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22 THE - GARDENERS: CHRONICLE, [JULY 3, 1875, 
Floral Certificates were awarded to Mr. Turner for | de Dijon, Oliver Delhomme, ban Macaulay, Beauty Two more collections of голы ы о for dinner. 
Carnation Scarlet Defian n-scarlet, a large | of Waltham, Vict iae Verdier, Baronne ies see ths- b мы arrang roe ee of the table, and 
and у eat flower ; for Pi Lyons, a bright | child, &c. The same exhibito ed of n grouped as 
rosy le self ; for Pink Н per, white with twelve bunches ей cut flowers, which included Cattleya “акар е s i shows the iien were the Zonal 
dark purple lacing ; and for Pink Shirley Hibberd M , Hibiscus rosa sinensis, very fine; Odonto- elargoniums, remarkably well trained and flowered, 
1 flower, wi ing and brown centre. | glossum Pescatorei, ре, leucochilum, en me table stove, greenhouse, and 
To Mr. William Paul, for H.-P. Rose Star of cere Balfourianum, Ne Deppei, Anthuriu foliage plants, including s and F The 
altham ; for а -Р. Magna Charta, a large full | Scherzerianum nice Moda of cut Кес cottagers' exhibits—an invariable attracti these 
flower, dense rose in eolour; and for H.-P. St. | flowers was Res set up. rovincial shows—were remarkably good, though we 
: parely represented, but Strawberries can by eans endorse the now almost hackneyed 
expression of the secular press that * e cottagers 
idland egre Horticultural Exhibition, 
Birmingham.—(By Tele raphe 7) hursday Evening.) 
—Thi eee n p epi in r. Quilter's beautiful 
garden at the Lower ees А, обрани. 
is ч y, with an ab ce of stove 
not overpower i 
plants. Among the more striking objects is a noble 
plant of Cycas in fruit. s 
numi and g ially in the leading prize- 
stan A mod onera specimen Fancy Pelargonium, 
5 feet in diameter, is shown by Mr. 
Fleming of Liv m new plants, Gymno- 
gramma Alstoni, from Mr, Brown, Elmdon Hall, was 
EE 
was 
entiful, and of very g uality, Melons in 
Ve e 
ood q 
getables are abundant and De 
ward 
e 
tion of stov Mets о 
теѓо nurserym 
the amateurs’ hae ewan cut blooms, was won 
by Mr, Davis, Salisbury. 
d Horticultural : —The summer 
Enfiel Fune 
exhibition of this Soci 
was held i 
added 
was a very € one, though some- 
И, as migh the coll 
shown are small also, but the exhibits good, and 
stove and house plants, Ferns, foliaged plants, 
&c., exhibit r. W. Wilson, gr. to Mrs. Adams, 
ase Park, Enfield, fully maintained his reputation 
asa . Wilson had the wu 
of four, нор оѓ Srey is flori 
with flowers villea ps ‘finely bloomed ; 
e Vin n other 
a s, Chamzrops h s, Dra- 
czena in vi ; ТИ i d 
finely grown Yuc loifolia variegata. r. Wilson 
was 2d, те Аруз plants me c Phormium tenax varie- 
таспа lineata, 
arrow, gr. to G. Batters, Esq., had the Pun 
use Ferns, which consisted of 
Mr. ys : 
but included many objects of interest. The best 
specimen plant was an exceedingly fine Stephanotis 
floribunda, staged by Mr. Wilson. 
Some very finely grown and пое Gloxinias 
were Mr. Farrow, and so t 
Achimenes by!Mr. Wilson, The latt 
such varieties as longifolia 
diflora, Маре Perfection, and Margaretta, the 
yd shrubby Cal- 
The best —À cut Roses, a very fine lot, 
were staged by Mr. Wilson. It in included blooms of 
La France, Alfred "Colomb, William Griffiths, Gloire 
erries ал. very good. Baskets of twelve and d six 
r 
to 
a collection of superb quality ee oe Сашйонет, 
Cucumber, ар. Lettuce, Vegetable Marrow, 
Potatos, PA Y rench Beans, Carrots and Turnips. 
Gian of ts cut flowers s ig y local 
nurserymen much assisted the M Messrs. 
aul & Son had a re ably in recta group o 
of 
plants, including Buxus veia dice. pius n Catalpa, 
Acer polymorphum atropurpureum, асѕопіа ехо- 
niensi i hingtonianum, and 
r. Wi 
some boxes of fine cut Roses, Pa ei fe 
f emoiselle E, Verdier, John Hopper, 
Marie Baumann, 
various р and cut 
towels all of an interesting character. 
e Stowmarket Horticultural Show was 
ulture 
n agriculture A pretty well together when they are 
he same field, an 
e Bondi. But horti E mpi is mostly 
when in an out-of-the-wa ay place, and 
out of the direct line of communication with th agri- 
ties are, however, wise in their pum If F 
cannot draw they 
° 
try music, not only as a d 
f the me of the show v—that is ма ра 
everywhere—but as a separate serment in the 
evening. To e the music more attractive, 
and al 
are cleared at 6 
RA to pay the piper, the grounds ar 
w charge made for the evening pro- 
ock, мааа 
With the exception of the Ist prize stand of R 
few were qune T Шш the average of merit. Mr. Nichol, 
of Drinkston nour easily in the s 
prize class гуя; тн Roses, and the best Farr 
R these stands there were some magnific 
oses, In 
flowers of the Duke of Edinburgh, Charles Lefebvre, 
Niphetos La France, Céline arie 
In his eight 
traordinary 
as, gi c E a &c. 
His twelve анин of vegeta tables also mos 
сейле productions, and fnclodad а a Ее dish of 
The cut fowers of Z Pelargoniums were 
remarkably g and very muero shown ; some 
of the trusses being of enormoussize. Two nice lots 
of Phlox Drummondi, = very ys ad coluk and 
remarkably distinct, sustained the character of this 
а “и annual. Several ки of gom William 
y while the ear cut Verbenas 
avert by oils. Baker, of Combe е of 
Stowmarket, were so unusually иб unl nearly 
ike i peat sha taking them one 
by one, d that 7 were 
There was € competition pes twelve her- 
baceo Bind which 1 
x bunches not being иб кйин ез, 
swich, had it all his own way in Pinks, Picotees, 
ions, and doubtless would have stood fast 
"uen. the мны Жы 
{һе 5 
t ano " ud do Mr. halls 
though A Mr. ja d the perfection o 
and the Messrs. Gilbert's "Mo pretty, but 
ies ssi with flowers, 
VeSÓSCUAU. es, 
&c. Itis ever, however, pleasing to note the general 
excellence of the flowers and vegetables, and to state 
that the Potatos, which were numerous and g 
in both sections of the show, were free from disease. 
- Weather, 
STA a d n. WEATHER AT nick HEATH, LONDON 
E WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1875. 
gro 
| d al. 
| : TEMPERATURE OF кеч 
BAROMETER. from WIND. 
х | | THE AIR. Glaisher's, 
A | Tables 5th) 
e | | Edition. E 
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"AME | leet | E 
BR 89.2 wu | m |©© | шз. d 
ЖЕТТТ оа еви 558 ьн 
НАНЕ а [р 
СЕООА S| g Ean Etg Е 
59 БЫА 88°) а (Amal <A 
lam с о |25 
a а [ex 
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In. | In s à.| j 
June. | 30 02 fo. 72.5153 9 18 66r.2 +°o3 $2.6, Zi E aie, 0.00 
25 | 04.76.024.2/21.862.4 + S 79 | wesw 10.00 
| poem | | 6 { S.S W.: 
| 29. 0.08 72 .6/55.0 17.6 62.1 + 0.950. МУ. : 10.00 
26 9.74 | | 9/5: 7 WNW 
27 | 29.82 0.00 71.6/49.0 22.6 58 9— 72.449.6| zd | =" rae 
28 2066 —01666.о53 468 3— 3053.9 85{ | s Sy [оо 
| | „S.W. 
29 | 29.67 —0.I5 70.556 34 2161.1. Ек 831 AE * Jo.o$ 
| | | | | SW: 
3o | 29.67 —0.15 63 .4|56.2) goo 2054-4 851 EN 
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ста. 29.78 очта онбу бога = о. т са 
| | 
June 24.—Fine, but dull and cloudy in morning. Fine and,bright 
M eA and yattially cloudy ые licen: 
—Fine, bright, an cloudy throughou 
D D vercast and pv pond Fine and bright after- 
78 [variable 
biya clear day. 
— sce fne c dull, and M wery. Fine at times. 
— 29— dena Bar ÉL ll and cloudy throughout. Rain in early 
— 5 Du nd Ran overcast throughout. Occasional thin 
rain, 
—— During the week fune Saturday, June 26, 
ood 
in the neig rh f London the E of the 
barometer at the level of th from 
29.97 inches on the morning of the 20th to 29.82 
hes of the 215, steadil increased 
іс 30.20 i y rning of the 23d, decreased 
to 30.18 inches by the afternoon of the same day, in 
eased to 30.24 in y the morning ofthe 24th, and 
decreased to 29.93 m by the end oft . 
The mean reading fo: 
— 0.26 inches Жаза» than that of the 
eek, 
The highest temperatures of the m == 4 Be 
the ground ranged between 581? on and © 
on the 25th, the mean weekly value being бо. 
lowest ирке of the air varied from gre 
the 22d to 55° on the 26th, with a en de 
beer of 524 
tures “of t the 
7 24th 
+1°.3; and 26th, 62°, n. 0*9. The mean tempera- 
ture for the week. was 58°, 7, being 2° below the aver- 
of sixty years d m 
The highest readings of a thermometer with black- 
ened bulb acuo 
the 21st and 22d ; on the 2 
reading. The mean for the several low rea dings was 
497°. 
The direction of the wind was variable, and its 
uring 
x and the sky generally cloudy. 
in fell on one day; the amount collected #25 
= “Lagden the extreme high day 
d from 
to- oo at Truro; the general av average 
75°. 
country was 
the week was dull, though fine - | 
83° at Sunderland, 82? at por | 
all 
The extreme low night temper a 
E : 
з tet? is oo osa 
