468 
— — 
Another Ар, called ieri Mp or Winter Quar 
m, Cobden 
renden, was shown in quantity Mr. W. PALME 
Villas, Wes The fruits are qs high 3 ins shape 
like Quarrenden, but rather larger. me of the des t init 
were tak th a vie eepin 
qualities. 
Mr. E. C. BANKS, езт сед I Scotia, vie some fruits 
of ап Apple which he called B — Gravenstein, also 
some fruits of — — com н 
AUL & Son, Cheshunt, нче) fruits of a large 
kitchen Apple, named Captain S жи which the committee 
desired to see 
и another new уе — Pippin, was — ye 
hton Buzzard; the fruits 
— size, quite *. — in colour, and but little "like * 
traordinary ured fruit of Blenheim Orange 
Pippin Apple were ras s Mr. Jno. MILES, 8, Dudley 
Vi tswood mpton (Yote of Thanks); and 
Mr. E. нш, gr. to Lord ent benen g Park, exhibited 
some of the largest fruits deae du ry rake Pear ever 
seen. Thay w were grown on an outside wall (Cultural Com- 
menéation). 
- Mr, WiLL Tay 
LOR again exbibited bunches of the hardy 
Grape, Reine Olga de Wiirtembur; from the Royal 
tural Society’s Garden at Chiswick came ripe bun 
pes Chasse , Chasselas Noir, and 
Marquis of Bate е 
— was sen ег hiswick. Тһе — was 
g and thin and the berries hf acorn shape, rather 
— with little flavour, — juicy and —— chr from 
indoor culture. 
Mr. W. Empson exhibited a rre uen emen — ol 
the Grap Wing ; the berries s er 
The white Grape Marc 
pr — be mre kn aan ee О [^ 
J. PEAS 
Hall, benen 
ена — А —.— ne 
Charles Ernest 
. The fruits are large, 8 0 1 
Duchess in shape, yellow with isolated flushes and 
women of red. 
; Mr. H. Banbury, — very large bulbs 
DEVERILL, of 
his Ailsa Craig Onion, and the flatter-shaped Anglo-Spanish 
Messrs. Donne & Co., Rothesay, had good Lee ‘ks and e: 
lent Curled Parsley, known Dobbie's Selected (Siver meri 
Mrs. JONES, Greenford Place, Sudbury, Harrow (gr., Mr. 
Leer gh exhibited excellent Leeks, Ayton Castle Giant, Сһаш- 
pion, yon, and Sutton’s Prizetaker (Cultural Com- 
Se “© 
Melon Earl's Favourite was again exhibitel by Mr. WAR 
of Longford Castle Gardens, who had six fine fruits (Vote of 
Thanks 
Seedling Melons 2 one called Anthony's Favourite, 
shown by ON. The committee asked to see 
fete fruits of the variety 
. BURRELL, 
ул two отте Meis named respect 
E 
St. Edmund's кы, Mr. келү 
ively, R. H. S, 
Geo es, gr. to Earl PERCY, Syon House, Brent- 
Powe anne. — small apricot- coloured fruits of Melon 
Beauty of Sy on. 
Apples were exhibited in large аат 
Scarlet, King of ‚ Ma earmain, 
tes ene ere hei im Orang е, Cheshunt Pippin, Fearn’s 
8 Banksian Medal). 
. RIVERS А Son, Sawbridgeworth, exhibited a 
of remarkable q 
dgeworth, exhibited fruits 
Rivers President. It was recom- 
of Merit on account of the fruits being so 
ou 8 
late. This much has alread 
еда: 
Shown by Н. Н. GIBBS, Esq., 
"Ат. k Bean This ezhi- 
THE GARDENERS 
(one of which we have recei 
Carrots Long Red Surrey, Veitch's Match 
: tton's Student, 
s New Intermediate, were all са — 
‘Scarlet, and Sutton’ s 
taker and Ws уоп larg 
, Suttons Solid Whi i э 
ush's Red. derfully ди, . 
heavy; the varieties re Ai ae pes ton's А 
ич апа Sutton’s 3 The var 
gnell Exhibition and 
be, Green-top, Stone. 
S 
Stachys cttam (Chinese reno), a Тоша atos, 
Cabbage, wort, Frenc h Beans eas, ushr rooms, 
OWS, = Silver-Gilt 
— Меда I). 
3 of 
ө Duk 
— was 5 by Mr. W. H. 
ND, Belvo са Gardens, 
warf White (Veitch), s Gro 
(Veitch, Cole 8 se ystal White Vere к Solid White 
Se tle ms uie pa, Mr. W. DIV 
ri Tak — in 
uM to the Major ‘lark e from which itv was raised. — 
was i included a ra cher тг variety named Man of Kent (to be 
tried at Chiswick), raised b y Mr. Div ers, and described by hi hink 
ning to seed (Silver Banksian edal). 
URR, Bedford, ex hibited his patent storing-trays 
for frait, noticed at the Crystal Palace. High Commendation 
anda Silver Banksian Medal were — т by the committee 
to this useful contrivance 
Lecture on on Nut Culture. 
In th 5 в lecture on Nut culture in Eng- 
land w r. J. Omer Cooper. The lec- 
turer explained the еттум affinities of the Hazel, 
the various pouty hich the wood has been put, and 
hen gave 8 information Аны е the culture of 
Filberts in the district of to ‹ 
remarks were We "solely to Filberta. 
NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
Остовкв 8.—A considerable number of new varie- 
ties of * Gp been ee came before th 
ioral mmittee on the abo an irat- 
c s of Merit were &warded to th 
f ons, Au vier, p 
reddish-cerise, with yellow р 
broad-petalled variety, of pain arai ath A M ones). 
80 nely shown by M ars, J. 
To 
Phebus, a large * yellow Japanese, likely to 
е а very usefal exhibition variety 8 
smith). To Boule d'Or 95 (Е. Calvat), a very fine 
amber-coloured in apanese, in the way of 
Louise in reference to its build (W. Wells), To 
y Esther magnificent broad-petalled 
white variety, a seedling from Viscoun amble- 
; and Pomp ‚Вв finely- 
early- flowering Japanese, 
asse, NN described, а, most ota Eee 
variety, being remarkably tre 
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мо er cad we rd м бает explosions, and many 
es necesaity in the mat 
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largest insurance companies has taken the risk of 
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The reservoir 
unbreakable in the 
sense of the word, The patent consists of 
tube made in the shape of the letter S, through 
which the eee passes, and should the lamp be upset 
one half of the S-like tube fills with 
air and 3 the oil escaping. An excellent 
gardener’s lamp for use in lantern when examin- 
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CHRONICLE. 
([Остовев 19, 1895, 
Peasgood's Nonsuch Apple; and the total 
including the chimney, about 9 inches, The makers 
are Messrs. Kiesow & Co., 25, Fore Street Avenue, 
London, 
Obituary, 
J. CRISPIN, F. H.S.—We regret to annoure 
the 8 of Mr. pho Crispin, ERHS ü 
head of the firm of James Cri 5 Hori. 
his business L үн over а 
He w 
only recently, it will be remembered, he had 
nificent show of these тъъ iiim flowers at the 
showrooms of the firm in Nelson Street. His ei. 
lection at his resident, Chester Park, was well 
Ist prizes for these Orchids a 4 e 
twice he was awarded the Banksian Medal of the 
Royal Horticultural Society. 
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-four hours, or апу other n 
2 m invorsely proportional number of hours.] 
1 —) than 
Co eer) 
Mean for 
eek. 
eek ending 
No. of Rainy Days since 
October 12. 
below (—) the 
DISTRICTS. 
Jan. 1, 1895. 
Mean for the w 
More 
Above (+) or 
Day- | 10ths 
7" | Inoh. 
The districts indicated iy ee i tet oò” 
the British Islands week 
furnished from the Meteorological Office +" 
weather during this 92 
which occurred on somewhs 
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