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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 29, 1905. 
Provincial Show of the N.R.S. at 
Gloucester. 
The National Rose Society’s provincial 
show, held on the Spa Cricket Ground, Glou¬ 
cester, on July 18th, in conjunction with the 
seventeenth annual exhibition of the Glou¬ 
cestershire Rose Society, was a great success. 
The Grenadier Guards’ band, under the con- 
ductorship of Mr. A. Williams, gave selec¬ 
tions. The exhibition was opened by the 
mayor, accompanied by the members of the 
corporation, who were received on behalf of 
the society by the president (Mr. C. E. Shea, 
of Foote Cray, Kent) and Mr. Conway Jones, 
Gloucester. The mayor afterwards enter¬ 
tained a large company to lunch. A feature 
of the show was the success of Mr. Conway 
Jones, a local amateur rosarian, in winning 
the National Society’s jubilee trophy, value 
fifty guineas, beating Mr. E. B. Lindsell, of 
Hitchm, who has won it on several consecu¬ 
tive occasions. Messrs. A. Dickson and Co., 
Newtownards, county Down, received a 
similar trophy competed for by nurserymen. 
Webb and Sons’ at Wolverhampton. 
At the Wolverhampton Floral Fete, Messrs. 
Webb and Sons, of W ordsley, Stourbridge, ex¬ 
hibited Gloxinias, Sweet Reas, Liliums, etc., 
the display occupying a space 50 ft. by 4 ft. 
The Gloxinias were very hue examples of this 
firm's strains, the flowers being perfect in 
form, of large size, excellent substance, and 
in a great variety of beautiful colours. 
Amongst named varieties were Webb's 
Stanley (vivid crimson), Webb’s Peerless 
(white), and Webb’s Purple Queen. The col¬ 
lection of Sweet Peas comprised about one 
hundred varieties, and included several novel¬ 
ties. A Gold Medal was awarded for this 
display. 
Carnations at Westminster. 
The annual exhibition of the National Car¬ 
nation and Picotee Society (southern section) 
was held, in conjunction with the R.H. S., at 
Vincent Square, on the 18th inst. The Car¬ 
nations were in fine form, and besides those 
shown in competition for the prizes there 
were several non-competitive exhibits by the 
various nurserymen. F. Wellesley, Esq. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. W. Hopkins), West-held Common, 
Woking, was remarkably successful in the 
larger classes. For instance, he took the first 
prize for twenty-four flakes and bizarres, and 
the premier flake was found in this exhibit. 
He also took the leading prize for twenty-four 
seifs, and those who inspected the plants could 
scarcely fail to be attracted by the large 
blooms and the rich variety and beautiful 
colours. In the class for twenty-four yellow 
ground Picotees he also took the leading place 
with splendid blooms of the respective varie¬ 
ties. He had several other prizes, but the 
most important success was that he won the 
cup for the highest number of marks in the 
third division. Martin R. Smith, Esq. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. C. Blick), Warren, Hayes, Kent, 
also took some good prizes, including the pre¬ 
mier award , for twenty-four fancy Carnations, 
and also for twenty-four yellow ground 
Picotees. In a class for twelve varieties set 
up in vases with their own foliage he also took 
the leading place. In our opinion he had the 
best group of Carnations in pots, but the 
awards were not attached when we left the 
hall. The number and variety of colours re¬ 
presented in the small group was remarkable. 
Our readers will remember that Mr. Smith 
is the leading light in the raising of new 
varieties, for he has practically revolutionised 
Carnation culture during the past two 
decades. At the luncheon he stated that 
there were 452 entries, and many new exhibi¬ 
tors were present. 
Diary of Shows and Meetings. 
July. 
31st—Horsforth Gardeners’ Mutual Improve¬ 
ment Association (weekly meeting). 
August. 
1st—Royal Horticultural Society (bi-monthly 
exhibition and meeting); Rotherham 
Chrysanthemum Society (monthly 
meeting); Bishop’s Waltham Horti¬ 
cultural Society (show in Swansea 
Park); Tunbridge Wells Chrysanthe¬ 
mum and Gardeners’ Mutual Im¬ 
provement Association (bi-monthly 
show and meeting); Bournemouth 
and District Gardeners' Mutual Im¬ 
provement Association (monthly 
meeting); Seven oaks Gardeners’ and 
Amateurs’ Mutual Improvement So¬ 
ciety (bi-monthly meeting); West 
London Horticultural Society 
(monthly meeting); Professional 
Gardeners’ Friendly Benefit Society 
(monthly meeting); Addlestone and 
District Gardeners’ Mutual Improve¬ 
ment Association (monthly meeting); 
Seaton Delaval and New Hartley 
Horticultural Society (monthly meet¬ 
ing); Barking and Ripple Chrysan¬ 
themum Society (monthly meeting). 
2nd—Midland Carnation and Picotee Society 
(show at Edgbaston, two days); 
Farnborough Horticultural Society 
(show); Dinas Powis Horticultural 
Society (show'); Radyr and District 
Horticultural Society (show 7 ); Sav- 
bridgeworth Horticultural Society 
(show 7 ); Whitchurch Agricultural, 
Floral, and Horticultural Society 
(show); Four Elms Gardeners’ Society 
(show); Eastling, Doddington, and 
District Cottage Fruit, Flower, etc., 
Society (show); Stoke Poges, Wrex¬ 
ham, and District Horticultural So¬ 
ciety (show); Walsoken and Wisbech 
Horticultural Society (show 7 ); Paign¬ 
ton and District Gardeners’Association 
(show 7 ); Saltwood Cottage Gardeners’ 
Society (flow 7 er show); Boxford Horti¬ 
cultural Society (show); Gheam and 
Cuddington Horticultural and Cot¬ 
tage Gardeners’ Society (show 7 ); 
Maidstone Gardeners’ Mutual Im¬ 
provement Society (bi-monthly exhi¬ 
bition) ; Sheffield Floral and Horti¬ 
cultural Society (business meeting); 
Bradford and District Chrysanthe¬ 
mum Society (monthly meeting); Bide¬ 
ford and District Horticultural So¬ 
ciety (monthly meeting); Lewes and 
District Chrysanthemum Society 
(monthly meeting); Newport- (Mon.) 
and District Gardeners’ Mutual Im¬ 
provement Association (monthly 
meeting); Wood Green and District 
Amateur Horticultural Society 
(monthly meeting); Terrington and 
Marshland Horticultural Society 
(monthly meeting); Bristol Amateur 
Horticultural Society (monthly meet¬ 
ing)- 
3rd—Stonehouse (Glos.) Horticultural Society 
(show); Westerham Gardeners’ Mu¬ 
tual Improvement Society (bi¬ 
monthly meeting); Rat ley and Dis¬ 
trict Chrysanthemum and Paxton 
Society (monthly meeting:'): Tibshelf 
Floral. Horticultural, and Rose So¬ 
ciety (monthly meeting:'): Greenstreet 
and District Gardeners’ and Cot¬ 
tagers’ Society (monthly meeting). 
4th—Brechin Horticultural Society (show, 
two days); Caterham Horticultural 
Society (committee meeting). 
5th—King’s Lynn Horticultural Society (Rose 
show); Blackburn and District Horti¬ 
cultural Society (monthly meeting); 
Leeds Paxton Society (weekly meet¬ 
ing). 
Much in Little. 
At the July meeting of the Rotherham 
Chrysanthemum Society a very interesting 
paper w 7 as read by Mr. H. J. Nicholson 
(gardener to Mr. R. Dyson, J.P., president 
of the society) on “ My Recent Visit to the 
Temple Show.”-The exhibits at the Up¬ 
pingham Horticultural Society’s show, held on 
the 11th inst., w r ere an advance on those of 
last year both as regards quality and quantity. 
■-An instructive lecture on the cultivation 
of fruits was given on the 12th inst. by Mr. 
Booth before the members of the Eltham and 
District Horticultural Association.-.The 
Borough of Gillingham Amateur and Cottage 
Gardeners’ Mutual Improvement Society held 
their summer show 7 on the 11th inst. The 
judges, Messrs. A. Frith and W. Scott, re¬ 
marked that, considering the season, the ex¬ 
hibits were a credit to the members.-The 
members of the Burgess Hill Horticultural, 
Mutual Improvement, and Chrysanthemum 
Society took their annual outing on the 14th 
inst., visiting Messrs. Piper and Son’s forcing 
houses and grounds at Worthing, the Fig 
gardens at West Tarring, and Brighton.- 
The Brentwood Horticultural Society held a 
splendid show on the 13th inst. The Brent¬ 
wood and District Subscription Silver Chal¬ 
lenge Cup for the best thirty-six distinct 
blooms of Roses in the nurserymen’s classes 
w 7 as won outright by Messrs. R. Harkn-ess and 
Co., of Hitchin, and a similar trophy in the 
amateur classes was won outright by the Rev. 
J. H. Pemberton.-The Rev. A. G. 
Daubeney has kindly consented to allow 7 the 
forthcoming show (August 3rd) of the Herne 
Gardening Society to be held in the vicarage 
grounds and to provide an orchestra,-The 
exhibits at the annual show 7 of the Weeklev 
and Warkton Horticultural Society, held by 
permission of the Duke of Buccleuch in 
Broughton Park on the 13th inst., were ex¬ 
ceptionally good. Competition in the cot¬ 
tagers’ classes w r as remarkably keen.-The 
judges for the Flore Horticultural Society’s 
competition for the best-kept cottage gardens 
and windows say the gardens were most diffi¬ 
cult to judge, all being in excellent order. 
Tidiness was a strong point with all. and in 
fact, they all deserved prizes. Mr. Thos. C. 
Craig, of Flore House, offers substantial 
prizes yearly in order to encourage the 
cottagers. 
TRADE NOTICE. 
The Hassocks Nursery, Hassocks, Sussex. 
Mr. H. Elliott, of Courtbushes Nurseries, 
Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, begs to inform his 
friends and customers that he has taken over 
all the glass portion of the above nurseries, 
so long carried on by Messrs. W. Balchin and 
Son, where lie intends to largely extend the 
culture of tree and Malmaison Carnations. 
Fruit Freaks.— In a garden at Withington 
(Glos.) are to be seen a Gooseberry bush grow 7 - 
ing from the trunk of a Damson tree, and a 
Currant bush emerging from the trunk of an 
Apple tree. 
