August 12, 1899. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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large group, having pleasing combinations, in which 
Adiantum formed a base on which Crotons, Palffls, 
Orchids, &c., where shown to advantage; J. A. 
Bartlett, Esq., winning the smaller group with a 
similar arrangement. 
Cot Flowers. —This proved an important section, 
the hardy flowers gaining general appreciation. 
For forty-eight Roses, distinct, Messrs. A. Dickson 
& Sons, Newtownards, were in fine form as regards 
colour and freshness, gaining first honours, the chief 
blooms being Marie Baumann, Chas. Lefebvre, 
Ulrich Brunner, Ulster, Earl Dufferin, A. K. 
Williams, Marechal Niel, Lady Sheffield, Dupuy 
JamaiD, &c. Messrs. Harkness, Bedale, were 
second with large blooms, Mr. H. Dickson, Belfast, 
taking the remaining prize. For eighteen Teas, 
hybrid Teas or Noisettes, Messrs. J. Cocker & Son, 
Aberdeen, were to the fore with smart blooms, the 
chief being Mdme. de Watteville, Mdme. Nadaillac, 
Marquis Litta, Medea, Mdme. Cusin, &c. Messrs. 
A. Dickson & Sons and Messrs. D. & W. Croll, 
Dundee, took the remaining prizes. For twelve 
.varieties the winners were R. Raffles Bulley, Esq , 
Liscard ; T. Carling and J. McColl. For six light 
and six dark Roses, Messrs. Dicksons scored with 
A. Colomb and Her Majesty ; Messrs. Harkness, 
second ; and Messrs. Croll, third. For the best and 
most tastefully arranged box, Mr. P. Green, gar¬ 
dener to Thos. Gee, Esq. ; R. Raffles Bulley, Esq.; 
and L. R. Bahr; were placed first, second and 
third. 
For twelve bunches, stove and greenhouse 
flowers, Mr. T. Carling won with grand bunches. 
For twenty-four bunches of herbaceous or bulbous 
kinds, Messrs. Cocker staged a grand lot, un¬ 
doubtedly one of the finest features of the show. 
Messrs. Harkness was second with large bunches, 
Mr. G. Eaton with a smaller lot. For twelve 
bunches, Mr. P. Green took the lead. Mr. J. 
McColl held a similar position for eighteen border 
varieties. 
Fruit. —For six distinct dishes, Mr. T. Elsworthy, 
gardener to Messrs. W. S. and R. F. Gladstone, 
Broad Green, took the lead with a good lot, consist¬ 
ing of Madresfield Court and Muscat of Alexandria 
Grapes, Royal Sovereign Melon, Lord Napier 
Nectarines, Bellegarde Peaches, and Brown Turkey 
Figs. Mr. W. Oldham, gardener to J. Beecham, 
Esq., Huyton, followed. For four dishes, Mr. T. 
Eaton, gardener to J. Parrington, Esq., Roby, won 
with Black Hamburgh Grapes, Countess of Derby 
Melon, Bellegarde Peach, and Elruge Nectarine. 
For four bunches of Grapes, distinct, Mr. T. 
Dilworth, gardener to Col. H. Blundell, M.P., was 
first, the other competitor only showing two varie¬ 
ties. For two bunches Black Hamburgh, Mr. T. 
Reid, gardener to D. Wilson, Esq., led the way. For 
two bunches of Muscats, Mr. Elsworthy won with 
good berries. 
For two black Grapes, not Hamburgh, Mr. J. 
Richards, gardener to T. B. Randall, Esq., won with 
Madresfield Court, and for the two whites, not Mus¬ 
cat of Alexandria, Mr. W. Dickinson, gardener to H. 
A. Sanderson, Esq , won with Buckland Sweetwater. 
For six Peaches, Mr. B. Ashton, gardener to Earl 
Lathom, Ormskirk, won with fine Royal George. 
For six Nectarines, Mr. Elsworthy scored with Lord 
Napier. 
For the green flesh and scarlet fleshed Melon, Mr. 
T. Eaton won in both cases with Best of All and 
Sutton’s Scarlet. 
Vegetables. —For twelve kinds Mr. B. Ashton 
was well ahead with fine Potatos, Cauliflowers, 
Celery, Onions, Peas, Tomatos, &c. Mr W. Bustard, 
gardener to T. McClelland, Esq., received first 
honours for eight kinds, Mr. B. Ashton was to the 
front for six kinds. For four dishes Peas, distinct, 
Mr. W. Mackarell, Formby, had the best, Lockie’s 
Perfection being extra good. 
Miscellaneous. —The extra exhibits were num¬ 
erous and of a high order, the following being awarded 
the Society's C. M.;—Messrs. Dicksons, Chester, 
herbaceous, bulbous and border flowers ; Mr. Chas. 
Young, West Derby, Carnations of fine quality; 
Messrs. A. Dickson & Sons, Belfast, an important 
exhibit of Roses; Messrs. R. P. Ker & Sons, 
beautiful Crotons and Gloxinias; Messrs. Thos. 
Davies & Co., Wavertree, miscellaneous table of 
plants; Messrs. J. Cowan & Co , Gateacre, Orchids 
and other plants; Mr. S. Pye, Garstang, cut Pansies 
and Violas ; Mr. H. Middlehurst, Sweet Peas, &c.; 
Mr. H. Eckford, Wem, Sweet Peas; Messrs. 
Edwardson & Sons, pottery and Ferns ; and Messrs. 
J. Bramham, Liverpool, oriental wire work and 
horticultural heating apparatus. 
The judges were for plants: Messrs. N. Barnes, 
Eaton Hall; and W. Tunningten, Calderstones. 
For cut flowers : Messrs. J. Gutteridge, Liverpool 
Botanic Gardens; J. Paul, Manchester Botanic 
Gardens. For fruit and vegetables: Messrs. W. 
Jamieson, Heswall; and J. Playfair, Spital. 
Most of the prominent growers and nurserymen in 
Lancashire and Cheshire had stands on the ground 
exhibiting their specialities. 
HORNSEY HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.— 
August 8 th. 
The fourth annual summer show of the Hornsey 
Horticultural and Allotments' Association was held 
at Hornsey on Bank Holiday, and, with a well- 
arraDged programme of athletic sports, attracted a 
large crowd of visitors. The exhibits this year 
showed a slight falling off in point of numbers, but 
this was accounted for by the fact that fewer 
exhibits of poor quality were shown. Competition 
was very keen, especially in the vegetable classes, 
and notwithstanding the late frcsts and succeeding 
period of severe drought, the judges were of opinion 
that the quality of the things exhibited would com¬ 
pare very favourably with any show of a like 
character. Mr. H. C. Stephens, M.P. for the 
Hornsey Division, opened the exhibition, and in so 
doing said that cultivation of the soil was not only one 
of the purest, but one of the greatest of this world’s 
joys. There was no favouritism, and the results 
were in proportion to the accurate judgment and 
penetration brought to bear upon Nature’s laws. 
He also suggested that Englishmen, as a rule, 
were too apt to place undue dependence upon 
manures. Financially, the show was a great 
advance upon that of last year, and this is attribut¬ 
able in part to the fact that no pass-out checks were 
issued. Last year the association was a heavy loser 
on these checks. 
ABBEY PARK (LEICESTER) FLOWER SHOW — 
August 8 th and gth. 
This is an unqualified success. The weather is 
delightful, the management Ai, the flowers really 
good, and the exhibitors all pleased. Noticeable at 
the main entrance to the Park is the grouping of 
Palms, specimen Enonymus, Palms and other foliage 
plants. To the right is a magnificent show of succu¬ 
lent plants including Agaves (probably the finest 
specimens ever seen in this country), and Yuccas, 
dotted here and there (grown in tubs) being a very 
pleasing and attractive addition to the flower show 
entrance. 
The Judges are unanimous in stating that the finest 
two groups of miscellaneous flowering and foliage 
plants arranged for effect ever seen at Leicester, have 
upon this occasion been put up by Mr. Charles J. 
Mee, Nottingham, and Messrs. W. Artindale & Son, 
Sheffield. They are both lovely groups, arranged 
chiefly with fine foliage plants, and a few Orchids. 
The tent for herbaceous flowers was greatly attrac¬ 
tive, the fine groups therein causing much delibera¬ 
tion with the judges. Eventually the first prize was 
awarded to Messrs. Harkness & Sons, Bedale, Yorks., 
who certainly had a grand stand, which comprised 
Liliums, Gladioli, Phlox Amazone, Papaver nudicaule 
album, Pyrethrums, Coreopsis grandiflora, Dracoce- 
phalum virginicum, Achillea Eupatoria, &c., &c. 
Messrs. J. Cocker & Sons, Aberdeen, were second 
in this competition, with plants equally well grown 
but possibly not so well staged. Mr. H. Deverill, 
Banbury, scored third with a most meritorious col¬ 
lection, and Messrs. W. Artindale & Son of Sheffield, 
took fourth prize. 
Miscellaneous. —Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, 
Ltd., Chelsea, LondoD, made a fine exhibit of foliage 
plants. Palms, Bamboos, Ferns, Caladiums, and 
Ixoras, with a good specimen of Gymnogramma 
Alstoniae, and a pretty central frontage of various 
Orchids. 
Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, sent a collection 
of about forty Sweet Peas, including Stanley, Black- 
knight, and Shabzada amongst the darks, Aurora and 
Hon. F. Bouverie, pinks. A few hardy herbaceous 
plants were used in this exhibit, also fifty different 
strains of single Dahlias, the whole making a brave 
show. 
Mr. Robert Pringle, Belvoir Street, Leicester, 
staged a miscellaneous collection of herbaceous 
flowers. 
Mr. E. C. Carnall, Essex Road Nurseries, Bel- 
grave, Leicester, sent some neatly arranged wreaths. 
Messrs. W. Edwards & Son,- Sherwood, Notting¬ 
ham, had a neat lot of Ferns in the fancy pots which 
have made this firm known over the country. 
Mr. S. Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham, Surrey, 
staged a grand collection of Dahlias, in which Star¬ 
fish, Night, and Lady Penzance were prominent. 
Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, supplied a 
rivalling stand of Dahlias, in which Mrs. John God¬ 
dard, Laverstock Beauty, Casilda and Bridesmaid 
were exceptionally good types. 
Mr. James Wright, Granby Street, Leicester, sent 
specimens of Phlox, Lily, Eryngium, Coreopsis, 
Helianthus and Achillea Ptarmica fl. pi, nicely 
grown flowers, but not effectively arranged. 
Mr. Walter Bentley, Belgrave, Leicester, had an 
assortment of Roses which did him much credit. 
Mr. A. W. Jones had a few Carnations and 
Picotees, including Britannia and Isinglass, with 
Tolfaire, Eldorado and Monarch. 
Messrs. Keynes, Williams & Co., Salisbury, sent 
a case of twenty-four single Dahlias, each flower 
being beautifully fresh and well grown. 
Messrs. R. Wallace & Co. journeyed from Col¬ 
chester with a representative exhibit of Lilies, Gail- 
lardias, and Montbretias, neatly bordered with a 
number of Pinks arranged amongst Gypsophila. 
Messrs. Harrison & Sons, on their native heath, 
were, of course, good, though it was something of a 
surprise for us to find them exhibiting Annuals. 
Their specimens of Malope trifida grandiflora and 
M. t. g. alba were really good. 
Messrs. Wm. Clapham & Sons, West Didsbury, 
Manchester, exhibited another new design in port¬ 
able rockwork ; it takes a space of about 20 ft. by 
6 ft., and is planted with hardy Ferns, Heaths, 
Euonymus, Mosses, Acers, &c. A very natural 
drip of water falls into an irregular shaped pool, 
causing a whirl round the two small islands manu¬ 
factured therein. The style of the rock is natural 
strata with pockets, in imitation of the new red 
sandstone. It looks as having been built or formed 
years ago, and Mr. Clapham guarantees that it 
it would stand any weather, and is adaptable to 
either garden or conservatory. 
Mr. James Wright, Granby Street, Leicester, 
exhibited some good zonal Pelargoniums and a 
group of Begonias, making a bright attraction to the 
tent. 
Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead (Sale) had a long run 
of famous Ferns, with a centre piece of Davallia 
and Nephrolepis on cork. 
For the best plant in bloom the prize was awarded 
to Mr. Geo. Brown, Stoneygate, Leicester, for a fine 
white Pelargonium; Mr. C. J. Mee, Nottingham, 
was second with a small blue Clematis. 
Six stove or greenhouse plants, first, Mr. H, 
Blakeway, Dunsmore; second, Mr. C. J. Mee, 
Nottingham; third, Mr. H. Rogers, Gipsy Lane, 
Leicester. 
Six Exotic Ferns, first, Mr. C. J. Mee; second 
Mr. H. Blakeney. Six double Begonias, first, Mr. J. 
Sibson, Knighton; second, Mr. J. Wright. Six 
Coleus, dissimilar, Mr. John Hudson, Leicester 
Mr. Geo. Brown, Knighton Frith. 
Messrs, Alexr. Dickson & Sons, Newtownards, Co. 
Down, were champions with Roses, taking firsts in 
all classes. The principal blooms were: Her 
Majesty, Duchess of Portland (a very fine pale yellow 
seedling), Gladys Harkness (another seedling of a 
salmon tinge), Earl of Dufferin, Alfred Colomb, Mrs. 
W. J. Grant, Prince Arthur, Genera Jacqueminot, 
Marie Baumann, Bessie Btowd, and Mrs. Edward 
Mawley. The first for twelve blooms of any Tea 
was given to Mrs. Edward Mawley, and the first 
for any rose to Her Majesty. Messrs. Harkness & 
Sons, Bedale, were first for the best bloom (Rose) in 
the Show, with Marechal Niel. Messrs. R. Mack & 
Son, Perkins & Sons, Cocker & Sons, D. & W. 
Croll, and W. H. Frettingham, were also exhibitors 
of good Roses. 
For twenty-four Tuberous Begonias Mr. James 
Wright beat Messrs. D. and W. Croll. Mr. M. 
Campbell, of Blantyre, was first with twelve Carna¬ 
tions, Messrs. W. Artindale & Son, second, and Mr. 
R. Makepeace, fourth. Mr. A. W. Jones, of Hands- 
worth, first in the contest for twelve yellow Carna¬ 
tions, good sorts; Messrs. Artindale & Son, second ; 
Mr. M. Campbell, third. Messrs. Artindale & Son 
