THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
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Alderegate 
exhibitions and 
MEETINGS. 
spectively. The local sweet pea cup 
I by Mr. Thos. Abbott. 
Carlisle and Cumberland 
Horticultural Association. 
This border society held its sixth exhibi¬ 
tion in the Market Hall, Carlisle, on Wed- 
nefday and Thursday, August 13 and 14, and 
on the same dates entertained the National 
Sweet Pea Society, which was holding there 
its provincial exhibition. The Market Hall 
is a fine place for a flower show, spacious, 
liry, and well lighted, and the society has 
a splendid opportunity for good work be- 
canse of the flue hall at its disposal and the 
inique facilities Carlisle possesses in being 
a great railway centre for the North of Eng¬ 
land and Scotland. > 
. We confess to some disappointment with 
the Carlisle Show, but it must be remem¬ 
bered that practically all the sweet pea 
classes were on this occasion under the aegis 
of the National Sweet Pea Society. It is un¬ 
fortunate that here, as in the case of so many 
provincial societies, no addresses are placed 
ttpon the exhibitor’s class cards, and few ex¬ 
hibitors appear to understand that a great 
iJeal of the educational value of an exhibition 
depends upon the legible and correct naming 
of their exnibits. 
Messrs. Thos. Smith and Sons, Annan, led 
for a dozen roses with capital blooms in a 
dose competition; Mr. F. J. Harrison was a 
dose second, and did well in this open class; 
Lieut.-Colonel Woodbume third. For eigh- 
ro^s the chief award fell to Messrs. 
Hugh Dickson, Lim., Belfast, whose G. Dick- 
jn, Coronation, Mrs. Cornwallis West, and 
Femiehurst were superb flowers; Mr. F. 
France, Kircudbright, second, and Messrs. 
*008. Smith and S^s third. Messrs. Thos. 
Sons led for four vases of roses, 
•wl Mr. France for six bunches of garden 
Mr. Thos. McGarr scored for stocks 
splendid spikes, his yellow being very 
ae. Asters were poor, the date of the show 
^ early for these flowers. For an- 
narv- was placed first for 
^iMkia stocks, and candytuft. 
bunches of early chry- 
wnthemums was won by Mr. G. Bowness, 
Mr« w ^9^ grrand bunches of Eoi des Blancs, 
Crimson Polly, Hector, 
S* lowness; Mr. J. SmelHe 
wiiiii^.1 carnation classes the chief 
firsts Shaw, who had two put up 
Mr. Thos. McGarr LrUsle 
nor hi« f phloxes, but neither 
»orth urvf {«Mow competitors thought it 
liMW thrvarieties tli?y ex- 
’“*% coll€ction of 
Of Komnp'co^^ ^P capital bunches 
H. Bell^ fi Walter!, Chrysanthemum Mrs. 
*ad Gahaa Bocconia cordata, 
Hodgson, 
The bL- Hsq., second, 
from Mr hardy flowers came 
•“‘kus Heli- 
S»tkemnm m.,- ^ Sood form of Chry- 
Pearl • Achillea ptarmica 
?>dbum^!?;^;,Sardener to Lieut.-Colonel 
^ Pla^ Herbert Thackray, 
*• * keen’cemiJe^’ phloxes 
second Petition, Hr. J. Hodgson 
bunches of. sweet 
®Hton. there 
awards fell as 
and Mr' Hr. A. W. Apple- 
^ Farquaharson. The prizes 
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Mr. Hkll^’ 
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were first, second and 
third 
was won 
The plant classes w'ere not a success, the 
leading prize-winners being Mr. Jas. Hay, 
Mr. John Bolton, and Mr. C. Lewis, the 
first-named taking the lion’s share of the 
awards. 
Mr. G. F. Hallett, gardener to Sir S. J. 
Graham, Bart., Netherby, was a grand firit 
for a collection of six iunds of vegetables, 
and also first in another class for six kinds 
w here the prizes were given by Messrs. Webb 
and Son. Mr. F. France, gardener to Samuel 
Brown, Esq., J.P., Kircudbright, led for 
twelve kinds of Vegetables, and he had grand 
onions, runner b^ns, cauliflowers, oanxits, 
beets, leeks, and potatoes; Mr. W. Walton 
second, and Mr. Hallett third. 
The competition in the single-dish classes 
was capital, but methods of staging were 
rather rough. Mr. J. Forrester was credited 
with first place for tomatoes; Mr. J. Farqua- 
harson for onions, a weighty lot; Mr. T. Ab¬ 
bott, for six cauliflowers. 
In the fruit classes Mr. W. Scott, gardener 
to C. H. Shaw, Esq., scored for sis dishes 
of outdoor fruits with fine gooseberries, 
plums, red currants, and strawberry Givon’s 
Late Prolific. Miss Grill led for two dozen 
apples. Mr. W. Scott scored for black grapes 
with heavy clusters of Black Hamburgh, 
and Mr. Hallett was second. For one bunch 
of black grapes Mr. T. Fixter led with a beau¬ 
tiful bunch of Madresfield Court. Mr. Fixter 
w^as also first for white grapes with Muscat 
of Alexandria, beautifully coloured; Mr. A. 
W. Appleton coming second. Apparently no 
first prize was awarded for six dishes of des¬ 
sert fruits, but Mr. W. Scott was awarded a 
second for Muscat and Madresfield Court 
grapes. Luck of Edenhall melon, Princess of 
Wales peaches, Spencer nectarines, and Czar 
plums. Princess of Wales was the peach with 
which Mr. Scott won first prize for a dish of 
six. 
NON-COMPETITIVE. 
The collarette dahlias presented by Messrs. 
Bobbie and Co., Edinburgh, associated with 
Gypsophila paniculata, were especially 
bright, and proved a great atraction, parti¬ 
cularly the varieties Princess Louise, Queen 
Bess, Holyrood, The Czar, Comtesse Icy 
Hartegge, Goldstein, Prince de Venosa, 
Skerry vale, a new scarlet and yellow; and 
May, pure white. The roses from the same 
firm were fragrant and bright, but in some 
cases the vases were scarcely large enough 
for the large bunches staged. Messrs. E. F. 
Fairbairn and Sons, Edentown, Carlisle, were 
represented by delphiniums, lupins, hybrid 
astilbes, double tropaeolums, cactus, pompon, 
and paeony-flowered dahlias, associated with 
palms and hardy ferns. 
A large, circular, and fairly central exhibit 
ut up by Messrs. Little and Ballantyne, 
Jarlisle, was, we thought, rather spoiled by 
the display of four very large cards high up 
in the centre. However, it was a good ex¬ 
hibit of well-grown palms, nephrolepis, adian- 
tums, hybrid astilbes, variegated ivies, Vitis 
Henryi, Salvia splendens, Lilium longiflorum 
and L. speciosum, crotons, roses, phloxes, 
and some superb heads of hydrangea. In 
another part of the hall this firm showed 
sweet peas. 
The most extensive non-competitive exhi¬ 
bitors on this occasion were Messrs. George 
Fairbairn and Sons, English Street, Carlisle. 
Arches of smilax formed an elegant back¬ 
ground for sweet peas, dahlias, and camar 
tions; to the former we refer to elsewhere. 
The carnations were perpetual varieties ar¬ 
ranged lightly in vases; the pick of these 
were Geisha, Britannia, Enchantress, the new 
mauve and red fancy named Cinderella, a new 
clear seedling yellow of great promise, and 
a deep crimson, provisionally named Dread¬ 
nought. The dahlias were also good, and con¬ 
sisted of tall stands of paeony-flowered varie¬ 
ties behind vases of cactus and pompon sorts, 
with stands of selected blooms of leading 
cactus varieties in front. -r. ir* j. j 
Messrs. Hugh Dickson, Lim., Belfast, made 
a handsome display of roses; they used 
rambling roses on arches as a back¬ 
ground, and in front of these they dis¬ 
played handsome blooms of such capital 
varieties as Lyon Rose, Pharisaer, Hugh 
Dickson, Edward Mawley, and H. E. Richard¬ 
son, brilliant crimson. Mr. H. A. Ellison,. 
^^est Bromwich, contributed a large and in¬ 
teresting collection of choice ferns that was 
particularly rich in fine varieties of nephro¬ 
lepis. 
Square, Edinburgh, on the 5th inst. Mr. 
King, the president, was in the chair, and 
there were 75 members present. 
A paper, entitled “ Villa Gardening from 
the Professional Gardener’s Point of View,” 
was read by Mr. John Highgate, Hopetoun 
Gardens, South Queeusferry. One thing, Mr. 
Highgate said, which struck one more than 
any other in connection with villa gardening 
was the sameness of the subjects us^ in their 
embellishment. Possibly what attracted 
most attention was the lawn, no matter how 
small and it added a charm to every flower 
and shrub around it; yet how often was grass 
expected to thrive on impoverished soil.^ 
Ijike every other plant, grass required nou¬ 
rishment, and to keep a lawn in good condi¬ 
tion it required to be top-dressed with some 
fertiliser annually. Next to the lawn, per¬ 
haps the most important feature of a villa 
garden was the trees and shrubs. Trees like 
the lime, chestnut, elm, etc., were entirely 
out of place in the average villa garden, and 
when they were lopped to keep them within 
bounds they lost their true character, and 
often became hideous. But there were many 
other suitable subjects for the purpose. 
True, in our northern climate we nad not 
the extensive variety of trees and shrubs 
that dwellers in the south had to draw from, 
yet a large number of very effective subjects, 
which were little known, could be employed,’ 
and among climbing and wall shrubs such 
things as Wistaria, evergreen thorn, ceano- 
thus, bnddleia, e.scallonia, etc., were recom¬ 
mended. There had been a tendency to be¬ 
little the scarlet geranium, calceolaria, and 
lobelia, but they afforded a great amount of 
pleasure to those who had not the means or 
opportunity to grow other things. Never¬ 
theless, there was necessity for greater 
variety in floral decoration, and begonias, 
pentstemons, antirrhinums, etc., were men¬ 
tioned as being well-suited to the purpose. 
It was a common practice to plant apples 
and pears on the walls of back gardens, with 
the view of obtaining fruit, but the walla 
were generally too low, and cordon goose¬ 
berries and currants would give more 
satisfactory results, and were much easier to 
manage. 
The exhibits were: Lilium testaceum^ L. 
Humboldti magnificum, L. chalcedonicum, 
L. chalcedonicum maculatum, and ‘‘Feather 
Fleece” (Stenanthium robustum), from 
Messrs. Dicksons and Co., Edinburgh, who 
were awarded a Cultural Certificate for the 
liliums; Astilbe Pink Pearl, from Mr. John 
Downie, Edinburgh. 
At the meeting on. September 2, Mr. J. 
Stuart, of the Edinburgh and East of Scot¬ 
land College of Agriculture, will give a lec¬ 
ture on ‘‘Fruit and Vegetable Bottling” 
(with demonstration). 
On Saturday, 9th inst., on the invitation 
of Lord Elphinstone, ninety members of the 
Scottish Horticultural Association, under the 
leadership of Mr. King, the president, paid 
a visit to Car berry Tower. On arrival, the 
party was met by Mr. Kidd, the head gar¬ 
dener at Carberry, who conducted them over 
the beautiful gardens and grounds. The 
ground in the vicinity of the lake, where 
many hardy shrubs and herbaceous plants 
have been naturalised, was first inspected, 
and afterwards the party m^e their way to 
the garden, where the artistic displays of 
roses and hardy herbaceous plants, which 
are two of the leading feature's of Carberry, 
were much admired. A visit was also paid to 
the quaint Dutch garden, and before leaving 
