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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July 29, 1893. 
FLORICULTURE. 
The Bristol and West of England Carnation 
and Picotee Society. 
The first annual exhibition of Carnations and 
Picotees by members of this society was held at the 
Zoological Gardens, Clifton, Bristol, on Wednesday, 
the igth inst. The society has only recently been 
formed, and at present numbers about forty mem¬ 
bers, the Marquis cf Bath, and Sir Michael Hicks 
Beach, Bart., M.P., being patrons, the High Sheriff 
of Bristol (Alfred Deedes, Esq.), president, and 
Messrs. E. J. Lowe (Chepstow) and F. R. Fry 
(Keynsham) vice-presidents. There were between 
fifty and sixty entries for the various classes and the 
competition was very keen, particularly in the white 
ground Picotee class and for single specimens, the 
blooms being quite up to exhibition standard. 
A new white tree Carnation named Blagdon Sur¬ 
prise was exhibited by Mr. F. R. Robinson, of Sneyd 
Park, Bristol, and was awarded a First-class Certifi¬ 
cate; it was much admired. Mr. F. Hooper, of 
Bath, showed bunches of Phlox and several spikes 
of Gladioli not for competition, a Certificate of Merit 
being awarded same. Mr. F. Farr, Willsbridge, 
near Bristol, sent a box of cut Begonias (double and 
single), a Certificate of Merit being given. Mr. 
Harris, gardener to the Zoological Society, staged 
twelve pots of seedling Ferns, for which a First-class 
Certificate was awarded. A small miscellaneous 
group was staged by Messrs. Garraway not for com¬ 
petition, together with specimen Fuchsias, Begonias, 
and Ferns by Mr. Harris. 
Mr. Ben Simonite judged, and his decisions gave 
general satisfaction. He expressed his opinion that 
the show as a whole was very good for a first 
attempt, and that some of the winning stands were 
as good as any he had seen this year. It is intended 
next year, as the subscription list is increasing, to 
add to the number and value of the prizes. 
Prize List. 
Twelve Carnation Blooms, bizarres and flakes, 
distinct.—First, Mr. A. R. Brown, Birmingham, 
with C. H. Herbert, Mrs. Barlow, Tom Pinley, 
Douglas, No. 37, Ellis Crossley, John Payne, Squire 
Llewellyn Samson, Tom Macreath (good), Virgil 
(good), Rosy Morn, and Admiral Curzon (premier 
Carnation in show); second, Mr. F. Hooper, Bath : 
third, Mr. H. Hooper, Chippenham. Six Car¬ 
nation Blooms. — First, Mr. W. Dowell, Chew 
Magna, with Dan Godfrey, and five seedlings. 
Twelve Picotee Blooms, distinct varieties, 
white ground.—First, Mr. Chas. Turner, Slough, 
with Morna, Zerlina, Favourite, Princess of Wales, 
John Archer, Lady E. Vande Weyer, Jx B. Bryant, 
Thomas William, Nellie, Adolphus, Lady Holmes- 
dale, and Mary ; second, A. R. Brown ; third, Mr. 
F. Hooper ; fourth, Mr. H. Hooper. Six Picotee 
Blooms. —First, Mr. F. W. Baker, Keynsham, with 
Mrs. Chancellor, Ethel, Edith D’Ombraine, Nymph, 
and two seedlings; second, Mr. W. Dowell. 
Twelve Blooms, Yellow Ground, distinct 
varieties, seifs excluded.—First, Mr. Chas. Turner, 
with Stadtrath Bail, Mrs. Hen wood, seedling (good), 
Lilian, Countess of Jersey, Agnes Chambers, Edith 
M. Wynne, Annie Douglas, Mrs. Arthur Barret, 
Nellie Bath, Magnet, and Mrs. R. Sydenham 
(grand), premier yellow ground Picotee in the show ; 
second, Mr. A. R. Brown ; third, Mr. F. Hooper. 
Six Blooms, distinct. — First, Rev. G. R. Brown, 
Iron Acton, with Mrs. Henw.ood, Lady Edwards, 
Victory, Mrs. R. Sydenham, Dorothy, and Countess 
of Jersey; second, Mr. F. W. Baker. 
Selfs, Fancies and Yellow Ground, twelve 
blooms, distinct varieties. First, Mr. Chas. Turner 
with Germania (good), Ruby (good), Terra Cotta, 
The Governor, Konig Albert, Almira, Salamander, 
Rose Unique, King of Scarlets (grand), Romulus 
(good), Duchess of Sutherland and Janira. Second, 
Mr. A. R. Brown; third, F. Plooper. Six Blooms. 
First, Rev. G. R. Browne with Colonial Beauty, 
Aureola, Dodwells S58S, Mrs. Henwood, Mrs. R. 
Sydenham, and Annie Douglas; second, Mr. F. 
W. Baker ; third Mr. W. Dowell. 
Single Specimens : Carnations, bizarres and 
flakes. — First and second, Mr. A. R. Brown, with 
Joe Edwards and Jim’s Favourite; third, Mr. F. 
Hooper, with a seedling Scarlet Flake. 
Picotees : white ground.—First, Mr. A. R. Brown, 
with Thomas William (grand), premier Picotee in 
show ; second and third, Mr. C. Turner, with 
Thomas William and Nellie; Yellow Ground, 
seifs excluded.—First, Mr. C. Turner, with Countess 
of Jersey; second, Rev. G. R. Browne, with Mrs. 
Henwood; third, Mr. A. R. Brown, with Queen 
Boadica. Selfs or Fancies.; —First, Mr. A. R. 
Brown, with Rose Unique (grand) ; second, Mr. C. 
Turner, with Salamander; third, Mr. A. R. Brown, 
with Mrs. Fred. 
Six Varieties of Carnations orJPicotees, six 
stems of each variety.—First, Mr. H. Hooper, 
Chippenham ; second, Mr. F. Hooper, Bath. 
Six Pots of Carnations or Picotees. —First, 
Mr. H. Hooper, Chippenham; second, Mr. F. 
Hooper, Bath. 
The Silver Medal given by Mr. Charles Turner for 
twelve Carnations was won by Mr. A. R. Brown, 
Birmingham, with Aureola, Rose Unique, Blushing 
Bride, Hebe, Chamisso, Ruby, Wieland, Gustave 
Freitag, Avalanche, Mrs. Fred, Rose Wynne, and 
another. The special prize, given by Messrs. Crane 
& Clark, of Hillside Nursery, March, Cambs, for 
six blooms of Germania, was won by Mr. F. Hooper, 
Bath. It may be mentioned that the southern 
growers were past their best owing to the season, and 
could have shown much stronger two weeks ago. 
Midland Counties Carnation and Picotee 
Society. 
The third annual exhibition was held in the 
Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston, Birmingham, on the 
22nd inst., and in the face of the very early and 
trying season, was a success far beyond the expecta¬ 
tions of the committee. The classes generally were 
strongly filled, and in many cases the competitors 
ran very close together. There was a large atten¬ 
dance of visitors, and the weather was very fine. 
Twelve Carnations : First, Mr. T. Lord, Todmorden ; 
second, Mr. Robt. Sydenham, Birmingham ; third, 
Mr. John Whitham, Hebden Bridge; fourth; 
Messrs. Thomson & Co., Birmingham; fifth, Mr. E. 
Shaw, Manchester; sixth, Mr. Charles Freeland, 
Larkhall, N.B.; seventh, Mr. Henry Geggie, Bury. 
The Carnations, generally, were not up to the usual 
standard, exhibitors having so few blooms left. For 
twelve Picotees there was a strong competition, 
eleven exhibits being staged. First, Mr. Robt. 
Sydenham, and in this stand were very fine blooms 
of Rosie Sydenham, a new and very fine flower; Mrs. 
Coldridge, Nellie, Polly Brazil, and Mrs. Payne, 
second, Messrs. Thomson & Co., with a superb 
Nellie in this stand ; third, Mr. A R Brown, Pride 
of Leyton, a fine new variety, Mrs. S. Beal, new and 
fine, and Mrs. Payne fine in this stand. Fourth, Mr. 
John Whitham : fifth, Mr. Tom Lord; sixth, Mr. E. 
Shaw ; seventh, Mr. Chas. Turner. 
For twelve yellow grounds: First, Mr. Robt. 
Sydenham with Countess of Jersey, Janira, Romulus, 
Mrs. Henwood, Stadtrath Bail, Schleiben, Brock- 
ham, Victory, Mrs. Robert Spencer, A. W. Jones, 
and two others ; second, Messrs. Thomson & Co. 
with Romulus, Mrs. Spencer, a very fine new yellow 
ground, bright lemon, beautifully edged with mauve ; 
Mrs. R. Sydenham, Parsifal, Heinrich Engel, Von 
Beningen, A. W. Jones, and Old Coin, all fine; 
third, Mr. Charles Turner, and in this stand were 
two fine new kinds, Adele, pale cream edged with 
scarlet, and Miss Proctor, creamy-buff striped with 
bright scarlet, two good flowers. Countess of Jersey 
also fine in this stand ; fourth, Mr. Arthur 
Medhurst, Oxford ; fifth, Mr. B. Simonite, Sheffield ; 
sixth, Mr. J. H. Wilson, Birmingham. For twelve 
seifs : First, Mr. Robert Sydenham with Germania, 
Ruby, Gladys, Justinian, a bright, light pink; 
Blushing Bride, seedling, scarlet, fine ; Annie Lakin, 
Joe Willett, Queen of Buffs, Theodore, Chaundy’s 
Aureola, and a dark sport from C. H. Herbert ; 
second, Mr. A. Medhurst with all seedlings of Mr. 
Dodwell's; third, Messrs. Thomson & Co., and in 
this stand were Gilbert, very fine bright, rosy-pink ; 
King of Purples, a superb purple self ; Negress 
(Thomson's), fine; and Thomson’s Mrs. Joseph 
Chamberlain, soft salmon-pink; fourth, Mr. C. 
Turner; fifth, Mr. Wilson. 
Six Carnations : First, Mr. C Head, Hebden 
Bridge ; second, Mr. Ben Simonite, Sheffield ; third, 
Mr. A. Medhurst; fourth, Mr. Joe Edwards, Man¬ 
chester; fifth, Mr. W. Kenyon, Bury ; sixth, Mr. C. 
F. Thurstans, Wolverhampton; seventh, Mr. Jas. 
Bleakley, Manchester. For six Picotees : First, Mr. 
C. Head ; second, Mr. Thurstans ; third, Mr. A. W. 
Jones, Handsworth ; fourth, Mr. W. Kenyon ; fifth, 
Mr. J. P. Sharp, King's Heath; sixth, Mr. Wm. 
Spencer, Jun., Birmingham; seventh, Mr. James 
Bleakley. For six fancy yellow grounds : First, Mr, 
A. W. Jones ; second, Mr. A. R. Brown ; third, Mr! 
W. Spencer ; fourth, Mr. George Chaundy, Oxford ; 
fifth, Mr. R. Makepeace, Leicester; sixth, Mr. 
George Eyn, Derby ; seventh, Mr. Ed. Hill, Notting¬ 
ham. For six seifs : First, Mr. W. Kenyon ; second, 
Mr. E. Shaw, Manchester ; third, Mr. A. R. Brown ; 
fourth, Mr. Joe Edwards; fifth, Mr. W. Bacon, 
Derby ; sixth, Mr. E. Hill ; seventh, Mr. Chaundy. 
In the maiden exhibition class for six Carnations 
and Picotees Mr. George Chappell, Birmingham, 
was first ; Mr. J. Lamb, Burton Joyce, second; Air. 
Henry Buck, Birmingham, third ; and Air. H. G. 
Owen, Birmingham, fourth. 
Eighty-four prizes in 19 classes for single blooms 
not only took some judging, but would require some 
space for reporting, and we cannot spare this room 
just now. The premiers were :— Bizarre Carnation, 
Air. Tom Lord, with Alaster Fred ; flake Carnation, 
Mr. B. Simonite, with Sportsman ; self Carnation, 
Air. C. Turner, with Germania; yellow ground 
Picotee, Air. W. Spencer, Jun., with Airs. Robt. 
Sydenham ; heavy-edged Picotee, Air. A. W. Jones, 
with Airs. Payne; light-edged Picotee, Air. R. 
Sydenham, with Thomas William. 
There were classes for border Carnations: For 
twelve bunches, First, Alessrs. Thomson & Co.; 
second, Air. F. Perkins, Leamington ; third, Alessrs. 
Hewitt & Co., Birmingham; fourth, Air. S. Rogers, 
AVhittlesey; fifth, Mr. AV. H. Divers, Ketton Hall 
Gardens. For six bunches there was also a good 
competition. Bouquets and sprays of Carnations 
were well competed for, as also baskets of Carnations 
and Picotees; in the latter Mrs. Herbert, Sparkhill, 
taking first prize for a beautiful arrangement. 
Six Carnations in pots, Mr. R. Sydenham was 
first; Alessrs. Thomson & Co. second; and Air. 
E. M. Sharp, Birmingham, third. Bouquets and 
sprays of Sweet Peas were also invited and well 
contested. Certificates of Alerit were awarded to 
Alessrs. Thomson & Co. for seedling self Carnation 
Topsy and seedling yellow ground Picotee Mrs. 
Spencer; and to Air. George Chaundy for seedling 
S. B. Carnation Albert Whitham. Certificates to 
Mrs. Thewles, Floral Depot, Birmingham, for a 
white wedding shower bouquet ; and to Alr. Anstiss, 
Brill, for Dahlias. The Birmingham Botanical 
Society’s Silver Aledals were awarded to Air. R. 
Sydenham and to Alessrs. Hewitt & Co. for cultural 
excellence; and their Brcnze Aledals to Alessrs. 
Thomson & Co. and Aliss Perkins, Leamington. 
The Midland Counties Pansy Society's Aledals 
were awarded as follows for honorary exhibits of 
exceptional merit:— 
Silver-gilt Medal to Alessrs. Hewitt & Co. for fine 
tuberous Begonias and herbaceous and other cut 
flowers. 
Silver Medal to Air. J. AVhite, nurseryman, 
Worcester, for a fine display of herbaceous and 
other cut flowers. 
Silver Medal to Air. B. R. Davis, Yeovil, for a 
collection of double Begonia blooms. 
Silver Medal to Alessrs. Thomson & Co., Birming¬ 
ham, for a collection of border Carnations. 
Bronze Medal to Air. Henry Eckford, Wem, for 
new and choice Sweet Peas. 
Bronze Medal to Alessrs. Jarman & Co.. Chard, for 
herbaceous and other cut blooms. 
-—- 
THE TRADE IN OSIERS. 
A large proportion of the osiers grown are sold by 
the growers in a green state. In the Cambridge dis¬ 
trict it has become usual to sell by auction at so 
much per acre, the purchaser cutting the crop and 
carrying it away. Basket-makers frequently con¬ 
tract with growers to take their green rods at a fixed 
price for a series of five, seven, or even fourteen 
years. The most common plan is for the grower to 
cut and sell green on the spot at the market price of 
the day. This price has of late years ranged from 
is. 6d. to 2S. 6d. per bunch, and at the present time, 
the price is 2s. for good rods. Some of the larger 
growers peel and store the rods, and sell them when 
there is a brisk demand. Some, and an increasing 
number, combine the business of growing with that 
of manufacturing. 
White rods are now generally sold by the ton, and 
the present price is about £18. 
Taking the figures and prices given previously as a 
basis, it would appear that a grower who sells his 
rods green would receive for an average crop at pre¬ 
sent prices £15 an acre. A grower who peels his 
rods would receive for the same crop, at present 
prices, ^34 19s. id.— Board of Agriculture Report. 
