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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 9, 1892. 
plants in the nurserymen’s class, and a second prize 
was awarded to Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent Garden, 
where a first might well have been given. Delphi¬ 
niums, Liliums, Erigeron glaucus, English Irises, 
Gaillardias, and Centaureas were prominent objects 
in the group. A third prize was awarded to Messrs. 
Paul & Son for a smaller collection. More 
prominence might be given to these hardy plants 
which the million can grow. In the amateurs’ class 
for 18 bunches of hardy herbaceous plants Mr. G. 
Sage, gardener to the Earl of Dysart, Ham House, 
Richmond, obtained the leading award, with some 
fine bunches of Centaurea macrocephala, Iceland 
Poppies, Lilium candidum, Lathyrus latifolius, 
Delphiniums, Campanula persicifolia coronaria, 
Eryngium alpinum, and other fine subjects. Mr. E. 
Tricker, gardener to John Watney, Esq., Sherman- 
bury House, Reigate, was second with Spiraea 
Aruncus, Liliums, Delphiniums, Campanulas, 
Delphinium nudicaule, etc. The first prize for 12 
bunches went to Mr. James Gibson, gardener to H. 
Berkeley James, Esq., The Oaks, Carshalton, who 
had Aquilegia chrysantha. Campanula grandis, C. 
persicifolia, Lilium Martagon, Spiraea Aruncus and 
others. 
Great interest was created amongst visitors by the 
numerous exhibits of table decorations — the tables 
being laid out for twelve persons. This class was 
open, and the first award went to Mr. Sidney T. 
Spaulding, Avenue House, South Darenth, Kent, 
who had three lightly made crystal vases along the 
centre of the table, arranged with Water Lilies at 
the base, and surmounted by Asparagus plumosus 
nanus, Gipsophila, Oncidium flexuosum, and other 
graceful subjects. A cordon of small glasses, 
connected by silver -chains stood round the central 
vases, and were gracefully decorated with young 
and highly coloured Maidenhair Fern, Aquilegia 
chrysantha, A. canadensis, Gipsophila, Pancratium 
flowers, Epidendrum vitellinum majus, and other 
appropriate subjects. Within this cordon were 
some lighted lamps. Mrs. Helen Butt, 16, Gwendwr 
Road, West Kensington, was second with some 
graceful vases in the centre filled with Aira coespitosa, 
Asparagus plumosus, and a large quantity of the 
yellow Sultan (centaurea suaveolens). At each 
corner of the table stood a small Palm (cocos 
Wedelliana). The third table was done up chiefly 
with Roses, which were appropriate to the occasion, 
hut the whole design was more heavy than the above. 
A large vase stood in the centre with five smaller 
ones round it. A Gold Medal was awarded to 
Margaret Hodgkins, 5, Beaufort Avenue, Didsbury, 
Manchester, for a fine collection of skeletonised 
leaves, fruits, ferns, etc. Messrs. J. Peed & Sons 
took the first prize in the nurserymen’s class for 
12 plants suitable for table decoration. Messrs. B. 
S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, were second, 
also having fine plants. In the amateurs' class for 
six plants of the above class, Mr. C. Lane, gardener 
to H. Coles, Esq., Burntwood, Upper Catterham, 
took the leading award. Mr. C. Turner was awarded 
a first prize in an open class for 12 blooms of the 
Malmaison Carnation set up in a vase. He showed 
the pink variety. In the market classes Mr. R. 
Drost, Kew Nursery, Richmond, was awarded a 
prize for a group of market foliage and flowering 
plants. Some grand plants of Hydrangea paniculata 
grandiflora were very prominent in the centre, and 
Lilium speciosum in the body of the group. 
There was a considerable number of exhibits in 
the miscellaneous class. Two large groups of 
magnificent Palms were shown by Messrs. Wills & 
Segar, Royal Exotic Nursery, Onslow Crescent, 
South Kensington. Amongst the noblest specimens 
were Kentia Forsteriana, Seaforthia elegans, Areca 
Baueri, and others. A Silver Gilt Medal was 
awarded to Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, for a collection 
of herbaceous plants including Delphiniums, 
Campanulas, Iris, Pentstemons, Geum miniatum, 
Pansies, &c. They also showed a collection of 
Roses. A Silver Gilt Medal was also awarded to 
M. Ed. Pynaert-Van Geert, Ghent, Belgium, for a 
magnificent specimen of Sobralia macrantha nana, 6 
ft. across, with 105 buds bearing three or four 
flowers each, many of them being in full bloom. A 
similar award was made to Messrs. John Peed & 
Sons, for a collection of Sarracenias, Nepenthes, and 
Bertolonias. They also had a Silver Medal for two 
group of Caladiums edged with herns. A Silver 
Gilt Medal was awarded to Messrs. H. Canned & 
Sons, Swanley, Kent, for a fine collection of double 
Begonia blooms in many fine colours and set up in 
bunches. A Gold Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
Ed. Shuttleworth & Co., 256, Peckham Rye, for five 
groups made up of Cycas revoluta,Dracaenas, Crotons, 
Caladiums, Palms, &c. A similar award was made 
to Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son,' Waltham Cross, for an 
extensive collection of Roses and other subjects 
arranged on three large tables. Baskets were filled 
with Roses of one kind in each. A Bronze Medal 
was awarded to Messrs. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, 
for a group of Palms, Dracaenas, Caladiums, Heaths, 
&c. A similar award was made to Mr. R. Drost for 
a large group of Lilacs retarded so that they are 
now in bloom long after those out of doors are over. 
His Lilies (Lilium speciosum and L. s. album) were 
also fine. Another Bronze Medal was awarded to 
Mr. A. Hopcraft, gr. at the South Kensington 
Museum, for a small group of double rose-coloured 
Oleanders. Pansies, Carnations, and Roses were 
shown by Mr. A. Smith, Downley, near High 
Wycombe. In a compartment off the main build¬ 
ing of the exhibition a large and showy collection of 
Delphiniums, Iris Kaempferi, Gaillardias, Evening 
Primroses, and other herbaceous plants was exhibited 
by Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset. 
Near by was a fine collection of Orchids from 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. They were 
arranged on a T shaped table, and consisted of 
Cattleyas, Odontoglossums, Miltonia vexillaria, 
Dendrobium Phalamopsis Schroderianum, Masde- 
vallias, &c., set up with Palms and Ferns, and were 
awarded a Gold Medal. 
Fruit. 
The fruit classes, though numerous, did not bring 
out a large amount of produce, though that which 
was staged was of the best. With a superb dish of 
Madresfield Court, Mr. Thompson, gardener to 
Messrs. Wells, Hounslow, was first for three bunches 
of black Grapes ; Mr. J. Taverner, gardener, 
Woolmer, Liphook, being second with very good 
black Hamburghs ; and Mr. Bowerman, Hackwood 
Park, Hants, third with the same variety Mr. 
Bowerman took premier honours in the white class 
with well finished Buckland Sweetw r aters ; and with 
the same variety Mr. C. Osman, Ottershaw Park, 
Chertsey, came in second ; Mr. Thompson being 
third with Muscat of Alexandria, somewhat green. 
Very handsome Queen Pines were staged by Mr. 
Coomber, The Hendre Gardens, Monmouth, and 
Mr. Slade, Clumber Gardens, Worksop, and the 
awards went in the order named. The best Melon 
was The Countess, shown by Mr. W. H. Divers, 
Ketton Hall, Stamford; and the same variety 
exhibited by Mr. Bowerman also came in third ; Mr. 
Coomber being second with a good fruit of Blenheim 
Orange. Mr. Divers also won the first prize for a 
dish of Strawberries, with a grand sample of Laxton’s 
Latest of all; Mr. G. H Sage, Ham House Gardens, 
coming in second with Dr. Hogg; and Mr. G. R. 
Allies Old Warden Park, Beds, third with James 
Veitch, both exceedingly good. The best three 
dishes were contributed by Mr. Gibson, gardener, 
Halstead Place, Sevenoaks, and consisted of 
Laxton’s Noble, Auguste Nicaise, and Sir Joseph 
Paxton. Mr. G. H. Sage was second with Dr. 
Hogg, Premier, and Sir Charles Napier; and Mr. 
J. Gibson, The Oaks, Carshalton, third. For two 
dishes of Peaches, in a fair class Mr. Divers again 
came to the front with large and well-coloured iruits 
of Stirling Castle and Royal George ; and in a 
similar competition with Nectarines, Mr. Robins, 
gardener, Hartwell House, Aylesbury, won with 
magnificent examples of Stanwick Elruge and 
Spencer, both being very large and superbly- 
coloured. Mr. P. Blair, Trentham, was a good 
second with grand specimens of Lord Napier and 
Violette Hative ; and Mr. A. Ocock, Havering Park, 
Romford, third with Elruge and Lord Napier. In 
the miscellaneous class Mr. Thompson took a Silver 
Medal with a very fine basket of Madresfield Court 
Grapes, grand bunches and berries, and only want¬ 
ing a little more colour to make them perfect. Mr. 
W. Allan, Gunton Park, secured a similar award for 
seven very fine boxes of Strawberries, consisting of 
Countess, James Veitch, President, Sir Joseph Paxton, 
Lord Suflield, Gunton Park, and Empress of India. 
The classes arranged for market growers and 
salesmen brought but very few entries. The Gold 
Medal went to Messrs. Parsons & Bourgaize, 
Covent Garden, for a fine lot of produce consisting of 
some twenty-six baskets of black and white Grapes, 
Melons, Peaches, Tomatos, and Figs, all of the best 
quality. The same firm also had the best "Shallow" 
of white Grapes, a well-ripened sample of Muscat of 
Alexandria. Mr. F. Le Poidevin, La Porte, Castel, 
Guernsey, took a Silver-gilt Medal for a fine collection 
of English and Channel Islands fruit, mainly Melons 
and Tomatos, packed as sent to market ; and Mr. T. 
Sharpe, Virginia Water, took a bronze medal for 
fifty punnets of Strawberries of very good size and 
colour. 
FARNINGHAM ROSE 
SHOW. 
The committee of the Farningham Rose and 
Horticultural Society were decidedly unfortunate in 
having to hold their annual show, generally the first 
provincial one at which Roses are a leading feature, 
on the Wednesday of last week, and consequently 
closely following upon a storm of thunder, lightning, 
and rain that will remain a memorable event in that 
part of Kent for many a year to come. The amount of 
damage done to the crops from the excessive down¬ 
pour of rain alone was enormous, and that the show 
should suffer to a great extent was inevitable. The 
Rose classes, perhaps, suffered most of all and the 
numerous blanks told a silent yet pitiful tale of 
blighted hopes. What blooms were forthcoming 
were exceedingly good for such an early date this late 
season. In the open class for 36 distinct, Mr. G. 
Mount, Canterbury, took first honours, beating Mr. 
R. N. West and Colonel Pitt, Turkey Court, Maid¬ 
stone, in the order named. Major R. N. Knight, 
Botting, Sittingbourne, was first for 12 Teas or 
Noisettes in the same division, and in the amateurs’ 
and gardeners’ division secured also the premier 
awards for 18 varieties, and for six blooms of one 
variety dark; Colonel Pitt having the best 9 Teas 
and Noisettes ; and R. L. Knight, Esq., Sittingbourne, 
the best stand of light Roses—Innccente Pirola. 
Dr. Tucker, The Limes, Swanley, took the National 
Rose Society’s Silver Medal for the best bloom in this 
division with a clean, bright Comtesse de Nadaillac. 
In the competitions confined to gardeners and 
amateurs residing within a radius of three miles of 
Farningham, Dr. Tucker came in first for 12 varieties, 
and took also the N. R. S. Silver-Gilt Medal for the 
best bloom in the division, a very good one of A. K. 
Williams; while the premier awaid for 9 varieties 
was taken by the Hon. Secretary of the Society, 
Lieut. General Stanley Edwardes, C.B., The Croft, 
Farningham, and in his stand was found the second 
best bloom—a well-coloured La France, which took 
the N. R. S. Bronze Medal. In the ladies’ division 
Miss Wood was first for three vases with a singularly 
pleasing arrangement of show Pelargonium blooms 
and Maidenhair Fern. A class for three shoulder 
spraj's for ladies was an exceedingly good one, and 
the prizes went to Miss Freeman, Miss K. S. 
Soloman, and Miss Edith Smith. The class for 
table decorations was also a good one, and the 
awards went to Mr. Sydney T. Spalding, Avenue 
House, South Darenth, Miss Hassell, Southfleet, and 
Mr. J. D. Abbot, gardener to Sir W. Hart Dyke, 
Bart., Lillingstone Castle. The last named exhibitor 
also had the best group. The Messrs. Cannell & 
Sons, Swanley, also sent a pretty group, and also a 
group of six gigantic stems of Verbascum olympicum 
in full bloom, w r hich were a good feature. The fruit 
and vegetable classes were small, but the vegetables 
generally were very good for the season. 
Cypripedium spectabile. 
In spite of the numbers of this Cypripedium which 
have been introduced to this country, one seldom 
meets with it in any condition in private establish¬ 
ments. Too often it gets planted in exposed 
situations that are too dry to meet its requirements 
in the matter of moisture, and the result is that the 
underground portion of the plant gradually dwindles, 
and at last dies. The nature of the ground itself is 
often such as to prevent a healthy development of 
the rhizomes and roots, so that good growth and 
flowers the following season cannot be expected. 
When under conditions suitable for the development 
of good growth, few hardv plants are more attractive 
and certainly none of the other species of Cypripe¬ 
dium are a match for it. The pure white sepals and 
petals form a fine background to show off the huge, 
inflated, rose-coloured lip. It should be grown in a 
peaty soil, in a well lighted, but somewhat shaded 
position. 
Odontoglossum Harryanum. 
Most of the growers of this fine Odontoglot have a 
difficulty in growing it with any degree of satisfac¬ 
tion, especially in localities unfavourable to Orchids 
generally. The petals as a rule have a strong 
inclination to curve inwards, thus spoiling the effect 
of the flower. If in robust health and vigour, the 
petals will retain their position afterwards, should 
the grower turn them backwards when they first 
