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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
November  26,  1896i 
Steward  •  Mods,  Savoye.  There  were  no  money  prizes  oJIered.  The  total 
number  of  medals  awarded  to  all  exhibits  exceeded  150. 
In  some  of  the  classes  the  judging  began  at  eight  o’clock  in  the 
morning  of  the  opening  day  of  the  show  :  other  secfions  of  the  Jury  did 
not  begin  till  nine  o’clock,  and  after  their  duties  were  over  a  lunch  was 
given  at  the  Restaurant  Ledoyen,  in  the  Champs  Ely  sees,  one  of  the 
most  famous  in  the  City.  Mons.  Viger,  late  Minister  of  Agricalture, 
and  now  President  of  the  National  Horticultural  Society  of  France, 
occupied  the  chair,  being  supported  by  all  the.  officers  of  the  Society, 
and  many  distinguished  visitors.  Among  ihose  present  were  MM,  Henry 
de  Vilmorin,  Abel  Cbatenay  (the  Secretary).  Truffaut,  H,  Martinet, 
Salliec,  .Ernest  Bergman,  Villarcl,  with  Messrs.  Harman  Payne,  T.  Bevan. 
and  H.  J,  Jones. 
After  proposing  the  usual  toasts,  Mons.  Viger  drank  to  the  health  of 
the  foreign  members  of  the  Jury,  to  which  Mr.  Harman  Payne  replied 
in  French,  and  whose  speech  was  several  times  interrupted  by  applause. 
Altogether  the  reception  accorded  to  the  deputation  of  the  N.O.S.  was 
most  cordial,  and,  .is  at  Ghent,  their  comfort  and  enjoyment  was  looked 
after  in  the  most  hospitable  way. 
The  premier  prize  in  the  show  was  called  a  grand  prix  d’honneur, 
and  was  a  work  of  art  offered  by  the  President  of  the  French  Republic. 
This  was  carried  off  by  Mons.  Auguste  Nonin.  Considerations  of  space 
prevent  us  from  dealing  with  this  gentleman’s  exhibit,  which  was 
arranged  round  three  sides  of  one  of  the  rooms,  each  side  being  arranged 
in  semicircular  form  and  the  plants  sloping  down  to  the  front.  Here 
there  were  many  varieties  but  little  grown  in  England,  and  which  seem 
to  succeed  far  better  in  France.  Hairy  novelties  formed  ciuite  an  attrac¬ 
tion  in  this  group  ;  and  Japanese,  such  as  Graphic,  Le  Moucherotte, 
Colonel  Smith,  Etoile  de  Lyon,  Madame  Calvat,  L’lt&re,  Mrs.  Henry 
Kobinson,  Duchess  of  Wellington,  Australian  Gold,  besides  a  few 
incurved  varieties,  were  finely  llowered. 
Cut  blooms  were  largely  shown,  the  raisers  of  new  varieties  mustering 
in  strong  foree,  for  exhibits  of  new  seedlings  not  yet  in  commerce  came 
from  Mods.  Ernest  Calvat,  who  was  awarded  a  gold  medal,  Mons.  Nonin, 
Mons.  de  Reydellet,  Mons.  Heraud,  Mons.  Scalarandis,  Mons.  Chantrier, 
Mons.  Morieres,  and  Mons.  Garmichon,  to  all  of  whom  the  Jury  made  a 
suitable  recognition,  medals  in  silver  and  silver-gilt  being  awarded. 
First-class  certificates  were  awarded  to  Mons.  Calvat  for  the  following 
novelties: — Cal  vat’s  Distinction,  a  large  white  Japanese  incurved,  which, 
after  the  visit  of  the  President  of  the  French  Republic,  was  named 
Mdlle.  Lucie  Faure  ;  Czarina,  a  large  Japanese  incurved,  with  very 
long  florets,  rather  broad  and  pointed;  colour,  a  pretty  shade  of  rosy 
amaranth,  reverse  silvery  pink  ;  a  compact  solid  bloom.  Lawrence 
L^d(^,  a  big  solid  Japanese  incurved,  very  broad,  deep  florets,  sharply 
pointed  ;  colour,  rosy  amaranth,  reverse  deep  silvery  pink.  Madame 
Bergier,  another  large  variety,  Japanese,  with  great  length  of  floret ; 
colour  white,  shaded,  and  streaked  pale  pink,  tips  yellow.  Madame 
Deis,  Japanese,  with  very  long  florets,  of  medium  width  ;  colour,  pure 
creamy  white.  Madame  Xavier  Rey  Jouoin,  a  very  pretty  Japanese 
incurved,  with  broad  grooved  florets,  of  good  size  and  substance,  very 
globular  ;  a  pretty  shade  of  deep  rosy  pink,  and  slightly  hairy  at  the 
tips.  Werther,  Japanese  incurved,  rather  broad  florets ;  colour,  white, 
shaded  amaranth,  reverse  waxy  sulphur,  white  tips,  faintly  marked 
yellow.  First-class  certificates  were  also  awarded  to  Mons.  Heraud  for 
Madame  Filleul  Broy,  to  Mons.  Nonin  for  Mons.  Pierre  Caltant,  to 
Mobs.  Queteer  for  Leocadie  Gentils,  a  pale  yellow  sport  from  Enfant  des 
Deux  Mondes  ;  to  Mons.  de  Reydellet  for  Ernest  Verdet,  and  to  Mons. 
Scalarandis  for  Louis  Sirtori,  a  Japanese,  with  broad  florets  ;  colour, 
golden  bronzy  chestnut,  tipped  and  edged  yellow.  Madame  Tbdi^se 
Chavet,  a  very  pretty  shade  of  soft  pale  pink,  reverse  silvery.  Pi(5mont, 
one  of  the  Japanese  incurved  type,  broad  giooved  florets  :  colour, 
streaked  pink  on  a  white  ground, 
Mons.  Anatole  Cordonnier, the  well  known  Chrysanthemum  specialist 
of  Bailleul  (Nord),  also  made  a  remarkably  fine  display  of  cut  blooms. 
These  were  arranged  with  long  stems  and  placed  in  bottles  of  water  on 
a  stage  fixed  to  the  wall  of  the  largest  room  in  the  show.  Behind  the 
blooms,  to  lend  variety  to  the  exhibit,  were  placed  specimens  of  Palms 
and  foliage  plants,  but  the  flowers  needed  very  few  ornamental  surround¬ 
ings  to  show  off  their  merits.  From  an  English  point  of  view  they 
were  almost,  if  not  quite  the  best  in  the  show,  and  would  undoubtedly 
have  gained  a  gold  medal  but  for  the  fact  that  many  of  the  varieties  were 
not  named.  They  were  all  very  large  show  blooms,  and  the  only  ones 
that  could  be  compared  with  them  were  shown  by  Mons.  Oudot,  gardener 
to  the  well  known  play  writer,  Mons,  Victorien  Sardou.  In  Mons. 
Cordonnier’s  collection  special  mention  should  be  made  of  Madame 
Carnot,  Julian  Hillpert,  Ph.  de  Wolfs,  a  large  massive  yellow  Japanese  ; 
Mrs,  George  Gordon,  a  fine  pale  yellow  Japanese  ;  Rider  Haggard,  a  large 
Japanese  Anemone  ;  Etoile  de  Lyon,  Deedemona,  Mrs.  Hy,  Robinson,  a 
grand  white  Japanese  ;  Mons.  Chenon  de  Lech6,  which  was  really 
remarkably  fine  in  every  exhibit  in  which  it  was  shown  throughout  the 
exhibition,  thus  proving  it  to  be  a  show  flower  of  the  greatest  possible 
value  to  exhibitors  ;  Mrs.  Geo.  West,  big  and  massive  ;  Madame  Garbe, 
a  noble  white  Japanese,  not  much  known  in  England  ;  Viviand  Morel,  j 
and  others. 
Mons.  Couillard,  the  registrar  of  the  French  N.C.S.,  had  one  or  two 
collections  of  cut  blooms,  among  which  there  were  several  good  flowers — 
Waban,  Mrs.  E.  D.  Adams,  Madame  Calvat,  Mrs.  Geo.  West,  Madame 
Carnot,  Madame  Rozain,  Le  Colosse  Grenobloise,  Hairy  Wonder, 
Antoinette,  W.  H.  Lincoln,  Etoile  de  Lyon,  W.  H.  Lincoln,  all  being 
good. 
Mons.  E,  Rosette  also  staged  an  enormous  collection  of  cut  flowers,  of 
Japanese  varieties.  Some  very  fine  examples  of  cultivation  were  to  be , 
found  in  his  collection,  the  best  being  Madame  Aug.  Nonin,  a  largfr 
Japanese  incurved,  with  rather  narrow  florets,  colour  deep  chestnut, 
with  sharply  pointed  grooved  florets  tipped  yellow  ;  Madame  Le  Blanc 
was  another,  Madame  Ohaui6,  Phoebus,  H.  Jacotot  fils.  Charles  Davis, 
Mrs.  J.  Lewis,  a  new  white  Japanese,  Le  Rhone,  Triomphe  da  St, 
Laurent,  and  Madame  C.  Champon  were  also  very  fine,  but  in  this  col¬ 
lection  88  in  most  of  the  others,  the  principal  varieties  bore  names  with 
which  English  growers  are  quite  unfamiliar. 
For  the  best  fifty  cut  blooms  Mons.  Oudot  was  awarded  a  gold 
medal,  with  what  must  be  regarded  as  the  finest  display  of  cui.  blooms 
in  the  show.  They  were  all  of  immense  size,  and  would  have  been  a 
credit  to  any  English  exhibitor  ;  but  they  were  not  set  up  in  the  best 
form,  and  consequently  looked  a  little  rough.  Remarkably  good  in  this 
lot  were  Le  Drac,  Phoebus,  Australian  Gold,  Lilian  B,  Bird,  Heroine 
d’Orleans,  and  C.  B.  Whitnall. 
Mons.  Bagnenan’s  collection  was  probably  the  next  best.  He  had 
Rider  Haggard,  the  Japanese  Anem  me,  in  gigantic  proportions  ;  and 
others,  such  as  Mrs.  C.  Harman  Payne,  Mdlle.  Th<';i6se  Rey,  Hairy 
Wonder,  Good  Gracious,  Etoile  de  Lyon,  and  several  American  varieties 
were  all  in  excellent  forms.  . 
The  well-known  firm  of  Messrs.  Vilmorin,  Andrieux  &  Co.,  of  Paris, 
made  a  grand  display,  which  was,  beyond  doubt,  the  finest  in  extent  in 
the  whole  show.  It  consisted  of  two  enormous  collections  of  cut  blooms, 
arranged  on  a  sloping  stage  covered  with  black  vslvet.  One  of  them  com¬ 
prised  about  250  cat  flowers,  and  the  other  about  80.  They  also  had  a  large 
collection,  with  long  stems  and  foliage,  set  up  on  the  other  side  of  the 
room,  with  the  bottles  and  pots  sunk  in  green  moss.  In  addition  to 
these,  Messrs.  Vilmorin  &  Co.  contributed  four  large  oblong  groups, 
45  feet  by  6  feet.  In  the  middle  was  a  fine  group  of  Palms  and  Araucarias, 
and  a  huge  bouquet  of  cut  Chrysanthemums,  the  whole  display  being 
edged  with  green  moss.  This  was  much  admired  by  the  visitors,  and- 
was  contributed  by  Mons,  Vouette. 
The  importance  of  Messrs.  Vilmorin’s  exhibit  may  be  estimated  when 
we  say  it  was  arranged  in  the  largest  room  in  the  show,  and,  in  extent, 
would  far  surpass  ^many  an  ordinary  English  provincial  show.  The 
dimensions  of  the  room  were  160  feet  in  length  by  40  feet  in  width ;  and 
the  only  other  exhibitor  of  importance  in  the  same  room  was  Mons. 
Anatole  Cordonnier,  whose  flowers  occupied  the  upper  end.  In  cut 
flowers  there  were  very  many  of  the  popular  American  and  French 
varieties,  but  English  novelties  were  c  imparatively  few. 
Among  other  meritorious  novelties  in  Messrs,  de  Vilmorin’s  groups 
wmre  Jardinier  Borard,  a  Japanese  with  very  narrow  florets,  dull  crimson, 
tipped  gold,  a  useful  variety  for  grouping  ;  Souvenir  de  ma  Soeur,  a  large 
Japanese  incurved,  colour  silvery  pink  ;  Anatole  Cordonnier,  a  Japanese 
of  a  pretty  shade  of  rosy  mauve,  with  tips  of  pale  yellow,  very  striking 
and  effective  ;  Madame  Valla,  a  fine  yellow  Japanese,  quite  new.  There 
were  also  very  meny  hairy  varie  ies  we  have  never  seen  before,  and 
which  we  may  refer  to  separately  on  some  future  occasion. 
Messrs.  Lev^que  &  Sons  sent  gome  groups  of  Chrysanthemums  and 
Carnaiions  in  pots.  They  were  also  exhibitors  of  cut  blooms,  and  their 
arrangement  of  them  was  quite  unique.  The  flowers  were  all  very 
large  show  blooms ;  they  were  placed  in  b  ttles  on  the  floor  in  a  sunken 
bed,  and  the  bottles  concealed  fiom  view  by  being  covered  with  moss,  a 
far  more  attractive  method  than  al'ow  ng  the  bottles  to  be  exposed. 
Mons.  Oudot,  gardener  to  Mods.  Victorien  Sardou,  also  had  a  fine 
group  of  plants,  each  bearing  some  very  large  blooms.  The  plants  were 
very  dwarf,  and  his  Madame  Carnot,  0.  B.  Whitnall.  Boule  d’Or',  and 
Thomas  Wilkins  were  of  exceptional  merit.  Mons.  Vacherot  showed  a 
pretty  square  group,  all  in  48-pots,  for  which  he  was  awarded  a  gold 
medal.  The  arrangement  was  good,  being  edged  with  a  double  row  of 
Cyclamens  and  Selaginellas.  MM.  Patrolin,  Boutreux,  Delavier, 
Defresne,  Geraud,  Yvon  &  Son,  and  Ragout  were  also  exhibitors  of  plants, 
in  pots. 
AYR.— November  18th. 
This  annual  fixture  was  held  in  the  Town  Hall  on  the  above  date, 
and  some  creditable  products  were  shown.  This  year  Glasgow  show  was 
held  before  Ayr,  and  no  doubt  attracted  some  of  the  blooms  that  are 
usually  shown  here,  but  it  is  in  the  plants  Ayr  shines.  Nowhere  in 
Scotland  do  they  show  such  magnificent  specimens  as  here.  The  classes 
for  miscellaneous  plants,  as  Cyclamens,  Cinerarias,  and  Primulas,  were 
fairly  well  filled,  also  the  amateurs’  classes. 
For  the  Land  of  Burns  challenge  cup  there  was  a  stiff  fight,  six 
exhibitors  staging,  and  all  shpwing  well,  Mr.  D.  Buchanan,  Barganey, 
won  with  eighteen  fine  blooms  of  Viviand  Morel,  Duke  of  York,  Charles 
Davis,  President  Borel,  Emily  Doune,  Mdlle.  Th^rese  Rey,  Thomas 
Wilkins,  Charles  Shrimpton,  Princess  May,  Rose  Wynne,  Hairy  Wonder, 
MisS  D.  Shea,  Avalanche,  Sunflower,  and  Mons.  Panckoucke.  Second, 
D.  Halliday,  Craigengillan  ;  third,  Mr.  T.  Gordon.  There  were  three 
entries  for  six  incurved  and  six  Japanese.  First,  Mr,  A.  H.  Scott, 
Cambusdoon  ;  his  best  blooms  were  Mrs  Wheeler,  Viscountess  Hambledon , 
W.  G.  Newitt,  Col.  W.  B.  Smith,  Sunflower,  and  Jeanne  d’Arc,  Second, 
i  Mr.  Ganley.  Mr.  A.  H.  Scott  took  the  lead  for  six  of  any  section,  out  of 
six  entries,  with  Mdlle.  Marie  Hoste,  Charles  Davis,  Wilfred  Marshall, 
Stanstead  White,  Gooil  Gracious,  and  Mrs.  E.  S.  Trafford.  Mr.  Hugh 
Stewart,  Alloway  Place,  was  second. 
For  six  Japanese  there  were  also  six  entries,  Mr.  Hugh  Steward 
winning  with  Charles  Davis,  Mdlle.  M.  *A.  de  Galbert,  Pboehus,  Thos. 
Wilkins,  Mons.  Panckoucke,  and  President  Borel.  Mr.  Jas.  Barrow, 
j  Ardmillan,  was  second.  There  were  four  entries  for  incurved.  First, 
I  Mr.  A.  H.  Scott,  with  R.  Petfield,  0.  H.  Curtis,  and  Baron  Hireuh  as  the 
best  blooms.  Eor  six  spikes  of  Japanese,  Mr.  Jas.  Thompson,  Airiee,, 
