THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE, 
April 26. ] 
SEEDiiNGS AND NEW VARIETIES. 
The Bourne Daffodil Cup, offered for the 
beet dozen daffodils raised by the exhibitor, 
was won by Mr. Ernest Crosfield, Cossing- 
ton, Bridgwater, with exquisite varieties, 
chiefly Barri and Poeticus sorts ; some were 
numbered, but Dell, white with neat soft 
yellow crown; Winsome, orange crown; Ring 
Dove, a neat eyed poet with crimson ed^ 
and yellow crown; Nomad, the fine Touwi- 
stone, and Orb were the finest of the named, 
sorts. Mr. W. Welchman, Upwell, Wis¬ 
bech, came second with trumpet varieties, 
Hereward and Clodia being among his best. 
For half a dozen seedlings, not in commerce, 
and raised by the exhibitor, Mr. A. Wilson, 
Shovell, Bridgwater, led with unnamed varie¬ 
ties, but his No. 51 and 191 were lovely, neat 
flowers, with rich-hued crowns; Mr. W. A. 
Watts second; and Mr. J. Pope, King’s Nor* 
ton, third. 
For three varieties under similar condi¬ 
tions, Mr. P. D. Williams, St. Keverne, 
Cornwall, scored with lovely flowers, his 
Susan, white, with small cream crown and 
green centre was a delightfully cool flower; 
while No. 795, with a salmon-pink shading 
running well into the perianth segments, 
was a great advance; ten entries. Messrs. 
Cartwright and Goodwin second; and Mr. C. 
H. Cave, Margotsfield, third. 
Tile Novice Seedling Challenge Cup, open 
to raisers who have never before won a prize 
for seedlings was awarded to Mr. N. Y. 
Lower, Presteign, with unnamed flowers, but 
the fine, clear orange crown of 86 was much 
admired; Mr. C. L. Adams, Kidderminster, 
second; and Mr. W. Wilson, jun., Holmes- 
field, Sheffield, third; eleven entries. 
A grand set of twelve daffodils not in com¬ 
merce for more than four years, won for 
Mr. E. Crosfield the Cartwright Cup in fine 
style; he showed superb blooms of Winsome, 
Orb, Flattery, Caesar, Anchorite, Sarchedon, 
Noblesse, Ring Dove, Touchstone, Dick Tur¬ 
pin, Dell, and Snow King, and every flower 
was in tufierb form; Messrs. Cartwright and 
Goodwin second. 
Mr. C. Bourne scored for six varieties that 
have not been in commerce more than four 
so with Miss Willmott, 
Bl^k Prince, Evensong, Lemon Belle, Queen 
of Hearts, and Giraffe; Rev. J. Jacob,White- 
well, Whitchurch, second, and Mr H D 
Phillips third. Mr. H. G. Hawker, Ivyl 
bndge, ^von, led for three varieties with 
Orange Ring, Crimson Comet, and Dul- 
mmer; Rev. T Bimcomhe, Black Torrington 
Srthifd.” ■ 
Mr. Crosfield obtained the Herbert Chap¬ 
man Trophy for si.v poeticus daffodils tha^t 
have not been in commerce more than four 
years, and he displayed beautiful examples 
of Sarchedon, Nellie Price, Madrigal, C^ar 
Snow King, and Ring Dove; Mr. A m’ 
Wil^n a close second and Mr. C. Bourne 
third; four entTies. The W^alter Ware Cup 
f varieties of triandrus hvbrids 
feU to Mr. W. A. W’atts. 
AMATEURS. 
Premier award for six varieties, any divi¬ 
sion, ^at have not been in commerce for 
more than four years, was won by Mr N Y 
Wer, with good example^ of Giraffe, Snow 
King, and some seedlings; Rev. T. Bun¬ 
combe second; and Mr. T. Batson Bea 
worthy, third. The best collectYon ^of tw^ 
janeties came from Mr. E. H. Ward, 
Mr T. Batson was first for three Barri 
variehes, with Rosa Bedford, Harold Finn 
^eveu entries. Mr. Lower was first for six 
Le^si daffodils, his W'hite Lady and Evan¬ 
geline being especially good; Mr. e" H. 
W ood, Ludlow, second ; six entries. Four 
came forward in the class for three tazetta 
varieties or hybrids, Mr. J. A. Kenrick, Har 
borne, leading with Jaune a Merveille, Asna- 
sia, and Klondyke. ^ 
Mr. E. H. Wood had the beet six poeticus 
varieties, and Mr. Lower was a capital 
second, among four competitors., Mr. 
Gumbleton, Tewkesbury, was first for three 
double sorts with Golden Rose, Primrose Per¬ 
fection, and Codlins and Cream; Mr. R. 
Bruce, Waite, second. 
For a dozen varieties of daffodils, not to 
cost more than 5s. per dozen bulbs, Mr. A. 
Taylor, Olton, led with Glory of Leiden, 
Katherine Spurrell, White Lady, Emperor, 
Leonie, Mdme. de Graaff, Barri conspicuus. 
Seagull, Homer, Crown Prince, Nelsoni 
aurantius, and Princess Mary; Mr. R. Bruce 
Waite second, and Mr. J. A. Kenrick third. 
Mrs. Ridley, Wincanton; Mr. W. T. 
Mitchell, L^k Wootton, Warwick, won 
prizes in classes open to those who have not 
won three first prizes previously. 
In the remaining classes Mr. E. Deakin, 
Mr. A. Taylor, Mrs. Ridley, Mr. W. F. 
Mitchell, Mr. G. Stocks, Doncaster; and Mr. 
E. Winchester, Rubery, Birmingham, won 
leading awards. 
Mr. J. A. Kenrick had the best pots of 
Dutch and of Darwin tulips, and of tazetta 
narcissi, and he also scored for cut tulips. 
Mr. S. Mortimer won first prize for four 
baskets of polyanthuses. 
Mrs. A. M. Macdonald, Harbome, scored 
for a table of daffodils, with Barri con¬ 
spicuus and Japanese maple foliage; Mr. E. 
Deakin, Hay Hall, Hay .Mills, second. 
NON-COMPETITIVE. 
Across the end of the lower hall Messrs. 
Barr and Sons, Covent Garden, put up a dis¬ 
play that was worthy of their name and 
fame. The flowers were good and well set 
up. Of the newer daffodils on view, Zuave, 
with broad, wide, orange-rimmed crown; 
Sunrise, creamy-white, with bright yellow 
crown; Red Beacon, a fine Barri, with 
orange crown; St. Olaf, certificated in Lon¬ 
don last week; Mrs. G. H. Barr, one of the 
best white trumpets; Snow King, a very 
pure and solid poeticus form; Fiona, with 
very big, straight cream-yellow trumpet; 
and Primrose Phoenix, one of the best of 
the double daffodils. Altogether there were 
about a hundred and forty varieties in this 
group. Messrs. Walter T. Ware, Lim., 
Bath, put up a lot of new things, many of 
them unnamed, but Flounce, a broad, flat- 
crowned Barri, with glorious, frilled, orange 
and orange-yellow crown, was the variety 
that every eye turned to instinctively. Mr. 
Vincent Slade, Taunton, submitted single 
and double pelargoniums, and his bunches 
of St. Louis, Pres. Baillet, Dagata, Burford, 
C. H. Curtis, and Mrs. G. Cadbury were 
dazzingly brilliant. He had also a grand 
and vivid crimson polyanthus on view, 
named Slades Crimson Giant, a fine thing 
for spring bedding. 
Ro^ri Sydenham Limited, Tenby Street, 
Birmingham, exhibited both daffodils and 
tulips, but the former were most in evi¬ 
dence, and the flowers were delightfully 
fresh. Albatross, EtheJbert, Red Chief, 
Torch, Lulworth, the broad-crowned Orange 
Gem, Cornelia, and Stonechat were all ex¬ 
cellently displayed, but the pick of the 
group w^ Tinse.1, a lovely Barri variety with 
pure white perianth segments, and a charm¬ 
ingly frilled light yellow cup that is faintly 
tinted with orange round the rim. A quite 
large exhibit from Messrs. J. R. Pearson 
and Sons, Lowdham, Notts, contained a num¬ 
ber of very fine flowers, notably of Chaucer, 
Crescent, the brilliant Coeur de Leon, the 
wonderfully broad-crowned Prima Donna, 
Heroine, Whitewell—a fine form, Croesus, 
Priscilla, a giant Leedsi, Gipsy Queen, a 
new Barri variety, with soft creamy-yellow 
perianth, and large rich yellow, frilled 
crown that is stained with deen orange at 
the rim; Norah Pearson, and Elfrida Pear¬ 
son were other good new things. 
Banks of beautiful cinerarias, in blocks of 
various colours, were submitted by Messrs. 
Sutton and Sons, Reading; the rose-pink and 
^e crimson varieties were especially fine. 
I^ese banks w-ere broken up by smaller dis¬ 
plays of early vegetables, admirably ar¬ 
ranged, and the subjects finely grown and 
most inviting. The Sutton rhubarb 
carrots and turnips^ tomatoes and nku 
tracted much attenQon. Mr. S Mo^ 
Farnham, was responsible for a prettt" 
hibit of perpetual carnations, but no^l 
attractive were his several dozen flowen- 
plants of AU-the-Year-Round stock, a fl! 
grant, white-floweted variety of hiah 
Mr. H. Ellison, AVest Bromwich^ b*^ 
up a fine selection of the newer ferns 
arranged these around a central vroumM 
of the graceful Phoenix Rcebelini oneoftj 
very best of palms for home decoratioi. 
Messrs. R. H. Bath’s exhibit was not an ep 
tensive one. but it contained beautiful bloom 
of the rich Refulgence, the wide-trumpeta 
Crystal Queen, the drooping Parnassus; aai 
the Golden Buttercup daffodils, as well h d 
Argent, the double form, Evangeline, WTiite. 
well. Miss Willmott, and Orangeman. Tki 
tuli^, in bowls of fibre, from Wisbech, pro- 
vided a ^eat attraction, and as evidence 
the lasting power of well-grown tulips, 
may be noted that some of the bowls wt 
shown at the Royal Horticultural Hall, t 
previous Tuesday. 
A charming rock garden exhibit frt 
Messrs. Bakers, Wolverhampton, produced 
most pleasing effect. The bright saxifra^ 
Red Admiral, and S. Bathoncnsds occupied 
central position, while fine colonies 
Primula cortusoides, Incarvillea grar 
Erinus hirsutus, Viola gracilis, the 
little Houstonia ccerulea, the beautiful 
Ranunculus amplexicaule. Lychnis a 
and Dianthus caesius Baker’s var. hac 
their special attraction. 
The Rev. G. H. Engleheart, Dinton, Salm 
bury, again brought up a lovely lot of 
seedling daffodils, all under number, 
great daffodil show is complete without Mr. 
Engleheart and his novelties; every fancifT 
crowds about them, and soon the varietiei 
become distributed all over the country. 
The most talked about flower in Me!<?n 
Cartwright and Goodwin’s group 
Emerald Eye, a Barri variety with 
satiny-white perianth, white-tinted 
and beautiful green centre—^ most deligW* 
ful flower, chaste and exquisite. 
Messrs. B. R. Cant and Sons, Colchcet^ 
contributed a beautiful lot of cut roses, anj 
their stand of Fortune’s Yellow 
central feature. Mr. C. Bourne, Bletchky, 
displayed daffodils and some capital tulips 
AWARDS OF MERIT. 
Norah Pearson. — A refined trumi 
variety, with fine upstanding 
perianth cream-white, trumpet clear soft ye 
low, frilled at the mouth; Messrs. J. R- 
son and Sons, Lowdham. , 
Dulcimer.—A bold poeticus variety, 
white perianth and neat orange and y 
crown; Mr. H. G. Hawker. , ^ 
Kingdom.—A fine giant Leedsi with 
substantial white perianth, and a K 
yellow, well frilled-, wide trumpet o 
cup; Messrs. Walter T. Ware, Bath. ^ 
Cairngorm.—A very bold triandrus hybn^ 
light yellow, with a fairly 
broad, frilled trumpet; Messrs. Cartwrig* 
and Goodwin, Kidderminster. . 
Queen of Hearts.—A fine Barri j 
figured in our columns last 
soft yellow perianth, and bright or ^ 
a very effective and pleasing no 
Christopher Bourne, Bletchley. 
Corettt 
MEDALS. 
Gold.—To Messrs. Barr and Sons, 
^S^fver-Gilt.—To Messrs. J J*-. 
Sons, Lowdham; to Robert y^ 
Limited, Birmingham; to Ale^rs. • 
and Sons, Colchester; to aod 
Wolverhampton; to Messrs. Morti- 
Goodwin, Kidderminster; to M . ^ ^ 
mer, Failiham; to Messrs. Sutton ana 
""S.-To Messrs. B. H- 
bech; to Mr. Vincent Slade, 
Mr. H. N. Ellison, West Hro^wicn,^^ 
R. O. Backhouse, Hereford, 
Bourne Bletchley; to Messrs. 
AVare, Lim.. Bath. 
