

THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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_^l propagMMf homm, and me remaining 

 Hplacleibr miscellaneous plants. Both divi- 

 luuae can be heated at once, or only the 

 toiler as may be convenient, the tank beini; 

 he middle with sluices for turning off or 

 as ' required. In addition to the houses 

 ** *£nned Mr. Dobson has a large and commodious 

 WThed a number of pits for half-hardy plants, and 

 fSXttle seed shop, facing the entrance to the nursery. 

 **«?\ telv the ground between the shop and the 

 **La been exceedingly gay with Verbenas, Calceo- 

 €L «*rlet Geraniums, Cupheas, Dahlias, and Holly- 

 zTl The latter, more especially, have been very line ; 

 ''^insisted of some of the best varieties, such as 

 JJ^a onlMidens. Mulberry superb, Model, Atro- 



ana establish ing the value of such tribunals as those 



furnished by the institution of well managed societies of 

 this kind. In publishing its opening report, the commit: 

 say that," they have no other object in view than to rsaord. 

 for the information and reference of its members, the 



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Ws sImmiU imiflint th ; wUtk Ui mmx*u Xj 



ever rai»d in L uioasttre." I*!** wacli l rseom 

 nil d, who dare withstand the temptation. \N < 



shall look with i est 1 miajg Ottt" The 



Number for November 



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flowers brought before their notice, and the highly im- ments by the editor, oil the Tul he saw in 1 851, 



nnrtimt and well- wei glial decisions < the con sort upoa 1st and around Derby, Nt.iting.uuii, &c. : Maid of 



their respective merits. They simply record conclu- 



and around Derby, N« ham, &c. : Maid of 



Lady Jane (in y, Royal < r«<\ Lord Denman 

 are. Deutonian, Anastasui. Vicar oi Kadfard, 



sions drawn by able and intelligent judges, which it will Shaksp , . 



be evident will carry with them much more weight than Q' en Catharine, Cerise belle forme, Canrase de I raix, 



if thev were the unsupported opinions of an indivick»L" Camillas, Lysander Noir, Prince of Wales. Sunerb en 



too : and if the society acts with the aame Noir, Priam, Ti 



— .mea Kosea granditiora, and others. 



In the seed 



. whi ' c h was well stored with both seeds and bulbs, 

 aome charming tree or Perpetual Carnations, 

 5Tii were iust coming into bloom ; and along with 

 u one or two of Mr. Story's best Fuchsias, as 

 5TJ some of the finer varieties of other raisers. 

 !-L* Pelargoniums, a dozen of the best and most 

 ££ raised° by Mr. Beck, and supplied by Mr. 

 Kan are perhaps Silk Mercer, Prince Arthur, kosa, 

 nT^aTEmily, Loveliness, Cuyp, Governor, Dehcatissi- 

 ^Star Rosamond, and Gulielma. From anions: 



caution and discrimination it has hitherto done, it cannot 

 fail to be successful. The following is a digest 



™»rtiti*»ntps and eommendatioBS awarded from i 



Brown, Charbeanier Noir, 



m 31and Beauty, Prince| Albert, 



Pvramidof Egypt, Van Ambufgh, Catafalque, Vi- I, Earl 

 1-ouglaa, Pilot, Albion (our own strain). Queen Charlotte, 

 t'heliaston Beauty. Kufus, Grace I darling, l^arl of lUdnor, 

 Earl of Pembrol od < parfait, alvator Hosa, Heroine, 

 King, Donrelli, Abercrombie, Captain White, Rose 

 ditto Vittata ditto. Calceolaria Hl*n«. f*i1v niiftaa. Bion. Carthusian, Telaaacho% 



JTrear's seedlings we would select Ambassador, a large 

 id shaped flower ; lower petals lilac, with a dark 

 •h on the upper ones, leaving a narrow margin— 

 ZT bloomer and good habit ; Are thusa, lower petals 

 Ecate'salmon, with a crimson blotch on the upper petals 

 JEiincr" off with deep rose— good habit, and very free 

 tarerer will prove a first-rate variety for all purposes; 

 Emaissioner, upper petals dark chocolate, leaving a 

 Barrow margin of rose, lower ones light purple, with dark 

 reins leaving a white eye— good in habit ; Exhibitor a 

 tee flat-sitting flower, with deep crimson maroonblotch, 

 laying a narrow margin of deep rose, lower petals the 

 mme colour, with a white eye — stout habit and free 

 Hoomer ; Incomparable, rightly named from its colour, 

 far in this respect it has no equal ; a good-sized tolera- 

 bly well-formed flower of the deepest orange scarlet ; the 

 tipper petals have a dark blotch vetoing off towards the 



X-iooa ia habit ' but not a free bloomer ; Pa . mter 



improved, a great improvement on the original variety ; 

 a striking flower— free bloomer, and excellent in habit. 

 These are a few of the gems of the collection. We may 

 just add, in conclusion, that the plants in the specimen- 

 house looked very promising. By allowing them to 

 receive plenty of light, and keeping them cool over 

 winter, etiolation is prevented ; they get well established 

 in their pots, and by the time the growing season has 

 arrived, they are enabled to progress satisfactorily. 

 This is the way in which Mr. Dobson lias always managed 

 his plants, and with the best results, as the numerous 

 prizes he has won at the Cbiswick and other exhibitions 

 amply testify. 



mencement up to the meeting of September 4 : Antir- 

 rhinum, Primrose Perfection, First] Class Certificate. 

 A uricula, Beauty of Bath, ditto. Azalta Indies* Picture 

 label of commendation 



(shrubby), Wellington Hero, ditto. Carnation, General 

 Monk, dhto. Cineraria : Marguerite d'Anjou, First Class 

 Certificate; Alba Magna, Cert i sate of Merit ; Marianas, 

 ditto; Orpheus, ditto ; Queen of Beauties, ditto; Rosalind, 

 ditto ; Beauty, Label of Commendation ; Christabel, 

 ditto; Field Marshal, ditto; i rmosa, ditto; Lady of ths 

 Lake, ditto; Loveliness, ditto; M del of Perfection, 

 ditto ; Nonsuch, ditto ; Prince Arthur, ditto. Dahlias : 

 Dr. Frampton, First Class Certificate Laura Laving, 

 ton, ditto ; Triumphant, ditto ; Douglas Jerrold, Cer- 

 tificate of Merit ; Nancy, ditto ; Phantom, ditto : 

 Globe, Label of Commendation ; Morning Star, ditto : 

 Delphinium: 1 1 en dersonii, Certificate of Mori* ; Erica: 

 Marnockiana, ditto ; Fuchsias : Diamond, ditto; Nil 

 Desperandum, ^ditto ; Nonsuch, ditto ; J Gla« lus : 

 Mrs. Willmore" First Class Certificate ; Joseph 2 — 



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<J.ueen Eleanor, Virginia, Horath Violet Bran,* ars 



all spoken of with i a. We deem tin article «0» 



Judgug the Tulip," by Mr. Csparn, which tlus F> iiabsr 

 conUins, of so much importance, tiiat we make no 

 apology for giving it entire. Mr. C. 



"1 llave carefullv nolbsd tli imuniorti< 



numbers 



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lnire periodically appeared in van 

 Midland Florist, nn.l haT* ronar 

 lictUMB UM Mattel :'>ul midland opinions <>n ■• 

 requisite proj>crtie« of a «:mv lip. Altbo^b » 



mi.llandcr inj> f, I must <-<>»fe» I think m\ local 

 brethren wrong in tlv ir judpwnl. Forn ■unl i-unty 

 arc, it is admitted by mm\U <-onw, indilf IMtk ; « 

 is'in the markinp, therefore. <«i which the jmlge« 

 diff.-r A pure unbroken feather, without any flame, 



Mrs. Willmare, mm «m. "™ : -u« T .....-, «, I bdi, , eate.-med by ^"^^ "ff 1 ^ 

 Certificate of Merit ; Wellington, ditto; Atr.-roseua, the correct marking of a fathered no» if ij 



V , x. r. i.lt . v„»;.*,Il ,Mtt n - l*..t(mi>imia roa«onine fr..m analocv. why should 1 a flMMt 





FLORICULTURE. 



The Coming Chrysanthemum Exhibitions.— The 



Stoke Newington meeting takes place on Thorsday, the 

 20th inst., the North London (Highgate) on Wednesday, 

 the 26th and Newcastle-on-Tyne and Ipswich are fixed 

 for the latter day. In regard to the metropolitan so- 

 cieties, the most lively interest prevails, and it cannot be 

 too much to assume tliat, ere long, similar demonstra- 

 tions will be current among our northern and eastern 

 florists. The parent society, Stoke Newington, boas' s 

 of »me experience, and announces in our advertising 

 columns its fifth annual exhibition. We find by the 

 sehednle that several classes have been formed to suit 

 fte many capabilities and diversities of the subject. 

 Single specimens : 6 pots ; 24 cut blooms ; 12 ditto ; 

 « ditto ; and 6 ditto, for members who have never taken 

 » prize for the same, are all invited. These, with some 

 special prizes offered by Mr. Bird, Mr. James, the 

 Treasurer, and Mr. Sanderson, the Secretary, complete 

 ha « inducement." At Highgate, invitations are even 

 Store diversified and numerous than those just no- 

 tioed ; for we observe that private growers exhibit 

 independently of nurserymen with plants in 11-inch and 

 in 8-inch pots, and with 12 cut blooms, Anemone- 

 flowered varieties being also provided for. The extra 

 Prizes offered by Mr. G. Smith, Mr. Stein, Mv. King, 

 Mr. Atkins, Mr. Bevan, Mr. Lochner, Mr. James and 

 Mr. Edwards, are numerous and valuable. It wi 1 1 be 

 Mr own duty to furnish reports of the London meetings ; 

 »d from distant friends we invite accounts ol their 

 exhibitions, in order that our readers may learn what 

 is doing in different parts of the country with tins our 

 kvourite autumn flower. We had almost forgotten to 

 state that at Highgate and Stoke Newington the com- 

 nrittees are pledged to empower the censors to award 

 Prizes to at least two-thirds the number of exhibitors in 

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Label of Commendation ; National, ditto ; 1 ttacinua 

 superbus, ditto ; Hollyhocks : Swansdown, I it Claw 

 Certificate; King of Roses, Certificate of Merit: 

 Rosamund, ditto; King of Yellows,J Label of Com 

 mendation; Joan' of Arc, ditto; Magnet, ditto 

 Meteor, ditto ;J Safranot, ditto ; Mule Pink {(without 

 name), Label of Commendation ; Tansy, Kossuth. 

 Certificate of Merit ; Pandora, ditto ; Swansdown. ditto ; 

 No 2, Label of Commendation : Pelargonium, Ad- 

 vancer (fancy), First Class Certificate; Elise, ditto : 

 Formosissimum (fancy), ditto; Ganymede, ditto ; Opti- 

 mum, ditto ; Magnet, ditto ; Mountain of Light < trie- 

 gated), ditto ; Arethusa, Certificate of Merit ; Ariadne, 

 Sitto ; Caliban (fancy), ditto ; Chieftain, ditto ; Enchan- 

 tress, ditto; Gipsy Queen (fancy), ditto ; Miranda (taney), 

 ditto; Purple Standard, ditto; Richard Cobden 

 (fancy), ditto; Rubens, ditto; Attraction, Label 

 of Commendation; Beauty of St. Johns Wood 

 (fancy), ditto; Fireball (fancy), ditto ; First of 

 May, ditto ; Herald, ditto ; Incomparable, ditto ; 

 Lady Emma (fancy) ditto ; Queen of the Ianc.es 

 (fanev), ditto. Phlox Drummondu : Mayn Va- 

 riegate, Label of Commendation Picotees : Chris- 

 tabel, Certificate of Merit; Duke of Rutland, 

 ditto; Mary, ditto ; Victoria Regma, ditto. Ophelia. 

 Label of Commendation ; Prince Arthur, ditto, Pink. 

 Optima, First Class Certificate Potent.lla: Alpha, 

 Label of Commendation. Rhododendron : buperbis- 



Certificate of Merit. Rose: Queen Vic- 



reaBoning irom uaiocy, ««j »•■»»..« not 

 flower be correct, indeed only correct, wiwwu* —j 

 feather! To require feather without flame in • 

 feathered Tulip, W the flame iccompam. -d with 

 feather in a flamed one, appears to i ■■ an irrecouc.le- 



„U1„ -«„ m «lv . norvcri- n of t' To «W*m 



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lass of Tulip bs isparaiod 



fSftthsr, tfarnr, 



suggest, that in future 

 into three distinct kinds of marking 

 and flame and feather ; 8 I each an simi m ! l ™> ^ 



™„ t ; CT nf nine flowers, instead of six. Demj 



course 



toria^irs^VasTcertificate;" Robert Burns, ditto. Tulip : 

 Juliet, Label of Commendation. Verbenas : National, 

 Certificate of Merit ; Orlando ditto ; Purple 

 rival, ditto. Eli» Cook, Label of Commendation, 

 Koh-i-noor, ditto. The characteristics of the 

 flowers have, for the most part, been given in our 

 report of the meetings at the time. From the above 

 !?.„„„.:_ ;♦ .;il h* ohserved that the bociety has 



three in each class. . 



"This communication may.it is prol.d w*** 1 ™ 



eyes of the committee of the Tulip show to be held 



at Birmingham, in 18S2; and I submit * *o them 



Whether it be not worthy of consul, ration, to put aa 



I to existing differences on this point, to adopt at 



that show the suggestion I have made. TOn .--ii-. 



"In other florists' flowers, censors are g»'^ly 

 agreed as to the properties, proportions, and marking of 

 the specimens submit t-d to their judgment I • 

 desirable that they should bo « ually |o in heir eon- 

 sorshipon Tulips; for it would h. ; asa v.ng of ) rouhto 

 to them, and an avoidanc- of , plexity to exl. tors, 

 to have a standard fixed for their guidance. J. « 



Beck't FloriU, Frmtist, and Ganhn MkreUany, for 

 October has a truthful portrait of Paul's N, w Perpetual 

 Rose, Queen Victoria. Havn.g ourseh' -s seen the flower, 



we can testify to the acenraey of the repr, «»A 



neat article on bedding Roses deserves notice, which, 

 together with reports of the late metropolitan exhibi- 

 tkfns make up a number more floral than we liave had 

 K time. The number for Novemb, ha. chojen 



a hannv subject for its illustration ; viz., a Bweet WiN 

 a happ% suojeci h . gvarj| (Qfleen 



many hundreds. J . JB* 



The Midland Florist, for October, eontafes » g^jP 

 about Carnations and Picotees, which is in truth the 

 observafions of a practised eye during a late sojourn in 

 the s^uth : tlie flowers noticed are truthfully described 



ell-carned and high 



articles 



In SU Bizarres, the writer has selected Admiral ;^-^ reddrawinR80 f twoFuch««, 



Emperor, nowaro, (1 „ * «i— T>„i.»«^r,.i,m " i 



Lamar 



tag. 



class 



soundn 



that a full 



j feeling and harmony 



Ween the two societies in 'question 



gatherii 



HT e productions, is determin 



Wtions. /. E. 



National Flobicultural Soci ett.— Tlie first Part 

 of this Society's Proceedings lias just made its ap- 

 pearance, and if others view it in the same light as we 

 *>, it cannot fail to give satisfaction. The arrangemen 

 «nd accuracy of its contents show that it has been got 

 «P with much care and judgment. The degree o 

 **ard, quality of subject, and censors names are all 

 ** forth in full, affording just the kind of information 

 «tt has been so long wanted both by buyer and seller ; 



Owen Glendower, Queen Victoria, Lord Mut.n. 1 nnc 

 AuTert Pink Bizarres : Falconbridge South London, 

 Prnices's, Kirke White, Sarah Payne ; Purple Flak« : 

 Premier Beauty of Woodhouse, Squire Trow Poms, 

 pSfe t onVMayor of Oldham ; Scarlet Flake, : Cradley 

 I s7endonr Justice Shallow Queen Victer,^ Fire- 

 brand : Rose Flakes : Ariel, Lorenzo, Flora s bar- 

 S Princess Roval, Antonio Romeo, Madame Son- 

 Red : Mrs. Norman, Prince ot 

 Wales Hogarth, Julia Romano. Elizabeth ; Light ^Red: 

 Mart- "em, M ss Holbeck ; Heavy .Purple : Alfred 

 Ske'ef Sland, Prince Arthur Lord Nelson King of 

 Pnmles- Li-ht Purples: Ophelia; Heaiy Kose . 

 vSria'Regina, g5cc Darling, Unexpected Venus 

 Queen Victoria, Princess Koyal 5 ;> ^ n 

 Mrs. Barnard, Countess Howe, and I Nma. ucn 

 enumeration shows that " tastes d.fler »"J 

 in regard to ^^»|«^.^^ 

 Editor's reeord, with t f e 8 ^*"^., efo ^ wcommend 



we would buy •JjgyS S Warrior, C.B., 

 them," is described a Carnation, o ned to be «' a 



a flower not seen in the south. It is reported to o* ^ 



reputation .J* E* 



fSi. Th, „u„b« for _N«*« -***« 



n tn the close of 





must have watched 

 11U7. in a way wiucn siiowb m*». .— musk «» 



tie flower very attentively during a series i of years. 

 These with an enumeration of Carnations and l'«eote£ 

 complete the number. The number also contains 

 seS other good articles on florist flowers, which 

 may be consulted with advantage. J. h. \ 



Tlu Gardener* Magazine of Botany, forOctober (the last 

 we bdieJ-e that will 'ever appear of tliiswor^ CO ntam 

 Suable account of insects '"J^^^^UUi of 



a woodcut repre- 



a 



good disser 



for exhibition ; 



little 



a v 

 Westwood ; 



Si. «i"i"g the P.U««-ta», * *rl£ 



aJt^ The UM-meutioMd article » uup'l ihustnUM 



by woodcuts. /. E. 



. k'~. if —Mr. Ho»le in the chair. 



A Certlflcat. .lint w " •*_ ^r Sac coloured Tarietv 

 named " Vemilles !) ", fianc l J renttUmou Variabilis 

 of aaodform, ant broad » '^f P e, T ', ' nromJ»in« greenirt- 

 received a Label of Con.me_t.rtM. U ^/^ J^ ; ^o, 

 white flowered kind, i.rped a^ ™"^ t of _,___„«»». 

 thsssiubjecuwerecontribuudby » r ?T* • f r _ ilor « ( nero 



four or hve Diooms, ami ««, — - , which ft , Mr. WULin.on , of ^aUng, and Mr. 



well-defined ribbons, without «««** a «_2 ^1 "% % U «*'* mB ^ n ' ^^-^^-^^o,, ^ ^rn Ro.e 



first-rate flower ought to have. .to* *£* £Jl C "^" s ~"« tr ~ * fc *" 



ticularly good, and the rich markings very neau 



constant We received 

 each exhibited the bold 



