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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
December 17, 1898. 
THE CHRISTMAS SHOW AT IPSWICH. 
Horticultural Department. — Deo. 12th and 13 th. 
There is not usually much, as a rule, in the 
regular fat cattle show of to-day, that co'mes strictly 
within the horticultural section, but the Suffolk Club 
has at the head of its secretarial affairs Mr. Robert 
Bond,who with his wide sympathies and with his ac¬ 
customed energy and foresight, has again introduced 
a very successful meeting. Coming to the strictly 
horticultural section there is evidence of a very 
ample scheme of decoration, both floral and other¬ 
wise, in the elegant arrangement of the stalls in the 
ladies’ department,in the Band stand, and also in the 
treatment of the stage. All the latter work has been 
executed with good taste by Mr. W. G. Fisk, the 
well-known manager of the Ipswich Lyceum. 
In the floral competitions there are three entries 
in the group class for miscellaneous plants arranged 
for effect, the first prize going to Mr. Notcutt, a 
local nurseryman. The groups as a whole were very 
fair. In the class for table decorations, or rather 
dinner-tables, laid for eight persons, there was a 
pronounced difference of opinion as to the decision 
of the judges, and we have so often had to notice a 
similar state of things at other shows that we expect 
at no distant date the matter relating to the ethics 
by which the j udge of table decorations is to be guided 
in forming his judgment will have to be discussed 
and decided by some of our more prominent horti¬ 
cultural societies. 
On all the tables exquisite taste was exhibited, the 
following being the awardsFirst, Miss Dudley, 
The Hermitage, Milton ; second, the Misses Orford, 
Castle Hill, Ipswich ; third, the Misses Wood, Salis 
bury House, Ipswich ; fourth, Miss L. A. Wrinch, 
Hill Crest, Ipswich. 
Mrs. Orpen, Hill Side, West Bergholt, is a very 
excellent first in the class for baskets of cut flowers : 
in her exhibit there was a beautiful effect obtained by 
the free use of Cypripediums. Mrs. Orpen was also 
first for the ladies’ sprays, and also for the ladies' 
buttonholes. Mrs. Gilbert, Fioral Depot, Ipswich, 
is also a leading prize winner for hothouse flowers. 
Messrs. Frewer Bros., The Nurseries, Stowmarket, 
took first honours for six dishes of dessert Apples, 
and for six dishes of dessert Pears. 
In the implement and root department, Mr. E. 
Abbott, The Railway Nurseries, Ardleigh, showed 
roots, fruit trees, shrubs and plants, in a well 
arranged and attractive stand. Messrs. F. Smith & 
Co., The Suffolk Seed Establishment, Woodbridge, 
had an extensive exhibit of specimen roots, con¬ 
sisting of Kohl Rabi, and other varieties, including 
their Suffolk Tankard Mangel, which were arranged 
in pyramid form on the roof of the stand, the front 
of the exhibit being filled with collections of grasses 
in glass cases. A notable variety of Onion is Messrs. 
Smith & Co’s. Seckford King, an exhibition variety. 
The arrangement of this stand was the design of, 
and under the management of, Mr. T. Millar. 
Very similar to the exhibit in the Metropolis last 
week, Mr. William Colchester's stand in the imple¬ 
ment department consists of various examples of the 
heavier agricultural productions in the way of Kohl 
Rabi from the market grounds west of London, and 
some very interesting Parsnip-like specimens of 
Sugar Beet, very kindly contributed by Col. V. 
Milward, M.P., of Worcestershire who, as is well 
known, has taken a very great deal of trouble to 
bring the culture of Beet before the farming 
community. Some interesting samples of roots from 
Essex and Scotland were also shown ; whilst the three 
samples of Suffolk Barleys, which won the Gold Cud 
and Diplomas respectively in the recent Barley Com¬ 
petition, are also exhibited. Samples of the raw 
materials used in the manufacture of the fertilisers, 
together with the manufactured manures, are shown. 
Agriculturists will do well to obtain a copy of the 
firms abridged catalogue of some forty-eight pages or 
so before placing their manure order this season. 
Messrs. Rands & Jeckell, the well-known caterers 
for so many horticultural societies, are represented 
by an extensive and excellently designed stand, ex¬ 
hibiting mainly articles of everyday use to the 
farmer. Messrs. Rands, are, however, also makers 
of garden tents, and other specialities for the garden, 
and their stand was well worth a visit. 
The various special prizes offered by the seedsmen 
consisted di classes by Mr. E. Abbott, Ardleigh; 
Messrs. F. Smith & Co., Woodbridge; Mr. O. 
Haxell, Seed Establishment, Ipswich; in addition to 
the liberal prizes also offered by Messrs. Sutton & 
Sons, Reading ; Messrs. Webb & Sons, Stourbridge ; 
and Messrs. Carter & Co., LondoD, without whose 
names no well regulated schedule could be complete. 
—Gyp. 
Hardening Miscellany. 
ROSA WICHURAIANA. 
The current issue of Mailer's Deutsche Gartner Zeitung 
is a special Rose number, and contains a great deal 
of useful and interesting information of the popular 
summer flower. The beautiful climbing Rosa wich- 
uraiana has received particular attention, as, indeed, 
its various good qualities would entitle it to. There 
are several capital illustrations, in which it is shown 
occupying different positions, in all of which, more¬ 
over, it is characterised by remarkable grace and 
elegance. In one of these illustrations the long, 
many-flowered trails are clambering over the boulders 
that form the sides of a dripping well, whilst in 
another it is hanging in festoons from a massive 
piece of perpendicular rockwork. Again, it is 
shown clothing the supports of a rustic bridge, and 
this is an especially pretty picture. Its usefulness 
in the garden is further demonstrated by illustrations 
depicting it growing in a low bed of rockwork in 
company with other rock plants. The fifth picture 
exhibits it utilised as an edging to beds filled with 
other Roses, and in this position it is fully as happy 
as in the others. 
ARALIA SIEBOLDII IN BLOOM. 
This is a market plant, and one that is grown in 
large numbers for furnishing in large cities in a 
“young state," and most ornamental they are and 
enduring. When seen in this state few have any 
idea of the nature of the flowers. It is only when 
they get big, strong plants that they bloom. We 
have a pair now bloomiog in the cloisters, and orna¬ 
mental they are. The blooms are like Ivy when in 
bloom, so far as formation goes.— J. C., Chard. 
STEWED CRANBERRIES. 
To make a delicious dish of stewed Cranberries, 
take a sufficient quantity of freshly gathered berries, 
and wash them. Put them in an enamelled sauce¬ 
pan with sugar and a little water. Allow them to 
stew slowly until cooked. When cold put them in 
a glass dish and served with custard. 
WHAT IS THE BEST CHRYSANTHEMUM ? 
In a short note upon this perennial subject Mr. C. 
Harman Payne, in Nord Horticole for November, 
gives the palm to Madame Carnot, an opinion with 
which few will disagree. The plebiscite organised 
last year in France gave credit to this variety for 
being one of the largest flowered varieties in cultiva¬ 
tion. At the National Chrysanthemum Society’s 
November show, Madame Carnot was more fre¬ 
quently shown than any other Japanese variety, 
whilst in New Zealand, during the past season, the 
variety has been an equally constant feature at 
Chrysanthemum shows. M. Ernest Calvat may 
well feel proud of having been the happy raiser of 
this splendid acquisition. 
THE ROYAL DUBLIN SHOW. 
Although the winter show of the Royal Dublin 
Society, at Ball's Bridge, brought forth a splendid 
lot of material as far as exhibits are concerned, the 
attendance proved disappointing, even although the 
Lord Lieutenant honoured the fixture with his 
presence. 
The various exhibits of agricultural seeds and 
roots were well up to the high standard of former 
years. 
The well-known firm of Messrs. Hogg & Robert¬ 
son, Mary Street, Dublin, had a display that well 
sustained the firm’s character as one of the leading 
Irish houses. The roots shown by them were of 
great size and capital quality throughout. A batch 
of Robertson's Triumph Swede, a variety much 
favoured by growers on account of its hardiness as 
well as its great cropping and feeding qualities, was 
a prominent feature. Robertson’s Improved Large 
Purple Top and Bronze Swedes were other varieties 
much in evidence, whilst Mammoth, Long Red, 
Orange Globe, and Intermediate Mangels, Aberdeen 
Green and Aberdeen Purple Top Turnips, Belgain 
Long Red, and Shorthorn Carrots, and Improved 
Drumhead Cabbage were all well shown. A great 
deal of interest attached to the new Potato, Robert¬ 
son's Champion II. It is a great improvement upon 
the old Champion, which was sent out by the firm 
in 1879. The new Champion has sho wn itself to be 
a vigorous grower, a heavy cropper, and a strong 
disease resister. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons’ exhibit of Mangels, Swedes, 
Turnips, disease-resisting Potatos, and grasses 
formed one of the most interesting features of the 
whole show. In view of the fact that the roots dis¬ 
played were sent in by various customers in different 
parts of the kingdom, and that they had not been 
specially grown or prepared for show, size, shape, 
and quality were all excellent. Amongst the magni¬ 
ficent samples of Mangels Sutton’s Prize Winner, 
by far the heaviest globe-shaped Mangel in cultiva¬ 
tion, was much in evidence. It has produced the 
record crop of 105 tons per acre. Mammoth Long 
Red, Golden Globe, Crimson Tankard, and Yellow 
Intermediate were others that claimed attention. 
Amongst the Swedes Sutton’s Magnum Bonum was 
well to the fore, whilst of Turnips no prettier 
samples than those of Perfection have ever been 
seen in the Emerald Isle. There were 34 varieties 
of disease-resisting Potatos shown, the chief of 
which were Windsor Castle, Reliance, Satisfaction, 
Ideal, Triumph, Ringleader, Invincible, Ninetyfold, 
Flowerball, and Supreme. In the various competi¬ 
tive classes the produce raised from seed sent out by 
the Reading house obtained first for Long Red 
Mangels, first for any variety of Mangels, first for 
field Cabbages, second and third for Carrots, and 
the two Medals for the heaviest Mangels and the 
heaviest Swedes in the show. 
Messrs. Drummond & Sons, of Dawson Street, 
Dublin, did not have their usual stand, but their 
name was fully before the public in the prizes won 
by produce raised in all parts of the country from 
their seeds. These prizes included first, second and 
third for Purple Top Swedes, first for any variety of 
Swedes, first for Aberdeen or yellow Turnips, first, 
second,and third for Rape, first and second for white 
Carrots, first for red Carrots, second and third for 
Kohl Rabi, and first for Main Crop Potatos. 
A collection of 150 varieties of Apples and Pears 
was staged by Messrs. M. Saunders & Sons, Friar’s 
Walk Nurseries, Cork. Amongst the Apples Hoary 
Morning, Alfriston, Lady Henniker, Tower of Glamis, 
Washington, Harvey’s Wiltshire Defiance, Reinnette 
du Canada, Golden Noble, Lane’s Prince Albert, 
Mere de Menage, and Hollandbury, came out 
strongly. Samples of fruit trees, forest trees, 
shrubs, and Coniferae, were displayed in effective 
fashion. 
Messrs. Paul & Vincent, Blackhall Place, Dublin, 
showed samples of their chemical manures. The 
Permanent Nitrate Committee had the usual hand¬ 
some stand. Lawes’ Chemical Manure Co., Ltd., 
also had their large stand of the various manures 
and other specifics they vend. 
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SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL .—December 13 th. 
The meeting on Tuesday last was a very good one 
considering it was the last for the year. Orchids and 
Begonias, belonging to different winter-flowering 
races, were in strong force. Pelargoniums, Chrys¬ 
anthemums, and stove and greenhouse plants were 
also conspicuous. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, ex¬ 
hibited an interesting collection of Orchids,prominent 
amongst which numerous hybrid Cypripediums, in¬ 
cluding C. Niobe, C. N. superbum, C. arthurianum, 
C. a. pulchellum, C. leeanum superbum, C. Eury- 
ades, and C. Bruno Roxana. Handsome and most 
interesting also were C. insigne Sanderae, C. i. 
sanderianum, Laeliocattleya Eunomea, Lc. Novelty, 
Phalaenopsis Hebe, Epidendrum wallisio-ciliare, a 
grand piece of Cymbidium traceyanum, and many 
others. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
A large and magnificent group of Calanthes was 
exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (grower, 
Mr. W. H. White), Burford Lodg6, Dorking. 
Calanthe Bella, C. Victoria Regina (soft pink), and 
C. Veitchii splendens were shown in quantity. The 
latter was notable for the intensity of its colour, the 
size of the flowers and the spikes. C. burfordiense 
