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mg 2 em exhibited much merit. Mr. T. Weaver, gr. 
W. ILCHRIST, Heq., Oakley Park, Basingstoke, 
inb. 
roups of — plants arranged f wg were 
Mr. BOWERMAN - the — * 
D, Esq., The к баар. 
а. 
. WEAVER won the premier award for exotic Ferns with 
healthy examples. Mr. Best had the best table plants and 
tuberous Begonias. 
. Russell, gr. W,. Esq., Audley’s Wood, 
Basingstoke, was Ist stor C — aba Fuchsias, both meritorious 
exhibi 
Mr. Best, gr. to F. D, LEYLAN 
rs were shown in 9 and made a bright 
blooms. exhibi 
For к bunches of any kind of flow EAV. 
distinctly 1st; and Mr. RUSSELL won in the herbaceous cla: 
Ladies — а — display of flowers in a separate 
tent. 
FRUIT was shown in good quantity. For a collection an six 
ieties, Mr. F. Cole, gr. to Sir @. RussELL, Sw allo 
G. 
w Park, Che erteey, was 2nd. "Та the class 
roe any other үзө. ак ripa, M . O3MAN staged well-finished 
Alicante; and Mr. COLE was 2nd. In the white Grape class, 
W. — AN won with M 
ERMAN premier award 
-fleshed Melon. The 
d bv . Holdaway, gr. to Lieut.- 
or three dishes, dessert 
de number of kitchen 
Hook, was easily Ist. 
rds = Pium, * ЖО! 9 — to the Earl of 
Trafal, oice kinds. 
— ‘well vule Mr. BOWERMAN 
won Ist prize in each of the three collections of six varieties, 
err ag or produce; Mr. BEST, and Mr. eller, gr. to 
YNDHAM hee Esq., Malshanger Park, coming next іа 
42 respeotive 
Mrs. "ores dens Shirley, made a grand display vie? a large 
bank of her —— flowers, arranged in an effective manner; 
а EL collection also coming fro i ab G. 
JACKMAN, Wokin 
MANCHESTER ROYAL BOTANIC 
LILY AND 8 
FRUIT SHOW. 
.—An —— where Lilies 
form the chief featu ther novel 
пе, Т Иг me Phiby a ust be vo 
credit of bringing together such a variety of Lilies 
in flower, that it is not the lot of the gene li 
and even of many gardeners, to have seen. , 
nearly the whole of them were shown in pots, & 
matter of cultural importance, and an ob 
all who inspected them, presenting an imposing 
array, set in the slopi ndulating banks of the 
was not suc 
of this kind ought to have command 
LILIES. 
By fa 412 2 bland of Tete г. м — LLACE 
The auratum section some 
among which we noted the magnitcent ruby- 
banded variety, rubro-vittatum in several е gorgeous 
8 platyphylium, 80 ml banded and 
g short carrying good 
ems - 
Fare усе the E bn жы under е a Vir- 
ea is an imported gem, with its minutely spotted flow 
band do tre of h t; 
then Wittei, as as album MEC only having 
bition plant, the vivid ———— blotch hite 
ma is form Spe- 
ciosum was in several varieties, the Kretzeri form 
being pure white, having prominent golden 
. This P is always a telling one, and although 
the | i ited beca of the season, 
they still n in Lily mixtures.  Longi- 
florum gi very prominent, even beating for 
hers prs — Натый. The chief novelties and 
L. Henryi, called the orange - yellow 
general attention and observation. L. Leichtlinii is a very 
charming Lily of св Martagon group; colour, yellow ground, 
spots. L. nepalense i ів а pretty | — 
Lowii 
ed with purplish spots. L. t 
i h 
cover m Fortunei giganteum 
is a gigantic form e, — larger flowers, and in 
gre umber pe. The old double Tiger — 
This firm also showed a ne 
0 
which received a olass Ce — 
whole, obtained the Society’s 
a 
he collection, as a 
d Medal, and it richly 
deserved it. 
Mr. Hupsow, from Kilburn, showed over а — pots, 
р white 
ones, It 
ones boing ae numerous Prax the 
was 
osum 
i ade at the аон, 
Ы advised all er pen fiot * try ied force speciosum m Lilies, 
because they would under the 
influence of the pressure of artificial heat. As an instance of 
wi 
.& 
R. THYNE, Glasgow, sent a very good lot of ГА auratum, i in 
bebo the large — 2 yllum were represented, also some 
vittatum 
eae 
ETC. 
importance he Lilies were the ig чта par- 
& were 
brain, — ана white 
pae 
e Calve 
also exhibited а атат А lot of Gai 
may be 
k handso 
plant. with fine ovate acuminate leav h а profusion of 
rich scarlet berries ded together, of prominent vino 
flavour. Along ME this among others were the 
yellow-flowered i 
sp jai : 
along with Lobelia Queen Victoria, a brilliant form of the 
fulgens type. 
Mr 0 ATERER sent cut sprays of the new Spiræa 
Anthony Waterer in rather ruby-coloured thyrses, Messrs, 
'CKSON, Вв Tarr sent a lot of cut Gladioli, set among 
nice d 7 А х & ROBINSON had a 
vi t of H. P.and Tea Roses; among the 
latter, Hoste, а was nent. Mr, 
JOHN KrTSON, 1 had a miscellaneous lot of hardy 
border flowers, ing so fine as the varied Snapdragons 
which are again coming to the fore. 
Mr. FRANK vh Sale, put up a grand trips of cut 
ai ter bazaar 
flowers, such as supplies daily to the Manches 
trade, They were bed, in which Kentia 
Fi as the fou — utiful they 
looked. 
tiful when cut than to look at them in the plants; Germania 
Carna , Of fine sulphur colour; also 
2 double, and of fo cerise, call: 
rm SP 
Law ; Mrs. Sinkins Pink is also а vourite, and the Sweet 
а group for brilliancy ‘of these — border flowers that ma 
de equalled in the other departments of Flora, but could i 
be excelled, 
FR 
Comprised collections of ten sorts, Mr. Goodacre, gr. to the 
Earl of HARRINGTON, had good Muscat and Black 
Grapes, a s a legeris Fe 
s we Melon, Downton Plums, and 
Mr. W. Wallis, gr. to R. SNEYD, Esq., Keele Hall, was 
Pearson" ueen and 
ноте others, s Golden Queen Black 
h Grapes, Walburton Golden Plums, 
and аи igs, Mr. Slade, gr. to the Duke of NEW- 
CASTLE, having Hamburgh Grapes, a 
small Pino, and several other dishes, of which the Hero of 
was the 
N ve bu of DACRE W 
let, ад showy lot, beautifully finished, but the bulk of 
them smallish The were good, 
here 
considering the time of year, being of fair size, good colour, 
and form were five bunches of them in the col- 
Gros Maroc; fair-sized 
berries small: and 
had also 
should hav 
are — Ке wy many thinking that the prizes 
but on close examination the 
е 
Cheadle, had fairly good Muscats 
was awarded to Mr. WALLIS, 
Keele Hall, for Mis — — 
Obituary. 
MONSIEUR LIEVIN чарт pure DER MEULEN.— 
We reuret to avd = be h of Monsieur LiÉviN 
Spaz- VAN DER gf est of the Syndicale 
des пенные — who died at Ghent on 
August 23, 1895. 
THE WEATHER, 
d bug e signif 
“ egree ying 
— — four hour, or amy ater umber of degree 
an inversely proportional number of hours. 
TEMPERATURE. 
of 
for the Week. 
No. of Rainy Days since 
August 24. 
Above 42°, for the 
Week, 
Week. 
Above 42°, difference 
Jan. 1, 1895. 
о 5 E тоа Fall since Jan. 1, 1895. 
Mean for the week ending 
Mean 
Above (t) or below c3 the 
Below 42°, for the 
More (+) or less (—) than 
D 
ercen of 
— den. 
a 
+ 
eee e 
+Ї++++++++++ 
S ~ 
+ 
3 8 E888 888 8 8 8 
indicated by number in the first column 
d, N.E.; 3, 
, including 
England, owe ek S.W.; 9, Ireland, 
10, Ireland, S. JA ol Islands. — 
MARKETS. 
COVENT GARDAN, atapiet 29. 
OUT FLOWEBS.—AÀYERAG 
s. d. 
Arums, dm 09:4, 
— French p. bn. 0 6-1 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 6- 10 
Carnations, per 12 
blooms ... * 
nthemums, 
Ga is — Eg 
themums, 
рег 12 bunches... 4 0- 
Bucharis, per dozen 1 6- 
Gardenias, per 2 0- 
Gladiolus, р. 12 sps. 0 6- 
Lapageria, 12 blms, 1 0- 
Lavender, un, 6 0- 
Lilium , per 
dozen we 20- 
Lilium lancifolium, ys 
per dozen bloom Em * 
ö 4 0- 6 0 Sweet Peas, 12 bun. 
Marguerites, 12b». 10-3 12 
ORCHID-BLOOM in variety. 
