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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER 
June  4,  1898 
capacity  of  the  Pea  plant,  in  spite  of  what  Science  teaches,  to  famish  its 
own  meed  of  nitrogen  is  somewhat  shaken.  I  regard  the  plant’s  action 
in  this  way.  Assuming  that  everything  in  relation  to  this  matter 
scientifically  taught  is  correct,  yet  my  practical  knowledge  enables  me 
to  see  that  the  presence  in  the  soil  of  actual  nitrogen  conduces  at  once 
to  very  early  robust  stem  growth  and  leaf  production. 
The  result  is  the  area  of  future  nitrogen  creation  capacity  is  almost 
doubled,  and  hence  great  benefit  to  the  crops  result.  We  see  this,  indeed, 
in  the  case  of  Peas  and  Runner  Beans  grown  liberally — that  is,  where 
heavily  manured  and  ample  moisture  is  furnished.  Even  when  in  full 
pod,  at  a  time  when  the  creation  of  leaf  nitrogen  might  be  assumed  to 
be  proceeding  apace,  nitrogenous  liquids  as  manure  are  rapidly  absorbed 
and  utilised  and  the  cropping  powers  of  the  plants  greatly  prolonged. 
No  doubt  it  is  rather  hard  on  science  thus  to  assume  that  she  is  not  quite 
exact,  though  I  am  really  not  doing  so.  No  one  will  dispute  the  nitrogen 
creation  theory,  but  still,  in  the  matter  of  teaching,  it  does  need  to  be 
modified  by  our  practical  experience. 
Such  a  dry  season  as  is  the  present,  where  there  was  a  general  absence 
of  nitrogen  in  soils  or  applied  manures,  Pea  growth  has  been  poor,  and 
the  plants  will  not  be  very  great  croppers.  Where  there  was  added  to 
the  soil  a  liberal  supply  of  nitrogenous  manure  growth  has  been,  in  spite 
of  the  drought,  remarkably  good,  the  greater  leaf  area  produced  proving 
most  useful  in  strengthening  root  action,  a  matter  of  the  highest 
importance  in  relation  to  after  cropping. — A.  D. 
NORTHERN  TULIP  SOCIETIES’  SHOWS. 
ROYAL  NATIONAL  TULIP  SOCIETY. 
The  annual  northern  exhibition  of  this  Society  was  held  on  Tuesday* 
May  26th,  in  the  Free  Library.  Middleton,  near  Manchester.  The  flowers 
all  came  from  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire  growers,  as  those  of  the  southern 
membeis  were  long  past  their  best.  The  month  of  May  has  again  upset 
all  calculations,  and  the  grower  has  had  to  make  the  beat  of  a  mixture 
of  intense  heat,  hailstorms,  rain  followed  by  keen  frost,  and  a  liberal 
allowance  of  cold,  rough  winds.  The  flowers  have  done  their  best 
amongst  it  all,  but  naturally  have  not  been  able  to  realise  the  fond 
anticipations  of  their  owners.  Feathered  flowers  have  been  especially 
disappointing,  mostly  coming  blotched  and  generally  out  of  character  ; 
flamed  flowers  were  in  much  better  condition,  and  breeders  were  in 
average  style. 
There  were  few  novelties  of  note.  Mr.  Morris  brought  some  good 
feathered  roses,  broken  from  the  late  Mr.  Collier’s  seedlings,  which  will 
be  a  valuable  addition  to  this  scarce  class.  Mr.  Bentley  showed  a  fine 
flamed  byblcemen  Sarah  Lloyd,  broken  from  one  qf  the  late  Mr.  Lloyd’s 
seedlings.  Mr.  Mellor  had  a  beautiful  feathered  bybloemen  Mrs. 
Mellor,  broken  from  the  late  Mr.  George  Hardwick’s  seedlings.  Charles 
H.  Hopwood  is  a  fine  heavily  feathered  scarlet  bizarre.  Attraction,  a 
correctly  feathered  red  trzarre,  something  in  the  way  of  Lord  Frederick 
Cavendish,  but  with  a  better  cup. 
The  Judges  were  Messrs.  Simonite  (Sheffield),  Housley  and  Booth 
(Stockport),  and  Woodhead  (Staleybridge),  whose  decisions  gave  general 
satisfaction.  They  will  pardon  us,  however,  if  we  remind  them  that 
purity  is  the  great  essential  quality  in  the  Tulip,  and  one  or  two  of 
their  decisions  would  have  received  some  stinging  criticism  had  the  late 
George  Glenny  been  alive  to  administer  it. 
In  the  contest  for  the  championship  or  cup  class  the  fight  lay  between 
those  old  friends  and  opponents  Messrs.  Needham  and  Bentley,  but  the 
latter  was  able  to  get  the  advantage  and  win  the  cup  for  the  third  year 
in  succession,  although  his  rival  was  but  little  behind  him.  The  premier 
feather  was  Mrs.  Cobden,  a  bybloemen  raised  by  Mr.  Hepworth  ;  the 
flower  was  a  good  one,  but  the  variety  cannot  be  called  first  rate,  and  is 
rarely  seen  in  such  style.  Sir  Joseph  Paxton  was  again  the  best  flamed 
flower,  and  that  large  and  fine  variety  Rose  Hill  obtained  the  distinction 
of  being  the  best  breeder  exhibited.  A  full  list  of  the  awards  of  the 
judges  follows. 
Rectified  Tulips. 
Class  1.  Twelve  dissimilar  Tulips,  two  feathered  and  two  flamed  in 
each  class. — First,  Mr.  James  W.  Bentley,  Stakehill,  Middleton,  with  a 
bright  attractive  stand  of  well-matched  flowers,  comprising  Madame 
St.  Arnaud  and  Industry,  feathered  roses;  Mabel  and  Aglaia,  flamed 
roses  ;  Mrs.  Cobden  and  Bessie,  feathered  bybloemens  ;  Sarah  Lloyd  and 
Talisman,  flamed  bybloemens  ;  Garibaldi  and  Magnum  Bonum,  feathered 
bizarres  ;  Sir  Joseph  Paxton  and  Dr.  Hardy,  flamed  bizarres.  Second, 
Mr.  Charles  W.  Needham,  Royley,  Royton,  with  a  stand  of  well-grown 
blooms,  including  Alice  and  Mrs.  Atkin,  feathered  roses;  Triomphe 
Royale  and  Madame  St.  Arnaud,  flamed  roses  ;  Elizabeth  Pegg  and 
Bessie,  feathered  bybloemens  ;  Talisman  and  George  Edward,  flamed 
bybloemens  ;  Attraction  and  Sir  Samuel  Romilly,  feathered  bizarres  ; 
Sir  Joseph  Paxton  and  Samuel  Barlow,  flamed  bizarres.  Third, 
Mr.  Alfred  Moorhouse,  Wakefield,  with  Annie  McGregor  and  Alice, 
feathered  roses ;  Mabel  and  Aglaia,  flamed  roses  ;  Mrs.  Hepworth  and 
Coningsby,  feathered  bybloemens;  Queen  of  the  May  and  Talisman, 
flamed  bybloemens  ;  Sir  Joseph  Paxton  and  Typo,  feathered  bizarres  ; 
Sir  Joseph  Paxton  and  Toxophilite,  flamed  bizarres.  Fourth,  Mr.  John 
H.  Wood,  Middleton,  with  Modesty  and  Heroine,  feathered  roses ; 
Aglaia  and  Lady  C.  Gordon,  flamed  roses ;  Bessie  and  Violet  Amiable, 
feathered  bybloemens ;  Nimbus  and  Duchess  of  Sutherland,  flamed 
bybloemens  ;  Masterpiece  and  Sir  Joseph  Paxton,  feathered  bizarres  ; 
Dr.  Hardy  and  Sir  Joseph  Paxton,  flamed  bizarres.  Fifth,  Mr.  Wm. 
Kitchen,  Marple,  with  Modesty  and  Clio,  feathered  roses  ;  Triomphe 
Royale  and  Annie  McGregor,  flamed  roses  ;  Violet  Amiable  and  John 
Hart,  feathered  bybloemens  ;  Talisman  and  Trip  to  Stockport,  flamed 
bybloemens ;  Sulphur  and  Masterpiece,  feathered  bizarres ;  Sir  Joseph 
Paxton  and  Dr.  Hardy,  flamed  bizarres. 
Class  2.  Six  dissimilar  Tulips  one  feathered  and  one  flamed  in  each 
class — First,  Mr.  William  Mellor,  Wakefield,  with  Mrs.  Atkin,  feathered, 
and  Annie  M’Gregor,  flamed  roses  ;  Mrs.  Mellor,  feathered,  and  Talisman, 
flamed  bybloemens ;  Lord  Fredk.  Cavendish,  feathered,  and  Sir  Joseph 
Paxton,  flamed  bizarres.  Second,  Mr.  J.  W.  Bentley,  with  Madame  St. 
Arnaud,  feathered,  and  Annie  M’Gregor,  flamed  roses  ;  Bessie,  feathered, 
and  Talisman  flamed  bybloemens ;  James  M’lntosh,  feathered,  and  Sir 
Joseph  Paxton,  flamed  bizarres.  Third,  Mr.  Needham  with  Heroine, 
feathered,  and  Madame  St.  Arnaud,  flamed  roses ;  William  Parkinson, 
feathered,  and  Talisman,  flamed  bybloemens  ;  Attraction,  feathered,  and 
Sir  Joseph  Paxton,  flamed  bizarres.  Fourth,  Mr.  James  Jones,  Denton, 
with  Heroine,  feathered,  and  an  unnamed  variety,  flamed  roses;  Bertha, 
feathered,  and  Lord  Denman,  flamed  bybloemens  ;  Sir  Joseph  Paxton, 
feathered,  and  also  flamed  bizarres.  Fifth,  Mr.  Kitchen,  with  Clio, 
feathered,  and  Annie  M’Gregor,  flamed  roses  ;  Violet  Amiable,  feathered, 
and  Lord  Dsnman,  flamed  bybloemens ;  Lord  Lilford,  feathered,  and 
Charles  X  ,  flamed  bizarres.  Sixth,  Mr.  Moorhouse,  with  Alice,  feathered, 
and  an  unnamed  variety,  flamed  roses;  Coningsby,  feathered,  and 
Talisman,  flamed  bybloemens  ;  Field  Marshal,  feathered,  and  Sir  Joseph 
Paxton,  flamed  bizarres.  Seventh,  Mr.  Wood,  with  Heroine,  feathered, 
and  Mabel,  flamed  roses  ;  TalismaD,  feathered,  and  Duchess  of  Suther¬ 
land,  flamed  bybloemens  ;  Sir  Joseph  Paxton,  feathered,  and  Dr.  Hardy, 
flamed  bizarres.  Eighth,  Mr.  William  Dymock,  Stockport,  with  Heroine, 
feathered,  and  Annie  M’Gregor.  flamed  roses  ;  John  Hart,  feathered,  and 
also  flamed  bybloemens;  Lord  Lilford,  feathered,  and  Dr.  Hardy,  flamed 
bizarres. 
Class  3.  Six  dissimilar  Tulips ,  one  feathered  and  one  flamed  in  each 
class ,  for  small  growers  only  — First,  Mr.  Tohn  Morris,  Middleton,  with 
Mrs.  Collier,  feathered,  and  Madame  St.  Arnaud,  flamed  roses  ;  Adonis, 
feathered,  and  Chancellor,  flamed  bybloemens  ;  John  Ratcliffe,  feathered, 
and  Dr.  Hardy,  flamed  bizarres.  Second,  Mr.  Harry  Gill,  Wakefield, 
with  Heroine,  feathered,  and  Mabel,  flamed  roses  ;  Adonis,  feathered, 
and  Lord  Denman,  flamed  bybloemens  ;  George  Hayward,  feathered, 
and  Sir  Joseph  Paxton,  flamed  bizarres.  Third,  Mr.  Thomas  Fitton, 
Stakehill,  with  Industry,  feathered,  and  Annie  McGregor,  flamed  roses  ; 
Mrs.  Cooper,  feathered,  and  Martin’s  117,  flamed  bybloemens  ;  Lord 
Lilford,  feathered,  and  Sir  Joseph  Paxton,  flamed  bizarres. 
Class  4.  Three  feathered  Tulips  one  in  each  class.  —  First,  Mr. 
Moorhouse,  with  Annie  McGregor.  Mrs.  Hepworth,  and  Field  Marshal. 
Second,  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Alice,  Mrs.  Jackson,  and  Sir  Joseph  Paxton. 
Third,  Mr.  Mellor,  with  Alice,  Coningsby,  and  Lord  F.  Cavendish. 
Fourth,  Mr.  Kitchen,  with  Aglaia,  Violet  Amiable,  and  Sir  Joseph 
Paxton.  Fifth,  Mr.  Gill,  with  Heroine,  Adonis,  and  Masterpiece.  Sixth, 
Mr.  Jones,  with  Alice,  Bertha,  and  Lord  Lilford. 
Class  5.  Three  flamed  Tulips,  one  in  each  class. — First,  Mr.  Morris* 
with  Mabel,  Talisman,  and  Dr.  Hardy  ;  second,  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Mabel, 
Duchess  of  Sutherland,  and  Sir  J.  Paxton  ;  third,  Mr.  Kitchen,  with 
Madame  St.  Arnaud,  Talisman,  and  Sir  J.  Paxton ;  fourth,  Mr.  Wood, 
with  Triomphe  Royale,  Surpass-le-Grand,  and  Sir  J.  Paxton  ;  fifth, 
Mr.  Needham,  with  Mabel,  Duchess  of  Sutherland,  and  Dr.  Hardy, 
sixth,  Mr.  Mellor,  with  Mary  Jackson,  Talisman,  and  Sir  J.  Paxton. 
Class  6.  Two  Tulips,  one  feathered  and  one  flamed,  of  any  class. 
Maiden  growers  only. — First,  Mr.  E.  Shaw,  Moston,  with  Masterpiece, 
feathered,  and  Talisman,  flamed. 
Class  7.  Two  Tulips,  one  feathered,  and  one  flamed,  of  any  class. — 
First,  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Garibaldi,  feathered,  and  Sir  J.  Paxton,  flamed  ; 
second,  Mr.  Morris,  with  Masterpiece,  feathered,  and  Sir  J.  Paxton, 
flamed  ;  third,  Mr.  Gill,  with  Wm.  Wilson,  feathered,  and  Sir  J.  Paxton, 
flamed  ;  fourth,  Mr.  Moorhouse,  with  Coningsby,  feathered,  and  Lord 
Denman,  flamed  ;  fifth,  Mr.  Mellor,  with  Violet  Amiable,  feathered,  and 
Mabel,  flamed  ;  sixth,  Mr.  Kitchen,  with  Trip  to  Stockport,  feathered, 
and  Adonis,  flamed. 
Class  8.  Single  Blooms.- — 
Feathered  Bizarres. 
1  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Charles  H. 
Hopwood 
2  Mr.  Morris,  with  Sulphur 
3  Mr.  Morris,  with  John  Ratcliffe 
4  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Sir  Jos.  Paxton 
5  Mr.  Morris,  with  Seedling 
6  Mr.  Needham,  withWm.  Annibal 
7  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Commander 
8  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Lord  Lilford 
9  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Lord  Stanley 
10  Mr.  J.  Cliff,  with  John  Moody 
Feathered  Bybloemens. 
1  Mr.  Moorhouse  with  Bessie 
2  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Wm.  Parkinson 
3  Mr.  Jones,  with  Bertha 
4  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Adonis 
5  Mr.  Needham,  with  Mrs.  Cooper 
6  Mr.  Needham,  with  Elizabeth  Pegg 
7  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Mrs.  Jackson 
8  Mr.  Mellor,  with  Coningsby 
9  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Queen  of  the 
May 
10  Mr.  Kitchen,  with  Bien  Fait 
Feathered  Boses. 
1  Mr.  Morris,  with  Seedling 
2  Mr.  Morris,  with  Sarah  Ann 
3  Mr.  Gill,  with  Heroine 
4  Mr.  Needham,  with  Mrs.  Lea 
5  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Alice 
6  Mr.  Morris,  with  Industry 
7  Mr.  Dymock,  with  Lizzie 
8  Mr.  Morris,  with  Mrs.  Collier 
9  Mr.  Mellor,  with  Agnes  Mellor 
10  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Miss  Edwards 
Flamed  Bizarres. 
1  Mr.  Bentley,  with  San  Jose 
2  Mr.  Needham,  with  Sir  J.  Paxton 
3  Mr.  Wood,  with  Wm.  Lea 
4  Mr.  Wood,  with  Dr.  Hardy 
5  Mr.  Wood,  with  Masterpiece 
6  Mr.  Wood,  with  Wm.  Wilson 
7  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Cyril 
8  Mr.  Bentley,  with  Storer’s  Seed¬ 
ling 
9  Mr.  Jones,  with  Sulphur 
10  Mr.  Kitchen,  with  San  Jose 
