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THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 16, 1893. 
THE R.H.S. AT ISLINGTON. 
The display of such essentials to good gardening as 
come under the general definition of gardening sun¬ 
dries, at the recent great show of the Royal 
Horticultural Society at Islington a fortnight ago 
was one of the best that we have had in the 
Metropolis for some time past, but it was extremely 
unfortunate for those exhibitors v ho went to so much 
expense and trouble to make the display worthy of 
the occasion, that the nett results, from a business 
point of view, should have been so disappointing 
owing to the meagre character of the attendance of 
visitors throughout the four days on which the ex¬ 
hibition was held. 
Messrs. Messenger & Co., of Loughborough, the 
well-known Midland firm of horticultural builders, 
had a capital display of their specialities, which 
gained for them a Silver-gilt Flora Medal. A section 
of a span-roofed house, admirable as to design, 
materials, and workmanship, illustrated the systems 
which the firm adopts with regard to heating, 
ventilating, staging, and roof-wiring, and each of 
wh.ch are of a thoroughly practical and useful 
character. The lever and screw arrangements for 
working the ventilators are strong, simple, and easy 
to work; and their new iron stages have the merit of 
being exceedingly neat, and practically of everlasting 
wear. In heating appliances, they had the original 
Loughborough boiler, still in its way very bad to heat, 
and a registered boiler adopted for fitting to sitting- 
room grates for the heating of plant structures attached 
to houses, an excellent arrangement which has been 
extensively adopted in the Metropolitan Police 
Stations. Here also were a number of different 
forms of valves, including a new four-way siphon 
valve, which is thought very highly of. Here also we 
noticed another novelty in the form of an automatic 
cinder-sifting contrivance, which, on the grounds of 
economy and cleanliness in working, should find a 
place in every well-ordered household. 
Mr. William Cooper, of the Old Kent Road, S.E., 
whose cheap little houses and frames are finding 
their way into all parts of the country, had the most 
extensive display in the hall, and besides numerous 
examples of houses of various designs, and of the 
tenant's fixture order, and various types of frames 
all excellently put together, showed his " Invincible ” 
heating apparatus for small houses, and his well- 
known propagators, so useful to amateurs of limited 
garden room and means. Mr. Cooper's stand was 
also strong in sundries of the useful order, a depart¬ 
ment of his business which has been greatly 
developed during the last few years. 
What immense strides have been made during the 
past few years in providing really reliable, useful and 
cheap heating apparatuses for small greenhouses 
w'as well illustrated by the numerous and really 
admirable little contrivances shown on this occasion, 
and notably on the stand of Messrs. C. Toope & 
Son, of Stepney Square, E., who have perhaps 
themselves done more than any other makers to 
improve these particular requirements of the 
amateur. For heating with gas or oil the Messrs. 
Toope’s apparatuses are admirable in every respect, 
as anyone could see for themselves by examining the 
specimens at w'ork. The interest in their exhibit 
was also enhanced by the display of their “ Perfect " 
and “Little Vixen’' propagators, and a model of a 
house fitted with their fog annihilating apparatus 
which has deservedly attracted much attention of 
late as a successful practical attempt to mitigate the 
injurious effects of fog in our plant houses. Messrs. 
Fenlon & Son, 8, Tudor Street, Temple, E.C., also 
exhibited some of their admirable gas and oil heat¬ 
ing apparatuses. 
The “Stott” Fertilizer and Insecticide Co., 
Limited, Barton House, Deansgate, Manchester, had 
a capital representative display of their specialties, 
including a novelty which attracted much notice 
from the practical men present. This is a manual 
engine specially designed for distributing insecticides 
among Hops and Fruit trees, and horticultural work 
generally. It is constructed with two agitators, 
which, by a simple arrangement, are connected with 
the pumps, so that one movement enables the oper¬ 
ator to pump the liquid into the discharge hose, as 
well as agitate it, thus overcoming a great difficulty, 
incidental to the use of the various mixtures which 
require constant mixing while being used. The 
engine also possesses another practical feature of 
great value. Most gardeners know how much easier 
and better it is to apply liquid insecticides when 
warm, and what ecomony there is in the material 
used under such circumstances ; but except in the 
case of small quantities, what a trouble the warming 
process has hitherto been ! In the new engine the 
liquid can be used warm or cold at the will of the 
operator, a novel arrangement being fixed below the 
tank of the engine wherein are fixed Benzoline 
lamps, which may be used at a very small cost. The 
engine is fitted with the improved pumps and 
sprayer of the Company, and altogether is an intro¬ 
duction of the greatest value. 
Messrs. Corry and Co., i6, Finsbury Street, E.C., 
had a stand which might justly be called a trophy 
of Horticultural requisites, so large was the variety 
of things shown, and so attractively were they dis¬ 
played. Their manures and especially the gar¬ 
deners’ trusty old friend “ Standens,” and their 
tobacco preparations of various kinds are of world¬ 
wide repute, and of course were well to the front. Of 
the thousand and one other articles of a useful and 
ornamental character which the Messrs. Corry deal 
in, it would be more difficult to enumerate what they 
had not on view than what they had, suffice it to say 
that the whole well maintained the high reputation 
of the firm. 
Messrs. Osman & Co., of 132, Commercial Street, 
E., had also a very fine display of a similar class of 
goods, a large and well-assorted representation of 
the innumerable articles in which they trade, and 
which gained for them a Silver Flora Medal. 
Messrs. W. Wood & Son, Wood Green, N., had a 
large and well assorted display of their specialties in 
garden necessaries, such as special manures, peat, 
sand, bamboo canes, textile shading, baskets, and 
innumerable other articles of an indispensable char¬ 
acter. In their exhibit also we noticed a sample of 
Continental “Wood Wool” for fruit packing, and 
which for its soft, almost silky texture and elasticity 
is the best article of the kind that we have yet 
seen. 
Mr. James George, 14, Redgrave Road, Putney, 
S.W., had also a very good display of his special 
wares, which are tobacco paper, mushroom spawn, 
and manures, among the latter being a big sample of 
Thomson’s famous vine and plant manure, for which 
he is the London agent. A number of other useful 
articles attracted attention on this stand, not least 
so being a really good sample of orchid peat. 
The Standard Manufacturing Co., Derby, had a 
good show of their well-known tree pruners, for 
which they received a Silver Flora Medal ; and 
Silver Banksian Medals were awarded to Messrs. 
Sam Deards & Co., Harlow, for their small coil 
boiler ; to Mr. W. G. Riley, Herne Hill, S.E., for 
his rustic summer houses ; and to Mr. C. Lascelles, 
97, Fleet Street, E.C., for his ingenious automatic 
damper for boilers. Messrs. Coates & Everett, 
Tanner’s Hill, S.E., showed their Furline Anti- 
crustator, a useful preparation for preventing furring 
in pipes and boilers. The Messrs. H. and E. 
Albert, Gracechurch Street, E.C. ; Mr. W. 
Colchester, Ipswich ; and Messrs. Cross & Son, 
Glasgow, showed their specialties in horticultural 
manures, etc, 
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SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, August 12th .—The strongest 
features of the meeting on Tuesday last were Dahlias, 
Roses, Orchids, Cannas, ’Violas, and fruit. The 
exhibits were not very numerous, but that is gener¬ 
ally the case at this season of the year. A Silver 
Flora Medal was awarded to Messrs. F. Sander 
& Co., St. Albans, for an interesting group of Orchids.' 
The more interesting plants of the group were 
Habenaria carnea, H. militaris, Miltonia Morelliana, 
Cattleya Gaskelliana alba,and a fine piece of Aerides 
Lawrenceae, bearing three long, pendant racemes of 
blooms. A Silver Banksian Medal was accorded 
to Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for a smaller 
group of Orchids, including fine flowering pieces of 
Stanhopea Amesiana, Cattleya maxima, Odonto- 
glossom grande, and the new Cypripedium Victoria 
Mariae. Behind the group were some Palms, and 
the beautiful Lilium nepalense. Some hybrid Orchids 
were exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, 
including Laelio-Cattleya Mysa, L. C. Epicasta, and a 
very beautiful Cypripedium named Aphrodite. A 
new Dendrobium was provisionally named D. neo- 
guinense. Cypripedium Clotilda Moens, bearing 
three fully expanded flowers on one scape, was ex¬ 
hibited by Messrs. Linden, L’Horticulture Inter¬ 
nationale, Brussels. Cypripedium Adonis, C. 
L’Unique, both hybrids, and a Cattleya were ex¬ 
hibited by Chas. L. N. Ingram, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
T. \V. Bond), Elstead House, Godaiming. Cattleyo- 
Laelia Clive was exhibited by N. C. Cookson, Esq., 
(gardener, Mr. W. Murray), Oakwood, Wylam-on- 
Tyne. A Bronze Banksian Medal was awarded to R. 
J, Measures, Esq. (gardener Mr. H Chapman), Cam¬ 
bridge Lodge, Camberwell, for a group of Cyprips- 
diums, including C. Hebe, C. Diana, C. Radiosum, C. 
Madame Camperii, C. Schomburghiana and others. 
Two plants of Cattleya Alexandrae, and a piece of C. 
Gaskelliana were exhibited by the Hon. Mrs. Foley 
(gardener, Mr. W. G. Morham), Fordingbridge, 
Hants. A piece of Cypripedium Leonae, bearing 
two flowers on a scape, was shown by H. S. Leon, 
Esq., (gardener, Mr. A. Hislop), Bletchley Park, 
Bucks. Cut flowers of Cattleya Dowiana Statteriana, 
C. guttata Leopold! Stand Hall, var., C. Parthenia, 
C. Victoria Regina, Laeha elegans blenheimensisand 
others. A small but showy group of Cypripediums, 
was exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 
(grower, Mr. W. H, White), Burford Lodge, Dorking. 
It include! C. ceno-superbiens, C. prsstans, C. 
concolawre, and C. Morganiae burfordiense. Lycaste 
Skinneri was staged by S. G. Lutwyche, Esq., 
(gardener, Mr. J. May), Oakfield, Beckenham, 
Kent. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, for a large and 
very attractive collection of Cactus and decorative 
Dahlias set up in bunches so as to face one way, and 
elevated in tiers one behind the other on a back¬ 
ground of Bracken fronds, with Palms behind. 
Very choice were Bertha Mawley, Ernest Cannell, 
Countess of Radnor, Cannell’s Gem, Robert Cannell, 
Emily Girdlestone, and Miss Violet Morgan, all of 
the true Cactus type. A Silver Banksian Medal was 
also accorded to Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, 
Scotland, for a large collection of Violas neatly set 
up and in great variety ; also single Dahlias with the 
newer fancy and Cactus forms of the single races. 
They also had striped French Marigolds of good 
quality. A Silver Flora Medal was accorded to 
Messrs. Paul & Son for a collection of Roses, hardy 
herbaceous flowers in variety, including Phloxes. 
They also showed Clematis Davidiana. A similar 
award was accorded to Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son for 
an extensive display of Roses, together with fruiting 
branches of Rosa rugosa. A Bronze Banksian 
Medal was accorded to Messrs. T. H. Crasp & Co., 
Clyne Valley Nurseries, Sketty, Swansea, for a 
collection of quilled. Victoria, and other China 
Asters. A stand of single Dahlias, including some 
of the newer fancy single sorts, was exhibited by 
T. W. Girdlestone, Esq., Sunningdale, Berks. A 
stand of a large white Dahlia, named Mrs. Le Blanc, 
was exhibited by Capt. Le Blanc (gardener, Mr. 
May), Northaw House, Potters Bar. A most 
interesting stand of Veitch’s new hybrids of Strepto- 
carpus, set up in bunches displaying a wonderful 
variation of colour, was exhibited by Alessrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, who had an even more showy stand 
of hybrid greenhouse Rhododendrons. A collection 
of Cannas was brought up from the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society’s gardens at Chiswick. A small group 
of Pentstemons was shown by Messrs. Stuart & 
Mein, Kelso. Tuberoses grown and flowered in the 
open air were exhibited by Dr. P. H. Emerson, 
Claringbold, Broadstairs. 
At the meeting of the Fruit and Vegetable Com¬ 
mittee a Silver Knightian Aledal was awarded to 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, for a collection 
of Apples and Pears. Amongst the latter were good 
dishes of Pitmaston Duchess, General Todtleben, 
Souvenir du Congres, Brockworth Park, and well- 
coloured Louise Bonne of Jersey. Amongst Apples, 
Lord Suffield, Peasgood’s Nonsuch, Cellini, Warner’s 
King, Beauty of Kent, and Lord Derby were fine. 
A similar award was accorded to Messrs. T. Rivers 
& Son, Sawbridgeworth, for a collection of fruit 
lepresenting quality rather than quantity. Amongst 
Apples, Washington, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Peas¬ 
good’s Nonsuch, and River’s Codlin were good. 
They also exhibited Pears, Plums, and Peaches. 
Twelve dishes of Pears of large size were exhibited 
by FI. St. Vincent Ames, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. H. 
Bannister), The Gardens, Cote House, Westbury-on- 
Trym, Bristol. A Cultural Commendation was 
awarded to the Rev. J. H. Brown, Bedstone 
