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їп bloom of l men m, raised from seed sown in 
January. Mr. REID rseryman, eg Hill, 
Kent, had a few Ms bloowas Pied e 
rui as exhibited well by eral firms. Mess 
Liina & Soxs, Forest Hill, London, S. E., had a first-rate 
pl 
m. hers 
Onions and Leeks were shown by Mesers. Dopste & Co., 
Rothesay, N. B., and Onions ж "Mr. Н. D&VERILL, Banbury. 
MAIDSTONE HARDY FRUIT EXHIBI- 
TION 
Остовев 8, 9.—This was е the best exhibition 
of its kind this Society has ever held. The classes 
were better filled, and the fruit generally was of the 
st order. The ent 1 r 98, 
comrared with 255 on the present occasion. 
Кот the best collection, not to exceed twenty-four dishes, 
grown in ihe and open to анбони tenant-farmers, or 
oare 
market-gardene LEIGE, 
Esq. (gr., Мг. Wood ard). took the lead, showing superb 
Peasgood's, Washington, Mére de Mé à Bismarck, Alex 
ander, Cox’s Pomona, and Mothe our fine dishes of 
M Ure Eg I Мг . 
жашыра озе ely followed b MBERS, 
th. In this ds nine competed, all uus excep- 
3 
Apples and three of Pears, each dish to 
ted. Th 
consist of twelve fei. and farm 
* a (em "Me 85 
ed with a remarkably clean 
and Gascoigne Seedling Ap 
ruits to a dish, w KAT ыны So МА, 
IN. 
For any other dessert kind Mr. GOODWIN took the lead, 
— grand AIME of the Pippins; 2nd, Mr. MAINWARING, 
or one sieve of Cooking Apples — heic all of 
vhich were stes ly sen. Mr. KIL k the lead, 
showing good Peasgood Nonsu P Mr. F. — ER, with 
m Orange 
1st for four — pt sieves of Dessert Apples, 
showing very go = Ма bbot's Pearmain n, Cox's Ora "wn Pipp: и, 
Ross 
and seve 
other classes were well filled, the competition being = 
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1 
rss 
. CORNWALLIS, Es eh ee 
F. S. gr. 
some Mii dishes к= ape and Peers, A. Mu su vi 
H. L. O. B ар a төн on Hall (gr., armen), 
contributed some Е ж excellent = and M 
of the елеч T4 spur Nurseries, sent a 
large and varied collection of Dahlias 
SCOTLAND. 
_ LEEK AND ONION SHOW AT FOTEPSAT. 
83 з, we are not prepared to say that 
yis a cto Cope wit the. grow ers of the 
more au n the matter of Onions, In the 
obbie & Co., an exhibition 
apart in England and 
Scotland would grace any show in the country, 
where size and quality combined are recognised 
merits. Leeks generally were such as one is accus- 
tomed h, mostly of fine form, well 
firm, and o of large girth. It is to be hoped 
the intereat very very materially— we think 
B REID E. and t^; oe 
Occason has done vous by on this 
THE 
GARDENERS' 
without any fuss, д: Hay exhibitors for > 
Oni xty fo 
Henstridge, Blandford; 3rd, Noah 
hanger Gardens, Basiagstoke ; 4tb, — m Dunlope, 
Flowerbank Cottage, Galston; 5th, R. Fishwick, 
Poulton-le-Fylde; 6:h, G. Н. Co 
Paton, 
40, Orchard Street, Meere 8th, J. Hall, Singleton, 
de; , Н. Taylor, Gardener, Gre- 
а 
rate, and admitted on all hands to be i 2 nil 
ever seen in Scotland at any exhibition. M. Temp 
NOTES FROM CULTOQUHEY, PERTHSHIRE, 
For some years past I haye been бетон ш see 
the aine at Ошону, og Crieff, t t of 
J. M. m, E q, w at popular sea ini 
ncm Me Fender, че cie the excellent vege- 
tables he has exhibited for some years at the great 
shows held at Edinburgh and Glasgow. The strong 
points in the Cultoquhey collections generally are 
cleauness se first-rate quality, rather than gross- 
ness and large size, 
At this towels seat there are a кылыр ча ят 
— such as the fin of t 
which ador extensive dt "Tho in 
common wit Ochtertyre, and other Felt in кеми 
locality, some losses were sustained by the severe 
gales in November of 1893, there are still sufficient 
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large trees of thé deciduous class, are to be found 
the following, which have recently been measured, 
in order to find the actual progress they are making 
in height and girth of trunks 5 feet from the ground, 
The trees are in good health, and handsome in 
orm, Tauga Mertensiana, 68 feet high, and 4 feet 
9 inches in girth; Abies grandis, 68 feet high, and 
5 feet 9 inches in girth; A. Nordmanniana, 77 feet 
6 inches high, and d is 6 inches in girth ; Taxodium 
sempervirens, 49 f inches high, and 7 feet 
9 inches in girth; bei чейн 34 feet high, 
in bush form; Sequoia gigantea, 54 feet 6 E 
higb, and 10 feet in girth; Araucaria imbrica 
90 feet high, and 5 feet 8 inches in girth (this н 
measures 16 feet at ground). Many others are doing 
well, including Picea Menziesii, P, 
orientalis Tsuga Pattonii, Abies cephalonica, A, 
Lowii, and A, Pinsapo. 
Ta ex vegetable garden we found abundance of 
ant uma Good soil, deep tiltb, and the 
judicious applieation of manure by Mr. Fender, 
result tin excellen 
сотвогу inspection of the fruit cropa saared the 
— lae e. ears, mostly 
pm resente 
Chrési ea Marie Eoia O 2 EA: 
onne, Swa . Moorfowl Egg (still 
favourite — the 
was in айм. conten on the wile 
Id 32 seeing the Maréchal Niel 
Pose which ge produce d for n z e fine prize- 
taking — It is grafted o e White Bank- 
sian, ia cut bac ok, — — — the roof of 
а Stuur "M. Temple, Carron, N.B, 
Bd un иу зыл сыч 
STREPTOCARPUS — We 75 received through 
the courtesy of Messer-, Jas. Veitch & Son i. Chelsea, 
dead fed eee in кад coloure, of ие new 
пае». i 
Huy on p. 128 Tpuses, which were noticed mor 
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NURSERY NOTES, — 
3 
ROYAL EXOTIC WE o 
CHELTENHAM, 
Turse nurseries have been — we т Moun, 
Heath & Son for many year 
success and profit, and the various memi 
the business are unusually extenaive and 
26 nurs 
nials is grown in considerable numbers, and i 
portion to their various merits. 
trade of the nurseries is very large; the 
that were expanded, i 
of pink than Miss Joliffe, and it is a faller flower. 
Bouvardias are cultivate n an 1 
that they had 
roofed pit, filled with Bouvardia plants in pote, some І 
of which were on the point of opening ae 1 
These were а capital lot of plants, numberi 
hundreds, vigorous, fresh-looking, and full of flower 
buds, 
Poinsettias form another — 57 
noteworthy for the dwarf sturdy e 
plants, which is in 
fact that Pr were grown fully pias 
frames, In the culture of th 
22 aang i tall, leggy, дан 25 
rring to Mueve quu of plants of an 
size, which in n the 
From the firat ds Ben. 
treatment than is — pere qot T 
> 
and the large batch of plants bear proo tof. mar ag 
rectneas of the treatment afford a. The — H 
carry their foliage down to the pots, not dit a i 3 
weak as one often sees Poinsettias, OT 
too delicate for d 3 purposes. " 
A ove-plants, man of He. amt 
ong 
Codizums он, іп 1 
hese pla 
temperatures, abundant m 
glass, where they receive the fullest. 
f ра the day. 
containing the — I noted a fine e pla 
between A feet and 6 feet through. TB aig 
carried some forty or more fine oa 
grand trusses of bloom. 
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