148 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [FssavAny 14, 1862 - 
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two — classes, and prove very attrac Asn BENTHAMIA FRAGIFERA. 
questions as that of the cause of chlorosis, тесе ав , us Ko * y Чы » 
sickness, and several other m aladies to w champion has yet advanced anything whic ы y tells : : 
plants are subject, is at once evident, and it is n favour of retaining the “fancy ” class, we regret to is ino d. eem pev eg mire cultivatión 
atly to be анаа. that M. CavvE Y Med еб the Royal НЕГА, Legis continuing it for ines p e кү meis g Сне тубт £ ants have 
Ai his experiments, whi n uch to | another year in its prize sc | poses bet little T ide T dd TR its Ge 
Lud a ht on numerous фмс е зыт ы їз йд З I have therefore sent you а ecimen branch covered 
THE BEST EXHIBITION RANUNCULUSES. DE ruit, w 
Ат the uest of some amateur florists who are 
— — Мв. KzxNzs has made (Flor. and Pomol. i i11) геч y be brought to be of the most useful an 
а useful suggestion relative to the EXHIBITION of | desirous of obtai ining i Dforhation п about the choiee ја Shr bs. 
to give further | e different гатан best ada ted fo r show, I issued a 
publidity in our columns. His object is to eh х eo ireular О abov е 90 gro Ар this Жош resident in | in is s15 feet hi n 2 К йу а: а mass o fia a 
g of prizes, and the p'an 2e | vaso в par of ор à м) Scotland, anre them to It 1 M " in 1835 " d пе» b E u 
of bei eing one which may be readily carried out їп l f the 12 sorts which they esteemed most Ski 2 xg nor ЫШ x а 
praetice, and which would not occasion any serious highly v and Z ipida jed Ir p bé рше] T lex i exhibition shrubbery, which TE ү hai өе the Benthamia аз 
enire outlay. act аз a check | тре r having et against 
: cd н e replies were varied, and not b without inter : Резе | 
individual d, to & ше — up A —€— Lm Nine returned lists of 1 sorts together with iet s А. two-fold айташадо m Eod ewe first, 
€ iR nt dm —— di о sume of aw ез Ss уз uh colours, as given below. One had discontinued the Lus ue A Er : s э? bouis de saad 
per ia вы y in the distribution of awa За йы is | ог, of his favourite of 25 years’ n ЖҮ yo e Ee phot Ae ы aring, E 
med чеш т ht be very well ado iod as a step and more modern cla enge n ш hist regar rd. One сү proven bs seil Tt is to " mr cirea = 
р id E Es da es i d "d In additi р in | never grew any sodlingé but t «аш е old sorts th раг f it се 
AUR of even the аршы ion быы 3 t addi ion to year after year in the same garden un ntil they were ex- X attri UT my X in fruit ing it so profusely 
divenibe whiy t ко T T TEN y hausted. A 5th lea rned experim monialis doctored his co ө presen th of ü né deer PE Den zu Ш 
ке Moser: з E i odad i exhibitio erar of his ран ts, poon, t E hich jul а енче pe checked, 
which ent fori t К асв об сан E om 1008 О | апд became disheartened, x s from Sheer modesty t Y | of frait t of w ав been an unusus^y neavy crop 
What 8 sts is thi :—(1) That the аса посе теори ti In support of this statement I send you a specimen 
"— E exhibitions should pro vide stands for the | Ay astly, one а replied that Mom grew none IU another plant of Benthamia, growing not more 
n Most of the | than 10 yards from the first ; this forms a specimen 
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use of these stands ; and (3) that no names or m: me Р 
any kind should be allowed till tl ы еы ера И esce > бент ад irent t abundance, but i 
that uw Sont ned to add another condition, namely, Subjoined, however, a are the mime as far as received; ^ 
e made терене, аб all соб E né th 2 ite interest idu deprived of any kind 2s shelter either at the 
ould h ey o excite interes И 
as in the case the other specimen, 
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heir names neatly written оп uniform | in the flower, md to give an indication of the paionia root or head, 
they have mr yet developed themselves, all falling - 
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a aheste ue or ornament i ; { gi 
heets, p nted, ый off in spaces | certain varieties, the na imes 
according with the number of flowers in the stand 
: ые З * | in the list, hold i n the estimation of growers competent | off during the growing seaso 
8 pom T d by the societies. With а few | to give uu оров б nui : subje ct. Е np "Го those who know the Benthamía only as an 
tirs clerk, horvi ight si Бе — of a deX-| Ту several cases, moli nam азын once only, belong | green shrub, the following remarks may not be oui xil 
2 2732 айе орке А алада i. modern ве ене, а cireumsta ance which accounts pioa h а ming season i: s June. Alt houg h nof ecd 
quired to hand in pre ты a Tini, béndug the Toto for their non-appearance in other li we ie flow да B 
1 TwELVE SORTS RETURNED ай Мв. W.  LITTLEBOY, BENSON, nish yellow, an: d -— үйр" e about та size. of а 
f crown piece, and are produced in des abundance, 
the fruit, which it кай embered is 
very pelniablo; as à 
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elevated above the stands so as to be readil Eva, gold, red edge Victor, Tyso'’s, dark purple al 
y. SeeD, ул, of Hereford, crimson Then follows the fruit, 
front o гше inc case when they are nailed down in M RE white, edged Comma nl — edible, but in its raw ipee is not 
fü; pasean Ds ees жк пеат тей ейде | Sir R, Sale, white shadod preserve, however, itisv 
ayfair, orange mottled ' The foregoing will, I think, be ‘suficient to prove 
eful 
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be no doubt that snch an a ment woad improra Eliza, stlpl ur Pla; 
саен к E pach an arrangement far as ће ык таан pM УЛ OS | that a little care тишин, is all that is m 
of the stands and the conse mes neatness which might TwrLvE SORTS BY Mm. its Охковр. Mm n 
i 1 turn their atten- 
be secu red i int thei r arrangeme ent would be preferable to | Apollo, awapi s, dark red Nazar нй а those, Ў who will t eg 
d | Apollo, crimson i 
Фе: white, red stripe саше. yellow, red edge | house having а south aspect, ta king care care that the roots 
colours ot the stands and box now see rall 
Ее оаа rally | Coronation, straw mottled Cedo Nulli, t ess of moisture or im- 
har Воі ^^ is pointed o hat the ва vete d Miss Fo с aien геа spot хва, ое Элик are not exp osed e her erre me 
would be available for the display of nearly ee y kin d of | Eliza yellow, brown edge il, and ЫШ little 
cut flower brought to the exhibitions, perhaps only ex- Under proper et as to за ce wi E. pes 
cepting Roses; and as nothing more would be required Tara MN v MC NER TEE з Tanne кое ка 4 сав Mert or Magus 
than a neat plane surface of board, with removable legs | p IGHT, plant may be хаа ала - or 
of two sizes to bring this surface to the proper angle of | Lifey Mim and have ies che тә graco eei a spes ne of 
sight, and with apertures at proper distances to receive Sir W. Hoste yen well, I am ыа тч that it ныт "— n есй 
the tubes in which the flowers would be brought, the Talism рее the most favourite evergreen ts of the Pu 
first cost of providing such stands in sufficient number | ме ness Zebrina | day. Richard Westen ле эйе dens D 
for a whole exhibition would be au item of no serious TUS — South, Wales. [But only in the warmer parts of Grai 
amount, Such an arrangem ent would n no doubt be a TWELVE Вовта Pt Me . WEST, SHILLINGFORD, OXON. Britain. Ed.] 
convenience to exhibitors, as yy ly b Ros Horatio, es brown edge 
$ carry their travelling boxes; and it would—it must— Ve enus, white RA [edge ЖЕЕ of Hereford WINTER FLOWER GARDENING. =No; II. 
e ie measure prevent the eee ri of rep i D Balcot 
- | Delight, yellow, red edge Reine de Sheba 
ship о f the flowers while under the scrutiny of the | Pertinax, “А Кы Е pa Tum filing a з d evergreen s I now employ; 
Kilgour mo! ectus 
"The second point, that of cha | their n take of the — and hold together 
use of the stande "which feo Mr KEY З трета Туку Вовтз ву Mm. J. WATERSTON, | their roots ean Pall of soil; they are small leaved (wiih 
e sent when the entries are made, as a check upon ша d ue white, pink пе зна purple | one exception) and can hereto e vm i 
the false or sham entries of convenience in whi 5 i situation; they si lj and 2 feet high, w E 
exhibitors indulge, та ono WIR NU ally a ы Exc os с е ча ЖЕ Мас! асан ч ейде exception of three large Rhododendron ponticum, 2 
authorities would not care to adopt. 16 might lead to саум. же; po "t mes е M, CU EF TENA E Aucuba Aek ha for the vw of the P 
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безос; indeed it would be almost certain Humboldt, не, purple е edge Mrs. Guir, white, purple edge larges beds, They all stood the winte 
E ud by Lu the little details of m: n Lord Gough, yellow, red edge 'Oceano, white, dark mottle VARIEGATED. GREEN. 
ima ui а е abt havo § in demos TwrLvE Sonrs ву Mm. G. KIRTLAND, BLETCHINGTON. Boxussetiporviren шаша" ри e lanceolata 
entries boná fide. кше tt's Blush, гозу m à 11 » argen 4: 
Бача. Jide. If wienn t would soon repay the | 7 e sy mo Om £o Белок, orango ^ п. ЖОЕ x » — 
The th а ш, rose mottled e 2 
ОНО amonei e mee | аан ы кА 
partionlarly sensitivo. ТЕ is truo that in the case of Corona. A Buxus sempers Seb iur ; 
plants generally, this princip иссен TWELVE SORTS ву Мв. T. HEARNSHAW, NOTTINGHAM. э m "m 
names while the awards are being ec) has (with Rubro mag icus, ida . The co ls consist of e. owing 
diss stri Plato, теа leracea: Red Dutch Са 
been nbandoned, and as fi e seon irae Œil Noir, pesg Viola la vrai Noir, dark brown ES Borecole, White and Green Var 
any resulting inconv анаа = but e plants are so | Melpomene, scarlet Rant Variegated, Purple or Russian Вогесо е,— 
h more readily recognised than cut flowers, ind Та Temerai ейге a yellow edge different e VE or 3 colours, red, 
pendently of all extraneous marks, that there would : and pen; or mixed, the 
mera be less advantage from concealment in their indt асса ——RPáÁ “КЕ genera a 
case than in that we are consi dee and as the c pin Deer memet eden The brok d 
Dr. Horner, white, edge | Lord e en and decayed leaves are r 
сене of florists’ flowers, some at least of them, | Talisman, an. wie, e, purple edes. tm T io dark rige off and sent to the pig boiler, as the SE pt 
m to attach importance eS. the afr of the old | Prince PA ee edge Florimel, white, red edge when the season advances. "here s no waste of 
régime с of withholding exhibitors’ names, it would be a pre то ‚ ста, icf Pelopidas, w pod Purple edge valueless class of plants. Those selected a pe 
oor nier y with their тас “Trabar, white, rose edge Rom carefully ted. Everything depends o dst 
pronounce very distinctly on e being ; thatit be поб sown too 5000, 
the question of abolishing the class of Fancy Dahlias, Tweve Мв. C. Tyso, WALLINGFO bs sende are of suitable size, unhearted (where Dus 
to = hich we hav l but we мант аа дойт, tm er ient Cabazo iud) and A n th the seed bed t00 1008. 
since zs estus, , brown leggy plants. 
find that he одрон as the most desirable arrangemen: M hers derer Зра. 
еа еа spot Marquis of Hereford, crimson | Тһе vari we pner 
е ур Delectus Eupatoria, white, purple кре ОМА ms consist Suet 
the best "m striped | Eva, yellow, red Nu ак 
>” These would make, he adds, | Carey Tyso, Florist, Wallingford, Berks, е 
