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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Aveusr 10, 1895. 
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“strongly, and won a'creditable victory. His best examples 
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Ixora Pilgrimi was well flowered, an 
labra and Stephanotis pe aa were 
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rrangement to face every way 
and covering а space of 240 e. feet; Mr, CYPHER was well 
i ing mos 
Ist, the entire arrangement MM t effective, and in g 
taste. The centr a graceful. specimen о 
Pheehix rupicola, мер long arching leaves, This plant was 
raised sufficiently to introduc mound or undergrowth of 
Orchids ds and other id 8 and foliage lent. whilst 
ards each corner, ounds 
central part, the ou 
weak. 
In the smaller я class there was hers опе exhibit, but ; 
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«the compel ition was peat but the exhibit on the whole were 
more than satisfactory in quality. Mr, Copson, gr. to Mrs. 
Purpps, Collingtree Grange, was We. his best 1 
being 
and Allamanda Hendersoni ; Mr. 
J. C, Inns, gr. to W. Н. FosrER, Esq., Spratton Grange, 2nd. 
next best from Mr. 
‘well, the plants of he ie but useful size, Coleus and Fuchsias 
very good, and the table plants also, 
endid 
were 
6, Gayton Rectory). was 156 kor twelve 
Begin of Tea-scentéd Roses, with-excellent-bloonts Marie 
Innocente Pirola being the best; » Messrs. 
Jun. PERKINS & Sox followed. Rev. Dr Kine was again Ist 
for itwélve varieties of sections in the amateurs’ class, 
‘showing an even box cf fresh flowers 
of hardy fio Mr. Cole, gr. t to Earl 
' SPENCER, see “was  eapital Ist, witha well set-up pos 
Y ll ih d the 2nd priz 
8 ve bunches of — or 
.greedhouse flowers, Eucharis — and Begonia odorata 
‘being notieenble. 
The'bést bouquet сате from Messrs: YARDE & Co., North- 
PERKINS & Son, the competition 
|| were shown, and the best were 
was staged by M 
— to the —— Ingestre, the —.— 
being? ———— Black Grapes 
Hale’s Early Peaches, and a good — 
_ ire wen мөм diee M CE, , who follow: 
the same kind of Nec and 
‘Barrington Peaches 
5 In mer for Black Grapes, мнз с. Inns won the 1st prize 
unte Grabes Me. Sota: wi, Winco 
Hol?enby House, Vul 10 кет 3: Сиген, 
gain 2nd. 
bunch and 
“berry; Mr. Copson Orson being 8 
Mr Q Га? ст Еа ear. 
‘fruits of Pineapple; Mr, Copson again towing For 
hes M ye о Sir E. LODER, Whi 
Vegetasles, .—Mr. S. Сок had the best collection ET twelve 
Tomatos, both 
LE seo exéellent, Mr. Copsox was а capital and. Mr. V. 
2 Cors won ain for nine kinds, im which the best of these 
; Mr. KNIGHTLEY 
those of Autocrat Pea, Ailsa Craig Oaion, pas Exhibi- 
t, and d Carrots 
‘some gooi, lanis of Lilium auratum, 
. effective arrangements, On the left, going 
THE GARDENING IN HYDE 
IN some respects one nes s improvements—or, at 
subjects used in the 
beds in this park. It is not уй the same, and it is 
the changes made in this way that alone make аш 
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dered if laid out in some less art 
and dwarf evergreen shrubs and deciduous: lo ering 
ones were used amongst the тане What a wealth 
е in nurseries 
interest to the gardening here! 
a display of colour on the small area of turf—all 
gems, and no setting. à 
with Pansies, Sweet лай Diag, util ghee 
Solomon’s Seal, &c, Some ‘of them still 
flower, being continuous since A Ht A 
Aquilegia with 
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has been flowering for the past two months, and is 
still looking well. 
Some of these early beds have been replaced by 
Fachsias and large plants of Pelargoniums, which 
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ape en and have a picturesque look, At South 
Street gate, to the right and left of it, we come to 
nice groups of Fachsias, the varieties used being 
Mrs. Marshall, mad and Scarcity, dark. 
the next section of beds we have two planted 
with some large я Fuchsias, having a ground- 
work of Palox decussata, which give promise of 
looking well at a later date. nted with 
Roses has done well, but owing to the dry weather 
its lowering period was cut short, and it has been 
replaced with анаа eli a now coming 
into lower, Some good beds of Carnations attract 
notice, showing their adaptability to this form. of 
garden embellishment, Amongs 
well were noted—Danger, a good crimso 
Castle, pale pink ; Queen of Bedders, a brighter pink ; 
and the primrose-yellow Germania. Alice Ayres, a 
white with crimson edge, is doing well, but is not so 
telling as the varieties just mentioned. Next comes 
a bed of Canterbury Bells, which have made a good 
show, and bid fair to make another very soon, being 
ud again; a pleasing effect is produced here 
by an undergrowth of Violas. 
A bed of mixed Mimulus has been making a good 
show, but has lately been removed and substituted 
with ud plants of t:e oak-leaved Pelargonium, 
having the Canary Creeper and Campanula doen 
dalis Узв with ћеш —а very effective association 
Four beds of Ivy-leaved е having & 
carpet of Viola Blue Bell, with a band of white 
the pleasing col 
Товба Наша elegans were novel and attrac- 
 Humess were once met with commonly, but 
етв have lost the art of growing the ta 
[owing to the disease which Ў J 
labels retient it n. 
make a graceful bed озын together, 
filled with. crimson Stocks and 
Mignonette, of course always find admirers. Fo 
round beds pla berous-rooted Begonias 
having crimson ае and stood about оп а carpet 
of Moneywort, were attractiv 
The next pt of beds are ted in pairs 
sisting of Fachsias, Begonias, and Pelar Pres 
The Fuchsia beds consist of the Tiii ene 
Marshall, Empress of Germany, Madame Corneli 
and Scarcity, and some of them ee winx 
Ten-week Stocks, Begonias, Vio las, and other 
pies, Golden 
&c., are very 
from 
pri ‘May. 
a groundwork of Earl Beaconsfield 
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Mount Street Gate to Grosvenor Gate, there ara 
some beds filled with French bee of Canna, 
which will make a good show lat 
Heliotrope, intermixed with Nieotiana 4 look 
well. Here, again, we have Е Plumbago 
capensis and Fuchsia Scarcity, with B: idi semper. 
florens, and a carpet of Alternanthera, which looked 
ell. 
From Grosvenor Gate to the Marble Arch som 
of the beds were cni in early spring with. Dielytra 
and Pansies, an о beds of 
Two s of fraga 
umbrosa (London Pride), with Spanish Iris inter- 
mixed; made a go rly show; the Ira 
coming on later gave an additional floral 1 
These beds have since — filled with Fachsig, 
Dracsenas, Grevilleas, A oy! ere Ke. 
and are again making а fine — bed of 
Petanias must not be passed o flowering 
splendidly—the hot weather is plate pee 
to Petunias flowering so m 
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A mixed border planted with things 
, commencing with Snow | 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Chion odoxa, Scilla, — 
Phlox amcena, Wallflowers, Ponies, Lilies; Dal- | 
Бени (the Superintendent) for his 
ments this season. J. B 
SCOTLAND, 
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AN EDINBURGH NURSERY. 
To the lover of M who finds himself on 
of Scotland, nof the 
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city, оп the Corstorphine Road, amply repays the 
troubleofa visit, The situation of the Nursery of itself 
has a peculiar charm for the eye that can appreciate 
the beauties of a delightful anum in the | 
s of Beechhill yo 
might imagine yourself sarreying Min outlines А 
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In front stretches опе of the most "did 7 
erkek in a 8458. affording a particu ger 
mosaic of cornfield and meadow, pe backed by Ei 
slopes of the distant Peatlands. 43 
lies the village of Corstorphine, with tte vei i 
church - spire, and the ж; i "em = 
be thankful," is one — 
haunts of the good folk of учее To the m 
а glimpse is ре of Arthur's Seat, which ' 
might mistake for the brow of some istant “ m 
As I have said, you might be 100 miles removed Po ad 
the busy haunt of men, were it not that thel 
gun booming from the Castle rock, scarcely 
hour's walk — reminds you that yo 
a 
cooperation of Nature and man. 
between 80 and 90 feet long, and it т 
me idea of the beauty of the interior 
that the long platforms on either side 
assage are covered with a maze of m 
blooms of exquisite variety. 
