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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AX D  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
December  4,  1902. 
having  as  marly  as  twelve  entries,  and  others  eight,  nine,  and 
ten.  The  trade  exhibits,  too,  were  very  interesting.  Mr.  W. 
Howe  of  Streatham  was  foremost  for  a  group  of  Chrysanthe¬ 
mums  and  miscellaneous  plants;  and  Mr.  R.  Foster  of  Nunhead 
came  second.  For  a  collection  of  plants,  flowering,  berried,  and 
foliage,  Mr.  Howe  was  again  leader.  Mr.  C1.  Blick  had  the  only 
entry  of  six  flowering  Begonias.  For  the  half-dozen  decorative 
hush  grown  plants,  Mr.  W.  Yeatman  of  Bethune  Road,  Stamford 
Hill,  was  awarded  the  lead,  and  fine  plants  they  were.  No  one, 
unfortunately,  opposed  his  chance. 
Three  varieties  out  of  a  large  number  of  novelties  shown  re¬ 
ceived  F.C.C.’s.  These  were  Gen.  Hutton,  now  well-known, 
shown  by  N.  Davis ;  Beauty  of  Leigh  (Davis),  raised  and  shown 
by  C.  Penford,  Leigh  Park  Gardens,  Havant,  one  of  the  noblest 
and  best  Japs  we  have  seen.  The  colour  is  a  much  richer  yellow 
than  Bessie  Godfrey — a  deep,  yet  soft  glowing  yellow.  The 
petals  are  broad  and  spoon-shaped  at  the  tips,  these  curling  right 
round.  The  flowers  staged  were  fully  6|in  deep  and  Tin  broad, 
being  well  built  up.  It  was  spoken  of  highly  everywhere. 
Lastly,  there  was  the  deep  golden  incurved  Miss  E.  Seward, 
shown  by  Mr.  W.  Seward,  The  Firs,  Hanwell. 
For  the  twenty-four  Japs  in  eighteen  varieties  Mr.  R. 
Kenyon  was  clearly  leader  with  a  heavy  collection  of  fresh 
blooms  for  so  late  in  the  year.  His  best  were'  Madame  R.  Cad¬ 
bury,  J.  R.  Upton,  Charles  Longley,  Bessie  Godfrey,  and  Guy 
Hamilton.  The  second  place  fell  to  Mr.  H.  AVeeks,  The  Gardens, 
Thrumpton  Hall,  Derby,  with  flowers  of  very  good  colour.  G.  J. 
Warren  was  superb,  Madame  P.  Radaelli  (very  pale)  and  Ethel 
Fitzroy  were  the  best.  Third  out  of  ten  came  Mr.  G.  J.  Hunt 
of  Ashstead  Park,  Epsom,  having  a  massive  and  deep  bloom  of 
Bessie  Godfrey. 
Again  Mr.  Kenyon  led  for  the  dozen  distinct  Japanese,  and 
his  manner  of  staging  the  flowers  high  up  seems  to  us  commend¬ 
able,  displaying  the  blooms  to  the  best  advantage.  Madame  A7on 
Andre,  very  pale;  Nellie  Poc-kett,  glossy  white  and  strong;  and 
Airs.  E.  Thirkell,  were  worthy  of  special  note.  Air.  G.  J.  Hunt 
was  a  capital  seconder,  and  third.  Air.  H.  Weeks  of  Thrumpton 
Hall,  out  of  twelve  entrants. 
Class  5,  for  twelve  incurved  blooms,  again  found  Air.  Higgs 
as  the  foremost  contributor  of  these,  and  his  flowers  were  equal 
to  any  at  the  November  show.  He  staged  a  massive  and  beauti¬ 
ful  bloom  of  Frank  Hammond,  and  other  good  flowers  were  Ma 
Perfection,  Bonnie  Dundee  (golden),  Ialene,  and  Madame  Lucie 
Faure.  The  coihpetition  was  good,  there  being  twelve  sets. 
Second  came  Air.  G.  J.  Hunt,  with  rather  rougher  flowers  than 
those  of  Air.  Higgs.  His  Bonnie  Dundee  was  quite  a  ruddy  hue, 
of  good  form.  Mr.  F.  J.  Clark,  Wistow  Hall,  Leicester,  was  third. 
The  sixth  class,  for  twenty-four  trebles  in  vases,  filled  a 
large  amount  of  space,  and  presented  a  very  pleasing  feature. 
Air.  R.  C.  Pulling,  Monkhams  Nurseries,  AAToodford  Green,  led 
off,  and  his  Frank  Hannaford  particularly  lvasi  splendid.  The 
succeeding  prize  fell  to  Mr.  G.  J.  Hunt,  a  strong  competitor  on 
this  occasion.  The'  third  place  was  awarded  to  Air.  C.  Payne, 
Sandhills,  Betchworth,  Surrey.  The  class  filled  three  sides  of  a 
square  round  the  west  end  fountain,  there  being  six  entrants. 
The  first  prize  was  £2. 
Air.  R.  C.  Pulling  was  placed  first  for  twelve  bunches  of  Japs 
in  six  vars.,  these  being  exhibition  sized  flowers.  Mr.  H. 
Perkins  of  Greenland®  made  a  very  close  second,  and  Air.  AV. 
Howe,  Park  Hill,  Streatham,  third.  Air.  AV.  Hammond  of 
Woodside,  Alaidenhead,  was  foremost  in  class  8  for  six  bunches 
of  Japanese!  varieties,  and  Air.  J.  Sandford,  AVoodhouse,  N. 
Finchley,  second.  Air.  AV.  Tipler  came  third.  In  class  11,  for 
half  a  dozen  bunches  of  decorative  varieties,  the  winners  were 
Air.  J.  French,  Ambleside,  Wimbledon  Park,  with  Cheveur 
d  Or,  Canne]l’s  Favourite,  Lady  Onslow,  and  Airs.  Filkins ; 
second,  Air.  G.  AV.  Fortes,  Regent  House,  Surbiton;  and  third, 
Air.  H.  Humphrey,  Roydon,  Ware. 
The  table  filled  with  single  flowering  Chrysanthemums  was 
quite  a  feature.  Mr.  G.  AV.  Forbes,  Regent  House,  Surbiton, 
was  first  for  six  bunches,  having  the  following  varieties :  Earls- 
wood  Beauty,  Lady  Sarah  AVilson,  Felis,  Earlswood  Glory,  Lady 
“■  Buller,  and  White  Pearl.  Mr.  J.  French  was  second,  and 
Air  Cha-s.  Bentley,  Cedar  Court,  Roehampton,  third.  Mr. 
for  lies  again  led  for  six  large  small-flowered  singles,  having 
Cairie  Morgan,  Lily  Anderson,  Little  Pet,  Miss  Annie  Holden, 
Souvenir  de  Alay  Stevenson,  and  Airs.  D.  B.  Crane  Mr  J 
Lock  was  second,  and  Mr.  J.  French  third.  For  six  vases  of 
small-flowered  pompons,  Air.  W.  C.  Pagram’s  was  the  only  entry 
T  .^'^sbeing  Primrose  League,  Snowdrop,  Perfection,  and 
tit  Nld.  All’.  AV  d  U.i, 
Road,  Hitohin 
Petit  Nid.  Air.  W.  G.  Pruddon-Clark  of  York 
led  in  class  20,  and  second,  Mr.  E.  H.  Palmer. 
AA  e  aie  giatified  to  have  to  record  a  brisk  competition  fo 
the  vase  of  pompon  Chrysanthemums,  for  which'  Air  D  B 
Crane  was  first.  Alms  C  B.  Cole  second,  and  Mr.  J.  Kirkwood,  o 
f  inchley,  third.  As  shown  by  Mr.  Crane  and  Afiss  Cole  thes< 
are  very  sweet  little  flowers.  The  latter  used  Snowdrop  am 
Primrose  League.  In  the  prior  class  (13),  for  a  vase  of  Chrys 
anthemums,,  Mr  A  .  Newell,  of  Fairlawn,  Wimbledon  Common 
beat  Air.  J.  Lock,  of  Weybridge;  and  third,  Air.  J.  French,  o 
A\Timbledon  Park.  There  were  eight  vases.  The  decorative 
classes  were  well  represented,  and  more  satisfactory  than  usual. 
Miss  C.  B.  Cole  was  first,  Mr.  J.  French  second,  and  Mr.  A. 
Newell  third  for  a.  hand  basket  of  the  flower. 
The  Amateurs’  Division  commenced  at  class  16,  for  a  dozen 
Japs.  Here  Mr.  H.  Love,  1,  Melville  Terrace,  Sandown,  LAW, 
led  with  very  fair  flowers;  second,  Air.  W.  Tipler,  Hartwell  A'illa, 
Aylesbury;  and  third,  Air.  F.  Bush,  Rose  Hill,  Totteridge. 
Air.  L.  Gooch,  of  Frocester  Lodge,  South  Norwood,  with  six  fine 
Japs  (class  17),  beat  Mr.  M.  Rayment,  of  North  Ockendon,  Rom¬ 
ford ;  and  third,  Mr.  T.  L.  Turk,  Southwood  House,  Highgate. 
Here  there  were  eight  competitors. 
Mr.  A.  R.  Knight,  of  Ashford,  was  first  in  class  19,  for  six 
Japs,  Air.  AA7.  G.  Prudder  second,  and  Mr.  Al.  Silsbury,  Shanklin, 
I.AV.,  third.  Mr.  T.  L.  Turk  had  the  best  vase  of  this  flower,  the 
second  going  to  Mr.  H.  Pestell,  and  third  Air.  C.  H.  Martin, 
Raymead,  Hendon,  out  of  seven.  Another  seven  competitors 
were  forward  in  class  21,  the  winners  here  being  Mr.  W.  Good¬ 
ing,  Edenbridge,  Kent;  D.  B.  Crane,  and  F.  G.  Oliver,  in  this 
order. 
Non  competitive  Exhibits. 
Amongst  the  non-competitive  exhibitors  were  Lady  Pigott 
(gardener,  Mr.  John  Fleming),  Wexham  Park,  Slough,  who  again 
staged  model  specimen  plants  of  Begonia  Gloire  de  Lorraine  and 
Turnford  Hall.  The  plants  were '2^ft  high,  and  as  broad,  and 
massed  with  flowers  (Gold  Medal). 
Messrs.  AV.  Cutbush  and  Son,  of  Highgate,  sent,  tree  Carna¬ 
tions,  including  the  white  Airs.  S.  J.  Brooks,  Mrs.  Thos.  Lawson, 
Gen.  Alaceo  (very  deep  dark  crimson),  America,  and  Sir  Hector 
Macdonald. 
Alessrs.  H.  Cannell  and  Sons,  of  Swanley,  contributed  their 
usual  magnificent  display,  comprising  Chrysanthemums  on  one 
side  and  Zonals  on  the  other.  The  thread-petalled  varieties  and 
singles,  for  which  Messrs.  Cannell  have  a  reputation,  were  con¬ 
siderably  shown.  Of  the  Japs,  Gen.  Hutton  made  a  fine  bank  of 
showy  flowers,  and  the  new  white  Dorothy  Pywell  was  also  largely 
staged.  Lady  Marcus  Samuel  is  a  pretty  lilac  variety  of  very 
good  form.  Madame  P.  Radaelli  was  also  included  (Gold  Aledal). 
Mr.  H.  J.  Jones,  Ryecroft,  furnished  half  of  the  west  end  of 
the  Aquarium  and  Air.  Norman  Davis  filled  the  other  half.  In 
Mr.  Jones’  collection  there  were  really  handsome  flowers  of  the 
following  novelties:  Dorothy  Pywell,  Gen.  Hutton,  Airs.  E. 
Thirkell,  Madame  Paolo  Radaelli,  Airs.  F.  Grimwade,  also  a,  seed¬ 
ling,  deeper  yellow  than  Bessie  Godfrey,  Geo.  Lawrence,  C. 
Jarvis,  and  Phyllis,  a  Japanese  incurved.  He  also  had  Glory,  an 
intense  yellow  decorative  variety  of  great  merit ;  and  a  number 
of  fine  incurved  flowers  (Large  Gold  Aledal). 
Air.  Davis  was  strong  as  usual  in  Mrs.  Mease,  G.  J.  AVarren, 
and  Ala-dame  Carnot.  His  group  also  contained  some  novelties, 
and  fine  decorative  varieties,  including  Anemone-pompons,  pom¬ 
pons,  and  singles.  It  was  very  finely  staged  (Large  Gold  Medal.) 
Mr.  AV.  J.  Godfrey,  of  Exmouth,  staged  amongst  others, 
Bessie  Godfrey,  Loveliness-,  Duke  of  Devonshire,  Mrs.  D.  A7. 
AVest,  and  The  Bishop ;  whilst  amongst  decorative®  he  had 
Scarlet  Prince,  Magoya,  and  Go-lclen  Prince.  Air.  Robert 
Foster,  Nunhead,  contributed  a  group,  and  obtained  a  Silver- 
gilt  Medal ;  while  Carnations  in  pots  and  cut  blooms  of  the  same 
in  glasses  were  sent  by  Messrs.  Geo.  Bo-yes  and  Co-.,  of  Aylestone 
Nurseries,  Leicester.  Mr.  Charles  Blick  (gardener  to  M.  R.  Smith, 
Esq.,  AVarren  House,  Hayes),  received  a  Gold  Medal  for  a  table 
filled  with  splendidly  grown  Lorraine  Begonias. 
Messrs.  AVm.  C-1  i  bran  and  Son,  Altrincham,  delighted  visitors 
with  a  collection  of  single-flowered  Chrysanthemums,  including 
Airs.  F.  R.  Brown,  white;  Aliss  N.  Charleton,  reddish  bronze: 
Airs.  E.  Roberts,  lilac-pink;  Clibran’s  Yellow;  Etoile  de  Feu; 
Lady  Brooke,  crimson;  Lily,  a  large  white;  ATerte  Poitevine, 
very  beautiful,  greenish.  Amongst-  their  seedlings  the  follow¬ 
ing,  under  number,  were  very  fine: — 45,  62,  13,  and  61. 
Air.  Pattison  exhibited  his  improved  horse  lawn  shoes. 
Leamington,  Warwick,  and  District,  Nov.  19th,  20th,  and  21st. 
This  society  held  its  annual  show  in  the  “Winter  Hall”  at 
Leamington  on  the  above  dates,  and  the  high  quality  of  the 
exhibits  throughout  elicited  many  high  encomiums  from  the 
numerous  horticulturists  and  visitors  present  on  the  opening  day. 
Cut  blooms,  groups,  fruit,  decorated  dinner-tables,  wreaths  and 
crosses  were  the  great  features  of  the  exhibition. 
In  the  matter  of  music,  Leamington  fully  upheld  its  high  repu¬ 
tation,  as  the  Blue  Hungarian  Band  played  to  delighted  audi¬ 
ences  during  each  day  of  the  show.  The  arrangements  in  con¬ 
nection  with  the  horticultural  section  were  admirably  managed 
by  Air.  A.  J.  Nichols,  the-  popular  secretary,  and  Air.  R.  Jones, 
assisted  by  a  numerous  committee.  Unfortunately,  the  exhibi¬ 
tion  was  not  a  financial  success. 
Cut  Blooms. — In  the  class  for  twenty-four  Japanese,  distinct, 
Air.  A.  Chandler,  gardener  to  Arthur  James,  Esq.,  Coton  House, 
Rugby,  followed  up  his  many  successes  of  previous  years  by  again 
securing  the  premier  award.  His  flowers  were,  as  usual,  large, 
