THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



lightning, which was the cause of many an anxious heart, 

 but the Potatoes looked beautiful next morning, and 



year quite in a green state, long before the tubers cou! 

 possibly be either ripe or have finished their growth 

 and when taken up they were fine in size and of ex 

 cellent quality. I have a few of them left yet, in ; 

 perfectly sound state. The only 

 pursued by Mr. Lomba and mine consists in putting i 



were exhibited by Messrs. Wood and 1 



tEably well swelled, the black kinds' 



Peaches —The best dish of six, and a 

 one it was, was shown by Mr. Snow, u 

 Grey. They were large and well coloured. Then, Ml 



duced by Mr. Turnbun. dot. 



sent good Royal Georges ; and so did Mr. F, 



Peach were also sho« 



' Royal Ge.»rge 

 Early Pui 





' 



) days dry 



,.v,"i m u 



and Royal George Peaches, lair .<-;^ci' ■::,; 

 lea, well swelled and good fruit ; 



Among these there were 



fruit. In the class c 



gr. to Sir J. Guesr, B -.,* Mi^we. 



whose weights were respectively 4 



bs. HJoz.; a 

 > Mr. Lawrence, of Islev 



showed a Queen 3 lbs. 6' oz.. Mr. Fleming had a Pr, 



■ ■ Spencer onfg SToz 7Jt* 

 Jones another' 7 lbs. 14 oz. Mr. Spencer hadTthre 



Mr. TurnbuU. Mr. Toy, Oatlands Palace Gardens, 



market gardeners' class, sent nice 



bunches of this kind of Grape, quite ripe. It is but right to 



.. ilarap, gr. to T rni ™ 



ified, not having 



E 



a J. Thori 

 j been shown sepai 

 really three distinct bi 

 Mr. TurnbuU, Kj^^jT^iSbS 



i Mr. Hayward. These were 



abed. The next best were frot 



- _. ^arrard, Esq. ; and good spe( 



f \lZ^Ll f B ZT ^ Messrs D - Vtch « " 



Roman. These were i 



flavour. The heaviest 

 -. to Airs. OJdie 

 Hatfield Green-fl 

 . Farmer, Esq., had 



-The be*t we;- . 



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> too acid last year 



cumstances. Mr. Lydiard, of Bath, had also capital 

 examples of the same varieties. Mr. Woods sent 

 British Queen, and Mr. Shepherd Eleanor, and Mr. 



M; i - pi in . rl .. \ ,ry fine d sh of K e.n i ; but ti- ; 





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V.:iu Mr. Monro. 





Iru-V. <> -,;-.. 





Of Tropical Fku 





)o wager ot Nortl.u 





Cloves. Papaw, Alls 



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,'v. t -. J. B. Boothby, Esq., Musa Cavendishii, iu 



but not half ripe. 







!0 Stove and Gi 











H. Colyer, Esq , of 



tod. At the ba 











- -. . 



fraveolena ; while i 





i huge Crowea s 



There were seven collections of fi W„ , 

 Loraine, Esq., 



1 Kaiusanthes cocciuea' 



■ ; -ft£L 



v— - .\ 



■: 



^31," 4 • ~ ,enQulIun & who was uW u 

 .r speciosa, the new Hoya iraperialis, m oL-rv 



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1>. -k<>- ; t' : glorious Vauda Bit 



' ■ ■ . ' ■:" :.',;.;>. 



dowers ; the ever- blooming Phalaeaopsis evaudiilin- 

 Calanthe Masuca, with nine spikes of lilac Urnrn] 

 Saccolabium guttatuin, with four flower-spikes 



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well grown E. verrucosus 

 flowered Brassias, Odont< 

 flowered Cycaoches chk 



filipes, Epidendrum verruca 



■ 

 odoratum purpuri.scens.-Mr. Dobson, gr. to Mr. 



. 



vulner.i; and but in d« 

 M.,vi ,, J), r.drobiuin chrysautbum, and L 

 t m ilower. Messrs. Henderson, of 



... IMth.'f p:.-C 



d Angrtecum cauc 



"elexis 111 urTrea " 

 i hardly be said 



• - ,eCta fine iS 



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 contributed by I 





