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THE GARDENING WORLD 
November 26. 1904. 
Medal to Messrs. Wm. Cutbush and Son, Higligate, London, 
for Carnations. Silver Medals to Mr. T. A. Scarlett, 22, Market 
Street, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Wm. Bain and Co., and Mr. Jas. 
Scarlett, Inveresk, Musselburgh, for Potatos. Silver Medal 
to Messrs. Win. Thomson and Sons, Limited, Clovenfords, for 
Grapes. Silver Medals to Messrs. Hugh Dickson, Belfast, and 
Messrs. W. Drummond and Sons, Limited, Stirling, for fruit. 
Silver Medals to H. J. Godfrey, Exmouth, Devon, and Messrs. 
W. Wells and Co., Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey, for Chrysanthe¬ 
mums. Bronze Medals to Messrs. Dickson and Co., Craigmillar 
Nurseries, Edinburgh, for plants, and Messrs. Jas. Grieve and 
Sons, Redbraes, Edinburgh, for table of Chrysanthemums. 
LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
November I6th and I7th. 
The twenty-fifth autumn exhibition was held in St. George’s 
Hall under most satisfactory auspices, having a record entry, 
and, what is of more importance, of excellent quality through¬ 
out. So large were the exhibits that some difficulty was found 
in staging, which left much improvement desirable in that 
department. 
Chrysanthemums in Pots. , 
The trained forms, as usual, were excellent, being models in 
form, carrying good blooms. 
Four large trained : Mr. T. Hitchman, gardener to Arthur 
Earle, Esq., Childwall, scored with a beautiful lot. 
Three Pompons : Mr. W. Wilson, gardener to H. Cunning¬ 
ham, Esq., Gateacre, again proved his ability in this form of 
culture. 
Six staked: Mr. F. Keiglitley, gardener to Mrs. Duncan, 
Cressington, with good plants. Winners in remaining classes 
were Messrs. G. Osborne and J. Hitchman. 
Group of Chrysanthemums and miscellaneous plants : Mr. 
J. Bracegirdle, gardener to Alderman Watts, Wavertree, had 
a pleasing arrangement in which Crotons, Palms, etc., were 
highly effective. 
Cut Blooms. 
These, as usual, were well staged, every box being passable, 
as usual. The centre of attraction was for the Cup class, twenty- 
four incurved and twenty-four Japanese, distinct, in which five 
competitors staged, in every case well. The premier lot was 
from Mr. James Young, Otterspool. The incurved were an 
even, well-finished box, the best being Mrs. H. J. Jones, Pantia, 
Ralli, W. Pascoe, Mrs. N. Molyneux, Wm. Biddle, G. Symons, 
Ralph Hutton, Ada Owen, Dorothy Foster, Miss M. Lyne, 
C. H. Curtis, Nellie Threlfall, General Lock, etc. Japanese : 
Bessie Godfrey, Mafeking Hero, Mrs. F. S. Yallis, Miss M. 
Ware, General Lawrence, W. R. Church, Mrs. Barkley, Duchess 
of Sutherland, Marq. Yic. Yenosta. Second, Mr. J. V. Davies, 
gardener to E. Ellis, Esq., Heswell, who was successful last 
year; third, Mr. W. Whittle, gardener to R. G. Allan, Esq., 
Aigburth; fourth, Mr. C. Findlow, gardener to A. J. Oakshott, 
Esq., Bebington. 
Eighteen incurved, distinct: Mr. C. Osborne, gardener to A. 
Cook, Esq., Aigburth, with a stand of high merit. 
Twelve distinct : Mr. James Clarke, gardener to T. Clarke, 
Esq., Allerton. 
Eighteen Japanese, distinct : Mr. J. George, gardener to 
Thomas Henshaw, Esq., Doby, with well-built blooms. Twelve 
varieties: Mr. J. Clarke. 
Other first-prize winners were Messrs. R. Croft, H. Rutter, 
T. Sumner, and others. 
Miscellaneous plants were of splendid health and size. 
Six flowering Begonias : Mr. R. T. Bushell, gardener to I.. 
Noblett, Esq., Wavertree. 
Four stove or greenhouse Ferns : Mr. J. Bracegirdle, with 
huge plants of Microlepia hirta cristata, Goniophlebium sub- 
auriculatum, Nephrolepis davalloidies furcans, and Davallia 
fijensis plumosa. One Fern : Mr. F. C. Keiglitley, with a good 
Davallia fijensis plumosa. 
Three Orchids: Mr. P. Jakeman, gardener to Sir W. For- 
wood, Bart., Bromboro, with Oncidium varicosum Rogersii, 
O. tigrinnm, and Cattleya labiata. One Orchid : Mr. T. Car¬ 
ling, gardener to Mrs. Cope, Woolton. Two Orchids (prizes 
presented by Messrs. Jno. Cowan and Co.): Mr. Thos, Wilson, 
gardener to O. H. Williams, Esq., Aigburth, with Epidendrum 
vitellinum and Laelia prestans. One Cypripedium : Mr. S. 
Bell, gardener to J. W. Hodgson, Esq., with an extra large plant 
of insigne. 
Three Palms or Cycads: Mr. J. Bracegirdle, with grand 
plants of Kentia canterburyana, Chamaerops liumilis arborea, 
and C. excelsa. 
Three Palms in 8-in. pots : Mr. J. Stoney, gardener to F. H. 
Gossage, Esq., Woolton. The minor classes were well filled, 
including Roman Hyacinths, fourteen entries of well-grown 
bulbs. 
Fruit. 
This section hardly realised expectations, the Apples and Pears 
more especially, the Grapes being excellent. 
Six dishes of fruit, distinct: Mr. G. Hammond, gardener to 
Colonel R. Ireland, Blackburne Hall, won with Muscat of 
Alexandria and Black Alicante Grapes, Sutton’s Scarlet Melon, 
Apples and Pears. 
Two bunches Alicante Grapes: Mr. J. Barker, gardener to 
F. W. Raynes, Old Colwyn, with good bunches. Any other 
black: Mr. J. Richards, gardener to T. B. Kendall, Esq., Rock 
Ferry, with Barbarossa. Two bunches Muscat: Mr. T. 
Elsworthy, with well-coloured Alexandria. Two of any other 
variety : Mr. J. Skitt, gardener to Mrs. H. A. Bright, West 
Derby, with a pair of Golden Queen. Four bunches: The same 
exhibitor, with Muscat of Alexandria and Mrs. Price. 
Six dishes dessert Pears: Mr. H. Reynolds, gardener to W. 
Johnstone, Esq., Bromborough, with fine fruits. Four dishes: 
Mr. J. Spencer, gardener to W. S. Taylor, Esq., Aigburth. One 
dish : Mr. J. Lee, Higher Bebington, with good Doyenne du 
Comice. One dish stewing : Mr. W. Mackerall, with Uvedale's 
St. Germain. 
Apples, six dishes dessert : Mr. J. Lee, with well-coloured and 
good-sized fruits. Three dishes: Thomas Johnson, jun., Esq., 
Higher Bebington. One dish : Mr. G. Hammond, with Cox's 
Orange. For eight dishes, four dishes and the single, the 
winners were Messrs. J. Lee, W. Mackerall, and J. Lee. 
Non-competitive. 
This section materially enhanced the value and beauty of the 
shoiv, the following being awarded the Society Certificate of 
Merit:—Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Bradford, a small but 
charming array of Orchids, in which were Cattleya Portia, 
Laeliocattleya luminosa, and Cypripedium Niobe. 
Messrs. Fishlock Bros., Liverpool, wreaths in variety artisti¬ 
cally arranged. 
Mr. J. Robson, Altrincham: Table of Palms, Carnations, 
Ferns ; who also had an Award of Merit for the New Bouvardia 
Mrs. McCullock. 
Mr. Charles Young, West Derby : Cut Carnations in vases. 
Messrs. John Cowan and Co., Gateacre : Bank of Orchids, with 
a fine Vanda caerulea with sixty-four flowers, Cypripedium 
Ernestii, etc. 
Messrs. Thomas Davies and Co., Wavertree: Salvia grandi- 
flora splendens, Lily of the Valley, Tuberoses, etc. 
Messrs. Hewitt and Co., Birmingham: Cut Carnations, in¬ 
cluding Fascination, Gov. Roosevelt, etc. 
Messrs. Dicksons, Chester: Decorative plants and Apples. 
Mr. F. Roberts, West Derby : Cut Chrysanthemums, etc. 
The King’s Acre Nursery Company : Collection of Apples. 
Mr. H. Middlehurst, Liverpool: Cut Carnations, Roman 
Hyacinths, and rare Potatos. 
Mr. W. Rowlands, Liverpool: Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. 
Messrs. R. P. Ker and Sons, Aigburth : A bank of the well- 
known Cyclamen, including a new 7 colour of salmon, and well- 
flowered Gloxinia Aigburth Crimson, for which an Award of Merit 
u r as given. . . 
The duties and responsibilities of the show rested with Mr. T. 
Foster (chairman) and Mr. H. Sadler (secretary), and their 
colleagues. 
CHESTER PAXTON SOCIETY. 
November I6th and I7th. 
This good old town up to date has escaped the “ Mum " fever, 
and caters for something more useful, and therefore styles its 
show of “ fruits and Chrysanthemums,” and it will be readily 
understood which should be named first when out of eighty-five 
classes sixty-eight are devoted to fruit, which brought over 1,000 
plates which must prove of considerable value to the plantei , 
and to enhance the value of selection each kind has the name o 
the stock and the kind of soil in which it is grown. 
The first thirty classes were confined to single kinds, five of 
each, in some as many as twenty-seven entries. The dessert 
kinds were of fine colour and good in size, wdiilst the culinary 
were conspicuous by the bulk. The first prize-winners were 
mostly from Cheshire, and included Messrs. W. A. Seddon, 
gardener to J. M. Frost, Esq., Upton; T. Jennion, gardener to 
W. E. Whinnery, Esq., Neston; J. Dutton, gardener to Edward 
