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JOUBNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ September 9, 1875. 



extra award was made to Mr. Jones, Carshalton. There were one 

 hundred dishes of some of the fSnest fruit ever exhibited. In 

 the Dessert class of four dishes each about the same number 

 competed, llr. Webb, Caleot, won with Ked A&trachan, Red 

 Quarrenden, Early .Julien, and Cox's Orange Pippin; Mr. 

 Holder, Springfield, being second with "Jefferson" (Duchess of 

 Oldenburgh), Kerry Pippin, Red Quarrenden, and Cox's Orange 

 Pippin. Mr. J. R. Swinnerton had the third, and Mr. Longman 

 the fourth awards. 



In the Miscellaneous class prizes were awarded to Mr. Sleat 

 and Mr. Goodacre for collections of hardy fruits ; Mr. Webb 

 for a collection of nuts; and Mr. Lakeman for vegetables; to 

 Mr. Laing, Stanstead Park Xurseries, for a group of admirably- 

 grown decorative plants ; Mr. Coppin, Croydon, Roses ; Mr. 

 Turner, Dahlias ; Messrs. Lane A- Son, Grapes ; Mr. Solomons, a 

 gigantic Gourd ; Mr. W. Paul, three hundred named varieties 

 of Pears and Apples ; and Mr. Waterer, Knap Hill, Cupressus 

 Lawsoniana ereota viridis, in handsome, dense, green columns. 



base to tips. Meyerbeer and Norma were grand, and Orphue, 

 Schiller, and Horace Vernet very good. Mr. Douglas exhibited 

 his own seedlings in a great variety of colour, some of the scarlets 

 being very bright. 



For six spikes not in commerce, Mr. Kelway, Mr. Coppin, 

 Croydon, and Mr. Douglas had the awards in the order named. 

 In Messrs. Kelway's stand Lord Howard, salmon rose ; Queen 

 Mary, blush and purple ; and Lord Petre, scarlet and crimson, 

 i are grand varieties; and Reginald Pole, Edward Courteney, and 

 Simon Rindel are also excellent. The Rev. H. H. Dombrain 

 also exhibited a beautiful seedling resembling Norma. Certifi- 

 cates were awarded for these fine new varieties. 



CLEVELAND HOUSE, CLAPHAM PARK.— No. 2. 



THE RESIDENCE OF S. EALLI, ESQ. 



Good gardening, in whatever place it is found, ia always 



Fig. 4[).— Portion of carpet bed at clevelamd house. 



1. Sempervivum californicum and Sedum glaucum. 



2. Alternanthera paroDychioides. 



Certificates of merit were awarded to Mr. Turner, Slough, for 

 the following Dahlias— Sairey Gamp, Mrs. Standish, Samuel 

 Plimsoll, and Barmaid ; and to Mr. Bawlings for Mr. Bennett. 



Prizes were also offered for cottagers' Vegetables, of which a 

 creditable display was made. The exhibition was well managed, 

 the judging and awarding of the prizes being effected smoothly, 

 epeedily, promptly, and satisfactorily. 



Gl.ujioi.i.— Of these very fine spikes of the best varieties were 

 exhibited. For thirty-six spikes Messrs. J. Kelway & Son had, 

 as usual, the premier award. The blooms were massive, and 



4. Echeveria Becnnda glauca. 



5. Altemanthcra amo_.na. 



Mode of Planting. 

 3. Mesembryanthemum cordifoliuin 

 variegatum. 



worthy of mention as a just recognition of the skill of a culti- 

 vator and as an incentive to others who are aiming at success. 

 In many large establishments high-class gardening is to be seen, 

 and not less true is it that superior examples of taste and skill 

 are exercised iu the grounds of villa residences. That this ia 

 so at Cleveland House is seen by the sketch which was given 

 last week, where, ho'wever, the planting of bed A was inad- 

 vertently given under bed c, and vice vvrsd. A farther outline 

 is appended of one of the £nest and best-arranged borders of 

 flowers to be found iu the vicinity of the metropolis. The 



the foliage was also good. In the rich colours the best were , ._ -- , . , xi u" o . . • -i^u- j i ~„ 



Seron, Phineus, Orbono, Meyerbeer, Minerva, Pitho, and Horace ; bank (fig. 50) is bO yards in length by 8 feet in width, and forms 

 Vernet. Of the soft scarlets ami salmons Pythis, Thnnberg, the western boundary to a perfectly-kept lawn. In this border 



Pionay, Umbro, Galemns, and Rev. H. H. Dombrain splendid 

 Boses and Lilacs: Syren, Orphce, Erilins, Petilius, and Cul 

 thar. Lights : Etendard, Shakespeare, Clymenus, and Eugene 

 Scribe, in this class Mr. Douglas had the third prize with his 

 own seedlings. In the class for twelve spikes the old rivals and 

 old friends, Rev. H. H. Dombrain and Mr. Douglas, again met, 

 Mr. Dombrain taking the lead with spikes expanded almost from 



the Coleus in the circles and connecting links is in splendid 

 condition. The bed (fig. 49) is noted as an effective example of 

 carpet bedding, simple in design and easy to carry out, and 

 which shows to advantage by the side of the intricate patterns 

 which are now becoming fashionable. The chief effect of this 

 bed consists in the Alternautberas and Echeverias, numbered 



