July 12, 1913. 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
529 
r>« 4 RDIFF AND CXIUNTY HORTICUL- 
tural society. 
TRAND QUARTER CENTURY FLOWER 
^ SHOW. 
SOPHIA GARDENS. CARDIFF, 
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, JULY 23 and 24. 
ftnflflialJv trood Priaee in every flection, amounting in 
plate to nearly £500. Tenta lighted by 
^Uotrioitv. Popular Prices. 
Sohedulefl from tbe Secretary, Mr. A. MAURICE 
BA-ILEY, 24. Duke Street. Cardiff. 
L eicester.—abbey park flowter 
«;H0W 5th and 6th Auguat next. Open Cla«6, 
Group of Plants, £20, £15 £10. £6. Liberal prize® 
for CoUeotionfi of Fruit, Difiplaye of Kcees; Silver 
OuD Gold and Silver Medak for non-oo.ni>etitive ex¬ 
hibits. Schedules from JOSEPH BURTON, Supt. 
13 OYAL LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL 
IV SOCIETY. 
great horticultural SHOW will be held at 
BURNLEY, on JULY 31, 1913, and following days. 
Liberal Prizes are given for Groups of Plante, Hardy 
Perennials, Carnations, Fruit and Table Decoration, 
^Entries cloee July 14th. For Schedules apply— 
PETER. BLAIR. 
Trentham Gard^e, 
Stoke-on - Trent. 
H orticultural show adyerttse- 
MDNTS are iuBerted in this column at -Six¬ 
pence per line, the minimum charge being Two Shil¬ 
lings and Sixpence. Offices, 148 and 149, Aldersgate 
Street, Lon-^n, E.C. 
and sweet peas. Delphiniums were the chief 
feature of Messrs. Kelway’s fine exhibit. Lord 
Napier, Dusky Monarch, A. C. Maclaren, and 
Somerset beingf a few of the best varieties. 
Mr. Vernon T. Hill, Mendip Nurseries, Lang¬ 
ford, showed sweet peas and^ hardy plants. 
A group of rock plants came from Messrs. 
Bowell’s, Cheltenham; and a capital display 
of sweet peas was made by Messrs. Dobbie 
and Co., Edinburgh, who also had violas in 
considerable and excellent variety. 
Messrs. W. J. Godfrey and Son, Exmouth, 
showed a splendid lot of their large-flowered 
Canterbury bells in shades of pink and blue, 
as well as pure white. Messrs. Jarman and 
Co., Chard, showed roses and sweet peas. 
Messrs. Isaac House and Son, Westbury-on- 
Trym, staged alpine plants in pans, and a 
large assortment of hardy flowers in vases. 
Mr. A. F. Dutton, Iver, Bucks, showed car¬ 
nations, arranging them in ornamentaJ 
baskets. The varieties represented being 
May Day, Carola, Marmion, Mrs. A. F. Dut¬ 
ton, Empire Day, and other useful varieties. 
Messrs. Parker and Sons, Lim., Bristol, had 
The Lyon and Richmond roses in fine order 
Zonal pelargoniums were extensively shown 
hy Mr. Vincent Slade, Staplegrove Nursery, 
Taunton. Mr. H. N. Ellison’s ferns from 
West Bromwich were a very choice selec¬ 
tion. Nephrolepis Marshalli, Platycerium 
grande, some good gymnogrammas, and 
adiantums may be mention^ as leading 
features. From Mr. J. Milburn, Victoria 
Nursery, Bath, came an interesting little 
group of rock plants. 
Mr. J. Macdonald, Harpenden, showed his 
passes, samples of various species being ex¬ 
hibited as well as the growth on felt, which 
^Mr. Macdonald’s speciality. Messrs. A. A. 
Walters and Son, Kensington Nurseries, 
^th, were large exhibitors of weeping stan¬ 
dard and pillar rambler roses, -as well as 
flowery of hybrid teas and other sections, 
^earia insignis on Messrs. R. Veitch and 
^n s stand, from Exeter, was a most 
testing plant with thickly felted leaves 
and white daisy-like flowers. Celmisia 
Monroi, Leptospermum Nicholli, and Mitra- 
were other rarities among a host 
01 things but rarely seen. This was without 
oubt a most valuable exhibit from an edu- 
ational point of view, and reflects great 
*^it upon this well-known firm. 
Me^rs. E. Webb and Sons, Wordsley, 
had a capital display of pota- 
season of the year, and the 
wpU mangolds represented the firm’s 
stocks. High-class seed corn was 
grasses once more figured 
comprehensive exhibit. 
Lim., Chester, made a 
show of hardy flowers, which might 
well have graced the horticultural tents, but 
farm crops, trees, and shrubs were also 
shown. Messrs. Dickson and Robinson, Man¬ 
chester, always manage to make their stand 
highly attractive, and the roots, vegetables, 
seeds, and specimens of growing grasses 
were so arranged, as to make an imposing 
display of high-class produce. Messrs. Dick¬ 
son, Brown, and Tait, Manchester, decorated 
the pillar supports of their stand with 
crested nephrolepis ferns, and had also 
rambler roses, liliums, etc., to add colour 
and beauty to the less picturesque though 
eminently useful edible produce. 
Some good things in the way of vegetables 
were seen ooi Messrs. J. K. !^ng and Sons’ 
stand, the Coggeshall firm of seed growers 
also showing capital samples of seed corn. 
Pot-grown examples of Sottish Chieftain 
oats showed wonderful cropping qualities. A 
good display of well-grown sweet peas was 
of purely horticultural interest, and a good 
many growers of our acquaintance paus^ to 
admire the long-stemmed, large-flowered ex¬ 
amples of first-rate varieties. Sweet peas 
were also splendidly shown by Messrs. Har¬ 
rison and Sons, Leicester, and culinarv pe^. 
potatoes, seeds of vegetables, and botn dried 
Jarman and Co., for sweet peas, roses, etc.; 
Messrs. Isaac House and Son, for alpine, 
herbaceous plants, and sweet peas; Messrs. 
John Jefferies and Son, Lim., for conifers; 
King’s Acre Nurseries, Lim., for pot fruit 
trees; Messrs. H. B. May and Sons, Lim., 
for ferns; Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., for 
carnations, roses, and orchids; Messrs. 
Young and Co., for carnations; Messrs. 
E. W. King and Co., for sweet peas; Mr. 
W. J. Unwin, for sweet peas. 
Silver-gilt.—Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, 
for group of plants; Messrs. G. Cooling and 
Sons, for roses, trees, and clematis; Mr. H. 
N. Ellison, for ferns; Messrs. J. Garaway 
and Co., for schizanthus, etc.; Messrs. W. J. 
Godfrey and Son, for Canterbury bells, etc.; 
Messrs. A. J. Keeling and Sons, for orchids; 
Messrs. Kelway and Son, for delphiniums; 
Messrs. Parker and Sons, for roses; Messrs. 
A. A. Walters and Son, for roses; Messrs. 
Robt. Veitch and Son, for rare plants; Mr. 
A. F. Dutton, for carnations; Mr. Jas. Mac¬ 
donald, for grasses; Me^s. J. Waterer and 
Sons, for shrubs; Messrs. W’. Artindale and 
Son, for violas, etc.; Messrs. Blackmore and 
Langdon, for delphiniums. 
Silver.—Mr. E. C. Bowell, for alpine plants; 
NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY’S EXHIBITI3N, REGENT’S PARK. 
Some of the visitors, and the Hon. Secretary (Mr. E. Mawley, V.M.H.). 
nd growing specimens of grasses and clovers 
ere here seen staged in skilful manner. 
Had time permitted of notes being taken 
P all the exhibits of horticultural buildings 
eating installations, garden implements and 
?qui9ites, of the British-grown tobacco, and 
f the engrossingly interesting and highly 
istructive forestry exhibits, space, alas! 
ould not be available to record the mar- 
ellous extensive, and varied character of 
b.e really wonderful display; but it must 
iiffice to say that, even from the point of 
iew of the horticulturist or estate forester, 
be Royal Agricultural Society succeeds in 
rinsing together probably a more valuable 
nd meritorious exhibition than ^ 
Ben in any other country in the world. 
MEDAL AW ARDS. 
Large Gold.— Lieut .-Col. Sir George Hol- 
ord for orchids, and also for hippeastrums; 
les^rs Sutton and Sons, for vegetables, 
lelons^ etc.; Messrs. G. Mallet and Co., for 
jardy plants. 
Gold.—Mr. Vernon T. Hill, Langford, for 
lerbaceous and alpine plants; Messrs. J. Car¬ 
er and Co., for vegetables; Messrs. Dobbie 
-nd Co., for sweet peas, violas, etc.; Messrs. 
’ and Sons. Lim., for roses ; Messrs. 
Messrs. W. Cut,bush and Son, for carnations, 
etc.; Mr. C. J. Ellis, Weston-super-Mare, 
for misoellaneous plants; Miss Hemus, Up' 
ton-on-Severn, for sweet peas; Mr. ^hn 
Milburn, for hardy plants; Messrs. Rich 
and Co., for hardy flowers; Messrs. Geo. 
Massey and Son, for hardy flowers; Messrs. 
Toogood and Son, for vegetables. 
R.H.S. DEPUTATION’S AWARDS. 
Gold Medal.—Lieut.-Col. Sir Geo. Holford, 
for orchids. -rx j ^ 
Silver-gilt Cup.—Sir Geo. Holford, for 
amaryllis; Messrs. Blackmore and Langdon, 
the Duke of Portland, Messrs. H. B. May 
and Son. 
Large Silver Cup.—Messrs. J. Cypher and 
Son, King’s Acre Nurseries, Lim., Messrs. 
Isaac House and Son, and Messrs. Sutton 
and Sons. 
Silver Cup.—Mr. Wm. Holmes, Messrs. 
Harkness and Sons, Messrs. Stuart Low and 
Co. 
Standard Cup.—Messrs. Mallet and Co., 
Messrs. J. Carter and Co., Messrs. G. Gibson 
and Co., Messrs. J. Jefferies and Son, Messrs. 
A. Dickson and Sons. Messrs. W. J. Godfrey 
and Son, Mr. C. Wall, Messre. Armstrong 
and Brown, Mr. Hill. 
