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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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In the way of miscellaneous exhibits, Messrs, J. CHEAL & 
up a large collection of hardy cut flowers 3 
кч Pompon and single Dahlias, 
onias in pots, Palms and Ferns at the 
fine luem. Mr. F. FRANK HUDSON 
three charming Epe 
e of the new 
of cut Dahlias, all of which were highly commended. 
STOKE te FLOWER SHOW. 
Aveust 7.— OW was Бев ш in the Ape « 
E йа: туе, Be M „ Stoke Piace, near Slough, o 
the above date, Tne Бона society of this 
Ww ted in quite a small way, but it has 
now attained considerable i one Оп this 
— ne the nean va. plants arranged for effect were 
age, gr. ga 
tenti coloured Сер ап а 
Oncidiu osum, and Lilies, with a groundwork of re a 
tum a Jladium argyrites. Mr. E. John gr. 
A. GILLIAT, Esq., was a i 2nd; and he had some very fine 
white Campanulas, in his group, g loxini b 
d a ramosa, with тЫ of Maidenhair, edged 
with icum variegatum, 3rd, app, g " 
PIGGOTT, iem Park, whose 25 were good, but the 
arrangement ra eavy. 
Tor six kinds. of fruit, Mr. JOHNSON was Ist ; and in the 
it both for 
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eight and six P with user produce. 
р, W.B S 
Mr. Kem r. to , Esq., ke Park, — 
a fine p s E te, 2d fe [eem етут n, his Pancra 
being especial e; and AU “Slough, had a ym 
display of cut Hose and herbaceous flow 
alas n D— 
Avcusr 7.— The twenty-eighth show of this 
society — d dn исин weather оп the above 
date in Knole , and was of the usual character, 
nothing apparently being of especial merit or out of 
he ordinary r 
There were — in which М. Gibson, 22 at 
the winner imen 
| Mr. Sutton viti Park, as 
the best man ; Mr. pen D the lead in а miscellaneous 
llection 
border were shown. n. ‘ow was the luc’ 
best six dishes of fiuit in as many kinds; and Mr. TAYLER, of 
Forest Hill, S. E., ч the finest Black Grapes; and Mr 
Chertsey, the best white ones 
€— e decorations, &c., and special » in- 
cluding LL X — Star of Honour” arjen 
best — sate dishes. of Vegetables, and a box o 
flowers, was w. ; and а Cottagers’ dide 
complete the — — 
WILTS FFF 
fine weather, and in the place 
the Wilts "Horticultaral 
— voured 
this year. The site show was 1 : = 
grounds of the 2 в s Pale at Salisbary 
Committee pe the ecretary, Mr. ro б. Wyatt, 
are to upon the well-merited 
success attending the show. 
As usual h igh incl uding 
that for twelve stove and greenhouse plants. ne 
n avall: 
and Adiantum cuaeatum 
in Н. еа Mun Harnham ae Salis ‚ were а 
nee of those 
that Mr. pen 
taken 186 prize at the Wilts Hovticultaral Society's Show 
ell-grown 
These plants consisted of well-gr and fin nely- -flowered 
double and single-flowered varieties, the g 
and the flowers large and fine in every respect. “Mr. BED. овр, 
Harnham Nurseries, 
sbury, came into the 2nd ee with 
me i 
er competitors in Fuchsias, 
staging sized get ge ара, * looking, in 
ge, ell-flow 
Gro ea of етос рте eie for effect, form 
an portant feature in ost shows of any standing. 
The — sie m thi is year at re ury fairly eclipsed all 
w ig 
0 asses, 
central plants ae = p with smaller 
ones—Codizums, uberoses, Bri Wreath, 
rancoa ramosa, Caladium argyrites, Cattley: yas, poseen 
incurvum, &c 
wi nning grou ps, 
on а groundwo ork “of Maidenhair Fern, the 
whole being, asa rule, edg ith Panicum variegatum, and 
mall p'ants aidenhair Ferns; plants of irregular heights 
nd diversified habit and colour of foliage and flower being 
arranged with telling effect by Mr. WILLS; Mr. Carr, gr. to 
A. GILLETT, ‚ Bishopstoke; and M 5 r, in 
the open class, and by Mr, R, Mr, PEE nd Mr. 
AR ROBEY, 
inthe gentlemen's gardeners' class, and m took the prizes 
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in the order in which wy names appear in both of th 
Mr. BEDFORD also creditable азаа which fa 
both с covered a алге ны of 12 feet radius. A ni 
flowering plant of bium formosum giganteum к дом 
off е advantage in М 
High Stree isbury, € the 
yor of Salisbury, in а yg ee р 
nged semicircle of 10 feet radius, h — carefully 
selected and N arranged. Мг. Scammell, gr. to G. R. 
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KENDAL, Esq , Wilton, took 1st place in a'smaller group class. 
FRU 
On the whole, fruit ма а vus show, Mr. H. w. мены 
Lor secured the 1st place for a colleo- 
VV bunches of Madresfield 
Court and Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, good in berry, and of 
excellent colour; Hero of Lockinge Melon, Prince of Wales 
Р fine in colour ; Brunswick 
. medi Pi 
К Mr. gr. to Sir Јони KELK, em: 
had very fine Late 
the showing fruit of Smooth-lea 
Cayenne, and the latter a medium-sized fruit of the Queen. 
G: ^ езі 4 k T p ant 
READ, Esq., Westwood, Salisbury, and he was closely followed 
by Mr. Mitchell, — ell Manor, Romsey, who had bunches 
slightly smaller, but more compact, otherwise fine in all 
pects, 
Madresfield Court Grapes were ingrid pest g by Mr. 
SMITH, J^. pet : alace, Salisbu . Wa and Mr, 
arden r F, H. irat RST, Bt. Clarendon Park 
Salisbury. ‘hres Winds es of Mrs, Pearso 
handsom 
make per M < 
1. ass for any 
— white Grape than Buckland Sweetwater and Foster's 
edlin 
Pens made a good A dozen fine fruits of Guthrie's 
te Gage, rinm ripe, Verso by Mr. WARD, took 15% prize, 
while grand fruits of Late Admirable Peach gai like 
distinction for LEFIELD; and a 0 Neo- 
tarines, staged by Mr. SOLMAN, Pyt House, Lisbury, gained 
milar 
Apples were well represented. W. — gr. to Earl 
NELsON, Trafalgar Park, — Who lst for three 
dishes of dessert varieties, staging MÀ Coloured мера of 
Beauty of Bath, Early EE Arv and R while 
fine frui The Quee To A — "Seeing, 
Suffield gained chief 3 s for Mr. 8м 
Samet of donem 3 мро, d twelve erm d made 
show. Mr. 
a goo INS w 5 
tion. „Ж мез — Salisbury, was the. nod 
the cut flower classes, whi 
successful exhibitor in 
most pa 
Non-competitive Exhibits 
& Co. 
ontributed esars. 
KEYNES Arn am anged a grand lot of Dahlias, Ko.; 
Mr. LADHAMS, Shirl 
= Mr. BEDFORD had 3 plants. 
BISHOP’S STORTFORD HORTICUL- 
TURAL. 
AUGUST Va plns t apo rcu nha this Socie op 
was — in the grounds 
, by permission x A 
mtm formed чу ачи. — ze Het д 
show 
t was an excellen 
There were five groups, and the best was from the gardens 
of Sir Jas. BLYTA, Bart., Wood House, Stansted (g^, 
W.J. Richardson); 
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of siagle and po flo 8 eina 
ways a nice feature at this show, and one ne tent w as set 
C. Gop, Esq. Jun. (gr. Mr. D. Patmore). was Jai ; and W. 
à ther 
un. (gr., 
, Esq. (gr., Мг. Е. W. Kent), 2nd, О classes were 
set apart for Вгдоаїаз in b r. D. PATMORE winning 
most of the prizes. Of the groups of six foliage plants, 
best one cam? from Sir Jam garden, 
best group of six з were from rdens of Colonel @. В. 
IEA HOUBLON, J.P. (gr., Mr. B. Calvert) The 
Gloxinias, fine from W. HOLLAND, Езд., 
Plantation House (gr., Mr. W. A. Dunnage). 
The best siagle and double zonal Pelargoniums were from 
U. TAYLOR, Esq.. and were dsome, well-grown speci 
г. D. PATMORE exhibited well-gro Fuchsias. The 
ps of autumn-floweriog Chrysanthemums дезе! a 
a very comme 
MENET's collection (ts Mr. T. Lod go), d мино were 
nrimrose sport. 
Table decorations were of the usual standard ot excellence. 
one set of prizes. Miss JESSIE CANNING won the st prize 
with an arrangement of Poppies, a few spikes of Gade 
The Bride, with small flowers of a siagle variety of Helian- 
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— ot monthly Roses; 3rd, Mrs. ROUTLEDGE, with a 
ETC. 
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ic best — * were Бр {һе garden of Colonel 
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ted, 
Chelsea exhibited ы group of choice 
D. glomeratun renibus etr Mr, RuMSEY of Waltham 
Cross had fiae Roses; and Messrs. PAUL & Sox of the Old 
Nurseries, choice herbac2. us plants. 
