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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Oct. 12, 



pedunculata especially, should be regarded as plants ol 

 very suspicious character by the opponents of this doc 

 trine ; for in several cases during the past season it has 

 been observed that this A. pedunculata has produced 

 scarcely any flowers, but in their usual position abun- 

 dance of little scaly bulbs have been protruded j here, wha 

 ihould have been flowers, have been developed as bulbs. 

 As far as I hme observed, this has been the case t j a 

 much greater extent with plants which have been exposed 

 to a considerable degree of cold — such as being placed in 

 an open airy greenhouse — than with such as have been 

 kept in a stove, where the air has been duly warmed ; 

 and also has been more apparent in the case of plants 

 that have been grown in considerable and compact masses I 

 of soil, than with such as have been supplied with a mere 

 open medium, according better with the natural habit of 

 the plant. The conclusion which maybe drawn from 

 this circumstance seems to be, that in consequence of the 

 roots being placed in soil of an unsuitable kind, and in 

 circumstances unfavourable to the proper and regular 

 development of the several parts of the plants, the latter 

 become induced to make a strong effort for their perpe- 

 tuation, which might seem to be endangered ; and, under .] 

 these circumstances, myriads of latent germs are put 

 forth instead of the more fully organised particles, which 

 would have been formed had the flowers been produced, 

 and enabled to perform their natural functions ; and we 

 may further conclude, that this result is favoured by the 

 want of proper temperature as the plants approach 

 maturity. To return to the question involved in the pro- 

 pagation of plants by meaus of their leaves : if we take a 

 Gloxinia as an example, when in its perfect state of deve- 

 lopment, we shall find it furnished with root, stem, leaves, 

 and the floral apparatus, each bearing their respective 

 characters, and performing their allotted functions or 

 nutrition and reproduction. Now, it cannot be denied 

 that if these parts are maintained in their reciprocal rela- 

 tion to each other, the leaves would provide, or rather 

 prepare, the proper nourishment for the flowers, and 

 these in their turn would assist in bringing forward the 

 seeds imbued with the principle of life, and capable by its 

 exercise of perpetuating their race ; when this process 

 was completed, the leaves would naturally decay, but '.( 

 this course of nature is interrupted — if the leaves are 

 removed without having expended their powers in the 

 discharge of their natural functions, and are then placed 

 under suitable and congenial circumstances, each of them 

 may be converted into several separate and distinct seats 

 of life ; that is to say, several young plants can be pro- 

 duced from each leaf, and these young plants will, in due 

 time, become furnished with all the parts necessary to 

 render them perfect (root, stem, leaves, and floral appa- 

 ratus), and thus will be enabled to perpetuate, by seeds, 

 the race from which they sprung. If it could reasonably 

 be assumed, and were even admitted, that in the Acorn 

 an Oak tree may be detected, with all its parts present, 

 though in miniature ! ! (which, by the way, is not the 

 case,) would it be possible, even with a proportionately 

 increased magnifying power, to detect the various organs 

 which this leaf-propagation brings into existence ? These 

 must be present within the tUsue of the leaf in their 

 ultimate character, if Morphology be not true. And if it 

 be not possible to detect them (and most certainly it is 

 not), then we are forced to the conclusion that the living 

 organisable tissue of the plant is acted on by the circum- 

 stances and conditions in which the plant is placed, and 

 consequently, that all the appendages of the vegetable 

 axis being developed from this tissue, under the influence 

 of these circumstances and conditions, are of one common 

 origin ; therefore, I repeat that in the vegetable kingdom 

 the nature of the development becomes changed, accord- 

 ing to the circumstances under which the parts are deve- 

 loped.— T. Moore. 



Pine-apples.— In reply to an <( Adm'rer of well-grown 

 Pines," I beg to state that the plants which produced the 

 large fruit at Gunnersbury Park were planted in the 

 fruiting pit in July, 1842; they were then about six 

 months old. With respect to manure, two good one- 

 horse cart-loads of fresh horse-dung is sufficient to make 

 a lining all round the pit. The manure of two horses 

 regularly applied would, I have no doubt, keep up suffi- 

 cient heat in the pit to bring the fruit to perfection : the 

 lining was all turned over once in H days, one half beiny 

 turned every seven days. From the appearance of the 

 fruit I should suppose it was good in quality. — G. Mills. 



COUNTRY SHOWS. 



Bedhampton Cottage Gardeners* Show, Sept. 2S.— This was the 

 thiid and last Exhibition for the season. The prize flowers— 

 the Dahlia and China Asters— together with the bouquets of 

 various flowers, did great credit to the parties; one, in particu- 

 lar, had been but twelve months in \ ossession of his allotment, 

 and succeeded in producing, both in variety and quality, a dis- 

 play that showed most favourably his exertion and good taste. 

 The vegetables were admirable -, some of the Onions exceeded 

 14 inches m circumference The winner for the best basket of 

 Vegetables had Cabbages, Carrots, Parsnips, Onions, Potatoes, 

 lettuces, Radishes, two sorts of Beans, Cucumbers, Pumpkins. 

 Spinach, Turnips, Peas Brussels Sprouts. Celery, and Endive, 



• ??? a ? W rods . of ground, in such condition that they 

 might have been envied by the owner of many a large gankn, 

 with all his appliances and means to boot. There was an excel 

 lent feeling evinced among all parties-many a good-humoured 

 challenge, one against the other, as to their mutual position 

 the next time they meet in opposition; and all that came in 

 bat second were fully resolved that it should not be for want of 

 exertion if they did not carry off the prizes next season. From 

 circumstances that transpired, it might have been seen that 

 the allotment system might be considered the poor man's rege- 

 nerator—by which, with sobriety and pains-taking, he might 

 fairly hope to win a solid, manly, independent position, creative 

 of an interest in the land around him ; a self-respect and a self- 

 reliance that cannot be sought by him through any other chanl 

 nel> indeed, many a wasted hour might thus be made to add 

 comforts to the family circle. The same philanthropic gentle 

 men, managing the allotments, would, no doubt, lend their 



kind assistance to arrange an Exhibition of this character, which 

 might be the means of adding so materially to the produce 

 from the allotments; the necessary funds would be but small ; 

 the emulation being so circumscribed, would be the more en- 

 joyed and the more stimulating, and cannot fail in producing 

 in the end results of the most satisfactory character. 



Royil Horticultural Society of Cornwall.— This was the 41st 

 Exhibition, and the last fox the present year. The display of 

 fl jwers, plants, and fruit waa good, and thete were also many 

 choice and well-grown specimens. The fruit waa remarkably 

 tine, and particularly the Pines, Grapes, and Melons. The 

 following prizes were awarded:— Fruit— Pine-apple : 1, J. 

 Vivian, Esq. ; 2, Queefn, Earl of Falmouth. Heaviest do. : 

 Black Jamaica, 3 lbs-. 5 ozs., J. Vivian, Esq. Metoh : King's 

 OwnGrtenflesh, i, W. Daubuz, Esq. ; 2, King's Own Green- 

 flesh, Mrs. Bull. Grapes : White Muscat of Alexandria, I, Earl 

 of Falmouth; 2, Red Hamburgh, Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M.P. 

 Best dish of do., of named sorts : Black Frontignan, White Fron- 

 tignan, Muscat of Alexandria, Black Hamburgh, Victoria, 

 Black Prince, 1, J. P. Magor, Esq,; 2, White Muscat of Alex- 

 andria, Blade Con3tantia, White Frontignan, Bla'ck Prince, 

 Grisly Froutignan, Black Hamburgh, Earl of Falmouth. 

 Peaches: Noblesse, 1, J. Vivian, Esq.; 2, Red Magdalen, A. 

 Fox, Esq.. Best dish of do., of sorts : Chancellor, Red Magda- 

 len, Grim wood's Royal George, Violet native, Admirable, 

 Noblesse, Royal Kensington,, Old Royal George, 1. J. P. Magor, 

 E=q. ; 2, Admirable, Royal Kensington, Violet Hative, Smith's 

 Newington, Ford's Seedling, Noblesse, Royal George, J. 

 Vivian, Esq. Nectarines: Elruge, 1, Rev. C. Rogers ; 2, El- 

 ruge, Sir J. C. Rashleigh, Bart. Best dhh of da., of sorts : 

 Veitch's Seedling, Bowden's Seedling, Elruge, Peterborough 

 White, Scarlet, J. P. Magor, E»q. Pears : Duchesse d'Angou- 

 leme, I, papr. Reynolds, C.B. ; 2, Summer Ron Chretien, A. 

 Fox, Esq. Apples: Kerry Pippin, 1, Rev. C. Rogers; 2, Ribstone 

 Pippin, Rev. T. PlnUpotts. Cherries : Mtorello, W. Daubuz, 

 Esq. Plums: Coe's Golden Drop, 1, Sir C. Lemon* Bart., M.P. ; 

 2, Coc's Golden Drop, G. C. Fox, Esq. Extra.— Cherries: Mo- 



rello, SirO. Lemon, Bt.,M.F. Currants: White Dutch, J.S. Enys, 

 Esq. Flowers. --CollectionofOr W a/nen{a/P/an^:-E5«hynanaius 



grandifiora, Achimenes longiflora, A. grandiflora, Passiflora 

 kermesina, Clerodeudron panicuIatum.Stephanotusfloribundus, 

 Vinca rosea, V. alba, Manettia glabra, and two Balsams, Rev. 

 T. Phillpotts. Ornamental Plant, in flower : Veronica aste- 

 roides, G. N. Simmons, Esq. Best named collection of Stove 

 Plants, in flower : I, Achimenes longiflora, Rondeletia speciosa, 

 Gesnera zebrina, Ardisia crenulata, Ixora crocata, I. bandhnca, 

 J. P. Magor, Esq. ; 2, Gloxinia maxima, G. rubra, Achimenes 

 rosea, A. longiflora, A. grandiflora, Browallia alata, B. alba, 

 Thunbergia alata, T. aurantiaca, Lantana mutabilis, L. crocea, 

 Ipomcea quamoclir, Mammillaria pulchra, G. N. Simmons, Esq. 

 Single specimen of ditto : Lisianthus Russellianus, F. Passing- 

 am, Esq. Collection of Orchidaceous Plants: I, Stauhopea 

 oculata, Acropera Loddigesii, Oncidium Papilio, Epidendrum 

 cuspidatum, Oncidium flexuosum, Epidendrum cochleatum, 

 Cattleya Loddigesii, C. Forbesii, Gongora maculata, J. P. 

 Magor, Esq. ; 2, Cattleya Harrisonise, Epidendrum ciliatum. 

 Zygopetalum Mackai, Catasetum luridum, C. tridentatum, 

 Eoidendrum cochleatum, Oncidium leucochilum, G. C. Fox, 

 Esq. Specimen of ditto : 1, Stanhopea oculata, J. P. Magor, Esq. ; 

 2, Cym jidium aloefclium, Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M.P. Fuchsias : 

 Silver Medal, 1, Harrison's Goldfinch, Grovehilli, Epps's Duke 

 of Wellington, Harrison's Pear), Defiance, Cormackii, G. N. 

 Simmons, Esq.; 2, Eppsii, RogersUna, Grovehilli, Smith's 

 Alata, Frostii, Smith's Majestica, F. Passingham, Esq.; 3, 

 Robusta, Majestica, Champion, Venus Victrix, Magnifica, W. 

 Hockin, Esq. Dahlias, dissimilar blooms: 1, Mrs. Shelley, Paul 

 Pry, Admiral Stopford, Great Mogul, Mrs. J. Richardson, 

 Swindon Rival, Lee's Bloomsbury, Antagonist, Prince of Wales, 

 Standard of Perfection, Essex Triumph, Aurantia, Twyford 

 Perfection, Bedford's Surprise, Princess Royal, President of the 

 West, Hero of Stonehenge, Mr. R. Dunn; 2, Essex Triumph, 

 Bridesmaid, Indispensable, Rouge et Noir, Perpetual Grand, 

 Westbury Rival, Sir R-.bert Sale, Yellow Perfection, Egyptian 

 Prince, Marquess of Lansdowne, Lady Cooper, Tvvyford's Per- 

 fection, Bedford Surprise, Prince Albert, Wheeler's Maria, 

 Antagonist, Competitor, Princess Royal, G. C. Fox, Esq. Best 

 12 ditto: 1, Phenomenon, Swindon Rival, Essex Triumph, 

 Djdd's Prince of Wales, Admiral Stopford, Mrs. Shelley, Great 

 Mogul, Satirist, Antagonist, Standard of Perfection, Lady 

 Antrobus, Dodd's Orange Superb, Mr. R. Dunn ; 2, Prince 

 Albert, Bedford Surprise, Sir Robert Sale, Yellow Perfection. 

 Competitor, Princess Royal, Twyford's Perfection, Westbury 

 Rival, Perpetual Grand, Essex Triumph, G. C. Fox, Esq.; 3, 

 Beauty of the Plain, Pickwick, Lady Cooper, Bridesmaid, 

 Standard of Perfection, Beauty of Sussex, Highgate Rival, 

 Princess Royal, Widnall's Eclipse, Rouge et Noir, Virgin Queen, 

 Andrew Hofer, Rev. C.Rogers; 4, Dodd's Prince of Wales, 

 Essex Triumph, Princess Royal, Mrs. Shelley, Rouge et 

 Noir, Lady Cooper, Prince Albert, Northern Beauty, Lee's 

 Bloomst'ury, Antagonist, J.S. Enys, Esq. Best 6 striped or 

 tipped ditto: 1, Princess Royal, Queen of the Isles, Oakley's 

 Surprise, Rainbow, Bridesmaid, Lady St. Maur, W. Daubuz, 

 E>q. ; 2, Princess Royal, Painted Lady, Glory of Plymouth, 

 Purpurea alba, Northern Beauty, Charles I2th, J. S. Enys, Esq. 

 Ro-.es, Cut Flowers: Anna Maria, Yellow China, Indica, Car- 

 n esc ens, Jaune Desprez, Devoniensis, R. W. Fox, Esq.; 2, 

 Phoenix, Clara Sylvain, Aubernon, Smith's Yellow, Fulgorie, 

 N. C. Stephens, Esq. Verbenas: Prince of Wales, Duke of 

 Cornwall, the Bride, Tweediana grandiflora, Hendersonii, His- 

 lopeana, Ponteyi, Ingramii, Odoratissima, and three Seedlings, 

 G, N. Simmons, Esq. Florists', Nurssuymen', and Market 

 Gardbxeus' Prizes.— Dahlias: dissimilar blooms, l, Hero of 

 Stoneheuge, Claudine, Twickenham Rival, Beauty of Sussex, 

 Perpetual Grand, Indispensable White, Sir J. Richardson, King 

 of Sarum, Thompson's Vivid, Mrs. Shelley, Queen, Aurantia, 

 Dodd's Favourite, Rainbow, Proctor's Nonpareil, Mrs. Shelley, 

 Rembrandt, Emma Noke, Madalene, Essex Triumph, Standard 

 of Perfection, Lady Antrobus, Orange Superb, Bedford Sur- 

 prise, Silver Medal, Messrs. Veitch and Son ; 2, Egyptian Prince, 

 Princess Royal, Perpetual Grand, Sir J. H. Richardson's 

 Union, Admiral Stopford, Antagonist, Euclid, Orange Superb, 

 President of the West, Rouge et Noir, Indispensable, Standard 

 of Perfection, Queen of Trumps, Bedford Surprise, Argo, Hero 

 of Stonehenge, Pickwick, Lady Cooper, Virgil, Essex Triumph, 

 Burnbank's Emma Noke, Nonpareil, Mr. Pontey. Best collec- 

 tion of Plants: Veronica speciosa, Brugmansia parviflora, 

 Boronia vimiaea, Cyrtoceras refiexa, Hydrangea japonica, 

 Pentas carnea, Babingonia camphorosmae, Columnea grandi- 

 flora, Mr. Pontey.— From the West Briton. 



Morning side Practical Gardeners' Society, Sept. 10. — This was 

 the Autumn Meeting, at which the following prizes were 

 awarded:— Dahlias. Mr. J. Downie, gr. to General Robertson, 

 for Prince of Wales, Marquis of Lansdowne, Rouge et Noir, 

 Prince Albert, Sir R. Sale, Essex Triumph, Perpetual Grand, Mrs. 

 Shelley, Highgate Rival, Beauty of Sussex, Bishop of Winchester, 

 and Princess Royal. Hollyhocks: Mr. Downie, for four seedlings. 

 Phloxes: Mr. Downie, for cordata grandiflora, Richardsonii ele- 

 gantissima, and Brown's No. 40. Marigolds: French and African, 

 Mr. J. Young, gr. to T. Oliver, Esq. Border Annuals: Mr. H. 

 Gibb, gr., Salisbury Green, for Phlox Drummondii, Zinnia elt- 



Aiurrayaiium iruueosum aitugt-iiwaiiuiuescoccu 



Mr. Downie, for Rosea superba, and Alfred. Fuchsias : Mr. 

 Downie, for Eppsii, Globosa, and Exoniensis. Herbaceous Plants : 

 Mr. J. Gould, gr. to J. A. Addie, Esq., for Delphinium, Barlowii, 

 Phlox, Alcardii, Chelone barbata, Campanula grandis, and Pent- 

 stemon coccineum. Melon: Mr. W. Denholm, gr. to Sir J. Forest, 

 Bart., for Netted Cantaloupe. Plums; Mr. Denholm, for Green 



Gage. Jargonelle Pears: Mr. Denholm. Apples: Mr. J. Fargie 

 gr., Canaan Lodge, for Ribstone 1 ippin and Oslin Pippin. ipril 

 cots: Mr. Tenholm, for Moorpark. Peaches: Mr. Denholm, for 

 Noblesse. Retarded Gooseberries: Mr. J. Swennie, gr. to T 

 Buckmaster, Esq., for Warrington Red. Amateurs!— Dahlias ■ 

 Mr. J. Steel, for Fanny Keynes, Lee's Bloomsbury, Metilla, and 

 Essex Triumph. Prize offered by Messrs. J. Dickson and Son, for 

 the best 3 Dahlias: Mr. Downie, for Lady St. Maur, Standard of 

 Perfection, and Prince Albert. Prize offered by Messrs. Law*on 

 & Son, for the best 6 China Asters: Mr. Young. Prize offered by- 

 Messrs. Dickson and Co., for the best 6 Phloxes: Mr. Downie, for 

 striata, Richardsonii bicolor, and Brown's No. 40. Pri2e offered* 

 by the same gentlemen, for the best 3 Pentstemons: Mr. Youn*-, 

 for Murray annm, centianoides, and g. splendens. Mr. Downie 

 sent for exhibition 24 sorts of seedling Ilolyhocks, for which an 

 extra prize was awarded. Dahlias— sorts not newer than 1 B J3 : \ t 

 Mr. Downie, for Perpetual Grand, Prince Albert, Bridesmaid) 

 Duchess of Richmond, Sir R. Sale, Prince of Wales, Essex Tri- 

 umph, Marquis of Lansdowne, Mrs. Shelley, Antagonist, Ad- 

 mirable, and Highgate Rival; 2, Mr. Gibb, for Beauty of the 

 Plain, Princess Royal, Mrs. Shelley, Beauty of Sussex, Hero of 

 Stonehenge, Admiral Stopford, Marquis of Lansdowne, Essex 

 Triumph, Bishop of Winchester, Bridesmaid, Prince of Wales, and 

 Lady Cooper. 



North British Professional Gardeners* Society, Sept. 18.— This 

 was the Autqgnn Meeting. The Prizes were awarded as follow:— 

 Dahlias: 1, Mr. W. Thorn, for Standard of Perfection, Essex Tri- 

 umph, Miranda, Prince Albert, Antagonist, Sir J. S. Richardson, 

 Westbury Rival, Prince of Walee, Victory of Sussex, Lee's Blooms- 

 bury, Paul Pry, Mrs. Shelley, Highgate Rival, Northern Beauty, 

 President of the West, Queen of Trumps, Widr.all's Victory, and 

 Lady St. Maur ; 2, Mr. J. Addison, for Mrs. Shelley, Essex Tri- 

 umph, Sir J. S. Richardson, Queen of Roses, Prince of Waterloo, 

 Hudson's Princess Royal, Standard of Perfection, Lady Harland, 

 Duchess of Richmond, Phenomenon, Bishop of Winchester, Indis- 

 pensable, Nonpareil, Proctor, Lady St. Maur, Sir R. Sale^Ophir, 

 Admiral Stopford, and Burnham Hero; S, Mr. P. Thomson, for Sir 

 J. S. Richardson, Hudson's Princess Royal. Phenomenon, Essex 

 Triumph, Mrs. Shelley, Admiral Stopford, Sir R. Sale, VirgiL 

 President of the West, Frederick the Great, Lady Antrobus, Hope^ 

 Prince of Wales, Glory of Plymouth, Lady Cooper, Indispensable, 

 Nonpareil, and Standard of Perfection. Messrs. Dickson and Co.'s 

 Prize for the best 6 Fuchsias was awarded to Mr. J. Downie, for 

 Epsii, Brockmannii, Fulgens, Multiflora, Kxoniensis, Magnifica, 

 and Excelsa. Messrs. Eagle and Henderson's Prize for the best 

 6 Gloxinias was awarded to Mr. John Young, for Hybrida 

 rubra, bicolor, Candida, and speciosa. Messrs. W. Ballantyne 

 and Son's Prize for the G best C«r-»«//owswaswonby Mr. P.Thom- 

 son, with Ely's Magnificent, Ely's Lord Lonsdale, Wilson's Gem, 

 Wilmer's Keomachus, Hercules, and Mayor of Rippon. The 

 Prize offered by the same gentleman for the best 6 Picotees was 

 awarded to Mr. D. Foulis, for Ely's Great Western, Ely's Cri- 

 terion, Mitchell's NullusSecundus, Robertson's Nottingham Hero, 

 Gedding's Diana, and Purple Perfection. Amateur Prize for the 

 best 4 Pentstemons was given to Mr. White, for Murrayanum, coc- 

 cineum, and fruticosum. Phloxes: Mr. J. Downie, for Richard- 

 sonii, stricta, elegantissima, cordata, grandiflora, and Brown's 

 No. 40. Dahlias: Antagonist, Prince Albert, Beauty of Sussex, 

 Mrs. Shelley, Duchess of Richmond, Standard of Perfection, Mr. 

 J. Downie, gr. to General Robertson. China Asters: Mr. J. Young, 

 gr, to T. Oliver, Esq. Lobelias : fulgens, atrosanguinea, pro- 

 pendens, Mr. J. Downie. Verbenas : Vivid, Howardiana, Princess 

 Royal, Ignea, Burleyana, Mr. J. Downie. Salvias: Patens, Ful- 

 gens, Chamscdryoides, Mr. A. Foulis. Exotic Plants: Tacsonia 

 pinnatistipula, Erica Bowieana, Zygopetalum Mackai, Pimelea his- 

 pida, Brugmansia sanguinea, and Phoenecoma prolifera, Mr. G. 

 Stirling. Grapes: Black Hamburgh, 1, Mr. J. Young, 2, Mf. D. 

 Foulis. Muscat of Alexandria : 1, Mr. D. Foulis ; 2, Mr. GoodaU. 

 Best Bunch of any Sort: (White Frontignan) 1, Mr. Watson; 

 2, Mr.A. Foulis. Plums: 1, Washington, Green Gage, and Magnum 

 Bonum, Mr. Young ; 2, Mr. Stirling. Peaches : Royal George, 

 Red Magdalen, and Noblesse, Mr. Thomson. Nectarines: 1, Mr. 

 Young; 2, Mr. Thomson. Green Fleshed Melon: I, Duke ot 

 Bedford, Mr. A. Foulis ; 2, Mr. Watson. Jargonelle Pears: I, Mr. 

 Thomson; 2, Mr. Thorn. 



Stockwell Flower Show, July 2.3. -This was the fourth and last 

 Exhibition for this year. Several prizes were awarded, but we 

 have only been furnished with a list of rewards without the names 

 of the flowers for which theyjwere given. 



Warrington Floral and Horticultural Society.— This Society 

 has held two Exhibitions during the present year, which na> e 

 more than realised the most sanguine expectations of i^ menus 

 and supporters. The supply of stove and greenhouse plant s, as 

 well as fruit and vegetables, has been more abundan .and 

 many of the specimens indicated greater care » n * »"f "J?"!; 



their cultivation than we have been accustom tf fl t °^ e w t in ri w 

 meetings. For the first time, prizes for cotta f"* "£X 

 plants were added. Amongst other novelties, • «« °° ^ d ? 

 principle was shown by Dr. J. Kendnck ; in i his, f P^ts of 

 almost every description, from the tender exot ^Jothe 1 ardy 

 perennial, were growing together in the ^^J* 1 ^^ 

 and harmony; it excited much attention. At this ^"^^ 



quite so plentiful as last year, in consequence of the ate , neav y 



JaYns. and the prevalence of the ^^T nS ^T^hoT Q there 

 were many new beauties exhibited, and upon the ^1 »ole there 



yf™-S P & ring Meeting, May f*'-J™Z£*r™2J*^ 

 the Fourth, Mr. Hardy. Feathered Bw*wl.^ Hardy 3. 

 superieure, Mr. Hardy ; 2, Magnum Bonum Mr. Hardy a 



Scholes's Delight, ^' N ^ x ^'^ r £%%^^; t Mr. 

 Hardy; 5, George the F "' 111 - ,%' V.?i CatafilqS«upcrieure 5 



Hardy. Flamed Btzarres : VJion.M^ 

 3, San Josef; 4, Platoff; and 5, Lustr*. *"'"%**.' x ' miXm 

 p'asse catafalque, Mr. Penketh. ™*<'*?*££T. 3 Wash. 

 fait, Mr. Nunnerley ; 2, La belle Narena, Mr. Haruj ^, 

 ington, Dr. J. Kendrick; 4, Baguet, Mr. j ^ A %' 5 d l B °Ji om en: 

 HaVdy 6, Turner's No. 18, Mr Nanneriey. Ffam ^ Hardf j 

 1. Violet fond Noir, Mr. Penketh ; 2 Violet ^"^ * Penke th; 

 3, Turner's Queen Victoria Mr. Ha rdy ; *£^>\ lr . Pen- 

 5, Premier Noble, Dr. J. ^^A^^^h^rCrQvre, 



keth. Feathered Bases: 1, ^ ltll «V M ^Sf e r "4 Walworth; 5, 

 Mr. Hardy; 3, Hero of the Nile. Mr. Bather, 4, . 



Heroine; and 6, Count Vergenncs, Mi j"^^ , uerrier ; 5, 

 1, Lord Hill; 2, Unique; 3 r Lad> 'Crewe ,4, Roseu* 

 Vesta; and 6, Triumph Royal, Mr. .] 1 ^' Breeder Roi Siam, 

 Polyphemus, Mr. Nunnerley. f* Ww '?£ ^^ Mr. Hardf. 

 Mr. Hardy. Rose Breeder : Duchess of Newca ffy^' ^ QT , 

 White Self- White Flag, Mr. Hardy. 1 ellow Self. M» nu 



Mr'Nu 5 nferley. StoAnts: l ggJ-^Wfw • « 

 Clare; 2, Oncidium flexuosum, Mr. Uobson, , jr. pJ. 

 Esq., M.P. ; 3, Euphorbia splendens, W. Hall Esq., 4, , 



soeci'osus, Mr. Dobson. Greenhouse P Ian ts: «» «P£ rl d B Mr . R. 

 flora, Miss F. Hornby ; 2, Ca ceolana. R ?y a ^*°S r . ' 4 , Tro- 

 AHeii; 3, Fuchsia Venus Victrix, Dr. J. Kendi ck , , , 

 ££o?om pentaphyllum, Mr. J. Clare «^Z* l ^ <* 

 Ramonda pyrenaica, Mr. Wi son. Petergon «ri«. ^. J rtf 

 Arc, Mr. J. Clare; 2, Coronation Mr. Clare 3, Denn ^ 



f,ction, Mr. Dobson ; 4, British Lion, Mr. Hunt. Mm „. 

 Flowers: Mr. Dobson. Fruit and Vkoktab j.ks. I »» ^ 

 Montserrat, Mr. Hunt. Potatoes: fc» dne * * lr „f! >0 Esq. HA*- 



barb* Victoria, Mr. J. Clare. tV"™***:*: Kwiey, Mr. J ' 

 barb: Victoria, Mrs. Warburton. Po t aloes- K iduey 

 Eaton. Extra Prizes : Fuchsia gracilis, M£JL£Mg» uaD t 



staffe; Cereus flagelliformis, Mr. » 



lexis humilis, Mrs. Wagstaffe 



