The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-10 00:00:00

HORTICULTURAL GARDENS.

Yesterday the last fruit and flower show of the season
was held at these gardens. The attendance of visitors, when
the state of the weather and the time of the year is con-
sidered, was very good, and almost as numerous as at the
exhibition which takes place in the midst of the flower
show season in this fashionable promenade. The show was
arranged in the long saloons which used to form the French
refreshment department during the Exhibition time, and
here, protected from the weather, which, as is nearly always
the case in nearly all horticultural fetes, was most unfavour-
able, it was seen to the greatest advantage. The collection
shown, though not a large one, was emphatically one of the
mostexcellent in all its branches that the society has brought
together for some time past, and there was scarcely one
of the classes in which the specimens sent for competition
were not of the highest order of merit. Messrs. Youell, of
the Royal Nurseries, Great Yarmouth, showed a most mag-
nificent stand of cut flowers of the gladiolus, in which all
the rarest and most delicately-tinted varieties of thfs splen-
did flower were shown in the utmost perfection of bloom.
Mr. Standish and Mr. Prince also exhibited largely in
blooms of the same kind, so that the united collections formed
a bank of such varied and beautiful colours as only a large
collection of this plant could ever display. In dahlia blooms
Mr. Turner, of the Royal Nurseries, Slough, as usual dis-
tanced all eompetition, and it is difficult to imagine of their
kind anything more beautiful in form and colour than the
collections of these flowers with which he carried off all the
chief prizes. Second to these, but to these only, were the
specimens sent in by Mr. Reynes, of Salisbury. The dis-
play of phloxes, verbenas, and roses was equally remarkable
for its excellence, and some noble specimens of hollyhocks
attracted a great amount of admiration. The show of miscel-
laneous plants was good, especially in those of variegated
foliage, though none in this class were sufficiently promi-
nent to merit a special prize. The fruit collection included
almost every known specimen of hardy or hothouse plants,
the plums, peaches, and grapes being unusually abundant
and good. From the Chiswick gardens there was a splendid
collection of varieties of grapes, which as a collection were
unequalled by anything else of the kind exhibited. The
pears, also, as might be expected after a season so unusually
propitious to this fruit, were exhibited in their endless va-
rieties and in the highest perfection of size and shape. The
following are the names of the chief prize-takers at this
competition :

Class 1-12 Hollyhocks, single flowers, distinct kinds
(open)—First prize, Messrs W. Chater, nurserymen, Saf-
fron Walden; second do, Messrs W. Minchin and Son,
nurserymen, Hook Norton.
Class 2-24 German Asters, quilled, distinct kinds (open)
—First prize, Mr. R. H. Betteridge, Milton-hill, near Ste-
venton ; second do, Mr C. Wyatt, gardener to Mr. H.
Wilies, Epsom.
Class 3-24 French Asters, tasseled, distinct kinds (open)
—First prize, Mr 8.. H. Betteridge, Milton-hill; second
do., Mr. C. Wyatt, gardener to Mr H. Willes, Epsom.
Class 4-24 Gladiolus, cut spikes, distinct kinds (open)—
First prize, Messrs Youell and Co., Royal Nurseries, Great
Yarmouth; second do., Mr J. Standish, Royal Nurseries,
Ascot.

Class 5-12 Gladiolus, cut spikes, distinct kinds (ama-
teurs)—First prize, Mr J. Sladden, Ash next Sandwich,
Kent; second do., Mr C. J. Perry, the Cedars, Castle
Bromwich.

Class 6-24 Phloxei, single trusses, distinct kinds (open)
—First prize, Mr Chas. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough.
Class 7-24 Verbenas, five trusses of each, distinct kinds
(open)—First prize, Messrs Perkins and Son, Park Nursery,
Coventry; second do., Mr C. J. Perry, The Cedars, Castle
Bromwich.

Class 8-48 Dahlia Blooms, distinct kinds (nurserymen)
—First prize, Mr C. Turner, Slough; second do., Mr J.
Reynes, Salisbury.
Class 9-24 Dahlia Blooms, distinct kinds (nurserymen)
—First prize, Mr C. Turner, Slough ; second do., Mr J.
Reynes, Salisbury.
Class 10-18 Dahlia Blooms, Fancies, distinct (nursery-
men)—First prize, Mr J. Reynes, Salisbury ; second do.,
Mr C. Turner, Slough.
Class 11-18 Dahlia Blooms, distinct kinds (amateurs)—
First prize, Mr H. Thorneycroft, Floore, Weedon ; second
do., Mr J. Charlton, Ribworth.
Class 12-12 Dahlia Blooms, Fancies, distinct kinds
(amateurs)—First prize, the Rev. C. Fellows, Norwich;
second do., Mr W. Corp Milford, Salisbury.

Class 13—Miscellaneous, for flowers not specified (open)
—First prize, Mr C. Turner, for collection of cut roses;
second do., Messrs Paul and Son, do.

FRUIT.

Class A—Collection of Fruit, eight dishes, six distinct
kinds—First prize, Mr C. Turner, Slough; second do., Mr
A. Hendersou, gardener to the Duke of Sutherland.

Class B —Peaches, four dishes, distinct kinds—First prize,
Mr T. Dawson, gardener to Earl Cowper, Panshanger ;
second do., Mr A. Henderson, gardener to the Duke of
Sutherland, Trentham.

Class C—Peaches, single dish—First prize, Mr J. Rust,
gardener to the Right Hon. R. Suliven, Fulham ; and Mr
W. Haile, gardener to Earl Lovelace, Ripley, Surrey (equal).
Class D—Nectarines, four dishes, distinct kinds—First
prize, Mr T. Dawson, gardener to Earl Cowper, Panshan-
ger ; second do., Mr A. Henderson, gardener to the Duke
of Sutherland, Trentham.
Class E—Nectarines, single dish—First prize, Mr G. Wil-
son, Gishurst-cottage, Weybridge-heath ; second do., Mr
T. Bailey, gardener to Mr T. T. Drake, Amersham.
Class F—Figs, three dishes, distinct kinds, 12 fruits each
—First prize, Mr A. Bousie, gardener to Lord Taunton,
Stoke-park.

Class I—Cherries, single dish, 50 fruits—First prize, Mr
S. Snow, gardener to Countess Cowper, Silsoe, Bedford-
shire ; second do., Mr C. Turner, Slough.

Class J—Plums, 4 dishes, distinct kinds—First prize, Mr
S. Snow, gardener to Countess Cowper, Slsoe, Bedford-
shire; second do., Mr J, Cox, gardener to Mr W. Wells,
Redleaf, Penhurst.
Class L--Apples, dessert, three dishes, distinct kinds—
First prize, Mr A. Bousie, gardener to Lord Taunton,
Stoke. pars ; second do., Mr J. Martimore, Wallington,
Carshalton.

Class M—Apples, kitchen, three dishes, distinct kinds—
First prize, Mr S. Snow, gardener to the Countess Cowper,
Silsoe, Bedfordshire; second do., Mr H. Anstiss, market
gardener, Chiswick.

Class N—Pears, dessert, three dishes, distinct kinds—
First prize, Mr W. Wren, gardener to Mr E. Parser, Car-
shalton ; second do,, Mr G. Wilson, Geshurst-cottage,
Weybridge-heath.
Class o—Miscellaneous—First prize, Mr A. Henderson,
for a box of 24 Apricots; second do., Mr G. Perry, for six
dishes of Currants; third do., Mr J. Leslie, for a basket of
ridge Cucumbers; fourth do., Messrs. H. Lane and Son,
for a collection of Grapes in pots, and for a collection o
Orchard-house Fruit Trees in pots.