August 13, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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Medal.) The Ichthemic Guano Company, Ipswich, 
had a tent all to themselves, and this they tastefully 
decorated with plants and cut flowers. (Gold 
Medal.) 
Gold Medals were also awarded to Messrs. Wm. 
Cutbush & Son, Higbgate, N., for a grand array of 
plants and cut flowers ; and to Mrs. Ellis, of Knigh¬ 
ton, Hayes, for Ferns. 
Silver Medals were voted to Messrs. J. R. Pearson 
& Sons, Chilwell, Notts, for a collection of Goose¬ 
berries; to Messrs. Yarde & Co., Northampton, for 
Sweet Peas ; Mrs E. C-. Carnall, Gipsy Lane, 
Leicester, for floral designs; Mr. Harry Rogers, 
Leicester, for stove and greenhouse plants; and 
Messrs. Harrison & Sons, Leicester, for cut flowers 
and vegetables. 
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HORTICULTURAL.— 
August i st and ind. 
By kind permission of Earl Spencer, K.G, the 
seventeenth show of this society was opened on 
August Bank Holiday in the beautiful grounds of 
Althorpe House, Northampton. A capital exhibition 
was forthcoming, and the influx of visitors was 
heavy. 
In the open classes Mr. J. Cypher, Cheltenham, 
carried off leading honours for twelve stove and 
greenhouse plants, showing grand specimens. Mr. 
W. Finch, Coventry, was second, and Mr. W. Vause, 
Leamington, third. The first prize for the central 
group of miscellaneous plants also went to Mr. J. 
Cypher, the second to Mr. W. Vause, and the third 
to Earl Spencer (gardener, Mr. S. Cole). 
Messrs. J. Perkins & Son, Market Square, North¬ 
ampton, staged the leading stand of twenty-four 
Roses, while the best twelve Tea Roses came 
from Messrs. T. Perkins & Sons, Drapery, North¬ 
ampton. Mr. S. Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham, 
Hants, scored for twenty-four Dahlias, and Mr. W. 
Vause obtained a first fcr twelve bunches of stove 
and greenhouse flowers. 
Mr. H. Rogers, gardener to Lord Rendlesham, 
Rendlesham Park, Suffolk, won well merited 
honours for table decoration, Mr. J. Cypher taking 
second place. 
In the "open” section of the schedule Mr. J. 
Dymock, gardener to B. Wentworth Vernon, Esq., 
Stoke Bruerne Park, won first prize with a capital 
collection of vegetables. 
In the classes set apart for gentlemen’s gardeners 
in the county of Northampton, Mr. J. Copson 
gardener to Mrs. P. Phipps, Collingtree Grange’ 
staged the best lot of six stove and greenhouse 
plants ; Mr. J. B. Palmer, gardener to Mrs. R. 
Turner, Cliftonville, being second. Mr. J. Holland, 
gardener to Mr. F. Bostock, Springfield, scored for 
eight table plants, and Mr. W. Pearce, gardener to 
S. Lode, Esq., Floore, for exotic Ferns. 
The first prize and the Royal Horticultural 
Society’s Silver Medal, for a collection of fruit, was 
well won by Mr. S. Cole, who had a fine display. 
Mr. A. Child, gardener to H. A. Attenborough, Esq., 
Catesby House, had the best black and also of white 
Grapes. Mr. S. Cole led for a Melon, and Mr. F. 
Bostock, for Peaches and Nectarines. Mr. F. G. 
Adnitt, Billing Road, Northampton, occupied the 
first places for early Apples and Pears. 
The exhibits sent by amateur cultivators and 
cottagers were of a high order of merit throughout 
and spoke well for the condition of the small gardens 
in the county. 
Special Classes.— In the class for a collection of 
vegetables, in which the prizes were offered by 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, of Reading, Mr. J. Keightley, 
gardener to Sir Herewald Wake, Courtenhall, was 
first; Mr. J. Dymock, second; and Mr. S. Cole, 
third. 
In another competition for a collection of vege¬ 
tables, in which the awards were given by Messrs. 
Webb & Sons, Stourbridge, Mr. J. Dymock was 
first on the list. In a third competition for a col¬ 
lection of vegetables, Mr. Dymock also took pride of 
place, so that his great ability as a grower of vege¬ 
tables was put beyond question. 
The non-competitive exhibits were not numerous, 
but they were good what there were of them. Messrs. 
J. Perkins & Son sent a fine assortment of miscel¬ 
laneous flowers and plants from their Billing Road 
Nurseries. Sweet Peas, Liliums, and tuberous 
Begonias were special features ot this group. The 
Ichthemic Guano Company, of Ipswich, showed 
sample bottles of their manure. Messrs. Hinton 
Bros., of Warwick, contributed a meritorious col¬ 
lection of Sweet Peas. Messrs. T. Perkins & Sons 
likewise had a cap’tal display of Sweet Peas, Car¬ 
nations, and tuberous Begonias. They also showed 
the large white Goosberry Leveller. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL .—August gth. 
The finest feature of the meeting on Tuesday last 
was the large group of splendidly grown Pitcher 
Plants from Windsor. Hardy herbaceous plants, 
annuals, Gladioli, Carnations, Hollyhocks, Nephro- 
lepis and stove and greenhouse plants were also in 
strong force. Hardy Water Lilies were shown in 
greater quantity than we have seen them before at 
any one meeting. 
Orchids were poorly represented on this occasion 
as might be expected. Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., 
Bush Hill Park, Middlesex, exhibited the new hybrid 
Cypripedium Olivia, which had delicately light 
flowers and Cattleya gaskelliana alba. Vanda 
(Stauropsis) Batemanii was exhibited by T. B. Hay¬ 
wood, Esq. (gardener, Mr. C. J. Salter), Woodhatch 
Lodge, Reigate. Mr. James Douglas, Edenside, 
Great Bookham, Surrey, staged Dendrobium for- 
mosum Edenside var., having flowers of wonderful 
size. Baron Schroder (gardener, Mr. H. Ballactine), 
The Dell, Egham, exhibited Sobralia sanderiana. 
G. W. Law Schofield, Esq., New Hall Hey, Man¬ 
chester, exhibited Odontoglossum crispum Leh- 
mannii Schofield’s var., having a rich and hand¬ 
somely marked lip. 
On this occasion the Ferns sent by Mr. H. B. 
May, of Dyson’s Lane Nurseries, Upper Edmonton, 
comprised a splendid representation of the genus 
Nephrolepis, no fewer than twenty-four forms being 
shown. A central and conspicuous feature was N. 
pectinata, of which there were some capital clumps 
massed upon the arms of a rustic tree stump. N. 
exaltata, N. e. multiceps, N. e. furcans, and N. e. 
plumosa were represented by exceptionally good 
specimens. Smaller plants of N. rufescens tripin- 
natifida, N. cordata compacta, N. Barterii, N. Duffii, 
N. pluma, and N. philippinense were other notable 
forms. All the plants were in first-rate health. 
(Silver-Gilt Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, Herts, 
had a showy group of cut spikes of Hollyhocks, 
which included some grand varieties, also herbaceous 
Phloxes and Pentstemons, and a large batch of cut 
blooms of Yucca flaccida. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
The most imposing of the exhibits of plants or 
flowers was a large group, chiefly of foliage subjects 
set up by, Mr. G. Keif, gardener to Mrs. Abbott, 
South Villa, Regent’s Park, N.W. The outline of 
the group was three bold curves, and the plants, 
which all stood upon the floor, rose from very near 
the ground level in the front to a considerable height 
in the background, several tall Palms proving very 
effective. Caladiums, Dracaenas, Acalyphas, and 
Ferns were all tastefully and well employed, and the 
exhibit was really a very merit orious one. (Silver 
Gilt Banksian Medal.) 
On the left-hand-side of the doorway a splendid 
group of Campanula pyramidalis compacta, in both 
white and blue forms, was set up by Mr. Geo. 
Wythes. Syon House Gardens, Brentford. A plant 
of the type was shown to illustrate the difference 
between it and the * compact ’ variety, and from 
comparison it was evident that Mr. Wythes’ variety 
has flowers of greater substance and wider petals, 
which reflex gracefully. A groundwork of Ferns 
gave a finish to this valuable contribution. (Silver 
Banksian Medal.) 
Mr. Owen Thomas, gardener to Her Majesty the 
Queen, sent a nice collection of well pitchered Nepen¬ 
thes. The plants were elevated on stands above a 
groundwork of Maidenhair Fern, and comprised 
such elegant forms as N. mastersiana, N. hooker- 
iana, N. intermedia, N. mixta, N. dicksoniana, N. 
Morganiae, N. rafflesiana, and N. wrigbyana, all of 
them in splendid condition ; also a few plants of Acaly- 
pha Sanderi, and the beautifully variegated Abutilon 
Swatzi. (Silver Gilt Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, showed 
sprays of Cornus macrophylla and Pavia macro- 
stachya; also small plants of the small blue-berried 
Coprosma acerosa, and the showy Eucryphia pinna- 
tifolia. 
From Mr. S. Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham, 
Hants, came a quantity of excellent blooms of Show 
and Cactus Dahlias. Of the Cactus varieties Mrs. 
Wilson Noble, Matchless, Chas. Woodbridge, Lady 
Penzance, Britannia, and Earl of Pembroke were the 
best, whilst Mrs. Morgan, Perfection, Jas. Cocker, 
Mrs. Mortimer, John Walker, and Queen of the 
Belgians were some of the leading show forms. 
(Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Mr. J. Walker, Thame, Oxon, also had a lot of cut 
blooms of Show, Pompon and Cactus Dahlias, the 
flowers being very large and fine throughout. 
(Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Webb & Brand, Saffron Walden, sent 
three stands of flowers of named Hollyhocks, 
amongst which Delicata, Sunset and Rose Queen 
were the leading sorts. (Bronze Flora Medal.) 
A comprehensive display of cut hardy flowers 
came from Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, N. 
Carnations, Sweet Peas and Aconitum Napellus 
bicolor were the brightest subjects here. (Bronze 
Banksian Medal.) 
A group of choice cut hardy flowers was contri¬ 
buted by Mr. M. Pritchard, Christchurch, Hants. 
They included the pretty Montbretia rosea, M. 
Soliel Couchant, M. Pottsii grandiflora, Helianthus 
multiflorus maximus, and Echinops sphaerocephala 
in first-class order. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Limited, sent a 
charming group of annuals in competition for the 
Sherwood Cup. Shirley Poppies, Coreopses, Gode- 
tias, double Scabiouses, and purple Sweet Sultan 
were particularly showy here. 
A large exhibit of cut hardy flowers which came 
from Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset, 
occupied one side of a long table running the whole 
length of the exhibition hall. The principal feature 
was a grand array of cut spikes of Gladioli of which 
fully a hundred varieties were on view. Cacus, 
Albano, Leonard Kelway, Gallia, Mrs. D’Ombrain, 
Sir H. D. Wolff, Remus, Menabrea, Marengo, 
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and Wm. Roupell, 
were some of the best of these. Gaillardias and 
Eryngiums were also well shown.' (Silver Flora 
Medal). 
The group of cut hardy flowers coming from 
Messrs. R. Wallace & Co., Kilnfield Gardens, Col¬ 
chester, was, as usual, replete with interest. Liliums 
formed a notable feature of this exhibit, and of these 
the noble L. auratum Wittei was largely in evidence. 
The pretty L. chalcedonicum, L. Batemanniae, L. 
thunbergianum venustum, Montbretia Pottsii and 
several fine forms of Gladioli were all noteworthy. 
(Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Mr. Jas. Douglas, Edenside, Great Bookham, 
Surrey, had a group of flowers of new Carnations 
raised by himself and Mr. Martin Smith. Miss 
Alice Mills, Hardii, Mr. Nigel, Queen Bess, and 
Queen of Scots, were some of the best. Mr. Owen 
Thomas sent a leaf and bloom of the white Nelum- 
bium nuciferum speciosum. Messrs. Kelway & Son 
had the variegated Antirrhinum majus kelwayanum. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, showed the 
variegated Furcroea watsoniana, A seedling, golden 
Yew, named Waltham Golden, came from Messrs. 
Wm. Paul & Son. A plant of the golden Irish Yew 
was shown side by side with it for comparison. 
A Silver Banksian Medal went to Mr. Jas. Hudson, 
gardener to Leopold de Rothschild, Esq , Gunners- 
bury House, Acton, for a collection of flowers of 
twenty-four varieties of Water Lilies grown in the 
open air. A noticeable variety here was the charming 
Nymphaea stellata. 
A Bronze Flora Medal was voted to W. Robinson, 
Esq., 63, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C., for another 
large tray of Water Lilies; whilst a Silver Flora 
Medal went to A. B. Freeman-Mitford, Esq., 
Batsford Park, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, for two large 
pans of fine samples of the same chaste flowers. A 
group of flowers of border Carnations, sent by Mr. 
Allan, gardener to Lord Hillingdon, Hillingdon 
Court, Uxbridge, obtained a Bronze Banksian Medal. 
At a meeting of the Fruit and Vegetable Com¬ 
mittee, a Silver Knightian Medal was awarded to 
Mr. G. Miller, gardener to Lord Foley, Ruxley 
Lodge, Esher, for a capital collection of fruit, which 
comprised Melons, Peaches, Apricots, Apples,Plums, 
Cherries and Gooseberries, all of high quality. 
A Silver Banksian Medal went to Messrs. T. 
Rivers & Sons, Sawbridgeworth, for trays of Early 
Rivers’ Nectarines, and several grand varieties of 
Plums and Cherries. 
Mr. Keif demonstrated beyond question that he 
