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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. ; 
319 
im 
3 eaes placing in in* 
the] Saran of cutting into chaff, stacks being 
of alternate layers — bese wand clover. Mr. Gibbs 
stated that a Clov er gre a gigantic. height, but ee wd 
cut at an ear 
stalk, the oil most soumaaae to its cultivation being * deep 
rich rr 2 is, in fact, the Melilotus leucantha, as we hay 
y stated.] 
ed SH 
orti wipe ty Societ 
The 
est ‘orie! culas, 4Self 
shrabty F Plakte: 3 ape e Hya- 
igo Phioxes, 6 Heartseases, 2 Calceolarias, 12 
Feet 6 Gera ranioms, 2 Cinera- 
nacher. 
A. Scott. Best 2 heads of Broccoli, 3 heads of Sea- kale, 20 stalks of 
Asparagus d best 4 Single Anemones, 3 Double Wallflowers, 
2Petunias, 6 Onions of 1841: Mr. f G ere Best 4 Double 
mo ing Flowers, 6 Onions o; 
y Spr 
abbages, 1 Swedish ree, ; 2nd best 6 Heartseases, 
oer 4 Broccoli "20 stalks of Asparagus, 12 forced Potatoes 
Mr. J. E: The 2nd bes t 4 Double 
Powers 4 bots h wits ks 
ages, 1 Pswedi sh Turn rnip: rdie,— Bes 
Anuriculas, 4 Polyanthuses, 3 Double Primro ses, 2 Early Cabbages ; 
6 Heartseases, 3 Scotch Leeks : a G. Cruickshank. Best 
2 heads o: 
R 
of Rhubarb; 2nd pest 3 Double Wallflowels, 2 Early 
Cabbages : Mrs . D. Berwick.—Corracrrs : Best 4 Scot Boe es. 
Mr. D. Scott. The 2nd best 4 Scotch Leeks, Mr. 
Mr. Bridgford, ju a Tee De bl 
Tuthill, Esq., of Faha, and Capt. Joyce, Sp ae e were Lb compet. 
tors, and the following are the Garda i— eafy, gr. 
Lord Clarina, 7 prizes, for ssc Pears, best dessert me and 
2nd best do. ; $3: best Geraniums, 2nd best Asparagus, and hest 
cumbers. Ae beh hl gr. oW.M Monae Esq., . 6 prizes, 
‘or best Straw tie’ i best Orange Trees, best Cauliflower, best 
dint Peas, and best dish of Sse Pande Mack, 8 to Mrs 
per, 6 tad for best Se 
es, 2nd bes t Herbaceous: Plants, 
d best Ane- 
ond best ere: 2nd best 
Mr. , gr. to Poole 
and best vealection ae best 
a bait 2 Stove Plants, mS t Kidney 
ae B: Waller, Esq., + prises be nts 
Single Tulips, ind ond’ best Double. 6. Mr. Ke elly, gr 
sell, Esq., 5 prizes, the be: st 6 named Auriculas, Gat best édlien. 
tion of Geraniums, th Plants, e ravfeg as st 
rig rene with an honorary prize fi n Orange 7, Mr, 
» gr. to Capt. Stackpoole, RN. 3 prizes, ond: best Broe- 
ea, 2nd best Cabbage, and best collection of Nog yas 8. =. 
Y, gr. onan, , 5 pri est. Asparagu: 
ambers, best Piitntobes. | Dest. Rananculuses, an bast 
Double Tulips. 9, Mr. M‘Donagh, gr. to - Lioyd, Esq., of 
Limerick, tcl best oer Annuals, out e collection a Pan- 
m, gr. to 
e S. ito 
Plants, best Double Stocks, the best collection of Plantai in flower, 
uquet of Cut Flowers, best Hardy Shrubs in Fe ohh, the 
i. > eee Plant; the best Broccoli, Cabbage, hrooms, 
pers Se and Shropshire Florist Florist and Horticultural Society, 
April 2ist.—This was held at the Town Hail, and the specimens 
uced 
and judgment of the growers. 
Rey. J. nd 
r. Groves, Oliver Ss. Lovely 
ampion ; 4 Mr. Rob 
. Groves, sore Ann Willbra 
t, Mr. Gites Tonhade 
-, Juno ; 4th, do., Complete ; 
shire ; pie h, Mr. Groves, Warris’ 
e, and the whole were 
ug’ illar 
Kooe's Delight, Wild’s Black and i Meld o’ the 
ist, Mr. Roberts, Ned Ladd; 2nd, Mr. Groves, Blue 
- Bayley, Esq., Trusser ; 4th, Mr. Groves, Flora’s 
ecpnige Stadtholder * 6th, Mr. Groves, Lee’s 
pse. ‘alah ist, Mr. id; 2nd, do., 
3 3rd, Mr. Gro Incomparable ; 
is ewsb' 
ale of Evesham Horticultural ant a Floral Society, Aprit 22,— 
The test st exhibition for wis heh ae’ the Town, Hall 
an following Pvt Swale: arded : nlas, reen- 
edged Ist prize, Woou’s Lord Lascelles, John Clark, tot 
os Deen ee Wm. : Me Galloway’ s bury 
oe . Trey-edge tet ‘Watris's nion, Wm mes, 
Esq. ; 2nd, Rifleman, Mr rd of Hallam. 
3 Wm. Barnes, Esq White-clized ist, ‘iaghes’s Piller of 
-; 2nd, Unknown, Mr. Wintle; 3rd, 
Venus, Monsieur Edouard. Selfs— —lIst, Bradshaw's eth 
rd Primate, Wm. Barnes, Esq. ; 
ee ee Mr: Wintle. Alpines— Ist, Biiser's Per: 
._, Polyanthases, 
Red—list, at, Ellice’s Sir’ Riches 
; 2nd, Whitford’s Beaity of the Vale, Mr. 
Ftsbayn Red—tst e, Countess de la 
iss ss Huntiey Blae—1st, 
ae mie Pee 
e' 
eis varieties—Ist st, Rey, # Haring; 
OF Greenhouse ’ ak 
Edward Rudge; 2nd, 
Clark ; y » Raper ris impressa, Hardy Plants—Mr. 
Mr 
Clark. a-kale— Edward Rudge, Esq. Cucumbers—General 
arrio “White Broccoli—B. Workman, Esq Asparagus—Jas. 
Ashwin, Esq. R —Mrs. 0. Cheek. Cabbages—ist, B. 
orkman, Esq. R. Ashwin, Esq. Lettuce—Mr. E es. 
ssert Apples—T. N. Foster, Esq. Co ee Prizes: Broccoli— 
: French Beans—E. 
si Fuchsia excor- 
ark, Choome: Seedling Pansies—Rev . J. Harling. 
Seedling Cineraria, Mr. Clark. Coronilla—Jo hn Clark, Esq. Hy- 
acinth, N: —Miss Huntley. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
meee See [Sarees Me date .—The Sydney powers 
ntain unt of an exhibition by the mem of 
the Horticultural a pias Society of that town, Our 
readers e€ curious to know how such matters are 
mana Ba in New Holand and fae are the prominent 
subjects of cultivation ther 
= 
a 
o 
ad 
oe 
a garden exhibition at Sydney e in an English 
nd inst New Holland 
plants. being produced, with the solitary exception of two 
n ecimens of the Do celsa,, each of 
r 
which was 15 feet long. European plants and vegetables 
were evident tly the _great source of intere st. At the 
wyun 
be gga and 
Herald,” the main me le was covered with 
A article es were splendid 
fruits. 
Cauliflo 
h 
re of first-rate quality, and reflect much credit on m the | 
Th 
Am r 
Gooseberry-bush in a tub, with a con- 
num “eas of green fruit as large as hazel-nuts: it 
ad he show conse otherwise of Bana- 
Roe Whatrics; Kentish Cherries 
ed the 
Wino form 
White Moss 
4 & 
n 
the same flow r species we fin 
peregrina, a fine ‘Sen Pa Phecens. Gladiolus’ Coll 
and a Cactus Ac The editor o e ‘* Sydney 
Herald ” says, however, that they were trained in av y 
clumsy manner, with sticks which ht have done duty 
a Donnybroo Fair, instead of neat slender rods of de 
were s, Milfor rae 
per Kidney Pota 
i s 
eart Cherries, dried do., 
Pippin Apples of the pre evious 
Crabs, Cucambers, and Melons. Amongst 
cime’ érium Oleander, 
Heliotrope, Cockscomb, Cactus speciosus, Myrtle, White 
Balsan Hydrangea, with Verbenas and Bouquets 
Roses, as well as of th ural productions of the anne 
he n er of successful ee 4 e 24, an e 
prizes distributed amongst the’ ¢conelion 
f the ti Fruit was "histributed amongst the 
company assembled. 
Death of Mr. Andre 
athews.—We regret to brn 
that this  aealous aturalis de a ft priest is baa 
— He of great Bicep 
atom? aay onsiderably 0 to a knowledge of re 
crt ‘of Peru an 4g ia apes 
pope Bearing A ig ear the €, HEV. 
Hopton’s mansion, non Froome, Herefordshire, 
ay n seen 
year’s fruit on it, faa 
otaxis es, 
gra cones, near Lake St. Catt ta the os centre 
Abs ee s Land, at the elevation of 3,239 ft. above 
the 
Death of Dr. Vogel. We last week announced the 
death of _ _ Toot pip the authority of the news- 
papers. the melancholy task of addin 
that the intligence was too correct. r. V 
ditgess rere conse 
n after overy ican fever. 
Ths oe perished, hn the prime of life, one of the most 
ing of European botanis tig aie of 
the dificult genus ‘Coss and his o 
had 
— en, aced h 
among an and physiologists. We 
i eg and eallections hehe aig o doubt, 
prolate ‘aan be preserved as peer of 
that zeal w ala 
GARDEN Ce ie a ee 
New Botan i ee a w.—On Saturday, April 30, — 
beautiful Gardens were ‘opened rom the first time. On this 
ved to admi t the public on on 
the payment flin Siires: (revion ly 
ing of the grounds for the subscribers; and the opportunity thus 
offered, added to the beauty of the weather, 
Grrert which Yat s that this resolution was at once acceptable 
well-t ardens are, —— on the north side of 
he Great Weste —by far the st beautiful approach to 
tanical tre . 
gentle ‘swemnge ¢ to a cbneiderdiie 
ort 
land. The grounds rise in 
elevation, and o 
chites hich Cxpertehee rs 
mor sae ern knowledge have associated 
with gardening and the 
scien 
pose of infant 7. & 
no 
Garton sie e range, ‘ind on 
the outline of bee _— it Pert fen 
beautiful rang untry is “om sonniad ; and the presence of the 
Clyde, ewe, a the centre et the vy: valley, is easily indicated by 
the smoky canta which ever and anon eat can wena from the 
walk west- 
funnels of the many Stcaibers which ers ; 
ward the landscape is not less delightful, tend ite on it 
towards the of the and to the east the eye 
ests On the handsome piles of modern building Seca the 
last few years have called into existence), and on the 
of the shipping at Port-D hole —— pd “toy 
bs dae mi the chimney setae at St. 
ed point the grounds slo 
thik wooded banks, to = classic 
ong the Alto; r the ope! 
Sevan wean pee ‘cannot doubt that the heneuiotand 
culated to extend the wing taste ne - deeply-interesting, 
ern e and pleasing science tany. What with the 
w and exte aid grounds, a “nchly furnished with rare and 
valuable poe and the loc se te “Haga o a 
ee 
Kelyi, which é simpling 
g has 
‘Ga 
ae 
are naa to 
ar yom com cmenveniar of com- 
bining mp tute ‘of an interesting science with healthful recrea- 
aa ~ on this e to! 
fs is the gragiude with which a hogar similar t 
eoahand by pee rtio: 
1g these grounds o 
mall 
visitin nt eason, upon payment 
of a must be no ‘nconsiderable number of 
— are com 
ms upon their window-sill. 
oo gh the Botanic Gardens for a few hours woul 
of much value; and even for the sake of er 
sure to the more res 
rectors 
consi 
ations are not thoroughly finishe 
this establishment, when completed, will, pedi be Be: to its size, 
be one of the most perfect in the kingdom. —Abridged from the 
et H ss 
-—- 
Groom’s ry, Clapham Rise.—Notwithstanding the late 
dimevouteus sweater, yar reed at a freer are in admirable. 
condition. The whi upwards of 120 feet elim 
set wa presents ate 
aad nore 
amongst such an ae pe melee we were entire! 
feathered with deep roge, and of an excellen Cerise 
ae h light rose, ey with wammines i 
m Rosa Bianca, very clear, f bean 
feathos Ave ease Bacchus, a brnncrose of flower ; 
Groom’s hess of Sutherland, a rose, edediient shape ; 
eg reg ge nore 
ersiani, ‘Princess —Byblamens 
Groom’s Victoria Regina, a beautifully-formed flower, with a 
clear white ground, pen me Boe oer ered with d purple ; 
Alexandre, finely feat XVI, a clear 
hite, feathered ota. deh ea Michael Angelo, feathered 
fl d with rich maroon; Le ,ac white, with a fea- 
m, and i a are excellent flowers of —_— 
Bizards: Duke of rie ge wees an excellent shape, wi 
yellow ground, dark ther; Ca 
clear yellow, feat red with reddish brown wn; Nourri Effendi, a 
bold and @ haasome bbe on a clear ground and a remarkably 
dark br ’s Marshal se mig are , deli. 
cately lattioceh h reddish brown; Fabi or ek with. 
clear. 
a aaa & rown feather ; Marcellu s bright yellow, with abrowm 
flame; and Groom’s Dake of Su’ ther 
ciently expanded to 
hat a fine yellow ly feathered with rich 
R, A. May 10. 
Rebretos 
Cabool: being a Personal Narrative Ah he urney to, 
and paar fe in that City, in the years 1836,7, and 
ae i e late Lient-Cok ‘Sir Alexander Bee’ C.B. 
ae “ 
that attention is so 8 trongly directed towards Aff- 
ghanistan, the » AP DARE rane of this a cag njyees work is most. 
welcome. over its very interesting pages, we 
nd many thing rliting to climate ant ae which. 
are well worthy of 
The following are a nee instances :—Whilst sailing up. 
he Indus, in the Desinuing Es May, Sir ‘6 Burnes ob- 
erik the tempe ear Dera Ghazee 
Khan, to be 108°, “whi ilst ee of de eae was 84°, On 
reaching Musan, July 22d, the thermometer rose to 115°, 
and in the smaller tents it psy to 135°; the m 
Bye t Near. Bassoul 
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