^ ^September 14, 1895. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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Wheadon, gardener to R. Collier, Esq., Hawthorne, 
Bickley, had the best twelve blooms of Madame 
Desgranges, in large and fresh samples. Mr. W. 
Webster, gardener to W. Higgs, Esq., Sussex Lodge, 
Clapham, was second ; and Mr. J. Wright, 87, Den¬ 
mark Road, Camberwell, came in third. Mr. Chas. 
Cox, gardener to J. Trotter, Esq., Brickendon 
Grange, Herts, had the twelve best large-flowering 
sorts, showing fine blooms of E. Molyneux, Louise, 
&c. Mr. Wheadon was second ; and the third prize 
went to Mr. J. Knapp, gardener to F. W. Amsden, 
Esq., Chichester Road, Croydon. Miss Debenham, 
St. Peter’s, St. Albans, had by far the best pompons. 
Mr. J. Wright showed the best blooms of Lady 
Fitzwigram. Mr. W. C. Pagram, gardener to J- 
Courtney, Esq., Weybridge, showed the best yellow 
varieties of Madame Desgranges. Mr C. Cox again 
had the best six large-flowering types not scheduled. 
The Bronze Medal offered to amateurs for six 
blooms of the Madame Desgranges type went to Mr. 
H. Wedekind, 13, Warlock Road, Paddington. 
The leading award for a collection of Gladioli was 
deservedly awarded to Messrs. J. Burrell & Co., 
Cambridge, whose exhibit was excellent. Mr. R. 
Morrow, Leominster, Hereford, was second. Mr. C. 
Turner, Slough, took the leading award for forty- 
eight Dahlias, showing grand blooms of Statesman, 
John Walker, Maud Fellows, Duchess of York, and 
many other standard varieties. Mr. John Walker, 
Thame, Oxon, was a good second; and Messrs- 
Keynes, Williams & Co., Salisbury, were third with 
a good exhibit. Mr. John Walker came to the front 
with thirty-six blooms, beating Mr. C. Turner, who 
was second ; Mr. S. Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham, 
Surrey, was third in this class. Mr. G. Hum¬ 
phreys, Chippenham, took the leading prize for 
twenty-four blooms; he was followed by Mr. J. T. 
West, The Gardens, Cornwalls, Brentwood, and by 
Messrs. Saltmarsh & Son, Chelmsford, respectively. 
Mr. James Stredwick, Silverhill, St. Leonards-on- 
Sea, took the leading prizes in the gardeners’ and 
amateurs' classes for twelve, six, and six blooms. 
Mr. C. Turner had the best twenty-four bunches of 
pompon Dahlias; Mr. F. W. Seale, Sevenoaks, was 
second; and Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, 
Sussex, came in third. Messrs. J. Burrell & Co. 
had the best twelve bunches. Mr. J. Hudson, 
gardener to the Messrs, de Rothschild, Gunners- 
bury House, took the lead for six bunches of pom¬ 
pon Dahlias. The single as well as the Cactus and 
decorative Dahlias made an attractive display. 
The leading award for twenty-four bunches of 
singles was taken by Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, who 
had a fine exhibit. Mr. E. F. Such had the best 
twelve bunches. Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons had the 
best eighteen bunches of Cactus Dahlias; Mr. C. 
Turner was second, and Messrs. Keynes, Williams & 
Co. were third. Messrs. J, Burrell & Co. had the 
best twelve bunches. 
The miscellaneous exhibits were very numerous, 
and included an extensive and most imposing group 
of Dahlias set up in an attractive way by Mr. T. S. 
Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham (Silver 
Gilt Medal). Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, 
Hither Green, Lewisham, had a splendid group of 
tuberous Begonias backed with Chrysanthemums 
(Silver Gilt Medal). Mr. Norman Davis, Lilford 
Road, Camberwell, set up a fine group of the 
relatively new Chrysanthemum Lady Fitzwigram 
(Silver Medal). Mr. M. Prichard, Christchurch, 
showed cut flowers of herbaceous plants; as did Mr. 
A. W, Young, Holmesdale Nursery, Stevenage, 
Herts, who also had some Apples. The Jadoo Co., 
Ltd., 54, High Street, Exeter, exhibited a collection 
of many kinds of plants grown in Jadoo Fibre. 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, staged an 
extensive collection of hardy herbaceous flowers and 
Apples (Silver Gilt Medal). Messrs. J. Cheal & 
Sons, set up an admirable collection of Apples of 
all the leading varieties as well as cordon Apples 
bearing fruit, ornamental Crabs and Grapes 
(Silver Gilt Medal). Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Orping¬ 
ton, Kent, had a large collection of Dahlias, Leeks, 
Celery, and Parsley. Messrs. S. Spooner & Sons, 
Hounslow, exhibited a fine collection of Apples 
(Silver Gilt Medal). Mr. A. Wyatt, Hounslow, 
also showed Apples (Silver Medal). Mr. T. S. 
Ware had a group of Lilies. Mr. E. F. Such had 
Pyrethrums and Cactus Dahlias (Bronze Medal). 
Mr. C. Shaw had a group of Chrysanthemums 
(Bronze Medal). Sweet Peas were shewn by Mr. 
Tidy, Brockhampton Nurseries, Southampton. 
A TRIP TO “GLESCAE TOON.” 
(By our Special Correspondent.) 
A delightful spin by the Midland Company’s 
route through some of the choicest country which 
we in the South can boast brings us through the 
land o’ Burns, with its delightful reminiscences of 
the celebrated poet. The conveniences of travelling 
to-day are really something of which the English 
railway companies, or, at least, some of them, may 
very justly boast. One can live, eat and sleep, and 
eat again, all on the most luxurious of saloons at 
charges that the most economical income may well 
afford. Arriving at Glasgow in good time one is 
welcomed in an excellent and thorough-going fashion 
peculiar to the Scotch. There are no half measures 
about their welcome. It is meant, and thoroughly 
meant, too. Across the city to the scene of the 
Glasgow and West of Scotland Horticultural 
Society’s Great Autumn Show is the work of a few 
minutes, and when we reach the St. Andrew’s Halls, 
in Granville Street, we enter at once upon the 
pleasant duty of inspecting one of the largest and 
certainly one of the grandest collections of horti¬ 
cultural products that Glasgow has ever seen. The 
halls themselves are a series of handsome rooms , the 
main one of which is gorgeously illuminated in gold 
and colours, and in itself tends no little to the 
splendid aspect viewed from the balcony, upon which 
many hundreds of visitors betake themselves for a 
quiet rest whilst listening to the strains of music 
that are always a welcome accompaniment, and 
always go hand in hand with the flower shows of 
to-day. The opening ceremony took place at twelve 
o'clock, and Bailie Primrose, in the absence of the 
Lord Provost, very ably performed the ceremony in 
connection with the inauguration. Whilst regretting 
that the Glasgow public had not in the past given 
the society that measure of support to which they 
were entitled, he considered shows such as these 
were a welcome gleam of sunshine in their city 
atmosphere. The ceremony having been concluded 
we proceed to a detailed inspection of the exhibits, 
which this year were more numerous than in 1894, 
the total being close on 1,300 entries. 
The Veitch Memorial Medal, offered by the 
Veitch Memorial Trustees, commanded, of course, 
a considerable entry, and the competition which the 
winner, Mr. Donald McBean, gardener, Craigends, 
near Houston, had to meet, certainly entitles him to 
the congratulations of his fellow gardeners. Mr. 
McBean rightly holds a great reputation as a 
cultivator of vegetables, and the decision of the 
judges seemed to give every satisfaction. The seeds 
responsible for these excellent specimens were 
supplied by the well-known firm of Smith & Simons, 
16, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, and the result 
attained by Mr. McBean certainly does them very 
great credit. It may be mentioned in passing that 
the trustees last offered this prize in Glasgow in 
1888, so that some seven years have elapsed since it 
has been open to competition in this district. The 
best table of plants, 12 ft. by 6 ft., was exhibited by 
Mr. Hugh Macquinlay, head gardener to J. T. 
Goudie, Esq., Oakleigh Park, Pollokshields, and 
contained Crotons, Orchids, Oncidium flexuosum, 
with a very rich and beautiful centre-piece of Cocos 
Weddeliana. Mr. Hugh Miller was a very close 
second with a similar table, and the pot plants 
throughout were of excellent quality. 
The flower sprays and bouquets were, as usual, 
adjudicated upon by ladies, Mrs. Harrington-Stuart, 
Mrs. Cranford Stirling Stewart, and Mrs. Williamson 
very ably assisting in the difficult work which this 
undertaking necessitated. The first prize for a 
beautiful collection of flowers went to Mr. J. Miller, 
Castlemilk, Rutherglen, and included a bride's 
bouquet, a shower bouquet, a wreath, a cross, some 
ladies’ sprays, and three buttonhole bouquets, all 
very beautifully put together, and giving ample 
evidence of a master hand. Miss Maud B. Reece, 
15, Park Circus, was placed first for the best basket 
of flowers, whilst Miss Margaret S. Whyte, East- 
wood, Helensburgh, was a very good second. 
Dahlias formed a very strong section, and in the 
nurserymen’s class, our good old friend, Mr. M. 
Campbell, of Auchenraith Nurseries, is, as usual, at 
the head of the honoured. 
In the fruit section the principal interest centred in 
the class for twelve dishes. Here, as usual, Mr. 
David Murray, head gardener to the Marquis of 
Ailsa, Culzean Castle, Maybole, was very rightly 
accorded first honours, although Mr. Donald 
McBean came in pretty closely for the second place. 
Some, in fact, thought that Mr. McBean’s Peaches 
were superior in colour, albeit Mr. Murray’s were of 
larger calibre. Six varieties of Apples brought Mr. 
M. Smith, of Prestwich, to the front, whilst Mr. 
McBean was again to the fore in the classes for 
Peaches, being easily first with an exceedingly fine 
exhibit. The Grape classes undoubtedly gave 
evidence of the recent adverse weather, inasmuch 
that our northern friends have lately had a consider¬ 
able number of rainy days, retarding the ripening 
which would otherwise have taken place. Honours 
were awarded to Mr. Kidd, gardener to Lord 
Elphinstone, Carborough Tower, Musselborough, 
but the amber colour might have been a little more 
developed, but for the important factor just men¬ 
tioned. Mr. Hugh Thomson, Bonnybridge, came 
along with the two best bunches oi Black Grapes ; 
and Mr. John Leslie, of Perth, showed a 10 lb. bunch 
in the class for the heaviest specimen bunch. 
Marigolds and Sweet Peas formed a considerable 
portion of the cut flower section, and in the Aster 
class Mr. Robert Campbell, Busby, headed the list 
of honours. It was noticeable that Hollyhocks have 
apparently been better looked to this season, and 
some very creditable entries were on show. It is 
always interesting for a southerner, after the Rose 
shows of the south are things of the past, to trip up 
north and have a look at the specimens displayed by 
our northern friends. As a matter of course, the 
usual keen competition took place between Messrs. 
James Cocker & Sons, Aberdeen, and Messrs. D. & 
W. Croll, Dundee. Each of these firms are un¬ 
doubtedly worthy of each other’s steel, and their 
very beautiful displays of Roses do them ample 
credit. The Aberdeen firm were adjudicated the 
winners. In the Pansy class Mr. John Sutherland 
(who does not reside at Victoria Infirmary, quoted 
doubtless by mistake by our contemporary, th e 
Glasgow Herald ) came in an easy first. Mr. John 
Sutherland is the proprietor of Victoria Nurseries, 
at Lenzie, and we congratulate him upon his success 
in this really very pleasing section of horticulture. 
All the specimens were quite equal to those with 
which Mr. Sutherland secured first honours at the 
Crystal Palace and at Birmingham this year. 
Passing through to the lesser hall we come to the 
vegetable department, always a very substantial and 
sometimes a somewhat odoriferous department. 
Some mention has already been made to this in our 
reference to the Veitch Memorial Medal. This, of 
course, was the piece de resistance, and various other 
special prizes by the local trade, together with 
prizes by the Society, induced a heavy entry in all 
departments. The specials for Austin’s Eclipse 
Tomato, presented by Messrs. Austin & M’Aslan, 
89, Mitchell Street, Glasgow, brought up some 
really beautiful examples of this excellent variety. 
In the same hall some ample bunches of Eclipse i 
staged on Mr. William Colchester’s stand, attest the 
abilities and wonderful capacity of the firm's 
speciality in pure Ichthemic Guano, The Colchester 
prize was won by Mr. J. Leslie, head gardener to 
G. A. Coats, Esq., Pitcullen House, Perth. The 
Peaches and Nectarines were really grand examples. 
Special prizes were also offered by Messrs. Smith & 
Simons, Nurserymen, Glasgow. Messrs. Sutton 
& Sons, Reading, were also of course represented by 
their usual liberality in the matter of specials for 
collections of vegetables, and for specimens of 
Potatos selected from their “ Amateuc's Guide," for 
1895. Harking back a moment to the fruit, the 
entry in Class 70 for a collection of six dishes 
brought up five entries, the first prize being a pair 
of silver-mounted fish carvers, value £2 2s., pre¬ 
sented by the Manufacturers of Pure Ichthemic 
Guano. All were very excellent and very good. 
Mr. T. S, Ware’s (Tottenham) special prizes in 
the herbaceous classes amounted to the substantial 
sum of £6, and our sincerest congratulations are 
tendered to Mr. Ware upon the energy with which 
these prizes were fought for. A special interest was 
taken in this class by local growers, the first and 
second winners being respectively, Mr. John Meik- 
lem and Mr. Thomas Robertson. Messrs. Cunning¬ 
ham and Wyllie, who have lately removed to more 
commodious premises at 98, Mitchell Street, Glas¬ 
gow, offered specials for Lilium auratum rubrc-vi- 
tattum, in which there was an excellent competition. 
The trade exhibits were all of excellent character. 
The entire platform was filled with a most effective 
group of stove and greenhouse plants by Messrs, 
