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that they have, hut one ruoro firm and solid. In tliis respect it 

 has a great advantaKo, as it renders the fruit more portable 

 and not so siibject to iiijnry from transmission to a distance. 

 As a Peach, therefore, for all establishments where the friiit 

 is gi-own for sale, or sent by public conveyance, this will be in- 

 valuable ; no otlier variety, that we know, possessing these 

 qualities, combined with such richness of flavour and so early. 



The fruit is large and round, with a very distinct suture, 

 which is deeply cleft at the apex. Skin thin but tough, lemon- 

 Colourcil, dotted with crimson on the shaded side, and with a 

 faint crimson cheek next the sun. Flesh yellowish white, some- 

 what firm but meltin:;, with a rich full sugary flavour, wliich 

 adheres to the palate notwithstanding its fine briskness ; it is 

 very deeply stained with red at the stone. 



This ripens about the loth of August, and is the largest 

 early Peach known. As an exhibition variety, it will bo in 

 high re]nite on account of its size and remarkably full fla- 

 vour ; and for market purposes, its earliness, size, and the case 

 with which it bears (carriage, will render it the most valuable 

 Peach in cultivation. The tree is a very strong grower, re- 

 markably vigorous and healtliy, and bears immensely. It was 

 raised from a very hardy I'each which Sir. Rivers procured in 

 .Brittany, called Pcche Deniaux. 



THE 



CRYSTAL P.ILACE AUTUMN SHOW. 



AUUUST :K)TH AND 31ST. 



There was ou this occasion a very extensive and excellent show, 

 though from bciug limited to fruit aud the cut ilowers of the seasou, 

 there was uot so much variL'ty as at the summer exhibitions. As in pre- 

 vious years, one half of the uave was occupied by fruit, the other by 

 flowers ; but the exhibitious did uot appear to be so numerous as last 

 year, nor were the tables ou the hrst day so througed with visitors as 

 usual at the Piihice shows. 



D.1HLUS constituted the principal feature of the floral display, aud 

 several of the stands, especially those of Mr. KejTies, of Salisbui-y, 

 among nurseiymeu, and of Mr. C. J. PeriT, of Castle Bromwich, 

 among amateurs, were of the highest merit, the blooms being uot 

 only large in size but exquisite in foi-m and colour. 



For forty-eight blooms Mr. Keyues was tirst with — reading from the 

 left, first row — seedling -\nuie Austin, Mrs. Trotter, Lord Shaftes- 

 bm-y. Earl of Pembroke, Lilac Queen, British Triumjih, Willie Austin, 

 Ne Plus Ultra, Bird of Passage, Earl Kussell, Edward Sparj', Juno, 

 Foxhuuter, Lady Maude Herbert, seedliug Marquis of Winchester : 

 2nd row — Lord Derby, Charles Turner, tiueen of Primroses, Helen 

 Potter, Queen of the Isles, Pauline. John "VVyatt, Princess, Lady 

 Pahnerstou, Donald Beaton, Miss Heushaw. Disraeli, Champion, 

 Miss Herbei-t, Charlotte Durliug, Chairman ; back row — Leah, Baron 

 Taunton, Lord Clyde, .\iuhcw Dodds, Golden Drop, Lord Palmerston, 

 Jenny Austin, Hero, Citorge Wheelur, Peri, Hugh Millur. Mrs. WjTid- 

 ham, Anna Keyues, Lady Gladys Herbert, and Mrs. Hogg. The 

 second prize was also awarded to Mr. Ke^-ues for a collection consist- 

 ing, mth but a few exceptions, of nearly the same varieties ; the 

 third to Mr. Walicer, Thame. Oxou, and the fourth to Mr. Wheeler, 

 Warminster. Messrs. Allen, Shacklewell ; Wood it Ingram; aud Legge, 

 of Edmonton, likewise contributed stands of forty-eight. 



For twenty-four blooms Mr. Keynes was again first with Miss Hen- 

 shaw, Golden Gem, Miss Herbert, Juno, Charles Turner, Bird of 

 Passage, Champion, Annie Austin, Lord Derby, Pauline, Anna 

 KejTies, Disraeli, Golden Drop, Earl of Pembroke, Mrs. Wymlham, 

 Andrew Dodds. Leah, Jenny Austin. Chairman, Barou Taunton, 

 Noi-folk Hero, Lady Gladys Herbert, Hugh Miller, and Helen Potter. 

 Mr. G. Wheeler was second ; Messrs. Kelway, Laugport, third ; Mr. 

 Draycott, Humberstone, fourth ; Mr. Walker, fifth ; and Mr. Legge, 

 sixth, all having good stands. 



In the Amateurs' class for the same number Mr. C. J. Perrj' took 

 the first position, with excellent blooms of Earl of Pembroke, Deh- 

 cata, Coimtess of Shelburue, Purity, Model, Umpire, Charles Turner, 

 Ne Plus Ultra, George Wheeler, Stella Colas, Miss Roberts, Bob 

 Ridley, Bird of Passage, Chairman, alinely-fonued rich maroon seed- 

 ling, a blush seedliug, Leah, Princess, Lord Derby very tiue, Hugh Mil- 

 ler, Disraeli, Miss Heushaw, Lord Palmerston, aud Volunteer. Mr. H. 

 Thomeycroft, Floore, Weedon, was second, with an excellent stand, m- 

 cluding several of those already named, Triomphe de Pecq, Lord Dun- 

 dreary, Lady Lilian Pauk-t. Volunteer, aud Mrs. Church, largo aud 

 fine. Mr. .f. T. Hedge, of Reed Hall, Colchester, was thhd ; Mr. 

 Hopkins. Brentford, fourth ; Mr. Leshe, St. Peters. Margate, fifth ; 

 >Ir. Petfield, gardener to G. Thondiill, Esq., Didding'tou, Hunts, 

 sixth. In Mr. Hedge's stand was a remai'kably line bluom of Criterion, 

 measuring uot less than 5 inches across, and Madge Wildfire, a very 

 fine scarlet. , The class for twelve blooms also comprised several ex- 

 cellent stands, in which figured most of the varieties already enumer- 

 ated. Mr. Thomeycroft was tinst ; Mr. Pettield, second ; Mr. C. J. 

 Perry, thhd ; Mr. T. Dicks, Brocklmll, f.rarth ; Mr. Hopkms, fifth ; 

 Mr. J. Bennett, gardener to J. C. Thum, E.sq., Champion Hill, sixth. 



Of Fancies, several veiy good stands were sIk^vu by Messrs. Ke;i-nes, 

 Perry, and Thomeycroft, comprising Queen Mab, Striped Perfection, 



Sum Bartlett, Pauline, .lobu Salter, a very fine scarlct.striped buff ; 

 Prospero, John Buun, Mary Lander, Fornddable, Lord Warden, 

 Countess of Shelburue, Countess of Bective, Summortide, Garibaldi, 

 Lady Paxton, President Lincidn, aud Stafford's Geui, a very pretty 

 yellow tipped crimson. Among those fri>m Mr. Perry were Startler, 

 a variety of his own raising, sent out this yi-ar, nearly black, and dis- 

 tinctly tipped with white ; and Miss Powell, puiqdish <rinison, with 

 blackish streaks and light lips. In the uurseiymen's class Mr. 

 Keyues was first and third, and Mr. Legge second. In the anniteurs' 

 class, Mr. C. J. Perry was lirst and second, Mr. Thomeycroft third. 



Several seedlings were shown, which will be reported on separately. 

 One, Chung, was remarkable for its immense size, aud another, Mrs. 

 Savorj-, for its peculiarly beautiful c.ilour. Of the latter it is impossible 

 to speaji too highly ; it will iufallibly take a iirst-elass jiosition. 



AsTEKs, both quilled and tasselled, were exhibited in great perfec- 

 tion and varietv. For the former Mr. L. Beshe, East Hendred, was 

 first; Mr. J. Jennings, Shipstou.on-Stour, second; Mr. D. Lewis, 

 Heudred, thii-d ; Mr. .). T. Hedge, fourth ; aud ui tasselled Mr. J, 

 Ward, gardener to F. G. Wilkius, E.sq., Ijej-ton, was fir.st ; Mr. Hedge, 

 second ; Mr. Wheeler, Warminster, third. 



Roses. — These of course were uot in such perfection as at the sum- 

 mer shows ; there were, nevertheless, all things considered, some veiy 

 good stands, iiarticularly those from Messrs. Paul & Son, J. HoUiug- 

 worth, lUq., and Dr. Cooper. Amoug the varieties which were seen to 

 most advantage were Marechal Nicl, Madame Victor Verdier, Pierre 

 Netting, Prince Camille de Rohan, Madame BoU, Souvenir de la 

 Malmaison, Gloire de Dijon, Gloire de Santenay, Charles Lefebvre. 

 Jules Margottin, Senateur Vaisse, Madame Bravy, Sombrenil, and 

 Madame Falcot. Prizes.~For thirty.six trusses : Messrs. Paul & Son, 

 first ; Mr. G. Clarke, Brixton, sccoud. For twenty-four single blooms : 

 Messrs. Paul & Son, Chcsthunt, first ; J. HoUiugworth, Esq., Maid- 

 stone, second ; Mr. G. Clarke, Brixton, third. For eighteen single 

 blooms: Dr. Cooper, Slough, first ; Mr. H. Thomeycroft, second; J. 

 HolUng^vorth■, Esq., third; Mr. Hedge, fourth ; Mi-. W. Smith, gar- 

 dener to T. Moxou, Esq., Leyton, extra prize. 



Hollyhocks were not, generally, in good condition, with the excep- 

 tion of those showu by the Rev. E. Hawke, of Willingham Rectory, 

 Gainsborough, who, besides being a most successful cultivator and 

 raiser of this flower, bad the advantage over the gi-owers near London 

 of a later climate. Rev. Joshua Dix, Willingham Defiance, Mrs. 

 Cochrane, Lady Craven, J. UUett, and Lilac Perfection were a few of 

 the most noticeable. Lord Loughborough and Lord Eokeby were 

 also veiy fine, as shown bv Mr. Thompson. Prizes. — For twenty-four : 

 — Kev. E. Hawke. first ; "Mr. J. Thompson, gardener to H. B. Cres- 

 well, Esq., Chathill, second ; Mr. B. Porter, goi'dener to Hon. H. A. 

 Ashhy, Eppiug, third. For twelve : Rev. E. Hawke, first ; Mr. J. 

 Thompson, second; Mr. B. Porter, third. 



Vekees.is. — The best of these came from Mr. C. J. Periy. and 

 among them were included Charles Perry, Cleopatra, and W. Dean, 

 noticed at page 94, of which the last two received first-class certifi- 

 cates, SuowbaU, the best of the whites, .and LUae ICing very fragrant ; 

 as well fine trusses of Lord Leigh, Foxhuuter, aud other well- 

 Itnown sorts. Mr. Perry took the tirst and secoud prizes ; Mr. Voc- 

 kins, gardeuer to F. T. Noakes, Esq., Lewisham, the third. 



Miscellaneous subjects consisted of cut flowers of stove and 

 greenhouse plants from Mr. Rhodes, and Mr. Frisby, gardener to 

 H. Chaplin, Esq., Sleaford, who received first and second prizes ; 

 some good Zinnias from Mr. August, Beddington ; Japan Ldies from 

 Mr. Parker, Lower Nonvood ; and a pretty sUverj- variety of Cupressns 

 Lawsouiana from Messrs. Waterer & Goili'rey. From Messrs. Dowuie, 

 Laird, & Laiug came a collection of plants suitable for sub-tropical 

 gardeus, comprisiug Ferdinanda emiueus, Wigandia earacasaua, 

 Nicotiana wiganthoides, Amicia zygomeris, Polymuia grandis with 

 large deeply cut leaves; Solanum"pyracantha, with conspicuous cm- 

 namon spines, aud the ribs of the leaves of the same colour ; S. mar- 

 ginatum argenteum, used in the pubhc gardens .at Paris where the 

 sdverj' margined-leaves have a pretty effect when stirred by the wind : 

 S. robustum, a noble kind for bedding, S. hystrix, Balbesi, and several 

 others of the same family, .\utirrhiuums. Phloxes, and Peutstemons 

 were also shown by the same exhibitors ; and luviucibie Sweet Pea 

 from Mr. S. Brown, of Sudbuiy, Suffolk, was awarded a first-class 

 certificate. From Messrs. Carter & Co., came tastefully-filled plant- 

 eases, and good examples of Mrs. Pollock Geranium. 



Gladioli and Seedling Dahlias. — I had hoped that the alter.atiou 

 in the schedule of the Crystal Palace Autumn Show, by which amateurs 

 were separated from nurserymen m the classes for Gladioli, would have 

 brought together a much larger number of competitors ; it ihd not, and 

 this, coupled with the absence of such growers as Mr. Standish of 

 Ascot, aud Messrs. YoucU, of (h-eat Yarmouth, tended to make the exhi- 

 bition of these beautiful autumnal flowers below the usual mark. My 

 friend and neighbour Mr. Sbuldeu, of Ash, near Sandwich, exhibited a 

 fine stand, and there were some excellent spikes iu the Messrs. Kel- 

 way's collection, although the method of exhibiting them finds no 

 favour iu my eyes. I look upon the way iu which their secoud collec- 

 tion was set up with Yucca leaves simply as a barbarism which ought 

 uot for a moment to be tolerated. 



Ha\-ing adverted in last week's Number to some of Mr. Standish's 

 flowers, I can now add a few notes on some of the French varieties as 

 exhibited by Messrs. Kelway, Mr. Sladden, and Messrs. Paul & Son ; 

 some of these are flowers that have been m growth many years, but to 



