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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
Sept. 13th, 1884. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
THE FRUIT SHOW AT DUNDEE. 
(By Telegraph.) 
The International Horticultural Exhibition, 
held under the auspices of the Dundee Horticul¬ 
tural Society, was opened this morning by the 
Earl of Strathmore. The weather though dull, 
was fair, and there is a large attendance of visitors. 
One thousand pounds were offered as prizes, and 
this had the effect of drawing one of the largest 
competitions ever seen in Scotland. Fruit formed 
a brilliant feature, being exhibited in great 
abundance, and the quality generally is excellent. 
The prizes for the collection of sixteen sorts 
brought out four exhibits of remarkably even 
quality. After careful examination, the judges 
awarded the first prize to Mr. Mclndoe, Hutton 
Hall, Yorkshire, who was very closely followed by 
the well-known fruit grower, Mr. Johnstone, of 
Glamis. Grapes in the first prize collection were 
rather indifferent; but the Pines and other fruits 
were superior to those in the other collections. 
Mr. Johnstone’s Grapes, however, were decidedly 
the best, and showed his undoubted skill in 
bringing them to perfection. The collection 
of 12 sorts brought out three competitors, and 
Mr. Dickson, St. Andrew’s, was placed first with 
a very fine lot. His grapes formed a prominent 
feature, and the small fruits also were very good. 
The second prize went to Mr. McKelvie, Broxmouth 
Park, for a good average lot. With a collection of 
eight sorts, there were four competitors, all showing 
fruit of great excellence. The first prize went 
to Mr. Day, Galloway House, for a collection 
above the average. Grapes of high quality were 
again exhibited. Mr. Fairgrieve, Dunkeld, was 
second, with a remarkably even lot, losing 
only by one point. Pine Apples were rather 
a poor show, and scarcely worthy of the awards 
made. Grapes are a very good display, Mr. 
Murray, Culzean, Ayrshire, being first for eight 
notable bunches ; Mr. Dickson, St. Andrew’s, first for 
six bunches ; and Mr. Boyd, Callendar House, Fal¬ 
kirk, first for four bunches, and taking also the 
Veitch Memorial Medal for the best two bunches 
in the show, with wonderfully fine examples of Mus¬ 
cat Hamburgh. Hardy fruits are exhibited in 
great abundance, and for genei’al high quality 
do not appear to have suffered from the climatic 
influences that have made apples scarce in some 
parts of the country. The principal prize- 
takers are Mr. Hunter, Lambton Castle; Mr. 
Mackenzie, Linton, Maidstone; Mr. Fairgrieve, 
Dunkeld; Mr. Henderson, Newburgh; Mr. Good- 
fellow, Jedburgh; and Mr. Johnstone, St. Fort. 
Plants are well shown, the leading prizes being- 
taken by Mr. Hammond, Brayton, Carlisle; and 
Messrs. Ireland & Thomson, Edinburgh. The 
Yeitch Memorial prizes for the best stove or green¬ 
house plants, and best specimen orchids, went to 
Mr. Edward Boyes, Burn Park, Uddington. Of 
vegetables there is an extraordinary display. The 
leading prize for a collection of fifteen sorts has 
been awarded to Mr. James Brown, Abercairney, 
Perthshire. Other principal awards were won by 
Mr. Stewart, St. Fort; Mr. Morrison, Inchmartin; 
and Mr. Reid, Ballindean. 
Royal Horticultural. —The first of the Sep¬ 
tember meetings, held on Tuesday, was one of the 
most enjoyable of the season, the special feature of 
the day being Dahlias—Show, Fancy, Pompon, and 
Single, jn all their manifold forms and colours. 
Mr. Turner, of Slough, was, of course, the most 
extensive exhibitor, his display being intended to 
make a show in the Conservatory till the end of the 
week. The weather of Saturday and Sunday last 
was most trying to the growers, but they seem to 
have got through it without suffering much 
damage, for it would seem hardly possible 
to bring flowers to a greater state of perfection 
than the grand lot staged by Mr. Turner, Messrs. 
Keynes, Williams, & Co., Messrs. Cannell & Sons, 
Mr. T. S. Ware, Messrs. Cheal & Sons, Messrs. 
Rawlings Bros., and Mr. John Henshaw of Harpen- 
den. Messrs. William Paid A Son, Waltham Cross, 
sent ten boxes of cut blooms of roses, and which, 
with several others of various showy herbaceous 
plants, made a group that was deservedly admired. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, The Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, 
also had pretty cut blooms of the two dark-coloured 
Roses, Grandeur a Merveille and Souvenir de Therese 
Levet. Messrs. Kelway & Son also staged another 
of their fine groups of Gladioli. 
T he Fruit Committee at their last meeting on 
Tuesday, had before them some fine collections of 
apples from the Nurseries of Messrs. Paul & Son, 
Cheshunt, and Messrs. Cheal & Sons, Crawley. 
Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, exhibited a 
beautiful sample of a Kent raised apple named 
Jacob’s Strawberry, of above medium size, pale 
green, but very handsomely marked with crimson 
on the sunny side, and having a most pleasant 
aroma. It is said to be a good cropper, and should 
take high rank as an early dessert variety. The 
Committee awarded it a First-class Certificate. Mr. 
Burnett, The Deepdene Gardens, Dorking, also 
exhibited some fruits of a variety named James 
Dewdney, obtained from Lincolnshire, which was 
thought by some to be identical with Yorkshire 
Beauty, an opinion not generally shared in. 
Andrew’s Barnacle Pride, a good local sort round 
Stamford, came from Mr. Gilbert, of Burghley, who 
also sent a fine specimen of the Zamcha Melon 
weighing 111 lbs., oval in shape, not much ribbed, 
golden yellow in colour, with a green band between 
the sections. 
©foittiarg. 
We regret to record the death of the venerable 
botanist, Mr. George Bentham, F.R.S., at the age 
of 83. Mr. Bentham has been all along a busy 
worker in botany, having- had occasion in con¬ 
nection with his various works and [memoirs to 
study nearly the entire vegetable kingdom; his 
botanical collections were added to those of Kew 36 
years ago. Bentham and Hooker’s “ Genera Plant- 
arum, which was begun in 1862, and only com¬ 
pleted last year, may be said to summarise our 
present knowledge of botany, and in connection 
therewith, Mr. Bentham's name will be perma¬ 
nently known in science. 
FORESTRY EXHIBITION AWARDS. 
The awards of the Jurors of the International 
Forestry Exhibition were published on Wednesday 
evening. The only gold medal of the first class 
awarded to Nurserymen, has been gained by Messrs. 
James Yeitch & Sons, of Chelsea, for their splendid 
collection of growing specimens of rare and 
ornamental trees and shrubs. Gold Medals of the 
second class are awarded to the Lawson Seed and 
Nursery Company, Edinburgh, for collection of 
trees and shrubs; to Messrs. James Dickson & 
Sons, Newton Nurseries, Chester, for collection of 
trees, shrubs, Ac.; and to Messrs. Thomas Methuen 
A Sons, Edinburgh, for collection of trees, shrubs Ac. 
The list of the firms to whom silver medals have 
been awarded, includes the following:—Messrs. 
James Yeitch A Sons, Royal Exotic Nurseries, 
King s Road, Chelsea, for group of growing speci¬ 
mens of rare and ornamental trees and shrubs; 
Messrs. Little and Ballantyne, nurserymen, Carlisle, 
for collection of coniferous and deciduous trees; 
Mr. D. F. Mackenzie, factor, Morton Hall, for den- 
drometer; Mr. Robert Baxter, forester, Dalkeith 
I ark, Dalkeith, for sections of woods, oak veneers, 
Ac.; Mr. A. Brotherston, Kelso, for collection of 
dried specimens of British and foreign willows; 
Dr. Crouuibie Brown, Haddington, for collection of 
his books on forestry; Messrs. Cunningham, Fraser, 
A Co., nurserymen, Edinburgh, for collection of 
hollies, Ac.; Mr. Henry Inman, per Thomas Forty, 
108, Broughton Lane, Manchester, for collection of 
rustic summer-houses, seats, vases, Ac.; Messrs. 
Ireland and Thomson, Craigleith Nursery, Edin¬ 
burgh, for collection of trees and shrubs; Messrs. Mac¬ 
kenzie and Moncur, Upper Grove Place, Edinburgh, 
for wood conservatory, Ac.; Mr. William M'Corquo- 
dale, forester. Scone Palace, Perth, for collection of 
specimens of woods, gates, Ac.; Mr. John M'Laren, 
forester, Ilopetoun, for growing trees, specimens of 
woods, Ac.; Messrs. Ben Reid A Co., nurserymen. 
Guild Street, Aberdeen, for collection of trees and 
shiubs, Ac.; Mr. A. D. Richardson, Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh, for microscopic sections of 
stems, Ac.; Hon. Mark Rolle, per James Barrie 
Stevenson, Torrington, for collection of woods, 
seeds, cones, Ac.; Mr. Thomas Wilkie, forester, 
Tyninghame, for sections of woods, dried leaves, 
Ac. ; and the Willesden Paper and Canvas Com¬ 
pany, Willesden Junction, London, for pavilion of 
paper wood, Ac. 
LONDON SEED TRADE. 
September 10. 
Messrs. Hurst A Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 
39, Seed Market, Mark Lane, report a brisk demand 
for Trifolium at slightly advanced rates, supplies 
being almost exhausted. Mustard and Rape sell 
freely at full rates. There is an improved demand 
for winter Tares at a slight advance in values. 
Rye is very scarce. Fine samples of new Clovers, 
Alsike, White, and Trefoil are now arriving, and 
meet a slow sale at very moderate prices. New 
Red Clover, English and Foreign, is also offered, 
but prices are above the views of buyers. Blue Peas 
continue firm; Canary unchanged; Hemp seed 
realises extreme prices on the spot, but new seed is 
now offering cheaper to come forward. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET, 
September 11th. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. el 
Apples, i-sieve . 1 6- 4 0 
Figs, per dozen. 0 6-09 
Grapes, per lb. 0 6- 2 6 
Kent Filberts & eobbs, 
per 100 lbs...55 0-60 0 I 
s. d. s. d. 
Melons, each. 0 6- 1 6 
Pine-apples, Eng, lb. 4 0- 5 0 
Peaches, per dozen ... 10-80 
Pears, French, p. doz. 1 0- 1 9 
Plums, ; -sieve . 4 0- 9 0 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Artichokes, Globe, 
per dozen . 2 0- 4 0 
Eeans, French, lb. ... 0 4- ... 
Beet, per dozen. 2 0- 
Cabbages, per dozen.. 2 0- 
Carrots, per bunch ... 0 6- 
Cauliflowers, English, 
dozen . 3 0- 
Celery, per bundle ... 1 6- 
Cucumbers, each . 0 6 
Endive, French, per 
dozen . 2 6- 
Garlic, per lb. 0 6- ... 
Herbs, per bunch. 0 2-04 
Lettuces, Cabbage, 
per dozen . 
— Cos, each. 
Marrows, each. 
Mint, green, bunch ... 
Mushrooms, p. basket 
Onions, per bunch ... 
Parsley, per bunch ... 
Peas, English, quart. 
Radishes,per dozen,. 
Small salading, per 
punnet. 
Spinach, per strike ... 
Tomatos, per lb. 
Horse Radish, bundle 3 0- 4 0 Turnips, bunch. 
Potatos. —Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton; Kent 
80s. to 100s. per ton; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
3 0 
4 0 
2 6 
0 8 
3 6 
s. d. s. d. 
16 - ... 
0 2 - ... 
0 2 - ... 
0 4- :.. 
10-20 
0 6 - ... 
0 8 - ... 
1 6 - ... 
1 6 - ... 
0 4— ... 
2 0- ... 
0 9- ... 
0 8- ., 
kidneys, 
s. d. s. d. 
Abutilon, 12 bunches 2 0-40 
Asters, 12 bunches .,30-60 
Bonrvardias.per bun. 0 9-10 
Calceolaria, 12 sprays 0 4-06 
Carnations, 12 bun,, 0 6-10 
Chrysanthemums, 12 
bunches . 3 0-60 
— large, 12 blooms 2 0-60 
Cornflower, 12 bun,, 2 0-40 
Dahlias, 12 bunches., 3 0-60 
Eucharis, per dozen., 4 0-80 
Gardenias, 12 hlms, , 3 0-60 
Gladiolus, various, 12 
bunches . 6 0-12 0 
Heliotropes, 12 sp. ,. 0 6- 1 0 
Lapageria, white. 12 
blooms. 2 0-30 
— red, 12 blooms ,.10-20 
s. d. s. d. 
Laverder, 12 bun. ... 60-80 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 3 0-60 
Pelargoniums, per 12 
sprays. 0 6- 1 0 
Pinks, various, 12 
bunches .- ... 
Primula, double bun. 10-16 
Pyrethrum, 12 bun.,. 2 0-60 
Rhodanthes, 12 bun. 4 0-60 
Roses, outdoor, 12 
bunches . 2 0- 6 0 
Stephanotis, 12 spr, , 4 0-60 
Stocks, 12 bunches ,.30-60 
Sweet Peas, 12 bun,, 16-40 
Sweet Sultan, 12 bun. 2 0-40 
Tuberoses, per dozen 0 6-10 
White Jasmine, bun. 0 6-10 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Aralia Sieboldi, pel- 
dozen . 6 0-24 0 
Asters, per dozen. 3 0-60 
Begonias, per dozen 4 0-12 0 
Bouvardias, dozen ...9 0-18 0 
Chrysanth, dozen ... 4 0-60 
Cockscombs, dozen .,26-40 
Coleus, various, doz. 2 0-40 
CyperuS, pel- dozen., 4 0-12 0 
Dracaena term. dozen30 0-60 0 
— viridis, per dozen!2 0-24 0 
Evergreens, in var, 
perdozen . 6 0-24 0 
Ferns, in var., dozen 4 0-18 0 
Ficus elastica each., 16-70 
s. d. s. d. 
Foliage Plants, vari¬ 
ous, each.. 2 0-10 0 
Fuscliias, per dozen., 3 0-60 
Heliotrope, dozen. 3 0-60 
Lilium longiflorum, 
per dozen . 6 0-18 0 
— speciosum, p. doz. 6 0-18 0 
Marguerites, per doz. 8 0-12 0 
Palms in variety, each 2 6-21 0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet 
per dozen . 2 0- 6 0 
Petunias, per dozen,. 3 0-60 
Rhodanthes, per doz. 4 0-60 
Solanmns, dozen . 9 0-15 0 
CONTENTS. 
Amateurs’Garden, the ... 24 
Begonias, tuberous . 26 
Cabbages, on planting . 27 
Carrot, the Stndley . 23 
Colour in the garden . 19 
Costermongers plants . 19 
Crocuses, Autumnal. 27 
Cyperus laxus variegatus 
( illustrated ) . 21 
Dahlias at the Crystal 
Palace . 28 
Exhibition plants . 19 
Ferns, British . 24 
Floriculture . 28 
Flowers. 26 
Fruits . 26 
Fruit trees, transplanting 26 
Gardeners in America ... 22 
Gardener’s troubles. , 19 
Gardening Miscellany. 20 
Garden pests . ‘ . 21 
Hiomanthus coccineus. 20 
Hollyhocks .. 20 
Horticultural Societies ... 30 
Judging, on. 22 
Lagei-stroemia indiea . 26 
Obituary . 30 
Orchid Growers’ Calendar 28 
Orchid Notes . 28 
| Orchids, old-fashioned. 20 
Peaches, classification of 26 
Pelargoniums, Ivy-leaved,. 24 
Plants, New, Certificated., 27 
Potato disease, the . 20 
Potatos, exhibition . 23 
Show gardens. 19 
Sweeping,. 20 
Tomato, Chiswick Red 
( illustrated ) . 25 
Tomatos, the culture of ... 27 
Vegetables . 26 
Vines, mildew on . 19 
Violas, bedding . 26 
