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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July 18th, 1885. 
dishes; and Mr. Goodacre, Elvaston, was first for 
Cucumbers, with a fine brace of Telegraph, Mr. H. W. 
Ward, gardener to Lord Radnor, being second with 
Purley Park Hero. For Messrs. Webb & Sons’ prizes 
for the best twenty-four pods of their new Wordsley 
Wonder Pea, there was an excellent competition, and 
the awards went to Mr. H. Marriott, Skirbeck, Boston ; 
Mr. Cook, Boston Long Hedge, and Mr. H. Marriott, 
junr., and the same competitors in the same order 
secured Mr. J. House’s prizes for the best forty pods 
of his Perfect Marrow. From Messrs. James Carter 
& Co., came a very instructive collection of some sixty 
dishes of Peas representing the effects of field and 
garden cultivation, and smaller collections were con¬ 
tributed by Mr. T. Laxton, Bedford, Mr. J. C. Mundell, 
Moor Park Gardens, and Mr. Waterman, Preston 
Hall. 
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Finchley Horticultural, July 1 ith. — The 
twenty-fifth annual exhibition of this society was 
held on Tuesday in the picturesque grounds of Wood- 
side, Whetstone, the residence of Mr. Alderman Cotton, 
M.P. Plants, cut-flowers, fruits, and vegetables, and 
especially the two latter, were well represented, and 
altogether the committee and their able and well-tried 
secretary, Mr. Joyner, may congratulate themselves 
upon the success of the day’s proceedings. Mr. B. S. 
Williams, of Holloway, contributed a large group of 
stove and greenhouse flowering and fine foliaged 
plants, and from.' Messrs. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, 
came some nine or ten boxes of cut Koses, including 
one of the fine A. K. Williams. Mr. Henry Mobbs, 
gardener to W. T. Linford, Esq., sent a most interest¬ 
ing and extensive group of old-fashioned flowers, for 
which he received the first prize, Mr. Diddams, gardener 
to Col. Paget, coming in second. For a good collection 
of miscellaneous plants, Mr. G. Agate took a first 
prize, and Mr. J. W. Woodall the second. Mr. J. 
Carter, gardener to Mrs. Morgan Brown, took the 
highest award for Zonal Pelargoniums, showing 
among others a magnificent specimen of Mrs. Mellish, 
about 5 ft. over, and a well-bloomed specimen of the 
salmon-coloured Laura Strachan. Gloxinias were 
remarkably well shown, Mr. J. Agate coming in first, 
and Mr. Carter second. Cockscombs were also well 
represented, Mr. Burnett having the best. For a 
group of plants, Mr. Mobbs was first, and Mr. Eason 
second. Calceolarias, Begonias, and Hydrangeas, 
were also fairly well shown. For a bunch of Black 
Grapes, Mr. Lowry, gardener to Jas. McAndrew, Esq., 
took the first prize, Mr. G. Silvester the second, and 
Mr. Carter the third. For the best White Grapes in 
the corresponding class, Mr. Pulling was awarded the 
first prize, Mr. Lowry the second, and Mr. Burnett 
the third. For the best six Peaches, Mr. Birse was 
first, Mr. Wright second, and Mr. Pulling third. For a 
brace of Cucumbers, in a good competition, the first 
prize was secured by Mr. Carter, Mr. Agate being 
second, and Mr. Woodall third. Tomatos : Mr. 
Burnett first, Mr. Lowry second, and Mr. Carter 
third. In the competition for thirty-six Roses, Mr. 
Agate was first, Mr. Pitson second, and Mr. Pulling 
third. For the best twenty-four, Mr. Pitson was 
first, Messrs. Cutbush & Son second, and in the 
class for twelve, Mr. Pulling was first, Mr. Pitson 
second, and Mr. Eason third. 
The first prize for Orchids was won by Mr. W. 
Birse, gardener to Jas. H. Lermitte, Esq.; second, 
Mr. Eason; third, Mr. Mobbs. For table plants, 
Mr. Eason was first, and Mr. Mobbs second. Mr. 
Burnett secured the first prize for the best four stove 
and greenhouse plants, Mr. Carter the second, and 
Mr. Agate third. For the best six Balsams, Mr. 
Carter came in first, and Mr. Butler second. Mr. 
Carter was again first for Fuchsias, and Mr. Wright 
second. The best six Ferns were shown by Mr. 
Eason. For the best specimen stove or greenhouse 
plants, Mr. Eason was first, Mr. Pulling second, and 
Mr. Barnett third. 
In the miscellaneous department, Mr. Fox, South 
Place, Finsbury Pavement, exhibited his Finsbury- 
boiler and hot-water apparatus, a useful and handy 
medium for heating small greenhouses; and Mr. 
W. W T . Cropley, Rustic House, Edmonton, had a good 
display of rustic garden furniture and summer¬ 
houses. We understand that Mr. Cropley has re¬ 
cently introduced a revolving summer-house, which, 
working on a pivot, can be turned easily in any 
direction.— J. 
Cray Valley and Sidcup Horticultural, July 
11th .—The society which now bears the above desig¬ 
nation is a continuation of the old “ Foots Cray, 
North Cray, and Sidcup Flower, Fruit, and Vegetable 
Society,” and this year its annual exhibition was held 
on the above date in the Rev. R. M. Berrens’ grounds 
at Sidcup Place, and under the energetic management 
of the new committee and the three Honorary Secre¬ 
taries, Mr. H. Gonne, Mr. E. W. Parkes, and Mr. T. 
Coleborn, with very gratifying results, the exhibition 
being a good one, the weather favourable, and the 
attendance large. In the large tent Messrs. John 
Laing & Co., of Forest Hill, staged a large collection 
of Tuberous Begonias, Orchids, and stove plants, 
grouped in their usual effective style. The same firm 
also contributed an admirable display of cut Roses. 
Messrs. James Carter & Co., Forest Hill, furnished a 
collection of well-bloomed plants of their fine strain 
of “Emperor” Petunias, and other showy things, 
including a beautiful sample of their handsome new 
Lady Satin Rose Godetia; and from the well-known 
nursery of Mr. Sim, Foots Cray, came a choice selec¬ 
tion of Ferns. Messrs. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, 
contributed abundantly from their rich collections of 
single and double-flowered Zonal Pelargoniums and 
herbaceous plants. Some fine cut blooms of old- 
fashioned Roses came from Messrs. G. Bunyard & 
Co., Maidstone, as also some singular specimens of 
Japanese Ferns, Davallia Mariesi, made up into 
various fantastic shapes, which created much interest 
among the visitors. 
The cut Rose classes were quite a feature of the 
show, there being a good competition among the 
leading growers, and the flowers staged fresh and 
good. For forty-eight varieties, Mr. B. R. Cant came 
in first, Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, second, and 
Mr. Ramsey, Waltham Cross, third. For twenty-four 
and twelve varieties respectively, Messrs. Bunyard & 
Co. came to the front, beating Mr. Cant and Mr. 
Ramsey in both cases. For six varieties Mr. Cant 
was first again. The amateurs’ Roses were also 
exceedingly good and numerous, especially fine in 
quality being the twenty-four varieties which won the 
National Rose Society’s Silver Medal, and which were 
exhibited by Mrs. Fuller, Bexley. 
In the amateurs’ tents there were excellent collec¬ 
tions of Ferns, Orchids, flowering and fine-foliaged 
plants, fruits and vegetables. For a collection of 
plants grouped for effect, Mr. Crasp, gardener to Earl 
Sydney, was first with a very tasteful arrangement, the 
Rev. R. M. Berrens coming in second. For six Orchids, 
Mr. Parson, gardener to J. H. Bath, Esq., was first, 
and the Rev. R. M. Berrens was again second. Mr. 
Abbott, gardener to Sir W. Hart-Dyke, M.P., contri¬ 
buted, not for competition, a capital collection of vege¬ 
tables ; and amongst other miscellaneous exhibits, we 
noted a well-flowered group of Begonias from Mr. B. 
C. Ravenscroft, Granville Nursery, Lewisham. The 
Silver Medals of the Society were awarded to Mr. 
R. Crasp, Mr. Hill, gardener to the Rev. R. M. 
Berrens, for the best exhibits in Division B, open to 
amateurs employing gardeners; and to H. Gonne, 
Esq., and H. S. Moore, Esq., in Division C, open only 
to amateurs employing occasional labour.— J. 
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Gloucestershire and Cheltenham Horti¬ 
cultural Society, July 8th .—The second Floral 
Exhibition of the year, which took place in the Mont¬ 
pellier Gardens, Cheltenham, was quite one of the 
most successful and enjoyable that has ever taken 
place under the auspices of the Horticultural Society. 
The really brilliant weather, which, following as it 
did upon a cloudy and uncertain morning, partook 
almost of the nature of a surprise, was all that the 
most sanguine could have desired or hoped for. The 
stifling oppression of the atmosphere, which has 
sometimes been experienced iupon former occasions, 
was this year most sensibly and effectually obviated 
by throwing open the canvas at the further end of 
the tents, thereby not only causing the air to 
circulate freely through them, but also admitting a 
most welcome glint of light upon the floral decora¬ 
tions inside. This was fully taken advantage of by 
Mr. Cypher, whose really beautiful and artistic 
grouping of plants and flowers at the end of the Rose 
tent was one of the most attractive features in 
the show. The light feathery leaves and delicate 
tracery of the plants gaining in distinctness 
and beauty by the natural background of sky 
and distance visible through the aperture, the 
moss green bank embedded with countless Roses, 
forming, as it were, a gorgeous parterre. The 
stands of cut Roses entered for competition by 
different exhibitors eclipsed in beauty and size 
. any that have been before seen here, and, though 
the first and second prizes in this department were 
carried of by outsiders—Messrs. Jeffries & Sons, of 
Cirencester, taking two firsts, and the Cranston 
Nursery and Seed Co. and Messrs. Cooling & Sons 
the seconds—between whose collections and that of 
Mr. Mattock, of Oxford, the judges must have been 
sorely puzzled to decide; while those of Messrs. 
Heath & Son and Mr. Cypher, though averaging 
smaller blooms, contained specimens which might 
fairly challenge comparison with the best in those of 
their competitors. Mr. Hopwood and other local 
florists had also many beautiful examples. 
But although Roses constituted the distinguishing 
feature of the show, they by no means formed its sole 
attraction'; for in the same tent the Orchids shown 
by Mr. James, of Upper Norwood, and. G. Nevile 
Wyatt, Esq., of Lake House (Mr. Simcoe, gardener), 
received quite as large a share of attention. The 
stove and greenhouse plants on the central stages 
were scarcely up to the standard of former shows, 
though including many fine plants; and Mr. Cypher 
and Mr. James had each several beautiful Heaths. 
The second tent arrived at was appropriated to 
fruits and vegetables ; of the former of which there 
were half-a-dozen dishes of Melons, Peaches, and 
Nectarines, and some fine clusters of Black and White 
Grapes — exhibited by the Earl of Coventry, the 
Rev. Canon Coventry, the Rev. G. G. Coventry—-of 
very tempting appearance ; the same distinguished 
exhibitors also carrying off the chief prizes in the 
vegetable department; twelve large Tomatos from 
Earl Sudeley’s houses, which are said to be lit by 
electricity, being also among the “ samples” contri¬ 
buted to the show. 
The large collections of stove and greenhouse 
plants occupied the centre space of the third tent 
on the wall tables of which were some of the largest 
Fuchsias — loaded with blossom—ever exhibited in 
Cheltenham, contributed by Mr. Osborne, of Karenza, 
and collections of beautiful Pelargoniums and Gloxi- 
nias from the conservatories of Mr. Lingwood, Mr. H. 
Chapman, and Sir Alexander Ramsay.— Cheltenham 
Looker On. 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Navies of Plants.— A". I'.—1. Cistus villosus; 2. Helian- 
themum vulgare, one of the many garden forms; 3. Leucothoe 
Catesbsei; 4. Vaccinium ovation.— TV. McD— 1. Lockhnrtia 
limifera ; 2. Epidendruni cochleatum var.— Chas. Watson. — 
Apparently merely a common form of Cupressus Lawsonianus. 
It is impossible to name varieties of this very variable plant 
from a small scrap, habit and colour have so much to do with 
it —Ireland. —1. Dendrobium moschatum; 2. Brassia verru¬ 
cosa; 3. Bletia hyacinthina ; 4. Maxillaria tennifolia ; 3. Pan¬ 
cratium caribseum ; 6. Franciscea calycina; 7. Not recognized; 
8. Centranthus ruber; 9. Thalictrum minus; 10. Not recog¬ 
nized ; 11. Gladiolus Colvillei; 13. Veronica spicata.— W. E — 
I. Deutzia crenata llore-pleno; 2. Eseallonia macrantha ; 
3. Buddlea globosa; 4. Kerria Japonica flore-pleno; 5. Plum¬ 
bago capensis ; Polygala Dalmalsiana; 8. Santolina incana; 
9. Antennaria margaritacea ; 7 & 10. Not recognized. Thanks 
for such good materials ; it is a pleasure to name plants from 
such capital specimens. 
Lee and Blackheath Flower Show. —In our report of 
this exhibition at p. 718, we inadvertently stated that Messrs. 
J. Laing & Co. were second for forty-eight Boses, instead of 
Mr. J. W. Todman, Eltharn Nursery, Rent, who is credited 
only with the third award. 
Communications Received.— B. H.—J. L. & Co.—C. F. 
—J. IV. T—tV. S — J. 17— G. N—L>. P. L—J. L—H. J. J.— 
G. F. P.—T. S. (Many thanks.)-B. F—J. D. 
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