THE GARDENERS' 



CHRONICLE. 



EXHI 



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ITIONS AT THE 



GARDEN 



OF THE 



HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY 



OF 



LONDON 



3 



FOR THE YEAR 1851. 



THE EXHIBITION 



W 



TAKE PLACE ON THE 



LLOWING SATURDAYS 



MAY 



JUNE 7, and JULY 19. 



SCHEDULE OF THE PRIZES 



FLOWE 



(Pots are to be measured inside, one inch below the rim.) 

 Division I -IN WHICH NURSERYMEN AND PRIVATE GROWERS EXHIBIT INDEPENDENTLY OF ;EACH OTHER. 



£rior skill it I Sh pots. SG-CE-LS. 5. Yellow Roses, best sis varieties. Sk 



l*™ 1 ' • 4.^: a *:««f NB To be really yellow; pale-cream colours are madmis- 



SG— CE— LS. 

 *B. The c as in which the varieties are most distinct 



,. ^p^'^^o^ of varieties, in 11-inch pot? 



N.B. Any plant that shall not have been actually grown in 

 11-inch pots will be disqualified. 

 $. Fancy Pelargoniums J in sixes, in 8-mch pots. LL-— L»— ^. 



l Roses, in pots; in collections of 12 distinct varieties, in 13- 

 iacn p«>t*. OB— I— CB. (Hi May and June only.) 

 H.B The Judges will disqualify any collection that shall be 

 foiind to contain a plant which has been recently placed 



in the pot from the open ground, or that is shown in a pot 

 of any other size than 13 inches. 



SB— C. (Li Jane only.) 



tthil 



G. Cape Heaths; in collections of 10 entirely distinct varieties. 

 GB— SG— CB. 

 N B. It is expected that the same plant shall not be exhibited 

 on more than one occuiun. The Judges, in making their 

 award, will give, both in this and the next number, a marked 

 preference to plants growu in their natural forms, without 

 stakes or stays ; aud will also take disiiuc ness of species 

 into favourable consideration. No duplicate will be allow- 

 able. 



7. Cape Heaths ; in collections of 10 entirely distinct 



in ll-iucbpot*. SG— CE— LS. 



8. Carnations, in collections of 12 distinct varieties innw 

 pots. Cfi— LS— SK. (In July only.) , ^ u " a ' 



9. Pieotees, in collections of 12 distinct varieties, CE-L5 

 SK. (In July only.) *** 



10. P«nks ; in c elections of 12 distinct varieties. SK-SB 



(In Jane only.) ^ 



N.B. Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks can only be shorn. 



flowers in boxes wig* 



LS-SK-B, 



pots 





pertect plaucs grown n 

 longer be received. 

 11. Calceolarias, in twelves ; in 11-inch pots. 



N.B. No medals are to be awarded unless the plants mi 

 very high health and extremely well grown. {In May ^^ 



only.) 



1 



13. 



14. 



15. 



16. 



Division III 



Single specimens of very superior cultivation, excluding 

 irerytbinf which can be *ho* q singly in other numbers,and 



plants not in Howe/. CE— LS— SK 



Stove or Greenhouse plants; in collections of 20 plants. 

 LG— GK— (ill. 

 JT.B. Calceolarias Fncbi I, Oi hids, Pelargoniums and du- 

 plicates' are exrhnh.l t.uin alt the four classes of Stove and 

 Greenhouse plants, Only three species or varieties of the 

 •ame genu* can he all wed iu this and the fodowiog number. 



Store or Gn ihouse plants ; in collections of 15 plants. 



OK— GB— i- . m . 



Stove or On-, nhouse plants ; in collections of 10 plants. 



OB— S«r— CE. 



U.B. Only two specie* or varieties of the same genus can be 



allowed in thi* number. 



17. Stove or Greenhouse plants ; in collections of 6 plants, 



SG-CE-I ,8, 

 N.B. Not more than one species or variety of the same genus 

 can be silo wed in ih»» number. No one can show in more 

 then one oi In sttfeesi of Stove and Greenhouse plants. 



Greenhouse Azaleas in 12 distinct varieties. GB — SG— CE. 



Greenhouse Asalei w t 



Dots. SG— CE— LS. ' 



uieenh i. use Azaleas ; in 6 distinct varieties. SG — CE — LS. 

 N.B. No one can -how in more than one class of Azaleas. 



31. Ind'un Uhudode* drons. and tbeir h>brids; in 1*2 distinct 

 varic ties . G K — > G — C E . {In May only. ) 



22, Osrpe He'a'hs : in *tt<*. irrowii in tMnen pots. CE— LS— SK. 



SB. Exotic Orehiot ; in collections ot 20 species of superior culti- 

 vation. LG— GK— UH. 



Division II -IN WHICH NURSERYMEN ALONE CAN SHOW. 



Exotic Orchids ; in collections of 15 species of superior cultivation. GB — SG — CE. 



, — -^ 



IN WHICH ALL PERSONS ARE ADMITTED TO EQUAL COMPETITION. 



13, 

 19. 



20. 



in 12 of the newer kinds, in 8-iuch 





SG— CE 



25. Exotic Orchids ; in colh vtions of six species. SG — CE— LS, 

 N.B. Nurserymen cannot show in either ot 'these three classes 



of Orchids. No exhibitor can show in more than one of them. 



26. Exotic Orchids ; single specimens displaying very superior 



cultivation. SK— SB— C. 

 N.B. No,duplicate Medals can be here awarded. 



27. Fuchsias ; in threes, of three distinct colours. LS— SK— • 

 SB an July only.) 



28. Pelargoniums ; in six distinct species, exhibiting superior 



cultivation. CK— LS— SK. 

 N.B. By the word specie^ is meant the wild kinds imported 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, or New Holland, tuberous 

 species inclusive, and not garden cross-breds. 



29. Achimenes; in collections of six distinct varieties, exhibit- 

 ing superior cultivation. CE— LS— SK. {In July only ) 



30. Tall Cacti ; six distinct varieties in flower. SG — CE — LS. 



31. Roses of 50 varieties in loose bunches, each consisting of 

 three trusses as they are gathered, so as to exhibit, as tar 

 as possible, the habit of the variety. CE— LS— SK. (In 



July only.) 

 N.B. No one who exhibits in this number can also compete 



iu the following. 



32. Rose3, exhibited as in No. 31, and in 25 varieties. LS 

 — SK — SB. (In June and July only.) 



N.B. l'rivatd grower-* only can exhibit here. If Roses are 

 brought for exhibition without attention to the regulations 

 here explained, they will not be allowed to compete. 

 Helichtysazns. CE— LS— SK. 



Cal'i sanths ; in sixes. LS— SK— SB. (In July only.) 

 Statices ; in collections of six species. CE - LS — SK. 

 Ferns, in collections of 10 hothouse species of very superior 

 cultivation. LS— SK— S B. (In July only.) 

 New Hybrid Plants, exclusive of Roses, Rhododendrons, 

 Azaleas, and garden cross-breds, such as Gloxinias And the 



like. SO— CE-LS. 

 N.B. It is certain that much may be effected by hybridising 



plants in common cultivation, such as Lilacs, Honey- 

 suckles, &c. «kc. This class will be judged by the Society's 



officers. 





3C. 

 3*. 

 35. 

 38. 



37. 



38. Epacrises ; in sixes. CE— LS— SK (In May only.) 



39. Newly introduced or extremely rare ornamental plants 

 iiower, not introduced by the Society. SG— 0E-L3. 



N.B. These Medals will be awarded by the Society's offic 

 and not by the usual Judges. Exhibitors will partieulo 

 observe that none but new or rare plants can beeihit 

 under this number. Nothing will be regarded as warn 

 has been exhibited in the Garden or Regent-street in a &•■ 

 season, nor garden seedlings, hybrids, nor domestical 

 varieties of any kind. No prizes will be given to NewPlsl 

 which have been introduced through the Society. 



40. Miscellaneous subjects, exclusive of Ferns. SK-SB-C 



N.B. Exhibitors under No. 40 will not be thereby entiM 

 pas* ticket. Cockscombs, Heartsease, Hydrangeas, 

 bouquets, together with all plants for which sepa 

 prizes are offered as single specimens, are altogeth .: 

 eluded from this number. 



41. Seedling Hybrid Pelargoniums, of entirely new cr« 



SB— C. 

 N.B. Every seealing must be shown singly, and markedw 

 the name it is to bear. The same seealing cannot gai 

 prize more than once in the season. The plants most* 

 shown in pots, and not iu a cut state. 



Pansies ; in twelves, in 8-inch po s. SK— SB— C. 

 Alpines ; in twelves. SK — SB — C. 

 Cinerarias ; in sixes, in 8-inch pots. SK— SB— C. (as} 

 only. ) 

 N. B. Prizes will only be given to extremely fine speciam 



45. Seedling Florists' Flowers. w 



A tent will be provided for the exhibition of these; m 

 medals will be awarded, nor will they be entered. m*m 

 tors will themselves mark their seedlings io their ?*"2 



The Society declines to express any opinion upoa t»i» 

 1 of seedlings. 



42. 



43. 

 44. 



FRUIT. 



Market Gardeners, or Growers (not Fruiterers), in the habit of supplying the Market, and Private Gardeners, exhibit independently of each other. Fruite 

 not allowed to exhibit at all. No duplicate awards can be made in any case whatever, except iu O and P, No person can take more than one award in eaca 

 except in B, D, I, 1, O, P. 



N.B. All Fruit must be sufficiently ripe for Market, well coloured, and propeblt named by the Exhibitor, as far as practicable ; if the contrary, it will be disqualified. 



LS— SK— SB. 



£ Collections of Fruit. GK - GB— SG in May. GB— SG— CE 

 in Jtme. S'*— CE— LS In July. 

 N.B. No person receiving a prize for a collection, can also 

 receive a prize tor any separate exhibition of fruit. 

 B Pine Apples, io nin-le specimens :— 



1. Queens. LS— SK— SB. 



2. Envilles, Cayennes. Sujrarloafa, Black Jamaicas, Ota- 



heites, 4c. LS— SK— SB. 



3. Providences. LS— SK-SB. 



C Grapes in pots ; three specimens to be shown. CE LS SK. 



D Grai »; in three bunches for private growers, and six 

 bunches for Market Gardeners: 

 1. Black Hamburgh. LS— £K— SB. 



i.' . Black Prince, or West's St. Peters, LS— SK— SB. 



3. White Muscadines, or Sweetwa 



4. Muscats. LS— SK— SB. 



5. Prontiirnans. or other sorts, distinct from the foregoing. 



LS-SK— SB. 

 E Peaches, in sixes. SK — SB— C. 



P Nectarines, in sixes. SK— SB— C 



Gr Apples a^d Pears of the previous year, SB— C» 



H Fifc?s, in sixes. SB— C. 



I Cherries, in dishes of lib. each : 



1. Black. SB— C. 2 White. SB— C. 



K Strawberries, in pots ; six pots to be shown, SK— SB — C. 



N.B. They must have grown in the pots in which they are 

 ! shown. 





L Strawberries, one dish each : 



1. British Queen, and similar kinds. SB—^- 



2. Keens' Seedling, and similar kinds. bB-u 



3 Other kinds. SB— C. uawbkw^ 



M Oranges, Citrons,^ <fcc, in pots ; no one to snow* 



one put. LS — SK — SB. , 



N.B. This class of Fruits is excluded if gathered. 



N Melons, one specimen each, for the best flavoured 



O New varieties of any of the preceding kinds of fmrt* 

 P Other kinds of fruit of peculiar excellence and vato 

 N.B The medals under this and the preceding let 

 given at the discretion of the Society s officer*. 



Bach Fellow of the Society has free personal admission to 

 these . Eshihitmn* without a Ticket. He may also personally 

 introduce a Friend with an "Admission Ticket." at haifWr 



PRIVILEGE OF FELLOWS. 



Twelve, at Gate No. 4, in the Duke of Devonshire'* Road ; or, if I him, provided she is herself furnished wit 

 unable to attend personally, his wife or sister may represent | Ticket'' to which his signature is subscnDea. 



ith an 



**&&& 



The Garden *ill be opened, on each day, to the Public at 1 



TWO o'clock, under the following Regulations^-- 



S wt7anre! ' W * % * UlU * lhtlr name « ^ a book «t 



lJlSoaa?oVw.i^ ,Illt ' f | d ° n1 Ji y ***M» be obtained by 



N r B tick ^ ££$» y{»P^?™^^^ 



XO*ety cam<ot be regarded a* an authority to receive tickets. 



ADMISSION OF VISITORS. 



All Fellows who shall apply, on or before Saturday, the 



fifth of April, may obtain, at the rate of Tnree Shillings and 

 Sixpence each, any number of tickets not exceeding t'ortt- 



ElGHT ; but no application for such tickets will he received at>«r 

 that day. Fellows of the Society subscribing for tickets at this price, 

 will be Mowed a clear week from the fifth of April, during which 

 they may claim them, after that fehiod all toe 3a. 6d. 



TICKETS SCB^CMIBED FOR, BUT NOT ISSUED, MAY BE CANCELLED. 



Afcer the fifth of April, any further number of tickets will 

 be delivered to Fellows on their personal application or written 

 order, at the price of Five Shillings each ticket. 



Each ticket will be available for the ^mission o ^^^5 

 after two o'clock, to either of the Three **" 

 option of the Visitor. . y0 



All applications for tickets must be made a 

 Office, 91, Regenustreet. tflS W 



No Tickets will be issued in Keoent-stsee^o g 



of Exhibition. On those days two Om^ts, u q{ ^jp 

 ates will be opened at one o'clock for tne 1* gt|tfi <j, 

 Is, 6d. each ; but still under the regulations u» 



Hirxmv r,^ T l vfANENT PASTURE. 

 ENRY ROGER SMITHE, of EastUng, FaYer- 



**t««i n ' *' ln,,,ra, » tne Public that hia mixtures of the 1 



i« nr? V/T* 9 an r d V** 1 cl ^«"~« 'udi*g no fc ort which 

 wpn^riofr.ma PERMANENT PASTCRE, as the soil &c. 



mayairec -^are now ready; d irtrred on the railway free of 

 *«r«e, at u per acre, allowing 3 bushels as seed for an 



nnd^ a I! n t U > aild the * oru *«Parate. They are fratneml 

 S.l:' 1 ! » ni 2ttt « up< rinttndet.ee, and are quite new • 

 tWs Unprecedented low price last year, and the prospects of 

 •tTlcuiture. havinsr or^tl* »« „tii^b-^'/^ ^™" ? ruBpecw ot 



13ARE AND BEAUTIFUL COLUMBINE.— 



Av The Subscribers have for Sale strong Roots of AQUI- 

 LEG1A OI^NDULOSA, sent free by post at 2s 6d. per pair 

 or 9a. per dozen, and Seeds at la. per packet, or for Mamps of 

 that value. Respecinir this beftuufui flower, Dr. Lindley iu 

 the Gardeners* Chronicle, Bays, •'Tbis plant U perhaps the 

 handsomest hardy perennial in cultivation •'» and havinir 

 described , it he adds, •• No description that we have formerly 

 given of it has done justice *o its exq ^ibite appearance." The 

 trade supplied at the wholesale rate. 



Jon» Gaiooa aud Co., Nurseries, Forres, N.B, 



m ^ ^^1 — "^ 



SLATE WORK", ISLEWORTH. .MIDJJ *M 



^DWARD BECK invites attention ." LA uft 



there ig a regular aDd bteadj d« m *", ' t4 i plan*,* 

 Orange Trees, Camel ia», and Ornaawnttf ^ ^w 



ft»r 



superiority over ail others being proved oy *>» * 



extensive use in the Royal Gardens, Kew f' , acrr j D tion lfl 

 E. B. will be glad to forward a printed desci v 



to all applications. - v « may ^51^ 



All articles in slate manufactured by *•*•#& 10**' 

 tensively in use at Worton Outage, on apP* 11 * 

 dener, Sundays excepted, 



