'HE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 





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and the style of 



irhich "vera! bridges are t 

 i of Ramalhao are not w; 



porting busts are placed at the entrance of 



enure. From tlu so observations, the author JJJSg^^J 



varied ^mt^'he blue w^vSST ^"entire' 

 sepal* to be the topical form of Viola odorata. In this 

 white and the lilac-flowered fringed sepailed plants 

 name ciliata would be appropriate; whilst the blue 

 entire sepailed plant would be regarded as the type of 



Royal C* 





Monarque, Waterston's Burns, 



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\, » V 'ti'l, ru.i!ett.'t.l, Ilmi.n, nud L n 1 

 s.m's L'ul.t l'urple Mottled. For the premium offer 

 f.,r ;' c h „t 24 l\msi< -, there was a keen competitic 



Lord Hardinge, Plin 



iuniph lioval. Dec 



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"The Stem, whether 



barbarous pruning were placed before the i 



19— The B»h...-. I 

 Esq, was elected a Fellow. 



ring from Hoi 





Lurly cihat«d«pata, whU. 



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Plants, a fi»t prize was voted to Mr. M Lauchk* c , 

 to W. R. Ramsay, E^j., I'ol Sapoiiari ocvin i t 

 Antennaria dioica rosea, Alyssum olympicum, Diauthii 



voted to Mr. Thomson, gr. toDr. Neill, who produce 



My h..ii.- alpeMns, Primula Scotica,and P. iuvolucrata 



at d a second to Mr. Goodall, gr., Newbattle Abbe) 



sing Ic r, u is £i 

 i. P. Lawson and Soi 



nis oi interest. Mr. Stark fu: 

 greenhouse plants. The cohe- 

 irs iucluded fine Cape Heaths, 



Mr. Handasyde produced i 



Dunbar sent several fine Heaths and a double-flowered 



the open ground. From the garden of i 



fen. From A. Symington, Esq., there was a tray of 

 beautiful Ranunculuses. Dr. Neill's garden furnished 



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teresting Alpines including the rare Flv-u, 

 fio»,r. Mr. II I-.vingston produced be«S£ftl£ 

 Stanleyana in flower; Mr. Weir/ scnT^S.* 

 Calceolaria blooms ; and Mr. Marshall a wL*?T^ 

 distinct seedling Cheirauthus. I. AndertrEf ,i * 

 hj puum moss ; also a hybrid vZ5 



theEariof Rossfyn^exbibhecfsome nneLJ&E^ 

 dendrons ; and Mr. H. Munro a stand of douU* i£ 

 le-ias. Mr. Burns produced several fine A»k«E 

 Rhododendrons ; and Mr. Samuel a wellgrown *J 

 Eriostemonbuxifolium. Mr. Anderson SLJJJz 

 vigorous-growing Cape Heaths, and a beautiful tfmm 



Baird were some large Stocks. Mr. Land* m 



of a variety named " Logan's Improved Aak4m«l 



K .1 ,. \ ,' which sort, it w s stated, had hitherto nuiri 



Royal Horticultural Improvement, of haufc- 

 Rotunda on the 14 th inst. The day was favoiik 

 was an excellent one, its principal features being 0* 



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Burn , b| , s< t :i li le plant of Erica Cm» 



more 'than 2 feet high ;_ E. ventricosa superb., iu the 



sTevenly 'were Mr. Mathews's Heaths balanwl ri 

 Mr. Toole's, that the judges awa 



gemmifera. The former about 2* f J^ ^ JJ 

 wS'were first? there werelthe blu?flowered Lack- 



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m. "in stove plants, Mr. Gmjt 

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 bloom, alongwith a small specimen of Henfreva scanto 



finest bloomed plants of Rusaellia juncea that ew 

 graced the stages of the Rotunda. The 60* «J 

 specimens of greenhouse plants were Pime ea deewtt 

 and spectabilis ; the former 4 feet high, and N 

 Clerodendron Keempferi, from Mr. Mathews. Tk 

 exhibitors of Orchids were, Messrs. Gannon, D* 

 and Humphries. The former ^ »° e K^fa 

 tifully-grown plants, bot . h J w * 8 sent marked "aotto 



were good specimens °^ nc j^ n OncHflS 



?eredwithhaad»* 

 any p^ *** 



Fuchsia : s , c £2s 



Mr. llu: 



winners in these classes being Messrs. «■»»-* _^ 

 Corr%?n, Hodgins, MLaine, Livingston kj^J 

 hue liack^and Jenkins. Mr j DgP « ^j 

 seedling Pelargonium, and Mi. Jenw ^ ne uktf» 



fluiiin A/tvteaU 0/Jime 20- I 



L Z» the va.-M Lu.y of tb. «°«" P [fti^ 



full flower" 1 ' ' We should be curi ^^fli* 

 run nower ... language would trans«- 



grand phrases into sober English. 



Country Sbow^ ^J 





