November 7, 1896. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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seventy-nine entries. The awards were first, Mr. J. 
Bowerman ; second, Mr. David Pitt, Eccles, Kelso; 
third, Mr. L. Collins, 108, West Wylam, near 
Prudhoe-on Tyne; and fourth, Mr. R. Mairs, the 
Gardens, Shobrook Park, Crediton. 
Celery also was in capital form. The best three 
red and three white sticks were forthcoming from 
Mr. E. Beckett. After him came in order of mention, 
Mr. Daniel Logan, Castlelaw Gardens, by Cold¬ 
stream, N.B.; Mr. G. H. Copp, The Gardens, 
Holnest Park, Sherborne, Dorset; and Mr. R. Lye, 
gardener to Mrs. Kingsmill, Sydmonton Court, 
Newbury. 
The best six Carrots (Intermediate Type) were 
sent by Mr. James Scott, Newtown, Pencaitland, 
Haddington. Mr. C. J. Waite was second here, and 
Mr. W. Pope third. Mr. C. J. Waite showed the 
best six roots of Dobbie's Selected Parsnip, and was 
followed by Mr. Thos. Wilkins, and Mr. Geo. Love¬ 
lock, gardener to the Earl of Ancaster, Normanton 
Park, Stamford, who took second and third prizes 
respectively. Mr. W. Lanerock, 113, Prunlaws, by 
Leslie, N.B , came out strongest for six roots of 
Dobbie’s Golden Ball Turnip, with clean and shapely 
samples. Mr. John McKinnie, The Gardens, 
Roundelwood, Crieff, came second; and Mr. John 
Robertson, Smallhome, Kelso, N.B., occupied the 
third position. Mr. W. Dendy, Keeper Muntham, 
Horsham, Surrey, showed the best six samples of 
Dobbie's Purple Beet, and very shapely and well 
grown they were. Mr. A. E. Kirtland, Bletchington, 
Oxford, was second, also with good specimens. 
Mr. Martin Silsbury, was awarded first prize for 
six blooms of the best novelty with Lady Isabel a 
flesh-coloured incurved Jap. The prize in this class 
was given by the trustees of the Veitch Memorial 
Fund. Mr. H. Love, 1, Melville Terrace, High 
Street, Sandown, Isle of Wight, obtained the 
premier award for three blooms each of six novelties 
sent out in 1895 and 1896. They were Emily 
Silsbury, Phoebus, Wm. Fife, Mrs. C. Orchard, 
M. D. Taillandier, and Pallanza. 
Miscellaneous Exhibits. 
Potato disease has this year been very prevalent 
especially among the older varieties, therefore the 
great show of disease-resisting Potatos made by 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, the royal seedsmeD, Reading, 
who introduced the great disease-resisting variety, 
viz., Magnum Bonum, and have since brought out 
year by year many other sorts, attracted particular 
attention. The principal feature of the collection 
was the ten large heaps of the following popular 
sorts :—Sutton’s Windsor Castle, Sutton’s Supreme, 
Sutton’s Satisfaction, Sutton’s Harbinger, Sutton's 
Early Regent, Sutton's Reading Russet, Sutton’s 
Seedling, Sutton’s Ringleader, The Sutton Flourbal^ 
and Sutton’s Magnum Bonum, the two latter being 
the varieties which gave such extraordinary crops, 
free from disease, in connection with the Royal 
Agricultural Society’s trials of Potato Diggers at 
Leicester at the beginning of October. The cream 
of the stand was Sutton’s Reliance, a new disease- 
resisting Potato, an early main crop variety, also 
highly suitable for exhibition. There was nearly a 
ton of tubers in forty varieties, and we have never 
seen cleaner samples nor better table quality (Silver 
Gilt Medal). 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, had a 
long table chiefly occupied with Chrysanthemums, 
Pelargoniums, and Cannas. Amongst the Chrysan¬ 
themums were grand blooms of Viviand Morel (colour 
splendid), A. H. Wood, Lady Ridgway, Australian 
Gold, Mrs. J. Lewis, Madame Gustave Henry, and 
Mutual Friend. The Cannas were those of the 
Madame Crozy strain, and all in the best form. The 
Pelargoniums were set up in large bunches, and 
beautifully set off with Maidenhair Fern, Fescue 
grass, Cyperus, and Palms. All the leading varieties 
were well represented. They also showed Chrysan¬ 
themums as they were exhibited fifty years ago 
(Silver Gilt Medal). 
Messrs. W. & J. Brown, Stamford, Peterboro’, and 
Grantham, exhibited about 120 dishes of Apples and 
Pears in fine condition. Excellent samples were 
Peasgood’s Nonsuch, Gascoigne’s Scarlet Seedling, 
Queen Caroline, Blenheim Orange, &c. (Silver 
Medal). 
Mr. H. Berwick, Sidmouth, Devon, staged a 
collection of Apples and Pears, the former being 
highly coloured ; handsome, were Hoary Morning, 
Bietingheimer Red, Beauty of Wilts, and Pear, 
Uvedale’s St. Germain (Silver Medal). 
Mr. William Colchester, Ipswich, had the most 
artistic exhibit of its kind on the lower floor of the 
Aquarium, and occupying the eastern fountain. The 
high centre-piece was a life-size figure of the goddess 
Flora, surrounded by Palms, Crotons, Dracaenas, 
Maidenhair, and other Ferns. On the four corners 
were life-size figures representing the four seasons. 
Each of these figures held an electric arc. Chrysan¬ 
themums in 32-sized pots, each carried one huge 
bloom, and they, with cut flowers were plentifully 
distributed over the great conical mound of flowers 
and greenery showing the fertilising effect of pure 
Ichthemic Guano (Gold Medal). 
Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, London, 
had a table of Apples, notable for their rich colour 
and tasteful arrangement. Handsome samples were 
Belle de Boskoop, Mere de Menage, Peasgood’s 
Nonsuch, Cox’s Pomona, Atlanta, Taranaki Russet, 
Bismarck, Emperor Alexander, and Uvedale’s St. 
Germain Pear (Silver Gilt Medal). 
Mr. H. Deverill, Banbury, Oxon, had a fine table 
of vegetables, including splendid heaps of Deverill’s 
Ailsa Craig, Rousham Park Hero, and Deverill’s 
Cocoanut Onions, also Leeks, Celery, Carrrots, Beet, 
Potatcs, Parsnips, &c. (Silver Medal). 
Messrs. W. W, Johnson & Son, Boston, Lines, had 
an exhibit of sixty-five dishes of Potatos, including 
some enormous samples of Up-to-Date, also John¬ 
son’s Prolific, Satisfaction, Maincrop, Kidney, Snow¬ 
flake, The Bruce, &c. (Silver Medal). 
Mr. H. Shoesmitb, Claremont Nursery, Woking, 
exhibited six stands of Chrysanthemums, including 
excellent blooms of Madame Carnot, Mons. Chenon 
de Leche, Phoebus, Thomas Wilkins, Mutual Friend, 
and several others (Silver Medal). Mr. M. Larsen, 
Roebuck Nursery, Enfield, Highbury, staged Pelar¬ 
gonium King of Denmark (Commended). 
The Lawes’ Chemical Manure Co., Ltd., 59, Mark 
Lane, London, had a stand of various manures, 
notable amongst which for garden purposes was 
Lawes’ Horticultural or Garden Manure, an ideal 
fertiliser, not a manufactured article, but a recently 
discovered natural guano, of which the Lawes 
Chemical Manure Company are the sole consignees 
for Great Britain and the Channel Islands. 
The Permanent Nitrate Committee, 3, Grace- 
church Street, London, had an exhibit of nitrate of 
soda in one of the galleries. 
Messrs. Jas. Carter & Co., High Holborn, had a 
most imposing exhibit. A long table running across 
the hall was piled up with superb samples of vege¬ 
tables grown from their seeds. Several huge gourds 
which ornamented the centre of the table were most 
conspicuous ; indeed, everything was [of mammoth 
proportions here, roots of all kinds being especially 
meritorious (Silver Medal). 
Messrs. S. Spooner & Sons, Hounslow Nurseries, 
contributed a small collection of well-coloured 
Apples, including King of the Pippins, Bramley’s 
Seedling, Radford Beauty Blenheim Orange, Margil 
Wellington, of which especially fine dishes were on 
view (Silver Medal). 
Mr. Robert Owen, Maidenhead, sent four dozen 
excellent flowers of seedling Chrysanthemums, all of 
which, with one exception (Edith Tabor), have 
been raised by him. Eva Knowles, Duke of Welling¬ 
ton, Grachie, Pride of Maidenhead, Mr. E. G. 
Whittle and Brittania were represented by some nice 
flowers, and there were also some neat samples of 
unnamed forms (Bronze Medal). 
Patent exhibition flower tubes were shown by Mr. 
C. Springthorpe, The Gardens, Coombe Court, 
Kingston-on-Thames. 
Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth, Devon, staged eight 
dozen grand blooms of Chrysanthemums in first 
class style. Such standard varieties as Pride of 
Exmouth, H. L. Sunderbruch, Madame Gustave 
Henry, Oceana, Mutual Friend, Baron Adolphe de 
Rothschild, Exmouth Yellow, together with such 
novelties as Australian Gold, Arona, and White 
Swan, were in first-class condition. The same 
exhibitor staged a quantity of single and decorative 
varieties. These were arranged very tastefully on a 
bank with a few show blooms. A neat little batch 
of well-grown plants of Calla Devoniensis was also 
contributed by Mr. Godfrey. This form possesses the 
same dwarf habit as Little Gem, but is a much more 
floriferous subject (Silver Medal). 
Messrs. Sankey & Sons, Bulwell Potteries 
Nottingham, decorated the fountain at the lower end 
of the hall with samples of their well-known orna¬ 
mental pot ware. In this case many of the pots 
were filled with Ferns and foliage plants and pro¬ 
duced an exceedingly good effect. Some patent 
Fern tiles for walls that were included are evidently 
a capital thing, showing that any dead wall can 
easily and inexpensively be beautifully covered with 
Ferns or other plants. 
Mr. H. F. Brown, 129, Selhurst Road, South 
Norwood, showed specimens of improved potware. 
Messrs. John Peed & Sons, Roupell Park Nurseries, 
Norwood, S.E., set up a very pretty table of hardy 
fruit and foliage plants. The latter were arranged in 
three small groups in the centre of the table. The 
Apples and Pears were well-coloured, and were clean 
and shapely specimens (Silver Medal). 
Messrs. Wm. Thompson & Sons, Clovenfords, aie 
well-known to the public if only for the sake of the 
valuable manure which bears their name. Mr. J. 
George, 14, Redgrave Street, Putney, S.W., showed 
samples of this, together with some magnificent 
Grapes that had been grown by its aid, also various 
garden requisites. Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Chelsea, S. W., put up a very nice group of Chrysan¬ 
themums. Backed by healthy plants of Cocos 
plumosa the bright hues of the blooms appeared to 
great advantage. 
Messrs. Wood & Sons, Wood Green, had a stand 
with various horticultural requisites, and a good 
deal of taste was displayed in the setting out of the 
numerous specialties in which the firm deals. 
The magnificent group of Chrysanthemums set up 
in the gallery at this show last year, by Mr. H. J. 
Jones will yet be fresh in the minds of our readers. 
This year Mr. Jones struck out in a fresh direction, 
but still effectively. Against a background of dull- 
hued tapestry several large and handsome vases 
stood out in bold relief. These were filled with 
Chrysanthemums cut with long stalks, associated 
with dried fern fronds, and coloured foliage Crotons. 
Palms and Ferns tastefully set up completed the 
background for the cut Chrysanthemums in front. 
These were both large and brightly coloured, and 
comprised all the leading varieties which Mr. Jones 
knows how to grow so well (Silver Gilt Medal) 
Side by side with Mr. Jones’ great effort appeared 
another imposing one from Mr. Norman Davis 
Framfield, Sussex. Two gigantic glass vases had 
been utilised here, in addition to others of shorter 
stature, Some superb cut blooms occupied the 
front rank. They included Modesto Sunstone, Lady 
Byron, Mrs. Hermann Kloss, Mrs. H. Weeks, and 
Viviand Morel, which were some of the best in a 
collection in which all were up to the high water 
mark of merit (Silver Gilt Medal). 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, 
N., set up a very fine group of stove foliage plants 
and Orchids. The latter included some well-flowered 
pieces of Cattleya gigas sanderiana, C. labiata, 
Oncidium Forbesii, and C. Ornithorhynchum. At 
the corner of the group a splendid batch of Begonia 
Gloire de Lorraine attracted a deal of attention, and 
was certainly a great feature of the exhibit (Silver 
Gilt Medal) 
Mr. Joseph Arnold, St. Paul’s Road, Camden 
Town, had a stand setting forth the excellency of his 
special loam and peat, also the various kinds of sand 
supplied by him. 
Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son made a brave display 
with a large and tastefully arranged group. Such 
Chrysanthemums as Edith Tabor, and Mrs. Chas. 
Blick came out very stongly in the background, 
and they were supplemented by Malmaison Carna¬ 
tions, Erica hyemalis, E. gracilis, and Begonia 
Gloire de Lorraine, of all of them in excellent order. 
The front row was composed of some capital Apples, 
and a few Pears. On a small side-table close to 
the large exhibit appeared some heavy samples of 
Onions Barnet Hero, and Ailsa Craig (Silver Gilt 
Medal). 
Messrs D. Dowell & Son, Ravenscourt Avenue, 
Hammersmith had a stand of horticultural sundries. 
A bright spot of colour marked the place where 
Messrs. D. & W. Buchanan, Forth Vineyards, Kippen, 
by Stirling, had deposited their Grapes. These were 
large bunches and exceedingly well finished, the 
berries, moreover, being of gigantic proportions. 
The superbly-coloured Vine leaves were placed on 
white canvas screens and that formed a background 
to the fruit which was much admired by visitors 
(Silver Medal). 
Messrs. Carter Page & Co., 52 and 53, London 
Wall, exhibited a collection of horticultural 
necessities in a neat and masterly manner. 
