ia 3, 1875,] 
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This is, especially the case with 
a The 
af and t ped А; ед — from the unde 
inward. Vegetables suffered almost as much as 
wers rong win 0 
d and arrested. Fruits have also suffered 
erely. Cherries and Strawberries, where at all 
exposed, were, So battered. that they have since > rotted ; 
рее H 
nd. API T es on pyramids and cordons so 
I fear many of them will. rot, 
and Pears a. 
ere were, 
in fact, two sho о ег three—discharging 
simultaneously ; one. in, a seco il of tere 
usual sp — form, and a здө of ice of the mo 
orm. No 
ued the aer 
~ portion of the night, and torrents t rin яо but n 
- more hail о Fortunately but 
as in squares 
a foot or more in width a good many were broken. 
D. T. Fish, 
— Can any of your readers give me any in 
forthation as to the probable cause of the following ? 
A friend of mine in this neighbourhood 
M., into his түн, їп whic 
1 them about thirty 
At 2 t time СЕЕ n hi perfect. 
He went in again 
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were wet ms өрде moisture at II o'clock, "ur 
at what time air was put o 
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n the house, so that w Б 
; Captai Christy, Peach Blossom, and Duke Esq., Bank, G Marlow ace 
coer NR fo certain, = sT REN о Sa ; Mr. Sage, Mr. W. and 
: eur uu ы Ол inue og Several very promising new seedling Roses were J. Moore, gr. to Е, Brandon, Esq., Brondesbury 
E Re orts of Societies staged under numbers by R. B, Postans, Esq., Brent- ark, Kilburn, "Very fine Vines in of Bu 
3 P - ood ; srs. Paul & Son had Floral Certificates | Sweetwater and Foster's Seedling came from Messrs. 
Crystal Palace: Yune 26.—The great Rose show | for seedling Roses Duke of Connaught and John . e & So were a very r Class, 
: held оп on Saturday last proved to be as ax Sek . Turner had a si award for his | but Nectarines we ter, Mr. Јо m was Ist with 
. with both growers and the public, the former coming Оха ар ind Mr. Laxton for Mrs. Laxton | and Lady beautiful samples of Violette Hátive and Elruge, and 
out in greater n rs t r the Р Mr. E. Lake, to Mr, Digby tt, Havesham 
while the Roses were of a very high order of merit ` Grange, Twick , came in 2d with the same 
throughout, and haye given an immense amount Tie competition for the prizes offered e table | varieties, The two Melons in a poor class were 
of pleasure to the throngs of people who crowded | decoration was a very extensive one, and y | the Eastnor Castle Green- а Read's Scarlet- 
. round them afternoon, The no place in | altogether was aon ше, аП {һе artistic pro- | flesh, shown by Mr. W. Coleman, Eastnor. 
_ the world where с Rose has more gapeseed bestowed uctions, with one or two exceptions, being far in ete poorly represented. Mr, Sandford, gr. to the 
. on her than at rystal Palace, and the managers | advance of what FON, things were buta few years ago, | Earl of Bective, Kirkby Lonsdale, had some nice 
must rejoice £0 Mr. Me ie eer St. Mary Cray, Kent, was Ist in | Queens; and so p 2 | Мм» Bond ; а e 
е class for seventy-two was ад facom man od | the open class, from. М, 
_ оре throughout, sre prizes went as follo lows — and Mis. yide Hudson, Champion Hill, Dulwich, 34. | gr. to the Earl of Radnor, Lo ога Castle, Salisbury. 
l Tn - Paul & Son, rst; Mr. Turner e т. B. R. | In the amateurs class the last-named exhibitor was | The only exhibit in the — class was а 
| Cant, 34; ; ап extra being а awarded do Messrs. Cranston Ist, Mr. W. S gr.to O. Hanbury, Esq., Weald | splendidly ripened bunch o e À Musa Caven- 
| & May os. Mr. Ke Messrs, Mitchell & | Hall, Brentwood, 2d ; and Mr. J. W. Chard, 3d | dishii, weighing 80 lb., a shown by Mr. S 
- Sons, Piltdown, also competed, The finest blooms | In the ladies’ class the Ist prize went to Mrs. W, | Ashridge. This is. the poss t. bunch that 
. in this class were of Niphetos, Sir Richard Wallace, | Seale, the 2d rs. S. Hudson, and the 3d to Miss | been seen for a long time. It was perfectly ripened, 
шше Berard, Fran Louvat, La Ville de | Edith Blair, Upper мы Are ES Square. | and well finish ed ithe. largest bunch that has 
Jenis, ie x o Vernet, | For a Fern case furn wing | ever been e і 
Alfred “Colomb, - splendid in сої Prin- | plants, Messrs. Dick rail & Co, High е е , upwards of sent by Mr, Scott, Lush Park, 
cess enis vengi Michelon, Antoine | were Ist. | to a meeting of the Horticultural 
M Lacharme, Etienne Dupuy, on October 3, 1 : 
pre Dombrain, Mrs. er, J Royal Botanic : : e 35-- Puget — М V those but The cut Roses were of excellent quality, but com- 
| Stuart M Mill, limbing Devoniensis. In | poor ones — were offered this and, having said so much, 
(à nurserymen's any Der Mr distinct varieties, | fruit and cut flowe both бе diapls we shall only stay to mention the principal exhi 
4 pages of each, B. В. Cant was I т. | was of a limited extent, and, on the whole, poor. | the names of the ‘being pretty much 
Joan Keynes and ss Paul & Son being equal | The large show tent was almost ith | the same at one show as at another. White Roses 
bis (S. ie 34; 195 ing a v plants ы {һе зеза of tie Pine-apple | stands of twelve км ба ey icd Cant, Mr. 
blooms of above and ot varieti mpany at a remainder ‚ИУ ee ae similar class - 
G. Pr ky SY bres | z very. small ae d dor reds Mr. Chard, D "Саш, and Mr. Turner sent 
instead of three. The best collection. and. wee 
from Mr. R. G. 'B 
very fine one, came aker 
tree, Devon, who was ali so ve P diss "in other 
classes, He was followed here by Mr. R, Draycott, 
jd 
gr. to Sir B. Cunard, Hallaton Hall, Leicester ; Mr. 
ыз S we gr. to F . Powell, Esq., Drinkst tone 
k, Bury St. Edmunds; Mr. Joh n "Pearce, gh be 
Prod Adams, the "Өрүм, Cambridge ; 
the — . Gou ag inn ы dE Reading, 
who took the e prizes in the or ed. Baker 
had ЫБ the best thirty-six and “thé best ét: -four, 
one truss of eac 
rst-named. class S were fourteen com- 
other awards w r. J. Mayo, 
Corn Market Street, Oxford ; Mr. руе and 
Mr. Joseph Davis, The Square, Wilton, There 
were no less than twenty- -three stands of twenty-four 
blooms, and six prizes T awarded. The rst, as 
above mentioned, was wo y Mr. Baker, the re- 
mainder ier voted as follows, in ше order named :— 
Mr. tkinson and M ennell, E f Brent- 
wood ; Mr. W. Ni ix Mr. i. Mayo, 
Curtis, eet Cambs. e class for twelve, 
M iss loyd, Факт, Pb. io ok thé premier 
ward ; . Smallbones, Chatteris, beig 2d. 
Tiro equal 3 prizes did two extra prizes were also 
The open class for twelve blooms of any single 
riety was a piis ably good one, the following 
aged in splendid condition : M 
Mose noce nn, 
Amand (very sweet) Francois Michelon, Charles 
UA Mdlle. Marie Cointet (a rich flesh- -pink, 
shaded with rose, and тебе mee somewhat like a 
amellia—a very showy grand new Rose), 
Souvenir d’Elise, Baroness " Rothschild, Barone 
Maréchal Niel, and Comtesse d'Oxford. 
ennett was Ist with his M arie 
Cointet. Mr. B. R. Cant had an extra Ist, Mr. 
James Mobsby, Colwood House, near Cuckfield, 
being 2d, and R. G. Baker extra 2d ; Mr. G, Prin 
d, and Turner extra Messrs. Paul & Son 
contributed the best collection of yellow Roses, and 
Mr. V Bennett the best twelve trusses of any new 
Rose o C the variety ee being Mademoiselle 
Marie Cointet, The best collection of Peace 
new — of Tor: and 1873 ti 
& 
Bath, : 
adame N 
wipe Princess Beatrice, а eck: Empress 
of India, Madame Lacharme, 5. Reynolds Hole, La 
Souveraine, Madame Marius Cote, T MA 
a 
EE sized eg S 
were entirely | given "p to plants i in n flower—medium- 
ff for general decorati urposes. 
Thro t rance of foliage, the 
gen effect of the whole was, of course, not s 
as we o, thing it d but we müst not find “fault : 
it was a o do by one firm, and is deserv- 
ing ошу Gf pra 
FRUIT. E di lay of ft was as poor as it well 
could be Xa aL: Park show, but still 
better than да “pad бреза wj a perusal of 
the sc There wer e exhibitors of 
ule. only 
three bunches of Black НА: Grapes, and 
to . Johnson, gr, to 
the Marquis of Ailesbury, Savernake, who had good- 
sized, compact bunches, with evenly swelled berri 
very fairly sus Akhurst, gr. to T. Cope- 
stake, Esq., Highgate Road, was 2d, 1 smaller 
bunches. and, larger berries of a very good. colour, but 
ot so finished. off. y . to Ea 
rownlow, Ashridge, was 39, with а, пісе аре. ‚да 
the class for any oiher Black Grapes, Mr. 
mett, gr. to J. Wilm t, Esq. 5 етот, 2. the 
| Madresfeld Court VE xc ood con- 
i dition ; and Mr. Douglas, to F, Whitbourn, Esq., 
contributed a very, nice sample of the Royal Ascot. 
The, best examples of М о гіа were 
hown іп the class for a single dish by Mr. Feist, gr. 
to J. Ashton, Esq., Staines. The bunches were 
bove the medium size, of nice i 
the berries bein ll and evenly swelled, and 
Lous s Seedling. Mr, Sage was the Aui «харос 
Plums, having Prince о and M'Laughlan* 
in fine condition 
e from dr, 
Duc de Magenta, and a seedling, 
colour. Dr. Hogg, British Queen, President, an 
Sir J. Paxton, іп Mr. Clark's: collection, were 
also very superior fruit, hite Grapes in baskets 
of 12 lb. weight, principally Muscats of Alex- 
andria, were shown r. Douglas, Mr. Bond, 
Mr. Feist, and Mr. Bannerman, The ~ 
sponding class for Black Gra 
И 
. came ean poi А. "B 
ae 
and pocos [E S RE she 
bank and the devoted to new ] 
LA than ten exhibitors ol of RU: 
varieties, and five prises had to be awarded 
