October 16, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Rey, and Louise were the strongest blooms. Second 
came Mr. J. Knapp, gardener to F. W. Amsden, 
Esq., 22, Chichester Road, Croydon. 
Six blooms of Japanese were also best shown by 
Mr. R. Gladwell, who had grand samples of Phoebus 
and Edwin Molyneuxin this class. Mr. W. Perrin, 
gardener to C. W. Richardson, Esq., Sawbridge- 
worth, Herts, was second. Mr. Martin Silsbury, 
Providence, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, staged the best 
six Japanese in another class, and also the best 
twelve blooms of the same section. Mr. Henry 
Love, Melville Terrace, Sandown, Isle of Wight, 
was second. 
Open Classes. —There were two entries for the 
table of bouquets, wreaths, sprays, buttonholes, &c., 
illustrating the decorative value of the Chrysanthe¬ 
mum. Miss Nellie Erlebach, Chard's, Stoke Newing¬ 
ton, was an easy first with a grand arrangement; 
Mr. E. F. Such was second. 
There was a very brisk competition for three 
epergnes, no fewer than seven entries being sub¬ 
mitted. First came Mr. D. B. Crane, 4, Woodview 
Terrace, Archway Road, Highgate; Miss C. B. 
Cole, The Vinej’ard, Feltham, Middlesex, was 
second; Mr. W. Green, Junr., Harold Wood, 
Essex, third ; and Mrs. W. Green, and Mr. T. S. 
Williams, 4a, Asford Road, Ealing, were awarded an 
extra prize each. 
Mr. T. Tullett, gardener to G. Alexander, Esq., 
Warley Lodge, Brentwood, secured the first award 
for a single vase of Chrysanthemums. Mr. D. B. 
Crane was second. 
The miscellaneous exhibits were both numerous 
and effective. They comprised flowers (including 
Chrysanthemums), foliage plants, and fruit. 
Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Totten¬ 
ham, N., received a Silver Medal for a handsomely 
arranged miscellaneous group. The central mound 
was composed of Bambusa aurea, Lilium neilgher- 
rense, and L. sulphureum. Nerines, cut Chrysan¬ 
themums and Tritomas constituted the bulk of the 
flowering element. Maidenhair Fern was freely 
employed, and Crataegus Pyracantha was very 
showy. Mr. Ware also showed another large group 
of Michaelmas Daisies. 
Mr. John Pinches, 3, Crown Buildings, Crown 
Street, Camberwell, S.E., showed samples of highly 
finished and ingeniously contrived garden labels. 
Mr. H Berwick, Sidmouth Nurseries, Sidmouth, 
Devon, contributed a grand table of hardy fruit, for 
which a Silver-Gilt Medal was voted. Apples 
Hollandbury, Annie Elizabeth, Bismarck, Cox's 
Pomona, The Queen, Wellington, Gravenstein, 
Gascoigne’s Pearmain, and Tyler's Kernel were 
represented by large basketfuls of highly-coloured 
fruit. Pears, Durondeau, IJvedale’s St. Germain, 
and Beurre Bose were also well shown. 
Messrs. Osman & Co., 132, Commercial Street, 
bad a stand of horticultural sundries. 
Messrs. S. Spooner & Sons, Hounslow Nurseries, 
Middlesex, sent a table of excellent fruit, for which 
a Silver-Gilt Medal was given 
A similar award was made to Messrs. John Peed & 
Sons, Roupell Park Nurseries, Norwood Road, S.E., 
for a table of Apples ; Golden Noble, King of Pippins, 
Blenheim Orange, and Yorkshire Beauty were some 
of the finest samples. 
A magnificent circular group of Chrysanthemums 
contributed by Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood Nurseries, 
Redhill, Surrey, received a Gold Medal. Of the 
finer varieties of the Autumn Queen shown Madame 
Gustave Henry, Surprise, Madame G. Bruapt, and 
M. Hoste were shown in large size on the plants. 
Superb cut blooms of Emily Silsbury, Le Moucher- 
otte, Baronne Ad. de Rothschild, Oceana, Edith 
Tabor, Australia, Phoebus, and Thos. Wilkin were 
also forthcoming. The decorative varieties, Nellie 
Brown, a sport from Ryecroft Glory, and Ambrose 
Thomas were also much in evidence. Mr. James 
Williams had a table decorated with Chrysanthe¬ 
mums and foliage, but tco light to be effective. 
A Silver Medal went to Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, 
Swanley, Kent, for a bright and handsome group of 
Cannas. Although the plants were only in 5 in. pots, 
the foliage was stout and vigorous and the flower 
trusses large and substantial. From the same firm 
came a splendid collection of vegetables for which a 
Silver Gilt Medal was noted. Onions Ailsa Craig, 
Cranston’s Excelsior, Anglo Spanish, and Reading 
Improved were of great size and weight. Cannell's 
first prize Carrot was in great form, and amply 
demonstrated its high merit There were some 
excellent cut Chrysanthemums on view, also from the 
Swanley Nurseries. 
Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham, 
S.E., made an extensive exhibit of cut Chrysanthe¬ 
mums and zonal Pelargoniums. Four or five tall 
vases filled with 'mums, that stood in the centre 
served to give height to the group which was other¬ 
wise rather flat. Maidenhair Ferns constituted an 
effective ground work (Silver Medal). 
Mr. E. F. Such had a table of cut Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, but no award was made. 
Mr. Norman Davis also had a table of similar 
material, the chief feature in which was the grand 
new yellow decorative variety, Klondike. 
Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth, Devon, had one of the 
most noteworthy miscellaneous exhibits in the show 
as far as cut Chrysanthemums were concerned. Up¬ 
wards of twelve dozen grand blooms found a place on 
the stands. The best of them were the samples of 
Admiral Ito, Red Warrior, Rose Owen, M. Hosle, 
John Seward, George Seward, Mme. Gustave Henry, 
Australian Gold, Australia, M. Chenon de Leche, T. 
B. Haywood, Mrs. Tucker Pain, Mr. W. J. God¬ 
frey, and Baron A. de Rothschild. Bunches of some 
fine winter flowering Carnations were also exhibited 
by Mr. Godfrey (Silver Gilt Medal). 
The Ichthemic Guano Co , Ipswich, had their now 
celebrated decorative stand, more handsomely 
trimmed than ever with cut flowers and sprays of 
autumn foliage, and Ferns, and setting forth the vir¬ 
tues of their renowned specific. 
Mr. Thos. Robinson, gardener to W. Lawrence, 
Esq., Elefield House, Hollingbourne, sent three 
dozen good Chrysanthemum blooms, but not for 
competition. 
A superb table of fruit came from Messrs. John 
Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, S.E. It comprised 150 
dishes of Apples and Pears, all in first-class condi¬ 
tion. Of the former, Lane’s Prince Albert, Cellini, 
Pineapple Russet, Fearn’s Pippin, Colonel Vaughan, 
and Calville Rouge Precoce were specially note¬ 
worthy. Beurre Clairgeau, Doyenne du Comice, 
Beurre Bose, Marie Louise d' Uccle, and Durondeau 
were capital Pears. (Silver Gilt Medal.) By the 
side of the fruit was staged a collection of hardy, cut 
flowers, but as these were in a bad light their beauty 
was not fully apparent. Perennial Asters were 
strong. In another place the Messrs. Laing had 
staged a batch of the pretty little Begonia Gloire de 
Lorraine. 
Messrs. Hawkins and Bennett, Twickenham, 
showed three basketfuls of the new zonal Pelar¬ 
gonium Duke of Fife—a grand winter flowerer and 
fog resister. 
Miss C. B. Cole received a Bronze Medal for two 
non-competitive epergnes, the one fitted with Chry¬ 
santhemums, and autumn foliage, and the other 
filled with coloured foliage alone. 
The Lawes Chemical Company had a stand of 
manures, as had the Permanent Nitrate Committee, 
3, Gracechurch Street, E. C. 
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Iardening Miscellany. 
BEGONIA FOLIOSA. 
The finest plant of this beautifully leafy Begonia we 
have ever seen is growing in the conservatory at 
Gunnersbury House, Acton, the seat of Leopold de 
Rothschild, Esqr. The plant was originally a tiny 
tuft in a small 60-size pot. As it increased in size it 
was placed in a large wire basket, and suspended 
from the roof of the house. It is now a shapely 
specimen of living greenery, about 3 ft. to 3^ ft. in 
diameter. The leaves are the smallest of any 
Begonia in cultivation, being like those of a Vac- 
cinium rather than a Begonia; and they thickly clothe 
the much ramified drooping branches and branch- 
lets. The flowers are pale, and not very conspicu¬ 
ous owing to their small size; but the plant is well 
worth growing for its foliage alone, which is highly 
ornamental. Mr. James Hudson succeeds well with 
the most diversified kinds of stove and greenhouse 
plants. 
MINA LOBATA. 
I was pleased to come across several well grown and 
freely flowered plants of this at Solna, the well kept 
place of Mrs Egerton, Roehampton. They are 
planted out in the garden, and are growing up sticks 
8 ft. to 10 ft. high, being one mass of orange and 
scarlet flowers. Mr. Knowles informed me the seed 
was sown in April the seedlings planted out in May, 
and the plants have been flowering all the summer. 
It is a beautiful plant as seen here and should be 
more generally cultivated. Mina lobata is a very 
unique member of the Convolvulus family ; hence 
the reason for making a separate genus of it, but 
according to good modern authorities the correct 
name is Ipomoea versicolor.— A. Outram, F.R.H.S. 
FUCHSIAS IN TUBS. 
In the gardens of Mrs. Egerton, Solna, Roehampton, 
standing in front of the mansion are some splendid 
specimen Fuchsias, 5 ft. to 6 ft. high, and as much 
through—splendid objects as full of flower as one 
could wish for. They are most useful grown in this 
way, as they can every now and then be moved to 
different quarters, thereby producing fresh effects.— 
A. Outram, F.R.H.S. 
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Questions add snsraeFS 
*»* Will our friends who send us newspapers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged by their so doing. 
[ Correspondents, please note that we cannot undertake to 
name florists' flowers such as Carnations, Pelargoniums, 
Chrysanthemums, Roses, nor such as are mere garden 
varieties, differing only in the colour of the flower. 
Florists' flowers, as a rule, can only be named by those who 
grow collections of them.] 
Feeding of Goldfish. —Bread is the worst thing 
that you can possibly give to fish; in fact, all 
farinaceous food is distinctly bad, since it turns sour 
either in the water or in the stomachs of the fish. 
Had your pets been living in a comparatively confined 
space, such as in a glass bowl, you would have had a 
practical demonstration of this ere now, for they 
would have been dead. I have seen numbers of fish 
killed in this way, to the no small puzzlement of 
their owners, who could not imagine a reason. The 
best food to give fish is' the pupae of ants, popularly 
known as “ ants’ eggs.” These may be purchased 
very cheaply indeed at a seedsman’s or at the 
stores. Two or three of the "eggs” daily will be 
enough for small fish, and you can obtain quite a 
quantity for a penny.— A. S. G. 
Grub in Chrysanthemum Leaves --IF. E.B.: Your 
Chrysanthemums are being tormented by the grubs 
of a small black fly named Phytomyza nigricornis. 
The grub of the Frog Hopper never burrows into 
the interior of the leaf, but nestles on the surface, 
usually in the axil of a leaf, and in a mass of froth, 
like spittle, so that it is not the cause of the mischief 
under notice. The perfectly developed and winged 
female fly lays its eggs upon the leaves, and the 
grub on becoming hatched out burrows its way into 
the interior of the leaf, destroying the latter by feed- 
on the soft tissue. Keep an eye upon the plants in 
early summer, and whenever you detect the grub in 
a leaf pull the latter off and burn it, or, if you can 
find the position of the grub squeeze it between the 
finger and thumb. Badly-infested leaves should 
always be burnt to destroy the grubs and prevent 
them from reaching the winged state. There are 
several broods each season, so that you should per¬ 
severe in destroying the grubs from their earliest 
appearance. They are usually far more destructive 
to the leaves of Chrysanthemum coronaria, C. cari- 
natum, and other annual species than to the late 
flowering and perennial C. sinense. You could 
syriDge the leaves occasionally with weak tobacco 
water with the view of preventing the female flies 
from laying their eggs there. Your experience with 
the pest is a very common one in the South. 
Spotting of Orchid Leaves. — Alex. Logan: We 
have no doubt that the black and gray spots on the 
leaves ofLycaste aromatica, Dendrobium nobile, and 
Eria have been caused by the fungus known as Orchid 
Leaf Rust (Glaeosporium cinctum) described in the 
"Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society,” Vol. 
xxi., Part I, pp. 82, 83, and 84. We have some doubt 
about the spotting of the leaves of Odontoglossum 
incurvum ; but it may merely have been an earlier 
stage of the fungus. You are advised to spray the 
plants with potassic sulphide solution to kill the 
germinating spores of the fungus. Prevention, how¬ 
ever, is better than cure ; and we should advise you 
to keep the temperature of the house a little higher 
at the same time giving a suitable amount of air to 
dispel moisture. If the air of the house is kept dry 
and warm, especially when the leaves are being 
developed you will be able to a large extent to pre¬ 
vent the growth of the fungus, by hindering or alto¬ 
gether preventing the germination of the spores. 
You will lose nothing by giving this method a good 
and earnest trial. Spotting is generally largely 
deve'oped and encouraged by the low temperatures 
with an excess of moisture in the atmosphere and on 
the leaves. 
Iris susiana.— M.M'L.: The chief source of diffi¬ 
culty with this species lies in the fact that it com¬ 
mences to grow just before winter when it should be 
