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THE 
Ch herhums of soniewhat = 
{аде and fine flow 
leading position i 
grand groups of pot Chrysant 
me good width, with vigorous folia 
icd AM the gardener, holds a 
Сот B 
The Countess of PEMPROKE, Mount ‘Merrion , Dublin, was Ist 
for thirty-six cut Japanese varieties, a capi ital — containing 
many ех excellent new and old varieties. Ф; H.T ENS, ка. 
which came rom Mt. Merrion. J.G.SMALLMAN, p was 186 
with — — his reg of Viviand Morel, A. Perry, an 
Niveum, being extra fine ones, Many fine exhibits were noted 
in the smaller classes. The qi ntess of P 
— -— віх white blooms ; and J. ROGERS, Esq., for six yellow 
8. f 
Twenty pers e biooms were well represented, ptm 
of Wales, and Lord ar being the m 
he six blooms 2 
were unable to discover. A weak Ке: in these sh ows is the 
withholding the names of the cultiva! 
FRUIT 
Among the emend а of fruit were General O'NEIL, 
Lord DoWNSHIRE, and General PAKENHAM. The trade was 
by die collections of Apples and Pears from 
substance over his tubers—and was 
the Grape classes, Lord ee e — 5 Mr. Bradshaw) 
took үт pm and received а speci d fora collection of 
four vari _ Lord o NEIL з and Mr. "Тонязтох 'в gardeners 
was а —— exhibitor in the vegetable 
classes. Enormous Leeks r В отм Mel in great 
quantities, and good Cauliflowers, were небу which 
ere the finest in quality. The Parsnips p Beet were too 
1385 and coarse for ordinary 
Were 
Lord 
‘TWICKENHAM CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
‘was held on the above at Т . Chrys 
_ 1 ав were ture, but exhibits 
^ were istae z 1 
s 
for the prizes for grou h of 
made good display, ‘wie combined pec in 
with effective arrangem 
competitors 
these 
lants 
Sos м. 44 1 „ 
wood gr. * 
blooms in this e er; Mr. G. Sage, gr. 
Earl pon RT, Ham House, — was M and his —.— 
the others 
miscellaneous collection of plants, Mr. Н. F. FORD- 
HAM, "ars, Twickenham, had much the best arrangement, 
blooms, incurved 
numbers, Mr. PoRTBURY, Ripon House, 
„was worthily Ist, with an even exhi "n — 
aite, gr. to 
quality of the incurved йш 
points, 
Mr. PoRTBURY also had the best twelve incurved меои 
her class, The 
another class, Mr. BRABY E 2nd. 
taken these exhi bitors in the class for twelve J. weed "ihe 
contest being a close one. 
Thec for pons was а capital one, Mr. Chas. 
lass Garrod 
gr. to J. R. Tiaare E:q., being 1st; «их. Внавү 2nd. 
Floral 4 ions made a notable feature, the most в 
cessfulin th — g Miss ©. B, бош: and Mis N.H. 
Сот, who both displayed excellent taste. 
NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
 NovgwszR 20.—The Floral Committee met at the 
‘Royal Aquarium on the above date, в considerable 
number of norelties being ataged. 
rtificates of Merit were awarded to incurved 
Dundee, pale bronzy-yellow, of lovely shape, and high] 
refined; and to Japanese dai yap — 4 
drooping 
same colour, but 
; оз Ms, H. B. IRONSIDE, Japanese 
‚ Ist, and 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Nov MEER 30, 1895, 
R. OWEN, 
hic, warm — with silvery reverse; from 
“ot -— Desdem s , a delicate blush-pink —— — . — 
from Mr. H. J. J eran 
Моукмвкв 27.— A good number of novelties were 
staged on this ce2asion. 
Firat-clas3 Certificates were awarded to A Slogrove 
8 and d Royal Ho — 
0 
mising flow staged Mirae’ will, no doubt, be seen 
again in better bob dido next seaso 
YORK C чот UM., 
Nov. в 20.— The Ancient Society of York 
Fiss opened ar на 2 of plants, 
flowers, fruits, and vegetables — 983 grand hall of 
= Fine Art Institution at Yor 
hibiti considering the lateness 
of the date for such an m season, was very good. One of 
did collections 
= 
of Apples exhibited by Messrs. BACKHOU: 
essrs, G. BUNYARD & Co., Maidstone ; Mid Mr. JoHN WAT 
KINS, of Withington, Hereford. ere ey were the most майи: 
cent ever seen in the north of England. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
The aa aaa Lo: the prizes std for group: of Chrys- 
anthemums a ith other foliage plants, was very good 
y Mr. 
HARDS Very excellent blooms ed kra best varieties in 
cultivation were shown in all these 
Open class а specimen plants — Chrysanthemums. —Ta 
ese, the competition was not — 
8 Мн shown by Mrs, G 
class for four plants with Mr. G. Ru очей э Glenny, k. 
Cannell, and Mrs. “Wea үте) Mr, Dick 
Mr. DICKENSON was Ist for fou ү Japenese ; "ad. Mrs. ботон. 
was not 
4 
et 
ga 
Ф 
and eighteen Japa y 
Wann of Sand Hutton, York, wi and lot of flowers, 
the incurved varieties, waich included Empress 
Baron , Hero of Stoke 
of India Golden Empress, 
W. 
. Hoste, 
Sunflower, ber Ына» * Molyne ux, Ke. The 
The best 5 los, i evel. one variety, were from 
the Earl of FAVERSHAM. 
Eighteen inured blooms in twelve varieties were best 
from C. H. Srurso 
The аа tor eighteen Ъ loomis, open to gardeners and 
amateurs residing thin 8 milos of York to the Ist prize for 
which is added the 
rize. Ist was won by 
. B. RICHARDSON; 2nd, Mrs, б Соли. 
Fru 
Pears and Apples were йота! in splendid condition. Pit- 
maston Duchess Pears, and Ribston Pippin Apples, shown by 
засаа апі 8іг Ј. Wit PEASE, were prodigious in size, 
and excellent in colour. rapes Were. quite up to the 
standard of former In the class for bunches, in 
HOTHAM, 
vi the lst prize was 
Dalton Hall, Hull (gr., Mr. J. Allsop), with š 
well-finished bunches of Muscat of Alexandria, Alicante, and 
Pearson; ege Mr. R. H. HEYWOOD JONES; two bunches 
of Black were also AM; two 
bunches bo White Grapes from Mr, ARTHUR WILSON. 
For a collection of fruit in six varieties, Lord НотнАМ was 
— v. PEASE 2nd. 
The best s x dishes of NM 5 were from Lord 
six dishes of es also. Lord 
nat Plus 0 Ultr. 
i tah 1 а, utique. 
VEGETABLES. 
иттен” perbene N & So - SoNs, Ne exhibited & nag — 
lecti y varieties otatos, 
attraction, m 
In theopen n gs Mere 
were Sir J. W. R & So 
WAITE, Mr. d. Wr an ч 7. p то va Ј, ааш, 
Mr, J. G. THRAXTON, and Mr. WRIG 
jor e Prize-takers 
SOUTH SHIELDS AND No | 
COUNTIES CHRYSANT — | 
Nov в 20, 21.—The above soci 
firs t exhibition in 1882, but after 188 еек б 
ai 
е 
20:h and 21st inst. in the Royal 
South Shields, was the best the society has held, 
For twenty-four Japanese, eighteen varieties, there were 
ten competitors, 
For twenty-four Japanese, eighteen varieties, My 
Wheeler, gr. to Mrs. MITCHELL, Jesmond ees Noni 
among: 
d т. Jas. Cou 
Hollyhurst, Darlington, was 2nd ; and Mr, J. BLAIR 
first were a fine lot, and the judges were most emphatie in 
ce C ise. 
—— varieties, „ Mr. T. J. WHEELER won, 
te iden and bunches pA 8 mire in the clas 
for vidue looms; Mr. P.H 
HOTTON was lst for peche ‘devil blooms; 
and Mr. Jas. COULTAS was 2nd. 
* For tw elve Japanese, Mr. PETER BLAIR was Ist; and fora 
like number of incurved, Mr. G. SHOTTON 
The best si 
n 
ix bunches of Po were shown by Mr. J. J. 
EELER; and for twelve Anemone-flowered, Mr, G. 0, 
MITH, Floral Cottage Hall, ve lst for twelve 
reflexed, Mr, G. SHOTTON was the m 
BOUQUETS, &c. 
Epergnes and bouquets are always an important feature 
this exhibition. e, the entire eri 
filled 
land; essrs, P 
bridal шамын, these exhibitors occupied 
The gnes were сене ly arranged, and contained many 
choice 55 s. Mr. Тноз. BATTENSBY, An well Park, Bar. 
е Rev. R. BURDON, $ 
mon- Tyne, st. f 
PLANTS. 
For a group of miscellaneous plants, not е и 
by 8, there were four com petitors, Mr. Ino. Molntyre, N. 
Wylam 
arrangement was көбү artis 
Fr. OPPER, Е Riverside, Morpeth, was 2nd, » 
пеге 
The amateur classes were "S en and those ft 
Grapes in open olasses especially 
GLASGOW CHRYSANTHEMUM, FRU! 
AND V 3 
wering Palms, foliage rr 
called forth araa comments on 
side 
were most credi Mr. Dewar n 
Canningham and Mr. wre rea 
trou 
western capital of Scotland. 
Сут Booms. 
The Ist pet contributed by the 
ies Droug t exhibits of high 
€ ostly fine: er in form than of "1 
а ere noticed in the — iis: 
Mr. Day led well with абий blooms in the mrp | 
г. JNO. CLARKE, gr., Selkirk, wWas ў 
blooms, 
