588 
on an average 3} inches in 5 5 feet fro 
he ground. These Vines were cut back after plait- 
ing. and the measurement is that c — the young canes. 
A, Young, Marston Gardens, F^ 
CRYSTAL 
PACKING коерун li TION AT THE 
to give the box system a trial, and send up to a 
Covent Garden firm two boxes раскай as advocated. 
he reed “Grapes 
gular 
nual r reading your 
denis letter, 1 made inquiry of salesm 
t available. 
в through а London maiu 
i On diequalifyiog, 
your correspondent i r free, Instead of dis 
ККЕ boxes tied, the judges would bave ђе 
better Tess official : MEE the boxes to E: 
proper Classes, ng —Á » the 
retary as requested, it became his duty to 
one was in its proper place, no pois ng еу 
Nor is one o 
ppy over the 
dae „not supplying itema “ оон &c., a8 in but 
pe in M ui. er tres ы = 
со - 
for yard эры po lebe), and 1991 each to Бате ore 
attached ? Robt. Grindro d. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICUL 
nthe “pore wer 
minster, and many novelties were submitted for 
on: p-etion by the Floral Committee. Orchids 
were shown in ordinary quantity, and there was a 
fair amount of fruit before the Committee for this 
Present :—W. Marshall, Esq., ten Chair ч апа 
М 
Messrs. J. Fraser, О. Th 
Pearson, and Н. 
8 side. 
Sir T. — . — Bt., — —— ; gr. Mr. Bain, 
showed a few plan — — Od ^ 
ts in flower a half. 
e he ah species Майы wan its Cobea-like 
: es were —— of two boe high, A 
‚ — colour with purple — The 
9 known ‘am in heres fg — йу 
re in Bot. Mag.,t. 3465. (Award of 
exhibited condition, The 
ä 
about 2 feet and a half long, dark green in 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
colour, and suitable —— for sub-tropical bedding, as 
'urpose 
well as en inners 
RSHALL, Esq., 
An erit o W. Ma 
Anchinraith, Bexley, for Polystichum алоіа (Marshall) 
fro: 
m P. a angu a dense-growing dark green 
variety, чау cree oct in growth, ph pm ore resembling P. acu- 
] her pare 
The effect aen by a aß of zonale Pelargoniums in 
Н. Canne tt & бом 
brigh 
ye, ing 
bored воой ing, is pale p w 
h d deepest "coloured of Ше purple crimson 
Thom of the same strain, is good. 
h 
of flow i ata g 
of 
Pr incess Frederica is TEK delic 
s Blush i is DE а pleasing рн 
ed Num 
dico x javanioum 
he 
of those o an 
e he cas 
smaller than those of EPA but larger also ла 
of the Azaleas, е ard of Meri 
RYSANTHEMUMS. . 
жыл n T 
Esq., Burgess Hill, were three blooms а a large Japanese 
d Arona—bloo ms of good de epth mt penu 
t red 
of fulness—colo ht re * 
of florets (Award of Merit). Bellina, a white er, nd 
FS yellow, appeared useful kinds for сос 
ur 
ы * 8 t effi f cut Chrysanthemums 
was one from sii gr. to Earl Percy, at Syon House, 
wbich анаа ‘upwards of one hundred dms. A Ка ы 
arieti 
Many 
viol of them were choice and good. over. 88 
Medal.) 
ssrs. Н. CANNELL & Sons, Swanley, obtained an Award 
of Merit for the yellow Japanese incurved Oceana. The florets 
of this ме are very broad, and the flow 
size as 8 nd very pretty. 
of L. бт анон ies was also exhibited by Messrs, 
CANNELL, amongst which we may mention a few examples 
of Ken — ж: aim a white Japanese incurve whi ich appears 
to be po ith many visitors, but t 
гыс о were about eighty blossoms shown in this 
collection. 
A small тоор of is thes инк flowers from Mr. Pent- 
ney, gr. to Mre. WARD, Isleworth, contained some pretty 
flowers, and they were staged tastefully. (Bronze Banksian 
edal. 
M 
hos. 8. Wine; Hale Farm Nurseries, near Tottenham, 
showed a group of cut Chrysanthemums with long к 
апа пенй mid plants | of Maidenbair Ferns. The 
would h 
by the н ранее stems. Mr. 
к had also a a plant 
of Chrysanthemum 
чт > — Fewkes, de JN good flower: 
Medal.) 
r. Slogrove, to Mrs. CRAWFORD, Gatton, Reigate, was 
the exhibitor, of ‘etre eid well-grown flowers each of 
Thunbe Marie Hoste, (Bronze Banksian 
Medal * 
Dr. Gro. WALKER, 12, Lingfield Road, Wimbledon, 
showed his little sallow Pompon poly, certificated the day 
before Society, but A 
award was given on t 
Mr. 3 o À exhibited a 
number of novelties, and — an A 
large eived an award, as did Mrs. 
— а very rag flowered Jti variety of 
bright pink or 
Au incurved pad Japanese, named Austine Anderson, was 
shown HENRY TATE, Esq., Allerton Beeches, Liverpool, 
ward of Merit for 
me ae e en dul — 2 
TI Anemone, € Rn 
R. C. Kin 
Mess ули & Sons, Upper Holloway, London, 
N., exhibited half a dozen blooms and a few plants ef 
Philadelph 
put 
. W. G. Gop ge Exmouth — including 
vom novelties. An Award of Merit was made 
ү ноет a fall yellow-coloured — 
— * ecorative purposes, Annie 
white — ums received a similar aw: 
white hirs тв. W. J and other fine бло were 
included. p ‘Bankeian Medal.) 
Half-a-dozen plants in bloom of Ewan Cam by 
Mr. Goste, Walcot -— Ryde, Isle of Wight, seemed to 
indicate the usefulness of this varie decorative pur- 
The flowers are single, large, pure white, very 
CHRONICLE. 
[Мотвмввв 16, 1895, | 
‚ JONES, 7 ry (gr., Mr. Jones), staged ар 
som 
inei of f the single flowering 
were good ап 1 but the be. ” 
raed a few Fe s been in еви m 
been well grown (Bronze Banksian Medal). 
Orchid Ар 
Bir raven Law 4 
W. H. White), pion foremost i 
both bo nical and 1 interest, sho 
rifolia, Rolfe, n. sp., st remarkable plant of 
ineta, A 
nd the t i 
having rple blotch 
ndean discoveries, and a pla att 
class Certificate), Sir TREVOR LAWRENCE also exhibited the 
andsome Cy ium x Pollettian 
(calophyilum x oen um superbum 
the original, and which received an Award of Merit. 
Messrs. Jas. VEITCH & Sons, Ro 
, Chelsea, were awarded a Silver Floral 
the best an ost in sting 
most attractive feature was the 
callis ossa ignesc (С. 
purpurata), It is the beau ideal of a charming 
ybrid, its large lavender-tinted вера! 
sn tive Thoir most beautiful ех МЫ was Cyprip 
x Countess of Salisbury (bellatulum x barbatum st] 
Sander В var. ) and which (although the spec 
a similar rosy flush po 
gree the lip. il 
specimen 
su у чулк x splendens 
Pitcherianum, Williams’ var, prid 
best of a very distinct section of by 
