23—1852.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
ivities of this den King (Strong), Triomphe Royale, Aglaia 2 Thalia 
at base 3 ale 55 useful to W insufficiently in flower), maas » Britannia, Cam “goes e | 
P z 8 2, Mr. Turner pee Slough, with Thalia, Duke v 
oved from stone, to 3 2 run into Triomphe yale, Maid of Orleans, Madame Wosia, Telompbe 
by means of Po tland cement, w all over | de — i Haris ~ *. nig od -= 5 rg 3 eae 
A . in : - | (a dangerous flower tu stage), Polyphemus ; 3, Mr. 
with a thin mixture of the and sprinkled with coke of nett jo Boe with * a Priam (anthers scarcely 
dust, form when dry an excellent substit for grey Furel. Ant ishing, Princess Royal, Junius Brutus, Violet I 
rocks. Several of these imitations on | grande, 
ong 
ss here, and 25 very good effect. 
r sh e fou 
are the female Garrya elliptica bearing fruit, th 
reviously sent to this country by ugias being, 
enough, all m ; Weigela eee. J a 
tegerrimus, per in addition to its beautiful flowe 
in 
forms 1 
other Californian 
The erection "y Messrs. Cottam and Hallen’s Peach 
in the Orchard 
if it wou 
green shrub; C. eee and the 
cies. 
to be proved. It isa light and neat contrivance, which 
otk hes be kept — or thrown open, as may be 
desired. The Peach trees on the 
wall, aga ich 
this frame is put up, are re the m thriving condition, 
and bearing a good crop, especially where they were 
protected by! screens. Pearson walls are well 
set with fruit, and it is still believed, notwithstanding the 
unfavourable spring, that there will be a fair crop 
open q ki rden, as well as the 
— is in an ce rain has come 
things ing satisfactorily. We may menti 
that si t visited the garden a trial of skill in in 
o by 
rded to t their proficie ney ; the 
canes in the following « order :— T. Williams 1, Spriggs 25 
gT, 
Tanton 3, Carpenter Robinson 5, Ford 6, Lai 
W. Willia , and son 9. Great sat action 
expressed by the examiner at the creditable manner in 
ich the different petitors acquitted themsel 
will be interesting to know that other prizes a 
offered as are gr for another t in Surveying, 
| which cannot fail productive of advantage to ail 
| — thus test their skill, whether they get notice or not. 
a 
Miss — = —— Court, —.—.— HIRE,— 
There is now or Tree Peony in blossom i 
the gardens — wih i is 5 oe 8 inches i in height, 
— 
measures 
present time 202 — 
measured and found to be 2 
beautiful. 
it, one pee which — 
led round—it is most 
FLORIC ICULTU RE. 
GREAT NATIONAL — — ExninI TONY AT BIRMINGHAM, May 27. 
lar meeting bas it ever fallen rs —.— fortune 
at once mps ed with 
ndest desir 
1 
At no simi 
o witnes- a pational demonstration 
unanim the fo: 
ny Catalani, 1 4, Tiy p mine ei with Captain White, 
ord Milton zelli, Lo rd Sandon, Seedling, Seedling, Prince 
——, Sarah, — Ducal, Baguet, La Vandieken, Bacehus. 
n Class C. 9. — similar varieties, , Mr, 
foughton, with Triomphe Royale, Royal Sovereign, * 
Charlotte, — r of Austria, Victorv, Rirstrate, Princess 
Royal, A ghee sh ea He wa ne; 2, Mr, P arkins, 1 Rose 
8 ritan sar 1 3 haks are, aore 
— 
biz t ns 
Class E., ingle — „ ee oe i, pie vaag X. 
Mr, Dix 2, Vivid, Mr. Thornily; 3, Mag r. 
P 7 ber : Be omni Mr. ‘tem necer; 
6, Prince Arthur, Mr. Lymbery, Feather ag Flamed img S 
ptain White, M Mr. Astle — 
he | Conour: 
MancuHes1 
CHRONICLE. 
was good; the same flower was sent last year, when it was in 
better condition. 
— Verbena Heloise makes a good blue bed. 
EXHIBITION : Reporter. Mach obliged ; 1 
useful, the names of the winning flowers, as well as 
oye on have been given, 
NE : Beginner 
E. (Turner + 
are mos Jerrold (eynen; f — * 
1 * Iv 8 National — 
e vi orti igery 
one to make it — as well as on o pots — 
connected — — = ere re 
good se sanilo 
100l., 
p 
hA 
l. 
sum, while another mig bt only forte | 
57 a 
5l. eraran t be all another flower — fetch. These matters 
—— vot be as ae — A and che seller. 
Tours: WW W. . Nex 
a: DLING FLOWERS. 
A — 1 monies, which we io 
nce, replace by a 
AZALE 
— you to throw away a 
* CALCEOLARTAS : BB. Dry and rym even unto powder; 
1, Captain „Mr. Godfrey; 2, Pilot, Mr. blooms put loose into u box with owe material about 
Milton, Mr. Frearson; 4, King (Strong), Mr. J. Bdwards; them, can scarcely be expected to a good for any length 
Glencoe, ; 6, Polyphemus, ——. Feathered Byblæmens : N f — . Duli sexed ground, — sess 
Maid of Orleans, Mr. Thornily; 2, ditto, Mr. Adam with deep m t less d arked. 
Victoria Regina, Spencer; 4, Sarah, Rev. S. Cresswell 3, Buff A nicely —— with 1 * 
5. Washington, Mr. Ackerly ; e uet, Rev. S. Cresswell. outline, smooth, and, when inflated, possesses fair globular 
Feathered and Flamed Byblœmens: 1, Princess Royal, Mr. properties, 4. A tricolor, being buff, red, and maroon; 
Houghton; Queen Charlotte, Mr. Thornily; 3, General like Nos. 1 and 2, collapsed, so that, although much pains 
| Bournavelde, Mr. Hartland ; 4, Lor non, Mr. Parkinson ; taken, we failed — = it est sufficient form to report 
5, Salvator Rosa, 15 — n aa — aaa’ Mr. 1 fu — TA 
Feathere es: 1, Heroine, 32 1 v. sre ast recovery ; 
S. Cresswell; 3, Rose Baguet, Mr, — * Bion, r. Dixon 3. oF 1 5 ee 
5, Lady Crewe, Vr. Ackerly ; 6, Rebecca, Rer. i with flat dick; colour ac, boldly mar 
Feathered an amed Roses; 1, Vicar-of ‘ord, Rev ly white * 4 
Cresswell ; 2, * Mr. 1 3, — = ale, Groxistas: B V C. Handsome, but so than kinds 
r. Parkins; 4, La ndicken, Mr. Parkins; 5, Triomphe — oh 
Royale, Mr. Godfrey; 6, Fann =i Mr. Astle. Class — aereas e gere bete: 
eam : Lin 
8 
g (Holmes), ills; 5, High 
Admiral, Mr. Wilmore; — other bloom 1 sco class — 
9 
. "Tt “will be 
interesting to our absent — to know that no monopoly 
isted in * * rd to the many prizes offered ; for, so far as we 
ware a ascertain, Not ngham, erby, Manchester, 
Birmingham, Nr and London yo 12 ou share of the 
— cro —— —.— ee — s were Mes 8. Lawrence, Wood, 
and M wad on: Belted of ‘hosheny 
— — desire, we are entrusted to 
for the . 1 and 
with which their labo condu 
* 
— ina pe 
the Great National Annual 
— solid with healthy foliage an: = i magnificent coloured 
4 Dr, Jephson, Scar! a "nE „Sedonia, 
son, 
pews bright yellow, side and karte. re ty ran 
good solid 2 is a — 
nee. sim 3 
ng h — 
Sa ie e, pru no value as a show flower 
ditto, * er ison, Pree, p 
— ; Duches N 
— — ge Fetes — N on the 
— ners won in diameter, 
bold eye w gums sing displayed i 3 
tals dee 2 average 
emo P on the surfave and 
neat lookin ＋ 
— trom she centre; deficient in form, 
connection with the above, the HanpswortTH AND 
Loz kits Aeng t anp Horticuntorat Society held its Miscellaneous. 
May Meeting. e were greatly interested by che many fine J; pre i nin ped wi with 
eg Ai of skill which were 3 . Mr. J. Cole, Mosquito Aam ke 15 Seg oveni E = 1 
gr. J. Rg e sq:, shone conspicuously; his 6 some other b fr e N 
Fuba as (1), Variegata, Lateritia, Optima, Duke of Devon- where we proposed to ail the night. The day had 
1 oe — 1 — at * being been very warm, and the moschetoes ei now be- 
asminifiora .; 6 Orchids (1), the 7 eing j y ore this, 
ace 8 m; 9 Stove and Greenhouse plants (1, r 3 5 nig ht — 10 
give some idea of his varied qualifications. — exhibition neit t no lf had been ab to 
wore f = ae d Cal _ 5 J. A. eyes, and I now sa we Wits. thee these actually 
ait, | Bete swarming around us pat anticipated 
Cole ‘aud i W. “wis, Esq., 8 E, Davies 224. 1 5 é 1 
— Queen vi —— was shown (four blooms) by Messrs, night. Our boatmen, who heard scl it „ 
Gole and —— uchsia va — m is far asked Sing-H h gos Sin 
Posie of Apap sang A season, heto tobacco, which ht be the 
88 8 plants var — — cot High, and 
Mery sie m which would drive all . of 
1 immediately . ade 33 
ende Hebe and One i tho King, were of iae i some of ot hania, eb aos 
fur 8 ille #q. C] pan Aa varieties 
of ‘Ciuerarias, . d Rh ododendrons, — turned with four dong. sticks in his! $ Iy not 
TY | &c., were all freely et ted, and or less well done.“ used for 
efore we well to observe that, at the only somewhat ‘longer and coarser in appearance. He 
oe 22 ‘Nottingham w * — * 2 formed mie that y cost two cash each—cer- 
. arm ae | culty o the Great Tulip Meeting fr, 1363; and further, | tainly cheap enough if they answered the purpose. 
receipts for admission exceeded 50l. To — the of presenting Mr. C. J. Perry, for his many years of Two of these sticks were now and 
— anne oy dee e to not, how — — dhe indefatigable toil in — — of floriculture, with a handsome from the roof of the boat. They had not been burning 
Sen reger: diag the new stands a —— ee : matters, with | five minutes when eve oscheto in the boat 
t they were accepted as such 3 N See wae show other qu e we sei * hted, and yed 
by 93 being 40 — at general, or abso! ate » —— — n meets with which we remember to — been associated, a 3 sar Funke, + — eee eno, 
ere were but "m — there we uch way of 
“ strangers” to interest Southerns, Midlanders, — 1 thankful. I had a wate arended en insects 
Amongst varieties 9 their origin in the first di — NATIONAL Froniccntoran Secrety, May 27.—Mr. Stats in | this journey, as 1 did curtains with me, on 
there were in Bizarres, Albion, ke of Devonshire, Glencoe, the Chair, he ptm: — staged Fil Messrs. ee, Story, account of their 1 TE now T ia — however, that 
ly — Priam, Sheet Anchor, King, Vivid; of and Ambrose, and cut blooms by Ar. Ayres. A Certificate of there no need of them wherever we could 
Bybicemens eneral ig aee egg Bee er Pandor ti 
f Seure gin an A — 5 with rich crimson shaded spot, form pri distinct, and the moscheto tobacco. Various subs 3 are em- 
tris, Wale b, 1 ; ＋ the oo able. A fancy variety, named Ma 
Astonishing, Mad Vestris, 
second and third. — Daaka claim a 3 full b 
Midlend Beauty, Pri 
$ 
u 
bat 000 bloems must 
for ern oat doubtiess each w 
= ee Ss red 
vad med ak œmen 
— Royale, fumed rose, 
t 
ne 
wbich the 
in Wat —— 4 Goatee, o of 2 
Royal ere ga Vi — Am Mai 
, oy Trion pe Royale, and Heroi 3 2, i ae Turmen, oi of 
h ale, Lord — — Sovereign 
lected :—1, 
3 
known, Queen Char- 
lore 7. fos 1 5 
or 
Staged, L Ur. iaae of B ee 4 sends. 
Hastings, Eari anise, Duke of N 2 
„ 
n 
otha petals pencilled = shaded with crimson violet, form and s 
ood. A Beauty of Hamil Te 
Mr. Marsden with Captain | 
um bonum (Ambrose e), | 
as si imilarl y rewarded ; upper petals aan purple, mee. 
eraria 
received a Label af Commendation for 
— 
eg 2. Neve son ut e nde 0. 
made; one called Heywood rage ten A a 
balf.shrubby sere, * ctr Špar was requested to be s 
again. Azaltas an were contributed by Messrs, | 
Henderson ; g5 — — and Tulips, by T * 
Brown, Esq, Mr. R. 2 and Mr, J. Edwa rds, 
Hodge was elected a member 
. 
Mr. 
J e kisii iir the chair, 
n and interesting; Labels of —— were 
awarded 1 Heywood Hawkins, previously mentioned as Std he 
an excellent ao dwarf kind, beari rofuse masses 
i s, having aclear yellow ground, u r 
aud desirable, 
Rouse (Brage), white 
; Daphne (J. H. Brown. 
ether with a 
8 sent by en tor form and e the pee 
= by the Chinese - drive paad moschetoes, This 
hich just purchased was the 
vp a resinous woods—I eagle ees 
tion, rot d 
times the egay is | 15 ip. 
