August 25, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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was a keen one, but eventually Mr, R. Potter, 
gardener to Sir Mark Collett, Bart., St. Clere, was 
declared first ; Mr. S. Cooke, gardener to De B. 
Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, second ; Mr. R. Edwards, 
gardener to G. Field, Esq., Beechy, Lees, third ; and 
Mrs, Hatton, fourth. For an Epergne, Mr. Searing, 
Swanley, was first; Mr. R. Edwards, second; and 
Mr. Potter, third. Hand bouquets were well shown 
by Mr. F. Seale, the Vine Nurseries, Mr. R. Potter, 
and Mr. S. Cooke. 
For a collection of six varieties of fruit, Mr. R. 
Potter was first; Mr. T. Osman, second ; Mr, G. 
Fennell, third ; and Mr. R. Edwards, fourth. Black 
Grapes were well shown by Mr. C. Earl, gardener 
to Sir Julian Goldsmid, Bart., M.P., who was first, 
followed by Mr. Osman and Mr. C. Sutton. Mr. C. 
Sutton had the best White Grapes, showing finely 
finished bunches ; second, Mr. J. Bury, Forest Hill; 
third, Mr. Osman. Mr. A. Hatton was first for 
Nectarines with a very highly-coloured dish. 
The “ Star of Honour " and money prizes given 
by Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons for the best collection 
of thirty-six varieties of fruit, flowers, and vege¬ 
tables, twelve of each, was won by Mr. R. Potter, 
who was closely pressed by Mr. R. Edwards, and 
Mr. A. Hatton. There was a grand display of vege¬ 
tables in the cottagers’ tent, plenty of the exhibits 
being quite equal to those shown by the professional 
gardeners, which must be gratifying to the com¬ 
mittee, whose aim it is to encourage the cottagers as 
much as possible. The arrangements were ably 
carried out by the genial and hard-working Secre¬ 
tary, Mr. A. Fenner, and a practical Committee. 
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Gardening miscellany. 
LILIUM LONGIFLORUM HARRISII. 
This wonderfully free-flowering Lily adapts itself 
admirably to the treatment of the forcing house for 
flowering in November and December, and if potted 
during the present month (August) in a light rich 
soil and plunged in a cold frame until the pots are 
well filled with roots, which should be by about the 
first week in October, then transferred into the 
greenhouse in a temperature of about 6o°, will give 
a profusion of bloom from November to Christmas, 
and with successional potting and plunging may be 
had in flower at almost any desired period from 
January to May. A really invaluable plant is the 
Bermuda Lily, and one might say it is the greatest 
acquisition yet introduced for its remarkable pro¬ 
fusion of bloom and easy culture. Its fragrant 
flowers are delightful, of the purest white, and of 
great substance, with an average number of from 
five to twelve flowers on a stem. Few plants can 
equal the Lily when used for table, window, Easter, 
or Church decorations. And nothing could be more 
appreciated than a few pots of this useful Lily for 
such purposes. When cut they will last for quite a 
fortnight in water if cut when in bud and just before 
opening. Bulbs planted about March outdoors in 
mixed herbaceous borders will flower from June to 
August, thus rendering them equally valuable for 
greenhouse and border decoration.— W. L. 
NE PLUS ULTRA PEA. 
A MOST appropriate name well borne out, for this 
is, without exception, the very best late well-flavoured 
Pea I ever grew, and none of the mid season ones in 
my own experience have ever surpassed it for flavour, 
and I have tried a good many. Late sowings of it 
continue growing and bearing till checked by frost. 
I have gathered from it till the middle of November. 
When cooked it retains its deep green colour admir¬ 
ably. and it is, I believe, as good in quality as we can 
ever expect to get Peas.— W. B. G. 
SEDUM EWERSII. 
All the early flowering Sedums are now out of 
bloom, but there are still a few species to prolong 
the display until S. spectabile and S. roseo-album 
come upon the scene. Just now, however, there are 
very few Sedums except S. Sieboldi, and that under 
notice. The stems are procumbent although they 
root very little into the soil, and are densely clothed 
with roundly heart-shaped deeply glaucous leaves; 
those on the barren stems are more narrowed to the 
base. The slender flower stems are also more or 
less procumbent, and terminate in an umbel of rosy 
purple flowers with a darker centre. Owing to its 
dwarf habit it is well adapted for the rockery, and 
its late flowering makes it useful at a season when 
yellow composites are all too prevalent. Being a 
native of Siberia, it is perfectly hardy, and easily 
propagated by cuttings or by division. The latter 
mode may be effected in spring, but cuttings may be 
rooted almost at any time during summer. 
CYCAS REVOLUTA IN FRUIT. 
There can be little doubt but that the production 
of fruit retards the next series of leaves ; in fact the 
fruit may be said to consist of the next tier of leaves 
modified. The great sub-globular mass of fruit¬ 
bearing leaves and the ovules themselves as they 
ripen into the scarlet fruits, give the plant a dis¬ 
tinctiveness and character all their own, and which 
can only be seen upon large old plants. A healthy 
specimen well furnished with foliage and bearing 
fruit may be seen in the Palm house at Kew. 
ASTER THOMSONI. 
The habit of this species is similar to that of A, 
corymbosus, but the flower heads are much larger 
and infinitely more effective. The ovate, serrate 
leaves are shortly stalked. The stems vary from 
i8 in. to 2 ft, in height, and are much branched, 
each branch terminating in a solitary head of soft lilac- 
blue flowers. The species is a native of the Hima¬ 
layas and is now in full bloom upon the rockery at 
Kew. Like several others of the Himalayan species 
it flowers earlier than the American kinds and forms 
an agreeable change to the yellow Composites 
which are so numerous during August and 
September. 
OENOTHERA TRILOBA. 
In this species we have an annual which resembles 
several of the perennial, but none or very few of the 
biennial or perennial species of Evening Primrose 
in habit. The stem is exceedingly short and the 
leaves are therefore densely crowded in a rosette 
lying close to the ground. They are lanceolate, 
more or less deeply pinnatifid towards the base, and 
deep green with a silvery midrib. The flowers are 
large, with along, slender tube (3 in. to 5 in) and a 
clear yellow corolla, the petals of which are slightly 
three-lobed at the apex. The seed pods are densely 
compacted round the neck of the plant in a curious 
way, and are sharply four-angled. Only a few 
large flowers are open at one time upon a plant, 
but they are very effective. A colony of plants may 
be seen in one of the flat areas at the base of the 
rockery at Kew. 
ERODIUM MANESCAVII. 
Although this Heron’s Bill cannot lay claim to the 
neat habit of several of them, having finely divided 
and plumy foliage, yet the flowers are of large size, 
bright in colour and amply make up for any 
deficiency in that respect. They are deep rose-pur¬ 
ple with a crimson blotch and some white markings 
on the two upper petals, and are produced in large 
trusses all through the summer months. The leaves 
are large and pinnate, somewhat resembling those of 
E. moschatum, a British species with very much 
smaller flowers. The plant sometimes attains a 
height of 2 ft. in deep rich soil, but it is quite as 
effective and altogether more desirable when only half 
that height. It is a native of the Pyrenees and per¬ 
fectly hardy. Propagation is easily accomplished by 
means of seeds, (when the sparrows can be kept away 
from them until they ripen), indeed the plant often 
reproduces itself in the ground in that way and all 
that is necessary is to transfer the seedlings to suit¬ 
able and proper places. 
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AUTUMN SOWING OF ANNUALS. 
This is most important where one wishes to prolong 
the flowering season. Too many have the fixed idea 
that annuals are summer flowering only, and should, 
therefore, be raised in spring. This is correct with 
our tender and half-hardy species, but it is altogether 
erroneous in the case of hardy annuals. Let us 
make three sowings ; say March, June, and August. 
The middle sowing will be beautiful until frosts are 
too severe for them. The later sowing, for which 
the present is a most favourable time, will bloom in 
April and May ; or soon after the first seed of the 
season is sown. Now this gives us a full six months 
of bloom, and we have plenty of thoroughly 
hardy kinds that will do for this latest sowing. 
A list of them will be too long, but I may name a 
dozen or so of the best and most reliable. Nemo- 
phlias, Virginian Stock, Saponaria calabrica, Silene 
pendula. Mignonette, Calendula officinalis, Godetias, 
Chrysanthemum coronarium. Cornflower, Shirley 
and French Poppies, Clarkias, Linum grandiflorum 
and Limanthes Douglassi are all good. Choose a 
fairly sheltered position in the garden, and if slugs 
are paying the young plants unwelcome attention, a 
slight dusting of lime or soot, once or twice during 
the winter, will be found a grand preventive. The 
same quantity which many use in one application, 
would be much better if used in two, at intervals of 
a week.— A. P. 
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THE CO-OPERATIVE FLOWER SHOW. 
The ninth great annual Co-operative Flower Show, 
held at the Crystal Palace on Friday and Saturday 
of last week, was decidedly the best of the series that 
have been held, both in regard to the number of 
entries and the quality of the produce exhibited, 
and on all grounds the promoters are to be con¬ 
gratulated on the well-earned success that attended 
their efforts. The Schedule as usual divided the 
competitions into two sections, one being confined 
to members of industrial Co-operative Societies, 
other than professional gardeners, nurserymen, etc., 
and the other to members and customers of the 
Agricultural and Horticultural Association, or their 
gardeners, and the professional members of Indus¬ 
trial Societies; and the competitions in the latter 
section, took place on the first day. As regards the 
quality of the plants, fruits, vegetables, etc., staged 
in this section no great advance on previous shows 
was apparent, but there was certainly less than 
usual of things that could only be described as poor. 
It was on Saturday morning when the working men 
from all parts of the country turned up with their 
hampers of vegetables and packages of plants and 
flowers that one could realise the vast amount of 
good that this annual exhibition is doing in educa¬ 
ting the working classes up to a high standard of 
skill in the culture of garden produce. 
The vegetables staged were again of a very high 
order of merit all round, and none better will be 
seen anywhere this season ; but it was in the plant 
and cut flower classes that the most marked advance 
was to be seen, in the numbers shown, and more 
especially in regard to their quality, which was of a 
surprisingly good and most gratifying character. In 
the earlier shows the flowers were always a long way 
behind the vegetables in point of merit, but 
evidently a useful lesson has been well taught that 
poor exhibits will not win prizes at this show now. 
The upheaval of the standard of quality was really 
most marked, and must continue in its upward ten¬ 
dency. The limited space at our command this 
week precludes our going into general details, and 
where all was so good it would be invidious to single 
out any special features for extended notice to the 
exclusion of others. The movement and its pro¬ 
moters deserve high praise for the public spirited 
and utilitarian character of the work they are doing, 
and to Mr. Waugh, the Director of the Exhibition, 
the thanks of those who were officially connected 
with the show are due for his admirable arrange¬ 
ments and able conduct of the show generally. 
WHAT TO DO IN THE GARDEN. 
Lachenalias and Freesias.—The former at 
least, should now be potted up without delay, using 
a light or sandy, but rich soil. This will give them 
time to form their roots gradually and develop 
slowly, for nothing is more detrimental to them, than 
to be hurried along under a high temperature and a 
close atmosphere. 
Hyacinths.—The general collection of Hyacinths 
required for the establishment should now be 
obtained, as it is the best way of insuring good 
samples. Many of the very best of them are now 
common and inexpensive; they should be secured 
in the first place, and a few novelties may then be 
indulged in for the sake of trial. 
Chrysanthemums.—Some of the earlier kinds 
will now require attention and disbudding to secure 
the proper buds. They are now growing more 
rampantly and owing to frequent blustering winds 
and dashing rain will require to be carefully and 
firmly staked, to prevent their being blown about and 
broken. 
