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September 1, 1900 THE GARDENING WORLD. 
very effective. Messrs. Webb also showed a collec¬ 
tion of Sweet Peas comprising all the leading sorts ; 
and they also made a good show of vegetables, in 
which their Tomatos Viceroy and Royal Sovereign 
were very conspicuous. For their exhibit Messrs. 
Webb secured the premier award, viz., a large Gold 
Medal. 
Mr, Edwin Murrell, Portland Nurseries, Shrews 
bury, had a magnificent collection of pot and cut 
Roses, for which he received a Large Gold Medal. 
Another winner of the highest award was Mr. 
John Green, Norfolk Nurseries, Dereham, wno had 
a splendid display of Dahlia blooms, principally of 
the Cactus varieties. (Large Gold Medal.) 
Mr. B. R. Davis, Yeovil Nurseries, Somerset, 
staged a very fine display of tuberous-rooted 
Begonias. They were principally double-flowered 
varieties of grand form and size. The depth of 
colour and its brilliance in the varieties E. J. Davis, 
crimson; Ariel, Duchess of Albany and others 
were remarkable. (Gold Medal.) 
Messrs. Jones & Sons, Shrewsbury, as one might 
expect, made an extensive and handsome display 
with Dahlia and Sweet Peas chiefly. (Gold Medal.) 
Messrs. Pritchard & Son, Shrewsbury, had a 
collection of the semperflorens type of bedding 
Begonias on view, obtaining a Large Silver Medal. 
Mr. J. H. White, Worcester, for hardy and half 
hardy herbaceous cut flowers, was awarded a Large 
Silver Medal. 
Mr. A. Myers, Shrewsbury, who staged Pelar¬ 
gonium trusses, also won a Large Silver Medal. 
Messrs. W. & J. Birkenhead, for a choice and 
extensive collection of Ferns, secured a Silver 
Medal. 
Messrs. Jarman & Co., Chard, for cut flowers, and 
Mr. S. H. Matthews for Tomatos, were each the 
recipients of a Silver Medal. 
Messrs. D. & W. Buchanan, Forth Vineyards, 
Kippen, N.B, exhibited a collection of Grapes, 
including a new seedling variety. 
Mr. Deverill, the well-known nurseryman of 
Banbury, had a very choice and handsome exhibit 
of herbaceous flowers. (Silver Medal.) 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL.— August 28 th. 
Two very large collections of Gladioli, mainly of 
the Gandavensis type, constituted the principal 
splendens, Laelia elegans var , Cycnoches chloro - 
chilon, &c., the ast-named being fine. Mr. Ed. 
Kromer, Roraima Nursery, West Croydon, staged a 
very distinct Cattleya named C. aurea jenseniana, 
with buff-yellow sepals and petals, and a huge, very 
wavy lip. Mr. H. A. Tracy, Orchid Nursery, 
Twickenham, exhibited Laelia elegans J. Davis with 
long, rosy sepals and petals, and a dark crimson- 
purple lip. J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
J. Davis), Glebelands, South Woodford, exhibited 
Laeliocattleya schilleriana, bearing a spike of nine 
blooms. A Cultural Commendation was awarded to 
Captain Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucester, 
for two spikes of Dendrobium Phalaenopsis schroder- 
ianum, bearing eighteen and nineteen flowers 
respectively. He also exhibited Cypripedium Milo 
Westonbirt var. and Odontoglossum crispum 
Countess of Morley. Sir W. Marriott, Down 
House, Blandford, exhibited Cattleya armainvillier- 
ensis (C. Mendelii x C. gigas). 
Floral Committee 
Present— Geo. Paul, Esq., in the chair ; with 
Messrs. Harry Turner, Maurice L. de Vilmorin, 
Field of Darwin Tulips (See p. n). 
Mr. Henry Eckford, Wem, Salop, set up about 
forty varieties of the best Sweet Peas in glasses. 
Cactus Dahlias were also shown. (Gold Medal) 
Mr. John Forbes, Hawick, Scotland, had Carna¬ 
tions, Pentstemons, Dahlias and other hardy florists’ 
flowers. (Large Silver Medal.) 
Mr. J. B. Blackmore, Tiverton-on-Avon, Bath, 
exhibited tuberous Begonia blooms, which were so 
meritorious as to receive a Gold Medal award. 
Messrs. Hartland & Co., Seedsmen to the Queen, 
Cork, also showed tuberous Begonias and received 
a Gold Medal. 
Messrs. Clibran & Son, Altrincham, Manchester, 
had an exceedingly fine group of plants. (Large 
Silver Medal.) 
Mr. S. Mortimer, Farnham, Surrey, who showed 
Dahlias numerously and to perfection, received a 
Large Silver Medal. 
Messrs. Laing & Mather, Kelso-on-Tweed, N.B., 
staged cut Carnation blooms, and secured a Silver 
Medal. 
Messrs. Harrison & Sons, Leicester, who had 
Sweet Peas, &c., also won a Silver Medal. 
Mr. W. L. Pattison, Cherry Orchard, Shrews¬ 
bury, for a fine display of cut Viola and Pansy 
blooms, obtained a Large Silver Medal. 
feature of the meeting on Tuesday last. Hardy 
herbaceous plants, greenhouse Rhododendrons, 
Roses, early flowering Chrysanthemums, and also 
collections of fruit were much in evidence. The 
attendance by the general public was also much 
^better than on the occasion of the last meeting. 
Orchid Committee. 
Present.— Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the chair, with 
Messrs James O'Brien, J. G. Fowler, E. Hill, De B. 
Crawshay, H. M. Pollett, H Little, F. Sander, H. 
J. Chapman, W. H. Young, H. A. Tracy, A. H. 
Smee, and F. J. Thorne. 
W. W. Astor. Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. Bacon), 
Cliveden, Maidenhead, received a Cultural Com¬ 
mendation for a huge plant, in a pot, of Peristeria 
elata, bearing eight tall spikes of bloom, the height 
from the floor to the top of the spikes being about 
8 ft. Mrs. Briggs-Bury, Bank House, Accrington, 
exhibited Laelia elegans illuminata, a very distinctly 
coloured variety. Walter C. Walker, Esq. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. Geo. Cragg), Winchmore Hill, exhibited 
a large and very tall (4 ft.) plant of Cattleya bicolor, 
carrying four spikes of bloom, aggregating twenty- 
eight blooms. 
Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 
Middlesex, exhibited Cattleya Eldorado, C. E. 
Jules Margottin, Geo. Nicolson, Charles T. Drury, 
H. B. May, Wm. Howes, Jas. Hudson, C. J. Salter, 
C. R. Fielder, J. D. Pawle, W. Bain, Chas. E. Pear¬ 
son, Jsmts Walker, Geo. Gordon, Wm. J. James 
J. Fraser. 
Messrs. T. S. Ware, Ltd., Hale Farm Nurseries, 
Feltbam, London, showed Lilium auratum, Phloxes, 
Campanulas, Gladioli, Haemanthus Katherinus, 
Cannas, Heliantbus, Zephyranthes roseus, Verbena, 
venosa, Pentstemon barbatus, Lilium tigrinum 
Fortunei, Liatris spicata. Asters, and so on, a 
creditable display from this good old firm. (Silver 
Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Barr & Sons, King Street, Covent Garden, 
W.C , had their usual representative collection of 
hardy herbaceous cut flowers. Pentstemons, Dahlias, 
and Phloxes formed the bulk of the exhibit, and 
such fine things as Liatris spicata, L. pycnostachys, 
Pentstemon barbatus, Eupatoriums, Statice longi- 
folia, Verbena Miss Wilmott, &c., were in evidence. 
(Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Frank Cant & Co., Rose growers, Brais- 
wick Nursery, Colchester, set up a wonderful col¬ 
lection of Roses, mostly Teas and garden or decora¬ 
tive sorts. W. A. Richardson, Papa Gontier, 
Longworth Rambler, Mdme. C. Guinoisseau, and 
