332 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Араш 18, з, 
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Ye of wood, and ola. опорное а | perienced in transportin andae ging the 
poire ce бш ма receive and secure 793 оне would ga € D vae 5 маа nd staging them ыны of Jas. 1 Ази ад 
- of the pe tolerated at а \ flower show. after it isa year old, except| [Or, divide the isole A D into nine equal 
d se y" апу such, an apparatus be con- |, n у, ог as а single specimen | of these laid off from A to U, B to T. 
e designer were to secure his right s high valtivalion. For pA ordinary purposes of|centres from which the six outer circles can be 
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are far s nes; g ; 1 
nobly fo or his skill an asto. ся disent grown pyramids, and here and there a | secting triangles; and where their lines cross, with 
well Aper standard, may also be found useful, | ваше ee , deser ibe the s six inner Nue and the 
cially wh n lar arge conservatories have to be kept | centre 
Ir will be gratifying to iends to | fu: 
learn that the. late Mr. GEORGE HARCOURT * If the managers of exhibitions and the framers of 
Nuneham has bequeathe d 5d HENRY prize schedules, both сү yd provincial in i" Gardening 
his skilful an excellent gar ni. an an fcis Pi ould keep this desira! ео ject, name reforma- їн writing of window repe а UH 
MS a year for ч D a farther pot 1007. for tion X sanum стае уа т Pom т Ls s always been hitherto ч ег afraid of 
year. Y at Nuneham J а referring too part indoor plant 
hed ; ing of prizes p 
for 2 D and we trust he will long live xs тюу Ва „йу рго ойпсей € P ough I am нуе a ib id 4 of them, T thong 
enjoy | "d eost reward of his valuable а ed i uis ts conditions of e prize that €: were not at present vice well known 
list, 
re render ае lie БӨ taat S inquiries 
ublic 2 are 
oed y vod n » e: d cr 2 iners heap, and — addresse ssed to me about them m, that 1i hope some 
ccount of their managemen nt and arrangement may 
ABLY there is no popular flower so ill repre- keie pi place 
arry our pohue; PEN as the чти not- might, UE ordinar skill, hope to derive 
vithstanding tha aturally a plant of extreme credit чыр: classes we y sl st for general adoption ere cases are во arranged t that a strong root heat 
eleg оне ir ind a great INR with all | avo these :— an be uod the v" while at the 
tors of every class. What we see exhi-| — Groups of 6, 9, or 12 varieties, from cuttings of the | OI The different temperature 
bited in t eiu majo iji of cases, consist of long str: raggling current year, in 8 or 10-inch pots. of the two ends keeps up a constant Кы. of the 
gawky bushes, half trees, mis-shapen, and lop-sided Groups, of 3 standard plants, the air and effecbually prevents the plants suffering by 
with a very unequal distribution of flowers, hr latter, feet high. dampness or stagnation, except i in cases of very 
especially when at all abundant, being altogether mM os ess of standard plants, with stems 2 to neglect, or in i Bate delicate leaves have 
deficient in size and in quality. As usually ei | cet hi suffered to touch ug and so to be — by the 
Fuchsias are a blemish rather than otherwise in our Single "specimens of pyramidal plants, 4 to 6 feet | condensation of v pur age it. ei t charm of 
exhibitions, and a never failing source of trouble and high, and not less than 3 feet in diameter at | course is the facility afforded by kd Los for h 
oyance to judges as well as to exhibitors, as witness | the pot. for bringing into er and keepin, 
n the «уед, which took place during many tender nre Hace as wel Ы delitate rend 
the past year. We now and then, дееп, hear of а which would suffer wen atmosphereif kept on 
* few well-managed plants polen id at some country Apad e TRACERY. open mn "e 
show, but such cases are rare; and certainly the metro-| боме time since I w. "us uired to а certain iis pet me I confess, enjoys immense 
polis has hitherto had nothing to boast of in this|aGetails of tracery ; M i anxious to draw them | advan Дууга —most lovely plants x — 
respect, ` We trust, however, the саве is not hopeless. | upon soma — — (for I =й to centre the | provided ve it К. the kindness of Mr. Veitch, who 
The mistake which is made consists in showing old | compass d по“ fe el” for. it, as is too о often thus affords me the opportunity of Ae the success 
plants instead of young ones. Fuchsias 6 feet high, if the cibo): 1 ано d several v j in it of rine of the most likely plants to thrive there, 
well managed, may be all very well—a few of them—in | but foun nd noth ing very pirri goten and t пао Н This advantage indeed gi d by rights to others as 
but brought hibiti r myself. тә end you the result, being helpfal сеи elf—in tl 
d staged half a "dozen together to form a “ collec- мие I: ; cili may have any advantage p t may | plants that have been actually tried and proved to 
tion,” they are anything but calculated to excite | be found in it. Whilst I am confident of its originality | answer we 
admiration, and the greater the number of such collec- annot but feel that I may only be now propose then to describe exactly the contents 
tions brought together in competition, the further i regars my 5. T Vot at present of my gayest plant case— —the plants com- 
removed from admiration are the feeli y give posing the grou ing all well suited as to the colour 
rise to. When there is added to this large unwieldy чы abit, and nearly all being well proved to sue: 
ize, ppens, a total want se ye ry or pro- eed in it, as lieve ipo e will. The 
xem in the plants, the case is the worse уйшде the €! he e Fern to 
en wanting i in symmetry, \ " whether it be a large named hereatter, Ter Es 1 be seen, 
ре riments. 
» et во easily managed аз | I will до, however, to give a few practical hints 
this is, the exhibition of. Rud rcs which have not this and det as to the process of filling these cases, 
quality of cnr! is moreover anything but credit- А жое е aN to begin by remarking that 
ab ional skill of the  exhibitor. | the first time of filling it, it is infinitely better to 
Even wh vated and not еш ionable | the mossy surface ће very touch given, yet alter- 
otherwise, t| imens we | wards in altering the case it ought not ever to need to 
opse to are so ill-adapted for removal fio place | be urbed, as even when the long tresses 
that th. er they are banished from flower eem to wander over adjacent flower pots they may be 
klara the better. No doubt it is this growing and too acria d returned again to t р 
mmon practice of exhibitin, hsia t nstead of n preparing the box itself for the ui 
dwarf wn bushes, which keeps away from reception there are two or ings worthy 
many y кат novelties year aine 
year e par eem deeper than the other, there 
with it half their charm. С to те some charcoal provided in it, not only to r 
FLN when admissible as sin gle specimens, or e wate ra n below the level of the roots 
for e other special reason, no Fuchsia should be 
а at a flower show after 16 іза year old. In 
of орна ben necessary К commence some time earlier 
in the year 
Let us see what would be some of the advantages 
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other words, exhibition plants should always be gro smaller the pieces c ‚ the easier it 
rom Рана t . quite within e - аен, the plants i their box. "S 
hes s of possibility to produce from suc required, there is nothing га 
кабат ibd thoroughly formis hed specimens which have ever eser o be compared to silver ore 
would put to shame the majority д к рн ма, keeping the me in health and retaini ај 
one gener Пу meets with. Those t do Sawdust, Moss, pure Cocoa fibre, Sphagnum, алй fd 
may depend on it they have a pem ИТЕ 1 other things, Xen each proved inferior to "rr di 
n now time, tho season is far this use. A mixture of Coson nut refuse, however osses and 
produce Um flowering plants by the late the sand makes a very exce ellent soil for Mosses 
к months; but for ou mer uld Ferns to root in 
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wed 
3. If in any place rather ойыш er 
est direct] the; n о 
rectly on ир olt does very well, 
exhibition, and avoiding most of the difficulties of 
— from. the garden to the show- ground. First, 
е to 
sinkin; t in these if likely » dro 
Beer — - pr that ће would obtain much| Zn a a given Circle to inscribe 13 тае —With t| n oat or taking out the place-keeper sie 
fine ms from ung freely-grown plant than | radius Se pa a circle prick о off the p M B, ri the proper pot into the space it leaves. t js smaller 
Pa woody stem throe, or foun, or five |D, E, F, В О in | should be poured in all round if ch better tolit 
Сала: through the points C E half the radius O D in is much better Юю 
heir si size заа кисае and the bright Harga of colour y Take Н G in the compasses, and with centre ч vacant spaces. 6 
incidental to youthful vigour, which makes all the | describe the arc е intersecting at T on line o Бш 11 to the full conclusion, ph d 
th th e | such things it is best to aim at formin le 
Second: the new and superi rior varieties would "have an | intersection of two equilateral triangles en nected group. As flowers are thus most 
earlier opportunity ut appearing in publie. Even the|the points T, T, T, v, D, U, will f the 28. centres. ll by leaves, I endeavour MAU а 
к» of the current year, if “let out? in with the е radius, , the remaining | frame of green i 
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strength, might many of them make their debut in the Or, r, with the radins D F describe arcs cutting at L, | ness then is collected into thi 
course of the season; but varieties of the — year | which take for a centre, and with the same radius | forms just the centre, if other 
— no obstacle. whatever but w ant of merit, (день, an arc at Р; aoi gh which draw a line, with | beyond it, it is always evident t 
Midi them from winning publie approval Third : you interse pue tv КА then V D and V Е аге | By this means S. bos fully епо, 
M AA of exhibitors, and сое! tly the 13 circles, by which the others tand grace and co 
taking interest in the maintenance o f exhibitions, would | may b prs lightly line nes $e - creep ке 
probably be increased, for but little accommodation] І send а batch of tracery founded on the diagram; ! festooning wreath. 
