November 10, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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specimens, and the best six standard specimens. 
Mr. E. Easey, gardener to C. Mills, Esq., 23, High¬ 
bury New Park, took the second award for six 
standard trained plants and for six trained specimens. 
In another division for special prizes, Mr. H. J. 
Jones offered a Sliver Medal for six blooms sent out 
in 1893 or 1894. Mr. W. Wells took the medal with 
grand blooms, five of which were superior to any 
shown by Mr. J. Agate, who was second. Mr. W. 
J. Godfrey offered prizes for certain named varieties, 
and the first award went to Mr. J. Agate. Messrs. 
Wm. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, offered prizes for 
certain new varieties, and Mr. J. Sandford took the 
leading award, Mr. H. A. Page, gardener to F. 
Crisp, Esq., White House, New Southgate, being 
second. Mr. John Smith, Windsor, offered prizes 
for Royal Windsor, cut with long stems, and Mr. J. 
Agate secured the first. 
The table decorations and other arrangements of 
that class were all staged together in one of the 
galleries not hitherto occupied with Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, and constituted a great and popular feature 
of the show. A valuable piece of plate, offered by 
Sir Edwin Saunders, President of the Society, for a 
table of exhibition cut blooms of Chrysanthemums, 
shown with plants or foliage, brought three exhibits. 
Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, 
Lewisham, carried off the leading award with a very 
imposing arrangement of flowers in tall vases and 
other stands of elegant pattern. The blooms on 
long stems were elegantly and loosely arranged with 
Asparagus, tinted foliage of Ampelopsis Veitchi, and 
others. Mr. Norman Davis, Lilford Road, Camber¬ 
well, took the second award with another bold and 
striking arrangement on a similar pattern, but with 
fewer vases. Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth, Devon, 
took the third place. He had the largest and best 
blooms, but the arrangement was heavy for want of 
long stems to raise the blooms and plants to mix 
with them. The first prize for a table of bouquets, 
wreaths, sprays, etc., was taken by Mr. J. R. Chard, 
Brunswick Nursery, Stoke Newington, with a very 
charming and elegant arrangement, that would take 
a large amount of space to describe. Messrs. 
Perkins & Sons, Coventry, were second with an 
elaborate, but somewhat heavy table of devices. 
Mr. A. Larke, 14, Kensington High Street, W., was 
third. In the class for twenty-four specimen blooms 
arranged with long stalks, Mr. D. M. Hayler, 
gardener to W. Hannaford, Esq., J.P., Tenterden 
Hall, Hendon, took the first place, with a neat 
arrangement; Mr. W. H. Lees came in second ; and 
Mr. W. Davis was third. The prizes offered by Mr. 
John Wills, 16, Onslow Crescent, S.W., brought keen 
competition, and Mr. J. R. Chard carried off the first 
award with an elegant exhibit. Mr. F. Seale, 
Sevenoaks, secured the second award ; and Mrs. 
Walter Mole, 22, High Street, Hemel Hempstead, 
was third ; Mr. D. B. Crane, 4, Woodview Terrace, 
Archway Road, Highgate, had the best three 
epergnes; Mr. F. W. Seale was second, and Mr. J. 
R. Chard came in third. The first prize for a vase 
of six blooms with other foliage went to Mr. W. 
Howe, gardener to H. Tate, Esq., Park Hill, 
Streatham Common; Mr. S. J. Cook was second. 
Mr. A. Meridew, The Gardens, Camberwell House, 
Camberwell, had the two best vases of Pompon 
Chrysanthemums; Mr. T. L. Turk was second. In 
the gardeners’and amateurs’class for two bouquets. 
Mr. A. Newell, gardener to Sir Edwin Saunders, 
Fairlawn. Wimbledon, had the best exhibit ; Mr. 
Arthur Pentney, gardener to A. J. Howard, Esq., 
Worton Hall, Isleworth, was second. In the class 
for amateurs only, Mr. E. Jones, Hornsey, N., had 
the best vase of six Japanese blooms, one variety. 
Mr. W. Smith, Como Street, Romford, had the best 
hand basket of autumn foliage in a very tasteful 
arrangement. 
Although the exhibits of fruit were less numerous 
than usual, some thoroughly good material was 
shown. In a class for six dishes of dessert Pears, 
Mr. W. Allen, gardener to Lord Suffield, Gunton 
Park, Norwich, took first prize. He had exceedingly 
fine samples of such varieties as Marie Louise 
D’Uccle, Pitmaston Duchess, Durondeau, and 
Emile D'Heyst. Mr. R. Potter, gardener to Sir 
Mark Collet, Bart., St. Clere, Kemsing, Sevenoaks, 
took second place, and Mr. H. Liney, gardener to 
W. M. Low, Esq., Wellesbourne House, Warwick, 
third. Mr. R. Potter had the best six dishes of 
dessert Apples, and than his samples of sorts like 
Cox’s Orange Pippin and King of the Pippins 
nothing finer could be desired. Mr. Richard Dean, 
Ranelagh Road, Ealing, won the second prize. Mr. 
A. Asell, gardener to G. H. Dean, Esq., Whitehall, 
Sittingbourne, carried off first honours for six 
dishes of Culinary Apples, distinct, showing splendid 
fruits of Peasgood's Nonsuch, Warner’s King, 
Emperor Alexander, and Lane’s Prince Albert. The 
second prize in this class fell to Mr. R. Dean, 
Peasgood's Nonsuch, Bismarck, and Mere de 
Menage appearing to advantage. 
Some fine bunches of Grapes were shown, and in 
many cases the competition was very keen. For 
three bunches of white Grapes Mr. J. Bury, gardener 
to C. Bayer, Esq., Tewkesbury Lodge, Forest Hill, 
distanced all other competitors with fine bunches of 
Muscat of Alexandria, Mr. W. Heasman, gardener 
to the Earl of Denbigh, Newnham Paddox, Lutter- 
mouth, coming second. Mr. C. Griffin, gardener to 
T. Astley, Esq., Coombe Bank, Kingston-on-Thames, 
had the best three bunches of any black Grape 
(excepting Gros Colman). The three bunches cf 
Alicante exhibited by him were exceedingly well- 
coloured, and the berries were of good size and 
shape. Mr. J. Bury came second, he also having 
Alicante in fine condition. Mr. W. J. Godfrey, 
Exmouth, Devon, exhibited large bunches of Gros 
Guillaume, but the berries lacked colour. Mr. J. 
Bury had the best three bunches of Gros Colman, 
the second award for the same going to Mr. W. 
Chuck, gardener to Peter Thelluson, Esq., Brods- 
worth Hall, Doncaster. Although the berries of the 
Grapes shown by Mr. Chuck were smaller than 
those of the first prize takers, they were of much 
better colour. 
Vegetables were very well represented both in 
quantity and quality. In a class for a collection of 
vegetables, comprising not less than nine distinct 
kinds, for prizes given by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, 
Mr. C. Waite, gardener to Col. the Hon. W. P. 
Talbot, Glenhurst, Esher, carried off first prize. 
The material shown here was all of first-class 
quality, Carrots, Turnips, and Parsnips being large 
and cleanly grown, Onion Ailsa Craig also being in 
very fine order. Mr. Thos. Wilkins, gardener to 
Lady Theodora Guest, Henstridge, near Blandford, 
deservedly obtained the second award ; and Mr. R. 
Lye, gardener to Mrs. Kingmill, Sydmonton Court, 
Newbury, the third place. 
Mr. R. Lye carried off first honours for a collec¬ 
tion of vegetables in competition for prizes offered 
by Messrs. Cannel & Sons, of Swanley, This collection 
was of sterling merit, and than the samples of Beetroot 
Leeks, Carrots, &c., nothing better could be desired, 
In the open classes for Potatos, Mr. C. White had 
the best six dishes, distinct, showing fine specimens 
of Sutton’s Supreme, Sutton’s Satisfaction, and 
Windsor Castle. Mr. Charles Ross, gardener to 
Colonel Archer Houblow, Welford Park, Newbury, 
received a first award for twelve dishes of Potatos, 
distinct. He had very good samples of Sutton’s 
Windsor Castle, Fidler’s Colossal and Genuine. 
The miscellaneous exhibits were of a very exten¬ 
sive character, and greatly augmented the interest 
attaching to the show. Messrs. Cannell & Sons 
staged a superb collection of bunches of cut blooms 
of Zonal Pelargonium, both single and double 
flowered sections being exceedingly well represented. 
Relieved as they were by fronds of Adiantum, and a 
suitable edging formed by Ferns in pots, together 
with the pretty little Echeveria farinosa, the group 
literally blazed with colour and excited a great deal 
of admiration. Eucharis, Beauty of Kent. Owen 
Thomas, Albion, Eleanor, Radha, and H. Cannell, 
Jun., may be mentioned as some of the best varieties 
represented (Silver-gilt Medal). A Gold Medal was 
awarded to Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons for a magnifi¬ 
cent group of Chrysanthemums in pots. Sorts like 
Viviand Morel, Etoile de Lyon, J. Stanborough 
Dibbens, and Marie Van Hoste, were in fine order, 
and the whole group presented a grand and imposing 
appearance. An appropriate edging was furnished 
by Ferns like Pteris tremula, P. cretica cristata, P. 
umbrosa, and Adiantum cuneatum, also in pots, A 
Silver-gilt Medal was awarded to Messrs. B. S. 
Williams & Son, of Upper Holloway, for a fine 
exhibit of stove and greenhouse plants and 
Orchids. The Crotons exhibited were very 
well coloured, and formed a good back-ground for 
the splendidly floriferous specimens of Ericas, 
Cyclamens, etc., which were conspicuous in the 
front. Owing to lack of space the exhibit occupied 
three tables, each a few feet distant from the others. 
Splendid blooms of Cattleya labiata, Odontoglossum 
Alexandrae, and Cypripediums grande and Osbornei, 
were very noticeable among the Orchids, a fine piece 
of Sarracenia Mitchelliana also being well worthy of 
mention. 
Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, staged a 
number of foliage and flowering plants, including 
Orchids, together with some fine dishes of Apples 
and Pears. The foliage plants were not of large 
size, but were well grown, and sturdy specimens of 
their class. Among the Orchids some well-flowered 
healthy pieces of Cypripedium insigne were very 
noticeable. A dish of a new Tomato, Polegate 
Seedling, occupied a corner of the table, the samples 
exhibited being of good size, shape, and colour, and 
particularly weighty (Silver Medal). 
A fine collection of Apples and Pears, exhibited 
by Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons of Crawley, Sussex, 
met with appropriate recognition in the way of a 
Silver Medal, such Apples as The New Haw- 
thornden, Blenheim Orange, Peasgood s Nonsuch, 
Golden Spire, Frogmore Prolific, and Emperor 
Alexander, were in splendid condition. Pears like 
Catillac, Beurre Diel, Beurre Alexander Lucas, and 
Pitmaston Duchess were also worthy of mention. 
Mr. W. J. Empson, gardener to Mrs. Wingfield, 
Ampthill House, Ampthill, Bucks, received a Bronze 
Medal for a meritorious display of carrots in first- 
class condition. A very interesting and meritorious 
collection of disease-resisting potatos, exhibited by 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, reached a very high standard 
of excellence, especially when we take into con¬ 
sideration the past unfavourable season. After a 
long series of experiments, this enterprising firm 
has given to the horticultural world a number of 
sorts that resist the much-to-be-dreaded disease 
remarkably well. The samples shown were of 
medium size but weighty, and of good shape. One 
variety in particular, Sutton’s A.i. is said to be the 
earliest potato in cultivation, coming in before the 
early Ashleaf. If it turns out to be as good as the 
sample shown, it should prove of the greatest service 
to the grower. Sutton’s Supreme, another novelty, 
said to be a second early, is thoroughly deserving a 
trial. Unlike many other varieties in cultivation it 
does not produce a great deal of haulm—an im¬ 
portant consideration for the occupier of small 
gardens. Another variety spoken exceedingly well 
of is Sutton’s Windsor Castle a mid-season sort, also 
of sterling merit. Messrs. Sutton & Sons deservedly 
received a Silver Gilt Medal at the hands of the 
committee for their fine display of the much 
esteemed tuber. 
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GARDENERS AND 
HOLIDAYS. 
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Iwerne, Lord Wolverton’s Dorset seat, was the 
next on the list. The drive from Blandford was 
most charming. In one place we passed banks 
covered with the Iris foetidissima, with their 
thousands of gaping seed pods just showing their 
coral berries. In another the Hypericum calycinum 
covered the banks along the hedges. The scenery 
was lovely, particularly when the sun was setting, 
for then the foliage on the trees, which was just 
changing colour, told to advantage. There are many 
interesting things at Iwerne, amongst these we may 
make particular mention of the Coniferae, which 
have been so lavishly planted. There is also a 
museum containing a collection of various wild 
animals that have been shot and brought home by 
his lordship. Mr. Davidson, the gardener, was from 
home, so that we had not the pleasure of making his 
acquaintance. The kitchen garden is not large, but 
was well stocked. The houses, too, contained some 
good plants and fruits. 
Crichel House, Lord Alington's place, near 
Wimborne, was reached after a drive of about 
nine miles. The road for the greater part of the 
distance was uninteresting, but we were well repaid 
for the journey on our arrival, for Mr. Beck, who 
has presided over the gardens here for the last thirty 
years, had many good things to show us. Herbace¬ 
ous plants are well grown, being planted in fine 
bold clumps, such things as Lobelia cardinalis and 
