822 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
August 22,1896. 
ever, although the total number of entries is some¬ 
what less than last year, the falling off being principally 
in the entries for vegetables. The number is year are 
403 as against 730 last year, no doubt due to the 
exceptionally dry summer. In the fruit classes there 
is a considerable increase, the remarkable large 
number of 440 entries having been made. Entries 
for cut flowers are 246 in number, and in plants 109. 
Cottagers have a tent all to themselves and give a 
very good account of themselves, 1,560 entries of 
produce being considered good enough to show. 
The prize-money this year has again been 
increased, amounting altogether to over £8co besides 
gold and silver medals. 
A new departure this year, and apparently a 
development of the class introduced last year for a 
collection of fruit arranged for effect, is the class for 
decorative dessert tables, for which four prizes were 
offered, namely £15 15s. od., £12 12s. od., £8 8s. od., 
and £5 5s. od. 
In this class it is evidently intended for fruit to be 
the great feature, the decorative arrangement being 
secondary; the fruit is limited to sixteen dishes, 
selected from a prescribed list, and silver, electro¬ 
plate, wine glasses, and decanters are expressly 
excluded. 
Another special feature is the garden produce 
class for the best arranged collection of garden 
produce to occupy a space of 8 ft. by 5 ft., fruit, 
vegetables, plants, and flowers to be represented ; 
prizes varying from £10 10s. Od. to £6 6s. od. are 
offered in this class, which should prove a very 
interresting feature. The judges in the open classes 
are Mr. Outram, from Messrs. Sutton & Sons ; Mr. 
Hudson, of Gunnersbury, and Mr. Ranger, from 
Messrs.Ker & Sons ; for floral designs, dessert tables, 
etc. Mr. Owen Thomas, Windsor ; Mr.Wright; Mr. 
Barron, formerly of Chiswick ; for cut flowers. Mr. 
Head, Crystal Palace ; Mr. Baines, Eaton Hall; Mr. 
Blair, Trentham ; for fruit. Mr. Coleman, Eastnor 
Castle; Mr. Miller Comberlvey; Mr. Speed, 
Penrhyn Castle: Mr. H. W. Ward, Longford 
Castle; for vegetables. Mr. Muir, Morgam Park; 
Mr. Lambert, Powis Castle; Mr. Pownall, Lenton 
Hall; Mr. Wallis, Keele Hall, for plants. Judges 
were also appointed for the wild flowers and for the 
cottagers classes. 
The show promises to be as popular as ever with 
the public. Over £500 worth of tickets were disposed 
of on Monday last at the reduced price made for 
tickets purchased prior to the show, and before 
admitting a single visitor to the show on Wednesday 
morning the receipts from subscriptions, tickets sold, 
etc., amounted to £1,700. The usual arrangements 
for entertaining the vast multitude attracted to this 
fete have been carried out on their accustomed 
lavish scale. Four bands are engaged, including the 
band of H. M. Grenadier Guards, conducted by 
Lieut. Dan Godfrey, and the band of H. M. Horse 
Guards (Blue) conducted by Godfrey. 
A continuous programme of entertainments of an 
alfresco character is provided from midday, conclud¬ 
ing on each day with a grand display of fireworks on 
a particularly extensive scale. Two balloon ascents 
are also arranged for each day, together with horse 
leaping competitions and other amusements. 
The Shropshire Bee Keeper’s Exhibition of Honey, 
Bees, and Bee appliances is held in connection with 
this show. 
Turning to the exhibits in the floral tents there is, 
as usual, keen competition for the prizes offered for 
a group of miscellaneous plants arranged for effect. 
Five groups are staged by the following exhibitors : 
Messrs. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, Mr. Edmunds, 
gardener at Bestwood to the Duke of St. Albans. 
Mr. Roberts, gardener to C. H. Wright, Esq , of 
Halstone; Mr. Mee, nurseryman, Nottingham, and 
Mr. W. Finch, of Coventry. Messrs. Cypher’s group 
was particularly noticeable for the fine specimens of 
Cattleya citrina and C.Harrisonii.Vandacaerulea and 
Dendrobium Phalaenopsis, and was very artistically 
arranged and effective. 
Special prizes were offered by Messrs. Clibran & 
Son, of Altrincham, for hardy annuals and also for 
Tomatos: Mr. H. Eckford, ofWem, and Messrs. 
Dobb;e & Co., Rothesay, for Sweet Peas. Mr. 
Robert Sydenham, of Birmingham, for vegetables; 
Messrs. Pritchard & Son, Shrewsbury, for his 
“Proud Salopian’’ Tomato; Mr. E. Marril, 
Shrewsbury, for a collection of vegetables ; and 
by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, E. Webb & Sons, and 
James Carter & Co., for vegetables, which brought 
forward a considerable number of entries and added 
much to the inter set of the show. 
Nurserymen are always well represented at this 
show, and this year is by no means an exception, 
if anything the numbers of trade exhibits are larger 
than ever. 
Mr. H. J. Jones, of Ryecroft Nurseries, Lewisham, 
has a large effective group of Begonias and other 
plants arranged for effect, a similar group to that 
for which he recently received a gold medal at the 
Drill Hall, Westminster. 
Messrs. John Cowan & Co., The Vinery and 
Garston, Liverpool, exhibited a collection of between 
800 and 900 Tea Roses in about forty varieties. 
Messrs. Pritchard & Son, Shrewsbury, had a par¬ 
ticularly fine display of Ferns, Liliums, and cut 
flowers, occupying the greater part of one side of the 
large pavilion. Messrs. Dickson & Co..Chester, showed 
a fine collection of cut flowers and plants. Messrs. 
Jarman & Co., of Chard, showed specimens of their 
“Surprise’’ and “Magnificent’’ Potatoes, the 
latter an immense one, the specimens shown 
averaging two pounds each; they also exhibited^ 
specimens of their Sunset Tomato. The exhibit of 
plants, fruit, and vegetables shown by the Ichthemic 
Guano Co. as specimens of what can be done by the 
use of their speciality, was of great interest, and 
attracted a good deal of attention. 
Questions add MsmeFS 
•,* Will our friends who send us newspapers he so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged b\ their so doing. 
Pears making gross growth. — P.H.: The proper 
remedy for this is to root prune the trees in autumn, 
say, sometime between the end of September and the 
end of October. If September is very dry it might be 
well to postpone the operation till moisture is more 
plentiful, as the trees would be less likely to suffer 
by an undue check to the foliage. Take out a trench 
about 3 ft. from the trunk or 4 ft. in the case of very 
large specimens. Saw off any large roots that may 
run beyond this and smooth the wounds with a 
sharp knife, so that they may quickly heal over. 
Dig in below the tree to ascertain whether any strong 
roots go perpendicularly into the soil, and if so, cut 
them off in the manner already directed. Should the 
roots be at too great a depth below the surface, you 
may lift the trees in the autumn of the second year 
and replant about 9 in. to 1 ft. below the surface. 
By the second year plenty of fibrous roots will have 
developed from those that are cut, and the trees will 
then transplant without danger. 
Unripe Fruit —H. W. : You would not be dis¬ 
qualified for showing unripe Apples or Pears ; but 
although the temptation is great to show large fruits, 
they probably would not be of great advantage to 
you, if other competitors show ripe ones, even if they 
are considerably smaller. In the case of exhibition 
fruits, each kind or variety should be in its best con¬ 
dition as to form, size, colour, and ripeness, just as 
if they were meant to be used for dessert purposes. 
Tomatos Diseased. — J. Rose: The fruits are 
affected with what is termed the black spot of 
Tomatos, the disease being caused by the fungus 
Cladosporium Lycopersici. As the mycelium grows 
beneath the skin, causing that and the underlying 
tissue to become black, you cannot apply any remedy 
that will kill the fungus. It does not spread very 
fast, however, and you need not get very much 
alarmed at it. Remove the truits having a black 
spot and burn them to prevent the spores from 
spreading to unaffected fruits. Keep the atmos¬ 
phere of the house dry and well ventilated both at 
top and bottom. If the plants are growing in a 
border, they will require little or no watering after 
this unless they are very heavily cropped. 
Arranging a Border. —Hardy Plants : Your border 
being very narrow, the best method would be to adopt 
one of two plans, namely, either (1) to arrrange them 
in three lines the long way of the border, or (2) to 
plant them promiscuously so as to occupy the ground 
to the best advantage, planting the tall ones at the 
back, and giving each plant space according to its 
vigour and the ground it would occupy in the course 
of two or three years. The simplest plan we think 
would be to plant the border according to the 
first plan, as it would allow of the border being hoed 
and raked or dug, as the case may be, with the 
greatest facility. The first line might be placed 9 in. 
from the walk ; the second at 15 in. from the first; 
and the third at another 15 in., by which it would be 
within 9 in. of the back of the border. The plants in 
the first line might be placed 2 ft. apart; and those 
in the second and third line 3 ft. apart. This would 
leave space for the plants to develop into good clumps. 
Various hardy bulbs, such as Daffodils, Scillas, 
Chionodoxas, etc., might be planted in clumps 
between the other subjects, but in the same lines. 
You would then know where the bulbs were when 
digging the border. Along the back line we should 
place Delphiniums, Bocconia cordata, Lathyrus 
latifolius, L. 1 . albus, Clematis recta, Aster Novi 
Belgii Wm. Marshall or A. N. B. densus (otherwise 
known as A. laevis). The second line might be 
occupied by Hyacinthus candicans, Lilium candidum, 
Chrysanthemum latifolium, Alstroemeria aurea, 
Catananche bicolor, Gypsophila paniculata, late- 
flowering Phloxes, Coreopsis lanceolata, C. grandi- 
flora, Helianthus rigidus, Helenium autumnale, 
etc. Of those you mention, place Achillea The 
Pearl, Early flowering Gladioli, Inula Oculus Christi, 
and Scabiosa caucasica in the front row. Here also 
place Malva moschata alba, Montbretias, Potentilla 
argyrophylla atrosanguinea, etc. 
Early-flowering Gladioli.— Hardy Plants : Besides 
Ne Plus Ultra, you should also include the white 
variety Gladiolus Colvillei alba, also known as The 
Bride. The best time to plant them is as early in 
March as the weather will permit, or even in 
February, if the winter has every prospect of being a 
mild one, and the ground is in suitable condition. 
Hardy climbers.— Simpleton : You do not say 
whether you want to grow the climbers on a wall or 
in an open border ; nor do you state whether the part 
of the garden is shaded with houses or trees. Such 
a condition is very disadvantageous to any plants, 
however hardy they may be. In your part of the 
country, all the plants you mention ought to give 
perfect satisfaction. However, you might try 
Ampelopsis Veitchi, Cotoneaster microphylla, 
Crataegus Pyracantha, Jasminum nudiflorum, 
Forsythia suspensa, Pyrus japonica, or any of 
the green or variegated Ivies. All these are 
suitable for cultivation on walls ; but if you do not 
mean a wall or fence, then give us a little informa¬ 
tion about what you actually mean and we shall do 
our best to help you. 
Names of Plants— Western ; 1, Lavatera arborea; 
2, Escallonia macrantha; 3, Tamarix gallica.— 
T. B. L: I, Lychnis coronaria; 2, Polygonum cuspi- 
datum; 3, Polygonum sachalinense; 4, Lathyrus 
latifolius; 5, Malva moschata alba; 6, Lobelia 
Queen Victoria.— H. J.: 1, Odontoglossum 
ramosissimum; 2, Odontoglossum grande; 3, 
Masdevallia harryana ; 4, Dendrobium bracteosum. 
— W.H : 1, Helenium autumnale ; 2, Aster pyrenaeus; 
3, Pentstemon Hartwegi; 4, Coronilla varia; 5, Del¬ 
phinium formosum ; 6, Linaria purpurea.— T. Smith : 
1, Trachelium caeruleum; 2, Fuchsia gracilis; 3, 
Fuchsia coccinea.— J. Lamb: 1, Asplenium marinum 
elongatum ; 2, Nephrolepis cordata ; 3, Selaginella 
emiliana. 
Communications Received. — James Good.— 
Felling.— Ohio.— M.N.— L.R.T.— L. L. Cousins 
(send the flowers along).—Obit.—J.D.—W. Carson. 
—Ormskirk.—Guernsey.—Y.—W.E.G.—S. Ayler.— 
A.P.—J. Holroyd—F. Symes.—Arthur Johnson.— 
Amateur.—A reader.—Peter Sands.—Querist.—T.S. 
—Parachute.—N. Acton.—R.R. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
John Downie, 144, Princess Street, Edinburgh.— 
Bulb Catalogue. 
W. Drummond & Sons, Ltd , Stirling.—Bulbous 
Flowering Roots. 
Vilmorin-Andrieux etCie. ,4,Quai de laMegisserie, 
Paris.—Seeds for Autumn Sowing. 
Corry & Co., Ltd , 16, Finsbury Street, London, 
E C.—Wholesale Trade Price List of Seedsmens’ and 
Florists' Sundries. (This Catalogue is for the trade 
only). 
John Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, London, S.E.— 
Dutch, French, and other Bulbous Roots. 
E. H. Krelage & Son, Haarlem, Holland.— 
Dutch Bulbs for autumn planting. 
J. Carter & Co., 237, 238, and 97, High Holborn, 
London.—Carters' Bulbs 1896. 
Fisher, Son, & Sibray, 4, Market Street, or 
Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, and 39, Church Street, 
Rotheram.—Catalogue of Bulbs, and Flower Roots, 
Garden Implements, etc. 
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