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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
November 18, 1893. 
plants, plants for dinner table decoration, bouquets 
&c., were all strongly represented, and there was 
also an exceedingly good display of fruit. Apples 
and Pears especially being very-fine. Mr. J. Bounds, 
gardener to A. L. Jones, Esq. Aigburth, took the 
lead with six dishes of fruit, and two bunches of 
black Grapes, and other successful prize-takers were 
Mr. H. R. Rodger, Mr. James Davis, Bodenham, 
with very fine Apples, &'c. Special contributions 
included a fine collection of Apples from Messrs. 
Dickson’s, Chester ; and a collection cf plants from 
Mr. E. Bradshaw. 
Steyning. 
The exhibition held on [Nov. ist and 2nd, although 
only the second, was most successful in all points, 
and is certainly one of the best supported societies 
in Sussex. The exhibits were of first-class quality, 
and there was the substantial advance of ten classes 
and over seventy extra exhibits to those of last year. 
All of the exhibits were well set up, and strong com¬ 
petition was evinced in most of the classes. Mr. 
Grace was awarded first for a group of well-grown 
plants, and which were arranged with good effect. 
Mr. C. Knowles and Mr. J. White were second and 
third, also with good exhibits. A phenomenally 
successful exhibitor was found in i\Ir. G. Hart, gar¬ 
dener to H. HeSd, Esq., Shoreham, as in addition 
to premier honours for three plants, a specimen 
plant, twenty-four Japanese blooms, twelve Japanese 
blooms, six Anemone, six reflexed, and twelve 
bunches of pompons, he was successful in several 
other minor classes : total, ten firsts and one second 
out of eleven entries. 
The indefatigable hon. sec., Mr. A. Slaughter, 
was also very successful, winning the Challenge Cup 
and the N.C.S. Silver Medal with remarkably clean 
and bright blooms, being also first for six Japanese 
and for six of any one variety. In the cup class 
there was no question as to where the prize should 
go, but in many others it was no easy matter to 
decide. In the division for amateurs growing loo 
plants or less, the chief prizes went to E Cripps, 
Esq., Steyning, for a group, the same gentleman 
winning in the classes for twelve and six blooms. 
Mr. J. E. Dell was well in front for three plants. 
One of the features of the show was the cottagers’ 
exhibits, which were really good. Mr. M. Turrell 
was a good first for three plants; while Mr. H. 
Goacher was first for six blooms and six bunches. 
A very pretty bouquet was found in the first prize 
awarded to Mr. A. Heryett. The strongest compe¬ 
tition of the day was in a class for ladies only, where 
that for a basket of Chrysanthemums brought out 
about a dozen contestants. There were many special 
prizes, given both by the trade, gentlemen, and the 
Society, and many also exhibited not for competi¬ 
tion. Fruit and vegetables were also well repre¬ 
sented, and this old market town is to be congratu¬ 
lated upon so quickly organising a really good show, 
Horsham. 
The fourth annual e.xhibition was held on October 
31st and November ist in the Assembly Room at the 
King's Head Hotel. Both the quality and quantity 
of the exhibits was good, and the following gentle¬ 
men were winners of the chief prizes :— 
In the open division : Mr. G. Goldsmith, gardener 
to Sir E. Loder ; Mr. G. Duncan, gardener to C. T. 
Lucas, Esq., of Warnham Court ; and Mr. T. 
Sparkes, gardener to Mr. Allcard, Horsham. In the 
higher division for amateurs : Messrs. A. Haskell, G. 
Marshall, E. Daniels, and J. Salter gained honours 
for well arranged groups. For cut flowers : Messrs. 
Goldsmith, Duncan, Sparkes, Lawrence, Harris, 
Dancy, Champion, and Charman were successful 
with clean and well finished blooms. Mrs. 
Champion and Mrs. Stott were placed in the above 
order for baskets of Chrysanthemums ; and Miss 
Willison was successful both for a bouquet and 
spray. 
The first prizes in fruit went to Messrs. Duncan, 
Dancy, Goldsmith, and Kemp, who all exhibited 
some really excellent examples. In the special class 
fora specimen Japanese bloom, Mr. J. Coles was 
first; the same honour being awarded to Mr. G. 
Goldsmith for an incurved variety. Messrs. Coles, 
Goldsmith, Sparkes, Duncan, and Charman also 
figured prominently in the remaining special classes. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons offered valuable prizes for 
collections of vegetables, which were awarded to 
E. Lawrence, T. Sparkes, and H. Harris in the order 
given. 
SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, Nov. 14th .—The most 
prominent features of the meeting on Tuesday last 
were the Orchids and Chrysanthemums. The 
change from frost on the previous night to fog on 
the morning of the show enabled the Orchids to be 
brought out with safety. Vegetables were also 
brought tip in some quantity. A large group of 
Orchids was exhibited by Messrs. B. S. Williams & 
Son, Upper Holloway. Cypripediums were both 
numerous and conspicuous, including such fine 
things as C. vexillarium superbum and C. Dauthieri 
striatum. There were also interesting pieces of 
Comparettia macroplectron, Odontoglossum Harry- 
anum, and Cattleya labiata. The group was set up 
with Palms and Maidenhair Fern, and a Silver 
Flora Medal was accorded. An interesting group of 
Orchids was also contributed by R. J. Measures, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. Hy. Chapman), Cambridge 
Lodge, Camberwell. Notable amongst them were 
the delicately-coloured Cypripedium insigne 
Sanderae, the slightly darker C. i. Ernestii, C. 
Exul, C. insigne Cambridge Lodge var., Cattleya 
labiata var., and the curious little Stellis micrantha. 
A Silver Flora Medal was awarded the group. A 
similar award was made to Messrs. F. Sander & Co., 
St. Albans, for a varied and interesting collection of 
Orchids, including the pretty but rare Cymbidium 
pulcherrimum, with white and purple striped 
flowers. Very fine also were Cypripedium Leeanum 
var., James Hamilton, C. picturatum, C. Leeanum 
virginale, and various Odontoglossums, Masdevallias, 
Restrepias, Calanthes and others too numerous to 
mention. A Silver Banksian Medal was accorded 
to Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for a neatly 
set up group of Orchids including well flowered 
pieces of Cattleya Massiana, C. labiata, Stanhopea 
Lowii, Cyn orchis Lowii, and various Odonto¬ 
glossums and Miltonias. A small group of Cypri¬ 
pediums was exhibited by Thos. Statter, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. R. Johnson), Stand Hall, Manchester. 
Amongst others were beautiful forms named C. 
Swinburnei, Stand Hall var. and C. southgatense 
superbum. Cypripediums were also shown by F. S. 
Moseley, Esq., 448, West Strand; by Joseph Fit, 
Esq., Panshanger, Hertford; and by E. Ashworth, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. H. Holbrook), Harefield 
Hall, Cheshire. A small but most interesting group 
of Orchids was exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons, Chelsea, all of them being hybrids. The 
finest things were Laelio-cattleya Pallas superba, 
and Laelio-cattleya Statteriana, the lip in both cases 
being a very marked feature. A Silver Banksian 
Medal was accorded to Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., 
Southgate, for a group of Orchids consisting largely 
of Cypripediums and various species of autumn 
flowering Cattleyas. Very fine was Cattleya 
maxima Lewis’ var., and Cynorchis grandiflora 
superba was equally interesting. Pleione maculata 
alba is a distinct and good thing. Cattleya labiata 
in variety, C. Bowringiana and Laelia anceps were 
exhibited by W. Holmes, Esq., Pickering Lodge, 
Timperley, Cheshire. 
A Silver Flora Medal was accorded to Messrs. H. 
Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, for a large collection 
of Pelargonium and Chrysanthemum flowers. The 
former were set up in attractive bunches, including 
such fine varieties as Sunbeam, Madame de 
Boudeville, Etoile de Lyon, and others. A Silver 
Flora Medal was accorded to Messrs. Veitch & Sons 
for a large group of plants of Chrysanthemums 
which seemed as fresh almost as the group set up in 
the early part of the Chrysanthemum season. 
Etoile de Lyon, Col. W. B. Smith, Florence Davis, 
Charles Davis, Lord Brooke, and many others, were 
of grand size and colour. A Bronze Banksian 
Medal was awarded to Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood 
Station, Surrey, for a collection of Chrysanthemums 
including single and pompon varieties. He also had 
a Cultural Commendation for half a dozen magni¬ 
ficent blooms of Thunberg. A similar award was 
made to Mr. Walter Salmon, Elder Road, West 
Norwood, for a collection of wreaths, crosses, and 
other devices. A Silver Banksian Medal was ac¬ 
corded to the Duke of Northumberland (gardener, 
Mr G. Wythes), Syon House, Brentford, for a col¬ 
lection of Chrysanthemums set up with long stems 
and their foliage. Palms and Ferns were also in¬ 
serted amongst them. A similar award was made 
to Mr. R. Parker, Impney Gardens, Droitwich, for a 
table of Chrysanthemums set up with Maidenhair 
Fern and Ficus repens. Several fine stands of Chry¬ 
santhemum blooms, mostly seedlings of English 
raising, were exhibited by Mr. Robert Owen, Castle 
Hill, Maidenhead. Many of them were awarded 
certificates. Some Chrysanthemums were also 
shown by Messrs. J. Carter & Co., High Holborn. A 
Bronze Banksian Medal was accorded toC. E. Shea, 
Esq ,The Elms, P'oot’s Cray, Kent, for a collection of 
Chrysanthemum blooms, many of which were of fine 
size. A basket of plants of the elegant Primula 
Forbesii was exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart, (gardener, Mr. Bain), Burford Lodge, Dorking. 
A large box of Begonia John Heal, a pan of Dra¬ 
caena Jamesii, and a fine new winter-flowering 
Begonia named Mrs. Heal with large carmine 
flowers, were exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. 
Some prizes were offered for collections of cut 
Chrysanthemums, open only to amateurs, and the 
first award went to the Duke of Northumberland. 
Mr. J. F. McLeod, Dover House Gardens, Roehamp- 
ton, had the best exhibit, but was disqualified be¬ 
cause it did not comply with the schedule. Mr. 
Thos. Osman, Ottershaw Park, Chertsey, was second. 
Miss R. Debenham, St. Peter’s, St. Albans, took the 
third award. The first prize offered for eight new 
Chrysanthemums, was taken by Mr. W. Slowgrove, 
Gatton, Reigate; Mr. G. Wythes was second. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, at a meeting of 
the Fruit and Vegetable Committee, for a large 
collection of Potatos, consisting of all the leading 
varieties A large collecticn of many varieties 
of Celery' was brought up from the gardens 
of the Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswick. 
A fine basket of Apple Newtown Wonder was 
exhibited by W. Roupell, Esq., Harvey Lodge, 
Roupell Park, S.W. 
Devon and Exeter Horticultural.—The autumn show 
of this Society was held on the loth inst., in the 
Victoria Hall at Exeter, and was the best autumn 
exhibition the Society has ever held. The Victoria 
Hall, seated for 1,500, was totally inadequate for the 
accommodation of the exhibits, and the large hall 
upstairs was also improvised as a show-room. Even 
then there was overcrowding. The entries passed 
all previous records, and this may be partly accounted 
for from the fact that the Exeter fixture came at the 
tail end of a series of Chrysanthemum and fruit 
shows held in the neighbourhood thus enabling local 
exhibitors to enter for two or three shows in the same 
week. There was, taken all round, a manifest im¬ 
provement and a higher standard among the exhibits 
experience teaching that second rate stuff was of no 
account whatever at this show. There were not a 
few surprises. Mr. W. Herbert Fowler, of Taunton, 
who took the Challenge Cup at the National with 
his forty-eight Japanese, had to take second place 
here, and Sir Thomas Acland, who for many years 
has been to the front in Apples was out of it alto¬ 
gether this time as far as the collection went, and so 
he was in Pears also. 
In classes one, two, and three for groups, class 
one being for Chrysanthemums in pots, not less than 
eighteen varieties arranged for effect in a circle with 
a diameter of nine feet; class two for Chrysanthe¬ 
mums in pots, not less than twelve varieties, 
arranged with foliage plants in a circle with a 
diameter of nine feet, taste in arrangement to be 
the primary consideration ; and class three for a 
miscellaneous collection of plants other than 
Chrysanthemums arranged for effect on a stand 
seven feet square and raised one foot from the floor, 
the centre plant not to exceed ten feet in height, 
Wm. Brock, Esq,, of Parkerswell (gardener, Mr. 
Rowland), was first in all three, artistic arrangement 
contributing as much to that end as quality of 
flowers, G. Randall Johnson, Esq., of Port View, 
being second in class one, and W. C. Sim, Esq., of 
Knowle (gardener, Mr, Williams), being second in 
classes two and three. Though the groups were rather 
crowded on the floor, there being nine of them, 
these stood out well and lent greatly to the fine 
appearance of the hall. These groups brought out 
clearly the fact that in arranging colour there must 
be a large proportion of bright telling hues of the 
F. A. Davis, E. Molyneux, Boule d'Or, and Florence 
Davis types, deep reds, whites, and yellows, taking 
the eye much more readily than blooms of the Etoile 
de Lyon class. Then, again, some of the groups 
lacked finish. They were squat at top. In the first 
prize groups the summit was a graceful palm, thus 
