? 
| 
Д 
d 
; 
IHE 
Jury 17, 1875.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
83 
of Asplenium lanceolatum and A. marinum. Thre 
was some nice fruit staged in w class b but the Grata 
wbe were good. 
Ё, 
collection of Paddle s which was 
d arrangement a 
Dixon, of Beverly, came 2d, also with effective 
The best ей ipei уунан collection 
T 
4 
loliage or variegated plant, the competitio 
good. Mr. Wm. Hornsby showed a hiec mi 
coloured Croton, and Mr. H rown 
чиа! a enint and w 
n bloom 
the 1st pass iei take yM ouse pets a fine 
specimen of анага Mr. Dalby, of Boston, 2d. 
For a specimen stove plant in bloom H 
t a 
ty EL was Ist, a good ae including 
ъс выя and other ба. “lite = LE Dixon, of 
Beverley, 2d. f m 
n e or greenhouse pu js y pes in- 
cluding a very fine p of Рћсе ma dr rs and 
a well-coloured dea ous Jie xi Mr. James 
Hornsby also showed a lot of go 
awarded the 2 j 
a Mooreana, and 
took the Ist prize for Gloxinias with some 
p two admirable 
f the ribbon bo e beauty and 
8 nA nce of кыш ере” un e. i sirike the eye. The 
ize rnsby, whose 
design was principally composed ч Atemanthers and 
arf Lobelia. roups ands of 
sted онан н а for the drawing Ped the stand 
dt ted to a diameter E eroe 
x Mpeg = rns as the first, with a 
eerie rranged in arkab Sly el gant manner, the 
re pate ee beautifully 1 blended. ‘Sir John Thorold 
ме Ме dem pon T acketed 2d, and in 
the auty. 
Although the season ri full late for A narra there 
a very c e display, and Mr. House took 
the Ist prize e a асе showy lot. n the. class for 
p 
RA gA Г Spittlegate, also 
ood show, and is 2d prize. 
House’s collecti tion of ornamental deliage bedding 
"s in ре was р d Ist. 
The a fair competition in the classes for 
баан decorations, and Miss Е диш ке A — 
has n M pores of 
s Н. Н. панос Miss 
rttfidrkably pretty stand, which 
petition was very meagre. 
hand br idal bouquets v =“ үн, апа Мт. Руш 
г. House being 2 
ture, Mr. E again coming in 
flowers there was ery fair T ur 
Downing showed a pretty collection, which m 
taken csset pains and trouble in its Безо 
Mr. Ingram сат а varied and interes esting collec- 
tion we cut flowers, including — pretty alpine 
паат кии alpina, Achillea &c. 
a great impro islet t noticeable this year 
x the fr бае т the quality being ex сни he Ре 
wn b "Mr. f 
Dell took the it me dot: sie dishes of fruit, with a 
к "wes ay; and M 
dishes. Mr. William Н 
of Boston, staged fine bunches of Gra 
both in size m quality, the uniform size of the be 
1 wn by eatman being es cec d noticeable. 
n white npe, Mr. Dell showed so раса 
Muscats, and Mr. баг of Boston, was S ad wit eod 
large bunches of Sweet water. 
oses а дунне ow was anticipated, but the 
unfavourable weather of the previous € materially 
amaged this part of the exhibition, so 
ted Kose growers competed. 
wur iymen pes Mr. H. Mer ince nis ^ = 
M Sustained his reputation by taking the Ist prize 
Mi One class, Mr. House, of Peterborough, piki 2d 
: weathe lso 
Merry Ist in the forty-eight 
1 r "also 
, [3 eties, and was eme equal rst with Mr. House 
D fox twenty. 
“four varieties, the competition being some- 
's gátdene s, the A 
Reynolds Hole and the qw C. C. "EI on both 
exhibited beautiful ee and the rst eee was 
awarded 
We here beh that Messrs. W. & J. Brown, 
nurserymen, of Stamford, exhibited a very fine collec- 
tion of shrubs, &c., for which a special prize was 
awarde 
Mr. B. S. Williams, of the Victoria Nurserie 
Hollow ay, showed as usual a magnificent collection rof 
rare and beautiful plants, among which were nice 
specim vie gd Adiantum gracil- 
make a splendid 
cete — — of the meee бетоне тенч ў 
o of the Palm, Cocos Weddelliana, an adm 
e e plant jo аы d coration ; dnd also sonis 
beautiful Orchids, (From a Gaok ami 
Richmond dp bi aen July 8.—This, the 
eae the newly formed Society, proved to be 
онр ѕиссеѕѕ, a lif the committee are х os greatly 
congratulated = the result. With a large subscrip- 
tion v: ge ul Mee a „са D ot, and a 
very large hd ain. Still the 
question as sto the mais “of t thee exhibits involved some 
anxiety, this was set at rest on the show day, 
wben epe fine co D in many ca taged. 
'The exhibition was held Park, close 
ses were s 
the Old Deer 
n through the centre, 
on which were placed the ын collections of flowing 
and ornamental plants d erns; and around the 
urf semicircular 6 ор of 
s. Veitch & Sain of Chelsea, had on one 
fine and 
plants, that attracted much attention. In e RE 
we vet coloured Crotons 
also some fine pans 
tité macrophyllum glaucum, Seemann 
sum, Cypr her ing barbatum, the einem. Darlingtona 
californica, an enias Stevensii and variolari 
a jn 
of Kingston, had a ca ital group, including 
pomo Cyprip M Anthuri Eri 
In r part ofthe tent was a well grown and 
тиу өй рена of Tricolor ini, Bronze Ране 
Pestridge, of Brentford ; 
Mr. A тебу, of 
where the trade was represented by a 
large and varied collection of bedding osi e in 
pans, Tropzolums, Campanulas, Petunias, and a fine 
mass of the beautiful Ч Stock Mauve Beauty, 
5 г. Dean, Bedfont ; a EU of the 
ichly marked Coleus Duchess of Edinburgh, from 
Messrs. Carter o very interesting A "varied 
groups of plants fone Mr. rei rd of the Westlake 
essrs. 
of 
Nursery, Isleworth, and son & Sons, of 
Springe Grove. premier тезй of plants in the 
-— tent were those in per dedos for prizes open to 
e ki d som E 
u 
Me 
group that would have been itane in any 
with a 
atanpa in the kingdom ; there were finely flowered 
plan llamandas Hendersoni and grandiflora, 
Dipladenia amabilis, Kalosanthes Рыг (superbly 
flowered), Phcenocoma prol Barnesii, Wen 
арса. Іхога Colei, and Ericas Irbyana Par- 
and 
er a perfect mass of rich 
orr, of 
mentieriana rosea, the latte 
MU OK group fe fro г. С. Legg, gr. as In Esq., 
of Clap i Pak. oe included Б lan 
of сон Welsman variegatum, me interraptum ; ; 
a large specimen of locasias 
i D ffenbachias 
"M variegata and  Lowii 
nobilis and Bausei, and сепа Baptistii, АП 
these were fine еван апі aped 1 superior 
ee D Messrs. is ма т E нм 
і Соар n w ree cur * 
c DD 
"з PN 
Pe 
next important open class was for x eit exotic 
Ferns, and here ae I took Ist place, with a very 
fine lot of plants. He had amongst them speci- 
mens of се ‘eats Speluncee, Adiantum 
farleyense, and Davallia bullata. Messrs. ackson 
took 2d place, and Mr. Ellis 3d—this pes CE. 
were comparatively small. Of course, in the classes 
for Show and Fancy Pelargoniums, Mr. James, gr. to 
W. F. Watson, E w i 
examples being, as usual, well gr ed. 
The large-flo end varieties, Vietory, Sultan, and 
opold, w 
Prince Leo re really superb. 
1 
eet. These were all arranged 
in semicircular groups, and constituted i most valuable 
ature i show. The ju in 
specimen plants siot the 
dense in foliage, whilst the very effective and abun- 
dantly flowered group staged by Mr. сие was passed 
over. Asarule, where effect is flowers are 
— preferred. е —Ó a preference that most of 
plant decorat ig The Ist prize 
a i ed to din p Sons, Mr. 
Kinghorn cim placed i, Mr. Attrel, gr. to C. 
Freake, am, 3d; and an extra 
prize was given to Mr. чи gr. to Sir H. Watson 
Parke E Bert, С Ric 
In 
the visitors an immense a 
м» bouquets, ай, button- rer ee as 
a nice a а Kinghorn being the 
well г résented, M eel, gr. to Lord 
John s Chichester, of Can Cambri ridge Parks ‘Twickenham, 
being the chief prize-taker. A fine feature was a 
large tray of ha ggg c p Harry trawberry, shown 
аса 200 fruit, 
"ud large and superbly coloured. 
etables were also ww vel own, but somewhat 
М оге in the staging. The 
ncellor, 
has proved to be so асау the right m man in the 
right place, gr a Correspondent.) 
cnr e Acton, cu A (d 
y 8.—There cou 
piace 1 in which to held. o Боке Mni exhibition 
of this Society than in grounds of Ealing Park, 
once the residence of Mrs. Lawrence, and now that o 
. S. Budgett, AM who permitted the visitors to 
range at will abou well-1 -kept grounds, the con- 
dition of which felted the highest credit on Mr. W. 
Cole, Mr. Budgett’s late gardener, who retired from 
his service on the 9th inst., carrying with him the high 
and good wishes of the ening 
respect profession. 
= The whole of- (ie езй MEAM. 
spacious tent, the p и 
жае, кз the fruit, vegetables, on Mowers c., on tables - 
along the sides, and at each en of tl 
were fine оре of ebur sebo shasta: rape s 
by Mess C. Lee, dumm aem 5 eei. 
n Nurse 
P 
à 
ial prizes were a aw: 
г а few years past it has been the custom at 
Filing’ to o offer special Ah for cu among 
them a Ist prize " Ё 7 for forty-eight varieties, three 
trusses of each. is year, owing to the number of 
Rose exhibitions А place just at that time, only 
har! 
hich wer 
clear brilliant red in — John Stuart 
he Rev. u^ B. 
three new - 
ern 
X1 fiae in colour), D 
хроз1 
Verne 
de Са E Pini Beatri ition Зе e 
were In the ama ren e redes €! 
а ing T those who sif their 
t have occasional Peering ondes in'erest. 
round the 
pe on for twelve к 
