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м bey friend for Ace — the very eyes of the sales- 
nce, assures us that nothing 
some moist peter ily and d that although we “ee 
sent 240 d t Garden, not a 
thea their condition, 
ret is Ze h regard t 
Asparagus, though of course far from a large grower, 
I shall send this year to Covent Garden about 40,000 
ies a tolerably regular consign 
factory condition in whic “ grass iv 
You will allow that it is жуын}. South-East. 
POTATO CROP OF LAST YEAR.—In reply 
to * ‘A. D.’s” letter of last week I still adhere to my 
opinion, that “the Potato crop o { season was 
aferir d in quality;" further, I am fully prepared to 
Dog my judgment to the trade generally. РЕ. А 
ZEALAND  VERONICAS. — The Quang 
Ты bby Уе rir are o b 
Edinburgh Botan 
little sh . lycopodio 
singularly unlike a Veronica in foliage. This is not 
the true V. lycopodioides, which is not yet in culti- 
vation. Mr. Lindsay thinks it will probably prove 
to be — young plants of which are 
grown here. epacridea is a pretty kind, but 
wrongly nam rent the true species not being as yet in 
е нт T pineto V. amplexicaulis, V. 
diosmifo; lia. . cataracts, li, V. kakaiensis, 
flower garden or shrubbery. C. 7 
. SAND AS MANURE.—In the report iu ee 
nded as an agricultural manure. Abo 
i reco ded to me for horticulture, and 
I obtained a truck-load from Middlesborough A the 
price o u ton, the carri ire 
experiments were by no ns cessful ; to man 
plants it seemed to 2 an gir dopo and I could 
not find E instance in which it operated bene- 
ficially. It is, in fact, tbe only kind of sand from 
in this stiff soil no improve- 
the mixture of wh 
ment has taken i pines. C. Wolley Dod, Edge Hall, 
ee 
SES.—As your correspondent, Mr. 
Cots ot of "The Priory Gardens, Warwick, is one of 
the best now intimately, d there is 
always a twofold pleasure in strolling with him round 
‘the pretty precincts of Mr. Lloyd's Elizabethan 
tag Вране in the “ з month." he great fea- 
. ture from a florist's point of Moi was 2 th 
тар display of Polyanthu bright 
: оке. re planted o mpi Сан side of. the walks 
кай ths eite: of the shrubberies and 
beds in 8 he е 
ers, when in 
beds of them ‘eles 50 well 
the first glance 
THE GARDENERS’ 
e Windsor who had the best six 
б. W 
кы: pe bus over, for Mr. Greenfield has 
ring t t few years got together i ur om 
riis фин an ^ ЧЕМ жар strain of pla He 
started with seed supplied him by Mr. A. Dedi n, and 
only saving seed from the very best flowers and by 
rossing, has improved the strain won- 
derfully. Several of the new varieties that Mr. 
his good things. Vagabond 
RCHED VINES.— I prefer this а of 
быы: one kind of Vine оп an nother stock—by 
«р ing the green wood—in preference ty grafting 
with ripened wood. I observe that Muscat Ha 
burghs on Black Hamburgh Ач аге te perfectly, 
berries nearly as ae fg inte and more round in 
form that that kind is its own os 
on their own roots are Бекр АЫ е Вч but 
че so compact as the same kind, which es Petr iei 
ing he roots of Е ind. t Ham- 
burgh BÉ ed Barb: s set fairl y well, 
but seems to partake of the ae footstalks of the 
latter, and me present does not promise to uc- 
cess. м Bu кс, e x on а hardy black 
kind, wit x me unknov is ing fine 
short-jointed wool and trating fairly well, but has 
e 
short-jointed wood set fruit inv 
colour is also associated with moderate growt 
Scot, 
SOCIETIES. 
READING — M 
Tonr 2 Thi 3 Д +1. 
JUNE | Е 5 
£r. 14h 
ti and 
the жым thin in consequence. Revers сткан 
ago helped to make the Heading 
show ood no longer compete, = others are not 
forthcoming to take their places. mes, Castle 
Nurse "wood, took d a cm number 
of jam d poured successfully ; Mr. C. Tur- 
ner also sent down from Slough a very rne 
Мг. W Lees, 
very Hine grou 
filled up the T und of the tent. Special extra 
prizes were awarded both to Mr. Turner and Mr. 
es. 
Orchids, —These were man better than they мнн 
been seen at Reading for s past. e H. Jam 
had the best three, having fare made- specimens 
of Cattleya Mossie, Odontog inm Panties orei and 
M 
О. Alexandre; Mr. Рош, gr. to С. May, Esq., 
Reading, an excellent piece of Dendrobium suavis- 
simum ; Aérides Fieldingii, with four s; and 
Odont: m citros wo e prizes 
were awarded, and an extra К) was also та 
he best specimen Orchid was а very g ro- 
bium densiflorum, with about tet spikes of mowers, 
shown by Mr. Parham, gr. uf zs dc энн onds, s e 
e : т. Lawrence, “О. 
Caversham, being a good 2d, ay an piedi bleus 
of Miltonia vexillari 
Stove and Greenhouse Plants.—Mr. James was the 
only exhibitor of nine = having a very good lot 
indeed ; Mr, Parham hav fhe t be t six, and they 
Flowering Pla grt o W. Fanning, 
Esq., Whiteharch, had the best nine hoi Pelargo- 
ery lot J. H. 
M. зайн, who had t 
. to Lord С. Fitzgerald, бано Court, 
; Mr. Dockerill, gr. 
; Mr. 
by Mr. 
CHRONICLE. 
hing we have seen 
kably good also, 
[Jone 11, 1887. 
lent heads of bloom. Mr. Lockie was lst, vues 
followed by Messrs. Baskett and Dockerill. A lar 
oup of hardy Rhodod endrons е own by Mr. Ash hby, 
was a high e eS exhi 
s the open class Mr. 
James was Ist, with a light and graceful arrange- 
mpos as а bac iri. nd, ns 
& 
peu irs d. 
ard, аме ы and Mr. Phi hippen. 
for а rid group Mr. Pound was ne 
es, b S 0 
stove and greenhouse cut flowers, Pansies, both 
fancy and show — being well shown by Mr. 
Lawrence; hardy flowers, &c. 
Fruit. This was ten well represented for the 
е: of the year. 
grea ^g М 
well- “finished bunche 
. Ashby کک سینا‎ 
Mr. Cook, gr. t 
3d. Mr. Adi vis vist iti two bunches of Foster's 
Seedling Grapes, very fine in bunch and berry; Mr, 
Cook being 2d, with fine example 
best dish of Strawberries came 
C mmersle - B 
good character; Mr. 
Pax 
carte Early Ascot in ook, 
being 2d with Royal 
Park Gardens, 
eorge. 
eget etables ——Owing to the lateness of the season 
these stir se so good as usual, and were not 
numerou 
ROYAL NATIONAL TULIP. 
exhibition house of the Manchester 
e Talbot Road, Old Trafford, 
d perfection of marking. 
alerted but the growers had ag how 
t h Mr. 8. Barlow had to subject 
2 
заела ng them to expand after being cut, 
emperature and — of steam ; besides, hot-water 
- walks we beds. If 
s 
the - in nia © summer-like pueris which 
visited. Ошм” ерту on the show d 
earlier, the bn of E. gin had 
igh order. Asi 8, : mber 
ad to be pushed o ыйын nder glass, 
the Iuncheon which followed the exhibition the. Rev. 
The Tulip under glass is 
florists’ Tulip of the coming days. ” Like the Auricula 
d into flower to hav 
EE 
e 
it nee be hastene it 
best by a certain date n this occasion the 
prizes in the sche had been augmented — 
ably as a Jubilee celebration, а d evel flower tha 
ould be sho staged in mette -— 
romisin seedlin s appeared on t es, £ 
n " si niin enough on this occasion 
" deserve 
of many guum standing were shown In 
character 
Rectified Tulips.— The principal prize is that known 
as the Cup for twelve dissimilar Tuli ‚= two fe eathered 
amed in. rem stands com 
went to y dre Raed F.D. 
Lonsdale, fom a remark: p kaag 
bright lot, үк жеры of—Bizares : feathered, Dir i 
Kerto on and Orion; flamed, Со i 
Sovereign. oes асар Mabel an 
feathered, Nann ny Gibson an ie 
ens: flamed, "Talis n and W 
i Sutherland ; == а Friar Tuck 
Mr. James 
Alban y Road, Cardiff, 
nts om sata of—Bizarre Mp 
; feathered, Masterp 
famed, А 
