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THE GARDENING WORLD 
November 17, 1900. 
6th, at Ball’s Bridge, Dublin. The show was well 
up to the usual standard; there being also 432 .. 
entries. The weather, however, was unpropitious. 
Mr. W. H. Hillyard, the secretary, carried through 
all the arrangements successfully. 
Cut Blooms. —As has been said, the quality of 
the blooms was up to the usual standard of merit. 
The class for forty-eight Japanese blooms in distinct 
varieties was carried off by Capt. G. Nicholson 
(gardener, Mr. P. Brock) whose set, containing most 
of last year’s novelties, was very fine. The 
second award fell to Lord Ashbrook (gardener, Mr. 
McKellar), Durrow Castle ; and third, Lord Ashtown. 
In the large vase class, for twelve vases and twelve 
distinct varieties, there was a splendid show. In 
point of size and quality the exhibits were all that 
could be desired. Capt. Nicholson here again led ; 
Lord Ashbrook and Lord Ashtown being second and 
third respectively. 
In the class for twenty-four Japs., distinct, there 
was also a good display. Lord Ashbrook stood first 
on this occasion, having grand blooms of Edith 
Tabor, Mrs. Mease, J. R. Upton, Australie, Mrs. J. 
Lewis, and Edward Molyneux. Col. the Hon. C. F. 
Crichton followed second, having Mdme. Gustave 
Henry, R. H. Langton, Lady Ridgway and J. R. 
Upton. Capt. G. Nicholson, Glenmor, Drogheda, 
came third. Lord Ashbrook was again leader for 
twenty-four incurved blooms in twelve varieties. 
Lady Isabel, Topaze Orientate, Globe d'Or, and 
Jeanne d'Arc, were included here. The Marquis of 
Downshire (gardener, Mr. Thos. Bradshaw), came 
second ; and third, Clifford Lloyd, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. J. Farrell), Victoria Castle, Killiney. 
Lord Ashbrook led off for the twelve Japanese 
blooms, showing good specimens of Viviand Morel, 
Mr. T. Carrington, and others. C. S. Spear, Esq., 
of Kingstown (gardener, Mr. Maher), was second; 
and third, Mrs. Moore (gardener, Mr. Kearns), Ash¬ 
town, Phoenix Park. 
C. S. Spear, Esq., was also first for the twelve cut 
blooms in six varieties ; J. A. Kelly (gardener, Mr. 
J. Toner), was second ; while J. J. Pim, Esq (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. G. W. Usher), stood in the third place. 
The class for Anemone-flowered varieties was 
headed by Mr. R. T. Harris with a nice lot. For six 
blooms of a white Japanese variety, C. S Spear, 
Esq., was first. 
For twelve bunches of pompon Chrysanthemums 
Lord Cloncurry beat R. Booth, Esq., Victoria 
House, Dalkey. 
In the class for any Japanese, except white or 
yellow, Mrs. Moore was first with a nice set of 
Edwin Molyneux. For six sprays of single Chrys¬ 
anthemums, with foliage and grasses, the first prize 
was awarded to Major Burrowes. 
Plants. —William Carty, Esq. (gardener, Mr. D. 
McLean), Dunroe, Sandymount, was awarded the 
premier prize for a group of plants staged for effect: 
and A. Millar, Esq. (gardener, Mr. D. Colohan), 
Windsor House, Monkstown, made a close second. 
For a slightly larger group, J. Millar, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. P. Geoghegan), Baggotrath House, Sandymount, 
took the lead with an artistic group; and was 
followed by Wm. McComas, Esq. (gardener, Mr. P. 
Coghlan), The Grange, Monkstown. For a group of 
Chrysanthemums relieved with foliage plants, D. 
Drimmie, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Thos. Byrne), Belle¬ 
vue, Booterstown, led off. Mr. R. W. Booth, Vic¬ 
toria House, Dalkey, obtained first award in the 
class for six Chrysanthemums in pots, staging 
•Viviand Morel, Chas Davis, W. H. Lincoln, and 
Souv, d’une petite Amie. R. W. Booth, Esq., 
Dalkey, beat W. H. Bantry-White, Esq., of Donny- 
brook, for single specimen plants. 
Other Plant Exhibits —For twelve pots of 
Cyclamen. Mrs. Goodbody (gardener, Mr. S. Davies), 
Obelisk, Blackrock, headed the list, and Mr. Moore 
came second. The latter, however, was easily first 
for Chinese Primulas, and Mrs. A. Kelly occupied a 
like place for Primula obconica. Major Burrowes 
showed a choice collection of pot-grown Violets. 
Lord Cloncurry, Lord Ashtown, and D. Drimmie, 
Esq., were first, second, and third respectively for 
six table plants. 
Fruit. —The show of fruit on the general aspect 
was thoroughly good, though, perhaps, not so highly 
coloured as it has been in some previous years. The 
chief exhibitors and prize-winners were Mrs. Meade, 
Mrs. Goodbody, Lord Castlemaine, Lord Ashtown, 
E. D’Olier, Esq., Lord Cloncurry. T Beaumont, 
Esq , and Mr. J. Millar. Most of these also exhibited 
in the vegetable classes. 
Miscellaneous Exhibits. —Messrs. Chas. Ram¬ 
say & Son, The Royal Nurseries, Ball's Bridge, had 
a group of autumn flowers, Chrysanthemums and 
foliage plants. 
Messrs. Kennan & Sons, Ltd., had an exhibition of 
garden implements and sundries. 
Messrs. T. S. Rivers & Son, Sawbridgeworth, set 
up a good collection of fruits. 
Messrs. W. Tait & Co., Capel Street, Dublin, had 
also a collection of fruits, amounting to 150 dishes of 
Apples and Pears. 
Messrs. W. Wells & Co., Earlswood Nurseries, 
Redhill, Surrey, showed a collection of blooms of the 
newer varieties of Chrysanthemums. 
Sir Malcolm Inglis (gardener, Mr. P. Harpur), 
Montrose, Donnybrook, exhibited Chrysanthemums 
and foliage plants. 
Messrs. Alex. Dickson & Sons, Newtownards, 
exhibited an excellent display of Apples and Pears of 
remarkable quality and beauty. Grapes and plants 
were also staged by them. There were some 200 
dishes staged. 
Messrs. Sanders & Sons, Friar’s Walk Nurseries, 
Cork, were also amongst the chief exhibitors of 
fruits, showing 150 dishes of Apples and Pears. 
Messrs. J. W. Mackay, Ltd., Sackville Street, 
showed a magnificent display of vegetables and fruit. 
There were numerous other exhibitors. 
READ THIS. 
The competition continues as usual next week. 
The prize last week was awarded to Mr. Sillitoe, 
for his article on " Streptocarpus,” p. 167. 
Questions add apssbjgks 
Will our friends who send us news apers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged bv their so doing. 
Correspondents, please note that we cannot undertake to 
name florists' flowers such as Carnations, Pelargoniums, 
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.'] 
Making a Rose Border.— Aros: You do not state 
what is the nature of your soil. It all depends upon 
that as to the trouble and expense necessary in pre¬ 
paring the borders. If the natural material is sandy 
or gravelly, it would be advisable to take out the 
natural material to the depth of 2 ft., and fill the 
trench with good loam, inclined to be heavy rather 
than otherwise. While doing so it will be advan¬ 
tageous to mix with it a good quantity of well made 
cow dung. Some lime rubble will do no harm, as 
Roses rather like this material. They even do well 
where the subsoil consists of chalk. In the spring, 
when the plants commence to grow, it is a good plan 
to mulch the surface with well rotted manure, as the 
growing shoots require a lot of nourishment. We 
presume that the Rose house is to be built in the 
garden where the soil may have been worked and 
cropped many years. If in good heart it might be 
sufficient to take out 1 ft. of the soil and mix it with 
an equal quantity of good loam, working in plenty of 
manure with it. Then take out another foot of soil 
and calculate whether a drain will be necessary to 
carry off the superabundance of moisture given in 
watering the Roses. If the soil is very heavy we 
should take out another 6 in. of soil, making 2^ ft. in 
all, and put in drainage as is often done with Vine 
borders under similar conditions, aDd have a tile 
drain at the lowest part, with an outlet wherever 
convenient. This will prevent the accumulation of 
water if the subsoil is ol clay. Fill in the mixed soil 
and manure on the top of the drainage; and when 
the Roses commence to grow mulch the border with 
manure as above advised. If the soil is sufficiently 
porous to allow of the water passing freely away no 
drainage should be necessary ; but after taking out 
2 ft. of soil we should trench or break up the bottom 
for another foot, so that the whole border will be 
3 ft. deep. 
Late Keeping Grapes and their Colour.— W.W. : 
There is no Grape named Lady Hunt, so far as we 
know. You must mean Lady Hutt, which is a 
round white Sweetwater Grape of handsome appear¬ 
ance and first-class quality; but it is only a mid¬ 
season variety. Chasselas Napoleon is a large, free- 
fruiting, pale green, almost white and transparent 
Grape, with a firm flesh, and fairly sweet flavour. 
Its chief merit or that for which it is valued is its 
keeping properties in late autumn. The flowers 
require artificial setting to insure the best results. 
Appley Towers, the third variety you mention, 
would best suit your purpose, for it is a round 
black Vinous Grape of first-class quality, and strong, 
rich flavour. The skin is tough,^covered^with a 
fine bloom, and of rich colour when properly fin¬ 
ished. The Vine is moderately robust, but the wood 
ripens well; while the leaves are large and leathery. 
The bunches are moderate in size, somewhat 
shouldered, and the berries set freely. The variety 
was raised by Mr. Miles, gardener to Lady Hutt, 
Appley Towers, Isle of Wight, from Gros Colrnan 
crossed with Alicante, being of the same parentage 
as Lady Hutt first mentioned above. It was 
accorded a Frst-class Certificate by the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society in 1889. You can graft it on 
Black Hamburgh, on which we believe it succeeds 
well. It is much better in flavour than Gros Colman 
and keeps till very late under good treatment; and 
we believe it requires less heat to bring it to perfec¬ 
tion. 
The Bulrush and Time to Transplant it— Omega : 
No, the Bulrush is not evergreen, but dies down 
during winter. It varies in height from 1 ft. to 8 ft., 
according to the depth of the water, the nature or 
richness of the soil or mud in which it is growing, 
and the age and vigour of the plant. The best time 
to transplant it is in spring when the young stems 
are just beginning to push up. We do not think, 
however, there would be any difficulty in transplant¬ 
ing it at any time from now onwards till spring, 
provided you get a spade and dig out strong clumps 
of the rootstock with a fair quantity of soil about the 
roots. There would be less danger in spring, how¬ 
ever, as growth would soon repair any damage done 
to the roots. 
A Sun-Dial.— Omega : A dial when set to face the 
east would tell the hours of the early part of the day ; 
and one facing the west would tell the time during 
the afternoon. These are generally vertical dials, 
but we presume you mean the common dial which 
has a horizontal plane parallel with the earth’s axis 
and makes with the style an angle equal to the 
latitude of the place. You should set it level, that 
is parallel to the earth’s axis, and looking towards 
the sun at mid-day so that the style may form a 
shadow across XII with the mid-day sun. The 
hours of the first half of the day will be shown on 
the west side of the dial, and the afternoon hours on 
the other side of XII. The dial shows the true solar 
time, but not the mean time of a well regulated 
clock. 
Young Plants on Dendrobium nobile. —Constant 
Reader : It will do no harm to the old plants to 
remove the offsets which have formed upon them. 
These side shoots or branches form a ready means 
of propagating or increasing your plants, and if you 
require more of them take off these shoots and put 
them singly in small pots or Orchid pans, and hang 
them up near the glass where they will get plenty of 
light. As they get too big for the pots or pans in 
which you place them simply move them on into 
larger ones in spring, or just when young roots are 
beginning to push out. 
Removing Dendrobium Roots from Pots and 
Baskets,— Constant Reader-. A thin, rather blunt 
knife would be a good thing to detach the toots from 
the surface of baskets and pots. Owing to the inter¬ 
lacing of the roots it will often be impossible to get 
them away from pots in which there are holes. In 
such cases it will be necessary to break the pots or 
Orchid pans if you wish to save the roots entire. In 
the case of baskets you can take out the wires at the 
corners to remove the roots, and simply repair the 
baskets again. 
Names of Plants,— R. M.: 1, Ornithogalum 
longibracteatum; 2, Selaginella Braunii ; 3, Sela- 
ginella Martensii robustum variegatum ; 4, Lastrea 
glabella; 5, Asplenium bulbiferum minus, often 
called A. Collensoi; 6, Osmunda regalis palustris.— 
A. C.: 1, Helianthus orgyalis; 2, Clematis Vitalba ; 
3, Rosa rugosa; 4, Rubus laciniatus.— A. J. B. : 
1, Cornus sanguinea; 2, Acer platanoides; 3, 
Populus nigra; 4, Berberis Thunbergii ; 5, Rhus 
Cotinus. — H. W.: 1, Aster Novae-Angliae roseus; 
2, Aster Tradescanti; 3, Aster Novi-Belgii densus; 
4, Aster ptarmicoides. — H. J. : r, Lonicera japonica 
aureo-reticulata ; 2, Veronica Andersoni variegata ; 
3, Erica vagans ; 4, Artemisia pontica. 
Communications Received. — John Murray.— 
Love & Wyman.—Wm. Seward.—J. W. McH.—G. 
P.—R. L —A. T.—H. D — B. L —A. J —D. C —A. 
R — J. Botley.—R. J. T.—J. D. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
William Barron & Sons, Elvaston Nurseries, 
Borrowash, near Derby.—Catalogue of Fruit Trees, 
Roses, Herbaceous and Alpine Plants, Greenhouse 
and Bedding Plants, Sec. 
Howden & Company, Inverness Nurseries, Inver¬ 
ness.—Nursery List for Autumn 1900 and Spring 
1901. 
Dammann & Co., San Giovanni a Teduccio, near 
Naples, Italy.—General Price List of Vegetable, 
Farm, Tree, Conifer, Palm, Flower and other Seeds, 
&c. 
Fisher, Son & Sibray, Ltd., Royal Nurseries, 
Handsworth, near Sheffield.—Catalogue of Fruit, 
Rose, Forest and Ornamental Trees, Deciduous, 
Evergreen, and Coniferous Shrubs. 
David W. Thompson, 24, Frederick Street, Edin¬ 
burgh —Nursery Stock 
