THE GARDENERS’ 
Mr. R. еса. with a grand we some of his best 
Whi 
well wort i 
Brookleigh — Avery good 2nd was Mr, J. W. SIMMONDS, 
anstead. 
Six Incurv blooms were shown here. 
Mr. J. wie er 8 per Lambert, Mrs. G. Rundle, 
and Jeanne d' Aro w var noteworthy flowers 
Six Japanese.— fine flowers of Chas. Davis gained th 
premier award for "M S. Boor&, whilst ; scarcely inferior n 
Mr. W.J. SMITH. 
Six 1 — rm ~ Ve ery distinct and beautiful 
were the blooms staged by Messrs. TICKELL and BRIGHTWELL, 
who took the chief Prizes > 
12 "m rj 25 n nhea 
of Pompons, staged with foliage, the prizes being taken sd 
Messrs. SMITH and BALLARD; Whilst in the correspondin 
a for. sain of pri өйүзгө e нй, with mea qs 
prize was take y Mr. T. SMITH, with a very 
— a exhibit. 
Ladies? Classes. Some charmingly tasteful exhibits were 
noted here. For a Vase of Chrysanthemums, arranged for 
1 very ully-disposed 
exhibit from Mrs, А. C. BIsHER won the leading prize; Mrs. 
A. WILLETT being placed 2nd. 
Very effective were the baskets of Chrysanthemums, 
with their own and other foliage, Miss ForsTER 
ayon, gr. to 
HILLS, Esq., the tables being decorated with ur pant 
(affording a foil to the glare of — pied by 
TITMOUSE and KENYON. 
Mr. G. PRITCHARD, Forest Gate, sent a most interesting 
and varied collection on of Cacti, which attracted much attention, 
and beautiful plants. 
DEVON 
7, 8.—This exhibition, with 
and ity of жы, 
опе аз à 
but the wet _ stormy weather, which persistently 
footsteps of this soy esta blished society, 
prevented country visitors a ке ttending, and 
re 
Considering that m value oft һе pt izes offered is 
not very n the 3 Le ate ut is 
often, and was on this occasion, very kee 
RYSANTHEMUM GRO 
In Class I. for Chrysanthemums in ois not fewer than 
eigh arieties, arr. — in а circle of 9 feet diameter, 
quality ү bloom to be t i i 1зо to 
be considered, the ist pens went to Mrs. А. D. Sim, Knowle 
2n ize to W. Brock, 
land). This was a close contest, 
. Sm s showed the "cd blooms, Mr. В 
as a grou of this the National 
Chrysanthemum Society's Certificate ni awarded to the 
2nd prize group. : 
collection the best were W. Н. Lincoln, 
Viviand spin Col. Smith, Waban, and Lord Brooke. In the 
a W. Tricker, W. Seward, Harman Payne, and W. H 
Chrysanthemums in pots, not fewer than twëlve varieties, 
——— — — plants in a circle 9 feet in diameter, 
is being a 
not more than pc = be 
Chrysanthemums, in 6-inch pots, arranged for effec a 
stand 7 feet square, raised 1 foot Prig the — ied p 
more than feet in height. E Wr was Ist, 
An C of 
Diaria, n 
Là 
— (gr., Mr. Emmet), 2 The winning 
collection was well put together, and the effect was light, 
graceful, and harmonious Poinsettias, 
Bou Salvia Pitcheri, .Richardias, ^ Tuberoses, 
; Adiantums, Me reme bem din h Panicum varlegatum 
and crowned wi 
Cocos pl 
The ?nd тане group was spoiled in effect by a belt of 
Searlet Pelargoniums i in the centre, over- weighting it with a 
colour which requires ation in the using. In the 
clas: . Poinsettias and 5 еге good, 
‘Cyclamen and and Primula weak, мн: Violets 
for dinner. 
— gh ht - extension 
in this new mate indeed, they were 3 healthy 
rial; 
d the fl werin lanta we ll bloo 
foliage, an t e flo g plz a 3 . 
instead ‹ of soil, and these were very good indeed. 
Uns Cor BLOOMS, 
In the class for ну ix Japanese, distinc t, the competi- 
tion was very close, the Bilver Cup and 1st а м 
falling to VIN pee „чыр i d .L.L m 
and the 2nd to W. Fow Esq., Taunton i: - 
Hawkins) KEY s lot, PS which was awarded ^s 
а-о А contained Mad. Carnot (this flower 
took the prize for the best bloom in the show, though in th 
pi 1 of nin Mr. Ham 
SPENCER’ as superior to it). Violet Rose, 
dlle. 
‚ Re ey, Nyanza, Lady Saunders, C. H. Payne, 
. Chai rles Molin, W. G. Newi 
Silver е. Robert Owe мид іа Ада Сһайр, апа Beauté 
Тошо 
In the rize group, Hairy Wonder was very good, and 
t V dus was a Ше well-finished bloom, and, as has 
already been equal to, if not superior, to that to 
which was ету — ph for the best bloom in the 
show 
In the eighteen and twelve bloom classes there were some 
good flowers, nearly all containing some of those above- 
vete 
white—one 3 prize went to Madame 
regards size. to 
Shobrooke Park (gr. Mairs) for six Beauty 2 Exmouth, 
e ingly w well 5 920 bat rather small. 
г six yellows, Sir JoHN SHELLEY was Ist wir. W. Н. 
incoln, and for six ed other colour Mr. 
was 1st with Col. Sm 
Ineurveds were кону represented, the entries lee. few, 
and the blooms small. In the Ist prize lot—Sir W. Н. 
WAL ROND, Bart., М.Р. (gr., Mr. Heath)— were John 145 d 
Lucy Kendal, Lord Wolseley, Prince Alfred, and Bar 
Hirsch. 
In the Anemone-flowered section, Col. HALFORD aor ae 
Teignmouth (gr., Mr. Symes) shewed fine blooms of w. 
Dupenlint, M. C. Leboseqz, Sir Walter Raleigh, ud Gr: 
he d sin red were shown by RK 
хт, Esq., St. Thomas (gr., Mr, Protheroe) Queen of 
8 Go ld * кыя Мы and Mrs. Kellock being 
noteworth: 
for twelve С — blooms, distinct, 
y- 
In the class hrysan 
introduced in 1894 or 1895, Ist priz V. STUCK EY, Esq., 
ent to 
a very good lot, included 5 Carnot, Mme, Ant. 
i i 5 of i 
ho, it > 
Condonnier (a rosy lilac, with thin he Lilian Bird 
type), ual Friend grand white, n every way), 
‘ood 
ашу, reddish оов "Pailadel phia, Miss 
Rita Schroeter, and Mrs. odfrey. 
aken a3 eye rn cut blooms were very fine, and the com- 
petition keen, 
RUIT. 
Fruit meam n Exeter show is always а formidable 
and — . it was rendered doubly ditheult by 
ves and the unusally high quality 
In the premier c ibas ont welve dishes dessert, and twelve 
dishes mid Apples, | distinct Bir унн Е. DAVIE umm 
Creedy Par grand 1 t, hich 
included ore Orange Pippin, American Mother, — 
Pearmain, Melon Apple, 
25 Seward 
е 
е A Miss Fripp, Teignm 
r., Mr. M) was Ist with a splendid lot, which — 
matic, of fine pal our, Striped Beefing, P 
Nonsuch, Cox’s Pomona, Em — Alexa nder, Mère de 
Ménage, King of the Pippins, Warne 
fine exhibition varieties, and — 
are w oe and ег coloured, the chances of winni ing т 
proportiona 
The class mA six dishes culinary was a tremendous one, 
finer frui been staged a at Exeter than that with 
Peasgood’s, Cellini, 
illerto: 58 Mr. 
uit of Adam's "Pea rma att, C rnish A ie 
ibbed Greening, Ranken Ото, ind 
ses some wonderfully fine fruit was 
WiLsoN, Esq., Pennsylvania, Exeter (gr., Mr. 
grand dish of Lord 8 e Peta аай the prize for 
five 3 than those named”) went for 7 dish of 
Autumn Pearmain shown by Sub-Dean Actanp, Broadelyst 
flavour was awarded to Major со on 
H Kine, Ва 
ч Wear House (gr., Mr. МеСогтіск). Mr. Jo ЗЕРН HAM га 
CHRONICLE. 
[Novum 16, 1895, 
а a grand dish of Саас 
1 
er 9 tb. hé the five fruits, the heaviest dee 
being Ab. 
Seedling was - 
uch gr 
were very weak. : 
The Cottagers' Classes produced some very creditable Й 
Тһе thin borde er li ine between the emplo 1 9 d 
ee protests, which 
be е dealt with by the Com І 
The class for baskets of — өү «4 fruit 
some very pretty designs. The 1з 1 
Mrs . M. с. DRAYTON, "— а — ot "al : 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
pics Trade exhibits were, as usual, a 
еззгз. ROBERT VEITCH & SoN's 
i „ of fruit, good 8 
nopsis, Sophronites, Pleion , &е. The 
ionantha, and the handsome Physalis F. 
The Exeter NURSERIE: 
1 
many of the 
well grown and full of bloom, In the ir florist с 
they had a wreath and a cross her. „ mé 
diums. 
W. J. Goprrey, Exmouth, staged some 
с tions Gol ine, 8 ise, and 
the new 3 prec Chalfant, golden 
road petalled 
flower ; also a fine tand of 006 of Pelargonia A 
siderable m 
d & Co., Chard, had a collection of 
ables and Fruit ‘ones ‘which were some gia) 
well-k — 
в of Heavitree 4 ssi thes Wan 
of Hereford, ha — collections on show. 
The 
DUMELOW, 
hibited — nid aA of Blaek Hamburgh Grapes, 
ere on a south wall in the open air. The 
were large, well-coloured, and th 
AR , Ex 
the "n" ‘of wreaths ‘and crosses. 
NATIONAL CHRYSANTE! 
Floral Committee. 
the Flo mm his 
the tide of novelties appears to wax in э 
porti 
— ый and in the way of C 
, and more gold on t 
— M. Н, Bniscok-InoNSIpE, Burges? 
gular , amon; e 
CALVA renoble, 
like Mr. IRONSIDE'S Arona, but 
on the ,thusi 
ically, 
and in all probability both will 
of Merit we 
cinnamon, with 
the 
ellow Japanese, of а very ч 
slightly stained; and to Baronne de Bus 
