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THE G ARDENING WORLD. 
August 13, 1892. 
Lakin carried off a similar honour for the best yellow 
ground Picotee, Mrs. R. Sydenham, a bloom said to 
show the greatest improvement yet seen in that class 
of flower. The yellow is very rich and pure, with a 
broad rose edge altogether free from spots. 
Prize List. 
Twelve Carnations, dissimilar: ist, Mr. Robt. 
Sydenham, Bristol Road, Birmingham : 2nd, Mr. E. 
S. Dodwell, Oxford ; 3rd, Messrs. Thomson & Co., 
Sparkhill; 4th, Mr. Edward Clinton, Clapham, Lon¬ 
don ; 5th, Mr. Jos. Lakin, Cowley, Oxford; 6th, Mr. 
R. Makepiece, Leicester ; 7th, Mr. John Walker, 
Thane, Oxon. Six Carnations, dissimilar: ist, 
Mr. A. R. Brown, Handsworth; 2nd, Mr. F. Hooper, 
Bath ; 3rd, Mr. George Chaundy, Oxford : 4th, Mr. 
C. F. Thurstan, Wolverhampton ; 5th, Mr. H. T. 
Foxen, Leicester; 6th, Mr. J. Edwards, Manchester; 
7th, Mr. J. P. Sharp, King’s Heath. 
Twelve Picotees, dissimilar: ist, Mr. Charles 
Turner; 2nd, Mr. Jos. Lakin ; 3rd, Mr. E. S. Dod¬ 
well ; 4th, Mr. R. Sydenham. Six Picotees, dis¬ 
similar : ist, Mr. A. W. Jones, Handsworth ; 2nd, 
Mr. A. R. Brown; 3rd, Mr. J. Edwards, Manchester; 
4th, Mr. H. Hooper: 5th, Mr. H. Pether, Oxford ; 
6th, Mr. H. Foxen ; 7th, Air. F. Denning, Aloseley. 
Twelve Yellow Ground or fancy Carnations or 
Picotees, dissimilar : ist, Air. C. Turner ; 2nd. Air. 
E. S. Dodwell ; 3rd, Messrs. Thomson & Co.; 4th, 
Air. J. Walker, Thane; 5th, Air. Anstiss, Brill, 
Bucks. Six Yellow Ground or fancy Carna¬ 
tions or Picotees: ist, Air. G. Chaundy; 2nd, 
Air. A. AV. Jones; 3rd, Air. J. Lakin; 4th, Air. 
Hooper; 5th, Air. R Sydenham ; 6th, Air. A. R. 
Brown ; 7th, Air. A. Spurling, Blackheath. 
Twelve Selfs, dissimilar : ist, Air. C. Turner ; 
2nd, Air. E. S. Dodwell; 3rd, Mr. R. Sydenham ; 
4th, Alessrs. Thomson & Co. ; 3th, Air. G. Chaundy; 
6th, Air. T. Anstiss. Six Selfs : ist, Air. Hooper ; 
2nd, Air. A. AV. Jones ; 3rd, Air. A. R. Brown ; 4th, 
Air. A. Spurling ; 5th, Air. J. Edwards ; 6th, Air. A\ T . 
Bacon, Derby'. Six Carnations and Picotees, 
dissimilar: ist, Air. J. J. Clarke, Leicester; 2nd, 
Air. A. AA : est, Leicester ; 3rd, Air. E. B. Handley, 
Edgbaston ; 4th, Air. E. AI. Sharp, Edgbaston ; 5th, 
Air. E. Causer, Barton-under-Xeedwood. 
Single Blooms.— Carnations (scarlet bizarres) : 
ist. Air. Clinton; 2nd, Air. R. Sydenham; 3rd, Air. 
Chaundy ; 4th, Air. J. J. Clark. Crimson bizarres: 
ist, Air. Sydenham ; 2nd, Air. Dodwell ; 3rd, Alessrs. 
Thomson & Co. ; 4th, Air. Clinton. Pink and purple 
bizarres : ist, Air. Thurstans ; 2nd, Air. R. Syden¬ 
ham ; 3rd, Air. C. Turner; 4th, Air. A. R. Brown. 
Scarlet flakes : ist, Air. J. Lakin ; 2nd, Air. Pether; 
3rd, Air. Anstiss ; 4th, Air. Brown. Rose flakes : ist, 
Air. R. Sydenham ; 2nd, Air. G. Chaundy ; 3rd, Air. 
Clinton; 4th, Air. Dodwell. Purple flakes: ist. Air. 
C. Turner; 2nd, Air. Clinton; 3rd, Air. R. Syden¬ 
ham ; 4th. Air. Brown. Picotees (heavy red edge) : 
ist, Air. Chaundy; 2nd, AI. A. W. Jones; 3rd, Air, 
Anstiss ; 4th, Air. Dodwell. Heavy purple edge: 
ist, Air. Jones; 2nd, Air. Dodwell; 3rd, Air. Lakin; 
4th, Air. Brown. Heavy rose edge : ist, Air. C. 
Turner; 2nd, Air. Dodwell; 3rd, Air. Jones; 4th, 
R. Sydenham. Heavy scarlet edge : ist, Air. J. P. 
Sharp; 2nd, Air. E. AI. Sharp ; 3rd, Air. R. Syden¬ 
ham ; 4th, Alessrs. Thomson & Co. Aledium red or 
purple edge: ist, Air. C. Turner; 2nd, Air. Robert 
Sydenham ; 3rd, Air. A. R Brown ; 4th, Air. A. W. 
Jones. Aledium rose or scarlet edge Picotee: ist, 
Air. R. Sydenham ; 2nd, Air. A. W. Jones : 3rd, Air. 
Samuel Beale; 4th, Air. A. R. Brown. Light red 
edge Picotee: ist, Air. A. W. Jones; 2nd, Air. E. 
Clinton ; 3rd, Air C. Turner; 4th, Air. A. R. Brown. 
Light purple edge Picotee : ist, Air. Clinton; 2nd, 
Air. J. Lakin; 3rd, Air. A. AV. Jones; 4th, Air. R. 
Sydenham. Light rose or scarlet edge Picotee : ist, 
Air. Dodwell; 2nd, Air. A. AV. Jones; 3rd, Air. 
Charles Turner ; 4th, Air. Clinton. Selfs: ist and 
2nd, Air. Charles Turner; 3rd and 5th, Air. George 
Chaundy ; 4th, Air. J. Lakin ; 6th, Alessrs. Thomson 
& Co.; 7th, Air. A. Spurling. Fancy or yellow 
ground; ist, Air. J. Lakin ; 2nd and 3rd, Air. C. 
Turner; 4th and 5th, Air. Dodwell; 6th, Air. 
Spuriing; 7th, Alessrs Thomson & Co. 
Border Carnations, Bouquets, Sprays, and 
Plants in pots.— Twelve varieties of Carnations or 
Picotees, dissimilar (five stems of each) : ist, Air. S. 
Rogers, AYhittlesey, Peterborough ; 2nd Air. 
Hooper ; 3rd Air. J. AA'alker ; 4th Air. W. H. Divers, 
Ketton Hail Gardens, Stamford; 5, Air. S. Beal, 
Leicester. —Six ditto (three stems): ist, Rev C. P. 
Brickwell, Broadway'; 2nd Alessrs Hewitt & Co., ; 
3rd, Air. R. Alakepiece ; 4, Air. T. Anstiss.—Bouquet 
of Carnations or Picotees : ist, Alessrs. Thomson & 
Co. ; 2nd, Alessrs. Hewtt & Co. ; 3rd, Air. S. Beal, ; 
4th, Air. G. Newell, Edgbaston ; 5th, Air. A. AVest, 
Leicester.—Spray of Carnation or Picotee blooms : 
ist, Aliss F. Mayell, Acock’s Green ; 2nd, Alessrs. 
Thomson & Co. : 3rd, Alessrs Hewitt & Co.; .4th, 
Aliss Lakin ; 5th, Air. W. H. Divers,—Six pots of 
Carnations or Picotees, dissimilar, may include any 
varieties: ist, Air. R. Sydenham; 2nd, Alessrs. 
Thomson & Co. ; 3rd, Air. F. Denning. 
A large number of honorary exhibits were also 
staged, and Silver Aledals were awarded to :—Air. 
Henry Eckford, AVem, for Sweet Peas ; Mr. B. R. 
Davis, Yeovil, for Begonia blooms; Air. AVm. 
Sydenham, Tamworth, for fancy Pansies; Air. J. 
F'orbes, Hawick, for large collection of cut flowers ; 
Alessrs. Dicksons, Limited, Chester, for Roses and 
herbaceous blooms ; Alessrs. Hewitt & Co., Solihull, 
for group of plants, &c. ; Alessrs. Dobbie & Co., 
Rothesay, for Violas, Sweet Peas, &c. ; Air. A. 
Bailey, Jr., Sunderland, for Pansies and other cut 
blooms. And Bronze Aledals to Air. F\ Perkins, 
Leamington, for floral arrangements ; Air. J. Anstiss, 
Brill, for Dahlias; Alessrs. Thomson & Co., Spark- 
hill, for group of Carnations, &c. ; and a special 
Certificate to Alessrs. Hewitt & Co. for a collection 
of cut herbaceous blooms. 
First-class Certificates were awarded to Air. S. 
Beale, Leicester,for rose edged Picotee AIrs.S. Beale. 
Air. J. Lakin, Oxford, for heavy red edged Picotee, 
Ne plus ultra. Air. J. P. Sharp, King’s Heath, for 
heavy scarlet edged Picotee, Scarlet Queen. Air. J. 
Lakin, for light purple edged Picotee,. Aliss Lakin. 
Air. C. Turner, Slough, for rose edged Picotee, 
Lady Emily Van de YVeyer, and for fancy yellow 
ground Picotee, Edith AI. AVymne. Air. J. Lamb, 
Burton Joyce, Notts, for fancy Picotee, Duchess of 
Portland. Air. C. Turner, for self Carnation, Rose 
AVynne; and for self Carnation, Rose Unique. 
Alessrs. Thomson & Co., Sparkhill Nurseries, for 
self Carnations, Negress and Airs. Joseph Chamber- 
lain. 
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DISAPPOINTED FRUIT 
GROWERS. 
Notwithstanding the abundance of fruit blossom 
we had this season on hardy fruits generally, I learn 
from the numerous published reports and from 
friends that in many districts there will be short 
crops, especially of Pears Apples, and Plums. 
Where the fruit appeared to set freely enough it 
seemed to disappear rapidly after it was formed. 
The, cold untoward spring with such late frosts as we 
seldom experience no doubt has had much to do with 
fruit dropping ; but I am of opinion that the sunless, 
damp, and ungeaial autumn of last year (so very 
general in the north) had even more to do with the 
scarcity than the cold spring. 
AVith Apples it is difficult to get rid of the idea 
that the destructive work of the pestiferous grub, 
which has fed greedily of late years on Apple foli¬ 
age, has had much to account for. Without good 
foliage to develop flower buds and mature them, there 
can be little hope for a supply of fruit in the follow¬ 
ing j-ear. Another evil very generally met with is 
the extra vigour of some trees which keeps the fruit 
buds from ripening. Where there are many trees 
fruitless from extra luxuriance in the past, the pre¬ 
sent time is suitable for root pruning piecemeal; a 
later attack could be made in August which would 
stop grossness and give the trees time to prepare for 
fruiting next season.— Stirling. 
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The Orchards of Clydesdale.—The Glasgow Herald 
states that the great promise of a large yield of straw¬ 
berries was frustrated by the backward weather 
which set in about the end of June, which caused 
the strawberries to shrink and not reach their size 
nor ripeness. Early in the season, when the prospect 
of an abundant crop was entertained, growers were 
anxious to make private contracts with preserve 
manufacturers at £20 per ton, but a bargain could 
not be struck as the outlook seemed to point to a 
lower price. The manufacturers, however, are now 
glad to pay ^32 per ton ; and they are greatly ham¬ 
pered to get them at that price, and prices are ex¬ 
pected to go still higher. The quantity of Straw¬ 
berries sent from Braidwood Railway Station during 
last season was 877 tons, and in one day as many as 
29 tons were despatched ; but this year the quantity 
sent by the railway up to date is not nearly so large 
as in previous years. Red berries are a scarce crop 
this year, and are realising £2.0 per ton. Sulphur 
Gooseberries are a good crop and have been bought 
at £12 per ton. 
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ESCHALLOTS. 
Eschallots, or, as they are generally called. 
Shallots, do not appear to be so popular as they were 
years ago. I do not know why, I am sure, but so it 
strikes me. Now, Shallots come in very handy for 
many purposes to the cook. They are ripe and full- 
flavoured before the Onion is, they are not so 
fastidious as to soil, and they do not want so much 
attention paid to them. The old form was to plant 
them on the shortest day and lift them on the 
longest. But that will hardly do for their perfect 
development. I should recommend planting them 
early in November and lifting them early in August. 
There seems to be three sorts new in cultivation. 
There is the old variety, small, pale in the skin, 
and rather a light cropper. The Russian, red in the 
skin, large but unshapely, and a bad one to keep. 
The third is the one which is bound to come to the 
front. It is generally shown under the name of 
Exhibition Shallots. It is of great size, more like a 
Potato or underground Onion in that respect; it is 
solid, has a splendid purple colour, and is an 
enormous cropper. Two years ago I saw them 
growing in the neighbourhood of Kelso, in Scotland. 
Last year I saw two splendid dishes of them in 
Devonshire, and last week I " spotted ’’ them at the 
Cottagers’ Show at Earl’s Court. In each case 
where they competedThey were first, and a long way 
ahead of the others, and I should think that at the 
present time there is nothing to touch them as a 
show variety.— DevonUnsis. 
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CARNATIONS AT THE 
MONTAGUE NURSERY. 
Considering the short time that has elapsed since 
Air. F. Gifford took the Alontague Nursery, Totten¬ 
ham, in hand, he has got together a varied assort¬ 
ment of plants, of which the Carnations are the 
most noticeable at the present time. Besides some 
of the leading and well known varieties in commerce 
and which are suitable for border purposes, he has 
also raised some beautiful and interesting seedlings. 
Amongst )'ellow ground Picotees we noted Annie 
Douglas, with large flowers striped red, Colonial 
Beauty, striped rose-purple, and Professor Goodhart, 
golden-amber edged salmon. Beautiful self Carna¬ 
tions are Amy Herbert, rose, Alay Queen, delicate 
pink. Dr. Parke, pink and very late, and Herbert 
Railton, scarlet shaded with rose. There are several 
dark varieties of great promise including Brete Harte, 
crimson, Cantab, brilliant crimson scarlet and 
fragrant as a Clove, and Alontague, a clear fine 
scarlet. White varieties are represented by Airs. F\ 
AVatts, a very dwarf sort with smooth petals, Airs. F. 
Gifford, a new variety with large, well formed flowers 
but slightly toothed petals, and ah unnamed variety 
with well formed flowers and almost entire petals. 
Yellow varieties are represented by Germania, and 
Leander, a strong growing and free flowering yellow 
about 2\ ft. high and some others. The yellow 
ground varieties are evidently favourites with Air. 
Gifford, and besides those above mentioned we also 
noted Dr. Chalmers, orange buff, striped red, and 
Elsie, a pale yellow variety striped with rose. 
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THE ROYAL BOTANIC 
GARDENS AND ARBORETUM, 
EDINBURGH. 
A large scheme of improvements is at present being 
carried out at the Royal Botanic Gardens and 
Arboretum, Edinburgh, which will have the effect of 
increasing their efficiency as teaching institutions. 
Dating from 1670, the Botanic Garden has always 
been an Edinburgh institution in which the public 
have taken much interest. It had its beginning in 
the year j ust named, when Dr. Andrew Balfour and 
Dr. Robert Sibbald rented a portion, 40 feet square, 
of the Royal gardens at Holyrood House for the 
making of a Botanic Garden, or Physic Garden. 
Subsequently, the Trinity Hospital garden was 
acquired for the same purpose, and, to skip interven¬ 
ing history, it may be stated that ground was 
purchased at Inverleith for a new garden in 1822. 
