ArorsT 23, 1913. 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
643 
Emerald Gem, Plum Orleans. Peaeli Grosse 
Mignonn^. Apple Rival, and nice dishes 
of nectarines and pears. Mr. Richard¬ 
son also won for four dishes with three 
aood bunches of Muscat grapes, melon, 
Laches and nectarines; second prize was 
awarded Mr. J. Stuckey, who lost points on 
jji^ grapes. The best three bunches of Black 
Hamburgh grapes were shown by Mr. W. C. 
Hancock, gardener to Mrs. W. S. Battis- 
combe, second prize going to Mr. F. J. Little, 
gardener to Right. Hon. Sir G. Farwell, 
P.C., and third to Mr. J. Webber. Mr. 
Richardson took first place for three bunches 
of black grapes other than Black Hamburgh 
with fine Madresfield Court, Mr. J. Webber 
showing the same variety for second prize. Mr. 
J. Webber won again for three bunches of 
Mu^cat of Alexandra with some very good 
clu.^ters. 
VEGETABLES. 
Several classes for collections of vegetables 
were provided by various seed firms. The 
first prize in Messrs. Carter and Co."s class 
was won by Mr. Stuckey with six excellent 
dishes Mr. T. Harrison was second. Messrs. 
Sutton and Sons, Reading, also found Mr. 
Stuckey at the head of the class they pro¬ 
vided, Mr. Harrison again occupying second 
place. The same order was maintained in 
Messrs. Webbs’ class, Mr. Stuckey also win¬ 
ning first prizes provided by Messrs. R. 
Teitch and Sou and Messrs. Clibrans. 
NON-COMPETITIVE. 
Messrs. J. Kelway and Son, Langport, ex¬ 
hibited a magnificent displav of gladioli oc¬ 
cupying l()Oft. run of table*^ space, and the 
flushed white flowers of Lady Scott, which 
received an Award of Merit at the hands of 
the National Hardy Plant Society’s deputa- 
tmn. were of superb form and rich quality, 
traiganour, another certificated variety, was 
grand. Mr. Vincent Slade, Staplegrove Nur- 
‘^ry. Taunton, put up an exhibit of large ex¬ 
tent and comprehensive character. Zonal 
pelargoniums were a bold feature, these be¬ 
ing Mr. Slade’s speciality. Messrs. Isaac 
fiou.se and Son, Westbury-on-Trym, showed 
tf splendid lot of phloxes, border" perennials, 
nd a range of choice alpine plants in pans. 
Messrs. R. Veitch and Son, Exeter, put up a 
plants, alpines, etc., of 
P^ntstemon 'heterophyllus, 
cordifolium with tubular orange- 
Perowskia atriplicifolia, and 
sfana but the whole 
rarities and plants of 
and.. bright phloxes 
A A ®®sortm€ut of hardy flowers. Messrs. 
‘ Son, Bath showed some 
varief^ peutstemons, kniphofias, and a 
Me srf p- fas also did 
®ade Norton, 
which display of border carnations, 
tall tuWs^ m attractive manner in 
•‘tractive most 
Royal vli Lady Golightly, 
O'^lvon Droitwich, Fathe; 
Cousins ’ Messrs. W. E. and T. 
floral ^ad some very artistic 
hon and pleasing in coucep- 
*“Per-Mam J- BHis. Weston. 
""eommon ’plants.'* 1®®® 
Gold V . . AW-^RDS. 
^.?.^Port. * J■ Kelway and Son, 
Mc?sr^ ^Jf®‘® -Messrs. R. Veitch and 
S' and T^ p^® and Son, Messrs. 
Bill. ® Cousins, and Mr. Vernon T. 
‘‘■'■s and Son; ^ Messrs. A. A. tVal- 
- atiosal Hardy plant society’s 
Gold \ AAVARDS. 
M^srs. J. Kelway and 
Mcdaf T House and Son. 
, of V«rnon T. Hill. 
K Gladiolus Craiganour 
^"^^ay and from Meslrs. J. 
Shrewsbury Floral Fete. 
(Continued from page 632.) 
Sheffield; and third to Messrs. W. and C. 
Bull. Frome. Messrs. G. Mair and Son. 
Prestwick, were easily first for two dozen 
gladioli, with superb spikes of clear, well- 
opened flowers, their Camicule and Alexan¬ 
der being extra fine; Me.ssrs. Harkness and 
Sons, second. 
Five competitors came forward in the class 
for a collection of perpetual carnations ar¬ 
ranged on a space loft, bv 4ft. The £15 first 
prize fell to Mr. Chas. Wall, Melrose Nur¬ 
sery, Bath, who won with a delightful ex¬ 
hibit of well-arranged bunches of Lady 
Fuller, White Perfection, Geisha, Carola, 
Mrs. C. W. Waud, White Wonder, Rose 
Bore, etc., disposed over asparagus sprays 
and a little Gypsophila paniculata. The 
second prize fell to Messrs. Young and Co., 
Hatherley, Cheltenham, who had an impos¬ 
ing display from the ground up to about 
12ft. high; they had Mrs. Raphael, Mr. C. W. 
AVaud, Mikado, Sun.star, Empire Bay. and 
to Mr. A. Myers, Sutton Lane, Shrewsbury ; 
and Mr. E. Bewlev, Rathgar. Dublin. 
Messrs. Bottomfey and Burton, Ellard, 
beat Messrs. G. Fairbairu and Sous, Carlisle, 
for a dozen bunches of cactus dahlias, and 
they were also first for two dozen cactus dah¬ 
lia blooms on Ixmrds, leading with a capital 
lot for such an early date; Messrs. H. Clarke 
and Son, Leeds, second. Mr. J. W. Barker, 
gardener to F. R. Dixon Nuttall, Esq.. Pre.s- 
cot, scored for t\wlve bunches of choice cut 
flowers, his crinunis, lapagerias, anthuriums, 
gloriosas. and brugmansias being very good; 
Mr. J. Taylor, gardener to Frank" Bibby, 
Esq.. Hardwicke Grange, second. 
SWEirr PEAS AND ROSES. 
Out of a dozen entries in the class for 
eighteen bunches of sweet jx‘as, arranged on 
a space 8ft. by 3ft. 6:n., Mr. Thos. Jones, 
Ruabon, was once more the champion, and 
he set up grand bunches of Etta Dvke. 
Edrom Beauty. Elsie Herbert. Syeira tx^e, 
Mrs. C. W. Breadmore. Melba," Bobbie’s 
Cream, King Manotl, Agricola, Thos. Ste- 
A BEAUTIFUL BASKET OF FLOWERS. 
Exhibited by Air. A. Adshead, of Gatley. at Shrewsbury Floral FMe. 
Scarlet Gem in splendid form and in quan¬ 
tity. Mr. J. E. Knight, Wolverhampton, 
third. 
First prize for a collection of carnations and 
picotees was secured by Mr. C. H. Herbert, 
Acocks Green, Birmingham, with a bright and 
rather massive display, wherein yellow 
seifs and yellow-ground picotees and fancies 
were the chief feature; Messrs. A. R. Brown, 
Lim., King’s Norton, second; and Messrs. M. 
Campbell and Son, High Blantyre, third. 
A good class was the one for a dozen bunches 
of hardy or half-hardy annuals, the first 
prize falling to Mr. G. Bamfield, gardener to 
W. H. Banks. Esq., Kington, who showed 
scarlet Phlox Drummondi,. candytuft, sweet 
sultan, cactus-flowered sunflowers, Nigella 
Miss Jekyll, Godetia Schamini, lupins, mal¬ 
lows. yellow stocks, double clarkia (spoiled 
because all leaves and buds had been cut out 
of the spikes), and eschscholtzia; Mr. 0. 
Oakley, gardener to A. E. Humphreys Owen. 
Esq., Berriew, a good second; and Mr, G. 
Tagg, Stafford, third; ten entries. 
For cut pelargoniums the chief awards fell 
venson. May Campbell, Marks Tey. Marjorie 
Linzee, Lavender George Herbert, Audrey 
Crier, Rosabelle, R. F. Felton, and Prince 
George; Mr. J. Haycocks, Gyfelia, Welsh¬ 
pool, second; Air. J. A. Whittaker, gardener 
to G. H. Garnett Orme, Esq., Skipton, third; 
and Mr. G. Bowness, Busby, fourth. 
Twelve bunches of sweet peas was also a 
fine class, and there were no fewer than seven 
entries, the winner of the first prize being 
Mr. Stewart Robinson, Kington, whose col¬ 
lection included glorious bunches of Anglian 
Pink, Lady Mi..er, Hercules, Thos. Ste¬ 
venson, and Elfrida Pearson; Mr. W. 
H. Holloway, Port Hill, Shrewsbury, 
second; and Mr. H. Forder, gardener to 
Colonel Cornwallis West, Ruthin Castle, 
third. Mr. J. Roberts, Gresford, won first 
place for six bunches of sweet peas with ex¬ 
cellent bunches of King Manoel, Chas. Fos¬ 
ter, Melba, John Ingman, White Queen, and 
Hercules; Mr. St. Robinson, Kington, 
second; and Air. E. Price, Skipton, third. 
The displays of roses made a grand feature; 
the space allowed is 20ft. by 4ft., and the 
