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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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August io, 1907. 
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useful to those cultivators for whom they 
are intended. 
Cafqatiop s at Westnpiqster. 
^ Annual Show of the 
National Carnation and Picotee Society. 
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The former of the above titles is a book 
on fruit culture written by Mr. J. White- 
head, and running to 116 pp. According 
to this writer the agricultural returns of 
Great Britain show an increase of thirty- 
four thousand acres that have been laid 
down to orchards during the last ten 
years, and eighteen thousand acres have 
been devoted to small fruits during the 
same period. This would seem to indi¬ 
cate that cultivators in this country are 
finding fruit growing for market a profit¬ 
able occupation. The illustrations con¬ 
sist of drawings intended to show how to 
prune and plant fruit trees for cultiva¬ 
tion in the open and also upon walls. 
The author also dwells upon the advan¬ 
tage of sorting or grading Apples into 
lots of different quality, as those which 
are thus sorted fetch higher prices for 
the best quality, while the inferior grades 
may be sold for what they will fetch, and 
yet prove more remunerative to the 
grower than if all were offered for sale 
in mixture just as they were gathered 
from the tree. The book deals with new 
orchards and plantations, the renovation 
of old orchards, including Apples, Pears, 
and Plums, together with bush fruits and 
soft fruits, such as the Strawberry and 
Raspberry. A chapter on marketing and 
distribution of fruit should also prove 
serviceable to the grower for market. 
The book on “ Glass Culture” is written 
by Mr. James Cheal, and consists of 
112 pp., devoted to the cultivation of 
Tomatos, Cucumbers, Roses and Ferns, 
Chrysanthemums, Carnations, Mush¬ 
rooms, Grapes, and other subjects for 
which a market may readily be obtained. 
The author, of course, deals with the 
various practical operations required in 
The thirty-first annual show of the Na¬ 
tional Carnation and Picotee Society 
(Southern Section) was held at the Horti¬ 
cultural Hall, Vincent Square, on the 
24th ult. The exhibits being the products 
of specialists in the cultivation of the 
Carnation, the flowers shown were of the 
highest order of merit for this particular 
class. The show was especially, of course, 
for the exhibition of the show Carnation 
and Picotee. To these old favourites a 
more recent addition has been made in the 
self-coloured and fancy Carnations, the 
result of the work of Carnation growers 
during the last two decades or so. Beau¬ 
tiful as are the show Carnation and 
Picotee, it must be admitted that the seifs 
constitute a splendid addition, and the 
British public admire no less the remark¬ 
able forms known as fancies, and which 
are striped and marked in a great variety 
of ways. As there was a meeting of the 
R.H.S. on the previous day many of the 
exhibitors retained their positions, and the 
show was thus greatly augmented. 
In the class for dressed flowers prizes 
were offered for eighteen Carnation 
blooms, namely, bizarres and flakes. The 
leading award was carried off by Martin 
R. Smith, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Charles 
Blick), The Warren, Hayes, Kent. All 
of the varieties making up his stand were 
of his own raising, and in most cases they 
were distinctly larger than the favourite 
old varieties. In the back line he had 
Clarissima (purple flake), Abbess (purple 
bizarre), Shamrock (crimson bizarre), Sil¬ 
ver Queen (crimson bizarre), Lord 
Macaulay (rose flake), and Merrie Lass 
(crimson bizarre). In the middle line he 
had Zoedone (purple bizarre), Emigrant 
(crimson bizarre), Phaeton (deep rose 
flake), Algol (crimson bizarre), Amyas 
Levd (crimson bizarre), and Isolde (deep 
rose flake). In the front line he had Con- 
suelo (scarlet flake), Norseman (purple 
bizarre), Fra Diavolo (crimson bizarre), 
Zoedone, Gay Lady (crimson bizarre), and 
Mine Host (scarlet flake). We give the 
descriptions of the above, as they have 
scarcely yet got into commercial lists. 
The second prize was taken by Mr. R. 
G. Rudd, King’s Norton, -who had fine 
blooms of Master Fred, Guardsman, Mer¬ 
ton, Mrs. T. Lord, and Gordon Lewis. 
Mr. C. Turner, Slough, came in third. 
For a stand of eighteen seifs Martin R. 
Smith, Esq., again stood highest, showing 
splendid and attractive blooms of Daffo¬ 
dil, Ashantee, Snowdrift, Sir Galahad, 
Mr. H. Parton, W. H. Paton, Lady Lin¬ 
lithgow, Much The Miller, John Pope (a 
rich dark rose), Bonnie Dundee, Fleur de 
Lys, Vesta, and Imogen. There were, of 
course, duplicates of some of the above. 
Bonnie Dundee was remarkable for its 
brilliant scarlet colour. Mr. R. G. Rudd 
was secondhand had the premier yellow 
self in Daffodil in his stand. Mr. C. 
Turner was third. 
For eighteen fancy Carnations Martin 
R. Smith, Esq., was not to be beaten. 
Most of the fancies were yellow or buff 
grounds, and included The Skipper, 
.Linksman, Sam Weller, Mrs. A. Thomp¬ 
son, Bonnie Buchanan, Buboshes, Man¬ 
darin, Mohawk, Tattycoram, Seneca, and 
Rayon d'Or. Most of the above were re¬ 
markably showy flowers. He was again 
followed by Mr. R. G. Rudd and Mr. C. 
Turner in this order. 
For eighteen white ground Picotees 
Mr. R. G. Rudd led the way, with fine 
blooms of Cato, Mrs. Evelyn Cartwright, 
fanny Tate, Lavinia, Favourite, Bru¬ 
nette, Mrs. Beswick, and other favourites. 
Martin R. Smith and Mr. C. Turner took 
the remaining prizes in this order. 
In the competition for eighteen yellow 
ground Picotees Martin R. Smith, Esq., 
again came to the front with a splendid 
lot of blooms, including Sunbeam, Her 
Majesty, Ace of Trumps, Mrs. W. Heriot, 
,Leonora, Mithra, Lady Gascoigne, etc. 
There were numerous classes for un¬ 
dressed flowers, and for eighteen blooms 
of seifs Mr. J. Douglas, Great Bookham, 
Surrey, took the tead. He had grand 
blooms of Trojan, Daffodil, Miss Wilmot 
(premier self in the show), and Apricot. 
He was followed by Mr. R. G. Rudd, Mr. 
C. Turner, and Martin R. Smith, the two 
latter being equal third. 
For eighteen fancy Carnation blooms 
Martin R. Smith again came to the front 
with many fine blooms, some of which 
have already been mentioned, and several 
fresh ones. Mr. J. Douglas took the 
second place, and Mr. R. G. Rudd came 
in third. 
Martin R. Smith, Esq., had the best 
yellow ground Picotees, showing varieties 
of his own raising. He was followed bv 
Mr. R. G. Rudd. 
For a stand of twelve seifs, fancies and 
yellow grounds, in twelve vases, Martin 
R. Smith was again to the fore, followed 
by Mr. J. Douglas and Mr. R. G. Rudd, 
in this order. 
There were numerous other classes for 
dressed and undressed flowers, but those 
we have already given include many of 
the choicest show Carnations and Pico¬ 
tees. Altogether there were sixty-one 
classes. 
In the only class for pot plants the 
leading prize was taken by Martin R. 
Smith, with a splendid group including 
plants of Albatross, Ensign, Valhalla, 
Seamark, Cyrus, J. H. Fitt, Countess 
Carrington, etc. The second prize went 
to Mr. H. Lakeman, Thornton Heath. 
Surrey. 
Miscellaneous. 
Amongst the groups of Carnations not 
for competition was a fine collection of 
Malmaisons and border Carnations front 
Mr. J. Douglas. Fine Malmaisons were 
Princess of Wales, Calypso, Lady Rose, 
Thora, Albion, and Soult. Fine border 
