THE GARDENING WORLD 
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of the show, nor the least interesting. On the con¬ 
trary some of them created great interest and others 
added to the extent and variety of the exhibition, 
Her Majesty the Queen (gardenerMr. Owen Thomas) 
contributed a unique and attractively arranged 
collection of fruits consisting of a large number of 
varieties of Pear, a smaller number of Apples, 
thirteen Smooth Cayenne Pineapples, Grapes, 
Peaches, Nectarines, Melons, Plums, Iomatos, 
Siberian Crabs and Nuts. A four-sided tower in the 
middle, with two at either end and eight smaller 
ones, all covered with fruit relieved the monotony 
which a flat table would have given. The Pine¬ 
apples occupied the top of the elevated portions. A 
basket of grapes from the Cumberland Lodge vine 
which is no years old, and now bearing 2,200 
bunches of grapes, created much interest. (Silver 
Gilt Knightian Medal). Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Chelsea, occupied two large tables with fruit. 
Amongst the Apples on one table were fine samples 
of Peasgood’s Nonsuch, Red Bietigheimer, Holland- 
bury, Mere de Menage, Warner’s King, Tyler’s 
Kernel, Alfriston, Lord Suffield, Winter Hawthorn- 
den, Bramley's Seedling and others. On the other 
table were fine samples of Pitmaston Duchess, 
Triomphe de Vienne, Duchesse d'Angouleme and 
other Pears all in baskets. They had also Plums 
and Blackberries. (Silver Gilt Knightian Medal). 
Messrs J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, also occupied 
two tables with fruits including grand samples of 
such Apples as Emperor Alexander, Frogmore, 
Prolific, Bismarck, the Queen, Gascoynes’s Scarlet, 
Red Bietigheimer and Lord Suffield. Amongst Pears, 
they had large sample of Beurre Superfin, 
Pitmaston Duchess, Grosse Calabasse, Doyenne du 
Cornice, Catillac, Beurre Clairgeau, and the new 
Marguerite Marillat. On the second table were 
grand samples of Peasgood's Nonsuch and Gloria 
Mundi Apples. (Silver-Gilt Knightian Medal.) 
Messrs. Chas. Lee & Son, Royal Vineyard Nursery, 
Hammersmith, had a table of Apples, including good 
baskets of Lord Suffield, Stirling Castle, King of 
the Pippins, Queen Caroline, Peasgood's Nonsuch, 
and Lane’s Prince Albert. They also had half of 
another table occupied with Pears. (Silver Banksian 
Medal) Messrs. S. Spooner & Sons, Hounslow, 
Middlesex, had a showy display of Apples of even size 
and nicely coloured set up in baskets and on plates, 
such as Hoary Morning, Cellini, Gloucester Apple, 
and The Baron. They also had a few Pears. 
(Silver Knightian Medal.) Messrs. J. Peed & Sons, 
Roupell Park Nurseries, Norwood Road, occupied 
a large table with Apples and Pears. Amongst the 
former were good samples of Bismarck, Lord 
Suffield, King of the Pippins, and King of Tompkin’s 
County. Good Pears were Marguerite Marillat, 
Souvenir du Congres, and Triomphe de Vienne. 
(Silver Banksian Medal). Mr. A. J. Brown, School 
of Handicrafts, Chertsey, staged a collection of 
Apples and Pears, some of which were handsome. 
An exhibit of eighty-five varieties of Apples was 
brought up from the gardens of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society at Chiswick, including good keeping 
samples of many well known kinds. The English Fruit 
& Rose Co. showed a collection of Apples of 
the leading kinds. A collection of Onions, Leeks, 
and Carrots, but chiefly of Ailsa Craig Onion of 
enormous size, was exhibited by Mrs. H. Deverill, 
Banbury, Oxon. Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, 
exhibited a collection of Apples and Pears of the 
leading kinds. Mr. Seal, Vine Nurseries, Sevenoaks, 
had a table of show Cactus, single and pompon 
Dahlias. Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood, Redhill, showed 
a collection of Japanese Chrysanthemums and some 
Pompons lifted from the open. Messrs. B. S. 
Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, had two baskets 
of large flowering Cannas in many varieties. Messrs. 
Gaymer & Sons, Banham, Attleboro, staged a col¬ 
lection of Apples. Mr. J. Clarke had a collection of 
black Grapes. Messrs. W. N. White & Co., Covent 
Garden, had a table of fruits including Apples, Pears, 
and Cucumbers. At the north end of the Palace, 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, had two baskets of 
Alpine Strawberries raised from seed on the 13th 
April, 1893, and which have been fruiting for the 
past three months. Sutton’s Alpine is a red variety, 
and the best of its class. The others were red and 
white Alpine improved. They also showed Prize¬ 
winner and A 1 Runner Beans, the pods of the latter 
with ordinary field culture being 10 in. to 12 in. long. 
Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, staged a 
collection of Asters, Rudbeckias, Gladioli, Eryn- 
October 6, 1894. 
giums, &c. They also showed Apples and Pears, 
and in another stand the new Grapes named Lady 
Hutt and Appley Towers (Silver Banksian Medal). 
Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, staged a collection of 
Dahlias in all the leading types. They had beautiful 
samples of Belle de Bruxelles, Louis Bonne and 
other Pears grown under glass (Silver Banksian 
Medal). Messrs. Wm. Thompson & Sons, Tweed 
Vineyards, Clovenfords, N.B., exhibited a basket of 
fine Gros Colman Grapes, and a bunch of the same 
variety which weighed 4J lbs., and the berries of 
which measured in. in diameter, their huge size 
being quite remarkable and attracting much notice. 
They were certainly the largest berries in the 
show, and were the result, we understand, of 
an extra dose of their famous manure. Messrs. 
H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, had an arrange¬ 
ment of double Begonias, Cactus, and other Dahlias, 
and Cannas (Silver Banksian Medal). Mr. B. Lad- 
hams, Shirley Nursery, Southampton, staged a col¬ 
lection of Asters, Sunflowers, Phloxes, Pink Ernest 
Ladhams, and other hardy herbaceous plants (Silver 
Banksian Medal). 
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COTTAGERS’ FLOWER SHOWS. 
In his eminently practical and highly common-sense 
remarks on p. 69, “ W. B. G.” dealt with a question 
that is of great moment to the cottage gardener. At 
this season of the year with so many shows of various 
sizes and degrees of importance taking place around 
us, our thoughts naturally revert to the subject of— 
How are these shows managed ? or, sad to say in far 
too many cases, mismanaged. It goes without 
saying, that any body of men who set to work to 
form'a c smmittee for the purpose of furthering the 
interests of the cottage gardener, and of giving him 
inducements to take increased interest in his garden, 
and a greater desire to improve the quality of its 
products, have a most laudable object in view. But 
from sheer necessity—want of funds perhaps it 
ought to read—too wide an area is included in the 
sphere of operations. Usually five or six parishes 
(containing no great number of inhabitants it is true, 
but covering a considerable area) are invited to com¬ 
pete against each other with samples of kitchen 
garden produce at some centre fixed by the com¬ 
mittee. 
In most cases each parish takes its turn to have 
its own at home day. That is to say each of them 
becomes the centre in its turn. As “ W. B. G.” 
truly says, the question of distance is of importance. 
For in one or two cases of local shows that have 
come within my personal sphere of observation, 
exhibitors are expected to have their exhibits at the 
show ground as early as eight o’clock in the morn¬ 
ing. And as the area covered is a wide one, it is a 
more or less serious consideration to convey any 
bulky exhibits (as, for instance, a collection of vege¬ 
tables) so great a distance at so early an hour. Why 
not let him hire a conveyance to convey his matter 
says someone. That, of course, is all very well; but, 
as a rule, most of the agricultural classes can scarce 
afford to pay for the hire of a conveyance to convey 
an exhibit of vegetables to a distance on the bare 
chance of obtaining a prize. This difficulty might 
be got over if the farmers of each parish would place 
their horses and carts at the disposal of their fellow- 
villagers free of charge. Surely it would not be 
asking too much. 
Then, again, as “ W. B. G." has expressed, it, 
there is the natural friction that almost always exists 
between the inhabitants of neighbouring villages. 
This is an important consideration, for like 
" W. B. G.” I am certain it militates very strongly 
against the success of local flower shows. The only 
complete way out of the difficulty is to let every 
village that can boast of a fair population have its 
own garden show, and to let it be restricted to 
inhabitants of the village in question. As a rule 
garden show days are looked upon as general 
holidays by those who attend them, and rightly so. 
At one place in particular a refreshment ticket, value 
one shilling, is presented to every, unsuccessful 
exhibitor. This is a practice which is. quite good 
enough to be followed. It is astonishing what 
wonderful powers of consolation to disappointed 
parties is possessed by so small a gift. No. one who 
has visited a few country shows will, I think, deny 
that their powers for good are incalculable. The 
close communication of all classes with each other 
on such occasions must tend to destroy that pride of 
caste that is far too often characteristic of rural 
districts, a feeling alike prejudicial to the best 
interests of society, and unworthy the toleration of 
an educated and enlightened community.— A. 
ORCHID NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
By John Fraser, F.L.S., Kew. 
The undermentioned Orchids were certificated by 
the Royal Horticultural Society, at Chiswick, on the 
25th ult. 
Cypripedium Arnoldiae, Nov. hyb. —The seed 
parent of this hybrid was C. bellatulum crossed with 
the pollen of C. superciliare. The leaves are broadly 
oblong, dark green tessellated with gray, and 2 to 
4 in. long. The scape is about 4 in. high, bearing a 
single flower of great size. The upper sepal is 
ovate, concave, creamy-white, and spotted with 
crimson-purple in lines along the viens. The 
declining petals are broadly oblong, creamy-white, 
and densely spotted all over with crimson-purple. 
The lip is greenish-white, suffused, and densely 
spotted purple near the mouth and on the claw. 
First-class Certificate. Exhibited by Messrs. F. 
Sander & Co., St. Albans. 
Cattleya albanense—The parentage of this 
Cattleya is not stated, but it seems to have a con¬ 
siderable affinity with Laelia crispa. The sepals are 
slightly twisted and of a soft pink. The petals are 
folded backwards along the middle like the Laelia 
mentioned, much crisped at the edges, and soft pink 
netted with a darker hue. The tube of the lip is 
white on the outer face, and nearly so in the interior ; 
the lamina is much waved, crisped, rich crimson- 
purple, and paler at the edges. Award of Merit. 
Exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 
Dendrobium cruentum.—The stems of this 
species are terete and leafless when in flower. The 
ovate petals and the linear petals are pale green. 
The three-lobed lip is a curious organ ; the side lobes 
are falcate and brownish-scarlet; the middle lobe is 
greenish-white and furnished with a large and 
curiously warted crest passing into two lamellae, 
which run to the base. This is also brownish- 
scarlet. There are some bands on the face of the 
column, the middle one being blood-red. Some 
forms are inferior to this in the size of the crest. 
Botanical Certificate. Exhibited by Messrs. F. 
Sander & Co. 
Cattleya bicolor caerulea.—The stems of this 
variety are long, terete, and slender. The sepals 
and petals are of a uniform soft green. The lip is 
strongly curved, deeply furrowed along the centre, 
and of a very distinct though not very bright shade 
of slaty-blue. First-class Certificate. Exhibited by 
Thos. Staffer, Esq. (gardener, Mr. R. Johnson), 
Stand Hall, Manchester. 
Cypripedium insigne Gortoni, Nov. Vars. —A 
very distinct variety of this old and popular species 
has turned up in the collection of Mr. P. McArthur, 
The London Nurseries, 4, Maida Vale. The upper 
sepal is obovate and entirely without spots. The 
larger portion is of a light Apple-green suffused with 
brown, while the upper third and the edges are pure 
white. The slightly-declining petals are wavy at 
the upper edge, shaded with brown on a yellow 
ground and netted with a darker shade. The lip is 
of a bright shining brown overlying yellow which 
shows itself prominently at the edge surrounding 
the mouth of the pouch. The staminoide is large, 
bright yellow and downy with brown hairs. The 
plant, though flowering for the first time, is a strong, 
healthy piece. There are now several unspotted 
varieties of C. insigne, and they are amongst the most 
distinct of their kind 
TIE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Where early frost has placed its destroying hand 
upon the occupants of the flower garden, plants 
that have been affected should be cut down to within 
a few inches of the ground, and the old stems 
removed to the rubbish heap. Dahlias thus treated 
may have their tubers left in the ground for awhile 
yet without fear of injury. They must be taken up, 
however, and housed before severe and continued 
frost sets in : but that is not likely to occur for the 
present, at least. Continue to pay strict attention 
to the mowing and rolling of lawns and grass walks, 
for although growth will now be checked to a very 
great extent, neither the scythe nor the mowing 
machine must be entirely laid by. Leaves swept 
from lawns and paths should be placed in a heap in 
an out of the way place in a shrubbery, or in a 
