Jury 20, 1895.] 
month. The foliage of trees were _tolerably free from insect 
pests, notwithstanding t g ing the month. The 
following i rom the repo me 
observations for June, in the garden. The highest reading of 
е 24th—309?:397; lowest, 290 · 445 
mean for month, self-registering thermo- 
meters: highest reading, des 7, on the 26th ; lowest, 37°°1, on 
he 13th; mean for h, 56?:3; 1 
sun, 131?*0, on the — lowest, on grass, 28?:8, on 
Frost occurred on п six days. Total eroe qa — 
= minutes; the аан: day was | the 0 
minutes 
total fall being 2°560 i 
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the — notes on Plants in * Plan t Houses. for exhibited 
Combret * purpureum, Crinum augustum, Cypripedium 
Parishii, ccia pulchella, apnd oth 
mbertia formosa, Tussa 
from Dy houses. Attheclose of the meeting, the chairman 
announced the next meeting to take place in November. 
BATH ROSE AND BEGONIA SHOW. 
Jory 11.—The Bath Rose show, as usual, was held 
in the. Sydney Gardens on 83 — Mar 
The competition in some the classes 
= uite so good ав it generally i is at Bath, the ка ak 
pell of dry — bein — sible for this cir- 
mstance; the blooms, of a high 
ч and the show was а succes 
ROSES 
NURSERYMEN, 
т class for ae cee distinct varieties, three very 
its of blooms were M N 
г rance, 
slightly smaller, but they were even, fresh, an 
stance, as also w were the blooms in Messrs 
Thirty-six varieties, three trusses ^ each.—1st, Messrs, 
Соотлме & Sons, with -rou 
good all-round blooms of Comtesse de 
Nadaillac, Pride of Waltham, Etienne Ley t, Alfred Colomb, 
Xavier Olibo, Mrs. John : rance, Abel 
Blanche Wood, Gustave Piganneau, Duke of Wellington, 
er Kus ce V 3 i Weir, large soli 
b rich velvety crimson, &c. ; 
2nd naar 8 * 
А 
Eighteen distinct va rieties, three trusses of each.—Mr. GEORGE 
Mount, Canterbury, was a good lst most four competitors 
— grand of blooms; Mr. Јонх Matrock, Oxford, 
` Thirty-six distinct varieties single 6 Mount 
was to the front again with a 5 including 
grand specimens of A. K. Williams, Mrs. J. n Laing, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Madame Eugène Verdier, Xavier Ohbo, Ulrich 
8 John Mills, ee Alfred Colomb; Messrs. CURTIS 
ANDF 
Sou Vardon, Ethel Brownlow ouvenir 
Theses! * ; y vam CURTIS, SANDFORD ‘RC бе. were 2па. 
AMATEURS. 
the classes for thirty- as and eigh 
3 J. H. PEMBERTON, Havering, Essex, 
Premier position, Dake of Teck, Her Majesty, Chavis 
Lefebvre, A. K. Williams, John Stuart Mill, Dupuy Jamain, 
Catherine Mermet, Duke of We ellington, and Comte Raim- 
Se ete as Tye аА 
baud, being 
Bath, | kom qns, эр te octane 
т 
varieties, single trusses.—Ist, Mr. THOMAS 
3 Mr. PaRKER, Old Headington, both 
teen varieties in Mene 
Twe EUR Ч ef Ramses mee was again 
Ist, аі Mr. бекисе Dre Gloucester, 
Loca 
OPEN CLASSES. 
Twelve singls trusses of any Rose. —Iet, Mesers. HARKNESS & 
Sons, with 
‚ SANDFORD & Co., with good d ams of Marie Bau- 
mann. Six stands were staged in this class. ? 
Twelve blooms of any Yelow Rose. —1st, Mr. JOHN Mattock, 
a 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE 
with faultless blooms of Comtesse de Nadaillac ; Mr. HILL 
GRAY — 2nd with Maréchal Niel. 
elve single trusses of any crimson x_n a 
PERKINS & Sons, with grand blooms of A. K. 3 Mr 
MoUNT taking 2nd place with good solid "fides нез Fish 
Holmes. 
Тю {ре distinct eren deco 
bunches —Here M. 
e Hoses to be 
— обита 
nte, W. A Richardson, Bardon Job, 
des Hennes, and Lidl Mr. MATTOCK was 
blooms. — Mr. HILL GRAY p de. best Tea or 
Noisette ( (Оез de рес ) Rose he show 
Meas: 
w; and 
HARKNESS & Sons had the best DUM perpetual in 
Gustave Piganneau. 
rs. KEYNES WILLIAMS & Co., Salisbury, had a 
of hybrid Sweet Briars, mpos were © greatly admired ; — nie 
Deans, Brenda, and Lucy Bertram being the most conspicuous. 
GROUPS, 
a group of — ge plants, on a space not exceed- 
MES ER 
id p square feet, Mr. CYPHER was lst, with an 
artistic 8 coating of a series of mounds having 
central plants of ms, Bamboos, Tuberoses, 
Orchids; and Eld k wi thi uude 
t with good effect, re ыйыт the front elevation 
tre trat 
З, plants of the tut 4 
P 
4 tit 
Beet and the pl 
made a good show, and were, on the whole, Muy creditable 
to the growers. The plants were confined 
10 inches 
Mr. RICHARD CURRY, Bath, was Ist in six qae онон 
well-grown plants, the foliage the flow 
large por fresh ; Mr. T. W. DUN was nd. 
or six plants, double, Mr. J. B. BLACKMO з Ist, with 
large, grandiy lowered plants of Lad » Gertrud, Duchess of 
Fife, Lascelles, Princess May (a - hite), Mrs. 
; Mr. D. L. C. 
N had the best s specim en, stagle-floweted } and Mr, 
обіои the best plant of a double variet 
‚М. B. В, Davis, Yeovil, had a — plar of cut 
f colour 
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Y 
In the i provided € Strawberries, Mr. F. 
RICKETTS, ү ee took lst prize in ench class, showing 
pud. s. h case. 
ETABLES. 
Two good collecti one af vegetables were staged by Mr. 
GEORGE €—— and m ILLIAM Evry, who secured 
the prizes in the 
A portion of th саар on entering the * marquee 
had ed devoted to the sale of spare flowers in the 
rs’ Royal Benevolent Institution, £13 being — in 
tite vef last year. This prictice is worthy of adoption by 
the committees of other shows held in various parts of the 
THE NATIONAL —.— SHOW АТ 
DERBY. 
JULY TE —We share the йй of both secre- 
paepae this show was the season, зо 
far as quality is concerned, while it certainly fell 
very little short in num ot many expected to 
find d llection of Roses after the pro- 
The Hybri 
— pus ins a few t 
scarcely so at the Crysta 
cester, The eir 5 good quality was remark- 
able, hls, moe especially in the Hybrid Perpetual 
URSERYMEN, 
Ми 
In the Jubilee Trophy class for thirty-siz six өш. to which a 
езагз, won with a good 
stand, isting of Я пе Verdier, 
Horace Vernet, S.-M. i, Dr. Andry, Duchesse de 
Horny, Dupuy Jamain, Q Queens, 
Marie 
Vernet, Duke - premere Prince Arthur, A. K. Williams, 
апа Victor Н 
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W thirty-six varieties, blooms LN each, there = 
ry keen competition, sis. en, М 
Е жы, and Messr се more ore followed - 
other named. А set of — new КИР. Merri: e England, 
was Ва зл striking in — winning stand. 
Thirty-six singles, distinct.— There were nine collections 
2 dey prizes were taken — Messrs. cE 
Messrs. D. PRIOR ^ т, Colchester, - 
UM & Son, Wo i 
Very shortly atter judging, both 5 
in front of Mess 
For e'ghteen озени, MABUA — of each, Messrs. D 
& Son, Colchester, were well ahead, Messrs. TOWNSHEND and 
Mr. G. — following. 
names. 
the latter were decidedly 
SILVER MEDAL ROSES. 
— Messrs, HARKNESS & Son, with А. К. 
Willams are 9; Messrs, W. & D. CROLL, with Marie van 
te (Tea 
AMATEURS, 
The Jubilee um" and Gold Meda 
LINDSELL, Hitchi: 
e bes 
1 was won by Mr. E 
both th ea Rose в! n by amateurs, This was 
a grand stand, the Medal blooms being Xavier Olibo and 
Comtesse de Nadaillac; Madame Hoste was the only w 
flower. Н.У. MACHIN, , Gateford Hill, Worksop, had 
Horace Vernet and Her Maj jesty particularly good in his 2nd 
prize stand. 
= £10 Cup, presented by the x Hon. Sir W. V. HAR- 
LINDSELL, with. а ed 
duis of thirty-six blooms ; й. Ww. DREW. ‚ Ledbar шу, W. 
LIN was also lst for " eight distinct 
IN div 
d. Mr. E. B. 
varieties, three blooms ы iini Mr. H. V. Mack viding 
im e Rev, J. H. PEMBERTON in this class, 
The Derby Vase, for gro е 
plants, was secured by Mr. J. PaRKER, C Hitchin; 
E. MAWLE 3 Berkhamsted, 2nd; and R. E. WEST, 
Reigate, following. 
For growers Lor €: than 1000 plants, Mr. WHITTLE, 56, 
Belgrave Terrace cester, was in front. 
A piec: — by the Mayor of Derby was won by Mr. 
A. WHITTON, Bedale, Yorks, for twenty-four Aia Age 
Nine single booms, T. TATHAM, Esq., Wilmslow 
ompetitors T 
Ist seven c ; Mr. J. MARSDEN, Silverdale, 
Carnforth, winning for si ia last classes w 
n the Trent only. 
For nine blooms of any one — except Teas or 1 
r. MACHIN was successful h Prince Arthur; Mr. DRE 
with Mrs. J. Laing ; and Bin: 1. Н, PEMBERTON, with A. K. 
illiam 
The class for siz new Roses was poor; Mr. MacniN and the 
Rev. J. H bei pectively 1st and 2n. 
TEAS AND NOISETTES. 
Eight competed in an open class for twelve trebles, Messrs. 
D. PRIOR & Sox, Colchester; Mr. J. MATTOCK, Oxford ; and 
Messrs, COCKER & Sons, Aberdeen, winning in the e order as 
NURSER 
Messrs. PRIOR & SON were Ist € . distinct, erga 
So 
A. DI N, Newtown 
Messrs. J. 3 & ee Aberdeen, 3rd. This — а үү 
class, and a area. — 
was Ше Silver Modal Tes, Van Houtte, from — — 4 
CROLL, 
„ Mr. J. MATTOCK, Oxford, was 1st; Messrs, 
J. BURRELL & Co., Cambridge, Salad 2nd. 
AMATEURS. 
— O. G. 
Twelve booms, distinct, open to all amateurs.— Mr. 
ORPEN, Colches „ Esq., 
Ba 
Nine blooms of any T ea or 2 050 ir BANY ӨНӨ. Worksop, 
by growers o sow hon 00 late. 
Nine single biooms ym f f lst; A. Н. GRAY, Esq., 
W. DREW, Uplands, Ledbury, was 
Bath, being lst к anextra nated six varieties, three of each. 
The Rev. Е. В. BURNSIDE, S др cone was Ist, with 
Marie Van Ho iis for six eren — 7 any 
ОРЕХ Спл3зЕз. 
ЭРҮ ЖАНУ ЧЕ ч esa 
light Rose (a grand box); 
om ЧЫ К . К, Williams, for twelve blooms 
Cd v Mes V. kD. n 
KER & Son. 
Roses, Mr. Н. V. MacnIN beat Mr. J. 
