June 2, 1900. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
687 
Messrs. J. Carter & Co., High Holborn, London, 
for vegetables, Calceolarias, &c. 
Messrs. Barr & Sons, Covent Garden, London, 
for Tulips, herbaceous plants, &c. 
Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, London, 
for topiary work, &c. 
Messrs. Fisher, Son & Sibray, Ltd., Sheffield, 
for stove and miscellaneous plants. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, 
N., for Orchids and new plants. 
Messrs. G. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, for Roses, cut 
flowers, and Bamboos. 
Sir Charles Pigott, Bart, (gardener, Mr. J. Flem¬ 
ing), Wexham Park, Slough, for Palms and Crotons. 
Messrs. R. Smith & Co., Worcester, for Clematis 
and Roses. 
Messrs. J. Peed & Son, West Norwood, S.E., 
for Caladiums, Gloxinias, &c. 
Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead, Sale, for Ferns. 
Messrs. J. Hill & Son, Lower Edmonton, for 
Ferns. 
Sir J. Pease, Bart., M.P., Guisboro', for fruit. 
Messrs. T. Rivers & Son, Sawbiidgewortb, for fruit 
trees. 
Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, for fruit. 
Messrs. W. Paul & Son,Waltham Cross, for Roses 
and Rhododendrons. 
Messrs. T. S. Ware, Ltd., Feltham, for Begonias, 
herbaceous plants. 
Messrs. H. Cacnell Sons, Swanley, for Cacti, 
Cannas, plants, &c. 
Silver Gilt Flora Medals. 
Messrs. Stanley, Ashton & Co., Southgate, 
for Orchids. 
W. A. Gillett, Esq., for Orchids. 
Mr. H. J. Jones, Lewisham, for Begonias and cut 
flowers. 
Mr. W. Rumsey, Waltham Cross, tor Roses. 
Mr. Amos Perry, Winchmore Hill, for hardy 
perennials. 
Messrs G. Jackman & Son, Woking, for Clematis 
and hardy perennials. 
Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester, for Roses. 
Messrs. R. & G.Cuthbert, Southgate,N.,for Azaleas. 
Mr. M. Prichard, for herbaceous plants. 
The Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery, Guildford, 
for Alpines. 
Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton, for foliage plants 
and Roses. 
Messrs. J. Waterer & Sons, Bagshot, for Rhodo¬ 
dendrons. 
R. I. Measures, Esq. (gardener, H. J. Chapman), 
for Insectivorous plants. 
The Duke of Northumberland (gardener, G. 
Wythes, V.M.H.), for Nepenthes. 
Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, for Cacti, &c. 
Messrs. R. Wallace & Co., for hardy plants and 
Lilies. 
Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, for Paeonies,&c. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, for Calceolarias. 
Mr. J. Russell, Richmond, Surrey, for trees and 
shrubs. 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Ascott, Leighton 
Buzzard (gardener, Mr. J. Jennings), for Carnations. 
Silver Gilt Knightian Medals. 
A. HendersoD, Esq., M.P., for fruit and vege¬ 
tables. 
Mr. J. Watkins, Hereford, for Apples. 
Silver Flora Medals. 
Mr. W. Iceton, for decorative plants. 
Messrs J. Lamg & Sons,Forest Hill,S.E.,for Maples 
and stove plants. 
Mr. T. Jannoch, Dersingham, for Lilies of the 
Valley. 
Mr. W. Poupart, Twickenham, for Lilies of the 
Valley. 
Messrs. Thos. Cripps & Son, Tunbridge Wells, for 
Maples. 
Messrs. R. Green, Ltd.. London, for Crotons. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, 
for Orchids. 
Ludwig Mond, Esq., Regent's Park, for Orchids. 
Mr. G. W. Piper, Uckfield, for Roses. 
Messrs. F. Cant & Co., Colchester, for Roses. 
Messrs. Hogg & Robertson, Dublin, for Tulips. 
Messrs. W. H. Rogers & Son, Ltd., Southampton, 
for Rhododendrons. 
Messrs. J. James & Son, Woodside, Farnham 
Royal, for Cinerarias. 
Messrs. Ed. Webb & Son, Wordsley, Stourbridge, 
for Begonias, Gloxinias, &c. 
Lord Gerard, for Carnations. 
Messrs. J. Backhouse & Son, York, for Orchids, 
Alpines, &c. 
Messrs. W. Fromow & Sons, Chiswick, for 
Maples. 
Silver Knightian Medals. 
Mr. S. Mortimer, Farnham, Surrey, for Cucum¬ 
bers. 
Mr. W. Godfrey, Colchester, for Asparagus. 
Mr. A. J. Harwood, Colchester, for Asparagus. 
Silver Banksian Medals. 
Marquis de Wavrin, Somerghem, Belgium, for 
Orchids. 
Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, for Sweet Peas. 
Mrs. Bodkin, for Cacti. 
Messrs. A. W. Young & Co., Stevenage, for Cacti. 
The Misses Hopkins, Knutsford, Cheshire, for 
herbaceous plants. 
Mr. P. Erseleus, Romford, for Petunias. 
Messrs. Gt. Van Waveren & Kruijff, Haarlem, 
Holland, Astilbes. 
NATIONAL TULIP. —May 2yd, 24th, and 25 th. 
This year’s show of the National Tulip Society 
brought forth blooms up to the usual standard of 
excellence, but rather scarcer in quantity. The 
society held its show in conjunction with that of the 
R.H.S. in No. 2 tent at the Temple Gardens, on the 
above dates. 
In Class I. for twelve Florists’ Tulips, Mr. J. W. 
Bentley, Breeze Mount, Kensell, secured the premier 
award with Trip to Stockport, Masterpiece, Pet, 
Mabel, Annie McGregor, Gem, Grant, Bertha, 
Modesty, Bessie, Samuel Barlow, Duchess of 
Sutherland, and Lord Stanley. The collection was 
very creditable. Mr. A. Chater, Cambridge, came 
second, having a splendid Adonis, Trip to Stockport 
(premier blocm of this class), Sir Joseph Paxton, 
Annie McGregor, and others. Mr. A. D. Hall, 
Agricultural College, Wye, Kent, followed third, and 
fourth, Mr. G. Edom, Walton, Epsom. For six 
ditto, Mr. A. D. Hall was first. In this lot his Geo. 
Edward, Mabel, and Attraction were the most con¬ 
spicuous Mr. A. Chater was second, Mr. J. W. 
Bentley, third, and Mr. C. W. Needham, fourth. 
In Class C., Miss Scott, Malabar Home, St. 
Albans, was the only exhibitor. For three feathered 
Bybloemens, Mr. J. W. Bentley, Manchester, beat 
Mr. A. Chater, and Mr. A. D. Hall came third. In 
the breeder Tulip classes Mr. A. D. Hall led off, 
having an excellent half dozen. These were Gold- 
finder, Adonis (premier breeder Bybloemen), Sulphur, 
Maid of Orleans, Rose Hill, and Mrs. Barlow. Mr. 
J. W. Bentley, Manchester, who had splendid speci¬ 
mens of Goldfinder and Rose Hill, was second ; Mr. 
A. Chater, third ; and Mr. G. Edom, fourth. The 
Sam Barlow Prize ft r a single feathered Bybloemen 
was won by Mr. J. W. Bentley, who staged Tulip 
Mrs. Wood. Mr. G. Edom, Walton, Epsom, was 
the first prize winner for a collection of Florists' 
Tulips, and the lot he put up certainly did him great 
credit. The strength, form, and brilliance of the 
blooms and their even feathering was most charm¬ 
ing and good. Small though the show was there 
was yet quite sufficient to satisfy and interest a large 
number of the visitors, whether Tulip fanciers or not. 
Surely the system of staging them could be im¬ 
proved. 
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The prize for last week's competition was awarded 
to Mr. E. Ireland, Bicton, Devon, for his article on 
“ Grevillea robusta,” which was crowded out of last 
week’s issue by the Temple Show, but now appears 
on p. 630. This does not affect the competition for 
this week, which will be duly announced in our next 
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[1 Correspondents, please note that we cannot undertake to 
name florists' flowers such as Carnations, Pelargonium!, 
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.] 
Weed in Boating Lake.— Surveyor: The sample of 
water weed you sent us consisted of two or moie 
species of Conferva, and at least one Cladophora, 
which are fresh water Algae, which often prove 
troublesome in tanks, ponds, lakes, &c The size of 
your lake (4 acres) makes the destruction of the weed 
rather a formidable matter. The stillness and 
shallowness of the water are in favour of the weed. 
We think it would be advantageous to have the 
depth increased to 3 It. The lake might also be 
dried every year, or every second year, during the 
winter months when work is not very pressing, and 
the mud with all the weeds it supports taken out. 
This mud could be thrown in a heap in some out of 
the way part of the recreation grounds, and allowed 
to dry and swei-ten, and the weeds to decompose. 
This material would ih-n constitute a good top- 
dressirg to spread over the grass during the winter 
months. So treated, the lake would keep tolerably 
clean for the greater parts of the summer. If thus 
cleaned out every year or second year the quantity 
of material to be removed annually would not be 
great. The fishes could be temporarily preserved in 
a tank or small pond till the mud had been removed. 
This would render the summer cleaning a very easy 
matter, dispensing with a great deal of labour. 
Fishes and water-fowl should tend largely to keep 
down the weed, after the latter has been weakened 
by the cleaning out of the mud. 
Growth on the Leaves on Yines.— B .: The 
leaves you sent us were of a rich dark green and 
apparently from well fed Vines. They were more or 
less covered on the under surface with green warts, 
which are considered as evidence of the mainten¬ 
ance of a too close and moist atmosphere. They 
have very little effect upon the general health of the 
Vines unless they are particularly large and numer¬ 
ous, when they might hinder more or less the proper 
performance of the physiological functions of the sur¬ 
face cells of the leaf. Your best plan would be to 
ventilate the vinery more freely and regularly so that 
the atmosphere will be dry for a greater or less period 
of time every day. This will tend to harden the 
tissues of the leaves, and hinder the further pro¬ 
duction of warts upon them. It will also increase 
or strengthen the constitution of the Vines and tneir 
foliage, and tend largely to render them safe from 
the attack of mildew and ether fungoid diseases, as 
well as insects. The dull, cold weather, no doubt, 
induced you to keep the house close so as to prevent 
the lowering of the temperature, and obviate the 
necessity of much firing. This plan has its draw¬ 
back in many ways and should not be persisted in for 
anv length of time. 
Erica carnea and E. mediterranea. —E C.H D.: 
These two Heaths, if they may be spoken of as two, 
are very closely allied. E. carnea is a native of the 
central range of mountains of Coniinental Europe, 
ranging from Switzerland to the Balkans, where it 
is usually a low straggling shrub. Where it de¬ 
scends to the sea board of the Atlantic it becomes 
a more upright shrub, from 2 ft. to 5 ft. high, with 
rather shorter flowers. In some of the western 
counties of Ireland an intermediate form is found, so 
that you may conclude it is difficult to distinguish 
them by means of a small piece unless one had spec¬ 
imens of E. carnea at hand for comparison. It is 
not a native of Great Britain, so that we presume 
your specimen was obtained from a garden, park, or 
other place in which it had been planted. Thanks 
for the specimen received. You might state whether 
it was from a garden or otherwise 
Plant in Artificial Pond.— J. Galletly : The 
green, water plant you sent wes a species of Spiro- 
gyra, one of the fresh water Algae that increases at 
a great rate when the conditions are favourable to 
its existence. The Spircgyras like clean spring 
water, but will also grow in ditches that are not 
very cleao. We are afraid there is nothing that 
would effectually destroy them without being in¬ 
jurious to other plants and fishes, &c., in the pond. 
You might check their growth for a consideiable 
time by draining the pond, that is, by letting the 
water run away, after which you could give the 
bottom and sides of the pond a thorough cleansing, 
skimming off the surface of the clay bottom with a 
spade or draw hoe. If you could peimit of its being 
done you might let the pond remain dry for a time, 
giving it a heavy coaling of quicklime. After a week 
or so the lime might be swept up as thoroughly as 
possible, scrubbing it out with water and a broom, 
if practicable. The pond might then be re filled. 
It should then keep clean for some time. 
Names of Plants.— E. C. H. D .: Hippocrepis 
comcsa .—A. H.: The Euphorbia is E. Characias, 
not E. Esula. It is much farther advanced than 
about London. Tne shrub is Exochorda grandi- 
flora.— W. M. : 1, Erinus alpinus ; 2, Ajuga reptans 
rubra; 3, Genista praecox ; 4, Cytisus albus; 5, 
