JULY 17, 1875.] 
THE GARDENERS  -GHRONICLE. 
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its white calyces, but with fe corollas re- 
maining ; Erica Vernoniana, yak owered, and a very 
beautiful Eri 
but getting a little stale. Mr. Cyphe 
(20), had as his most attractive plants 
is апа A. grandiflora, Di Iden а gena Ixora 
(e 
and Phoenocoma pro anie Barnesii. 
ood 
smaller groups of thre t. for “Cox 
Esq., had an unu sally good plant of КОА дайта, 
class for eight oliage plants 
grand 
Lo owe, 
Hide , Beeston, 3d | es latter showing: a iod Phormium 
and Chamzrops hum The Ist prize for a 
gr oup of six Palms, victori and oe WR 
& nch pots, was taken by Mr. W. 
kd ot ы: a nice young Cocos Weddelliana! 
a neat Encephalartos, and two Draczenas n the 
group for six е ые plants, in or out of bloo om, 
r. Dixon also came in Ist, Mr. Cypher being 2d— 
in in his group was the curious Reidia rece) ў у 
С ingham, 3d. g the 
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а grandiflora : 
orresponding amateurs class, 
aid Noting 
g The 
prize for ium Alocasias was awarde to "ME "Lowe, 
ha ery good A. allica and a small A. 
папой variegata; € baee ge amongst here 
a fine of M. r o-picta, and a Sarracenia 
faya with thirty. о рө, {тот the same exhibitor, 
ned a similar award. 
RUE TIC FERNS, Ры best tgroup of VENETO was eoe 
tributed by Mr. W, E. Dixon, whose most effectiv 
plants were Dicksonia саа Platyceriu m Coa. 
maria and P, grandes Goniophlebium <a IO cue, 
avallia Mocren єр ап wardia г adic 
Messrs. R. Edwards & Son, Nuttall, were 2d ; an 
two younger bat well- furnished 
ин. of the same species ; апа М 
(3d) had Cyathea dealbata and Alsophila australis 
with =ч ed stems, but the heads d amage 
travelling, class for six Adiantums brought 
Mr. С 
name of cristatum, with 27р е other very neatly-grown 
plants. Mr. Lowe als the best specimen Todea 
Dante. ЖАН chief 
to Mr. 
tall Dickson with a tme 
(Ming head of v vigo rous fronds ; 
(2d), who had his weeping habited Alsophila агита 
illiamsii, now somewhat showing the effects o 
(3d), who had a good Gleichenia ; while a very pretty 
plant of Pteris scaberula from Mr. rand was 
Highly Commended e amatent, group of twelve 
exotic Ferns was represented by Mr. Lowe (Ist), who 
Todea фе сїда, сета Ж еза a, P. Kingiana, 
and Phlebodium sporadoca кри i ad his best 
plants ; and bs "Mn Wild, gr. to Mrs. Jacobs (2d). 
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Ot special pes for three Aalantums Mr. S. н, 
ottingham, took the Ist arle T 
Y AND ыша Sous —This was 
the str ong features of ; Mr. Lowe's Min 
unlimited. collection contributing to all the groups. In 
class enty varie Lowe 
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et 
Mr. Ру. cum, and rea 
Pigott, T Charlesworth, Esq., Le 
a Was 2d with a nicely-grow рейген * In the group 
six, Mr, с ач , his collection 
Боан agrand Strathiopteris сва oer a 
a, Osmunda very rarely seen ; and a 
wee wa alpina. Mr. M. Farrand was was 2d 
y grown group, in which was a fine speci- 
men of Роа амы isl m. e 
Hb divin са Т Colona Т Seely of the Robin 
by Mr. Lowe ;-as also were 
Oe. ink, suites Jor twenty new varieties of British 
Ferns ; for six 
rio ^ which Lastrea Filix-mas ramosissima, L. 
F.-m. crispa, and its сое form, were conspicuous ; 
andi for four new varieties of any one species of British 
Las 
Ferns, the prize being won for varieties of trea 
Filix-mas, In this ae class Mr. Lowe took the 
2d prize (four new Polystichums), and also the 3 
(four new Athyrium For four miscellaneous Ferns, 
a new class oflered for competition on the 9th, Mr. 
hacker (1st) showed. a good Gymnogramma E 
chea Asplenium Fabianum, and Lomaria gibba 
ris Mr. Farrand (2d) had Fg rc fte рен 
f Platyloma rotundifolium and fa 
Wright had a remarkably bond. aiu: 
m 
CHIDS were var weakly represented. In the 
с for six, Mr. Williams Lan showed VLC RR 
Decio ha superbum with thirty-one flowers ; Vand 
manni, Dendrobium Pierardi es m , well- 
red ; Dendrochilum сс 
Masdevallia Harryana. T yor et iride p 
four Orchids was won b 
EATHS.— Prizes were p for седо of d 
Son e placed 1 
Cape Heaths. Messrs. & 
they had a fine pan of E. o imet past "s 
best, and goo Parm Fon rosea, 3 feet 
across. Cypher ad) showed a very neat well- 
bloomed alle plant of E. obbata, Cape Heat 
are not, however, now shown as they once were, 
although fe IT evergreen greenhouse shrubs are more 
е5 or more beautiful. 
GONIUMS. in their various classes were not 
on, The up of 
untry shows 
lants, and ail ticket Mr, Beard, Nottingham, 
e, and Mr, Co ox, New Radford, 2d. 
Mr Williams contributed a group 
of these in bloom, co consisting of his new white-flowered 
A. virginalis, A. с ы a, and A. Excellent. They 
were awarded а, Ist 
NEW des en were offered for six new 
and rare plants “of any description, in or out of bloo 
Mr. Williams, who was placed Ist, had Dipladenia 
Brearleyana, Adiantum gracillimum, Draczena Fraseri 
and Baptistii, -— Bertolonia Houtte por, a bea ful 
set; but all man Dino queas ibed in our columns, on 
their tM Da e London shows. Mr. Dixon 
was 2 xi is cus, x Mr. Cypher 3d. 
British Ferns, from Мг 
were : 
Athyrium Fili-femina : line a stron 
growing red-stemmed form 
Kingscotei, Or 
pinne, an 
eukudes, a stiff e 
M A toot 
what cruciat 
parted at the bas u Boulayz, 
of tortile, with iregular refracted рїшшез. Z Poly- 
stichum angulare : plumosissimum, a near 
ateyi, with stiff < erect аро, ganag a d b 
very plumy pinnules, se twisted overlapping 
manner, and the orum: pce m multifid ; Cliftonice, 
iate frond, Puls deflexed at the 
furcate. Of Scolopendriu 
stiff, shorts erect fronds, ina undulated and crested ; 
lopho: other stiff, ulated form, 
spirally “crested, and somew! f at top; 
mirandum narrow bimarginate form, crested at' 
top, the sim e) flattened, id scimetar-sha du 
_| Of Adiantum Capi illus- Veneris : : Cliftonize, a smalle 
elegant form, resembling the garden. glaucophyllum ; ; 
gaian a stoüt, erect fr rgis " 
innules, Adiantum concinnum pendens a Fem 
ot “elegant etiem habit, fro Lowe; 
s serrulata major oa a piy iin not аа 
distributed with droo 
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tcn. Certificates as did the variegated Rose 
from Mr. Lowe, a alluded to 
BOUQUETS AND There DE CORATIO —Theprizes 
offered for two мн s up were кааб, by the 
lady jurors to Mess n & Sons, Elvaston (rst), 
Mr. Cypher (2d), Mr. W. Реге, Deke (3d), and м. 
su bouquets, Mr. 
Сүй (1st), Mi, F. Pe F. Perkins en and Mr. Pegg ( i 
pero тыу of the Mut de pios vet 
some very indie sped specimens vae 
flowers being the blush Erica 
dwarf varieties of British Ferns, | 
Baker, Old Basford (4th). It is 
record that in our opinion this order, in the case of the 
at, ermu 
ormed by a single bl ucharis 
had been hed down amongst the 
red Ixora, some slightly-coloured Picotees, the sweet- 
scented Stephanotis, and the feathery Astilbe j meae 
Mr. Cypher too prize вя а class for a group of 
natural flowers in vase or ornamental stan d. for the 
dessration of a dinner е. The best tree че 
hole bouquets were shown Miss 
prizes were offer y the merchants а es tr "idi ime 
of Oe ingham for dinner-table decorations, ** the 
o be ro feet by 4 feet 6 inches, out com- 
pletely p twelve persons, and heces че so as to show 
bes ans of utilising fruits and бн in its 
adornment.” There were five баре rs. The rst 
w pper € be ос 
е t-sha op; the flow ng with 
ing Eu charis, white Lily, эч тане 
ms Жөн thes ; and two side-pieces, consisting of a 
matched pair of young plants of Grevillea robusta, 
each about 14 fo b, and rien two-thirds the 
height of the centrepiece. 2d prize was awarded 
Miss E. Blai a prettily-arranged table, the centre- 
piece of which was a small Areca Palm, an . 
ieces a pair of small plants of Acacia lophantha, a 
few—very few— white fl s being int 
mixed, and half a dozen sm МТ glasses with 
grasses and 
blue Larkspur being set about the table; са кт 
glasses wer ll adapted for the purpose, the base 
being composed of three glass pv with pcr сы on 
without being — 
e 
other pe were awar d), 
ary M. Lamb (4th), and Mr. is A ME AG: 
f a silver er-vase, 
ed vase of mt facie faa te for 
оре decoration, was taken by Miss E. Blair; this 
and was made u of er — white Water 
FRurrs, — The di a was not -— nor му 
бета аз {о жа. Т though t were som 
good examples st The p паара. p izes were i 
the classes for collections of six and collections oi 
eight kinds, in both. of w Mr. Бат» erman, gr. 
Lord Bagot, Blythfield, was ein In the collection of d 
wed a Queen Pine. eps. compass clus 
urgh Ale 
g uscat Grapes, k 
well filled bunches, Figs, Peaches, Nectarines, Pine- 
trawberries, — and Me ini. The 2d prize in 
was 
won by Mr. Brown, gr 
to Earl Howe, Gopsall Hall, and both 3d priz 
. Goodacre, gr. to the Earl of Harrington, rien 
Melon, Peaches 
for collecon of four kinds, Mr. lis, gr. 
n, irby m. Yorkshire yea exhi- 
bited some ex xcellent Grosse Mignonne Peaches, 
Violet Hátive Nectarines, souk g well 
coloured, Ham 
рез; Mr. J. W to A. M. урем 
Esq., ; Shipley "Hall, oy (cay "E very good H 
burghs and Mus саа, For single dish of black Gennes 
the Ist prize was won by ъз Edmunds, gr. to the 
Duke of St. Айн, атой Lodge, who had large 
well-shouldered mburghs; the 2d by Mr. W. 
is, Kirby Hall, for small clusters with large 
basis: and the 3d to Mr. J lis, Shipley 
for larger bunches not quite so 
Bestwood Henderson, of Cole 
Hall, showed a fairly ear Blood food Pineapple 
VEGETABLES.—The show of vegetables was Aer 
tensive. The Potatos were ex xcellent ; ; Cucum 
good; Turnips and Carrots plentiful and of much 
excellence; while green Peas w abundant, 
re a very fair ay of Beans, and a large 
number of Onions, the White Tripoli coming in for 
the share o e С; rs were 
first and were shown. 
