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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July 26, 1890. 
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National Carnation and Picotee Society. 
Southern Section. 
The cold, wet, late season notwithstanding, there was 
an admirable representative display of all sections of 
Carnations and Picotees at Chiswick on Tuesday, when 
this society held its annual southern show in connection 
with a Carnation and Pern Conference, organised by 
the R. H. S. in the gardens at Chiswick. Fortunately, 
too, the weather was delightful—a glorious day indeed 
—and there was a fair attendance of visitors, with, of 
course, a good muster of growers. There were no 
flowers from north of Oxford, and the most extensive 
exhibitors were Mr. Turner, Mr. Douglas, and Mr. 
Martin Rowan, who well maintained their reputations, 
though in the case of Mr. Rowan, his bloom was not 
at its best. Mr. Turner, as usual, had a grand lot 
of Picotees, and among Mr. Douglas’ Carnations we 
noted several seedlings of the most promising charactei. 
But it was among the yellow grounds that the greatest 
novelties were to be found, and in this class we have 
certainly now some wondrously beautiful flowers. The 
yellow ground edged Picotee exists no longer in name or 
imagination only ; we have now several really edged 
flowers, and these the judges unanimously singled out 
for awards in the competition devoted to this section, 
which must in future be more closely confined to 
edged flowers proper, there being enough of well-marked 
varieties now to make a commencement with. The com¬ 
petition with seifs and fancies was especially good, and 
the flowers most popular with the visitors. We append 
a list of the awards :— 
Twenty-four Carnations. —First, Mr. Douglas, 
Loxford Hall Gardens, with a Seedling rose flake, 
Seedling purple flake, Arthur Medhurst, scarlet bizarre, 
Seedling pink and purple, Matador, scarlet flake, 
Seedling P.F., Joseph Crossland, S.B., Seedling R.F., 
very fine, Harrison Weir, crimson bizarre, Squire 
Whitbourne, P.F., Alisemond, S.F., Seedling P.F., 
Thalia, R.F., Rosamond, C.B., R. Houlgrave, S.B., 
Seedling P.F., John Kent, R.F., R. Adams, S.B., 
and Harmony, P. and P. Second, Mr. C. Turner ; 
third, Mr. M. Rowan, Manor Street, Clapham. 
Twelve Carnations. —First, Mr. M. Rowan, with 
Thalia, R.F., Alfred, S.B., J. D. Hextall, C.B., 
Master Fred, C.B., James Douglas, P.F., Sarah 
Payne, P. and P., Geo. Melville, P.F., Admiral 
Curzon, S.B., Edward Rowan, C.B., Gordon Lewis, 
P. F., Sportsman, S.F., and John Buxton, R.F. Second, 
Mr. Douglas ; third, Mr. C. Phillips, Reading; fourth, 
Mr. H. Headland, Leyton'; fifth, Mr. G. Chaundy, 
Oxford ; sixth, Mr. Nicholl, Kingsland Road. 
Six Carnations. —First, Mr. Joseph Lakin, Tem¬ 
ple Cowley, with James Douglas, P.F., Duchess of 
Fife, R.F., Squire Llewelyn, C.B., Matador, S.F., 
J. D. Hextall, C.B., and Lovely Mary, R.F. Second, 
Mr. F. Anstiss, Brill ; third, Mr. J. J. Keen, South¬ 
ampton ; fourth, Mr. F. Nutt, Southampton ; fifth, 
Mr. Sanders, gardener to the Viscountess Chewton, 
Cobham ; sixth, Mr. W. L. Walker, Reading. 
Carnations, Single Blooms. — Scarlet Bizarres : 
First and second, Mr. Douglas, with R. Houlgrave ; 
third and fourth, Mr. Headland, with Joseph Cross¬ 
land ; fifth, Mr. C. Phillips, with George. Crimson 
Bizarres : First, Mr. Douglas, with a seedling ; second, 
Mr. C. Phillips, with J. Harland ; third, Mr. Douglas, 
with a Seedling ; fourth, Mr. R. Sydenham, Birming¬ 
ham, with Harrison Weir; fifth, Mr. H. Headland, 
with Due d’Aumale. Pink and Purple Bizarres: 
First, Mr. Sanders, with William Skirving; second 
and third, Mr. Douglas, with Seedlings ; fourth and 
fifth, Mr. Lakin and Mr. Rowan, with Sarah Payne. 
Scarlet Flakes: First, Mr. Douglas, with Alisemonde ; 
second and third, Mr. Lakin and Mr. C. Phillips, with 
Sportsman ; fourth, Mr. Headland, with H. Cannell ; 
and fifth, Mr. C. Phillips, with Sportsman. Bose 
Flakes: First, Mr. Lakin, with Lovely Mary ; second, 
Mr. Douglas, with a Seedling ; third and fourth, Mr. 
Turner and Mr. Rowan, with Thalia ; and fifth, Mr. 
Turner, with the same variety. 
Premier Carnation. —Robert Houlgrave, exhibited 
by Mr. Turner. 
Twenty-four Picotees.— First, Mr. C. Turner, 
with Lucy, medium red edged; Seedling, medium 
purple edged ; Madeline, heavy red ; Seedling, light 
rose; Seedling, light purple ; Seedling, light red ; 
Seedling, heavy red; Rival Purple, H.P.; Nymph, L.P.; 
Seedling L.P. ; Miss Flowdy, L.P. ; Seedling M.P. ; 
Norfolk Beauty, H.P. ; Lady Holmesdale, H. red ; 
Princess Dagmar, H.P. ; Louisa, H. rose ; J. Smith, 
H. Red ; Lord Valentia, H. red ; Seedling H. red ; 
and Mrs. Gorton, L. red. Second, Mr. J, Douglas ; 
third, Mr. F. Hooper, Bath. 
Twelve Picotees.— First, Mr. Turner, with Her 
Majesty, L.P., ; Constance Heron, H. rose; Lidding- 
ston’s Favourite, L. rose ; Muriel, H.P. ; Princess of 
Wales, H. red ; Jessie, M.P. ; Mrs. Sharpe, H. rose ; 
Mrs. Geggie, L. rose ; Silvia, L. P. ; Mrs. Chancellor, 
H.P., Zerlina, H.P. ; and'fBrunette, H. red. Second, 
Mr. C. Phillips; third, Mr. Sanders ; fourth, Mr. 
Headland; fifth, Mr. Nicholls. A very close competi¬ 
tion. 
Six Picotees. —First, Mr. M. Rowan, with Master 
Norman, H. red; Favourite, L. rose; Edith Dombrain, 
H. rose; Clara Penson, L.P. ; Muriel, H.P. ; and 
Brunette, H.P. Second, Mr. G. Chaundy ; third, Mr. 
J. Lakin ; fourth, Mr. W. Rebbeck ; fifth, Mr. J. J. 
Keen ; sixth, Mr. Nutt. 
Twelve Yellow-ground Picotees. —First, Mr. C. 
Turner, with Annie Douglas, Janeira, Dorothy, Almira, 
Agnes Chambers, and two Seedlings. Second, Mr. 
Douglas ; third, Mr. F. Hooper. 
Six Yellow-grounds. —First, Mr. G. Hooper, Bath; 
second, Mr. Chaundy ; third, Mr. Nutt. 
Picotees, Single Classes.— Heavy Red : First and 
second, Mr. Lakin, with Isabelle; third, Mr. Sanders, with 
Brunette ; fourth, Mr. Headland, with J. B. Bryant; 
fifth, Mr. Douglas, with Princess of Wales ; sixth, Mr. 
Douglas, with Brunette. Heavy Purple: First, Mr. 
Douglas, with Mrs. Chancellor ; second, Mr. Phillips, 
with Muriel; third, Mr. Douglas, with Mrs. Chancellor ; 
fourth, Mr. Phillips, with Muriel; fifth, Mr. Sanders, 
with Zerlina. Heavy Rose : First, Mr. Turner, with 
Madeline ; second, Mr. Douglas, with Mrs. Payne ; 
third, Mr. Douglas, with Constance Heron ; 
fourth, Mr. Phillips, with Mrs. Ricardo ; fifth, 
Mr. Nicholls, with Mrs. Sharpe. Light Rose: First 
and second, Mr. Douglas ; and third, Mr. Headlam, 
withLiddingston’s Favourite ; fourth, Mr. R. Sydenham, 
with Mrs. Geggie ; and fifth, Mr. Phillips, with 
Favourite. Light Red: First and second, Mr. Douglas, 
with Violet Douglas; third, Mr. Sydenham, with 
Emily. Light Purple: First, Mr. Rowan, with Clara 
Penson ; second, Mr. Headlam, with Pride of Leyton ; 
third and fourth, Mr. Douglas, with Her Majesty and 
Silvia ; fifth, Mr. Nicholls, with Pride of Leyton. 
Yellow Grounds : First, Mr. Douglas, with a seedling ; 
second, Mr. Turner, with Agnes Chambers ; third, Mr. 
Douglas, with a seedling ; fourth and fifth, Mr. 
Headlam, with seedlings. 
Premier Picotee, Liddingston’s Favourite, shown 
by Mr. Douglas. 
Selfs and Fancies, Twenty-four.— First, Mr. 
Turner ; second, Mr. Douglas ; third, Mr. W. Toby, 
West Brompton ; fourth, Mr. F. Hooper ; fifth, Mr. 
G, Hooper. Twelve : First, Mr. Chaundy ; second, 
Mr. C. Phillips ; third, Mr. Rowan ; fourth, Mr. T. 
Anstiss ; fifth, Mr. J. Lakin ; sixth, Mr. Sanders. 
Among miscellaneous contributions we noted an 
admirable collection of Carnations and Picotees from 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, a collection of border 
flowers from Mr. T. S. Ware, and a capital stand of 
laced Pinks from Mr. S. Barlow, which included two 
grand blooms of James Thurstan, the splendid new 
variety illustrated in our number for July 5th. Mr. 
Barlow was given an Award of Merit for the collection, 
and a First Class Certificate for James Thurstan. 
The Pink. 
We must congratulate our northern friends on the 
excellent commencement they made on Saturday last 
in the establishment of a northern show of the National 
Pink Society, notwithstanding that it was decidedly 
late in point of time before the schedule was issued. 
Mr. Samuel Barlow, of Stakehill House, who took the 
initiative in the matter, is to be heartily congratulated, 
for not only did he put forth a schedule of prizes 
certain to ensure a good representation of the flower at 
the northern show, but he collected more than enough 
money to meet the prizes offered and the expenses of 
the exhibition. It is true that at Manchester, as in 
London, there were comparatively few exhibitors ; 
still, we must never forget that— 
“Smallest helps, if rightly given, 
Make the impulse stronger,” 
And that there is every reason to believe that the 
impulse has already acquired sufficient strength to 
justify us in assuming that next year, in London and 
in Manchester, the number of exhibitors will be doubled 
if not trebled. 
Let us not forget that the National Auricula and 
Carnation Societies commenced in a small way, and 
attracted a larger number of exhibitors and those 
interested in these flowers year by year, and it will be 
so with the National Pink Society. Manchester pro¬ 
duced a slightly larger number of exhibitors than 
London, which it was only fitting it should do ; but 
London beat the northern record in point of quality of 
bloom, as nothing seen there could compare with the 
fine flowers which came from the Royal Nursery at 
Slough. Mr. Campbell, of Blantyre, brought some 
good blooms from the far north ; but had Mr. Barlow’s 
collection been more advanced in flower—had the show 
been a week later—he would have swept the board 
clean. As it was, the promoter of the northern show 
was highly successful, and we congratulate our old and 
dear friend on his score on the occasion of this floral 
innings. It was gratifying to see how the public who 
thronged to the show on the pleasant July day lingered 
over the Pinks—more sweetly perfumed than the 
aristocratic Roses, so strongly and finely represented at 
OldTrafford—andappeared delighted at the resurrection 
from comparative neglect of this old-fashioned florists’ 
flower. 
The border varieties made a distinctive hit in 
London, but it was reserved to Manchester to drive 
home straight from the shoulder the conviction that in 
this group we have some charming things worthy of a 
place in the garden. We were glad to learn that 
Lakin, Hooper, and others in the south were at work 
improving the border Pinks, and it was highly gratify¬ 
ing to observe at Manchester that the good work is 
going on there also. There was sublime philosophy in 
the remark of old John Taylor, of Royton, “Thou 
knowest a good thing takes no more room in a garden 
than a bad one.” Right, Old John, and we shall ere 
long see the newer border Pinks thrusting our old and 
inferior ones from their places in the garden. 
The class for collection of border Pinks brought from 
Mr. Thomas Walkenden some delightful new types, 
that so gladdened the hearts of the judges, Messrs. E. 
Shaw, of Moston, and John Beswick, of Middleton (and 
two better judges of Pinks could not have been selected), 
that they gave him fonr Certificates of Merit. They 
are described in the report which follows. 
We have thus made a good start south and north. 
Rayner Johnson and Samuel Barlow can join hands in 
hearty congratulation over what the other has done. 
So far so good, indeed better than good, and very 
nearly on the road to better still; but all has not been 
done that we think might be accomplished. The 
midland growers of Pinks say, “ London is too early for 
us, and the Manchester fixture too late for us to show 
our Pinks ; give us an opportunity to display the Pink 
resources of Birmingham and surrounding districts.” 
Happy thought! Happier thought still as to how it 
can be brought about. Why not utilise the Wolver¬ 
hampton show for a display of midland Pinks ? The 
fixture is late enough, but it is the only available 
opportunity. The promoters of the Wolverhampton 
show have money at their command, and it is a centre 
easily reached. Mr. W. A. Green, junr., secretary to 
the Wolverhampton show, is a grower of Pinks, and all 
the favourable elements seem to centre at Wolverhamp¬ 
ton. Let us, then, have a midland show of Pinks there, 
and please, Mr. Editor, let all the influence of The 
Gardening World be on the side of the project, and 
then success is certain.— R. L. 
The best twelve blooms of laced Pinks, in not less 
than six varieties, came from Mr. M. Campbell, 
Auchinrath Nurseries, Blantyre, N.B., who had good 
blooms—though not so large in size as those exhibited 
by Messrs. Turner and Hooper in London—of Modesty, 
a charming rose laced variety ; Ada Louisa, Dr. 
Maclean, Nothing Better, a fine dark purple laced 
variety ; Boiard, Reliance, Device, Godfrey, and John 
Darke, with finely formed petals. Second, Mr. Samuel 
Barlow, Stakehill, Castleton, with good blooms of 
Boiard, which he showed in fine condition ; George 
Hodgkinson, Brown’s Heavy Red, Mrs. Thurstan, Henry 
Hooper, Mrs. Darke, and Rosy Morn. In the class for 
six blooms in six varieties, Mr. Samuel Barlow was 
first, with a full bloom of Boiard, Mrs. Darke, Brown’s 
Heavy Red, George Hodgkinson, James Thurstan, and 
one unnamed. James Thurstan is a flower that takes 
on a naturally symmetrical character, and needs very 
little dressing indeed; and it should be in every 
collection of Pinks, however small. Mr. Tom Lord, of 
Carnation renown, and of Hole Bottom, Todmorden, 
was second with Boiard, Rosy Morn, Modesty, 
Bertram, Mrs. Darke and Eurydice ; third, Mr. Camp¬ 
bell, with Modesty, Jeanne, Godfrey, Emmeline, 
Nothing Better and Rosy Morn ; fourth, Mr. C, H, 
