August 2, 1890. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
765 
fifth, Mr. Rowan, with Sarah Payne. Purple Flakes: 
First, Mr. Rowan, with Gordon Lewis; second and 
third, Mr. Douglas, with seedlings ; fourth, Mr. Turner, 
with Prince George of Wales ; fifth, Mr. Headland, 
with Mrs. Douglas. Scarlet Flakes: First, Mr. 
Douglas, with Alisemond; second, and third, Mr. 
Rowan, with Sportsman ; fourth and fifth, Mr. 
Douglas, with Matador and Alisemond. Rose Flakes : 
First, Mr. Rowan, with Thalia ; second, Mr. Douglas, 
with Tim Bobbin ; third and fifth, Mr. R. Sydenham, 
with Thalia. Premier Carnation, Robert Houlgrave. 
Picotees :—Mr. Turner again maintained his 
supremacy with Picotees by taking first honours for 
twenty-four and twelve, and showing amongst others 
grand blooms of Favourite, J. B. Bryant, Mrs. 
Chancellor, Dr. Epps, John Archer, Madeline, Lord 
Yalentia, Edith Dombrain, Mrs. Sharpe, Mrs. Payne, 
Princess of Wales, Mrs. Gorton, and J. Smith. In the 
twenty-four class, Mr. Rowan was second, and Mr. 
Douglas, third ; but these positions were reversed in the 
class for twelve, in which Mr. H. Headland was fourth. 
Mr. F. Hooper, Bath, had the best dozen edged 
Picotees, Mr. J. Lakin being second, Mr. H. Startup, 
third, and Mr. A. J. Sanders, fourth. Single blooms : 
Heavy red.—First, Mr. Sanders, with J. B. Bryant ; 
and the other prizes going to Mr. Douglas for Brunette, 
second, third, and fifth; and J. Smith, fourth. 
Light red : First and second, Mr. Headland and Mr. 
Nicholls, Kingsland Road, with Souvenir de Headland ; 
third, fourth, and fifth, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Startup, and 
Mr. C. Phillips, with Thomas William. Heavy 
purple: First and second, Mr. Sanders, with Zerlina ; 
third and fourth, Mr. C. Phillips and Mr. Headland, 
with Muriel ; fifth, Mr. C. Phillips, with Zerlina. 
Light purple : First and second, Mr. Headland and 
Mr. Nicholls, with Pride of Leyton ; third, Mr. Anstiss, 
with Clara Penson ; fourth, Mr. Rowan, with Mary ; 
fifth, Mr. C. Phillips, with Ann Lord. Pleavy rose : 
First and second, Mr. Turner, with Madeline and Mrs. 
Payne ; third, Mr. Rowan, with Lady Louisa ; fourth, 
Mr. Turner, with a seedling ; fifth, Mr. Rowan, with 
Edith Dombrain. Light rose : First and second, Mr. 
Douglas, with Liddington Favourite ; third and fourth, 
Mr. Anstiss and Mr. Douglas, with the same ; and 
fifth, Mr. Lakin, with a seedling. Premier Picotee : 
Liddington Favourite. 
In other competitions, Mr. T. Anstiss was first with 
six Carnations and Picotees, Mr. W. L. Walker, 
Reading, being second, Mr. F. Nutt third, and Mr. 
Sanders fourth. Mr. Turner was first for twenty-four 
self and fancy Carnations, twelve Carnations or Picotees, 
six yellow self Carnations, eighteen bunches of Car¬ 
nations, and six yellow-ground Carnations or Picotees. 
Some special prizes were offered by Messrs. Sutton & 
Sons, Reading, for Peas, Melons and Begonias. In one 
class, for the two best dishes of Peas, Mr. C. J. Waite, 
Glenhurst, Esher, was awarded the first prize, and Mr. 
S. J. Cook, gardener to J. B. Yule, Esq., Holmswood, 
Hendon, was second. The first prize for two dishes in 
another class was taken by Mr. R. Simms, Hammersley 
Lane, Tyler’s Green, Bucks ; and Mr. C. J. Waite was 
placed second. Mr. A. J. Sanders, gardener to the 
Viscountess Chewton, Cobham, Surrey, took the first 
prize for a Melon ; and Mr. M. Sullivan, gardener to 
D. B. Chapman, Downshire House, Roehampton, was 
second. Messrs. Charles Sharpe k Co., Sleaford, also 
offered prizes for a dish of Peas. The first place was 
awarded to Mr. P. C. Cornish, gardener to J. Downing, 
Esq., The Shrubbery, Enfield, and Mr. S. Anderson, 
Chase Side, Enfield, was second. The competition in 
all the classes fcr Peas was good. 
Miscellaneous exhibits were very numerous, and 
added largely to the extensiveness and general effect of 
the exhibition. Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent Garden, 
showed a large collection of herbaceous plants, including 
Sweet Peas, Shirley and Iceland Poppies, Rudbeckias, 
and others. Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, 
Tottenham, had another and similar collection consist¬ 
ing ot Phloxes, Lilies, Gaillardias, Sunflowers, Poppies, 
Dahlias, and Carnations. Messrs. Paul & Son had a 
smaller collection of herbaceous plants, and also twenty- 
two boxes of Roses. Mr. E. F. Such, Maidenhead, 
showed herbaceous plants. Mr. William Rumsey, 
Rose grower, Waltham Cross ; Messrs. D. Prior 
k Son, Myland Nursery, Colchester ; Mr. Will 
Taylor, Hampton ; and the Rev. J. H. Pemberton, 
Havering-atte-Bower, exhibited collections of cut Roses. 
Messrs. J. Peed k Sons, Roupell Park Nursery, Tulse 
Hill, staged two beautiful groups of Gloxinias arranged 
lightly with Maidenhair Fern, and a few small Palms. 
Messrs. J. Yeitch k Sons, Chelsea, had a large 
collection of Carnations and Picotees, also flowers of 
Tuberous Begonias grown in the open air, and a 
beautiful small-flowered variety named Worthiana with 
fiery scarlet flowers, produced in great abundance, 
although grown out of doors. It is admirably adapted 
for bedding purposes. Messrs. J. Laing & Sons had a 
collection of border Carnations and Picotees arranged 
with their own foliage, also some Phloxes, Antirrhinums, 
fine foliaged Begonias, Sibthorpia europrea variegata, 
and Saxifraga sarmentosa tricolor. Mr. Wm. Gordon, 
Lily Nurseries, Twickenham, had a beautifully ar¬ 
ranged group of Lilium auratum and L. speciosum, 
with a ground-work of Japan Maples. Messrs. Dobbie 
& Co., Rothesay, N.B., had a beautiful and 
extensive collection of bedding Violas and Pan¬ 
sies. Amongst the former were the striped York 
and Lancaster, Duchess of' Fife, pale yellow, with 
a purple edge ; Countess of Hopetoun, white ; another 
yellow variety having the upper petals brownish crim¬ 
son, and many other choice kinds. Messrs. Ryder & 
Son, Sale, Manchester, had a collection of herbaceous 
cut flowers, including Spirrea aruncus astilboides, 
Phloxes, Lilies, Veronicas, and others. A beautiful 
stand of Sweet Peas, in named varieties, was staged by 
Mr. Henry Eckford, Wem, Salop, including Ignia, 
Orange Prince, and Primrose, which were certificated. 
A stand of showy named varieties of Verbenas was 
exhibited by Mrs. W. Stacey, Dunmow. E. Gotto, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. T. Banks), Hampstead Heath, showed 
a fine piece of Cynoches pentadactylon, with two dis¬ 
tinct types of flowers upon it. Mr. A. Newell, gardener 
to Sir Edwin Saunders, Fair Lawn, Wimbledon Com¬ 
mon, staged some pot plants of tuberous Begonias. 
Some fruit was also shown in the miscellaneous class, 
Tomatos being the most conspicuous. Six dishes were 
shown by Mr. A. W. Edwards, Elmslee Garden, Stam¬ 
ford. Messrs. Fellows k Ryder, Orpington, Kent, 
exhibited twenty-four dishes of Tomatos in as many 
varieties. Conspicuous and fine were Monarch, 
Ignotum, Ryder’s Prolific, Trophy, Conqueror, and 
Golden Queen. Mr. H. J. Jones, Hither Green, 
Lewisham, exhibited a group of dwarf Tomatos in pots, 
and also some dishes of fruit. The pot plants varied 
from 12 ins. to 18 ins. in height, and the fruit was 
ripening. Mr. W. G. Gilbert, Sennowe Hall, Guist, 
exhibited fine samples of the Melons, Victory of 
Bristol, Sennowe Hall Seedling, A. F. Barron. 
Blenheim Orange, Eastnor Castle, and Wm. Tillery, 
also some Peaches and Nectarines. Mr. S. Mortimer, 
Rowledge, Farnham, exhibited a seedling Cucumber 
named Express, the fruits of which measured 21 ins. 
long. A certificate was awarded the variety. Some 
Peas were shown by Mr. W. A. Cook, Compton 
Bassett, Wilts. 
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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
Waltham Abbey Horticultural. 
It is five years since this society commenced to hold an 
annual exhibition, and its fifth show took place in the 
grounds of Farm Hill, Waltham Abbey, on the 24th 
ult. So good a show so well arranged deserved a much 
larger measure of support from the public than appears 
to have fallen to its lot. Probably the main reason 
why only a partial support is given to it is that the site 
of the show is too far from the centre of the district its 
operations cover, and if the committee can obtain 
suitable grounds nearer to Waltham Cross, so as to 
bring the exhibition midway between Waltham Cross 
and Waltham Abbey, a larger number of persons might 
be induced to attend it. Mr. John Eve, the hard¬ 
working and energetic secretary, and the members of 
the committee did all in their power to make the show 
a success ; and the judges experienced no difficulty in 
getting through their work with ease and comfort. 
Foremost among the floral attractions was a superb 
collection of cut Roses from Messrs. Paul k Son, Old 
Nurseries, Cheshunt. They adopted the practice of 
staging the flowers in sixes of one variety, and the 
effect was good. There were very fine examples of Her 
Majesty, A. K. Williams, Alfred Colomb, Marie 
Baumann, Beauty of Waltham, Catherine Mermet, old 
Senateur Vaisse in grand form, Charles Lefebvre, 
Madame Alphonse Lavallee, M. P. Wilder, &c., and in 
addition a very fine lot of bunches of hardy cut flowers 
of an extremely interesting character ; this was quite 
an exhibition in itself. Mr. William Rumsey, nursery¬ 
man, Waltham Cross, also had a fine lot of cut Roses, 
and an imposing group of plants, like Messrs. Paul & 
Sons, not for competition ; and A. J. Edwards, Esq., 
J.P., Waltham Abbey—I failed to get his gardener’s 
name—contributed a very fine group of plants also. 
It is some three years or so since I last attended a 
show at Waltham Abbey, and I was both surprised 
and gratified to find what a stride had been made in 
plant culture, some of the subjects staged being worthy 
a place at a big London show. It was in the division 
open to all comers that the chief points to an outsider 
lay. Groups arranged for effect were decidedly good, 
though undue packing was observable. Why is it that 
so many gardeners appear to think that crowding 
plants together is the best means of securing a desired 
effect ? The very opposite is the result. The best, 
and a very good one too, came from Mr. Ayling, 
gardener to A. J. Hollington, Esq., Enfield, who had 
Palms and richly-coloured Crotons, with a foreground 
of Orchids—charming Cattleyas, the massive Oncidium 
macranthum, Cypripedium caudatum and others, Disa 
grandiflora—rising out of a bed of Maidenhair Fern. 
Mr. J. Nicholson, gardener to W. Melles, Esq., was a 
good second ; and Mr. W. Langlands, gardener to 
Captain J. W. Melles, third. Mr. Ayling set a good 
example in effective grouping which will probably not 
be lost on the other competitors. In the class fora small 
group Mr. Nicholson came in first, and Mr. J. F. Watt, 
gardener to J. Reid, Esq., Winchmore Hill, was second. 
In the class for six miscellaneous plants Mr. 
Nicholson had Clerodendron Balfourianum, Bougain¬ 
villea glabra, a richly coloured Acalypha, Anthurium 
crystallinum, &c. Mr. J. Green, gardener to Sir T. F. 
Buxton, Bart., Warlies, Waltham Abbey, was second, 
having all foliaged plants. In the class for six stove 
and greenhouse plants, three flowering and three 
foliaged, Mr. Ayling staged a very fine example of 
Clerodendron Balfourianum, Allamanda Hendersoni, 
Plumbago capensis, Cycas revoluta, Macrozamia 
species, and Kentia Belmoreana. Mr. Nicholson was 
a good second, having as flowering plants Bougainvillea 
glabra, Stephanotis floribunda, Trachelospermum 
jasminoides ; and of foliage, Areca Verschaffeltii, Cycas 
revoluta, and a Beaucarnea. Mr. J. Green was first 
with some excellent Ferns, having a fine piece of 
Davallia Mooreana, Adiantum Williamsii, A. tenerum, 
A. gracillimum, Platycerium alcicorne and Lomaria 
gibba ; second, Mr. W. Clark, gardener to W. A. 
Gibbs, Esq., Gilwell, Sewardstone, with Adiantum 
Farleyense, A. cuneatum, Gymnogramna chrysophylla, 
&c. Four good Caladiums were shown by Mr. 
Nicholson, and tuberous-rooted Begonias were a 
pleasing feature, Mr. Watt having the best six. 
The best specimen Orchid was a fine piece of 
Cattleya Gaskelliana, from Mr. Ayling, Mr. Nicholson 
being second with a well-grown and flowered specimen 
of Brassia verrucosa. The best specimen Fern was a 
very fine Gymnogramma chrysophylla from Mr. J. 
Green, Mr. Nicholson being second with Davallia 
Mooreana. The best specimen plant was Bougainvillea 
glabra. 
Some very good Fuchsias were shown by Mr. Ayling, 
and there were also some excellent Acliimenes from the 
same exhibitor. Coleus, zonal Pelargoniums, &c., 
were good also. Some very creditable Ferns, Fuchsias, 
&c., were shown by amateurs, Messrs. Fear, Goodman, 
Bunting, &c., being the leading prize winners. 
In the open classes for cut flowers, Roses were fairly 
good. A stand of very fine bunches of stove and 
greenhouse cut flowers came from Mr. Ayling, Orchids 
being a leading feature, and Mr. Green was first with 
twelve bunches of hardy flowers. 
Some pretty table decorations were shown by ladies, 
and Miss Ellen Vincent took the first prizes in two 
classes. 
Fruit was sparingly represented, except that Currants 
and Gooseberries were immense and fine. Vegetables 
were extensively shown, but it was stated that they 
were not so good as last year.— R. D. 
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LAW NOTES. 
Tompkins’ Trustee v. Sander. —On Friday, July 
25th, His Honor Judge Holl, Q.C., delivered judg¬ 
ment in this action, which arose out of the bank¬ 
ruptcy of John Tompkins, who was formerly in 
Mr. Sander’s employment at St. Albans as office clerk, 
and to whom Mr. Sander sold his George Street seeu 
business for over £900, whilst Tompkins had absolutely 
no capital, and was never able to pay the purchase 
money, although he was allowed by Mr. Sander to 
take possession and trade for several months without 
being sued. The chief points that His Honour had to 
settle in a very complicated case were :—Did Mr. 
Sander part with his business in a bond fide way, 
believing Tompkins would get financed by an uncle ; 
and when, later on, he recovered an unopposed judg¬ 
ment in the High Court against Tompkins for £1,000 
for the purchase of the business, did he obtain that free 
from collusion and as an honest piece of litigation ? 
The claim of the trustee was that that judgment 
should be set aside and declared void as having been 
obtained by collusion. 
His Honour delivered an elaborate judgment, occu¬ 
pying nearly lialf-an-hour, and entered into the 
details of the case. He came to the conclusion that 
Mr. Sander sold the business in a perfectly bond fide 
way to Tompkins, that Tompkins’ testimony was not 
to be relied on, that Mr. Sander (also the solicitor, Mr. 
Cannon) obtained the High Court judgment for 
£1,000 honestly and without collusion, and that 
throughout Mr. Sander had only been concerned, first, 
in disposing of a good and profitable business, and 
afterwards in protecting, as he had a legal right to do, 
