‘July  6,  1899. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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All  crops  in  season  are  there  in  the  best  condition  that  can  be  attained  to, 
the  Grapes  being  particularly  conspicuous  for  colour  and  size  in  those 
that  were  being  gathered,  and  in  the  abundant  promise  of  the  later 
Vines.  Peaches  and  Nectarines,  too,  are  good,  but  the  first  earlies  were 
not  up  to  the  mark,  owing  to  the  prolonged  intense  heat  of  last  season, 
the  effects  of  which  were  felt  by  many  gardeners  as  well  as  Mr.  Thorne. 
All  outdoor  fruits  are  good,  especially  Gooseberries  and  Currants,  and 
Peaches  and  Cherries  on  the  walls.  Every  foot  of  space  is  occupied  in 
the  vegetable  garden  with  valuable  crops,  and  it  is  speaking  testimony  to 
the  correctness  of  the  methods  of  procedure  adopted  to  see  all  ground 
filled  with  profitable  crops,  and  the  number  of  weeds  60  few.  In  thus 
keeping  down  weeds  the  grower  insures  that  all  the  food  in  the  soil 
will  go  to  the  crops  for  which  it  is  intended,  and  not  to  useless  robbers. 
Sunningdale  Park  is  thoroughly  well  maintained,  and  must  be  a  constant 
source  of  pleasure  and  interest  to  its  owners,  and  the  same  time  as  it  is 
a  credit^to  the  gardener  in  chief  and  his  assistants. — H.  J.  Wright. 
best  plants.  Mr.  Osman  had  the  best  Perns.  Caladiums,  Gloxinias,  and! 
Geraniums  were  well  represented. 
Roses  were  not  extensively  staged  ;  the  quality  was  on  the  whole  fair. 
In  the  open  class  for  thirty-six  distinct,  in  that  for  eighteen  triplets, 
twelve  Teas,  six  one  variety  dark  and  the  same  any  light  variety,  Messrs, 
D.  Prior  &  Son,  Colchester,  were  unapproachable.  The  blooms  were  not 
large,  but  clean  and  fresh.  R.  E.  West,  Esq.,  Reigate.  was  a  creditable 
second  in  the  former  class  ;  Mr.  Neville,  gardener  to  F.  W.  Flight,  Esq, 
Twyford,  Winchester,  was  second  for  twelve  Teas.  There  was  brisk  com¬ 
petition  in  the  classes  devoted  to  gentlemen’s  gardeners  and  amateurs. 
Mr,  Neville  won  for  eighteen  and  twelve  varieties  with  good  blooms. 
Dr.  Seaton,  Bitterne,  following.  Captain  Ramsay,  Fareham,  won  the 
premier  award  in  the  class  for  twelve  in  not  less  than  eight  varieties. 
Mr.  B.  Ladhams  had  the  best  bouquets,  and  also  won  premier  award 
for  twelve  varieties  of  herbaceous  flowers  with  a  charming  stand.  Mrs.. 
C.  S.  Fuidge  secured  first  place  for  a  basket  of  Roses^with  a  pretty 
H.  E.  Rie,  Plo'.ograp'ier, 
Fig.  4.— SUNNINGDALE  PARK. 
Sunninghill  Village. 
SHOWS. 
SOUTHAMPTON.— June  27th  and  28th. 
The  annual  summer  or  Rose  Show  was  held  on  the  Pier,  and  was, 
from  a  horticultural  point  of  view,  a  success.  The  large  concert  room 
and  a  marquee  were  required  to  hold  the  numerous  exhibits.  Down  the 
centre  on  the  floor  were  arranged  the  groups  of  miscellaneous  plants,  and 
a  very  pretty  effect  they  made.  The  first  prize  exhibit  came  from  Mr. 
E.  Carr,  gardener  to  W.  A.  Gillett,  Esq.,  Fair  Oak  Park,  Bishopstoke, 
and  was  most  artistically  arranged.  From  the  groundwork  of  Maiden¬ 
hair  Ferns  rose  Orchids,  Crotons,  and  Carnations,  not  in  the  least 
crowded.  Mr.  W.  Peel,  gardener  to  Miss  Todd,  Shirley,  was  second  with 
a  bright  and  attractive  exhibit,  which  lacked  the  Orchids  of  the  first  prize 
group.  Mr.  E.  Wills,  Winchester  Road,  Shirley,  was  third. 
Specimen  stove  and  greenhouse  plants  were  well  shown.  In  the  class 
for  six,  Mr.  Peel  with  Ixora  Williams!,  Anthurium  Seherzerianum,  a 
huge  Latania  borbonica,  and  Croton  angustifolium  was  easily  first ;  Mr. 
H.  Osman,  gardener  to  Mrs.  Haselfoot,  Bitterne,  second.  For  four  plants 
Mr.  N.  Blandford,  Bitterne.  easily  won  premier  place  with  Bougainvillea 
glabra,  Stephanotis  floribunda,  and  Clerodendron  Balfourianum  as  his  \ 
arrangement.  Fruits  and  vegetables  were  well  represented  for  the  early 
season.  Mr.  Bowerman,  gardener  to  Mrs.  C.  Hoare,  Hackwood  Park, 
Basingstoke,  won  in  many  classes. 
BATH. — June  28th. 
The  annual  6how  of  this  popular  Society  was  held  in  the  Sydney 
Gardens  on  the  above  date,  and  taking  into  account  the  adverse  nature  of 
the  season,  was  an  excellent  one.  Some  classes  were  keenly  contested, 
others  not  so.  Strawberries  and  Begonias,  which  are  associated  with  ths 
Roses,  did  not  make  such  an  extensive  display  as  usual,  though  some 
meritorious  exhibits  of  both  were  staged. 
In  the  nurserymen's  class  for  seventy-two  distinct  varieties  of  Roses 
Messrs.  A.  Dickson  &  Sons,  Newtownards,  were  first;  Messrs.  Cooling 
and  Sons,  Bath,  staging  well  for  second  place,  The  same  exhibitors 
repeated  their  successes  for  thirty-six  varieties,  three  trusses  of  each. 
Besides  winning  the  two  principal  prizes,  Messrs.  Alexander  Dickson  and 
Sons  carried  off  the  National  Rose  Society’s  medal  for  the  best  Hybrid 
Perpetual  in  the  show  with  Mildred  Grant,  a  new  variety  raised  by  the 
exhibitors.  For  thirty-3ix  single  trusses  Mr.  A.  A.  Walters,  Bath,  took 
