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THE GARDENING WORLD 
November 5, 1904. 
ham, Florence Alolyneux, Bessie Godfrey, G. W. Pockett, Mme. 
Paolo Radaelli, Mrs. F. S. Vallis, etc., amongst the Japanese. 
Lady Isabel, Nellie Threlfall, Mrs. Bryce, Topaze Orientale, 
Annie Hall, and C. H. Curtis were some of the best incurved 
blooms. 
The Holmes Memorial Challenge Cup for 36 incurved blooms 
was carried off by Mr. W. Higgs, who had grand blooms of Mrs. 
J. P. Bi'yce, Mrs. F. Judson, Lady Isabel, W. Biddle, Mrs. 
H. J. Jones, G. W. Matthew, Duchess of Fife, Doris Rayner, 
Countess of Warwick, Fred Palmer, Alf. Salter, J. Agate, Mrs. 
J. Seward, Cecil Cutts, Mrs. C. Crooks, Hanwell Glory, Robert 
Petfield, etc. Mr. W. Mease took the second award with mag¬ 
nificent blooms of Duchess of Fife, Mrs. J. Seward, Ialine, Chas. 
Blick, Cecil Cutts, Mrs. Crooks, Airs. F. Judson, Lady Isabel, 
C. H. Curtis, and Edith Hughes. Mr. G. Hunt came in third 
with a fine lot. 
National Chrysanthemum Society’s Holmes Memorial Chal¬ 
lenge Cup for 48 Japanese blooms : The leading award in this 
class was taken by Mr. W. Mease, gardener to A. Tate, Esq., 
Downside, Leatherhead. Numerous special prizes were offered 
for sin'gle blooms, and at least four of them were won in this 
same class by Mr. Mease. The varieties were Duchess of 
Sutherland, Airs. F. W. Vallis, Mme. Paolo Radaelli, and Bessie 
Godfrey. The first named was regarded by many as the best 
bloom in the show, a massive curled golden yellow variety. 
Other magnificent blooms were Mrs. Alease, Miss Alice Byron, 
Lord Ludlow, Mrs. H. Weeks, Hon. Mrs. Acland, AI. Chenon de 
Leche, Mafeking Hero, Miss Olive Aliller, Atme. Carnot, F. S. 
Vallis, Alme. G. Debrie, Donald McLeod, Mrs. Barkley Camden, 
Mr. L. Remy, Beauty of Sussex, Miss E. Fulton, Mrs. J. Bryant, 
Edith Smith, Le Grand Dragon, Sensation, W. A. Etherington, 
Edwin Molyneux, etc. The special blooms in this class 
attracted a great amount of attention. Mr. A. Jefferies secured 
the second award, showing splendid blooms of F. S. Vallis, Mrs. 
Barkley, Mary Inglis, Bessie Godfrey, Aliss Elsie Fulton, Mons. 
Chenon de Ldche, Harry Perkins, Mme. Paolo Radaelli, etc. 
The third award was taken by Mr. G. Hunt, who had grand 
blooms of Duchess of Sutherland, Bessie Godfrey, and W.R. 
Church. Air. Frank May, gardener to H. O. Lord, Esq., Lilley 
Brook, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, was a very good fourth. 
(To be continued.) 
On the Editor’s Table. 
Carnations from Amport Gardens. 
We are. in receipt of two varieties of Malmaison Carnations 
suitable for flowering ait the present time. The largest 
consisted of blooms of Calypso, which were sweetly scented, 
and white, tinted blush pink, with very fine lines of a darker 
colom - . The outer petals were white in the apical half, the 
colour being confined to the denser parts of the flower, giving 
it a soft and delicate tint that would make; it. suitable for 
decorations, whether by daylight or artificial light. The other 
variety was Prime Minister, with rich scarlet flowers of smaller 
size, but they were choice and handsome on account, of their 
bright colour. On the back of the petals, however, were 
gray stripes which come into prominence only when the 
flowers are fading and the petals curled inwards. This colour 
would also be very telling by artificial light, as: it was quite 
bright, and not at all of that shade which we usually term 
maroon. The flowers were also sweetly scented, even power¬ 
fully so, at a certain, stage of their development. 
Perpetual Bearing Strawberries from the East. 
A correspondent who .signs himself “ East Anglia ” gays: " I 
am sending you samples of St. Joseph and St, Antoine de 
Padoue Strawberries growing outside, with the exception, that 
they have been covered with lights for a, week. These lights 
an. open at the sides and ends. Twenty good dishes have been 
gathered during the present month on, different dates', which 
include a dish every day this week. The dish gathered yester¬ 
day weighed 1 lb. 6 oz., the average weight being about a 
pound. They were planted in September, 1903.” The speci¬ 
mens sent usi were laden with ripe fruit and others in all stages 
of development right wav back to the expanded flowers and un¬ 
expanded buds'. Provided the' autumn, remains open, fruits 
may be expected from these for’ many weeks to come. The 
plants were of dwarf habit, but well furnished with foliage, 
so that altogether they are well fitted for their work, provided 
our fickle climate is sufficiently favourable to enable the berries 
to ripen -without damping'. 
Violets from Ennim Gardens. 
Two fine bunches of Violet Marie Louise have been sent us 
by Mr. Joseph Smith, gardener to. Hamlet Riley, Esq., Ennim, 
Penrith, Cumberland. He sends us the bunches to give us an 
idea of the state to which he brings them in this northern 
district, though only in cold frames. The flowers sent us were 
of wonderful size, even for this variety, and of a rich blue- 
purple with the characteristic white eye. The stalks were 
4 in. to 6 in. long, thus making them easy to bunch, and the 
leaves were moderate in size, showing that they had been 
grown under cool, airy and healthy conditions. Mr. Smith 
promises to tell us how he grows them in a cold frame. 
Fixtures for November. 
8th.—Birmingham Chrysanthemum Show (three days). De¬ 
vises Chrysanthemum Show. Dulwich Chrysanthemum 
Show (two days). Ipswich and East of England Chrysan¬ 
themum Show (two days). Oxford Chrysanthemum Show. 
Rugby Chrysanthemum Show. St. Neots Chrysanthemum 
Show. Ulster Chrysanthemum Show, Belfast (two days). 
9th.—Ascot and District Chrysanthemum Exhibition (two days). 
Brixton Chrysanthemum Show. Buxton and District 
Chrysanthemum Show. Dorking Chrysanthemum Show. 
Gainsborough Chrysanthemum Show (two days). Kingston 
Chrysanthemum Show. Putney and District Chrysanthe- , 
mum Exhibition (two days). Royal Botanic Society’s Ex¬ 
hibition. South Shields Chrysanthemum Show (two 
days). 
10th.—Colchester Chrysanthemum Society. Devon and Exeter 
Horticultural Exhibition, Exeter (two days). Hamptop 
Court H.S. Show. W e s to n - s u p e r - AI are Chrysanthemum) 
Show. 
11th.—Bradford Chrysanthemum Show (two days). Hudders¬ 
field Chrysanthemum Show (two days). Leicester 
Chrysanthemum Show (two days). Melton Alowbray 
Chrysanthemum Show. Nottingham and Notts. Chrys¬ 
anthemum Show (two days). Sheffield Chrysanthemum' 
Show (two days). Shrewsbury Chrysanthemum Show. 
Stockport Chrysanthemum Show (two days). 
12th.—Eccles, Pendleton, and District Show (three days). 
15th.—Louth Chrysanthemum Show (two days). West of Eng¬ 
land Chrysanthemum Show (two days). R.H.S. 
16th.—Chester Paxton Chrysanthemum Show (two days). Clac- 1 
ton-on-Sea H. Show. Hull Chrysanthemum Show (two 
days). Liverpool Horticultural Association (two days). 
Norwich Chrysanthemum Show (three days). Reading 
Cbrysanthemrrm Show. York Chrysanthemum Show 
(three days). 
17th.—Barnsley Chrysanthemum Show (two days). Bristol 
H.S. Show (two days). Douglas Chrysanthemum Show. 
Edinburgh Chrysanthemum Show (three days). Grimsby 
Chrysanthemum and Fruit Exhibition (two days). Read¬ 
ing Chrysanthemum Show. 
18th.—Aberdeen Chrysanthemum Show (two days). Bolton 
Chrysanthemum Show. 
19th.—Bingley Chrysanthemum and Vegetable Exhibition. 
Cheetham Hill and District Horticultural Exhibition. 
21st.—National Chrysanthemum Society, committee meeting at 
Essex Hall, Strand. 
Pictorial Aprins at Dunfermline. —A novelty in the way of 
fruit culture lias been shown in thei window of Mr. Mitchell, 
fruiterer, High Street. On two Apples pictures of the King and 
Queen have been executed by what is known as sun photography. 
This process is accomplished by gumming to the skin of the 
Apple before it begins to colour a paper stencil of the picture 
desired. As the fruit ripens that part which is covered by the 
stencil remains green, leaving the figure outlined on the red 
background. High prices are got for pictorial apples, £2 having 
been realised for one. 
