October 1, 1892. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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numbers marking the hours are traced by means of 
plants with pale coloured foliage. The clock sounds 
or strikes the hours and half-hours. Finally two 
large hands four to five yards long, covered with 
plants and flowers are set moving by the clock and 
indicate the hours. The design is somewhat of a 
novelty and can be seen from a distance. 
Victoria Stocks.—There is a new race of Stocks, or 
Stock-gilliflower as they are termed on the Continent, 
of various colours and which are used for winter 
flowering. They are being sent out by various firms 
as novelties of 1892, some having one variety and 
some another. That named Victoria Stock, pure 
white, seems to possess great merit either as a pot 
plant or for the open border, as it branches and 
flowers freely either in winter or summer according 
to the time it is sown. It is being sent out by Messrs. 
Damman & Co., San Giovanni, Teduccio, Naples, 
and was obtained by hybridising the winter with the 
summer flowering stock, that is apparently Matthiola 
incana and M. annua, represented here by the East 
Lothian or Intermediate and Ten-weeks-stock, 
respectively. In habit and foliage it approaches the 
former, but may be distinguished from them by the 
abundance and continuity with which it flowers. It 
has a great tendency to produce double flowers, so 
that few seeds are produced. Ninety per cent, of the 
flowers come double. In Italy it commences flower¬ 
ing in July and continues till autumn, sometimes 
even in winter in spite of cold and snow, producing 
numerous bunches of large, pure white flowers. 
There is a figure of the variety in the Bulletin d'Av- 
boricultuve for September. 
Mushroom Gatherers, Beware ! —At the Warminster 
Police Court recently a number ’of persons were 
charged with stealing Mushrooms, the property of 
Mr. W. Stratton, of Brixton Deverill. Mr. Stratton 
in his evidence stated that the Mushrooms were cul¬ 
tivated, as he had set spawn on the land last year 
and again this. On this the Chairman said there 
was no doubt that according to the Act of Parlia¬ 
ment if the Mushroom spawn had been planted then 
they must come under the clause dealing with culti¬ 
vated roots, and to steal them was a criminal offence. 
If, however, spawn had not been planted, then the 
parties stealing them must be summoned in the 
County Court for the value of the Mushrooms, and 
the damage to the land by trespassing. In the pre¬ 
sent instance it had been proved that the spawn had 
been planted, therefore it was a criminal offence to 
steal them, and came within the jurisdiction of that 
court to deal with it. Small fines were inflicted. 
Wild Strawberries in Ceylon.- Writing of wild 
Strawberries in Ceylon, Mr. Nock says in the Ceylon 
Observer that the species Fragaria vesca, which grows 
so luxuriantly and fruits so abundantly in Jamaica, is 
now growing wild in many places in the Nuwara 
Eliya distric: If the soil in Ceylon were as good as 
it is in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, and there 
was less Nilu (Strobilanthes), this Strawberry would 
soon, he thinks, be as plentiful in the hill districts of 
Ceylon as it is there. When Mr. Nock was super¬ 
intendent of the Government Cinchona Plantation in 
Jamaica, he has given as many as twenty free tickets 
in one day to old women and children to gather 
Strawberries among the Cinchona plantations. He 
has known them gathered by the bushel and carried 
twenty-two miles to the Kingston market, where they 
always commanded a good price. He adds that he 
has this year raised seedlings of six of the best Eng¬ 
lish varieties, to which he intends to give a fair trial 
in the Nuwara Eliya district. 
Clematis lanuginosa Lawsoniana.— This Chinese 
species proves variable in the hands of the hybridist 
as most others have done which have been suffi¬ 
ciently ornamental to offer encouragement for the 
time and trouble expended upon them. The 
flower is of large size, consisting of six to eight 
sepals and of great width, as may be gleaned from 
the fact that C. 1 . pallida produces flowers 8 in. to 
10 in. in diameter. The usual time for the species 
to flower when planted out of doors is in the early 
summer, but when grown indoors as in the conserva¬ 
tory at Falkland Park, South Norwood Hill, growth 
is continued or prolonged, and flowers are produced. 
Those of the variety Lawsoniana are of a soft 
lavender, and very pleasing. The long, slender, 
flowering shoots are allowed to hang down freely so 
that they become associated with plants on the side 
stages beneath it. 
INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 
EXHIBITION. 
List of Awards. 
The following is the official list of awards made to 
the permanent exhibitors at the Earl's Court Exhi¬ 
bition :— 
Group A. Class i. 
W. Richardson & Co., Darlington Gold Medal. 
Mackenzie & Moncur .. .. Silver-gilt Medal. 
Crompton & Fawkes, Chelmsford Silver Medal. 
W. Duncan Tucker, Tottenham.. ,, 
S. Deards & Co., Ltd , Harlow .. ,, 
E. Newton & Co., Hitchin .. Bronze Medal. 
Class 2. 
S. Deards & Co., Ltd., Harlow .. Certificate. 
E. Newton & Co., Hitchin .. ,, 
Newton,Chambers & Co., Sheffield ,, 
E. Newton & Co., Hitchin .. ,, 
Class 3. 
Thames Bank Iron Co., London Gold Medal. 
Newton,Chambers & Co , London Silver-gilt Medal. 
John Jeffreys, London .. .. Silver Medal. 
W. Richardson & Co., Darlington 
John Watson, St. Albans.. .. Bronze Medal. 
Group B. Class 4. 
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ltd., 
Ipswich .. .. .. Gold Medal. 
S. Shanks & Co., London.. .. Silver-gilt Medal. 
Class 5. 
Newton,Chambers & Co., Sheffield Silver Medal. 
Class 6. 
Merryweather & Sons, London .. Gold Medal. 
Shand, Mason & Co., London .. ,, 
J. H. Heathman & Co., London.. Silver Medal. 
Wilson & Sons, Ltd., London .. ,, 
Sphincter Grip Armoured Hose 
Co., Ltd., London .. .. Bronze Medal. 
Class 8. 
Joseph Davis & Co., London .. Silver Medal. 
R. Springate & Co., London .. Bronze Medal. 
Joseph Davis & Co., London .. Certificate. 
Class 9. 
Joseph Davis & Co., London .. Silver Medal. 
Group C. Class 10. 
A. Maertens, London .. .. Silver Medal. 
Gourock Rock Co., Greenock .. Certificate. 
John Unite, London .. .. 
Charles Limare & Sons, Fecamp 
Group D. Class 15. 
G. Michieli, Venice .. .. Silver Medal. 
Class 16. 
David Rowell & Co , London .. Gold Medal. 
The Economic Fencing Co., 
London .. .. .. Silver Medal. 
Class 17. 
The Economic Fencing Co., 
London .. .. .. Silver Medal. 
Group E. 
Corry & Co., London .. .. Bronze Medal. 
W. Clibran & Son, Altrincham .. ,, 
Jos. Bentley, Barrow-on-Humber ,, 
Jos. Bentley, Barrow-on-Humber ,, 
James George, London .. .. ,, 
B. S. Williams & Son, London .. Certificate. 
B. Hembrey & Co., London .. ,, 
G. Shearod & Co., London .. ,, 
J Pinches, London 
W. Clibran & Son, Altrincham .. ,, 
Jos. Bentley, Barrow-on-Humber ,, 
Jos. Bentley, Barrow-on-Humber ,, 
James George, London .. 
James George, London .. .. ,, 
Charles Judson, London .. .. ,, 
W. Richardson & Co., Darlington ,, 
Group F. 
The Permanent Nitrate Co., Lon¬ 
don .. .. .. .. Silver Medal. 
J. Waddell &Co., Greenwich .. ,, 
W. Wood & Son, Wood Green .. Bronze Medal. 
James George, London .. .. Certificate. 
The Stott Fertilizer and Insecti¬ 
cide Distribution Co., Ltd., 
London 
W. Colchester, Ipswich .. 
W. Wood & Son, Wood Green .. ,, 
W. Wood & Son, Wood Green .. ,, 
W. Wood & Son, Wood Green .. ,, 
G. W. Davis, London 
The Horticultural Supply Co., 
London 
Group G. Class 32. 
Pulham & Son, London .. .. Silver Medal. 
Dick Radclyffe & Co., London .. 
Class 31. 
Dick Radclyffe & Co., London .. Silver Medal. 
Chas. Williams, Hammersmith .. Bronze Medal. 
Class 33. 
R Sankey & Son, Nottingham .. Silver Medal. 
W. S. lies, Camberwell .. 
Class 34. 
F. Kosher & Co., London .. Gold Medal. 
Pulham & Son, London .. .. ,, 
Ernest Wahliss, London and 
Vienna.. .. .. Silver Medal. 
Ardeshir & Byramji, London .. ,, 
E. C. Fratelli Lapini, Florence .. ,, 
' Boulton & Co., London .. .. ,, 
Group I. 
W. Barron & Son, Borrowash . 
Jesse Martin, Gt. Totham . 
Group K. 
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ltd. 
Ipswich 
J. Kelley, London .. 
J. Watson, St. Albans 
P. Mayfarth & Co., Frankfort . 
The Stott Fertilizer and Insecti¬ 
cide Distribution Co., Ltd., 
London 
Group L. 
L. Farina & Co., London 
Madame Gofton Salmond, Nor 
wood 
E. Bombois, London 
Chas. Williams, Hammersmith. 
Silver Medal. 
Certificate. 
Silver Medal. 
Certificate. 
I 1 
Group M. Class 
P. Mayfarth & Co., Frankfort .. 
Class 41. 
Gower, Dodson & Co., London, 
Agents to the Bulgarian 
Government .. 
43- 
Silver Medal. 
Gold Medal. 
Group N. Class 
Jarman &Co., Chard, Somerset. 
Group O Classes 52 
Australian Irrigation Colonies 
London 
44- 
Gold Medal. 
to 55- 
Silver Medal. 
Class 52. 
Reid & Bornemann, Sydenham .. Silver Medal. 
Class 53. 
H. J Van Hulle, Ghent .. .. Silver Medal. 
T. Mawson, Windermere.. .. ,, 
Group P. Class 56. 
Geo. Cadell.. .. .. .. Silver Medal. 
Sundries. 
B. S. Williams & Son, Upper 
Holloway .. .. . Gold Medal. 
Crompton & Fawkes, Chelmsford Silver Medal. 
J. E. & S. Spencer, London .. Gold Medal. 
GODETIAS. 
The Godetias constitute a section of the genus of 
Evening Primroses (CEnothera), of which there are 
several in cultivation, but within the last few years 
they have mostly disappeared from all except 
botanic gardens. The cause of this is doubtless on 
account of the superior size and richly coloured 
flowers of G. Whitneyi. Under cultivation it has 
proved variable and several very fine forms have 
been raised from if, and meet with public favour. 
Their large flowers, decorative value, and the ease 
with which they may be raised, enable those who 
grow annuals to turn them to good account in the 
garden with a minimum of trouble. By sowing them 
thinly and afterwards regulating the distance 
between each plant, they continue for a longer time 
in bloom, being able to develop the side shoots in 
succession. 
A number of them might have been seen during 
the past summer in the gardens of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society at Chiswick. The dwarfest was 
that named Lady Satin Rose, about 12 in. high, with 
a large deep carmine blotch, and lilac at the base and 
margin of each petal. The flowers of Duke of Fife 
are equally large and intense carmine with a rose 
edge and base. It grows from 12 in. to 15 in. high 
under ordinary conditions. Brilliant Crimson is no 
taller than Lady Satin Rose, and the large, deep, 
satiny-rose blotch on the middle of each petal is 
paler than that of Duke of Fife, and the base of the 
petals is white. A paler and beautiful variety is 
Duchess of Fife.w'ith white or blush-coloured flowers 
and a smaller carmine blotch on the middle of each 
petal. That named the Bride is taller than any of 
the others, being 18 in. high, while it has also the 
smallest and palest coloured flowers. They are 
white with a small rose zone in the throat. 
The heights given refer to plants in ordinary 
garden soil without any special preparation. In 
rich soil and in wet seasons the plants would no 
doubt be inclined to grow taller, but would not pro¬ 
duce a finer display unless the other conditions 
generally were favourable. On the contrary when 
the seed has been sown in light or sandy soil, and 
the distance of the plants properly regulated, they 
attain as a rule a height of 10 in. or 12 in., and pre¬ 
sent a regular sheet of bloom, but under these condi¬ 
tions their duration is considerably shortened. 
