June  22,  1899. 
JOURKAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
519 
first,  and  ]Mr.  McIntosh  second.  Three  Show. — First,  J.  T.  Kingston,  Esq. ; 
second,  Mrs.  Tetley.  Group  of  not  less  than  eight  Fancy  Pelargoniums. 
—First,  Mrs.  Tetley, 
For  twelve  Zonal,  Nosegay,  or  Hybrid  Xosegay. — First,  Mrs.  Tetley, 
showing  a  beautiful  collection  ;  second,  Mr.  H.  Pybus.  Six  Zonal, 
Nosegay,  or  Hybrid  Nosegay. — First,  Mrs.  Tetley  ;  second,  Mr.  H.  Pybus. 
Three  Zonal. — First,  Mrs.  Tetley.  Included  in  this  exhibit  was  a  finely 
bloomed  plant  of  Ellen  Clarke.  Nine  double  flowered  Pelargoniums. — 
First,  IMrs.  Tetley ;  second,  Messrs.  R.  Simpson  &  Son.  Three  double 
flowered  Pelargoniums. — First,  Messrs.  R.  Simpson  &  Son  ;  second, 
Mr.  J.  W.  Clark,  Clifton.  Six  double  Ivy-leaved. — First,  Mrs.  Tetley  ; 
second,  Mr.  H.  Pybus.  Three  double  Ivy-leaved. — Second,  Mrs.  Tetley. 
Fora  group  of  Tuberous  Begonias,  with  foliage  plants  or  Ferns  for 
effect. — First,  Miss  Wharton,  Burton  Grange,  York  ;  second,  J. 
Bellerby,  Esq.,  York.  Group  of  Calceolarias. — First,  J.  T.  Kingston,  Esq.  ; 
second,  Mrs.  Lloyd,  Lincroft,  York.  Eight  Calceolarias,  open. — First, 
J.  T.  Kingston,  Esq.  ;  second,  A.  Wilson,  Esq.  Four  Calceolarias.— 
First,  J.  T.  Kingston,  Esq.  ;  second,  G.  Potter  Kirby,  Esq.  Six  Fuchsias 
in  flower,  distinct. — First,  no  name  ;  second,  J.  T.  Kingston,  Esq,  Three 
Fuchsias. — First,  no  name ;  second,  ,1.  Bellerby,  Esq.  Six  Lilium  Harrisi. 
First,  A.  Wilson,  Esq.  ;  second,  Mrs.  Tetlej'. 
Cut  Flowers. 
Cut  flowers  were  not  up  to  the  usual  standard.  For  twelve  Roses, 
single  blooms,  thirty-six  varieties  or  more — First,  Mr.  W.  Hutchinson, 
Kirby  Moorside,  who  staged  Helen  Keller,  John  Bright,  C.  Testout, 
General  Jacqueminot,  Mrs.  J.  Laing,  Madame  G.  Luizet,  and  others. 
Second,  Messrs.  J.  &  A.  May,  Bedale  ;  and  third,  Mr.  Geo.  Mount, 
Canterbury.  •  Forty-eight  distinct  Bose  blooms. — First,  Mr.  Geo,  Mount 
with  Marie  Verdier,  Mrs.  John  Laing,  Prince  Arthur,  Capt.  Hayward, 
and  Ulrich  Brunner.  Second,  Messrs.  J.  &  A.  May.  Thirty-six  blooms. 
— First,  Mr.  Geo.  Mount ;  second,  Messrs,  J.  &  A.  May,  Bedale. 
Twenty-four  Roses.  —  First,  no  name  ;  second,  Mr.  Geo.  Mount. 
Eighteen  blooms. — First,  Mr.  W.  Hutchinson  ;  second,  Mr.  J.  Hulme, 
York.  Twelve  blooms. — First,  Mr.  W.  Hutchinson. 
Twelve  bunches  stove  and  greenhouse  cut  flowers  (open). — First,  Sir 
J-  W.  Pease,  Bt.  ;  second,  J.  C.  Waterhouse,  Esq.,  Macclesfield.  Twelve 
bunches  stove  and  greenhouse  (Orchids  excluded). — First,  J.  D.  Ellis, 
Esq.,  Worksop  ;  second.  Geo.  Whitehead.  Esq.,  Leighton  Grove.  Twelve 
bunches  hardy  perennials.— First,  J.  Burrell  &  Co  ,  Cambridge  ;  second. 
Sir  J.  W.  Pease,  Bt.  Collection  of  hardy  cut  flowers,  18  feet  by  4  feet 
(open). — First,  Messrs.  Harkness  &  Son,  Bedale,  who  showed  a  fine 
collection,  including  Lilium  Harrisi,  Pyrethrums,  Papavers,  and  Geums. 
Second,  Messrs.  R.  Smith  &  Co.,  Worcester. 
For  forty-eight  Fancy  Pansies. — First,  Mr.  Jno.  Smellie,  Busby, 
Glasgow.  Twenty-four  Fancy. — First,  Mr.  .1.  Smellie.  Twenty-four 
Show. — First,  Mr.  John  Smellie  ;  and  second,  Mr.  Isaac  Ramsden. 
Fruit. 
For  a  decorated  table  of  fruit,  10  feet  by  4  feet  6  inches,  not  to  exceed 
fourteen  dishes,  not  less  than  ten  dishes  and  not  more  than  two  distinct 
varieties  of  a  kind. — First,  Sir  J.  W.  Pease,  Bart,  (gardener,  Mr.  Mclndoej. 
The  arrangement  w'as  charming,  the  only  flowers  used  being  Oncidium 
flexuosum  interspersed  with  sprays  of  Heuchera  sanguinea.  The  quality 
of  the  fruit  was  excellent.  The  judging  was  by  points,  and  out  of  a 
possible  128  points  this  exhibit  gained  114,  The  exhibit  included  Royal 
Sovereign  Strawberry,  Brown  Turkey  Fig,  Grosse  Mignonne  Peach, 
Best  of  All  Melon,  Foster’s  Seedling  and  Black  Hamburgh  Grapes. 
Second,  Earl  of  Harrington,  Elvaston  Castle  (gardener,  Mr.  Goodacre). 
The  quality  of  the  fruit  was  good,  and  the  flowers  comprised  sprays  of 
Odontoglossum.  A  beautiful  dish  of  Royal  Sovereign  Strawberry  was 
noticed,  and  good  Black  Hamburgh  Grapes. 
Collection  of  fruit,  six  varieties. — First,  Sir  J.  W.  Pease,  Bart.,  with 
Early  Rivers  Nectarine,  Scarlet  Premier  Melon,  Brown  Turkey  Fig, 
three  bunches  Black  Hamburgh,  three  Foster’s  Seedling  Grapes, and  Grosse 
Mignonne  Peach.  Second,  Lord  Barnard,  Baby  Castle  (gardener,  Mr. 
Tullett).  Four  dishes  fruit. — First,  W.  Sheepshanks,  Esq.,  Winsley  Hurst, 
Ripley  (gardener,  Mr.  A.  Large)  ;  second.  Sir  J.  W.  Pease,  Bart. ;  and 
third,  Earl  of  Londesborough. 
Three  bunches  of  Black  Hamburgh  Grapes. — First,  Earl  of  Londes¬ 
borough,  Market  Weighton  (gardener  Mr.  McPherson)  ;  second,  F.  B. 
Grotrian,  Esq.,  Ingmanthorpe,  Wetherby  (gardener  Mr.  Murchison). 
Three  White  Grapes. — First,  F.  B.  Grotrian,  Esq.,  with  excellent 
examples  of  Buckland  Sweetwater  ;  second.  Lady  Beaumont  ;  third, 
Lord  St.  Oswald.  Six  Peaches. — First,  Jno.  Edmonds,  Esq. ;  second, 
Earl  of  Harrington  ;  third,  J.  D.  Ellis,  Esq.  Six  Nectarines. — First,  Jno. 
Edmonds,  Esq. ;  second,  Earl  of  Harrington.  Scarlet-fleshed  Melon. — 
First,  Viscount  Rawcliffe,  Blankney,  Lincoln  (gardener  Mr.  Gurney)  ; 
second,  W.  Sheepshanks,  Esq.  Green-fleshed  Melon. — First,  Sir  J.  W. 
Pease,  Bart.,  M.P.  ;  second,  W.  H.  Bathe  Wrightson,  Esq,  Cusworth, 
Doncaster.  White-fleshed  Melon. — First,  Earl  of  Harrington  ;  second, 
Mrs.  Gurney  Pease,  Darlington.  Six  Figs. — First,  Lord  Barnard  ; 
second,  Earl  of  Feversham.  Dish  of  Cherries. — First,  Sir  J.  W.  Pease, 
Bart.,  M.P.  Dish  of  Strawberries. — First,  J.  D.  Ellis,  Esq. ;  second,  H, 
Thelluson,  Esq.  ;  third,  SirJ.  W.  Pease,  Bart.,  M.P.  Twelve  Tomatoes. 
— First,  Lady  Beaumont  ;  second  Miss  Webb,  Newstead  Abbey,  Notts; 
third.  Col.  Thorpe,  Coddingtou  Hall,  Newark. 
The  Horticultural  College,  Swanley. — We  are  informed 
that  the  Rose  garden,  which  has  been  laid  out  under  the  superintendence  of 
the  Very  Rev.  the  Dean  of  Rochester,  will  be  opened  by  the  Viscountess 
Falmouth  on  the  29th  init.,  at  3  IMI.  Dean  Hole  has  promised  to  attend. 
EUTOCA  VISCIDA. 
This  is  the  name  of  the  plant  of  which  “H.  R.  B.”  sends  us  specimens.. 
It  is  a  charming  annual  of  dwarf  growth,  and  is  adapted  for  small  beds 
or  near  the  margins  of  borders,  as  otherwise  the  plants  appear  to  little 
advantage  crowded  with  the  taller,  stronger  growing  perennials.  The 
Eutocas  are  not  particular  as  to  soil,  any  moderately  light  ordinary 
garden  soil  suiting  them,  and  perhaps  the  best  way  to  obtain  plants  in 
good  condition  is  to  sow  the  seeds  in  the  borders  in  the  autumn.  The 
flowers  (fig.  116)  have  very  rich  blue  corollas,  with  a  circular  red  blotch 
in  the  centre,  and  they  are  borne  in  curved  racemes,  several  blooms 
being  open  at  one  time.  The  leaves  are  somewhat  heart-shaped,  but 
irregularly  cut  at  the  margin,  and  the  surface  of  the  plant  generally  is 
covered  with  hairs,  the  points  of  which  each  bear  a  viscid  secretion,  and> 
Fig.  116.— Eutoca  viscida. 
to  this  character  it  owes  its  specific  name.  The  bright  blue  tint  is  very- 
pleasing,  and  the  flowers,  moreover,  last  a  considerable  time  if  cut  with 
a  good  length  of  stem  and  placed  in  water,  thus  rendering  them  valuable 
for  vases.  _ 
BUTLEY  TULIP  SOCIETY. 
The  seventy-fourth  annual  exhibition  of  this  old  time  Society  was  held 
It  the  Orange  Tree  Inn,  Butley,  near  Macclesfield,  on  Friday,  June  9tb, 
ind  although  the  flowers  were  of  excellent  quality,  yet  there  was  a  note 
)f  sadness  apparent  among  the  small  body  of  growers  present  as  they 
:hou"ht  of  the  days  gone  by  and  of  the  men  who  used  to  meet  them  in 
Lis  pleasant  Cheshire  country,  now,  alas  !  gone  into  the  silent  land. 
But  as  the  Irishman  said,  “We  must  live  while  we  can,”  and  it  ia 
mcouraging  to  say  that  although  exhibitors  were  few,  yet  the  flowers 
were  of  very  high  quality,  and  on  the  whole  were  better  than  those 
exhibited  at  the  National  Show  at  IHanchester  on  June  2nd.  Feathered 
Bowers  were  exceptionally  well  shown.  Bertha,  Coningsby,  Bessie 
ind  Mr.  Hepworth,  bybloemens  ;  Wm,  Wilson,  Rifleman,  Wm.  Annibal, 
las  M’lntosh,  and  Typo,  bizarres ;  Mrs.  Atkin,  Heroine,  Miss 
Kd wards,  and  Lizzie,  roses,  were  almost  perfect.  Flamed  flowers, 
ilthough  good,  were  not  quite  up  to  the  average,  and  the  breeders  showed 
signs  of  the  ungenial  spring  in  many  cases.  The  only  novelty  of  any 
note  was  a  feathered  bybloemen  heavily  feathered  with  purj^e  on  an 
exauisitely  pure  white  ground,  called  “Jack,”  a  seedling  of  Mr.  Bentley  s. 
The  silver  cup  given  by  the  President,  Mr.  C.  W.  Needham  of  Roy  ton. 
