November 80, 1895. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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ful combination of bronze-coloured flowers, relieved 
with white, with foliage of Croton, was harmoniously 
completed with ribbons of olive and white. The 
second prize went to Mr. William Landsborough, 
gardener to Mr. Muir, Beechwood, Bearsden, whilst 
Miss Maud Beatrice Reis secured third place with a 
bouquet that was a trifle heavy in design. The 
vases were a well-contested section. The inclusion 
of these classes at the flower shows of to day is a 
very welcome acquisition, and to our mind no better 
method of utilising the beauty of the Chrysanthe¬ 
mum can be adopted. Mr. Thomas Dale, gardener 
to John Gordon, Esq., of Aitkenhead, Cathcart, in 
the class for three vases arranged for effect takes first 
honours with a really magnificent entry, the prize 
consisting of a set of silver-mounted fish carvers 
value two guineas, presented by Mr.Wm. Colchester, 
of Ipswich ; the colour scheme adopted is from bronze 
to gold relieved with some large white blooms, and 
does credit to Mr. Dale’s taste and reputation. In 
the sprays there is a large display. Mr. Wm. 
Landsborough takes an easy first with a beautiful 
arrangement, of exquisite tone, whilst Mr. John 
Ganet, Gallowhill, Paisley, takes second place with 
a novel design in half crescent form of white blooms 
relieved with Asparagus. 
For twelve Japanese of six varieties Mr. David 
Ramsey was first with a very handsome design. 
Mdlle. Therese Rey, Mons. Pankoucke, and Edwin 
Molyneux were well staged. The second prize goes 
to Mr. J. J. Batchelor, Bridgend Cottage, West 
Ferry, Dundee. In the section for pot plants there 
was a larger entry, but the liberal manner in which 
some of the exhibits were staked left something to 
be desired. The principal prize-winners were Mr. 
James Mailer, gardener to Mrs. McFarlane, Meadow 
Bank, and Mr. George Barclay, gardener to J. L. 
Mackie, Esq., Ravelston, Kelvinside. 
In the fruit classes Mr. John Leslie, The Gardens, 
Pitcullen House, Perth, took his accustomed place 
in first honours with Alicante, Gros Colman, 
Appley Towers, and Muscat of Alexandria. Mr. W. 
Murray, gardener to T. L. Learmouth, Esq., Pol- 
mont, was second, one of his four bunches being a 
fair specimen of Trebbiano. Culinary Apples and 
Pears were also well shown. In the vegetable classes 
there was a strong entry. In the collection of ten 
distinct kinds Mr. James Brown, gardener to A. A. 
Stewart, Esq., Houston House, Houston, takes first 
honours. Strong points were Beans, Canadian 
Wonder, in excellent form ; Carrots, Sutton's Red 
Intermediate; Celery, Dobbie’s Matchless; Par¬ 
snips, and Cucumbers, the whole forming an inter¬ 
esting exhibit, and well deserving a premier position. 
Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, showed in their 
handsomely arranged table a new decorative variety 
in Yellow Source d’Or, of bright colour and a spott 
from the well-known variety of that name. In the 
larger specimens the famous Rothesay firm show 
Charles Cox, an 1895 variety, golden-yellow finishing 
bronze, a good show variety. A large reflexed Japanese 
is John L., promising well. Sir Trevor Lawrence is 
a new variety of nice formation, shape and size, not 
unlike W. H. Lincoln. Amiral Avellan is also w ell 
shown, and another useful variety is Mrs. E.S. Traf- 
ford.a deep rosy-buff sport from W.Tricker which will 
make a very useful addition to the show board. The 
handsome new L’Aigle des Alpes is also well staged. 
Another new yellow with incurving flowers is named 
after Mr. Owen Thomas and is a fine exhibition 
variety. Messrs. D. & W. Buchanan, of Kippen, 
showed a beautiful collection of vine leaves and 
Grapes and Tomatos in a well-arranged-exbibit and 
the special prize offered by this firm for epergnes 
arranged with their vine leaves formed a very nice 
feature, and produced an excellent competition 
which, we doubt not, will be repeated. In Messrs. J. 
& R. Thyne’s exhibit there was a board of thirty-six 
blooms of a very handsome character, notably con¬ 
spicuous being Mons. Gruyer, Lilian B. Bird, 
Daniel J. Terry, and Baronne de Bouffieres, 
surrounded by a nice collection of decorative varie¬ 
ties and backed by large blooms arranged in vases 
with foliage. Messrs. Thyne’s exhibit formed a very 
beautiful addition to the show. 
Messrs. Canned, of Swanley, staged, in addition to 
the Chrysanthemums noticed last week, forty-two 
varieties of new zonal Pelargoniums, principally 
singles, exquisitely rich in colour and backed with 
Adiantum. This was also a welcome feature. Their 
new decorative variety, Mrs. Filkins, belongs to the 
tasselled species, very fine in appearance, of good 
habit, and is a useful acquisition. The handsome 
tables staged by Messrs. Austin & McAslan, and 
Messrs. Smith & Simons, were noticed in our report 
of last week. Mr. William Colchester, Ipswich, was 
awarded the Society's Gold Medal for his exhibit of 
Ichthemic Guano and produce grown therefrom. 
Subsequently a large number of the visitors, at the 
invitation of Mr. D. Dewar, visited the Glasgow 
Botanic Gardens, and the unanimous opinion of all 
the party was that nothing finer was to be seen. The 
Kibble Palace, mentioned on p. 194 of our last issue, 
was inspected with a large amount of interest, and 
the handsome group of Chrysanthemums, some 30 ft. 
in diameter, was specially the subject of appreciative 
inspection. Many of the blooms were worthy of a 
space on the show boards, and with the surroundings 
provided by the building it illustrated to a nicety the 
highly effective display that is obtainable with the 
Chrysanthemum. 
Beyond, towards the centre of the erection is a 
magnificent collection of tree Ferns, for which the 
Botanic Gardens are so famous, and we have it on 
excellent authority that the like is not to be seen out¬ 
side their native canyons in New Zealand. The 
whole of the collection is the picture of health, and 
these, together with the giant Palms located in the 
grand Palm house in another range of buildings, is a 
living testimony of the prowess of Mr. Dewar as 
curator of the gardens. It is interesting also to know 
that the collection of Orchids at the gardens is grow¬ 
ing apace, and some day or other we shall hope to 
have a better opportunity, of putting on record some 
comment about them. For the present, we must con¬ 
tent ourselves by offering to Mr. Dewar on behalf 
of the large party present, the very best thanks that 
are undoubtedly his due for the pleasant hour or two 
spent at the Botanic, and which was not by a long 
way the least interesting item provided in the day’s 
programme. 
Annual Dinner. 
This function took place immediately after the judg¬ 
ing at the Grand Hotel, Charing Cross, and proved 
a very great success. Mr. D. Dewar, the president 
of the Society, presided, supported on his right and 
left by the judges. The vice-chair was occupied by 
Mr. Cunningham, one of the secretaries, and there 
were also present : Mr. James Hunter (Messrs. 
Austin & McAslan), Mr. P. Laird (Edinburgh), Mr. 
D. W. Thomson (Edinburgh), Mr. Alex. Milne, and 
Mr. Massey, also from Edinburgh; Mr. Thomas 
Dale, Mr. Rushton, Mr. Forbes (Overtoun), Mr. 
Cairns, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Thomas Wyllie, Mr. 
M. Campbell, Mr. T. Lunt, Mr. Stubbs, &c. After 
a well-served menu had been duly discussed the 
Chairman gave the usual loyal toasts, followed by 
that of the Lord Provost and Town Council of Glas¬ 
gow, whom the president specially desired to thank 
for their interest and support in placing at the 
disposal of the Society the sum of £10 towards 
the prize fund. Next year he expressed 
a hope that the society would receive similar sup¬ 
port, and the toast was recived with enthusiasm. 
Mr. Cairns proposed the toast of the Judges, with a 
special word of thanks to the lady judges who had 
been so good as to help them. Coupled with this 
were the names of Mr. Temple and Mr. Moir. The 
former, responding in a well considered speech, 
assured the society that his duties had afforded him¬ 
self and his colleagues very considerable pleasure. 
They had made strenuous efforts to do justice, and 
although judges were not infallible, they had done 
their best to arrive at an impartial decision. He 
regretted that in one instance it had been necessary 
to disqualify an entry, and emphasized the impor¬ 
tance it was for exhibitors to read carefully the rules 
laid down, without which no show or competition 
could be conducted. Thanking the company for 
the tangible proof of their goodwill, Mr. Temple 
resumed his seat amidst applause. Mr. Moir in en¬ 
dorsing the remarks of the previous speaker, men¬ 
tioned that in the stands of cut flowers it was some¬ 
times a difficult matter to arrive at a fair valuation 
of individual blooms, owing to the flatness with 
which some exhibitors staged their specimens. He 
recommended that the blooms might be raised to 
much better advantage, which would be an easy 
matter, not necessitating any appreciable trouble. 
The toast of the exhibitors was proposed by Mr. 
Forbes (Overtoun), who acknowledged the assistance 
which the society had met with, not only from 
those who competed, but those who came 
from a distance with non-competitive exhibits. He 
coupled the name of Mr. T. Dale, of Aitkenhead, 
declaring that no more worthy a name could be 
associated with the toast, which was received with 
musical honours and responded to in suitable terms 
by that gentleman, who was accorded quite an 
ovation. "I he toast of the day—“Success to the 
Glasgow Chrysanthemum Society’’—was proposed 
in very happy terms by Mr. Alexander Milne,of Edin¬ 
burgh, who expressed the thanks of his friends and 
himself for the invitation that had been so cordially 
expended to the Sister City and declared that 
he yielded to no one in his appreciation of the 
Glasgow Society. The society was deserving 
of all success; first of all, there was the 
love of the work in which they were engaged 
and he could not help admiring the enthu¬ 
siasm with which they carried it out. This, he pro¬ 
ceeded, was corroborated by actual inspection, and 
he was glad to know that the Society had the sub¬ 
stantial support of the authorities. A show such as 
this was influential of much good, and as a second 
year's show, the progress was really marvellous as 
compared with the early history of the Edinburgh 
shows. The name of Mr. Rushton was coupled with 
this toast, and, in resuming his seat, Mr. Milne was 
applauded to the echo. Mr. Rushton, in responding, 
expressed his gratification that their efforts had so 
far met with success, evidenced by the better 
turn out there bad been that day, and the welcome 
criticism that had been passed upon them. In pro¬ 
posing the toast of the Press, Mr. James Robertson 
made a very able speech, declaring that they were 
largely indebted to the press, and vice versa the press 
was undoubtedly largely indebted to such shows as 
these for very excellent copy. It was certain that in 
visiting flower shows one could not help feeling the 
enjoyment of change of scene, and he especially 
thanked the local press for the notices and the 
interest that they had taken in their show and h 
coupled with the toast the name of the representative 
of the Gardening World, who responded, ex 
pressing on behalf of his colleagues and himself hi 
thanks for the courtesy and assistance which the ex¬ 
ecutive had been kind enough to give them. A vote 
of thanks to the Chair was proposed by Mr. Cunning¬ 
ham. The President responded in an able speech, 
attributing the successful working of the Society to 
the vigour and enthusiasm of its officers, and he 
thanked them one and all for their self-denying 
labours, which had done so much in contributing to 
that day's success. The President declared 
amidst applause that there was no doubt 
that the Society was going to flourish, and 
although their venture that day was a big one as 
compared with their previous attempts, yet he did 
not propose to diminish the efforts that had hitherto 
been made, and expressed a hope that next year's 
show would mark a continued progress. 
The Society 's catalogue and programme was pub¬ 
lished by Mr. James Robertson, 95, Bath Street, 
Glasgow, and formed a very complete and useful 
work of reference for visitors inspecting the show. 
The photos were really good, and Mr. Robertson has 
certainly excelled himself in the handsome production 
before us. 
Manchester, Nov. 22nd and 2yd. 
The annual exhibition of Chrysanthemums at Man¬ 
chester was held on the above dates, and added one 
more to the list of leading show^ in the country. 
The premier award for nine flowering plants in pots 
was secured by T. Harker, Esq., Fallowfield, who 
was followed by G. H. Gaddum, Esq., and J. C. 
Chorlton, Esq., Didsbury, in the order named. The 
latter took the lead for six pompons in pots. He 
was followed by J. Brown, Esq. ; and R. Hardwick, 
Esq., came in third. For thirty-six incurved blooms 
of not less than eighteen varieties, E. Behrens, Esq., 
Whitchurch, took the lead. The second award went 
to Col. R. Lloyd ; and the third prize was taken by 
Mrs. Cope. In the class for twenty-four Japanese 
blooms, E. Behrens, Esq., again took the lead; and 
was followed by J. Shanning, Esq., and Col. R. 
Lloyd, respectively. 
For thirty-six blooms of miscellaneous varieties. 
T. Brocklebank, Esq., Woolhott, took the leading 
honours. Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey, 
made a good second ; and Mrs. Bunner came in 
third. Messrs. Perkins & Sons, Coventry, took the 
leading prize for three hand bouquets. Mr. J. 
Mosley took the second place and was succeeded by 
Mr. J. Greenhalf. 
Amongst miscellaneous collections of plants and 
