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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
and table decorations in this section. Beside . WHEELER 
. MCINTYRE, other Ist prize exhibitors in — division 
* Mr. G. CORBETT, Mr. W. 
. BISSETT, Mr. 00D, 
d Mr. J. B . 
well contested, and, on the whole, 
MANCHESTER ROYAL BOTANICAL. 
National Auricula Show (Northern 
Secti 
APRIL 27.— f the National 
d 2nd n Mr. BENTLEY, Castle - 
Mr. T. Dickson, and Mr, J. 
„follow 
or pairs, RICHARD bone. Eccles; W. H. * 
— GEO. MIDD: , Prestwich; E. SHAW, Moston; 
LETO; 
Jas. Woop, Staleybridge k SHELFORD RD, and T. ""BuoKLEY, 
Mery ong nll plants (green-edge), Mr. T. LORD i Ist, with 
Aam YRKE PExwsON was lst for a good 
— ü, — ok 2 and RICHARD dani was lst 
with white-edge, erei Heatherbell. 
was lst for ques * which class there 
st 80 ere * rge Light - 
— ee shown by Mise 3 and r the rize as the 
cme, Potts 
best ricula in the show; then A 
B raei Rev. P eadley, Rev. F. D. Horner, Heacherbell. 
cas. $ 
shaded John Allan, Bright Eye, ‘Dr. Knott; and a very good 
ES, Birmingham, 
sho th 
taking Ist position 
Mr. CHAS. TURNER ing 2 
Mr. TURNER'S Roland took premier ites, a beastil i flower 
oe ee oe ATTY place th John 
oie indifferently 
ORNLEY, GEO. Min and The 
re Mrs, . Oheshire Favourite, s, Syàny 
showy amena 
i ane r a splendid 
had Seed 
Sale, had a fine lot of Primulas of the Sieboldii type, clean, 
fresh, and Lo te and some remarkably ‘well-grown 
blooms of T. OPKINS, Kautsford, sent a lot 
of hardy border Primroses fe dnd Polyanthuses 
NURSERY. NOTES, 
DAFFODILS. AT LONG DITION, 
Darro by M Son at 
the eg, of E Royal Horticultural Society and 
elsewhere are familiar enough, and their beauty, 
even ma undor such circumstances, is generally suffi- 
to secure one’s attention and admiration ; but 
average this 
be well to 
that probably a finer collection of Narcissi than that 
though in this respect it may 
shown by the Rev. S. E. Bourne at the last meeting 
of the Royal Horticultural Society has not been 
bu 
Messrs. 
in the late afternoon, when — 
which those who have not seen a similar one would 
hardly imagine. 
As a guide to those who live at sucha distance that 
a visit is not practicable, a few brief notices of the new 
varieties, and more popular of the older kinds, may 
be helpfal, or at least, interesting. The finest of all 
mmerce, is, undoubtedly, the 
last season, and 
ardale Perfectio trong con- 
stitution, with robust foliage, about 18 inches high, 
and the flowers, Page: being extra large, have 
s said to increase but slowly, 
en 
certificated in 1890, is a handsom 
variety, the perianth ro this case ere ae evi- 
dence of a white ground, but also suffused with sul- 
phur ae .in Ga Venere ‘Chronicle, April 19, 1890). 
Madame de Graaff i is still one of the very best of the 
white trumpet sorts; the perianth is distinct white, 
and the trumpet pale lemon, 2 and reflexed (see fig. 
in Gardeners’ Chronicle, April 19, 1890), Lulworth 
is the name of a pretty variety not yet in commerce, 
having a white perianth, and a 
tipped cup. T. A 22 
“ king ” of the Scilly Isles, who has done such good 
work in growing D 
desirable flower. It has a 
white flower has a decided trace of sulphur in it, the 
plant is 12 well worth noticing, the form being 
good. ollow two varieties of the Barri 
section. The first is Mrs. Dyer, which apart from the 
perianth segments being narrow to fault, is 
in flower very pretty, and the cup has a decided 
orange fringe. Dorothy E. Wemyss, with a large 
white perianth, and canary-coloured cup richly 
edged with orange-scarlet, has been offered for 
several seasons past. Perhaps it will be well to say 
here that the variety in this group named Con- 
spicuus is still the best in the group for general use- 
falness, and is very inexpensive, One of the best 
Dagar; a grand lot of General rr with its 
crea as noticed 
a It may be remarked, that of the varieties yet 
ticed, ; bu t 
among 7 of which may be seen large breadths, 
and which are quite indispensable in any collection, 
to mention Emperor, Empress, 
Horsfieldii, J, B. M. C 
is the Swan’s-neck Daffodil (William Goldring), 
and in the Leedsii section, M. d raaff, which 
has a white perianth with lemon- coloured cup. 
be eras er, in the Incomparabilis group, has 
sulphur perianth, large yellow cup, and is very dis- 
oe 
S & 
are not much dissimilar, the perianths are white, 
the cup in the case of Mrs, Langtry being white 
bse a ees lemon edge, and that of Minnie Hulme 
coloured, fading to white. The Nelsoni 
in the 
gous we noticed Mra, C. J. Back 
Foo ani snl has a white „ and a golden 
yellow « am — wi ricated 
white — and yellow cup; T jor, and 
Queen of Spain, the last-nam 
the — Daffodil (N. poeticus). From the unique 
collection at Ditton we have only mentioned a very 
small n Fane and such as were particularly striking 
and 
Beside the Perey W are very many other 
hardy plants that are ng in this nursery, and 
at the present time an in are numerous varieties of 
— in flower, planted with other choice 
things between lattice fences a couple of yards or 
more apart, 1: wh break the cold winds. Among these 
Were noticed E. Hartwegii, E. grandiflorum, and E. 
egrees — 
twenty-four hot 
an inversely p 
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Hendersoni, &c. Here also was Bey 
ee Tulipa Grægii, each p 
lotch at the interior base, a a fine 
3 F. pyrenaica, F. 2 Fa 
Barnati 
layewi about the same height, had 
with silvery exterior, and in the i 
of white and blood-red spotting, 
pretty indeed. Then, too, among th 
and yellow; T, retroflexa, paik were apecien n 
effective as most varieties 
TRADE E NOTICE, 
Gro 
Mz, McLean, for 
years Head Garden at Shugb 0 phe — 
0 
has taken the Wollaton Hall Gardens, 
Opiti 
MfS. 
death, on the 
Garden, Carshalton. 
Mrs. S 
neighbourhood, and from her sympat 
w 
ill be deeply mourned by those who knew her, 
pa The districts indicated e 
[Mar 4, 1895, 
vivid vermili 
otal bearing a blas 
in 
outside, and yellow and purple inside ; 
. SMEE.— We regret to announce the 
24th ult., of Mrs, A. H. Smee, of “My 
ee took an active 
part in all beneficent and even political affairs in her 
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Jan. 
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