November 16, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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Violet Tomlin, Golden Eagle, Piincess Beatrice, and 
others. The second prize went to the Cranbrook and 
Weald of Kent Gardeners’ and Cottagers’ Mutual 
Improvement Society. Fine blooms here were Belle 
Paule, Madame Baco, Jeanne Delaux, Mr. H. Cannell, 
Boule d’Or, Lord Alcester, Golden Empress of India, 
and others. The third prize was won by the Hull and 
East Eiding Chrysanthemum Society. Mr. Robert 
Adams, gardener to G. B. Hudson, Esq., Frogmore 
Hall, Hertford, took the prize for forty-eight incurved 
blooms, with line samples of Queen of England, Lord 
Alcester, Princess of Wales, Golden Queen of England, 
Princess Teck, Barbara, Miss M. A. Haggas, Alfred 
Salter, Golden Empress, Mrs. N. Davis, Lord Eversley, 
and others. The second prize went to Mr. G. Ingle- 
field, gardener to Sir J. W. Kelk, Bart., Tedworth 
House, Marlborough. Mr. D. Sullivan, gardener to 
D. B. Chapman, Esq., Devonshire House, Roe- 
hampton, was the first prize winner for twenty-four 
incurved varieties, showing fine samples of Violet 
Tomlin, Miss M. A. Haggas, Nil Desperandum, 
and Jeanne d’Arc. E. Sanderson, Esq., Felix Villa, 
Harlesden Park, Willesden, took the second prize ; and 
Mr. W. Thomas, gardener to Wilfred Marshall, Esq., 
The Elms, Taunton, was third. Mr. C. J. Salter, 
gardener to T. B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch Lodge, 
Reigate, was a good first for twelve incurved blooms, 
showing grand samples of 
Empress of India, Queen of 
England, Lord Alcester, Mrs. 
Heale, Miss M. A. Haggas, 
Emily Dale and others, which 
were very neat and equal. 
In another class for twelve 
incurved sorts, Mr. D. Hill, 
gardener to F. D. Brock¬ 
man, Esq., Beachboro’ Park, 
Hythe, Kent, had the best 
exhibit ; and yet another 
had Mr. B. Calvert, gardener 
to J. Archer Houblon, Esq., 
Great Hallingbury, Bishops 
Stortford. 
The class for forty-eight 
Japanese brought out some 
fine exhibits. Mr. Charles 
Cox, gardener to J. Trotter. 
Esq., Brickenden Grange, 
Hertford, carried off the 
first award with Meg Mer- 
rilies, W. G. Drover, Boule 
d’Or, Elaine, Jeanne Delaux, 
Baronne de Prailly, Ralph 
Brocklebank, Thunberg, 
Mons. Astorg, Sunflower, 
Avalanche, and others ; 
Mr. W. Packman, gardener 
to C. E. Shea, Esq., The 
Elms, Foot’s Cray, Kent, 
took the second award ; and 
Mr. Robert Adams, gardener 
to G. B. Hudson, Esq., Frog- 
more Hall, Hertford, came 
in third. Mr. W. Thomas 
took the leading award 
for twenty-four Japanese kinds, with fine samples of 
Triomphe de la Rue des Chalets, Sunflower, Boule d’Or, 
Meg Merrilies, Jeanne Delaux, and others of great 
merit. Mr. C. J. Salter was second with a splendid lot 
also. Mr. W. Thomas had the best twelve. Mr. D. 
Hill, in another class for twelve, had wonderful samples 
of W. G. Drover, Mr. H. Cannell and Avalanche. Mr. 
G. King, gardener to W. McFarlane, Esq.. Rickmans- 
worth, was second in the formsr class ; and E. Tautz, 
Esq., Queen’s Walk, Ealing, was second in the latter 
case. For six white Japanese blooms, Mr. T. Bettes- 
worth, gardener to R. E. Wing, Esq., Burton Grange, 
Cheshunt, took the first prize with Avalanche. For six 
of any colour, Mr. William Thomas was first with 
Ralph Brocklebank ; the second prize was taken by 
Mr. B. Calvert, with six blooms of Boule d’Or, which 
were a marvel for colour. The reflexed varieties shown 
by Mr. W. Collins, gardener to J. W. Carlisle, Esq., 
Ponsbourne Park, Hertford, were of great size and 
wonderful quality, and easily took the first prize. 
Mr. W. Packman took the first prize for Japanese 
reflexed, and had some fine blooms in his stand. 
Mr. M. Sullivan, as usual, was hard to beat in 
Pompons, and again carried off the first award, 
as he did also for large Japanese Anemones. The first- 
prize stand of Anemone Pompons was shown by Mr. 
Geo. French, gardener to Dr. W. S. Stanley Adams, 
Palmer’s Green, Middlesex. Pompons were well 
shown, and Mr. G. Duncan, gardener to C. T. Lucas, 
E-iq., Warnham Court, Horsham, took first honours. 
The amateurs’ classes were wonderfully well repre¬ 
sented. Mr. H. Fincham, Cranbrook Union, Staple- 
hurst, had the best twelve incurved blooms, and Russel 
Bradberry, Esq., Wealdstone, Harrow, had the best 
six. The best twelve and the best six Japanese blooms 
in this division were shown by H. Briscoe Ironside, 
Esq., Foots Cray, Kent. In the classes reserved for 
amateurs and single-handed gardeners, Mr. Bradberry 
took the first prize for twelve incurved blooms, and 
Mr. G. Jordan, gardener to the Rev. Hugh Berners, 
Harkstead Rectory, Ipswich, had the best six. The 
first prize for twelve Japanese blooms was awarded 
to E. Mawley, Esq., Rosebank, Berkhamstead ; and 
Mr. G. Jordan again came to the front with six blooms. 
Four classes were reserved for exhibitors residing within 
a radius of four and a half miles of Shoreditch Church, 
and were termed Metropolitan classes. F. Bingham, 
Esq., 6, Bethune Road, Stoke Newington, had the best 
twelve incurved varieties, and Mr. Thos. Caryer, gar¬ 
dener to A. G. Meissner, Esq., Woodlynch, Hornsey 
Lane, N., had the best six blooms, Princess of Wales 
being fine. The latter also took the first prizes for 
twelve and six Japanese kinds, showing wonderful' 
samples of Soleil Levant, Sunflower, Mrs. C. Wheeler, 
Yal d’Andorre, and Margaret Marrouch. 
Lord Brooke, M.P. 
President of the National Chrysanthemum Society. 
Plants and Groups. 
Pot plants and trained specimens were finely repre¬ 
sented. The first prize for a group of Chrysanthemums 
arranged in a space not exceeding 100 square feet., was 
easily taken by Messrs. John Laing & Sons, Forest 
Hill. The whole formed a sloping bank, high at the 
back and sloping to the front, and contained a con¬ 
siderable number of specimens that had been cut back. 
Some of the best flowered varieties were Sunflower, 
Meg Merrilies, [Ralph Brocklebank, Etoile de Lyon 
(from nearly white to a rich purple), Madame J. Laing, 
Stanstead Surprise, Stanstead White, Avalanche, 
Mons. Bernard, Carew Underwood, Mrs. F. Jamieson, 
Sarah Owen, Cullingfordi, Criterion, Thos. Stephenson, 
L’Automne, Queen of England, Empress of India, 
Violet Tomlin, Miss M. A. Haggas, Lady Dorothy, 
and Geo. Stevens, Mr. J. Townsend, Providence 
Nursery, Putney, was a good second, showing Ralph 
Brocklebank, Fair Maid of Guernsey, Thunberg, 
Jeanne Delaux, Triomphe du Nord, Novelty, White 
Beverley, and others. Mr. Geo. Stevens, St. John’s 
Nursery, Putney, came in third with a more mixed 
group bordered with Pompons. Avalanche, Meg 
Merrilies, and others in this group were good. 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons again carried off the leading 
prize with a group of Japanese varieties, not to cover 
more than a space of sixty square feet. The plants 
were all very dwarf, many of them not exceeding 18 ins. 
and 2 ft. in height, while the blooms were numerous, 
closely placed, and of wonderful size. Fine samples 
were Val d’Andorre, Avalanche, Stanstead White, 
Etoile de Lyon, Sunflower, Meg Merrilies, Gloriosum, 
Mons. Freeman, and others. The second place was 
awarded to Mr. William Holmes, Frampton Park 
Nurseries, Hackney. His plants were even dwarfer, 
with fine dark and ample foliage, but the blooms were 
much less numerous than in the first prize group. 
Leading samples were Comte de Germiny, Sunflower, 
Macaulay, Coquette de Castille, Mont Blanc, Madlle. 
Lacroix, Valle d’Andorre, and Edwin Molyneux. Mr. 
Harris, Southampton, took the first prize for nine 
trained specimens, which were slightly convex on the 
top, and splendidly flowered. Amongst his plants were 
Comet, Peach Christine, Geo. Glenny, Mrs. Dixon, 
Mons. Astorg, Fair Maid of Guernsey, and Joseph 
Mahood. Mr. Jas. Weston, gardener to D. Martineau, 
Esq., South Road, Claphara Park, was second ; Mr. E. 
Casey, gardener to J. W. Jones, Esq., The Grange, 23, 
Highbury New Park, was third, with balloon-shaped 
specimens ; and an extra prize was awarded to Mr. W. 
Wesker, Streatham Elms. The best four standard 
trained specimens of any variety ve e shown by Mr. W. 
Davey, gardener to C. C. Paine, Esq , Cedar House, 
Stamford Hill. They were finely-flowered conical 
bushes of Dr. Sharpe, Bertier Rendatler, Margot, and 
Gloriosum. Mr. H. Wright, 
gardener to W. Johnson, 
Esq., The Cedars, Upper 
Clapton, was second ; and 
Mr. W. Clarke, gardener to 
J. H. Lile, Esq., Devon 
House, Brixton Hill, was 
third. The latter, however, 
took the first prize for six 
trained specimens, all well 
flowered ; Mr. H. Wright 
took the second place ; and 
Mr. W. Davey was third. 
The first prize for four trained 
specimens was won by Mr. 
Harris, Southampton, with 
Source d’Or, Dr. Sharpe, 
Pink Christine, and another, 
all finely flowered. Mr. W. 
Clarke was second ; and Mr. 
H. Wright came in third. 
The best six trained specimen 
Pompons were shown by 
Mr. J. Weston ; the second 
prize went to Mr. J. 
McKenzie, gardener to 
F. S. W. Cornwallis, Esq., 
M.P., Linton Park, Maid¬ 
stone ; and the third was 
taken by Mr. W. Clarke. 
New varieties were some¬ 
what numerously shown, 
and the Floral Committee 
awarded a Silver Medal to 
Mr. R. Owen, Maidenhead, 
for a collection of ninety- 
six blooms ; and First Class 
Certificates to the same 
exhibitor for Mrs. S. Colman (incurved), Lune Fleuri 
(Pompon), and Madame Alfred Carriere (white reflexed 
Japanese); to Mr. William Holmes for Willie, a 
promising incurved sport from Captivation ; to Mr. 
J. Bettesworth for Madame Baco, Japanese ; to Mr. 
W. E. Boyce for Miss Margaret, a large-flowered 
Anemone; to Mr. G. Stevens for Alice Stevens, 
Pompon ; to Mr. J. Doughty for John Doughty, a 
salmon-bionze sport from Queen of England ; to Messrs. 
Pitcher & Manda for Mrs. Alpheus Hardy ; and to 
Mr. H. Cannell for Lady Dorothy, incurved. 
The new class for wreaths, bouquets, &c., illustrating 
the uses to which cut blooms of the Chrysanthemum 
can be applied proved an unqualified success, bringing 
out a splendid display of the objects invited, and proving 
to the ladies especially one of the most attractive of 
features. Messrs. Perkins & Sons, of Coventry, again 
asserted their artistic skill by securing the first prize 
with a lovely wreath, bouquets, and sprays, almost 
entirely composed of Chrysanthemums and Ferns. Mr. 
G. Newman, Florist, Bromley, took the second award, 
and Mr. W. Gordon, 41, Duke Street, St. James’, the 
third, with examples of a high order of merit ; and 
extra prizes were awarded to Mr. W. BrowD, Richmond, 
and Madame Josephine, 4, Lower Grosvenor Place. 
The vases of flowers were few in number, but very 
good, the largest and best coming from Mr. D, 
B. Crane, Archway Road, Highgate, 
