THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
WOLVERHAMPTON FLORAL FETET 
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i The show that opened at Wolverhampton 
‘ on Tuesday, July 8, and continued until 
Thureday, deserves to be styled as one of the 
best all-round shows in the country. Excel- 
\ lenoe was the prevailing’ characteristic of 
every section, and from one end to the other 
there was that which was cajiable of main¬ 
taining the interest and admiration of the 
i visitors, whom, it is pleasant to state, came 
in gratifying numbers. As has always b^n 
the case at Wolverhampton, the organisa- 
\ tion and arrangement of the show left no 
room for improvement, and, as we have 
long list of highest awards. The group was 
a grandly arranged mass of plants of great 
beauty and rare quality. Towering high 
over a broad arch in the background was a 
magnificent Kentia Fosteriana supported by 
elegant cocos, and the tall crotons used skil¬ 
fully to break the level were underclothed 
by charming dendrobiums, ixoras, origa¬ 
num, dictamnus, and splendid alocasias, an- 
thuriums, and caladiums. There eeem^ to 
be in this group every plant that could add 
an item of beauty, and everything was 
placed just in the best possible position. Mr. 
used as a setting for the brighter things. 
Mr. Macdonald again ran very close for 
second place. lliere was real quality in 
every plant shown, and the arrangement 
was the work of an artist. Third place was 
taken by Mr. W. A. Holmes, Qhesterfield, 
who had a pleasing variety of the most use¬ 
ful decorative plants, which were well ar¬ 
ranged. Mr. W. R. Mannaj^ Dudley, was 
fourth with an excellent exhibit. An in¬ 
teresting class that has had a place for seve¬ 
ral years in the Wolverhampton schedule 
was for a group of one kind of flowering 
plant occupying ground space of 50ft. There 
were five exhibits, and first prize was 
awarded a group of Clerodendron fallax 
staged by Mr. J. F. Simpson, gardener to 
Sir C. Mander, Tettenhall Wood. The 
begonias staged by Messrs. Blackmore and 
Langdon, Bath, were placed second, but the 
opinion was 8tron|fly and freely expressed 
that this fine exhibit should have obtained 
the premier award. Tliird prize went to Mr. 
FIRST PRIZE COLLECTION OF BORDER AND PERPETUAL 
Shown by Mr. C. Wall, Bath, at Wolverhampton 
CARNATIONS, 
Iwfore, this show offers a pattern to 
as to how a flower 
; Show should be managed. 
f GROUPS. 
klJ^ one-time leading feature of flower 
'' trained specimens of 
i'clin^w plants—is steadily de- 
s Entnes decrease, and year by year 
■ takino evidence of the skill and pains- 
' tons involved in producing fine cro- 
other *ionsainvilleas, and 
^ C r^w*® Still, in spite of 
^ Wolverli^*'^ admitted fact, the groups 
were tlinee in num- 
•uWWs 7®®thing to be proud of. The ex- 
nooietv compliment, the 
fcorticulta!^ ** congratulated, and British 
» tCart^r“^y comfort that not yet 
the stove plants a thing 
^^▼erinp^ v miscellaneous group 
- Sons, Cheltonii^^ 14ft., Messrs. Cypher and 
* ^Mtenham, added another to their 
J. V. Macdonald, gardener to Sir G. Ken- 
rick, Edgbaston, Birmingham, who came 
second, had a most praiseworthy exhibit. 
His crotons were very fine, and he had beau- 
tifully-fiowered miltonias, cattleyas, and 
odontoglossums, and other orchids, used with 
great taste. Dieffenbachias, pandanus, a^ 
Nandina domestica figured among the foli¬ 
age plants, and quite in the foreground Ner- 
tera depressa, particularly well berried, and 
the small Caladium argyrites did good ser¬ 
vice Mr W. A. Holmes, Chesterfield, 
made a very good effort, and, although placed 
third, his group, in what may be termed 
ordinary competition, would have stood 
well, for it must be recorded that highest 
opinion expressed itself that these three 
groups reached highest watermark. 
Messrs. Cypher and Sons led the way again 
in the group of foliage plants. Here the 
colours of the crotons and caladiums were 
as rich as any flowers, and the nephrolepis, 
adiantums, and eelaginellas were fittingly 
J E Knight, Wolverhampton, who showed 
standard ivy-leaved pelargoniums. 
For twenty plants in tpots not exceeding ten 
inches, Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons won with 
some effective specimens of Anthurium Scher- 
zerianum, Statioe intermedia, Erica ventn- 
cosa Bothwelliana, and several good folia^ 
plants. Mr. J. F. Simpson, gardener to Sir 
C. Mander. Tettenhall Wood. Wolverhamp¬ 
ton, was second; his collection included 
Glo’riosa superba, Croton Weismanni, Alla- 
manda Williamsi, Fuchsia triphylla, and 
Hydrangea Mdme. Moulliere. Mr. C. 
Weaver, gardener to H. Mander, Esq., Tri¬ 
pull Manor, Wolverhampton, was third. 
are always well shown at Wolverhampton, 
and this year was no exception. Entries 
were strong, and quality very good. The 
leading class for seventy-two varieties occu¬ 
pied a side of the tent, and Messrs. B. R. 
Cant and Sons, Colchester, won well with a 
stand that was representative of the best 
