffield ; the best dessert Pear, Doyenne 
d’Ete. Apricots, Cherries (principally Morellos), Pine 
Apples, and Filberts were also shown. 
It would take several columns of The Gardening 
World to do justice to the show of vegetables : they 
were superb, and as numerous as they were fine. W T hat 
a season of vegetables this has proved ?— B. D. 
Basingstoke Horticultural. 
This flourishing society held its annual exhibition on 
the 23rd ult., and taken as a whole it marked a 
satisfactory advance on its predecessors. As a rule, 
competition runs high at Basingstoke, the gardeners in 
the district all doing their best to make the show a 
good one. The society is also fortunate in its com¬ 
mittee, which is composed of practical gardeners and 
enthusiastic amateurs, and in being well supported by 
the leading inhabitants of the district. The cold and 
backward season does not seem to have had much 
effect on the vegetable growers of the neighbourhood, 
for it is seldom that better produce is seen than was 
staged on this occasion. 
In the open class for twelve dishes, the awards fell 
to Mr. W. H. Lye of Kingsmill, Mr. Knellor of 
Malshanger, and Mr. Bowerman of Hackwood Park, 
all of whom showed in rare form. The leading samples 
were of Veitch’s Autumn Giant Cauliflower, Perfection 
and Hackwood Prolific Tomatos, Model Cucumbers, 
Turnips, Duke of Albany Peas, Rousham Park Onions, 
White Gem and Major Clark’s Solid Red Celery, large 
and well blanched, and Chancellor Potatos, very fine. 
There was a spirited competition for the prizes offered 
by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, and specially deserving of 
mention were the samples shown of the Duke of Albany 
Pea, Sutton’s Early Gem, and Improved Intermediate 
Carrots, Ne Plus Ultra Runner Beans, and Prime 
Minister Potatos. Tomatos and other specialities sent 
out by Messrs. Webb & Sons were well represented in 
the competition initiated by that firm. In the single 
dish classes the Onions especially deserve com¬ 
mendation, and in particular the extra fine samples 
from Mr. Knellor. Potatos too were well shown, clean 
and good samples being staged especially of The 
Dean, Prime Minister, Sutton’s Seedling, Satisfaction, 
Schoolmaster, Edgcote Purple, International, and 
Beauty of Hebron. 
The display of fruit was below the usual standard, 
and it seems to be general this season. There was a 
good class of Black Hamburghs ; and in other com- 
