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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
26, 1913. 
NATIONAL CARNATION 
SOCIETY. 
This society held its London show on July 
18, and the competition was fairly good, and 
the flowers of good average quality. Not 
much interest was taken in the show varie¬ 
ties on hoards, but the flowers shown in vases 
received a great deal of attention, and were 
very beautiful. 
Many of the traders who exhibited sweet 
peas at the gpreat show of the day previous 
left their exhibits in position, notably Messrs. 
R. H. Bath, Aldersey, Jones and Son, J. Box, 
E, W. King and €o., J. Carter and Co., G. 
Stark and Son, W. J. Unwin, S. Bide and 
Son, Webster, J. Stevenson, and Williams, 
while Messrs. Frank Cant and Co. sent roses; 
Mr. M. Prichard contributed hardy flowers; 
Mr. J, Douglas, carnations; Messrs. Phillips 
and Taylor, Bracknell, carnations; Mr. Lake- 
man, carnations; and Messrs. W. Cutbush 
and Son, perpetual, Malmaison and border 
carnations to make up, with palms, etc., a 
large central group. 
FLOWERS SHOWN AS GROWN. 
A series of classes was provided for flowers 
shown as grown, nine blooms to be staged in 
a vase. For nine of a pink or rose self Mr. 
W. H. Parton, Moseley, led with the rich- 
hued Rosy Morn, and Mr. Jas. Douglas was 
second with Miss Berkeley; four entries. 
The best vase of nine white blooms came 
from Mr. Jas. Douglas, who staged Bookham 
White in fine form; Mr. H. Lakeman, Thorn¬ 
ton Heath, second; six entries. For a dark 
red or maroon self Mr. Jas. Douglas scored 
with superb flow^ers of Mrs. George Hen wood, 
a splendid variety; Mr. Lakeman second! 
Yellow seifs were good, and from six entries 
Mr. Jas. Douglas scored with Daffodil, of a 
fine colour; Mr. H. Lakeman second. 
Mr. Jas. Douglas secured first place for 
a red or scarlet self with capital specimens 
of Fujiyama, a fine flower that shows occa¬ 
sionally a few pale specks; Mr. H. Lakeman 
second with Cardinal. Mr. Lakeman was the 
best exhibitor of a terra-cotta variety, and 
gained the first prize with Elizabeth Shiff- 
ner; Mr. J. Douglas second with the same 
variety. Mr. Jas. Douglas was placed first 
for any other colour,” and won with Pur¬ 
ple Emperor; Messrs. A. R. Brown, Lim., 
second. Mr. Jas. Douglas won first prizes 
monotonously, and led for vellow-ground 
picotees with John Ruskin; "Mr. W. H. 
Parton second. Yellow or buff ground 
fancies were fine; Mr. J. Douglas had the 
best vase of nine blooms, and he was well 
ahead with Edenside, heavily marked with 
deep crimson; Mr. Hayward Mathias, Med- 
stead, second. For white ground fancies Mr. 
J. Douglas scored with the beautiful scarlet 
marked Daisy Walker, a lovely flower. 
In the seedling classes, the flowers had to 
be raised by and in the possession of the 
exhibitor ; there w^'ere. few entries, and names 
of varieties were chiefly conspicuous by their 
absence. Mr. H. Mathias had the best self, 
a rose-pink; he was also first for a fancy 
with a buff-ground, rose-ooloured flower of 
good size; Mr. H. R. Taylor, Cheam, scored 
for a yellow-ground picotee with Aureus, 
with a wire edge. 
Mr. Jas. Douglas scored for three flowers, 
each of four distinct self varieties, in vases, 
and won with Basuto, Daffodil, Miss Will- 
mott, and Farthest North; Mr. C. Blick 
second; and Mr. H. J. Payne, Rudgwick, 
Surrey, third. Mr. Douglas had the best 
four varieties of fancies, three blooms of 
each, and here he scored with gorgeous 
flowers of Edenside, Pasquin, Queen Eleanor, 
and Lord Steyne; Mr. H. Mathias second: 
and Mr. C. Blick third; this was a good 
class. 
Premier award for four varieties of white- 
ground carnations was awarded to Mr. J. 
Douglas for The Bride, Montrose, Mrs. Percy 
Ower. and Milly; Mr. C. Blick second; and 
Air. Payne third. Four yellow-ground varie¬ 
ties, three blooms of each, made a good 
class; Mr. Douglas was again first, and 
scored with Onward, Togo, John Ruskin, and 
Air. J. J. Keen; Mr. Blick second; and Mr. 
Payne third. 
In the series of classes of similar charac¬ 
ter, but for three blooms instead of six, Mr. 
W. H. Parton scored for a rose self; Mr. J. 
Fair lie for a white self, with Farthest North; 
Air. C. A. Linzee for a maroon ^vith W. H. 
Parton; and Miss Shiffner, Lewis, for a yel¬ 
low self with Daffodil; Air. R. Alorton, for a 
scarlet self, with Miss Willmott; Mr. Mor¬ 
ton, for a yellow-ground picotee, with John 
Ruskin; Air. H. W. Frostick, Thornton 
Heath, for a terra-cotta self, with Elizabeth 
Shiffner; Air. J. Fairlie, for “any other 
colour,” with Irme, a purple flower; Mr. J. 
A. Fort, for a fancy, with Pasquin, very fine. 
AIARTIN SMITH CLASS. 
Probably the most important class, and 
certainly the one that interested the public 
most, was the competition for the Alartin 
Smith Challenge Cup. Twelve varieties are 
needed, three blooms of each, in vases, re¬ 
presenting seifs, fancies, and yellow-ground 
picotees. There were three competitors, 
and once more Mr. R. H. Morton, Woodside 
Park, N., won the cup, and did so with fine 
examples of Donald Alacdonald, Basuto, 
Lord Steyne, Bookham White, Linkman, 
Alargaret Lennox, Miss AA^illmott, Onward, 
Cardinal, Skirmisher, and Santa Claus; 
second prize went to Mr. W. H. Parton, 
Aloseley; and third to Air. J. Fairlie, Acton. 
FLOWERS ON CARDS. 
Air. Jas. Douglas, Edenside, Great Book- 
ham, led for a dozen bizarre and flaked varie¬ 
ties — the old-fashioned carnations — with 
bright flowers of good size; Recorder, Torch¬ 
light, Meteor, Master Fred, and J. S. 
Headerley were his best varieties; there 
were four entries; Air. C. Blick, Hayes, 
second; and Messrs. A .R. Brown, Lim., Bir¬ 
mingham, third. 
Mr. Jas. Douglas was a capital first for a 
dozen seifs, and here he had lovely 
blooms of Book?ham White, Mrs. George 
Marshall, Bookham Yellow, Cardinal, May 
Day, Maud Allen. Basuto, Miss Schiffner, 
Ruby, Robt. Bruce, Mrs. Guy Sebright, and 
Miss Willmott; Mr. Hayward Mathew 
second, and Messrs. A. R. Brown third. 
Mr. C. Blick was first for fancies, and led 
with handsome examples of Lord Steyne, 
Victory, Bombardier, Thomas a Becket, 
Skirmisher, Capt. Scott, Mohawk, Rosamond, 
Stella Carol, Linkman, Hercules, and Prince 
Albert; Mr. H. Mathias second, and Messrs. 
A. R. Brown, Lim., third; and Mr. Jas. 
Douglas fourth. Mr. Douglas came to the 
front again in the class for a dozen white- 
ground picotees, and here he had Harry Ken¬ 
yon. Fair Maiden, Fortrose, President, and 
Mr.’G. Chaundy in fine form; Mr. C. Blick 
second. The premier set of yellow-ground 
picotees came from Mr. C. Blick, whose Her 
Majesty, Neil Kenyon, Onward, John Rus¬ 
kin, and Miss Winifred were capital; Mr. 
J. Douglas second. 
In the second division, for flowers c«n cards, 
in boxes, six flowers of the various kinds 
were required. Mr. H. R. Taylor, Ciieam, 
led for flakes and bizarres with some good 
flowers; Mr. J. Fairlie, Acton, coming 
second; and Mr. C. A. Linzee, Alresford, 
third. For seifs, Mr. Taylor again took the 
lead, Mr. Linzee second, and Mr. J. A. Fort, 
Winchester, third. Mr. Taylor scored for 
fancies, and here he had Nobleman, Lord 
Steyne, Erie King, Linkman, Hidalgo, and 
Queen Eleanor in good condition; Mr. Fort 
second, and Mr. Linzee third. Mr. J. J. 
Keen, Southampton, Mr. H. R. Taylor, and 
Mr. Fort took the awards for white-ground 
icotees; and Messrs. Taylor, Parton, and 
inzee were the winners for yellow-grounds. 
In the small growers’ section, Mr. AV. 
Thornton. East Cowes; Mr. E. M. Painter, 
Brentford; Mr. E. Walters. Newbury; and 
Mr. E. W. Folkes, Norbury, were the leading 
prize-winners. 
PREMIER BLOOAIS. 
The best self in the show was Mrs. George 
Marshall, shown by Mr. Jas. Douglas; pre¬ 
mier fancy. Linkman, from Mr. H. R. Tay¬ 
lor; premier light-edged picotee. Eclipse, 
shown by Air. H. R. Taylor; premier white- 
ground fancy, Daisy Walker, shown by 
Jas. Douglas; premier bizarre, Eobt Houl 
grave, from Hr. J. Douglas. On caH ' 
Premier flake, Gordon Delis, fro^C 
Fairhe; premier show self, Mrs. Geo^e 
shall, froin Mr. C. .k. Linzee” 
fancy. Linkman, from Mr. Jas. Douell 
premier heavy.edged white picotee. John 
Smith, from Mr J J. Keen; premier light, 
edged white, Mehta, from Mr. C. Blick 
premier heavy-edged vellow picotee Hrr 
Ma^jesty, from Mr. C. Blick; and pwaik-, 
EXHIBITING PLANTS AND 
CUT FLOWERS. 
There is, at the present time, a tendency od 
the part of exhibitors to break away Inm 
the orthodox manner of arranging plants and 
cut flowers at horticultural exhibitions. Such 
efforts are to be commended. For many yeaio 
past it has appeared surprising to me‘that 
they could rest content with commonplace 
and inartistic styles. But, perhaps, they 
were not content, but had to follow custom 
owing to circumstances over which they had 
no control. For my own part, w’lien arrang¬ 
ing exhibits in competition from private gar. 
dens, I always tried to introduce fresh fea¬ 
tures so as to make them look more attrac¬ 
tive and to gain points for general effect. 
The many excellent illustrations of groupr. 
ete., which have appeared in the pages oi 
The Gardeners’ AIagazine have shown 
clearly the splendid advance that has been 
made in the art of arrangement on the part 
of trade exhibitors. This advance, to my 
mind, is too slow, but, of course, there are 
many obstacles in the way over which neither 
the exhibitor nor the show^ officials have any 
effective control. The members of up-to-date 
councils are fully aware of the great impor¬ 
tance of presenting the various objects to 
public notice in a tasteful manner, and do 
all they can to assist the exhibitors. The 
character of each exhibit must be taken 
account, and the effect should not be niarrw 
in order to follow out some fantastic idea. 
On the contrary, all plants and flower® 
should be so arranged as to present an ajp* 
pearance at once natural and tasteful. 1“ 
staging fruits, what a splendid improvenien- 
has been made during the past tew year> 
At the leading London and provincial cxfti* 
bitions, the contributions to the great 
for collections of dessert fruits on decora^ 
tables at once arrest general 
enhance the beauty of the ivholesliow. 
far efforts should be made at smaller slio 
and where, necessarily, smaller , 
to be given. Even vegetables, especially 
leotions, are now staged in much 
than was the case ten years ago. 
not a wide scope here for the 
in the. cuse of flowers, groups of nov s 
and foliage plants in pots and cut u _ 
comlbined with pot plants, there is a 
limi'.ied opportunity for the display , 
Trade exhibitors often have so 
or flowers at home which are 
they wish to present them to public 
that they are tempted to bring too • . 
Frequently they exhibit all to ^ 
riment of the exhibit through ov 
iug. More exhibits should be ]ft. 
ground, or on stages not 
high. It is a great mistake P‘,'^ ‘|1; oi* 
such flowers as delphiniums ‘ rc 
stage from 3ft. to 4ft. high. Tlie 
mark applies to chrysanthemuni* ^ 
stems irtall vases. With regai;dj> 
border flowers, there should be a d 
between each variety, as well as ^ 
ITiis may be accomplished without s 
arrangement. Groups and 
ceous flowers, arranged on the gr 
the style of grouping adopted m 
stove and greenhouse plants, "ou 
tive. In a word, exhibitors ot ^ 
like, flowers may, with advantag^ p 
methods of exhibitors of » ^ispUI* 
is not very expensive to make si , 
of the lovely hardy 
more and more popular witn » p 
public. 
