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profitably covered, and also one which will poua 
eme 
really fine exhibition fruits, but it must b 
bered some- varieties are less —— 
for such treatment than others. The nursery 
grounds f our readers will re- 
ember, are divided by & considerable number 
the sto Amongst the Apples 
of the н т, ay Mw. Cheal se a 
wo ag rat is Armorel Orel in 
8 Мы 4, 1893), в rather small 
May. Atalanta (figared in Gardeners’ 
March 11, 1893), is a larger Apple, pale yellow in 
one side, and is 
sert purposes; it comes into 
t November, iid is an uncommonly good 
colour, with sparse red streaking on 
so ше calina ary and des 
ones 
Now we have to speak of another Apple, called 
Bismarck, because variety furnished an 
instance of precocious, heavy bearing that we do 
not remember to have seen equalled. Eighteen rods 
and a half were covered with Bismarck trees of 
two years old upon the Doucin. fan f 
he trees are planted 
in rows about 3 feet apart, and the plants -m a 
foot asunder. An acre of land cropped in 
manner would yield about 500 bushels of ан рег 
фо. 
1а ayiog 
out new grounds, and in the improvement of existing 
песе essary. la PEST | Г | eles uchip | ECT 3 
of choice varieties gra fted on a common stock were 
puc. and others which had been so treated a season 
or two back appeared to be v very happy; nor were 
of the varieties of Conifers in a р healthy 
condition. The Silver Poplars, and other shru 
and tr with v variegated or coloured foliage "ML 
the esci “The x 
has an ада т reputation 
for these showy au 
tumn-flowering plants, and th 
Low3eld collections are a та паа: sight at а 
Only a f. 
the Ciiis sect 
of the exhibitions, 
1 
all others, 88 wers eee well above 
the foliage. pons to our mind are not less 
Че than а — of the types, and new ones that 
Holton, scarlet- 
EE re centre; and 
and is 
we tho 
were kindeat-looking, moat promising of all 
notice was made 
rees and Shrubs, Dahlias, — Messrs. C 
ate a great many other subjects than frait 
this 
bear the flowers only 11 inches above the ground- 
level, others 14 and 20 he varieties 
Canary, Fairy Mauve, 
beiag 20 inehes high, with min dark 
. and Gem, pale yellow; Tomtit, scarlet 
with oe би rim round disc ; Mignonne, mauve, with 
whi isc; and Hoop Ls, maroon- 
crimson, with light чын жеге рг ебу. This type of 
single-flowered Dahlia r Mr. Girdlestone ir, 
of course, only suitable for bedding purposes 
Me. Henry BaowNuiLL's SEED STORES, SALE, 
MANCHES 
All about gene oe inn proximity 
to Manchester, ther plant and seed farms 
which evidently pay tei: than the various subjects 
of agriculture. The land is low-lying, and the 
Marshes are suffi:ient even in dry seasons to keep up 
the nutriment needed fora c Many 
twice a w every morning—and which 
бай a ready sale in town at a price, are astonishing. 
Tae trade in this way has grown immensely, and 
the teeming thousands that flock into Manchester 
ek 
Mr. Brownhill, ia addition to hia local 
trade, grows largely in the seed way for the general 
market, а 
flowers all through the se ock of annuals, 
comprising Everlastings, aa Stocks, Gaillardias, 
Zinnias, 
с 
ге 
‚ too, of such things as Gladioli 
of the 3 et is crai although, he 
ys himself, since the draina; rations came 
not 
Sword Lilies, 
lardias, in ae m even in Begonias take well, 
This is a special mart for tuberous Begonias, 
which are bedded-out pcm both out-of-doors and 
in the houses covered with glass for them alone. 
n double a We particalarly, there is a large and 
selected | W 
is very marked, more particularly 
on those sorts that are as double and as formal as a 
are heavy masses o › во heavy, in fact, that 
the flowers bend over and e to һа lifted up to 
be seen to advantage. Among some of the most 
striking of the Sale novelties are Dr. W. G. Grace, 
; E W. Powell, grandly imbri- 
„and having the Picotee edging, which i is mach 
immense flower of bright colour; and amongst pinks, 
Haghes is very telling, a во is Linnie, 
W. Е, Smollet and G. R. W among the best 
of yellows. Indoors they are fealty beautifal when 
by the — and outdoors, in 
anything like weather, they make grand beds, 
Roses, инг: 2 Teas, are largely grown indoors 
both as standard plants, allowed to roam as th 
like, oa as climbers in the ordinary wa 
the most useful is Bougóre, because of ite standing 
G 
nd the Bride are chief 
res ег ү d Géant des Batailles, as an 
I. P., is grown xp ro 
woe Proves one of the best of 
There are к of — Pte 
among them for market sS pos una oii — 
grower, and a тий 2 Oae Pteris named 
the 266 
[Остовив 19, 1895, 
. 
Ouverardi was a dwarf beautiful form, with н 
lating pinnze, and so dwarf and bushy, as to 
an eligible plant for table decoration, 
A large crop was being harvested — а 
called Rentpayer. It is a new Peg 
Little Gem and Dake of Albany, It 12 
able gain in its stiff habit, about as stont as à Windsor 
Bean in the stalk, and remarkably dwarf, bearing 
aboat an average of ten peas in a pod of typical vine, 
The pods were borne in clusters about t 
up the stem, and the heaviest manured plota did nt 
produce — more than 30 inches long, Nahr, 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL nontoni 
Остовев 15.—O wing to the vetet exhibition 
he x s Chiswick in ‘September, thow 
of B ftw 
impor 
exhibited, т mái pedi Api 
Pears; and new Melons, Appice тае м 
a seedling Plum, &c, this ttee ample 
scope = кин en aa ‘Of vegetables 
here taged one of the very finest collection 
ever exhibited in the hall, 
Floral MER 5 
Present: W. Marshall, Esq., in the chair; with 
Mors, J. NE 8 Thomas, C. T. gos 
M: * bst R R Dean, 
kett, i Г 
nea, J. D, / 
À % 
Rev. H. Н. D'Ombrain, C. Biick, G. Nicholson, and 
C. Jeffries, 
A large and M 1 of 
xhibited by М 
and а crimson- 
al). 
"ts luded, 
— e ud Meda 
lec 
сафе (Gold Medal). 
Mrs. WINGFIELD, Ampthill Houn, ac (gr., i ge n WT 
pson), had a gro ge her pm 
8, — cked by a ‚эр imens 11 Amn, e 
australis тане, K. (silver Banksist 
Dahlias have = I5 been cut M frost ;n the Tottenham 3 
district, t, for Mr. - WARE, Hal e Farm m Nurseries ed bii * | 
мй 5 
in quality and eee for so late ‘date, A few Nerines . 
flo wer were also = Mr. wane (Silver Flora Medal). — с 
LAURIE, * Mr. R Frane ) ; 
lowers are very large, plea y 
pretty blue, with a distinct white - (Awari are of A 
A First-class Certificate w оар 
Old Nurseri Cheshun is g ety 8 
distinct, and pure pendulous the b 2 ap 
еш. Mes AUL & Son also me я 
пе ‚М 
г 
bloom: 
and new siogle-flowe 
J. N gr. to Te 
A few blooms of the inten se-colow 
were sent by Мг, Е. W. М 
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