August 1st, 1885. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
765 
Payne, John Ball, Sir Garnet Wolseley, Rob Roy, 
H. K. Mayor, E. S. Dodwell, A. Medhurst, J. 
Douglas, Jessica, John Harland, W. Skirving, James 
Tayler, Henry Cannell, Sybil, and H. Matthews. Mr. 
Douglas, gardener to F. Whitbourn, Esq., Great 
Gearies, came in second ; Mr. J. Hines, 81, Bramford 
Road, Ipswich, third ; Mr. H. Hooper, Bath, fourth ; 
and Mr. T. Garrett, South Mill, Bishop’s Stortford, 
fifth. For twelve dissimilar Carnations the first prize 
went to Mr. J. Lakin, Temple Cowley, Oxford, who 
had a fine stand composed of J. Douglas, Capt. Owen, 
Ranger Johnson, Sarah Payne, R. Lord, Dolly Varden, 
Thomas Moore, Fred, Admiral Curzon, T. Anstiss, 
and two seedlings, and it may be noted as a matter of 
interest to some that nine of the varieties on this 
stand were raised by Mr. Dodwell. Mr. Douglas 
was again second; Mr. J. Buxton, Manor Street, 
Clapham, third; Mr. Hines, fourth; and Mr. 
Garrett, fifth. For six blooms the first prize went to 
M. Rowan, Esq., Manor Street, Clapham, who staged 
blooms of George, W. Skirving, Jessica, E. S. Dodwell, 
Florence Nightingale, and Clipper ; Mr. T. Anstiss, 
Brill, Bucks, was second; Hudson Morris, Esq., The 
Nest, Hayes, Kent, third; Aubrey Sperling, Esq., The 
Nest, Blackheath, fourth; and Mr. Glasscock, South 
Street, Bishops Stortford, fifth. The single bloom 
classes were not nearly so well contested as usual, 
and the prizes were pretty evenly divided between Mr. 
Turner and Mr. Douglas, the awards made being as 
follows: Crimson Bizarres :—Mr. Douglas first and 
second, with A. Medhurst; Mr. Turner third and 
fourth, with Robert Lord ; and Mr. J. Lakin fifth, with 
the same variety. Scarlet Bizarres : —Mr. Turner 
first, with J. Harland; Mr. Douglas second, with a 
seedling; Mr. J. Lakin third, with Master Fred; 
fourth, Mr. Douglas, with Master Fred; fifth, Mr. 
Lakin, with T. Anstiss. Pink and Purple Bizarres: 
—first, Mr. Turner, with Sarah Payne ; second and 
third, Mr. Douglas, with William Skirving; fourth, 
Mr. Turner, with J. Taylor ; fifth, Mr. T. Anstiss, with 
Dr. Symonds. Purple Flakes :—Mr. Turner first and 
second, and Mr. Douglas third and fourth, with James 
Douglas. Scarlet Flakes ;—Mr. Turner first, with 
Matador; Mr. Douglas second, with H. Cannell, and 
third with Sportsman; fourth, Mr. Lakin, with Tom 
Lord. Rose Flakes:—Mr. Turner first and second, 
and Mr. Douglas third and fourth with Rob Roy, and 
Mr. Lakin fifth, with Sybil. The premier Carnation 
was Rob Roy—a splendid bloom in Mr. Turner’s col¬ 
lection of twenty-four blcoms. 
Picotees. —Here Mr. Douglas turned the tables 
on his victor in the Carnation class for twenty- 
four, showing blooms which, though smaller than 
those from Slough, were remarkably pure and 
f.esh, and this point carried him through. 
Mr. Douglas’s varieties were;—Brunette, Jessie, Lid- 
dington’s Favourite, Her Majesty, Mrs. Bowers, Mrs. 
Gorton, Muriel, Princess of Wales, Mrs. Payne, Mrs. 
Chancellor, Constance Heron, Royal Visit, Baroness 
B. Coutts, and Violet Douglas. Mr. Turner was a 
close second with a seedling, Juliette, Robt. Scott, 
Liddington’s Favourite, Lucy, Dr. Epps, a seedling, 
Muriel, Constance Heron, Juliette, Ricardo, Thomas 
Williams, Baroness B. Coutts, Dr. Abercrombie, and 
Brunette ; Mr. Hooper was third. For twelve blooms, 
Mr. Douglas was again first with Brunette, Her 
Majesty, Liddington’s Favourite, Mrs. Chancellor, 
Mrs. Gorton, Constance Heron, Jessie, Violet Douglas, 
Zerlina, Miss Wood, Mrs. Payne, and Princess of 
Wales. Mr. Lakin was second, Mr. T. Hines third, 
Mr. T. Buxton fourth, and Mr. T. Garrett fifth. For 
six blooms, Mr. Thos. Anstiss came in first, with 
Clara Penson, Favourite, Purple Prince, Jessie, Mary, 
and John Smith; second, M. Rowan, Esq.; third, 
Mr. Glasscock; fourth, Mr. H. Cattley, 16, Claverton 
Buildings, Bath ; and fifth, Mr. H. Startup, Bromley. 
In the class for single specimens there was a better 
competition. Heavy-edged Red :—First, Mr. Douglas, 
with Brunette and second with Princess of Wales ; 
third, Mr. Sanders, with Dr. Epps, and fourth 
with J. B. Bryant; fifth, Mr. Turner with Brunette. 
Light Red-edged:—Mr. Douglas, first and second 
with Thomas Williams, and Mr. Turner third with 
the same variety, and fifth with Violet Douglas. 
Purple Heavy-edged :—Mr. Douglas first and fourth 
with Muriel, Mr. Turner second and third with 
Muriel, Mr. Sanders fifth with Zerlina. Light- 
edged Purple Mr. Douglas first and second with 
Her Majesty, Mr. Turner third and fourth with 
Juliette, and Mr. Sanders fifth with Her Majesty. 
The Premier Picotee was a very fine specimen of Lid¬ 
dington’s Favourite, in Mr. Douglas’s stand of twelve 
blooms. 
Selfs, Fancies, on Yellow Grounds.— Mr. Turner 
was invincible in this section, showing a splendid lot 
of blooms. For twenty-four, he secured the highest 
honours easily with The Governor, Prince Henry of 
Battenburg, Lady Stamford, Guardsman, Florence, 
Harry Matthews, Grandiflora, Edith, E. Adams, W. 
Skirving, Rosa Bonheur, R. Lord, Janira, Mary Morris, 
Jupiter, Col. Wood, Polly Cheetham, Mrs. Logan, and 
Chromatella. Mr. Douglas came in second, Mr. F. 
Hooper third, Mr. Cattley fourth, and Mr. G. Maddick 
fifth. For twelve dissimilar blooms Mr. Lakin was 
well first with Sir Toby Belch, The Queen, John Soper, 
Mrs. Medhurst, Mrs. Owen, Dean Wood, Ruby May, 
Huson Morris, Mrs.Morris, and three seedlings; second, 
H. Morris, Esq. ; third, Mr. T. Anstiss ; fourth, A. Spur- 
ling, Esq. ; fifth, Mr. Maddick. For twelve Yellow 
Ground Picotees Mr. Turner was again first, and Mr. 
Douglas second, and the same exhibitors in the same 
order secured the awards for nine plants in pots. 
The exhibition was greatly strengthened by a 
number of miscellaneous contributions, first among 
which must be named a remarkably fine set of eight 
boxes of blooms of Carnations and Picotees from 
Messrs. Veitch & Sons ; most of the varieties were 
represented by three blooms of each, and the whole 
were neatly arranged on a surface of green Moss. 
This collection was awarded a Silver Banksian Medal. 
Mr. T. S. Ware contributed several fine boxes of 
blooms, including a dozen flowers of a new white 
Clove named M. T. Walker, of great size and purity, 
and which was greatly admired. Messrs. H. Cannell 
& Sons also sent some admirable stands from 
Swanley. Mr. James Douglas showed several very 
promising seedlings, and received First-Class Certifi¬ 
cates for Carnation Margaret, rose flake; Carnation 
Rosamount, crimson bizarre ; Carnation Thalia, rose 
flake ; Carnation Grace, pink and purple bizarre ; and 
Picotee Dr. Horner (F. D. Horner), a light-edged red 
of excellent quality. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
Royal Horticultural, July 28tli. —Carnations 
and Picotees and tuberous-rooted Begonias were the 
special subjects invited in the schedule for this meet¬ 
ing, the public interest in which, however, was greatly 
heightened by a splendid collection of Gloxinias from 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, a striking display of 
hardy plants from Mr. T. S. Ware, several fine collec¬ 
tions of vegetables, an admirable exhibit of Smooth 
Cayenne Pines, a goodly number of new and rare 
plants, efec., from other exhibitors. The Begonia 
classes proved the quality of Messrs. John Laing 
& Co.’s strain of these exceedingly showy and popular 
flowers, and their cultivation also, for they secured 
the first prizes easily in the three classes open to 
them, while Mr. W. Bealby, The Laurels, Roehampton, 
came in second for nine single and six double-flowered 
varieties, and a very good second too for an amateur 
who does not employ a gardener, and whose business 
keeps him in town all day. In the amateurs’ class, 
the first prize -went to Mr. Monk, gardener to W. N. 
Cheesman, Esq., The Hall, North Dulwich, who had 
some well-grown plants about 3 ft. in diameter, Mr. 
Bealby being again second, and Mr. W. H. Apethorpe, 
Cambridge, third. The Messrs. Laing’s plants ranged 
from 2 ft. to 4 ft. in height, and, needless to say, were 
well bloomed. Mr. Waite, gardener to Col. Talbot, 
won the first prize for nine Gloxinias, and Mr. James, 
Castle Nursery, Lower Norwood, secured the leading 
awards for a group of miscellaneous plants, and a 
collection of carnivorous plants, while Mr. T. S. Ware 
was first for Liliums. Mr. Ware, besides a superb 
collection of hardy plants, exhibited some very 
showy Gaillardias, and Messrs. John Laing & Co. 
an exceedingly fine assortment of cut blooms 
of Begonias. From the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Bos- 
cawen came a large, vigorously-grown specimen of 
Laelia purpurata, with six spikes of large flowers. 
The New Plant & Bulb Co., Colchester, contributed 
a number of fine cut spikes of Lilium auratum, and 
some dwarf plants of the variegated form of Lilium 
longifolium. Besides several new plants, Messrs. 
James Veitch & Sons had some cut spikes of several 
beautiful seedling varieties of Gladiolus Lemoinei, 
and excellent examples of that truly useful summer¬ 
flowering shrub, Olearia Haastii. Messrs. Hooper <fc 
Son, Covent Garden, showed a beautiful group of 
Gloxinias, mostly spotted varieties, and were awarded 
a Silver Banksian Medal. 
The new plants certificated were Dracocephalum 
virginicum album, with dense compact spikes of white 
flowers; Campanula Hendersoni, a dwarf-growing, 
free-flowering plant, with large, light, porcelain-blue 
flowers ; and Helenium pumillum, a good old- 
fashioned yellow-flowering composite, all from Mr. 
T. S. Ware. Rhododendron incarnatum floribundum, 
one of the hybrid greenhouse varieties, with flesh- 
coloured flowers; and Begonia Thwaitesii, a dwarf, 
ornamental-leaved species from Ceylon, with the 
leaves green, blotched or marked with greenish-white, 
and the flowers white, both from Messrs. James 
Veitch & Sons. Ivy-leaved Pelargonium Josephine 
von Hohenzollern, a free-grow T ing variety, with large 
flowers of a rich crimson colour, shaded with 
purple ; and Zonal Pelargonium Paul Charbonnier, 
a dwarf-growing, double-flowered scarlet, from Mr. 
W. Bealby. Marigold Miniature Orange African, 
a dwarf and compact - habited plant, with fine 
orange flowers, from Messrs. James Carter & Co. 
Begonia Marquis of Stafford, a dwarf, free-flowering 
variety with large double cherry-red blossoms, from 
Messrs. John Laing & Co.; Begonia Prince Henry, 
noticed in another column, from Messrs. Sutton & 
Sons; Begonia Marchioness of Lothian, a variety, 
with very large, full, double pendant flowers of a 
creamy-white colour; and Begonia Picotee, a large 
full double, of a pleasing shade of rose-pink, with 
the margins of the petals clear white, from Messrs. 
Cannell & Sons. 
At the meeting of the Fruit Committee, Mr. 
Nicholas, The Gardens, Castle Hill, South Molton, 
exhibited eighteen Smooth Cayenne Pine Apples of 
the aggregate weight of 126^ lbs., and was deservedly 
awarded a Silver-Gilt Banksian Medal. Messrs. Hurst 
& Son, Houndsditch, exhibited for Mr. J. Tucker, of 
Bridge-water, a Pea named Eureka, oftheNe Plus Ultra 
type, and which was referred to Chiswick for trial. Mr. 
Ross, gardener, Welford Park, showed a bunch of a 
new seedling White Grape, named Mrs. Eyre, with 
long tapering berries of the Black Monukka type, 
very sweet, but too thick in the skin for a summer 
Grape. Mr. J. Bolton, gardener, Combe Bank, Seven- 
oaks, again sent samples of his Prolific Gooseberry, 
a medium-sized, oval, smooth, green variety, which 
the Committee commended for its great bearing 
qualities. 
For Messrs. Sutton <fe Son’s prizes for vegetables 
there was an excellent competition, and for the best 
collection the awards went to Mr. Richards, gardener 
to the Earl of Normanton, Somerley Park; Mr. C. 
J. Waite, Esher; Mr. Haines, Coleshill; Mr. Beckett, 
Cole Hatch Farm, Penn; and Mr. James Neighbour, 
Bickley Park, in the order named, and but few points 
of merit divided the first three. The prizes offered for 
Sutton’s Earliest of All Savoy and All-Heart Cabbage, 
both excellent vegetables, were won by Mr. Neighbour, 
Mr. C. Osman, Sutton, and Mr. P. Cornish, Enfield. 
Nottingham Horticultural and Botanical, 
July 23 rd to 25tli .—This annual exhibition was held 
in the grounds of Mapperley Park, kindly placed at 
the disposal of the society by Alderman Lambert, 
J.P., and as regards the number of entries and the 
quality of the exhibits, they exceeded that of any 
former display, the only deficiency noticeable being 
in the Rose classes. The weather also, we are pleased 
to say, was very fine, in pleasing contrast to that 
experienced last year. The exhibition was well 
arranged in five spacious marquees, and the principal 
feature consisted of the magnificent groups of plants 
arranged for effect. These were divided in two classes, 
viz. : for collections, covering 200 square feet and 
100 square feet respectively, and there were five 
groups in each class. In the former, one of the finest 
arranged groups I have ever seen was put up by Mr. 
Thacker, who was a very easy first. It was a grand 
piece of artistic arrangement, and reflected great 
credit upon its designer, a true lover of horticulture, 
who is purely an amateur, ably assisted by his sons. 
Mr. Edmunds, gardener to the Duke of St. Albans, 
