480 THE GARDENER. [Oct. 



some grape ; Mr nooclacre of Elvaston Castle being third with three fine bunches 

 of Cannon Hall Muscat, scarcely ripe. In the class for th(; Heaviest White, Mr 

 Dickson of Arkland Lodge, Dumfries, keeps up his reputation for monster 

 bunches, although a little below his usual mark with a fine bunch 16 lb. 6 oz. 

 Mr Hunter is first for the Heaviest Black with the heaviest bunch of Black Ham- 

 burg ever recorded, a perfect monster, weighing no less than 13 lb. 4 oz. 



Tlie collections of fruit were not so numerous, nor, with a few exceptions, so 

 fine in qualitj'- as the liberal prizes offered for them ought to have called out. Mr 

 Johnston of Glamis staged a very fine collection of twenty dishes, and took the 

 first prize, leaving room for three or four more collections between his and the 

 others. The second prize collection came from Her Majesty's Gardens, Frog- 

 more, and was very weak in most of its points, Grapes and Pines being especially 

 deficient. 



In the collection of fifteen dishes, Mr Simpson of Wortley Hall and Mr 

 Upjohn, Worsely Hall, were almost a tie, and had to be carefully decided by 

 points, when it was found Mr Simpson marked highest. His Grapes were 

 scarcely so good as Mr Upjohn's, but his Stone-fruits, Melons, and Pines were 

 better. 



In the collection often kinds of Fruit, exclusive of Pines, Mr Miles, gardener 

 to Lord Carrington, was placed first ; Mr James, gardener to Sir C. R. Broughton, 

 Bart, and Mr Bannerman, Bagot Park, were respectively second and third. The 

 fruit in these collections were very creditable. 



The prize for Fruiterers' Collections was easily won by Mr Mason, fruiterer, 

 Bolton, and it was a very splendid table of fruit, and most effectively arranged. For 

 a pair of bunches of new Grapes three years in commerce, Mr Meredith was first 

 with beautiful examples of Madresfield Court. And a first prize was awarded to 

 Mr Thomson, Tweed Vineyard, for his Duke of Buccleuch grape. 



The exhibition of out-door Stone-fruits, such as Apricots, Plums, Peaches, &c., 

 was meagre, and the same may be said of Apples and Pears ; and, considering the 

 liberal prizes offered for them, their deficiency is no doubt accounted for by the 

 cold and ungenial season. Melons were numerous, but with the exception of the 

 first prize specimen — a Queen Emma, which was excellent — they were very 

 inferior. 



The exhibition of flowering-plants in pots, as might be expected, was not ex- 

 tensive ; but Messrs Cole of Manchester staged a large bank of finely managed 

 plants. Of cut-flowers there was a fine display, especially in Hollyhocks, Dahlias, 

 Gladiolus, and miscellaneous hardy flowers and Asters. Mr Kelway staged no 

 less than 300 spikes of Gladioli, which, on a moss-covered sloping bank, had a 

 fine effect. 



The Vegetables were in great quantity and splendid qualitj'', filling the whole 

 of an immense tent ; and of Potatoes there was probably the largest collection of 

 splendid tubers ever before collected in one tent. 



Hothouses, Garden Implements, Boilers, &c., were well and numerously repre- 

 sented; but we cannot enter into particulars of these any more than of the other 

 departments of the Show, for it would more than fill the whole of our pages. Mr 

 Cowan had his Limekiln Heating Apparatus at work, and, judging from the in- 

 tense heat of the pipes, under very adverse circumstances, and the very little 

 attention required from the stoker, this system must be reckoned a success wher- 

 ever limestone can be easily procured. 



