August 3, 1901. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
789 
Jones & Sons were second with a pretty but massive 
arrangement. The third prize was won by Miss 
F. Roff, 203 Upper Street, Isliogton, with a very 
neat and graceful blue and white arrangement. 
There were several pretty wreaths. That made 
by Messrs. Jones & Sons was placed first. It was a 
large cross of white Sweet Peas with a relief in the 
centre and at the base of scarlet. That made by 
Miss Anstey was a very simple and artistic wreath 
of purple Sweet Peas with a join of a darker variety. 
The colour was well chosen, and in this, like many 
other exhibits which we have noted by the same 
lady, the style was artistic, the colours subdued, and 
the whole free from the vulgar conspicuous display 
which too often passes off as art. It was placed 
second, and well deserved its position. Miss Roff 
made a very pretty cross of blue and white, and was 
awarded third prize. 
Exhibits not for Competition. 
Hobbies, Ltd., Dereham, made a very effective 
display with their fine strain of Sweet Peas. 
They were arranged in a most artistic manner in 
conical mounds with light foliage plants, such as 
Cocos weddeliana, Adiantum, and Grasses. Some 
of their best varieties were Aurora, a handsome 
flaked variety ; Miss Willmott, a rose-salmon ; 
Lady Ormesby Gore, a large creamy-white flower 
with a beautifully hooded standard ; Sadie Burpee, 
a pure white with a very prettily curled standard; 
Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon, a very pale cream ; Othello, 
a rich chocolate red ; Lady Mary Currie, orange 
pink ; Lady Nina Balfour, a delicate mauve shaded 
with dove grey ; Blanche Burpee, a very good 
white; Prince of Wales, a bright rose self; Countess 
of Powis, orange, suffused with light purple on the 
wings and possessing a fine satiny polish ; Navy 
Blue well represented that colour. The group filled 
half the end of the Great Hall. They had also on 
another table a large mound of Turner’s Crimson 
Rambler Rose, and another exhibit of Cut Roses. 
(Gold Medal.) 
Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham, 
occupied his old place at the end of the hall, where 
his famous 'Mums have stood so many times. The 
exhibit adjoined Hobbies, Ltd., and together the 
two made a very pretty end. Mr. Jones’ group was 
very tastefully arranged, with the white Humea 
elegans and Bamboos, and even if his blooms had 
been inferior it was well worthy of the Gold Medal 
which was given to it. The blooms were far from 
poor; in fact they were as good as any in the ball, 
and this feature, together with the artistic arrange¬ 
ment, called forth much praise from the crowd of 
visitors. Mars, a satiny bloom of a beautiful shade of 
cerise, came in for much admiration, Emily Eck- 
ford, Blanche Burpee, Chancellor, Salopian, Gray 
Friar, Lovely, Othello, and Firefly were also shown 
to perfection. 
Messrs. Harrison and Sons, Leicester, exhibited 
a good collection of varieties, but we think the 
ground work might have been better chosen as it did 
not harmonise well with the majority of the shades. 
Some of their best varieties were Lady Mary 
Currie, Captain of the Blues, Blanche Burpee. 
Stanley, a deep crimson-maroon, Lovely, a pink and 
white; Miss Willmott, Salopian, Aurora, and 
Bronze King, which has a bronzy red standard with 
wings and pink keel. (Silver Gilt Medal.) 
Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley, made a 
grand display with large bunches cut and arranged 
with their own foliage; the number of varieties was 
confusing. The colours which this firm have in 
their seifs cannot be well described as they include 
the best of the fine art shades. Lady Mary Currie 
and Maid of Honour, a beautiful blending of pink 
and white, were general favourites with the public. 
The exhibit was worthy of the award of a Gold Medal 
which was bestowed on it. 
Messrs. Hurst and Sons, Kelvedoa, Essex, ex¬ 
hibited a pretty table of varieties. Pri,na Donna, a 
pink, was very good, so also was Oriental, an orange- 
pink, and that beautiful cerise variety, Salopian. 
Coquette, a cream suffused with rose on the standard, 
Queen Victoria, a very clear cream, Lady Grisel 
Hamilton, a Cambridge blue, suffused with 
purple, were also good. (Silver Gilt Medal.) 
Messrs. E. W. King and Co., Coggeshall, Essex, 
staged a very good lot of their strain of Sweet Peas. 
They are not growers for exhibition purposes but 
have acres of them growing to supply the trade. 
That their blooms were of a good quality was shown 
by the award of a Silver Medal which was given to 
them. 
Mr. Leonard Brown, Brentwood, was awarded a 
Silver Medal for a tastefully arranged collection of 
well grown blooms. They were set up in tubes on a 
wire frame-work with a dark background. Chancel¬ 
lor, a bright orange pink, was one of the best 
varieties; other good ones were Captivation, 
Salopian, Princess of Wales, Lottie Hutchins, 
Othello, Queen Victoria, and Stanley, a very rich 
velvety maroon. 
Mr. Robert Sydeoham, Tenby Street, Birming¬ 
ham, well known as a Sweet Pea enthusiast, brought 
a grand collection of his best varieties. He has a 
specially good strain, and both for size and colour 
his blooms would be difficult to beat. Under the 
artificial light which was necessary at the time we 
noted his exhibit, it was impossible to give a true 
account of the colours. Amongst the varieties we 
noticed Mars, Princess of Wales, Gorgeous, Coun¬ 
tess of Radnor, Blanche Burpee, Stanley, Miss 
Willmott, America, Dorothy Tennant and Emily 
Ecklord. (Silver Gilt Medal) 
Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, brought a large 
and handsome collection of varieties and staged them 
in large bunches, with their own foliage as relief. 
Some of the best bunches were Black Knight, 
George Gordon, Mrs. Eckford, Captivation, Prima 
Donna, Golden Gate, Aurora, Triumph, Miss Will¬ 
mott, Navy Blue, Crown Jewel and Mars. (Gold 
Medal) 
Mr. H. Eckford, Wem, Shropshire, had a large 
table filled with light glass vases of his best varie¬ 
ties, but we were sorry to see that during the terrific 
thunderstorm his exhibit suffered terribly through 
the faulty roof. The style of arrangement was very 
effective, and showed off the flowers to the best 
advantage. It was impossible to pick out the best 
varieties, as they were all of one quality and that of 
the very best, and received a Gold Medal. 
Messrs. John Peed & Son, Norwood, made one of 
the brightest exhibits in the show and furnished a 
lingering spot for a number of admiring visitors. 
There was not a large bulk of stuff, but it was 
arranged tastefully over a large table, and every 
bloom was shown perfectly. The arrangement 
struck the happy medium—it was neither too heavy 
nor too light, and space but just enough to make 
what one might call a really artistic display. Sweet 
Peas were well represented, and included most of 
the best varieties. Carnations were in good form 
and endless variety. The background was made up 
of herbaceous Phloxes, amongst which we noted the 
new variety recently raised by this firm and sent out 
under the name of Streatham Gem ; it is a rosy- 
salmon with dark centre. Another very good 
variety was Eugene Danzanvilliers, a delicate rosy- 
lilac with a pure white eye. There were also several 
pots of well-flowered Carnations at the end of the 
table, amongst which we noticed J. W. Christmas, a 
perpetual flowerer with a very fine scent, also one or 
two very fine varieties of Malmaisons. (Silver Gilt 
Medal.) 
Messrs Jones & Sons, Shrewsbury, were awarded 
a Silver Medal for a very pretty table of Sweet Peas, 
set up in their usual good taste. 
Mr. J. Williams, Ealing, made a very fascinating 
display with a table of his rustic table decoration 
work, tastefully filled with Sweet Peas, and was 
awarded a Silver Medal. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL.— July 30 th. 
The tables were well filled on Tuesday last with a 
considerable variety of subjects, though the attend¬ 
ance was thinner than at several previous meetings 
at the Drill Hall, Westminster. Gloxinias, occupy¬ 
ing the whole of the central table, were a conspicu¬ 
ous feature. Other prominent subjects were hardy 
herbaceous plants, Roses, Sweet Peas, stove and 
greenhouse subjects, &c. 
Orchid Committee. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, exhibited a 
small but interesting group of Orchids, chiefly 
hybrids. Very fine were Laeliocattleya callistoglossa, 
Lc. c. ignescens, Lc. Clonia, Lc. duvaliana, Lc. 
Ascania, and Cattleya Atalanta. The most 
gorgeously coloured of the above was Laeliocattleya 
callistoglossa ignescens; the white ground of Lc. 
duvaliana, and the pale yellow sepals and petals of 
Lc. Ascania made them strikingly distinct from the 
rest. The exhibit was the most important in the 
way of Orchids in the Drill Hall. (Silver Flora 
Medal.) 
C. J. Lucas, Esq. (gardener, Mr. G. Duncan), Warn- 
ham Court, Horsham, exhibited four small but well 
flowered plants of Cypripedium warohamense, with 
declinate, spotted petals. 
G. W. Law-Schofield, Esq. (gardener. Mr. E. Sbi'l), 
New Hall Hey, Rawtenstall, exhibited Cypripedium 
Maudia magnificum, and a seedling named C. 
stottianum 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. 
Young), Clare Lawn, East Sheen, exhibited cut 
flowers of Orchids. Amongst them we noted 
Cattleya Atalanta, C. F. W. Wigan, C. porphyro- 
phlebia, Laeliocattleya Henry Greenwood, Cypri¬ 
pedium niveum, C. concolor, and C. Godefroyae, all 
in very fine condition. 
Floral Committee. 
One of the features of the show was the large exhibit 
of young Gloxinias grown by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, 
Reading. They were a brilliant lot and filled the 
whole centre of the hall. They were all in 48-size 
pots, and were most useful plants for ‘decorative 
purposes. Some of the best we made note of were 
Empress, a pure white ground densely spotted with 
small light purple spots and large darker ones ; Duke 
of York, a deep crimson throat shading off through 
rose to a pure white margin ; Reading Scarlet, a 
brilliant scarlet with a suffusion of purple in the 
throat and very prettily fimbriated margins ; Sutton's 
Purple, a very rich dark purple throat with a royal 
purple margin. Her Majesty caused quite a sensation 
as it is without a doubt the best white grown. It is 
a pure chaste white without a blemish of any kind. 
The flowers are of large size, good form and as freely 
produced as any variety in the exhibit. Sutton's 
Spotted Hybrid was a very good bloom as was also 
The Giant Violet Queen, a handsome variety 
having a lemon throat and purplish white segments, 
the whole profusely spotted and pencilled with 
violet. (Silver Gilt Flora Medal.) 
Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham, 
staged an effective exhibit of greenhouse plants, 
including well grown specimens of such old favourites 
as Celosia pyramidalis, many pretty varieties of 
Heliotrope Petunias, Campanula Mayi, Acalyphas, 
Humeas, cool house Ferns, Grass, &c., &c. (Silver 
Banksian Medal) 
Messrs. John Peed & Sons, Roupell Park Nurseries, 
Norwood, made a pretty show with a choice col¬ 
lection of Achimenes. 
Messrs. R. Wallace & Co., Colchester, made a 
varied exhibit with a quantity of their well grown 
Lilies. The exhibit also contained a large assort¬ 
ment of Carnations and a choice collection of her¬ 
baceous cut bloom, amongst which Calochorlus 
clavatus, Delphinium ranunculiflorum, Helianthus 
Soliel d’Or and Delphiniums figured conspicuously. 
(Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Paul & Sons, Cheshunt, made a pretty 
exhibit with a collection of Roses. They were a 
varied collection and contained such well-known 
varieties as White Maman Cochet, The Monstrosity, 
Viridiflora, Miss Ellen Willmott, J B. M. Camm, 
Alfred Colomb, Marechal Niel, Jubilee, Killarney, 
L’lnnocence, Mrs. John Laing, Perle d’Or, and 
Roger Lamberlin, which is one of the most unique 
Roses grown, having the appearance of huge scarlet 
and white Picotee. (Silver Gilt Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, brought up 
a very good collection of double tuberous Begonias. 
It was a fine strain, a great number of them possessing 
quite a distinct fimbriated margin. One of the best, 
in our opinion, was Lady Helen Stewart, a huge 
canaiy-coloured bloom. Other good varieties were 
J. W. Swan, a very deep salmon ; Lady Hampton, 
light salmon; Countess of Ross, pure white; Dr. 
Nansen, a rich crimson ; Lady Bathurst, a lemon ; 
Mrs. Cecil Leigh, a pure white with the centre 
petals shaded lemon as they open; Earl of Erne, a 
huge cerise bloom with large shell-like petals; and 
Lord Stradbroke, an elegantly made flower of a rich 
crimson hue. (Silver Gilt Banksian Medal.) 
Mr. Arthur Wade, Riverside Nurseries, Colches¬ 
ter, staged an artistic and well-grown collection of 
Sweet Peas, including most of the up-to-date varie¬ 
ties. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Miss Easterbrook, Fawkham, Kent, made one of 
the prettiest decorative displays which we have met 
with lately ; Geraniums (zonal Pelargoniums) were 
the chief class of flowers used. (Vote of Thanks.) 
