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THE GARDENERS’ 
Fruit yu. Vegetable Committee. 
Jur 26.—A special meeting was held at Chiswick 
— on the above mes „ Balderson in the 
These in numerous and 
were dealt with as they port found, irrespective o 
newness or otherw 
compact; to Grosse 
. — . ; 5 Merve 
ariety, а Messrs. 
— variety, 
out of ber 
good, indeed highly meri- 
torious, is Longfellow, sent by HENDERSON of New 
This is a fairly strong grower, an immense cropper 
narrow, of the best fis avour. This will doubtless 
e ear 
vation ; _ roundish wi Butter Bean 
one of the аа) best 2 the section. The Beans when cooked 
were re delici eee 
үүт У. fail 
this season that they were not fit to exam examine, site ds trial 
of Brassica is in progress, the plants having done wonderfully 
well. These will be at their best а f. w weeks later, as also will 
bread 
£ +h Cin wt divantod 
пту уе фич 
аз {һе 
Ри = +tantion 
wall, 
19th of July. This was Early Favourite; the j fruits 
small, purple in colour, flesh very soft t, and 
of & delicious flavour, & . The unani- 
mously agreed а First-class to this 
most valuable addition to our early dessert Plums. The atten- 
tion of th was also drawn to a number of 
berries worked on clean stems, some 3jlfeet in height; the 
stock is that aureum, grown ially for the 
noticed ; 
stron, ———— pan Yah spisso 
Mórellos ou the common Oherry stock 
SURREY FLORICULTURAL. 
Jury 24, 25.—The fifty-first annual exhibition 
took place on the above in the grounds of 
Brockwell Hall, AN Hill, by kind permission of 
J. IJ. Blackburn, 
Oncidi loxinias, &c. A creditable ME 
ment from Mr. W. Farley, gr. to J. О. LOVELL, Esq., Tulse 
Hill, was placed 2nd. 
For six foliage plants, Mr. J gr. to H. TATE, Esq., 
th magnificent 
lst 
c 
D. &c. Mr. Howe occupied the same position 
* 
ог six Dracsenas, distinct, the 18 position was gained 
Mr. LAMBERT; and and Caladiums were very well “howa by M 
W. FARLEY, who took Ist 
Foliage formed a pretty feature, Ist honours for a 
fresh, distin ac and ere in of planta being fuse ЗУ 7 J. 
Swaine, ол eer ае ра hd Clapham; whilst a very 
lace to Mr. A. A. ELLEN, gr. to 
а graceful 
Vs qe А ore RT 
i ria. 
itive exhibits,— Messrs, JOHN LAING & SONS, 
Forest “нї, sent а grap p of er — — pant, 
as being special essrs. PEED ONS, 
N aaa, sent a 
Wandswo 
[margen — сш 1 : 8 F. FRENCH, Camberwell 
ES 
sin рон а рез J collecti ion ** e ttery, 
TRENTHAM HORTICULTURAL. 
JULY е си eighth annual exhibition was held 
in the beau e petes at Trentham, and the display 
ever, Mr. Harry Ve itch, of 
to t of judges remarked, t aome 
departments the exhibits Аы better than any that 
he had end in Lon 
pate as 
To th AB 1 
arranged for effec t were, a 
usual at Trentham, of high m е 
d Croton ns, m Caladium 
part of the groundwork, intermixed with Maidenhair 
row a agao class, open to persons who do not к= a 
more than one gardener, the lst prize was taken F. J; 
MADDOCK, Ns. Alsager (gr., Mr. Smith), who eds а 11 
arranged group, consisting of Ixora coccinea, Lilium auratum, 
Cattleyas, Caladium argyrites, — ; 2nd, 
C. S. Jones, Esq., Stoke (gr., Mr. Gibbs), who introduced 
Anthurium ium Andrésoum, Cissus discolor, e. and a well- 
&c. 
grown Areca lutescens into his group, with Ferns 
Roses. 
The queen of flowers is = dominant at Trentham, and 
this year very keen, growers coming 
competiti 
from all parts of * United Ki eo The premier honour 
was secured to 
Forty-eight — PME iik Messrs, ALEX. DICKSON 
wnards, co. 
[roc — Down, with fine blooms of Her 
maid, Catherine Mermet, Kruger, as 88 being worthy 
— 2nd, Messrs, PRIOR & Son, Colchester, Niphetos, 
Hoste, —— The Bride, Maréchal Niel, 
Eighteen distinct single blooms, Meers 
PRIOR & Sons, with a stand in hich woe v сатте blooms 
The Bride, Comtesse Nadai Situs a 
agra es Kuster, Rubens, Boule Oor to Innocent — 
terbury. 
; 2nd, Mr. GEORGE MOUNT, Can е Pirola, 
— rn le blooms of 
ANDER DICKSON & Sons, with hen y OTT ALEX- 
WNSEND & stand of Earl'of n; 
2ad, Messrs. To 
Twzlve 
Mr. GEORGE I e 5 light-coloured Nose. —lat, 
Prior & Son, ‚Wi 
Twelve eagle blooms, any other Әй. 
CHRONICLE. 
[Avavsr 3, 1895, 
ESS & Sons, а — Colombe ; 2nd, Mr, 
а Ulrich Bru 
For the most 5 arrangement of nd 13 
5 feet wide.—1st, Messrs, JENKINSON & + Y, M 
i fu 
GEORGE Moun, 
е, Бір. 
g followed in the latter class by Mr, Borin 
Сот FLO 
For a collection of hardy border 
NESS & Sons were lst, with fine bunches of Со 
difora, Delphinium grandiflorum album, Potentil p f 
Vésuve, Chrysanthemums, Phloxes, &c,; 2nd, Mr, Gro: — 
Mount, Canterbury. | 
For twelve — of stove or de enho uo i 
JENKINS & Sons were Ist. Messrs. JONES & 
bury, had the best ball or тм — and л 
& Soxs ре: best bri dal bouq 
RS. f 
cut flowers, Messrs, Harg- 
re 
by im — Trentham Garde ens; 
Market Drayton, Stand of cut flowers for Ass decoration, 
and a similar class for nurserymen, was won by Men 
JENKINS & Sons. 
204, Mim Lan 
Fruit enone an excellent dis 
lection of nine penu Kinds, the Ist prize was un 
unn 
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3 who had a -— cluster of high y-elourl биши | 
Mn d Early Alexa — Peaches, Downto n Nec 
ard 86. Margaret’ s Cherries, with a Ripley Queen Pine, 
varieties of Pines. 
rapes, 
Melon, Goshawk Peaches, Pine-apple Nectarine, and Bigartet 
eon Cherries; 2nd, Lord Влаот, Blithfield (gr, № 
Bannerman), with Foster's Seedling and Black Hambuf 
Golden Б Melon, Mae Hátive Pens 
Violette Hative Nectari bes ps 
грез. For four bunches representing t 
erton нех Liver [21 
Court and Blaek Hamburgh. ‘This exhibit ory 
special prize, as - s meri exhibit "tnit in 
a 2nd, Baro: e n wi Mes 
RRIS | 
For th three adus of Black Grapes, any variety, Ist, J. GU! 
2 Esq., with Madresfield p € a speci «МЕ | 
Black Grapes; 2nd, Baron ILD, for the 8 
rom three bunches of White Grapes, any erc 2 
Musca‘ OTHAM (gr.. Mr. Амор сд 
finished Buckland Sweetwater. 2nd, B d 
Esq., Swynnerton Hall, Stone (gr., Mr. — di 
Buccleuch. РИ | 
Meions.— green or white-fl vr i 
B. FirzHe —— q. <А ee Turner’s Seedling. д A 
HABRINGTON, with Co Mr. w. G. BREESE A 
Blair) had 
Violette насо, М 
Nectarines, single dish.—l1st, Duke of — 
. Lord Napier, 2nd, Lord BAGOT, ee 
— Н —Lord B. т had the best 
Late Pine ; 2nd, R. — Ж Kirk Hall on u. ә 
Cher arl of qune A 
gnifique, had the best dish of Cherries ; and В, 
with Bigarreau Napoleon, was 
VEGETABLES. 
The best Tomatos were from 
brace of $ 
Ішу gr., 
Satisfaction Potato, Autumn Gian 
Ultra Runner Beans, , Prodigy P ү 
; and, & 
onarch Cucum 
Sons’ p um for six 
similar class, the prizes 
SUTTON & Sons 
ther prizes v were offered 
for the best-cul for b 
— made by children, and 
garden 
zes for whic 
Nox-Compertrive EXHIBE ил w 
Mr. BLAIR, gr. to the Dake of paci 
magnificent groupe, the one of Souvenir 
