Avovsr 3, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
tions, containing shades of bright scarlet to almost ед 
white, The plants were w Set grown and pro ofusely Sewered 
He showed likewise 8 
gr may were the admiration of a 
Meseres, VET ons, Chelsea, s * one of the finest 
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Nepenthes, and Cala- 
. New nieto wt eu is which а Gold Medal was 
ne collection of 
flowers. 
St. Albans, staged а choice col- 
eda e 
fine new — elle wind new Palms, О; 
Messrs. DICKS Ltd., 2 pni were рее a Silver 
eda] for a eollection of cu wers, consisti Roses, 
Gladiolus, — оди in bars Phloxes, and other flowers of 
гче plan 
n төй H & Sons, Highgate, had a Silver 8 ſor 
. cut flowers, including Carnations к & 
ter, a Silver Medal f 
erbaceous cut flowers, Gladioli, 
and their new Petunia, Brillian 
Messrs, Ескғовр & Son исне еге awarded a Silver 
Medal for fifty varieties of "sweet Peas, arranged in vases 
with una 5 
rs. 
г thirty-six E of 
, Gailiaràias, Pompon Dahlias, 
N & Son, Altrincham, Pree a Silver Medal 
foi owers; Messrs. HILL & Co., decori 
a Silver bets — ha collection of shru — 1 essrs, 
hrewsbury, a Silver Medal for a лане 
of eighty i ca border Carnations. 
HAMMERSMITH ОБЕ. LTURAL. 
Tate 
iety, btl rden 
ing amongst its heterogeneous vice ra б the dist rict wes 
once well dotted over with large residences in the times when 
rich citizens were not conveyed as now by 
far r to 
t President of the Royal Horticultural 
Society possess a cam ut ashort way from Hammersmith 
that was fam rare plan g rdening; and 
Kensington, Chiswick, and Turnham Green were peopled with 
nu men sts, and market gardeners. has no 
heard of the ted firm of C. & J. Lee lter of 
Chry:anthem fame, who esca with Louis Philippe's fine 
china dinner se 1818, which he let select visitors beho! 
in his u , Hammersmith, down to 
1869, for t to him, after it was brought 
over to ; of Glenny, of Glendinning; of the 
fam 3 en Pear that h e ple 
es instead of fruits 
flowers ! 
The Society мн — а I — ‘a Thursday, 
July 25, АУ ich w Oups о teur 
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LLoYD's gardener, Merton 
Lodge, Chiswick; and 2 Fuchsias were shown by Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, a а ga arden 
Some non- competit exhibits came from Messrs. C. LEF, 
of the Royal al Vineyard Nurseries, and from Mr, PREWETT, 
Swiss Nursery. 
CARNATION AND giis eo . 
Juty 27.— The annual show — 
4 the garden of the Cottage, S 
e above 
and 
Dodwell, A jfine lot of flowers were an 
admirers of the flower came from various parts of 
the country, 
Carnations.—As at the lace, so here, Mr. Robert 
Sydenham, Birmingham, took the Ist prize in the a 
Mess 
Thomson & Co., mingham, were 2n d, with a stand rem 
Len read the rei Four other prizes were awarded 
competitors with six varieties, Mr. C. F. T 
аас tie. being Ist, and — A. R. Brown, Birming- 
ham, 2nd, six other pri rizes being aw 
‘cotees.—Thera were five collections of e 
— —These were E superb, a — 
Perhaps finer than were ever seen at Oxford. Th 
eight sta me: of — die. Mr, A. Jo AMD 15 
Ist prize a sp! some of the finest bein; regs ond 
a pink self ; q rang p y-g., very bright: Miss Audrey 
; Germania. 
Campbel!, а yellowis! ‚ very anira, and 
Mrs. R. Sydenham. — YDENHAM was , and six 
prizes . in all. There were thirteen stands of six 
blooms: Mr, „Jun., New Barnet, was Ist with а 
very. fine lot; oe Е. Brown 2nd; six other prizes 
being awarded, 
Yellow eta only,—There were thirteen stands of six 
blooms : od W. READ, the audite. at the yy ом 
the lst pri JONES was so good w 
Mr. ‚ЧЕ, 
they, that раду every stand received a prize 
in looms.—A large number of these were staged, and 
arded, 
—The premier p was C. B. 
ENH 
t the premier Fancy, Fi 
nd maroon, a sport from S. H. Herbert, from Mr. 
THURSTAN ; and чт = eia — ground, Mrs. R. Sy d ii 
from Mr, W. SPE 
An ppm ‘collection of bunches of i" plants were 
taged by Mr, B. LADHAMS, Southampto ; Dahlias b y Mr. 
Jomi ай, Тһате, апі Мг. ий, Жай, апа 
222 border Carnations of excellent qal from Mr. W. 
to G. Н. — LL, Esq., M.P., Headington Hill ; 
Cecilie of Merit bein, warded t to eac each. 
A large party partook e та in the grounds under the 
йкы at of the =n of Oxfo 
FLOWER SHOW — eee 
М — 
con- 
the — of bringing together, in bern asses o 
to all England, exbibits of a high order of merit, 
Handsome money prizes — offe red — twelve stove 
and greenhouse dame dissimilar. 
. CYPHER, nurseryman, Chelten о = = lst prize 
with grand examples of Kentie 8 „ K. B La- 
tania borbonica; a magnificen 
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В roto: nset, C карзы, 
а Cycas circinalis; a arka nt of Erica 
ustiniana, E. tricolor vera, Phoenocoma Barresii, 
Ixora Williamsii, &c Finch, gr. t М, RRIOTT, 
q., Coventry, was 2nd, with a collection of similar character. 
a a гей кй roup came from Mr. W. E, nursery- 
n; Mess & E. Lack, nurserymen, 
ingto 
pee dein were 2nd. 
Mr. FINCH bad ike bert six fine-foliaged plants; Mr. 
VAUSE taking the 2nd prize 
18 + 1 £7 
Vroomi, — 16 feet in diameter, and having seventy to 
hown by Mr 
open. Ferns were well show 
r. J. 
st; and їп tne gardeners’ "divi sion b 
gardeners' di 
greenhouse plants, all in flower; Mr. 
Copson 2nd place. Foliage plants, Caladiums, 
G'oxinias, Fuchsias, Coleus wae um 
Cut Flowers. 
а good competit ion, the Rev. 
pe a the 1st prize, having fi 
L Рим gp pio — 
of Mrs. J. ig 
. К. Williams, Comte Ra me — oar Ernes 
Metz ). &c. 
With twelve vari of Teas, the С Е. G. Kine, 
Gayton, was 185, having Princess ot. Wales, 
Madame Marie +: 
The best twenty-four bu 
Messrs. T. PERKINS & erg nurserymen, Northampton. In 
another division for twelve Roses, some good cut blooms of 
m Pelargoniums and double and single Begonias were 
Ini in E rage бет limited, but in quality good. 
came from ча А Тһе Gallien 
бише Ashby. on Pd ae Grapes, Pineapple, а M 
T. 
borough, 1 ae: best three 
rapes. J. CLIPSTONE, Dingley, was the only exhibitor 
d white Grapes, haring Foster's See iling. Some Peaches 
were shown by Mes:rs. IRONS, SPRATTON and Оорзох, also 
god early prolific — 
T. H. RABONE. 
our last issue we confined ourselves perforce to 
mere mention of the decease of M 
+h ha а «ad + "a am. 
1833. 
e Wellesbourne Hal l, ‘Walton House, and Packing- 
п Hall, Та the last-named place he tells us he 
ba eleven fires to see to on a winter's night, but 
here he nevertheless educated himself by dint of 
sor eise From 
сай 
land, and thence to Trentham he 
the tuition of Fieming. From Trentham he went to 
lessons 
to account, and he became a distinguished exhi- 
bitor, ав also when be vob nt ifo Hill and Wood- 
At the great ral Show at 
dish 
seat. Leicester 
iz Uk ub Isi qi d of fruit he exhi- 
bited, six in number. Thence he proceed 
Towers, where h 
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gone your ee will be recalled with — — 
tears.” How true this was oí himself is shown by the 
of Shrewsbury came down specially from Lond 
he 19th inst., hearing of Mr. Rabone’s serious 
illness, in order to see hi 
m &nd express 
та 
family. On hearing the sad intelligence on Saturday 
of his * — -— ordered же т ы * hoisted 
half-m the Towers, remained 
till * ax ie Een AM the ‘blinds ^ the Towers 
were drawn, and the grounds closed till after the 
funeral. By all denominations тй er Was 
greatly respected of Guardians 
for ( headle, was district Cox clon 2 vh Farley, and a 
son, and Past 
ditional churchyard at Alton. The сой 
sent by Mr. Mynors, his lordship's agent at 
ng ade on the estate there. 
he procession was headed by Mr. W. C. T. M) пог 
a 
representing the Earl, and D 
gates the 
dissenting ministers, and the 
leyan minister, eem the Rev. W 
Cauldon), and the Rev. rton (Denttone 
College). On reaching the church, Mr, Ba low, his 
lordship's organist, played Lord,” The 
T. Н, Rabone, Mr. Henry 
Rabone, M „the Rev. R. 
Murphy, and a large body of tenantry and friends, 
Amongst those who sent floral tributes, numbering 
at sixty, "e the Earl of Shrewsbury and Ta bot, 
Coun Shrewsbury, Viscount Ingestre, 
La Viola — Theresa Coun 
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and — the servants at the Towers, and man 
ot Р 
т. E уйы, earned for himself the proud title of 
gardener'a friend, млрд ча of his 
are before us testifying to 
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“young men” 
goodness 
Dean Hole's Memories is the following passage: — 
* Solace comes to you with the real enthusiast, who 
shares your admirations, „399 successes and dis- 
9 as though they were his own; who is 
us to receive, as he is willing to give infor- 
— ; вв grateful ashe is generous, How quickly 
and bappily the hours go, as in his E or in 
yours, or wherever your favourites grow. you suggest 
to each other new charms, new combinations, new 
ods of culture, went to one of the most 
beautiful of our great English gardens, and meeting 
head gardener, asked permission to walk throu 
fountains 
welcome ; and it stirred other fountains кча those 
which suddenly srose and sparkled in 
sheen, and made my heart glad. In ic delightful 
garden there stands a statue of the noble owner who 
reclaimed it from the waste, and underneath ап 
inscription, ‘He made the desert smile, and во our 
love of flowers and florists makes green spots on the 
path of time.’ In this land of gardens the gardener 
bas troops of friends, and even in places а T 
world calls desolate, he shall find companion 
cheer him, so 2 as there are Lichens on the пове 
tains, Ferns in the valley, от Algw бп the shore. 
ir silvery 
