THE GARDENERS 



CHRONICLE 



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ll-frnip* japonic*, and a Simringia named punctata, 



nt on tho old kind ; the latter was con- 

 ^*- • r \i r . B. G. Henderson. 



Veiteh showed a branch of Eucalyptus coc- 

 gtrikin^Iy ornamental tree, and found to be 



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poftctly bardy at i 

 " — 'in the trreatest 



„_, , CUT blooms of Mesembryanthemums, 



purple and yellow, were shown by the Hon. Fox 



bnr^TK 8 * M . e»»ples of the climate of Abbots- 

 "vj m -Worse tsh ire. 



m*.fr! IT l Witl L one or two e *<*ptioiw, was not above 

 mediocr, y. There were three or four good Queen 



Bk^L r P ' but Providenc es were light and small. 

 ck u rapes, Sweetwaters, and Frontiimans were toler- 

 good ; but Muscats, although sufficiently ripe for 



'e deficient in that golden colour which is so 



Mr. Flem- 



iety, 



Eifcrket 

 highly i 



ffSf^n" 6 y UKG r°} ? atherlan ^ at Trentham, had 

 Pin- . ? olle ^on of fruit. It . ntained a Providence 



Est* 2s^™ I W and H > brid Dam P sha 



Of Mn ' '\ b " nches of Black Hamburgh Grapes, 3 ditto 

 JMjacat of Alexandria, 3 ditto of t'hasselfs Musquk 

 Sl^nS? 1 !^ M,J ^>;Nectarin- », May Duke 



oeiieve tliat 

 the aW™ 



It has blossomed every 

 _ ^ -ion for these many years 



rt^t. H*7 ha * *k° a branch from the open wall of 

 Sr Escallonia macrantha. 



DilWES. — A named collection was shown by Mr. 

 Q&ff of Versailles Nursery, Hammersmith, in which 

 the best sorts perhaps were Leon tine, Coquette, Char- 

 lotte Jupiter, Decora, Bacchus, Gertrude, Bertha, and 

 jp&» Winter. 



AipncES. — Exhibitions of these were furnished by 

 J|r. Wood, of Norwood, and Mr. Turner, of Barnes 

 Common. In these we remarked the pretty early Squill 

 (Still* Terna), Ajuga reptans, Potentilla tridentata, 

 Oxytropis uralensis, Stachys Corsica, Saxifra^a pyra- 

 g i4**»> Phlox nivalis, Linaria alpina an I Hepatica}- 

 faiia, Lychnis vi iria, and Primula farinosa. 



Mr. Wood produced a small group of variegated 

 whose names we have given on a former 



PbjlMOxiums were shown in excellent condition, and in 

 tflkrable abundance. — Mr. Gaines, of Batt< rsea, obtained 

 first prize for 12 plants in 8-inch pots* The sorts 

 ~ ichess of Argyll, Aspasia, Prince of Orange, 

 Mont Blanc, Rosamond, Mars, Salamander, 

 Centurion, Painted Lady, Firebrand, and Star. A 

 Mtffid prize was awarded to Mr. Bragg, of Slough, for 

 Foiget-me-not, Roseum elegans, Star, Ariel, Norah, Nar 

 ciasus, Victory, dielma, Nepaulese Prince, Conspicuum, 

 Knight of A venal, Lord Gough. Nine plants in 1 1-inch 

 pots ; 1st, Mr. Cliapman, Turnham-green, for Negress, 

 Luna, Duke of Cornwall, Camilla, Emperor, Rosy 

 Circle, Forget-me-not, Salamander, Adonis ; 2d, Mr. 

 Gaines, for Mars, Aspasia, Negress, Rosamond, Marion, 

 Orion, A'arifa, Chieftain, Gulielma. 



Fanct Pelargoniums.— lit prize to Mr. Ambrose, of 

 Battersea, for I >efi an ce, Reine des Francais, Formosum, 

 Cleopatra, Fairy Queen, and Modestum ; 2d, Mr. Gaines, 

 for Hero of Surrey, Madame Rosatti, Orestes, Reine 

 des Francais, Odoratum, Magnificum, and Lady St. 

 Germans ; 3d, Mr. E. G. Henderson, Wellington Road, 

 for Mrs. Loudon, Alboni, Annette, Prima Donna, 

 Victoria, Princess .Maria, and Gaiitzin ; 4th, Mr. Bragg 

 of Slough. 



Cape Pelargoniums were exhibited by Mr. Parker, 

 gr. to J, If. Strachan, Esq., of Teddington, and Mr. 

 Stalv, gr. to H. Berens, Esq., Sidcup, Kent. The 

 Mis were tricolor, flexuosum, glaucifolium, glaucum, 



Blandfordianum, quinquevuhierum, ardens, bicolor, and 

 elatura. ' 



Three seedling hybrid Pelargoniums of an entirely new 

 description, of which some account will be found in 

 another column, wore shown in the seedling tent by Mr. 

 hempster, gr. to E. Fellows, Esq., Blackheath Park. 

 tne b< was named Citriodorum grand iflorum 



Ca solari as.— Collections were contributed by Mr. 

 franklin, gr. to Mrs. Lawrence, and Mr. Chapman, of 

 lornliam Green. The former had Elegans, Earl of 

 KosJyn, Admiral, Goldfinch, Isabella, Alonza, Lord 

 Byron, Grandiflora, Bridal Ring, Misa Talbot, and Lucy 

 AsJiton. The latter sent Success, Cavalier, 1 lorabunda, 

 ^idonia, Crocus, Marion, Alpha, Cardinal, Sappho, 

 I nnce of Wales, Cleopatra, and Keepsake. 

 Paxsies in pots were shown in good c< dition by Mr. 

 rancis, of Hertford, and Mr. Bragg, of Slough. The 

 former had Juventa, Duke of Norfolk, Marchioness of 

 Ijothian, Mrs. Beck, Penelope, Lucv Neal, Aurora, 

 t anty, Androcle^ Supreme, and Miss Edwards. Mr 

 Bragg produced Junius, Industria, Clotno, Vulcan, 

 Viceroy, Queen of England, Lucidum, Magnificent, 

 bnowhake, Lucy Neal, Madame Santas, and 2 s< llings. 

 A neat collection of 30 Ranunculuses was furnished 

 by Mr. Costar, of Benson, Oxon. It consisted of Maria. 

 t» °- J urner » Mr. Shelling, Apollo, Atlas, Joseph 

 Paxton Dr. Lbdtey, Eliza Cook, Mr. Tyso, Lady Sale, 

 U>rd Gough, Regalia, African, Mr. WollanJ!, Sophia, 

 Medora, Delectus, Naxara, Cedo Nulla, Squi* De- 

 m*h, Sabina, Victoria, Alice Maud, and Gentoo. 



Finks.- Owing to the lateness of the season only 

 one i collection was exhibited. It came from Mr. 

 vviilmer, of Sunbury, and consisted of Merope, Jennv 

 ^nd, King of Purples, Lola Montez, Harrv, Mornin- 



S, aura ' Vi % e Maid > Coronation, Oxoniensis, 

 ^rplus, and Lord J. Russell. 



v ery fine 



It consisted of a Providence Pine-apple, Black Hamburgh 

 Purple Frontignan, and Chasseias Musqu, ipW 



CuthilPs Scarlet-fleshed Melon, Grosse Mignonne and' 

 Bdlegarde Peaches, Scarlet and Newington Nectarines 

 and Keens' Seedling Strawberries. We may remark' 

 that the Peaches and Nectarines in this collection were 

 xtremely fine. 



Pine- Apples.— Mr. Floud, gr. to C. Bailey, Esq., 

 Aberaman House, Glamorganshire, furnished a finelv- 

 swelled Queen, weighing 5 lbs. 14 ozs. The same kind 

 of Pine-apple, weighing 4 lbs. 12 ozs., came from Mr. 

 Hoare, gr. to J. Bailey, Esq., Glanusk Park, Breck- 

 nock, who also exhibited several other Queens, nearl 

 equal to the above, both in weight and quality. The third 

 prize for this description of fruit was awarded to Mr. 

 Frost, gr. to E. L. Betts, Esq., Preston Hall, near Maid- 

 stone. In the Market Gardeners' Class, the best Queen 

 was shown by Mr. Harrison, of Oatlands Palace 

 Gardens, Weybridge. A Providence, which was only 

 considered worthy of a second prize, was exhi- 

 bited by Mr. Slowe, gr. to R. W. Baker, Esq., 

 of Bayfordbury, and a somewhat inferior, although 

 heavier, fruit, by Mr. Drummond, gr. to C. H. Leigh, 

 Esq., of Pontypool Park. The best Providence was 

 that shown in the market-gardeners' class, by Mr. Davis, 

 of Oak Hill, East Barnet; it weighed Gibs. 11 oz., 

 which we need hardly say is light for this variety of 

 Pine-apple. 



Grapes.— Exhibitions of Black Hamburgh were 

 numerous, and, as we have stated, generally good. Mr. 

 Slowe produced beautiful bunches, and so did Mr. 

 Ingram, gr. to her Majesty, at Frogmor. . and very good 

 fruit, of Wilmofs Black Hamburgh, which, though 

 large, and well coloured, has the disadvantage of being 

 thick skinned, came from Mr. Boyd, gr. to Viscount 

 Dillon, Ditchley, Eustone. In the Market Gardeners' 

 class, Mr. Davis, of Oak Hill, had the best bunches; 

 but excellent examples were also contributed by Mr. 

 Mitchell, of Brighton, and Mr. Harrison, of Oatlands. 

 Sweetwaters came from Mr. Smith, gr. toS. Ricardo, Esq., 

 and Muscadines from Mr. Rust, gr. to J. Maclaren, Esq., 

 and Mr. Challis, gr. to Miss Irvine, at Egham. The 

 best Muscats were produced by Mr. Turnbull, gr. to the 

 Duke of Marlborough, at Blenheim, and very good 

 exhibitions of this kind of Grape were furnished by 

 Mr. Ingram and by Mr. Cox, gr. to J. Tredwell, Esq., 

 Leigham-eonrt, Brixton Hill. In the Market Gardeners' 

 class, Mr. Harrison had the best fruit. White Frontig- 

 nans came from Mr. Bain, gr. to B. Bernasconi, Esq., 

 Harrow Weald, Mr. Cox, and Mr. Smith. 



Peaches.— The best dish was communicated by Mr. 

 Collinson, gr. to the Marquis of Westminster, Eaton 

 Hall, Cheshire. The sort was Royal George. The 

 same variety, and Violette Hative, came from Mr. 

 Slowe, gr. to R. W. Baker, Esq. Mr. Davis's Noblesse 

 was the only exhibition in the Market Gardeners' class. 



Melons were generally indifferent in flavour. The 

 best was a green- fleshed, from Mr. Ewing, gr. 

 to O. F. Meyriok, Esq., Bodorgan Hall, Anglesea. 

 The second best (hybrid Persian) came from 

 Mr. Robertson, gr. to Lady Foley, Stoke Edith-park, 

 Ledbury. A third prize was awarded to a Bromham 

 Hall, furnished by Mr. Smith, gr. to S. Ricardo, Esq. 

 Other varieties of Melons consisted of Snow's Green- 

 fleshed, Emperor (green-fleshed), Lord Glinco, Victory 

 of Bath, Parker's Hybrid, Fern-hill Green-fleshed, and 

 Trentham Hybrid. 



Strawberries. — By far the best were furnished by 

 Mr. Ingram, gr. to her Majesty at Frogmore. The 

 variety was British Queen, which was well coloured 

 even to the tips of the fruit — a circumstance rare with 

 this kind. Dishes of the same variety were also con- 

 tributed by Mr. Elliott, gr. to Mrs. Boothby and Mr. 

 Mann, of Isle worth.— The best Keens' Seedlings were 

 shown by Mr. Turnbull, and the same sort came from 

 Mr. Mann and Mr. Harrison, market gardeners. There 

 were three collections of Stifcwberries in pots ; the best 



was that of British Queen from Mr. Elliott, gr. to Mrs. 

 Boothby. 



Mr. Ivison, gr. to the Duchess Dowager of North- 

 umberland, furnished plants bearing fruit, both in a 

 ripe and unripe state, of Nutmeg, Gamboge, and 

 Vanilla. He had also the Cinnamon tree in flower 

 together with dry Cinnamon produced from it at Syon ; 

 and unripe examples of the Serpent Cucumber.— Mr! 

 Braid, gr. to H. Perkins, Esq., at Han worth -park^ 

 exhibited a lanre mass of the fruit of thp f ^vondidi \t„ ./ 



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Pelargoniums were shown in at abundance and in ex- 

 cellent condition. Th* j, rireq * fferv j . the * S JnilnJ 

 IVlargoniacnFand" were contested f .\7thtsocca^n o^ 

 which the following raisers were contributor,, and many 

 Taneties were represented by two, three, and four plamts : 

 rrom Mr. Beck were Incomparable, Gem Arethust, Ambasl 

 s*dor, Painter Impr red, Cardin 1, and Exhibitor, from 

 Mr Story, Parity - i from Mr. Hocken, Nightshade and honey- 

 bell; from Major Foquet% Annette and Agatha; from Mr 

 White, Charming May and Martile ; from Mr. Brairg JuMen- 

 from Mr. Turner. Plying Dutchman, Vivid, Supreme, Little 

 Nell. Proteus. Breba, Cynthia, Sheet Anchor, and Illuminator • 

 from Mr. Foster, Scarlet Kciipse, Shy lock, Lablache, Optimum,' 

 Purple Standard, Rubens, Ariadne, Euridice, Enchantress, 

 lulcnrum, Lavinia, Melissa, and Pansy ; from Mr. Hoyle, 

 Beatrice, Elise, Herald, Magnet, Ganymede, Kemus, Chieftain, 

 Aaim, Colonel of the Ruff*, and Van Tromp. The Cens< n! 

 Messrs. Riley, Stains, Veiteh. and Robinson, furnished the fol- 

 io win* award : First prize, Magnet (Floyle) ; second do., Pur- 

 pie Standard 'Foster); third do., Elise (Hoyle); fourth do. 

 Uanymede (Hoyle); fifth do., Scarlet Eclipse (Foster) ; sixth 

 do., Arethus* (Beck) -seventh do,, Herald (Hoyle). 



Seedling Fancy Pilsrgonu'ms were shown in classes, 

 the division of colours beln^— class A., light flowers, not 

 darker than Modestum ; class «, rose flowers, not darker than 

 Minerva • class C, crimson dowers, not darker than Fairy 

 Queen ; class D, dark, not lighter than Hero of Surrey ; class 

 b, dark self, not lighter than Defiance; in these classes U 

 varieties were shown. The censor* made the following award- 

 Class A, none worthy ; cla^s B, M.randum (Ayres), a second 

 prize ; class C, Formosissimum (Ayres), a first prize ; Perpetuum, 

 (Ambrose), a second prize; Triunphant (Ambrose), a third 

 prize; class D, Superbum (Ambrose), a first prize ; Richard 







Royal Botanic, June 11.— The plants mentioned in the pre" 

 ceding report having been very generally reproduced at this 

 show, we confine our observations entirely to such subjects 

 as we did not remark at Chiswick. 



A collection of OdcaiDS was produced by Mr. Barnes, gr. to 

 R. Han bury, Esq., at the Poles, Hertfordshire, in wheh there 

 was an admirable example of the handsome Cvpripedium 

 spectabile, which, being hardy, is alike suitable "for pot or 

 out-door cultivation. He had also Bolbophyllum Lowii, and 

 a well-flowered plant of BarUeria spectabiiis. 



Fuchsias.— Two groups were pr duced in which were 

 Jjewtoniensis, Corallina, Elegantissima, Dr. Smith, Admirable, 

 Crimson King Acantha, Exoniensis, Miss Roberts, Cassandra, 

 Cleopatra, and Dr. Jephson. 



PANSits.— A first prize was awarded to Mr. Turner, and a 

 second to Mr. Bragg, both of Slough. The following varieties 

 were shown in good condition : Blanche, Diadem Lucy Xeal, 

 Duke of I erth, Swansdown. Mrs. Bick, Lord Walshiugham, 

 Mr. Keck, AoMison, and Queen of England, and a highly 

 promising Seedling named National. 



Ranitn, ulusis were shown in good condition by Mr. Carev 

 Tyso, of Wallingford. The sorts were, Apo lo, Irreproachable", 

 Milo, Naxara, Dr. Channing, Gomer, B.finus, i at? Dart- 

 mouifr; Burns Amaeis/Kilgour's iVncess, Milo, Coronation, 

 Larouso. Highland Venus, Sabiu.t. Dido, Mrs. Neiison. 



second prize. 



The society's certificates were awarded to Ariadne (Foeter), 

 and Elise (Hoyle). A small silver medal was awarded to 

 Magnet (Hoyle), for an exhibition of four plants ; the same 

 variety receiving the Society's certificate at the previous 

 exhibition. 



InFancy Pelargonium*, Superbum (Ambrose), Captlvatiott 

 (Ambrose), and Advancer (Ayres), were selected by the Society's 

 censors for certificates. 



Ferns.— Interesting exhibitions were produced by Mr, 

 Williams, gr. to C. B. Warner, Esq., Mr Wooley, gr. to H. B. 

 Ker, Esq., and Mr. Fletcher, gr. to Dr. Young. Among Mn 

 Williams' British kinds, we remarked wonderful specimens of 

 Woodsia ilvensis, and Asplenium germ inicum, both difficult 

 sorts to manage. Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense was also 

 unusually well fruited. 



Ltcopods.— A very good collection of these was shown by Mr, 

 Fletcher, gr. to Dr. Young, of Kennington. It consisted of 

 L. ccetium arboreum, cordifolium, plumosum, Louisianum, 

 lepidophyllum, apodum, circinale, pusiLum, stolonlferum, 

 Willdenovi, denticulatum, Braziliense, umbrosum, and apo* 

 thecum. 



Fruit.— A Queen Pine, weighing 4 lbs. 5 oz.. was shown by 

 Mr. Bray, gr. to E. Lousada, Esq. ; and Mr. Fleming, gr. to the 

 Duke of Sutherland, had a Providence, weighing 7$ lbs.— A 

 very fine fruit of this description of Pine-apple was produced 

 from Chatswortb. by Mr. Pax ton, not for competition. It 

 weighed 8 lbs. 3 oz. Other Pine-epples, though good, were 

 inferior to these. 



The best Black Hamburgh Grapes were furnished by Mr. 

 Fleming. The bunches were large, well swelled, and finely 

 coloured.— Mr. Harrison, of Oatlands, had good Muscats ; but 

 they were deficient in colour. — Mr. Turnbull had large fruit 

 of this Grape; but it was not half ripe.— Very fine Grizzly 

 Fron'ignans came from Mr. Henderson, gr. to Sir Georgo 

 Beaumont, Bart. ; and the best white Frontlgnans came from 

 the garden of the Hon. E. Strutt. 



Peaches —Excellent specimens nf NobIc6«o were shown by 

 Mr. Paterson, gr. to the Baroness Wenman ; and Mr. Chapman, 

 gr. to J. B. Glegg, Esq., had good examples of Gallande. The 

 best Nectarines came from Mr. Tillyard, gr. to Lord South- 

 ampton, and Mr Chapman sent good fruit of the Etruge. 



Finely ripened Ciicassian'and May Duke Cherries, were com- 

 municated by Mr. Ingram, gr. to her Majesty at Frogmore, 

 and Mr. Fleming, of Trentham, 



CM Strawberries, Mr. Ingram sent large and beautiful 

 British Queens. 



Melons. — The first prize was awarded to Mr. Taylor, of 

 Streatham, for a yellow, medium- si zed, netted, gret n-fieshed 

 fruit, named Golden Perfection. Mr. Fleming's Trentham 

 Hybrid was the second best, anrt the third prize was given to a 

 small green-fleshed kind, from Mr. Gadd. This latter, though 

 pe haps hardly ripe, was very fine'y flavoured. 



We noticed specimen* of the Uvedale St. Germain Pear f 

 unripe fruit of >tephanutis fl ribunda, ripe ditto of Pass'fiora 

 poni'fera; and Vanilla, Nutmeg, Gamboge, and Cactus fruit 

 came from Mr. Ivison, gr. to the Duchess Dowager of Northum- 

 berland at Syon. 



National Floricdltdral, June 12.— Mr. Beck in the chair. 

 There was a good display of Seedling Pelargoniums on this 

 occasion. A first-cla? s certificate wa* awarded to Elise, a 

 large fl-jwer, with pink under-petals, and white eye. Upper 

 petals maroon, edged with delicate pink; a similar award was 

 made to Ganymede, a distinct nice-looking flower with delicate 

 pink under-petals, shaded with lilac. Upper petals dark, nar- 

 rowly edged with lilac. Ditto, to Magnet, on account of its fine 

 colour and profusi<wi of bloom. The above came from Mr. 

 Hoyle, of Reading. Mr. Beck, of Isleworth, received a certi- 

 ficate for Arethusa, a nice variety, with maroon top, very deli- 

 cate salmon undtr-putais, and a light eye. Incomparable, 

 from the same raiser, was commended for fine colour. Purple 

 Standard, from Mr. Foster, ot Clewer, received a certificate ; 

 and so did the same grower's Enchantress and Ariadne, 

 both highly desirable sorts, more especially the latter. Mr. 

 Ayres, of Blackheath, was awarded a first-class certifi- 

 cate for a Fancy Pe'argonium, named Advancer, a well 

 shaped very desirable flower; and certificates for Cali- 

 ban, Miranda, and Gipsy Queen. These were pleasingly 

 marked nice varieties.— Beauty of St. John's Wood, from Mr. 

 E. G. Henderson, was commended f r its colour ; but in its 

 present state it is too small. The same nurseryman's Queen 

 of the Fancies was comm nded for fine form and general pro- 

 mising appearance.— Dr. Maclean had a seedling Pink, called 

 Mrs. Maclean, which we hope to see again. Soine Calceolarias 

 were shown ; but none were considered worth rewarding. — A 

 shrubby yellow flowered bedding kind, from Messrs. Wood and 

 Ingram, of Huntingdon, was very showy ; but it was loose in 

 habit.— Wellington Hero (bright yellow), from Mr. E. G. Hen- 

 dtTsoo, was commended for bri-ht colour.— Mr. Turner, of 

 Slough, had the beautiful seedling Pansies, named National, 

 Blanche, Swansdowo, and Euphemia, and five Pelargoniums* 

 —Messrs. Henderson sent a nice light Fuchsia. 





Miscellaneous. 



Sale of Orchids. — An extensive collection of weH 

 grown plants, in pots, the property of a private gentle- 

 man who has given up their culture, was sold on Mon- 

 day and Tuesday last by Mr. Stevens, at the following 

 prices :— A fine specimen of Vanda Batemanni, 691. 6s. (!) ; 

 a smaller plant of the same kind, 1 S& ; Phaleenopsis 

 amabilis, from 141. to 231 2s. ; Cattleya Skinneri, 23/. ; 

 the oranne variety of (1 Mobsub. 21/.: CMossiae.152. 10s.: 



