Jasvany 14, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
29 
ds with my garden 
— Т ned in thea 
w 
y, finding myself a 
have unw ару, fallen іп with e prevalent | 
y nd s lad if «е ye in future 
ake up their mi nds tó retu urn o the d old way— 
ner. I de. not, at all duce о |: sh 
uld be arriv 
« they do 
over "the water. Bat the presa is | of all oth er powers 
t I would 
Was | there ever. such : а саве of borrowed plumes 
not onl 
rk. 
ver ylpar ks appro 
they are so print ted m erely for 
ovem тош advise both “ Florist" and his admirer to rea ч a | contrary would still i 
The wail of “Florist” and “ аа the | par Ману concern ing the death of Mr. J. Lawrence exhibitors— hold equally good, and 
feelings of but a very small join. of the gardening | which appeared с mporaneously wit n а. үү we ma airly presume that the same teelings militato 
community. “Florist” takes “raci egin with,” | letter (p. 0 07, en whose th gainst 
and asks, Ought not great, race prizes to be с to | co оу v by А i кл, have said that вачам) petition. The argument that the masters have the 
the trainers on the principle in question ? : say, du thy a and i remedy i in their own hands is no s ubt correct, 
certainly not. Moreover the compa rison of trainers to other k, and that that is t t dy. to a certain extent. Som entle- 
eners is Bloo first importar П not 1 bted by tl the slight ‚ principally Rosarians, do take the law in their 
in horse- racing, the "owners generally select their own андары of them. What bas made them so? Is|own hands and exhibit in eir own names, but the 
stock, ал ойы Р , They are the worst paid class of men in | majori ity do not wish P. enter. into collision with their 
n gett ing a trainer to keep it in the м teur but | existen so keep bac suggested 
vias! isthe trainer who qvo for his much | ledge reet require, for ma е in addition ёо | Ше alteration with t tracting to the 
Les eom as many а gardener dn ure —sub- 
tute in гв years а first-rate and winning collection 
ft 
ny 
professional knowledge, possess and wap x possess the 
the 
exhibition table that e pa р ЛА, апа 1 
t 
kuow wledge of an office clerk, and yet d 
ne of va alueless rubbish, often 
F ab. 
may add more especially, ladies, who, though very fond 
of flower s ‚апа floricu lture, „ате not s uffici cie ently enthu- 
der 
o rides a horse is 
I МШШ. that m: fact of T" adii динен of | 
Mo ^n ata viis that for the priz zes 
by the press has not a little to do with j | 
ata flower show, where they are ofte 
ros 59: - ey A рач remind “ Florist " that it was 
ner, who wan Ne las 
St. oues т, зз "that in these fashi 
— E - tua ae et e mr у the 
highest i е Ја nd. Yet not hear of a 
his | 
d f the ti 
Р 
1 t that 
he was obliged to compete with a person 
а 
gesting the formation of a . separate race for all “t infe- 
appen as | 
m nowner present. ** Again, ‚ às to yacht- 
inp" I buit that si арт Вотан" %. ике not i 
compared to a plantsman who inserts g g, and i 
he ів not above and watering, and t ing mà 
майа; and кы aei anā staging, and all te other | 
labour s of a gardener, he shou 1а е think it еа | 
e best and most skilful | 
for 
h h 
the c m of time stages. it а winning plant 
vi;h some or 
sailing powe ers than the skill of her captain. Again, most | 
noblemen апа PRAE pride segre р their 
knowledge o of stock чей — and fi ery goo od 
Же 
оЁ а class ich has dee wonders hee 
зму: ing the bin. 
British - Wm. Ro 
I have no desire to revive pd contr ер е уо 
were so obliging as to initiate in your | 
per 
, but as I have been "bitterly qoe and my 
he minutise d 
et “К” ers aries Sie easily guessed how many 
motives sadly misinterpreted, I hope you will kindly 
favour me wit th the insertion of a fow parting words, 
whether I consi eath me to 
y 
more гё bulls those noblemen would h ave been 
at the expense and trouble of rearing," 
(a ri 
society is ab present constituted), d» should, if an | 
the present ar rangement, but yet would bec 
different system 
ability, "the character, and the intelligence näh the prize-lists, as to cause them y 
— Therefore ; ie D the ыч which greater delight and pleasure in the excitement of flor 
works ur erar | competi Of this, besides several instances I might 
shows, should be adopted. p п орна ее it із | mention, I may adduce m n experience as a case 
not followed; that where an individual, be he what in point. Years ago I took but slight interest in 
he ne wins a d with his own hands with | floricalture, and it was the spirit of emulation, and 
па! 
rema ge iug for exhibition, and has at length 
| brought to the pass of being considered by 
friends “а wee bit crackit" оп the subject. My opponents 
d eating the air about the money awards, Irepeat,I 
nsider it reasonable s ight m masters should 
give t he pr ize елпопеу t their and I believe it 
ha hi he Уз Жыл be 
wit » he assertion tha£ in the 
country dir t exhibit f or fear they dod [" thought 
жет? from their gardeners the 
Ae be pounds, it is so 
That there 
mean enough to keep 
|few prize shillings, o 
m 
from floral competition mus ho 
consider with what keenness and avidit ty во very many 
Surely the 
ж the latter take to bee bee exhi: bibiting, 
many hornets into whose 1 
if the p ider it ben so unwittingly 
were to the men who attended on those |meet а a respectable p їп floral petition ? pl "i. agr in thinking 
ani they uld not be, Surely “Е | emphatically aniva no. I have now been bitor | that a pen of “great gawky fowls without a tail” 
must know even ater m those he | for many years, I hope I may зе spared for m: т will not bear comparison with аз f 24 beautiful 
mentions have for years sent their fruit and plants to | During that tim «à have met with amateur Yorist Roses. And „yet, will any one tell mié iw reason i why 
the London shows, and it may not ily guessed | bare Stehy and gentlemen 8 gardeners, and wi vith 
when they shall discontinue the practice.. During the | few exceptions have derived Tw en add 
past autumn I have seen the р: hich “Е,” is so | from » their acquaintance, and although there po been vr fend more to pem нч з T аач апа іп € 
d gentlemen who Rmi а Thus, if one 
ted to know what „gardene ner had produced the ро 
{то 
occasions when 1 should муе much preferred that the 
masters had been заем rs, I have not on the 
whole had reaso regre n werd ы о ч com- 
М aira je gentlemen! s ‚зн ырны: asa class, Ii was 
causes 
adieu to the subject, Pp thanking you much for you 
courtesy, I will only say, that if I h 
meant itnot. My devotion to »floriealture alone induced 
me to come forwa: rd, and I hat my passion for 
only b I believe that one of the ca 
fücient ex s ip тан ving adopted the 
Lord Soand.So, who had thereby added 2s. 6d. or 5. 
his princely revenue. And - with the Squire' s fat Let- 
ces and Onions, which р; 
dio non ascription of prizes ‚ to them for thi. own 
fovers and fruit, that I was indu iced to m t the 
Now 
Fw 186 prize, value one Shillin ift 
table ает 9 of the gardens, mio d 
charms of rti ld be t 
any respecta 
Other rural properties cou ested in a 
competition, mper o objection to this plan ; but while 
prizes which tend to improve the whole, - 
sity be given to very petty items, I am sure such 
es | у 
Londoi нба, 
s. | obta nins. i respect to cut flowers, very 
pee 
e|of the leading n 
the metropolitan 
shows. t Were it not for 2ч Анета of the 
leading — M Mee thus in a manner H ia 
enthusiastic amateurs, the flora 
meagre in м 
ear amon g the few gardeners, 
сайы of plants, we meet with certain 
We cannot afford spaceto continue 
this тсс farther.] 
М 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL: Jan. 7 to 11 (First Weekly 
rec NU pose selected for exhibition on this 
mulas, which, together with some 
коты Н of other зор gendi and a little 
fruit, n: ен ed round а A20 cepha 
id 
—and why is this? Are md who bear them the 
cra in England or in the environs of 
iri grow Orchids, E &c. 2: -— ЖҮ r 
wem 
From Mr. : ауе, TX 
of the wire; iiid 
Sondes, Elmham, Norfolk, came Corrsa m. 
to Lor 
nifica, well- 
| grown, and finely- bloomed, Mr. Hally, ‹ of ^ Blackheath, 
g exhibitors of Roses, Dahlias, Quail, id 
o the nurserymen and amateurs carry all ео 
class b 
Messrs, А . Henderson & Co., of Pine-apple Place ce, sent 
мэй Ан: colleetion of plants, 
aene e — are, I e say, thousands of gettle- 
and who keep gardeners of undoubted 
capacity a ineligene; 1 qiie eri ed among 
them are hundreds w if so required exhibit 
plants d flowers Pen Sal if not дт б to those | ca 
and yet how very few x 
these are ever heard of in a connection with the Lond 
shows? І grant that as regards the case is so 
what different, for vm eid c the tables м the 
rs their shortcom 
reason is is 
contrai; the vy special outlay for 
honey 2 ed? ie im is ver Persona er a 
rie 
BU NIA tome. 
e there are all sorts 
i fruit? Bat the 
ture v exhibi tion. 
ы? 
мтр сч nt as regards flori 
The m: masters are ignored, € 
w- | Castle, Wallingford, 
[chiefiy о of Сеа remarkable for the beaut y of 
leaves, associated with Early Tulips, and the pretty 
e беттен вонай Hyacinth. Cut Camellias, inter- 
eie with flowers of the charming Lapageria rosea, 
from Mr. Coysh, gr. to Mrs. E. Wood, of s 
together with a small group of & Stove and Greenho 
Herde showy winter-bloomiug Sericographis Ghios 
| breghtiana, wel ell furnished wıth crimson-scarlet Justicia- 
like blossoms, The same exhibitor also had a collectio 
of nicely-flowered Primulas, 
een 
th gay mauve-coloure 
M enderson еа tributed ап interesting 
. | collection mulas, including oen n of their 
р! retty Tons leaved varieti ld: ; and from the same firm 
example of omnei coccinea, а ur 
и 
for competition ; and "the ey are 
O pow that 
һе altogether ЧҮ the reports of the beds mi 
frarian] бэй us plant, bearing crimson blossoms of 
great! bea auty. From Mr. Short, Clewer, near Windsor, 
ubby plant 
а, 1" 11 
us 
with bright-coloured tubular blossoms, not unlike those 
exhibi 
—the e gardom ally gi on, Thu 
es of those 
those who doso at a heavy 
| шта found as i prize vos Mr. Young, Leigh | cam 
outlay, iti is not in the nature of things that any rule 
| Park; Mr. Blair, Shrubland Park; Mr. Godfrey, Ware 
of impen bicolor. Fro ur А Garden of the Society 
rious contributions ret Prim and other plants 
which, | being neatly arranged ent 
on tables of 
