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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
a 
[Juse 22, 1895; i 
offered for hardy herbaceous flowers. Mr. TarseLToN- 
“a 
most interes ager 
plants in the én 4 exhibition by Prof HENst 
Rose SHOW Fixtures FOR 895.— The fol- 
lowing list of dates was kindly furnished by Mr. Ep. 
Mawiey :— June 25 (Tuesday), Isle of Wight 
(Cowes); 26 (Wednesday), Richmond (Surrey); 
27 (Thursday). Gloucester (N. R. S.), and Canterbury; 
28 (Friday), Exeter; 29 (Satard ay), Windsor; July 2 
Tuesday), Diss, Maidstone, and Satton; 3 (Wed- 
Malvern (Hereford Rose iety), Helens pie 
Woodbridge, and Worksop ; 7 "(Wednesday), De 
(N. R S); 18 (Thur day), Canterbury ent ae 
(Saturday), Manchester; 
23 (Tuesday), Tibshelf; 24 e ee Chester- 
field, and Newcastle-on-Tyne (thr aya); 25 
(Thursday), beef August 3 t and 5, 
Liverpool (two daye). 
STRAWBERRIES, SCARLET QUEEN AND ROYAL 
SOVEREIGN.— We b 
cultivator, Mr, R 
Gardens, Stamford, samples of the above varieties, 
admirably grown and packed. Of the two, 8 
Queen has the best flavour; Royal Sovereign is 
large, with a fine bright colour, sprightly acid devout 
and firmer pulp, and for marketing we should prefer 
it, but for home con “par our prepossessions are 
in favour of the former 
pack “yy —The . e on thi 
and not indulge in hypotheses which occupy space 
dr would be better filled with evidence. In the 
eantime we may mention that we have been kindly 
enpplied by Mr. Lyxcu and by Mr. Pos with speci- 
intermediate ee Senecio eee Heritieri 
n e garden fi 
id ourselves, the opinion 
= origin of the Cineraria 
e critical examination of 
ene AT eee This, 
in connection wi 
x Agricultural — 
A pi y ee of prizes had been pro- 
vided, but the reg s fell short of what had ba 
expected, leading to the supposition that in the 
absence of any horticultural society in that part of 
the country, the cultivation of plants and flowers for 
competition is but little followed, Messrs. Saltmarsh 
& Son, nurserymen, Chelmsford, — exhibitors in 
some classes, being placed lat 
men show P 
competition among th 
Messrs, D. Prior & a 
a followed by Mesars, B. R. Cant and Frank Cant 
n the order of their names. So close were the stands, 
thas „pointing had to be resorted to. Some very 
fine blooms of Hybrid Perpetuals and Tea-scented 
were staged. In the class for twenty-four blooms, 
there was again a very close competition, the lst 
prize being a Silver Cup given by the Mayor, which 
Mr. B. R. Ca 
was secured by Mr. Frank Cant; : 
being 20d; Messers. D. Prior & Son, 3:d; and 
extra priz? was awarded to Mr. . Taylor, of 
Hampton. In the amateur’s division for twenty- 
four varieties, Mr. Perry, the Gardene, The Middle- 
tons, Brentwood, took 8 Silver Cap given by the 
Mayoress; Mr. F. Claydon, gr. to E, W. Barnett, 
Esq., The Lawn, Southchurch, being 2nd; and the 
Tabl 
latter was Ist with twelve varieties. Table decora- 
tions, fruit, and veg es, e shown, and 
there were certain classes for cottagers. Despite the 
drought, exhibi re t le goo 
Sout. ea h own 80 largel e, that 
here appears ample room for a horticultural society, 
oe visitors go there during the 
as many 
summer months, 
he COMING CARNATION SHOWS.—Jaly pro- 
s to be a busy ge for Carnation growers and 
e The 
Carnation and 
exhibition at 
J 
the Royal Horticultural Society, On the following 
Saturday, July 27, the Carnation and Picotee Union 
will hold its annual exhibition as usual in the late 
Mr DWELL’ i 
appear to be spindling in growth a good deal, 
being so, small and thin blooms may be forthcoming. 
Plants grown in pots are under good control, and 
the Carnation growers generally give a good account 
of themselves whatever the character of the weather. 
NURSERYMAN AS JP.—Mr. P. C. M. VEITCH, 
of the firm of Rospert VETreR & Son, Royal Nar- 
series, Exeter, w: made a Magistrate and 
Justice of the Peace for the city of Exeter. 
UNITED HORTICULTURAL BENEFIT AND PRO- 
VIDENT SOCIETY.—The usual monthly meeting was 
held at the Caledonian Hotel on Monday evening, 
June 17, Mr. N Core presiding. Four new member 
were elected. It has been decided by the committee 
that the We of pa pay from 10s. 6d. to 12s, 
and from 16s. eck in the two classes 
respectively, tat commence from the half-year 
(Jaly 8). The treasurer reported that he had 
invested £200 in West Bromwich 3 per cent. Stock. 
THE WINTER IN THE RIVIERA: FOURCROYA 
B Ausil, K. — Commendatore HANBURY 
wW der date May —The effect of the hea’ 
ps 0 and repeated at the end of J 
an 
ost disastrous in this garden, and I have to deplore 
the loss of many rare and interesting plants that 
have withstood previous winter: thers that 
appeared dead are, after being cut down, shooting 
again, the roots not 
is the case with Datura arborea, Cestrum 
tiacam, Ferdinanda eee and many more I 
name, The season is about a month later 
than usual, the Olives tually in blossom at the 
end of April not being yet i in flower, 
ost 
sorely tried by the almost total loss — their crop of 
ons, owing to the severity of the winter. No 
— than twenty-three well-developed examples of 
Fourcroya Bedinghausii w in flower in the 
Mortola gardens; they were received from Kew 
fourteen y ago, and until this year only one 
specimen had flowered. The stem bene 
colour, which 
hang from the branches. For a further dercriction of 
this plant, see Botanical Magazine, pl. No. 7170—nige 
also photograph sent herewith. 
HUGH NETTLEFOLD ALPINE GARDEN AT ‘ 
TH 
THE BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL GARDENS.—Aiyap. 
tage was taken of the first day of the Pansy and Viola 
pleted by Messrs. ee & Sox, of Y 
tons of millstone ott from Yorkshire, 
To com valuable De to the Society, 
first as Bonni Secretar ry, and later as Chairman of 
Committee, are portion of g 
ments Sab- Committee, who delivered an address 
2 K utes ) ` 42 eden 
at L L 77 big pro 
open. In outline, 
jecting peak, with an outlier at its base flanked on 
either side by a subsidiary mass, partially surrounded 
at the base by a large waterpool. The 
dimensions vi the whole are little short of 30 feet. 
The water supply is mainly due to two springs, which 
were tapped work. 
p 
ee ae dry season, the planting i is by ie pr 
com 
The 8 Sab- committee are in sae a 
ith a considerable exten - 
nclude, among oth 
houses and terrace by electricity, and t "s 
of a reap of popular botanical and sorte -o 
lectur „ 
H caval bala AND DISTRICT HoR- 
interesting paper on the Rose 
and cultural, A discussion followed, 
vote of thanks was accorded Mr. 
commence on Jaly 
THE Mummy Pea Acain.—We note tha i 
Daily Doniol of June 7 gives publicity to > tel, 
of Mummy Peas found in a sarcop ime in 
in —— Egypt, growing at the present be 7 
garden at Bromley Common, Kent. If the mami] 
are really those that were found in the then 
case, we wonder who the joker was that pat 
there, and should not be greatly surprised if 
