1841.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



teurs, and some of them were so incorrectly named 

 that we did not take a note of them. The best were 

 from Mr. Slowe, of Bayfordbury Park ; and Mr. But- 

 tery, gr. to F. Raymond Symonds, Esq., Norbiton Park, 

 Surrey. Mr. Slowe's consisted of Cerise, Bourbon 

 Queen, Beauharnais, Madame Laffay, Cramoisie supe- 

 rieure, Hymene, Paris, Goubalt, Carmine Superb, 

 Eiise Sauvage, Gigantesque, Marjolin, Mrs. Bo- 

 sanquet, and Caroline. Mr. Buttery's comprised 

 Crimson Perpetual, Aime Vibert, Emilie Courtier, 

 Beauty of Billiard, Queen of Bourbons, Augustine Mar- 

 jet, Mrs. Bosanquet, Jaune Desprez, Cramoisie supe- 

 rieure, Triomphe de Plantier, Unique, Fabvier, Phoenix, 

 Armosa, Crimson, Madame Desprez, and Euphrosine. 

 — Mr. Wilson, gr. to Lord Howe, at Gopsall, and Alex- 

 ander Rowland, Esq., also contributed Roses; but their 

 flowers were over-blown, and neither collection con- 

 tained any very remarkable kinds, which have not been 

 before noticed.— Mr. Cock, of Chiswick, sent some fine 

 Balsams in small pots ; and two magnificently-grand 

 Wardian cases were sent for exhibition by Mr. Potts, of 

 Shrewsbury ; they were glazed with the finest sheet-glass, 

 and the framework, which was Gothic, was all gilded. 

 We cannot imagine a finer piece of furniture for a draw- 

 ing-room than one of these cases, nor a finer habitation 

 for plants while in the drawing-room. 



We have had so much .to say in favour of the excel- 

 lence of the Fruit on former occasions, that at the pre- 

 sent time we are at a loss for words to express our 

 admiration of it. We might be very concise, and in a 

 few words say it was all excellent, and that would be the 

 truth ; but as there was some variety as to the degrees 

 of excellence, we must in justice to the exhibitors 

 enter into a detailed account. In former years it has 

 been necessary to remind fruit cultivators of the import- 

 ance of their maintaining the character of English gar- 

 deners in the fruit department, but this season they have 

 come voluntarily forward and proved how excellent their 

 management is. We were happy to remark among the 

 exhibitors the gardeners of their Majesties the Queen and 

 Queen Dowager.— In the Collections, Mr. Spencer, gr. 

 to the Marquis of Lansdowne, exhibited a number of mag- 

 nificent Providence and Queen Pines, fine Cannon Hall, 

 Muscat, Black Hamburgh, and Frontignan Grapes, ex- 

 cellent Cabul Melons, with beautifully-coloured and 

 ripened Elruge Nectarines, and Bellegarde and Noblesse 

 Peaches. To this collection the first Prize was awarded, 

 and certainly it was highly deserving of it, for the fruit 

 was perfect.-— Mr. Henderson, gr. to Sir George Beau- 

 mont, had fine Queen Pines, but not so well swelled as 

 usual ; excellent Black Hamburgh Grapes, Melons, with 

 Elruge Nectarines, and Strawberries, and Cherries.— Mr. 

 Dods, gr. to Sir George Warrender, also sent fine Pines, 

 Melons, Black Hamburgh and Muscat Grapes, very 

 good, with Peaches, Nectarines, Cherries, and Currants. 

 --From the garden of J. II. O ugh ton, Esq., Elm Grove, 

 Roehampton, Mr. Parker produced very good BlackHam- ' 

 burgh, Black St. Peter's, and Muscat Grapes, with mag- 

 nificent Nectarines and Peaches, and some fine Melons.— 

 Black Hamburgh and Muscat Grapes, and some excel- 

 lent Melons, were sent by Mr. Bailey, gr. to the Arch- 

 bishop of York ; good Melons, Strawberries, Cherries, 

 Currants, and Golden Harvey Apples in excellent pre- 

 servation, by Mr. Davis, gr. to J. Disney, Esq. ; and a 

 tolerable collection of fruit came from Mr. Peddrick, gr. 

 to H. Pownall, Esq.— The Pines were all good, but the 

 most periect specimen in the exhibition was a Queen 

 grown by Mr. Hamp, gr. to Jas. Thorn, Esq. This, we 

 were informed by Mr. Hamp, had been grown on the 

 tank system of heating, and certainly the fruit was as 

 fine as could be desired.— Mr. M'Ewen, gr. to Colonel 

 Windham, at Petworth, sent very excellent Providence 

 and Queen Pines.— Mr. Parsons, gr. to A. George, Esq., 

 the same ; and very superior Providence Pines also came 

 from Mr. Belton, gr. to C. Winn, Esq., of Nostell 

 Priory.— Mr. Sellers, gr. to L. V. Watkins, Esq., had 

 some fineEnvilles ; Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Dods, gr. to 

 Col. Baker, some fine Queens ; and Mr. Gunter and Mr. 



Wilmot, of Isleworth, sent some very fine fruit Mr. 



Brown, gr. to C. W. Packe, Esq., contributed somegood 

 Providence Pines ; Mr. Dryden some good Enville and 

 Providence ; but the Enville, Providence, and Otaheite 

 Pines from the garden of Lady Rolle, at Bicton, did not 



maintain the character of that establishment Of Grapes, 



the finest were from Mr. Dytche, gr.to Sir F.Goodricke^ 

 and Mr. Hamp ; but very admirable fruit, a little injured 

 by packing, was also sent by Mr. Robinson, gr. to 

 A. Sinclair, Esq., of Liverpool ; Mr. Ingram, of the Royal 

 Gardens, Windsor, whose sort was called the RoyalAlbert, 

 and was grown in a pot; Mr. Atlee, gr. to H. Beau- 

 ty* Esq; Mr. Dods; Mr. E. Davies,gr. to G.Smith, Esq.; 

 Mr. Umpleby, gr. to H. Benyon, Esq., Leeds; Mr. God- 

 frey, gr. to the Earl of Limerick, and Mr. Parsons. 

 Other Grapes were sent by Mr. Dods ; Mr. Wilson, gr. 



wil W £ ; Mr - Taylor, gr.to J. Coster, Esq. ; Mr. 



Henderson ; Mr. M'Lean, gr. to the Marquess of Down- 



"onJr tn H mit ^'^- t0 S * G ' Ansle y> &nd Mr " Gib " 



son.gr to Her Majesty the Queen Dowager.-Of Mar- 



ol ? b/™ .^M Ve ^.f client fruit ™ «ent by Mr. Davis, 

 ofBanet; Mr. Wil mo t, Mr. Mitchell, of Brighton 



Peache R Pman> ,, haU t h * th > and Mr ' Gunter.-In 

 Peaches, some admirable fruit were sent bv Mr 



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P M evr 7u F Y M S £ enCer ; Mr * E ™g> *• to O. 

 kcki7j;f' E8 T 5- ; J^ r - Fer g US0 ^ gr. to the Duke of 



land Id M n ' k T£ , gr ' t0 the Duke of Suther- 

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exceedingly fine; but as no Pfite was awarded, we sup- 





Melons especially were 



pose the internal examination did not Batiafy the Judges. 

 — Mr. Fleming sent two very fine Cabul Melons, weighing 

 10 lbs. each ; Mr. Mitchell, gr. to Lord Vernon, sent a 

 very splendid specimen of the Hoosainee ; and Mr. 

 Spencer, two remarkably fine fruit of the Beechwood. 

 Mr. M'Ewen and Mr. Graham had likewise some good 

 Beechwood ; and other good looking Melons were sent 

 by Mr. Marton, Thames Bank, Pimlico ; Mr. Bance, 

 Kr. to Dr. Tarlelion, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. Fish, gr. to H. 

 Oddie, Esq — A bunch of the fruit of Musa Cavendishii 

 was from the Garden of the Society ; and of miscella- 

 neous fruit, some fine Greengage Plums were sent from 

 Her Majesty's Gardens, Windsor.— Figs, remarkably 

 fine, but unknown, from Mr. M'Ewen ; Cherries, by Mr. 

 Meyers, of Brentford, Mr. Redding, and Mr. Baxter; 



and Circassian Cherries, by Mr. Peddrick FastolfT 



Raspberries were sent by Messrs. Youell ; and others, 

 nearly as good, by the Hon. and Rev. R. Wilson.— 

 Mr. Stanley, gr. to H. Berens, Esq., sent fine Citrons ; 



and Mr. Caldwell, a remarkably well-grown Orange. 



Some fine Myatt's Pine Strawberries were sent by°Mr. 

 Redding ; Turner's Pine, by Mr. Turner, of Brentford ; 

 Apples, well preserved, by Mr. J. Fish; Cherries, by 

 Mr. Jones, gr. to Sir Moore Disney, and Mr. Elliott, 

 gr. to T. B. Boothby, Esq. ; Elton and Turner's Pine 

 Strawberries, by Mr. Jones ; Citron des Carmes Pears, 

 by Mr. M'Ewen ; and some handsome Cucumbers, by 

 Mr. Mills, not sent for competition, grown in his im- 

 proved pit, heated by Burbidge and Healy's boilers and 

 tank, "in the short period of 20 days from the time of 

 planting." — Gooseberries were sent by Mr. Meyers, of 

 Brentford; and some seedling varieties, by Mr. J. Fish. 

 We must not omit some beautiful Honeycomb, ob- 

 tained at Dover, in Nutt's boxes, and exhibited by Mr. 

 Geo. Neighbour, of Holborn. 



Though not so numerous as at the two former Exhi- 

 bitions, and the season having been a very long one, the 

 display of Pelargoniums reflected great credit upon the 

 growers, for having produced them in such fine condi- 

 tion as to health, and quantity of bloom. In the Ama- 

 teurs' class of 12 new and first-rate varieties, in pots of 

 24 to the cast, the Gold Banksian in this class was 

 taken by Mr. Stains, whose collection contained the fol- 

 lowing sorts :— Sunbeam, Roulette, Superbum, Queen of 

 the East, Rising Sun, Alice Gray, Fair Maid of Devon, 

 Duke of Cornwall, Nestor, Wonder of the West, Ma- 

 tilda, and Wonder.— The Silver Gilt was awarded to 

 Mr. Cock for Madame Taglioni, Pulchellum, Unit, 

 Juliet, Sylph, Conflagration, Sir R. Peel, Black Dwarf, 

 Symmetry, Laura, Hector, and Jessie. 



In the Nuserymen's Class the Gold Banksian was 

 awarded to Mr. Catleugh, his collection consisting of 

 Rosetta superb, Tipili, Unit, Nestor, Pandora, Queen of 

 the Fairies, Witch, Dara. Symmetry, Victoria, Beauty,and 

 Grand Monarch.— The Silver Gilt, Mr. Gaines, Battersea, 

 for Witch, Miss Louisa Stanley, Excelsum, Fair Maid of 

 Devon, Glory of Jersey, Egbert, Rising Sun, Elegans 

 Novum, Madeleine, Albina, White Surrey, and King of 

 Saxony. The two collections of 12 varieties in 12-sized 

 pots, were from Mr. Catleugh and Mr. Gaines ; the for- 

 mer taking the Silver Gilt Medal for Nestor, Selina, 

 Sapphire, Queen of Fairies, Dido, Lord Mayor, Made- 

 leine, Matilda, Tasso, Armenia, Constellation, and Cyrus 

 superb. — Mr. Gaines received the Large Silver for Ma- 

 deleine, Egbert, Lady Isabella Douglas, Rising Sun, 

 Cid, Antiope, Mabel, Triumphant, Album perfectum, 

 Erectum, Floridum, and Cyrus. 



The exhibition of Fuchsias was greater than we had 

 seen brought together at any former period, and many 

 fine and magnificent specimens were exhibited ; but good 

 as they were, we could not but feel that there was too 

 great a similarity in the colour, and these elegant flowers 

 will never make an effective display, unless the sorts are 

 judiciously chosen, and a watchful regard paid to con- 

 trast of colour. Each collection should contain the 



greatest range of variety the flower possesses The 



Large Silver Medal was awarded to Mr. Gaines, and to 

 Mr. Laing, of Twickenham ; the former collection was 

 composed of Decora, Nobilissima, Britannia, Alata, 

 Eclipse, Robusta, Paragon, Eppsii, Champion, Pul- 

 cherrima, and Defiance ; and the latter of Venus Vic- 

 trix, Eppsii, Dalstoni, Victory, Stanwelliana, Defiance, 

 Bridegroom, Kentish Hero, Insignis, Conspicua arborea, 

 Chandlerii, and Magnifica.— The Silver Knightian, to 

 Mr.Ayres, gr. to W.Cook, Esq., Brooklands, Blackheath, 

 for Attractor, Balloonii, Stanwelliana, Epps's Marie, 

 King John, Eppsii, Speciosa, Globosa major, Elegans' 



Exoniensis, Excelsa, and Duke of Wellington The 



Same Medal was also awarded to Mr. Kendall, of Stoke 

 Newmgton, for Formosa elegans, Venus Victnx, Brock- 

 mannn, Eppsii, Stanwelliana, Compacta, Britannia, De- 

 fiance, Eclipse, Alata, Victory, and Robusta.— The 

 Stiver Banksian Medal, to Messrs. Lane and Son, for 

 Laneu, Pulcherrima, Robusta, Defiance, Exoniensis, 

 Magnifica, Fulgens, Paragon, Alata, Britannia, Brock- 

 mannii, and Eppsii ; and the same Medal for the col- 

 lection from Messrs. Henderson, Pine-apple- place, which 

 contained the following flowers :— Le Chinois, Pul- 

 cherrima, Tricolor, Formosa elegans, Rosea elegans, 

 Chauverii, Majesties, Closiot, Eppsii, Defiance, Lady 

 \V alsmgham, and Venus Victrix. 



The Collections of Picotees and Carnations ap- 

 peared to afford general gratification; there was an 

 excellent display of these beautiful flowers, which are un- 

 questionably rising in public estimation. In the Amateurs' 

 Class the Large Silver was awarded to Mr. C. Embleton, 

 gr. to T. Barnard, Esq., whose stand contained the fol- 

 lowing varieties :— Wilmer's Prince Royal, John's Prince 

 Albert, Sharp's Gem, Barnard's Mrs. Barnard, and Lady 



Don rt>, Dickson's Bride, and Trip to Cambridge, Wild- 

 man's Isabella, Burroughs Ladv Douro, Robinson's 

 Nottingham Hero, Sharp's Wellington, La Delicate, and 

 [lead's Favourite, Burroughs Mrs. Bevan, Waine's 

 Victoria, Brinkler's Lady Chesterfield, Gidden's Miss 

 Desborough, Teaser, and Vespasian, Hogg's Queen of 

 England, Burrough's Lady Peel, and Mrs/Benyon, Ely's 



Marquess of Waterford, and Annersley's Sanspariel. 



G. Edmonds, Esq., Wandsworth, received the Silver 

 Knightian Medal for Willmer's Prince Royal, Barrand's 

 Bride, Borderer, and Eclipse, Burrough's Mrs. Bevan, 

 Annersley's Sanspariel and Mrs. Willoughby, Jessop's 

 Sir W. Middleton, Cox's Victoria Regina, Wildman's 

 Isabella, Wain's Victoria, Dickson's Trip to Cambridge, 

 Kirtland's Wellington and Princess Augusta, Wood's 

 Lady St. John, John's Prince Albert, Gidden's Sir R. 

 Peel, Princess Royal, Teaser, and Don Juan, Lady 

 Flower, Garrat's Lady Dacre, Brinkler's Conductor, and 

 Crask's Queen Victoria. — In the Nurserymen's Class, 

 the Large Silver Medal was awarded to Mr. J. Dickson, 

 of Acre-lane, whose stand contained as follows : — Bar- 

 rand's Portia and Cornelius, Sharp's Gem, Criterion, La 

 Delicate, and Agitator, Dickson's No. 10, No. 2, Lady 

 Jane Grey, Charles Stamford, No. 8, and No. 6*, Bur- 

 rough's Mrs. Bevan, Gidden's Vespasian, Hero of 

 Nottingham, Wildman's Isabella, Gidden's Lydia and 

 | Teaser, Kirtland's Princess Augusta of Cambridge, 

 Beauty of Reading, Queen Victoria, and Duke of Wel- 

 lington, Wain's Queen Victoria, and Will ner's Prince 

 Royal.— Tlie 2d Prize, Silver Knightian Medal, was 

 awarded to Messrs. Norman of Woolwich, for Ely's 

 Field Marshall, Halliday's Henrietta, Crask's Victoria, 

 Wain's Queen Victoria, Dickson's Trip to Cambridge, 

 Sharp's Gem, Barrand's Bride and Eclipse, Norwich 

 Rival, Barnard's Mrs. Barnard, Wildman's Isabella, 

 Burrough's Lady Flower and Lady Douro, Bennet's 

 Seedling, Garrat's Champion, Woolwich Beauty, Gid- 

 den's Vespasian, Lady Dacre, Purpurea elegans, Halli- 

 day's Fair Phillis, Sharp's Invincible, Robinson's Duke 

 of Wellington, Lovegrove's No. 5, and Purple Perfection. 

 Silver Banksian.-— Mr. H. Ward, Woolwich, for Martin's 

 Prince Albert, Gidden's Lady Dacre, Burrough's Lady 

 Flower, and Mrs. Bevan, Green's Queen, Crask's 

 Victoria, Annette, Trude's Queen Victoria, John's 

 Prince Albert, Wilson's Miss Fanny Irby, Brinkler's 

 Lady Chesterfield, Barnard's Mrs Barnard, Martin's 

 Queen of Violets, Willmer's Prince Royal, Sharp's Invin- 

 cible, and Countess De Grey, Gidden's Vespasian, 

 Burrow's Jim Crow, Seedling, Purple Perfection," Dick- 

 son's Trip to Cambridge, Wain's Queen Victoria, Wood's 

 Lord Hitchbrooke ; and the same Medal to Mr. Willmer 

 of Sunbury, whose collection consisted of Gidden's Sir 

 R. Peel, Miss Desborough and Vespasian, Hufton's 

 Queen of Sheba, Burrough's Miss Jane, and Aurora, 

 Willmer's Queen, Barrand's Portia, Cornelius and Bor- 

 derer, Dickson's Trip to Cambridge, Brinkler's Fairy 

 Queen, Willmer's Peter the Great, Miss Browning, an i 

 Prince Royal, No. 10. Sharp's Cleopatra, Kirtland s 

 Princess Augusta, Trude's Queen Victoria, Ely's Mrs. 

 Horner, Field Marshall and Marquess of Waterford, 

 Hogg's Lady Acland, and Newell's Harlequin. Car- 

 nations.— The Large Silver, in the Amateurs' Cass, 

 was awarded to Mr. Embleton, gr. to J. Barnard, Esq., 

 for Jaques's Iris, Puxley's Prince Albert, Seedling, 

 Snook's Defiance, Cartwright's Rainbow, Dalton's Lan- 

 cashire Lass, Holmes's Count Paulina, Brook's Flora's 

 Garland, Grey's Mary, Willmer's Amato, Hero of 

 Middlesex, and Conquering Hero, Seedling, Mansley's 

 Beauty of Woodhouse, Wilson's George IV., Squire's 

 Defiance, Soorn's Bloomsbury, Hogg's Colonel of the 

 Blues, Wood's William IV, Maud's Rauston, Ely's 

 Leviathan, Hale's Prince Albert, Barnard's Duke of 

 Roxburgh, and Seedling. In the Nurserymen's Class 

 the Large Silver was given to the Messrs. Norman, of 

 Woolwich, for Squire's Defiance, Ely's Lady Ely, 

 Regulus, and John Wright, Shenning's Duke of Cumber- 

 land, Willmer's Solander, Defiance, and Conquering 

 Hero, Wilson's Harriet, Martin's Splendid, Hale's Prince 

 Albert, Franklin's Queen of Hearts, Calcot's Juba, 

 Milwood's Premier, and Robert Burns, Bucknell's 

 Ulysses, Count Paulina, Lady Gardener, Cartwright's 

 Rainbow, Beauty of Woodhouse, Strongs Duke of York, 

 Brook's Flora's Garland, Ely's Duke of Bedford, Hugo 

 Meynell.— To Mr. Willmer, of Sunbury, the Silver 

 Knightian, for Ely's Jolly Dragoon, Lady Eiy, Adden- 

 brook's Lydia, Willmer's Telemachus, Endymion, Solan- 

 der, Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Conquering Hero, and 

 Hero of Middlesex, Fletcher's Duchess of Devonshire, 

 Cartwright's Rainbow, Jones's Ringleader, Appleby's 

 Prince of Wales, Strong's Duke of York, Mansley's Beauty 

 of Woodhouse, Twitchett's Don John, Pond's Lady of the 

 Lake, Brooks's Flora's Garland, Christian's Excellent, 

 Holmes's Count Paulina, Hogg's Colonel of the Blues, 

 Ash worth's Miss Walker.— The Silver Banksian to 

 Mr. H. Ward, W T oolwich, for Hale's Prince Albert, 

 Wards Sir Geo. Hoste, Calcot's Brutus, Holmes's 

 Count Paulina, Giddens' Sir R. Peel, Puxley's Prince 

 Albert and Queen, Addenbrook's Lydia, Milwood's 

 Premier, Jacques's Iris, Mansley's Euclid, Martin's 

 Splendid, Wilson's Harriet, Strong's Esther, Smith's 

 Mrs. Betts, Hogg's Epaminondas, Dalton's Lancashire 

 Lass, Brooks's Flora's Garland, Lascelles's Queen of 

 Sheba, Rainforth's Gameboy, Irons's Ringleader, Nix^f 

 Lady Chetwynde, Bearless, Sir G. Osborne, Willmer s 

 Miss Browning.— Certificate, to Mr. Willmer, Jan., 

 King's Road, for Parker's Queen of England, Snooks^i 

 Defiance, Stone's Venus, Hale's Prince Albert, Willmer s 

 Duchess of Kent, Endymion, Marquess of Anglesey, 

 No. 106, and Solander, Wood's William IV., Creswell s 

 Premier, Holmes's Count Paulina, Bates's Wellington, 



