July 13, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Gilia liniflora, Gypsophylla elegans, Viscaria cardinalis, 
all the Eschscholtzias, the Yellow Hawkweed 
(Crepis), all the Clarkias, Dobbie’s new white 
Rocket Candytuft, Coreopsis coronata, the yellow 
Sweet Sultan, Hymenoxis californica, Platystemon 
californica, Erysimum PerofFskianum and E. arkan- 
sanura, Linaria reticulata aurea purpurea, all the 
annual Chrysanthemums, Lupinus nanus, L. albus and 
L. luteus, Calendula pluvialis and C. grandiflora, 
and all the Centaureas and dwarf and compact 
Nasturtiums. 
The Fruit Committee had before them a very finely- 
flavoured white-fleshed Melon named Countess, sent by 
Mr. Goodacre, of Elvaston ; several varieties of Cabbage 
Lettuce from Messrs. Veitch & Sons ; and fine samples 
of several varieties of Strawberries from Mr. Allen, of 
Gunton, including Dr. Hogg, Amateur, Loxford Hall, 
John Powell, Crimson Queen, Unser Fritz, &c. 
Chiswick Horticultural. —July Oth. 
Ti-ie weather proved very favourable on Tuesday last, 
when the Chiswick Horticultural Society held their 
annual show in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, in conjunction with the committee meetings 
of the latter body, which were held at Chiswick on 
this occasion. Three large tents, together with the 
big vinery, were occupied with the exhibits. The 
show on the whole was a good one, but the fruit and 
vegetables were the strongest features compared with 
the exhibits of former years. The severe competition, 
especially in the groups of plants, must have had a 
telling effect upon exhibitors, for they were fewer in 
number than they have been for some years past. The 
Jubilee Challenge Cup (value 26 guineas) and £4 were 
awarded to Mr. W. Brown, St. Mary’s Grove, 
Richmond, for a group of plants not to exceed 100 
sq. ft. It was tastefully arranged with Palms and 
Maidenhair Ferns, relieved with Lilium auratum, L. 
speciosum, Odontoglossums, Gloxinias, &c. Messrs. 'VV. 
Fromow& Sons were a good second. For a group of plants 
not to exceed 75 sq. ft., E. H. Watts, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. A. Wright), Devonhurst, Chiswick, was awarded 
the Veitch Memorial Medal and £5. It was made up 
of Palms, Crotons, Eleeodendron orientale, Miltonia 
vexillaria, Gloxinias, Cypripedium Hooker*, and 
others arranged on a groundwork of Maidenhair and 
Panicum variegatum. R. L. Cosh, Esq. (Mr. C. 
Padley, gardener), Rupert House, Chiswick, was second. 
The Silver Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society 
was awarded to J. S. Nicholson, Esq. (Mr. W. Bates, 
gardener), Poulett Lodge, Twickenham, for stove and 
greenhouse plants. The best specimens were Clero- 
dendron Balfouri, Plumbago capensis, and Allamanda 
Hendersoni. E. H. Watts, Esq., was second ; and H. 
G. Lake, Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. Davis), Fairlawn 
House, Chiswick, was third. E. H. Watts, Esq., took 
the first prizes for fine-foliaged plants, exotic Ferns, 
Fuchsias, and Lycopods ; the Fuchsias were fine 
pyramidal well-flowered specimens. W. E. Tautz, 
Esq., Sutton Lodge, Chiswick (gardener, Mr. H. 
Harding), was the only competitor with Caladiums. 
The best Coleus were pyramidal, fairly well-coloured 
specimens, and were shown by R. L. Cosh, Esq. ; E. 
H. Watts, Esq., was second. Tuberous-rooted Begonias 
are improving, and Henry Little, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
G. Watts), took the first place ; E. H. Watts, Esq., 
being second. The latter was, however, first for twelve 
Gloxinias. Colonel the Hon. W. P. Talbot (gardener, 
Mr. J. C. Waite), Glenhurst, Esher, had the best six 
Gloxinias, and the best plants for table decoration. 
Cut flowers were shown in fair quantity, the 
bouquets and similar things being both numerous and 
often tastefully done. W. Langdon, Esq., 4, Castle 
Bar, Ealing, had the best twelve Ros;s, and J. 
Ayscough, Esq., Bedford Park, the best six. Mr. J. C. 
Cowley, gardener to F. G. Tautz, Esq., Sudbury House, 
Hammersmith, had the best twelve varieties of cut 
flowers, which were mostly Orchids, and very fine. 
Col. Talbot had the best twenty-four blooms of 
Gloxinias. H. Little, Esq. (gardener, Mr. G. Watts), 
had the best bunches of zonal and Ivy-leaved Pelar¬ 
goniums. The best three bouquets were shown by Mr. 
R. J. Chard, Stoke Newington ; the best bouquet by 
E. M. Nelson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. E. Chadwick), 
Hanger Hill, Ealing ; and the best six button-holes by 
W. E. Tautz., Esq. 
The exhibits of fruit and vegetables compared very 
favourably with those of former years. The first prizes 
for both black and white Grapes were taken by L. J. 
Baker, Esq. (gardener, Mr. T. Osman), Ottershaw 
Park, Chertsey. The best Strawberries were shown by 
F. Hume Dick, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Palmer), 
Thames Ditton House, Thames Ditton, as well as the 
best Melon. E. M. Nelson, Esq., had the best two 
dishes of Cherries, and the best dish of Strawberries. 
E. H. Watts, Esq., had the best Raspberries ; J. T. 
Nicholson, Esq., the best Gooseberries; and A. B. 
Ward, Esq. (gardener, Mr. S. F. Kett), Watchfield, 
Sutton Court Road, the best Currants. The first prizes for 
vegetables, Potatos, Peas, Tomatos and Cucumbers were 
taken by Colonel Talbot; W. F. Hume Dick, Esq , 
was second for the collection. Tomatos, Peas, Cauli¬ 
flowers, Onions and Globe Artichokes wero very fine. 
Many extra prizes were offered. Prizes for a collection 
of fruit were offered by Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., 
J. T. Nicholson,Esq., taking first, and L. J. Baker,Esq., 
the second prize. The first prize for three Orchids in 
flower was taken by H. Little, Esq. (gardener, Mr. A. 
Howard), his Cypripediums being very fine; F. G. 
Tautz, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. C. Cowley), was second. 
E. H. Watts, Esq., took the first prize for nine tuberous 
Begonias. He offered prizes for a group of plants, and 
H. E. Lake, Esq., took the first; while B. Hardy, 
Esq., Gordon House, Chiswick, was second ; and Mrs. 
Lloyd (gardener, Mr. J. Addison), Merton Lodge, 
Chiswick, was third. Prizes were offered by Messrs. 
Sutton & Sons, Reading, for Peas, and the first was 
taken by W. F. Hume Dick, Esq. ; the second by 
Colonel Talbot ; and the third by Mr. J. J. Stickler, 
High Road, Chiswick. Prizes were also offered by 
Messrs. J. Carter & Co., High Holborn, for a collection 
of vegetables : Colonel Talbot was first; Mr. J. Coombs, 
Sheen House, Mortlake, was second ; and R. L. 
Cosby, Esq., came in third. Messrs. W. Fromow & 
Sons, Chiswick, offered prizes for six dishes of vege¬ 
tables: E. M. Nelson, Esq., took the first; II. S. Lake, 
Esq., took second ; and Mrs. Lloyd was third. 
Numerous prizes offered for competition by cottagers 
brought out a good display, vegetables being specially 
well represented. The entries in the classes for the 
best arrangement of flowers on a plate, and also for the 
best-arranged bouquet of wild flowers, were exceedingly 
numerous. 
Miscellaneous exhibits were few compared with those 
of former years. A beautiful group was shown by the 
Marquis of Bute (gardener, Mr. T. May), Chiswick 
House, Chiswick. It was made up of Palms, Humeas, 
Dracaenas, Crotons, Yitis heterophylla variegata, and 
others, arranged with Maidenhair Fern. The group 
was highly commended, as was that of Mr. W. Gordon, 
Twickenham, who showed a fine lot of Lilium auratum, 
L. a. virginale, L. speciosum, and Japan Maples. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, had a fine bank of 
hardy flowers, including Shirley and Iceland Poppies, 
Campanula media calycanthema, Sweet Williams, 
Japan Irises, Phloxes, and Galtonia candicans. 
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We regret to record the death, at 34, Brook Street, 
Grosvenor Square, W., on the 7tli inst., of the Hon. 
and Reverend John Townshend Boscawen, in his 
sixty-ninth year. Mr. Boscawen, who was a brother 
of Lord Falmouth, and who had been Rector of 
Lamorran, Cornwall, since 1849, was for many years 
steward of the Bath and West of England Agricultural 
Society’s horticultural department, for several years a 
member of the Council of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, and a vice-president of the National Rose 
Society. He was an ardent horticulturist, an 
enthusiastic lover of good plants, and no mean ex¬ 
ponent of the art of landscape gardening, about which 
he was frequently consulted by persons of his own 
social position. A man of excellent taste and many 
good qualities, he might have occupied a very 
popular position in the horticultural world, but for 
an apparently incurable habit of making mischief 
between master and gardener almost everywhere he 
went, and for which, we fear, those who suffered at 
his hands seldom forgave him. 
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THE WEATHER. 
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading 
of the barometer during the week ending July 6th 
was 30 05 ins.; the highest reading was 30’22 ins. on 
Monday evening, and the lowest 29 "70 ins. at the 
end of the week. The mean temperature of the air 
was 63'3°, and IT above the average in the corre¬ 
sponding weeks of the twenty years ending 1868. The 
mean was below the average on Tuesday and Wednesday, 
whereas it exceeded the average on each of the other 
days of the week. The general direction of the wind 
was N. E. and the horizontal movement of the 
air averaged 8 3 miles per hour, which was 2’1 miles 
below the average in the corresponding weeks of 
sixteen years. No rain was measured during the week. 
The duration of registered bright sunshine in the 
week was 51’3 hours, against 56T hours at Glyndc 
Place, Lewes. 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
Special attention is paid in the columns of The 
Gardening World to the answering of questions on 
all subjects connected with practical horticulture, and 
the naming of Plants (other than Florists’ Flowers) ami 
Fruits, in which department the Editor is assisted by 
gardeners and specialists of great experience. 
Fios and Pelargoniums. — Fig Tree: The first crop of fruit 
appears on last year’s wood just before the fresh growth hearing 
leaves makes a start in spring. The second crop of fruit is de¬ 
veloped on the young wood of the current year. The earliest 
fruit to ripen, and which should be encouraged, is, of course 
that developed on the old wood. For cultural details, and the 
sorts best suited for your purpose, see next week’s number. 
You may grow Tea Roses in a Fig house, but we should cer¬ 
tainly not advise you to grow Pelargoniums in the same house, 
except for a time or to give them a start. The high temperature, 
and more especially the moisture needed for Figs under a good 
system of cultivation would certainly act prejudicially on the 
Pelargoniums, by drawing them up and causing them to damp 
on account of the moisture requisite for Figs. Neither would 
we advise you to grow Roses in a Fig house if it can be avoided. 
Should you intend to grow a few Figs only in pots, there is no 
reason why you may not attempt it; but if the Figs are to be 
made the most important in the house, then we should advise 
you to build or give them a separate structure. 
Fungus on Rose.— Thos. Murphy : The leaves you sent us are 
very badly affected with Rose Rust (Uredo Rosae), which is 
believed amongst fungologists to he merely an early stage of 
Phragmidium mucronatum, which is the telentospore or resting 
stage of the fuDgus. The Rust consists of small orange-coloured 
masses of spores, while the Rose Brand or telentospore condition, 
which will make its appearance later on, is brownish black, and 
its form, consisting of a several-celled spore, may be detected by 
the use of a simple magnifying lens. The spawn or mycelium 
lives in the tissues of the leaves, so that, unfortunately, no 
application can be given that would destroy the fungus without 
at the same time destroying the foliage of the Roses. Yours is 
a very bad case, and the fungus seldom proves so severe. All 
you can do is to pick off the affected leaves and burn them, to 
destroy or lessen the number of spores, and so mitigate the evil 
next year. 
Names of Plants. — R. Twiss: 1, Davallia elegans; 2, D. 
Tyermanni; 3, D. Novae-zealandim ; 4 & 5, Adiantum diaphanum, 
7, Adiantum sp. (please send a larger and more characteristic 
specimen); 6, Adiantum pedatum ; S, Lomaria chilensis (not a 
true tree Fern); 9, Asplenium (Athyrium) Filix-foemina var. 
Your Miltonia vexillaria is not dark enough for M. v. rubella; 
Odontoglossum Rossii is the small typical form, and flowering 
rather out of season, but we get some of them in bloom in every 
month of the year; the pseudo-bulb and leaf is that of a Cattleya 
or Lselia, but we cannot undertake to name without flowers. 
William Little: Lilium elegans var. /. Parnell: 1, Coreopsis 
sp. (unrecognised); 2, Coreopsis aurea ; 3, Galactites tomentosa. 
Flower Garden: Centranthus ruber, a fine old herbaceous plant. 
G. G. B. G.: 1, Thalictrum flavum ; 2, Chlorophytum elatum 
3, Clematis integrifolia; 4, Davallia Tyermanni; 5, Iris sp. 
(flower shrivelled up and rotten, and the species could not be 
determined); 6, Helichrysum arenarium. A. M. L. : 1. Selagi- 
n 11a Martensi robusta ; 2, S. Kraussiana ; 3, S. K. aurea; 4, S. 
Brownii; 5, S. Martensi var. apparently, but no fruit present; 
6 , Adiantum Capillus-Veneris var. 
Regal and Decorative Pelargoniums.— Pelargonium: The 
soil best suited for Pelargoniums is a good fibrous loam, to 
which a small quantity of well-rotted cow-manure and sand has 
been added. First class regal Pelargoniums are: Madame 
Thibaut, white, marbled rose ; President Harrison, rich carmine; 
Princess Teck, with carmine spots, white ; Volonte Nationals 
alba, pure white ; Maid of Kent, white, feathered on each petal; 
and Jubilee, china-pink, with a crimson maroon blotch on each 
petal. Decorative varieties have smooth and even petals, instead 
of being undulated, as in the case of the regal sorts. The 
following are good decorative kinds, namely : Sultana, deep 
chestnut-red, shaded purple ; Lord Salisbury, maroon-crimson, 
shading into orange, carmine and pink; Venus, white, with a 
purple blotch on each petal, and early; Champion, blush, 
feathered with darker veins; Rose Queen, rose, with maroon 
blotches, and Mrs, John Stone, puce-coloured, with maroon 
veins. 
Communications received. —G. W. C.—T. L.—D. P. L.— 
J. M.—J. W. B.-G. P., Junr.-W. E. G.—R. B.—W. H.—D. C. 
—G. D. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Thomas Laxton, Bedford.—New Strawberries. 
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OOVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
July 10th. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Apples .J-sieve 2 0 4 0 
Grapes .per lb. 2 0 3 6 
Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 1 0 16 
Canadian and Nova Scotia Apples, per barrel, 7s. to 17s. 
Pine-apples, St. s.d. s.d. 
Michaels.each 2 0 7 0 
Strawberries., per lb. 0 2 OS 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 3 0 
Asparagus ....per 100 3 0 SO 
Beans, French, per lb. 1 6 
Beet .per dozen 2 0 3 0 
Cabbages_per doz. 1 6 
Carrots ....perbunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers, English, 
per dozen 3 0 SO 
Celery .... per bundle 2 6 
Cucumbers ....each 0 4 0 10 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 3 6 
s.d. s.d 
Herbs ....per bunch 0 2 0 4 
Horse Radish, bundle 3 0 5 0 
Lettuces ..per dozen 1 2 0 
Mushrooms, p. basket 13 2 0 
Onions....per bushel 7 0 9 0 
Parsley... .per bunch 0 6 
Radishes ..per dozen 1 6 
Small salading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach, per strike ..20 
Tomatos _per lb. 1 0 16 
Turnips _per bun. 0 6 
Potatos.- Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton; Kent Kidneys, 
80s. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices, 
s.d. s.d. 
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