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August 26, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
although the symptoms were not quite identical. 
The tip of the shoot is first attacked, and the 
crinkles of the unexpanded leaf, which becomes of a 
dirty wash-leather colour, and loses its pellucidity ; 
then the leaves that are expanded further down the 
shoot become cupped and concave on the lower side, 
convex on the upper, and lose their graiiing. All the 
shoot becomes dull, and its crispness is gone ; and if 
pinched it indents without without breaking. The 
disease, unless checked at the outset, descends the 
stem very quickly, runs into the older wood, and de¬ 
stroys the Vine." The specimen submitted to the 
committee, had the canes, fruit-stalks, and berries 
affected with dark-brownish blotches and spots, 
while the leaves were of a dull greyish tint, shaded 
here and there with brown on the under surface. As 
a remedy, it was suggested that Vines suspected of 
the disease should be dusted with sulphur in the 
springtime, and later on a mixture of sulphur and 
lime should be applied judiciously. In some places 
on the Continent, a wash of sulphate of iron is used 
for the stems. Any Vines now suffering badly from 
" Anthracuose ” should be immediately destroyed by 
fire, to prevent the disease spreading. It may be 
mentioned that Mr. Blackmore plunged an infected 
shoot into a can of strong liquid-manure ; and this 
arrested the evil, and after two or three such dippings, 
sound growth was renewed. The manure should be 
undiluted and strong. 
GLADIOLUS AND DAHLIA SHOW AT 
EARL’S COURT. 
The show on the 23rd and 24th inst. was chiefly 
devoted to the exhibition of Gladioli and Dahlias, 
which made a brave display in their respective ways. 
Prizes were also offered for China Asters and for 
fruit. In both of these last the competitive exhibits 
were considerably augmented by others in the mis¬ 
cellaneous class. The different subjects in the 
latter, while increasing the size of the exhibition, 
also contributed largely to its effect by the greater 
amount of variety and the novelty of the exhibits 
themselves. Notable in this latter respect was a 
group of Cape Pelargoniums of large size, varied, 
and strongly fragrant, a qualification that is unfor¬ 
tunately more or less entirely deficient in the more 
showy and flowering subjects. Cut flowers of her¬ 
baceous plants and fruit trees in pots as effectively 
occupied the other end of the large tent in which 
the show was held. Cut flowers being the dominant 
feature of the exhibits, there were more numerous 
tables to accommodate them than on last occasion. 
Rain fell steadily and rather heavily in the morning, 
a fact which, no doubt, militated to some extent 
against the attendance of visitors later in thq day. 
Messrs. J. Burrell & Co., Howe House, Cambridge, 
were the only competitors in the open class for 100 
spikes of Gladioli, and they certainly merited the 
first prize which was awarded them. The spikes 
were strong and bore from ten to fifteen fully 
expanded blooms, according to the variety and the 
size of the individual flowers. They were all of the 
Gandavensis type and exhibited a considerable range 
of colouring, the bulk of them being of light and 
pleasing hues. The first prize for twelve spikes in 
the amateur’s class was awarded to Mr. D. Whitlaw, 
Brechin, Scotland. Here again there was only one 
competitor whose spikes were very meritorious. 
The first prize for twenty-four show and fancy 
Dahlias in an open class was awarded to Mr. S. 
Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham, Surrey. Some of 
his finer show blooms were John Walker, Eclipse, 
Duke of Fife, Muriel, and Diadem, while Mrs. 
Saunders, Buttercup, and Mrs. John Downie were 
good fancy blooms. Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries. 
Slough, was second with smaller blooms, but all 
beautifully neat and fresh. Fine blooms were W. 
Keith, Diadem, John Walker, Hy. Walton, and others. 
Mr. M. V. Seal, Vine Nurseries, Sevenoaks, was 
third with an even lot of medium-sized blooms, 
amongst which fancy sorts largely dominated. The 
first prize for twelve show and fancy Dahlias in the 
.amateurs’ class was accorded to Mr. T. Vagg, gar¬ 
dener to J. Theobald, Esq.,M.P., Bedford, Havering, 
Romford. The blooms were of good average size. 
Mr. A. Ocock, gardener to Mrs. McIntosh, Havering 
Park, Romford, was a good second. J. G. Fowler, 
Esq , Glebeland, South Woodford, was third. The 
first prize for nine bunches of Cactus and decora¬ 
tive Dahlias, was awarded to Messrs. J. Cheal & 
Sons, Crawley, Sussex, who had very fine Cactus 
-sorts in Bertha Mawley, Countess of Gosford, orange 
and yellow centre, Beauty of Arundel, and Delicata. 
Mr. M. V. Seal took the second place with some 
attractive varieties likewise. Mr. C. Turner took 
the third place, showing decorative sorts chiefly. 
There were five entries in this class. The first 
award for twelve bunches of pompon Dahlias was 
taken by Mr. M. V. Seale, who had exceedingly neat 
blooms in Whisper, Dorothy, Eva, Hilda, Favourite, 
and Eurydice. Mr. C. Turner was second with dis¬ 
tinctly larger blooms, and less neatly set up, though 
otherwise good. Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons took the 
third place. There were five entries in the class. 
Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons easily carried off the first 
prize for twenty-four bunches of single Dahlias, 
which were varied and very highly coloured, both 
seifs, striped and zoned varieties being very 
attractive. The second award went to Mr. M. V. 
Seale, whose blooms were smaller but good. Mr. 
E. F. Such, Maidenhead, took the third place. An 
extra prize for flat-petalled Asters was awarded to 
Mr. W. Salmon, Elder Road, West Norwood. 
The first award for twelve dishes of hardy fruits 
was taken by Mr. J. Mclndoe, Hutton Hall Gardens, 
Guisborough, Yorks., who had fine Pears, Apples, 
Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Apricots, and 
Cherries. The second prize was taken by Mr. G. 
Wythes, gardener to the Duke of Northumberland, 
Syon House, Brentford, who had a dish of Mul¬ 
berries in addition to his other fruits. The third 
prize was taken by Mr. G. H. Sage, Ham House, 
Richmond, who also had larger and riper Mul¬ 
berries. There were four competitors. 
In the miscellaneous class a group of large plants 
of Cape Pelargoniums was exhibited by Mr. J. 
Hudson, gardener to the Messrs, de Rothschild, 
Gunnersbury House, Acton. About half of the plants 
were flowering fairly freely, but the flowers of the 
unimproved sorts, are, as every one acquainted with 
them knows, of small importance; nor are 
flowers needed to encourage the cultivation of so 
fragrant and beautiful leaved a class of plants. 
Some of the finest pieces were Pelargonium 
denticulatum (filicifoliumodoratissium) P. capitatum, 
P. fragraus, P. Radula, P. quercifolium majus, 
P. Pheasant's Foot, and others (Silver Gilt Medal). 
On a side table a large collection of Gladioli in¬ 
cluding nine new varieties exhibited for certificates, 
was shown by Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, 
Somerset. The new sorts exhibited a considerable 
range of variety, mostly of light and pleasing shades 
of colour. They also had smaller collections of 
herbaceous plants, such as Delphiniums, Asters, 
Sunflowers, Gaillardias and some stands of quilled 
varieties of China Asters (Silver Gilt Medal). Two 
fresh and interesting groups of hardy cut flowers 
were exhibited by Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent 
Garden, and Long Ditton, Surrey. Conspicuous 
amongst others were Lilium speciosum, perennial 
Asters, Pentstemons, Zinnias, Stocks, Pyrethrums, 
Rudbeckia (Echinacea) purpurea, R. speciosa, 
Liatris pycnostachya, Heleniums, Sunflowers in 
variety, and others in considerable variety 
for this period of the year (Silver Medal). 
A large group of fruit trees in pots, includ¬ 
ing Peaches, Nectarines, &c., came from Messrs. 
W. Paul & Son. They also had numerous stands of 
Roses and baskets of ornamental Crabs interpersed 
amongst the pots of fruit trees (Gold Medal). 
Half a dozen stands of Dahlias were exhibited by 
Mr. S. Mortimer. The blooms were large and fresh 
and included seven new varieties of show, fancy, and 
Cactus Dahlias, Mrs. Mortimer and S. Mortimer 
being fine fancies, and John Knight a good show 
variety (Silver Medal). A collection of Pompon 
Chrysanthemums, set up in bunches, was exhibited by 
Mr. E. F. Such. Zinnias and seedling Hollyhocks 
were shown by Mr. W. Slogrove, gardener to Mrs. 
Crawford, Gatton, Reigate. A showy collec¬ 
tion of show, fancy, Cactus and Pompon 
Dahlias was exhibited by Messrs. J. Cheal 
& Sons, Crawley, Sussex. The Cactus 
kinds were shown with their foliage, whether 
arranged in bunches or staged on flat stands, and 
looked fresh and beautiful (Silver Medal). A col¬ 
lection of Melons, consisting of 163 fruits or thereby, 
was exhibited by Mr. T J. Stacey, The Peacheries, 
Caversham, Reading (Silver Medal). A collection 
of 100 fruits of Peaches in ten varieties was shown 
by Mr. A. H.Rickvood, gardener to theDowagerLady 
Freake, Fulwell Park, Twickenham (Silver Medal). 
A collection of flowers, fruit, and vegetables was 
also shown by Mr. W. G. Rickerd, gardener to T 
Lilley, Esq., Croftmount Park, Ealing (Bronze 
Medal). A collection of Grapes and hardy fruit was 
exhibited by Mr. J. T. Hoar, gardener to J. T. 
Caoper, Esq., The Grange, West Molesey. 
A showy collection of Apples neatly arranged 
in baskets with cotton wool and also in 
plates was exhibited by Messrs. S. Spooner 
& Sons, Hounslov (Silver Medal). Some stands of 
Gloxinias and tuberous Begonias were shown by 
Mr. A. W. Young, 137, Holmssdale Road, South 
Norwood (Bronze Medal). A group of Antirrhinums, 
China Asters, and double Matricarias, as well as a 
group of Sunflowers, Phloxes, etc., were shown by 
Mr. Wm Welsford, South Lambeth (Silver Medal). 
A group of well-pitchered Nepenthes, Crotons, 
Palms, and Ferns were set up by Mr. G. Wythes 
(Silver-gilt Medal). A large collection of Dahlias, 
Sunflowers, Gaillardias, China Pinks, etc., was 
staged by Mr. W. Salmon, Elder Road, West Nor¬ 
wood (Silver Medal). Eight stands of show and 
fancy Dahlias were exhibited by Mr. Seale (Silver 
Medal). Five stands in similar style were also 
shown by Mr. E. F.' Such. A group of Palms, 
Lilies, Crotons, etc, was arranged by Mr. 
J. Walborn, Cedars Nursery, West Kensington 
(Silver Medal). 
_ . ♦ | _ 
THE HERBACEOUS BORDER, 
Choice plants in Flower. 
Eryngium planum.— The herbaceous border is con¬ 
siderably enlivened during the month of August by 
the branching stems and free flowering character of 
this species. It did, indeed, flower in July this year, 
but that is to a considerable extent exceptional. The 
lower leaves are oblong with a cordate base, while 
the upper ones are five-parted. The upper part of 
the branches and the bracts are of a bright steel 
blue, and the flower heads themselves, small, 
globular and deep blue. 
Scabiosa ochroleucha. —The leaves of this 
perennial Scabious are deeply pinnatisect with 
linear segments, and the branching stems grow 
about 2 ft. to 3 ft. high. The flower heads are of 
medium or moderately large size, so that it cannot 
be considered a plant of the first rank compared with 
S. caucasica, but it blooms profusely long after the 
latter species has gone to rest, and for that reason 
alone is worthy of cultivation. 
Anemone japonica alba. —The flowering of one 
of the most beautiful of autumn flowering plants has 
been considerably hastened by the remarkably dry 
and warm season. It is to be hoped that its duration 
will not be reduced by that amount. To avoid 
which the ground should be mulched and good 
supplies of water given. 
Eupatorium Ageratoides. —The flowers of this 
Composite are white or of a faintly flesh tint in their 
earlier stages. The plant is of dwarfer and neater 
habit than the other species in cultivation growing 
generally about 18 in. to 2 ft. high. The leaves are 
ovate or cordate but undivided. Few of the species 
are hardy, and this one comes from North America. 
It is sometimes grown under the name of E. 
Fraseri. 
Montbretia crocosm.eflora. —The stems of 
this Irid grow about 18 in. to 2 ft. high and bear a 
profusion of showy flowers of an orange-scarlet and 
more intense externally, with a few crimson markings 
in the throat. The flowers are larger and more 
spreading than those of M. Potsii which was one of 
its parents. It should be favoured with a sheltered 
position and well drained soil. 
/ 5 >-> 
-Hardening miscellany. 
lilium henryi. 
There is evidently a great future before this rare 
Lily, when time has been afforded for its dis¬ 
tribution. Some of the plants in Kew Gardens have 
stems from 6 ft. to 8 ft. high or more, bearing a 
conical panicle of flowers to the number of 12 to 27. 
The lower branches of the raceme generally bear 
two flowers each, rarely three, and the upper 
pedicels has solitary flowers. The bulbs would 
therefore seem to increase in vigour year after year, 
