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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[Jury 16, 1864, 
examples of Louise. Peyronney, Madame C. Wood, and | 
Madame C. Crapelet; Mr. W. Brown baving iden 
d eg eg Cecile de Chabrillant, Lord Raglan, a 
a 
“ire nr Mr. S. Evans; 2, Mr. ©. J. Perry. 24:1, 
Mr. E. Hu nt; 2, p 8. Evans; 8, Mr. x J. Perry and Mr. E. 
Sage, Atherstone. 18: 1, Mr. 'S. Evan : 2, Mr. W. Brown; 
3, Mr. E. Hunt ; 4, Mr. R. Garnett. 12: A, "Mr. Sage; 2, Mr. 
Hunt; ; 3, Mr. C. E. We st; dure Per id 
y to Amateurs residing within 
15. miles of Birmingha ‘the awards were ^ fue gi: 
: 1, Mr. W. Brown; 2, Mr. BT 
Smythe and Mr. R. Garnett, dea: ^d 
2, Mr. T. B. Wright; 3, Rev. P. M. Smythe; 
P. M. 
Pm T ‘Grown: 
r. C, J. Perry. 
In the Class open only to Amateurs resident within 
— miles vd Mir Ww prm. the awards 
Mr. G. Sansome; 3, Mr. 
vided fo w Roses, ope 
In the various a n were very fine 
R 
4, er wis 
Two ae were pro 
all comers. 
and | Stre 
P. Wwugre: >| but 
T being for 
f Little Coram 
“beal lthy. They were shown i in Cines: 
—_—_ 
volume | as including—(1) such. species as the author 
oe living in in the neigh 
nt, 
Y. Seren odds and 
ends "um provi "x for depar a ust 
which have been universally received, - ohh ag his 
have tended to prove a stly to 
ds d as distinct r 
“Iti ust 20 years since the phn commenced th th his 
during it 
umerated. The prizes d varie 
from ls. to 10s, and the eompetition p^ them 
extensive, indicating the interest which 
bulk k of 
the poor take in the movement, i i; 
The 
regret has e that 
ire tea especially i in ‘the cain 
volumes, in - 
ground of t 
roduced sn many eun Meter eg 
poss E nir ml xa 806), 
F 
Cal Berkes A and crimson Pie os ee rs ran 
geas, „Dahlias, MANN what are called Nettle 
Gera 8, anthes, Orange trees, Balsams, Mig- | 
ow fand which stil remain in the 
Of late 
ae Nur (i810) 
ry of speci 
rite cognita, years the poe na bad o 
; | dubious species has increased to be: alarming d 
Kalos 
Sonetia, "Mask. Asters, and Fren ch and Afric can Ma 
d yt 
5 
e xt 
bo be ‘maintain ed aee 
Grisebach 
with the omi 
ark. 
West aes anc of j anono a er a adi 
y Dr. 
sante, Peter Lawson, Ma Emain, Comtesse Courcy, golds. ry 
Lr ed z au | à Alphaide de Rotalier, Madame hes gon » have pestle spoutless teapots, china 
ct a Ke 2, Mr. Cant; 3, M 
Panl & Son; 4, Mr. Batley. 71, Mr. Keynes e isas ; del det shows T: under Mr. Bayley’ 8 eism | | 
3, Mr. "hee haan ul& We s OT 
must not omit to sponk in high ms of an eg Potatos, Radishes, and a tuft or two of e ns 
Becas collection of Roses sent by Mr. ji of Stock ; E sprig 
Herefo not for eeprom also of a beautif kl j boxfuls 
collection - Vener from Mr. C. J. Perry, consistin ng 
= dos of seedling varieties of considerable 
The large hall, with its most , convenient galleri 
for dis; splaying various 
ardeni 
Fi Ph d 
Van den 
same materi ‘als 
lately after his p 
tie of iiy ; Dee ng ba «de made of three- — 
g edi before m ry 
th (in the Nederl. Kruidk, Arch. 
n. because, judging from the descriptions, they are 
Strawberry punnets fastened together ; table one well founded.’ Itis indeed well known that there 
ies, | tions, consisting of b cones, amo c dap of the present day to 
bea Bring : a living plant of Acacia — surrounded rjr increase the i number es (and genera too), on 
dri mere an error often indeed arising 
erara of interest in ttis i with gar 
Several well known makers in Birmingham support 
the tm thus making the Rose show of unusnal 
inter 
On ‘this occasion Messrs. gue Baker & Co, 
hang basket supporting finely bloomed 
pants of blue dicens and fin ps MNA ofa 
vila called Bloom Grove, in the uare box 
filled wi ith plants „thrown „in nto sen feces means of 
hall 
specimens which wo 
which u^ are liable 
“On 
pos of Mat genera of Fern 
mM Street, B ge 
exi d 
especially 5 n^ Things a as summ 
pots us colon urs, and 
garden wire of va arious 
n» an imitation red brick nce = with round M 
tone-topped pillars ate of the sam 
and entrance ga 
| seo, tbe whole xx tastefully executed, and really 
SN Dh 
certain] 
etty. These se, and here and there a Jittle plan ant 
ration ; LLAMAR wo: zw ^ar ot g graceful 
vitin hairs of same 
it what ladies E degit in ctt 
ands endless ety n seats of 
for tlie y 
pattern 
pattern, a 
Also, flower 
tter: 
oleus, bud the materials of which the 
do ower show chiefly cons — - the chi 
department was well supported, a 
interest. A twin sister of this exhibition is | ne ( 
ere er "aut athor 
is €— pod entertain his s own views upon the subject, 
I have endeavoured t maintain such as may 
prese Pig ha sated cians of the species, and be 
attended, with the least n to the working 
ecies Filicum was ciini designed to 
nelude Pi ct me 
ai bret toa close Bs oti them. It 
piro 
ses, 
1 HI 
J 
f life and healti í ed 
will prepare a cien be entitled Synop 
tity of other garden utens 
greatly ad:vired. 
s aM Charles Bv eme Street, Birmingham, | 
| prizes mos this as well as fr he hens were eee 
in the evening to the successful competitors by 
in 
| Lord Shaftesbury. "Concerning this, Mr. Bailey says :— | gi 
sent a large display of China and earthenware articles | 
for window, sare yl ai t —— 
a ts, suspending baskets, 
of garden sea 
es, vases, brackets, and a host of other | 
for the first time by way of experiment through a 
section of the Ek. Ei iaht y-six persons gave ín thei 
Mignonette box nà addi | 
things ra in earthenware, | names as competitors. This year t - prizes have nih duin the 20 years progress o of the larger work, The E. 
rustic wood-work. Some Ha» eases were much|extended to the whole parish, and 304 persons have | Schizæaceæ, Osmundace:, Poe and Ophio- 4 
uror and secs become popul competed for them. The coto petithék" Mr. Bayley | glossaces, all amid m the pre volumes, will be — 
. Thomas Rabone, Birmingham, Oye a PME | adds, “value our visits, and only complain if they are | also d. ta ry for Fern students Me L- 3 
sollcion of barometer not paid sufficiently often. My experience, after|this one-volume Synopsis of all the Ferns 
A visitati on of th 8, that a decided tei Sam ose the accomplished author may eel 
and Admiral | Fitzroy’ 8 storm glasses, et ys interest, 
very 
ton of such things connected with horticulture. 
Messrs. Mapplebeck & Low sent a large collection of 
s 
taken place in their condition’ k wear be 
rt of the Tm to e the movemen nt of las 
fined. 
- "The moral nis js I am 
tools, which come great interest to the | €a 
visitors, Sn a a se Fy cheap pee ara persuaded, excellent.” 
ing ar apparatus, « consisting of a pair oi of. trowel-for 
shee, an EE dle invention for the use o£ ladies 3$Botites of Books. 
amateurs, and appropriately named P trans- | Species Filicum; bei eseriptions of all known 
P Ferns, Illustrated with Plates. By Fa William 
Mr. "James — New Street, Birmingham, con- Jackson Hooker, K,H., London u & Cos 
tributed a collection of vem and elegant Soho Sq 
nd vases in gia, 
corrugated bricks, 
with a semi-cirenlar projection 
proj — 
pes lvester, Mr. Spurrier, and 
La 
qi S t colleetions of silver 
Lets uo pore 
the contre o ec 
drilled for recei 
ial notic 
en Engin 
less liable to dinum ment, and 
rA the construction of the piston draws E t a 
greater distance than the rà the foot 
i js also suputot: 
the o iral ET is more finished i 
represented to be 
| the au 
king € resident | principles by w. n guided, as they throw W 
notice; Mr. | 
short time since we announced the issue of the first 
gea of the fifth ohm Dui this most useful book, and 
we ve now to state that with the second part, which 
| nce appeare cdd, Gia We dict has com —€— 
c arduous undertaking of sapei all the known Fern 
now consists of 190 pages o! 
Det — including not cay an index to the volume, 
ecce to Hen era and pri groups 
— 
podium, and the genera 
neni uns Gymnogramma, inclu fing Dic ty: 
| Syngramma, an nd Selliguea ; Brainea, 
wnitis, Drymogl 
to "cm in 
excepting ] Plat gesium, which. stands by | itself. In an 
Append: 
Noon, |” | 
ogramma, 
Mm, a 
deg 
Growing. By James eS 
London: Reeve & C 
is useful and ve shilling vene the 
thor observes is not dog toca for botanists, bat has 
been compiled with the view of assisting the admirers 
ool Orchids in the formation a o 
collections restricted to that peo section of the 
family. To this end ther = n, firs st, an alpha- 
porjon) list of genera, with brie 
secondly, a list s La Ordi pea impa ; 
à grow eres pose untry and time 
the In tter we notice - 
ned last week 
On the pee i ofa 
the students of Ferns, jg ud 1^ excused for plages 
or's final wee que as to the plan 
which he has 
" ith no ordina qaae hgh te that 
iei oder m conclusion the five volumes 
pes — n icum ied by 304 
ing the $ c s d iptions of 
of such as 
Fra 
so important as this to} .- 
um, or are with sufficient accuracy 
works to which he has had access,’ This 
explained in the preface to the first du Canada, to which are given most 
Pippins. 2d, 
