84 THE 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 17, 1875. 
some of the members of the Society having оч аала 
v fpe „ү сота of a handsome lique 
e five guineas. This s was well хает а 
M fal to pa lot at Mr. [e Lang. Some capital 
re also shown by Mr. William Cole in the 
~The leading, pants were staged by Mr. W. Cole, 
an excellent limon though 
with terc 1р a for the purpose. e 
had the best six fo d in Pandanus 
t six foliaged plants 
javanicus variegatus, Areca A Euterpe oree 
Cycas revoluta, Dracæna arborea, and Croton varie- 
> ek C gioi 
gr. to С. О. Ledward, Es i 
specimens of Croton variegatum, finely coloured ; 
Dieffenbachia maculata, Maranta zebrina, and others. 
Mr, Cole also staged a fine group of six greenhouse 
Ferns, which consisted of a r kably fine example 
of Todea superba, Adiantum farleyense, Lomari 
gibba, Cyathea princeps, Adiantum cuneatum, and 
Em aad eris pe; : Stone, gr. to G. Walker, 
Esq., Y example of 
2d, very 
' Davallia b bullata KS of fou 
€— 
rica 
iss Wood, 
YSO o R. Attenborough, sd lé 
u ot ix excellen t Fuchsias, 
untain, gr. to 
y 
evidenced high cultivation. Other plants, such as 
Pelargoniums, Balsams, &c., were numero ua 
wn. 
Cut flowers were well done on the whole, and col- 
lections of cut Antirrhinums and Phl 
were an ual feature. Fruit also was nicely sho 
mainly by Messrs, Cole, Hepper, an DRM, who 
took the н prizes in the leading clas 
The cottagers’ prod as most рен а shown 
of = ир There are a great many allot- 
ment gardens at Ealing, and ey the te apd 
of the Baroness de Rothschild and Mr. Walpole, 
number of 
nt paniens, and prizes are also offered for 
p. flow: ens, cottagers produce is 
main] dvd from the allotment gardens, and the 
n some of the eun are - heavy, often over 
thirty, that eight prizes, besides 
pes 
ai собере tege A and it is satisfactory to 
Че, results have flowed from the 
ib. gre a Ne dent.) 
Maidsto one. ыы Itural : 
was most UM pre for it rained heavily 
for two or Бас hours at mid- ttendance 
was of a limi кад атуга in узел 
атре t sparingly represented 
at Maidstone, and 9 that notwithstanding good prizes 
are offered in the open class. re were 
er best comin f fro s of Sir 
Bart, R. Leigh, Pu. o! her 
bitors. ro viu. for collections of plants, 
flowers (cut orans E ep im. and — M 
md aur rin class eared t 
erest for ners ie qnin group mis Vaio 
= panie 5 erns, Coleus, Fuchsias, 
Caladiums, &c., intermingled with Pelargonium s and 
other flo lants — the fruit and уенын 
E em towards the front of the group, the 
cut flow ing used as an edging. is might have 
en ich more effectively arranged, for it = hur- 
riedly, and therefore рез setup. It was shown 
by Roger Le igh, Esq., and as it appears to be Mos — 
refull bait exclude t e name of t 
e prize card, we are unal Sahig to sive: 
h with a 
wn ged and 
classes for plants contained nothing 
rizes are offered for the best ‘nc be 
sho " was particularly strong in cut flowers, and 
espec n Roses, for the Maidstone Rose Club had 
its exhibition in ennerien with the Society's show 
e flowers stag mateurs = кириу fine. 
The leading class x: E o ses, single 
owers, open to all Храна d, and the bet tand came 
from Mr, J. С, Quennell, who inn sch «d we ped 
foes as Messrs. Mit a 11 & боп са 
The s 
yard r Son те shae a prize in a 
similar Базан ;. 2d, Mr. JH ollingworth ; e à Mr. Geo. 
Longley. The best twenty f oses were staged by 
Captain Hollingworth. e class for eighteen 
flowers the Ist grae was eius to a splendid stand 
f blooms staged by T. F. B. Atkins of large 
size, full, x finely E: Mr. H. Benstead was a 
= 2d; Mr. H. White and Mr, R. J. Ralston were 
83 
3d. 
“Wegetables and fruit were well and numerously 
shown, and in judging Potatos iw judges sliced some 
of the tubers f they were sound 
— 
Занга The judges had to find them out as best 
they could, and a frequent qi ug the tents was 
hem much e 
petent superintendent. (From a Correspondent.) 
Southgate Horticultural : Ушу 3.— This is 
one of the best exhibitions held in the касра 
of on, E its being numerous an ark- 
ook aca in the rem of : South- 
gate the gente . J. Armytage, Esq., 
and d recently i inhabited oy H. Micholls, p ., formerly 
of 
One of the most interesting features in connection 
with the rope em show is fine displa de made in 
€ Agen ciis a number ot- 
dens in the ано: E i is ge 
they ak are wet done, as they must be, w uch e 
cellent garden € is staged by me чөй. 
e examples eepers, repres ented by T 
Bird plants and Clematis, and tbe fine pots of Mus 
were unusually go 
tion, Window 
equally satis- 
fact cter. e co чың tent of itsel 
makes a very рос exhibition. 
One prime fea seen = um 
verage 
clean and luxuriant, the stalks cupa 
mpion 
v n ; Southgate, 
as an exceedingly fine pu mie de strain, 
defeated by Mr 
y Mr. J. 
who had plants 
bri 
lderman itally grown and 
flowered plants of Ride Blan anche, Wil&hire Las 
n 
vari Rose of C 
The other plants were smaller, but nicel 
Good groups of E ed and өш plants were 
agod 2А, күс veral exhi The bes th 
gr. Ж igan, 
EGIT who] had d Pandanus pui Latania borbonica, 
Cissus discolor, Croton variegatum, 
ningsii, and Caladium ii 
gr. to W. J. Armytage, Esq., was 2d, with Alocasia 
metallica, a finely coloured. varie gated Pine-apple, 
осаѕі стог! variegata, Pandanus elegantis- 
simus, and Croton variegatum. . The leading class 
for eight foliaged and etii P ML NW pd 
to Mrs. Adams, 
the former Platycerium grande (тегу fi ine), 1 Бн 
and Cyathea excelsa ; and of the tee s Stephanotis 
floribunda, Vinca rosea, and ynchospermum jasmin- 
Pie А чатре was of his best deos жыл. 
Ixo Dipladenia amabilis, Sip eis n angusti 
folium, and ‘Rouen nvillea glabra st six stove 
rid ouse plants Comete of Dipladenia ama- 
bili Allimania cathartica, Sobralia Rd а, 
Бошай на glabra, Ixora javanica, and on 
g 
n 
tum, i 
Ticini brasiliense, Dicksonia antarctica, and Balan- 
ium Culcita. Mr. F. Farrow, gr. to G. Batters, 
Esq., was 2d, with Lomaria 
ees meiden "aime A. cun 
н and Pteris снна albo-lineata, 
Mr. Wilson the best specimen plant in a finely- 
gibba, Dicksonia antarc- 
eatum, Gymno- 
grown сові floribunda; Mr. Terry, gr, 
s, Esq., coming 2d, with a good PE 
elegans 
t flow ers are always a good feature at South. 
gate, е especially in 
tinct species, and also in 
of seeds border flowers. s gin 
things make an effective of 
our eee йіне, exhibitions Reds worthy Tae en- 
Roses 
wberries were par ticularly 
s are at Southgate. Baskets. of 
s, & 
of various ps; &c.; and ‘Messrs 
lection of plants. (vom a Correspondent. ) 
Wanstead and Leytonstone Horticultural: 
Fuly 1 Tiea ninth — gestr of this Society 
the DE ke Hn 
was hel gro of D$ 
олем, the resi fence not vies, 
small but charming place, with isnt gardens, dd 
certain arboreal features of more than ordinary 
interest, The whole of the exhibits were grouped in 
one large tent, well-grown plants of small size being 
the invaria able rul REIS tely the weather was 
thoroughly wet, which altogether m wg the enjoy- 
ment of the inhabitants, who take a pee interest in 
their annual exhibiti 
In the way of Es wering stove and greenhouse 
plants could be seen small m nicely-grown and 
um 
cially some plants shown by 
2% feet across, — us in uj a 
trusses - mid E H 
makes 
group of foliaged plants ea 
consisted of Pandan riegatus 
discolor, Dieffenbachia aca, Spherogme: Jia 
roton legat 
gibba, Adiantum cuneatum, А, macr д a ha 
grown), Gymnogramm sisi ensii (very fine), G. peru- 
viana, Dicksonia antarctica, &c. Гус opodiums n- 
i ndition than one is in the, 
pec 1 TIZES tated or 
by Peet o W. 
The ‘adie plants Ww 
cuneatum, Caladiu 
Ма ranta zebrina, Euc 
elargoniums, &c., in rie ч т. Simmons, er to 
Al Finnis, Wanstead, was 2d, with Caladium 
Houlletii, oria Chantinii, Croton undulatum, Oncidium 
mprising nothi 
al good qualit tio h s 
: Ше, 5 сопе ас of. cut 
oe for T remar 
t by Mr. "Јо ohn Fras Lea 
urseri and greatly Musei {= floral d 
play. The inem ə productions were, on the viole 
of a very satisfactory character. (From a Correspon- 
dent.) 
the Essex Agricultural and in 
unds of Hampton House, WOi Th Show 
was in every way a decided success, there being 2 
good display in the numerous cl of plants, both 
flowering, fine-f , as also cut flowers 
fruit, and ve were numerously shown, 
and in . In many classes the com 
petition was very close, especially for the President's 
silver cup, offered for twenty-four distinct varieties 
closely run by Mr. J. C. 
of узар Mr. Cant, St. John's Nursery, 
