THE 
Jury 24, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
115 
Wallis, gr. to A. M. Mundy, € itn sri "REA 
Derby, who had also a very fin 
ne ‚ to Lord Bagot, had the best dish of 
Muscat of Alexan dri a Grapes, large 
so regular oe but better ripened 
ed specimens from uden, gr to 
Barnes, uinta, Salop, cam me in and 
Mr. Woodbridge, gr. to the Duke of Маан: 
ouse, was 3d, with good bunches and 
. Louden Ws Ist, with * eacliffe Black, Madresfield 
Court, and ampion ; and Mr, Cox, gr. to 
Earl Beaucha Б resfield de 2d, with Buck- 
land ан er of ee t quality. Amon t mis- 
cellaneous productions shown not fo 
for 
Ist of which 
an 
branch. The rest of the exhibits. in this class were 
very modera 
AL COMMITTEE.—Mr. B. S. Williams in Аа 
бё Fi irs t-class Certificates were awarded to Mr. Bull 
form, v 
tinezia nobilis, two new Palms of a fine ет; 
eming, gr. to Houghton, Esq., Sandh 
on Green, | Holmes 
virginiana and to d Pit a pre varie- 
ed : cal certificates were voted to the 
«je B n, Whitchurch Rectory, Edgware, 
asdevallia m nticeps, А another ишу 
species e manas ipe rmani ; ч Certi 
ficates of the s dcm were dove: to William 
alabot, А. double sar with 
flowers ; and to srs, E. G. er- 
son & Son for Pellæa Bridgesii, « a small-growing 
species of Fern with glaucous fronds, — 
s were bang ht before th 
FRUIT — n: Tos d in the 
chair. Cultural Commendation w: 
“Suffolk, for an 
red Tomatos ; and an 
Gage variety came 
Mr. Jones, The Royal 
ns, Frogmore, exhibited a aa of fruit of a new 
seedling” UN called Е re Early. 
size an cellent flavour, 1 and was ripe on 
July 12 on the tee int in its favour which 
easily gained it E First-class Certificate. 
white-fleshed M 
came from Mr. Wilds 
Heckfield, but as 
ving a v. 
and can ts merits. It w 
useful addition Mighty of à section of which J — Prolife 
ìs the type, 
Royal Botanic: July 14.—1t is y to be 
MM that a rain dri wind ge 
y БУ poopie rema the Mate féte of 
who were able to be present on this СЛ, cannot 
fail to have been delighted at seeing the 
provement in style of the great majority of the. exhibits; 
its аа thro мё Tf : such relie say or 
supper-services, w were shown upon a table тоот 12 feet 
ecorated with Pzeonies and their foliage, or with 
ipo Hollyhocks, o or Sunflowers, and th 
her two, of the t le, service, and 
decoration, would comm the approval of mos 
rsons, however imme the decoration might be 
to their own r requirements, 
The неу of the Botanic oe in Mgnt 
more than £112 in prizes naturally 
many exhibitors into the field, or, fatu; dé the 
tents ; and as many parts of the enclosures were not 
proof against the searching rain and wind, while the 
g 
** amateurs (ladies Bet » and the competitors in the 
atter class wisely manifested their confidence in ес 
оти Po M, “ entering the lists” in the 
many instances carrying oft prizes, "The 
tables providet or decoration for a dinner, for a 
supper, and for a buffet were al 
b 
petition for the fiftee 
this fine vtm whic chin th numbers and quality 
table exhibitions at South Kensington 
at Birmingham (descri in our columns of 
May 18, EX — June 29, 1872), there were twelve 
competitors rizes for an arc 
fol and flowerssuitablefora sideboard, twenty-seven 
competitors for the nine prizes for single table decora- 
tion, and T р течны rs for the nine prizes 
offered for a hand bouquet. Besides these there were 
re 
r the me A of a recess, a 
m. 
et much а notice the small competition 
iine рона. іп с mentioned in the last 
judges withheld half of the prizes, including three out 
ofthe fou aa rst prizes, 
ral appearance of the dinner and supper 
tables veri io much like those of the last year or two 
at the metropolitan flower shows, that we need not 
ме, repeat а descr details of arrangement which have so 
о 
pee are eiie familiar, 
o add the names of Mrs. Boulton, M 
the Misses Cicely and Florence Gardne 
noticing with pra eat Mn ÁÀ the hatter ‘finish and 
taste exhibited i ion of the tables gene- 
rally, we feel bond to Lose Bone on the im- 
ale's handiwork, which shows 
more freedom =p Байма, and to express 
great 
ае а bcn айн the "umi 
e of rockets at the Crystal Palace fire- 
д-н however, some few novelties in the 
ьн, which deserve 
tioned Dipladenia boliviensis, and the beauti 
the hope 
will final био up 
stems mention must 
ictrum minus, ы eee 
hardy plants Perhaps prett 
whale of the extensive collection 
flower a spike d an elegant Orchid with half-a-dozen 
blooms of a rich orange colour dea around this were 
arranged a few blossoms of blue C 
of light spikes. of single Tuberose, and a 
elargonium Pink Ma 
ration. sisted 
ofa pretty Pe d of Cocos Weddelliana, tee оќ of 
and a pyramid of mi 
= 
л 
made o noble 
arches of cork, in which well-selected fine-follaged 
plants were arranged, m ieu surrounded a central 
mirror, ne could n struck with the 
similarity of workmanship wies they gained prizes 
or Miss Cicely С and Messrs, D. Radclyffe 
& Co, respectively. 
There are many other little details of interest of 
which we took no ~ 1 апа 
allude for want of space. We must n 
conclude without complimenting 1 Mr. J. 
Buckingham Palace Road, up 
Ev ne posse . 
g all who are bold enough to “ break through the 
ice" which binds the fashion of the present ed to 
the ether i arrangements of hand bouquets 
now in у 
Altrincham and Bowdon United Floral and 
Rose: Yuly 16 and iym E 
held amid more bos utiful 
retty and m 
owdon, 
jacent to this = village, now fashionable throng 
nearness to ester, 12 miles distant, is Du nham 
Park, a seat of the Earl of Stamford and W 
ome do 
joy for ever. oun d p the 
ma iiie by e high road to Chester, i mi 
the Je rk les t 
ur 
tops against the bright blae s sk 
while the ders on which we з needs on tole 
cleared of its abounding ыбы to give one ; e j^. 
= а settlement i in a primeval forest. 
Pines not * beard 
Honeysuckle, Such was the locality 
year's ure which de- 
o say the least, the best setting that Art can 
receive vide ature, ow cem f is always, in 
the very nature of things, a кй embosomed by 
magnificent trees, it becomes a luxury. Bowdon, and 
the contiguous village of Altrincham, renowned for 
its Carrots, have latterl a 
horticultural 8 tre. e place is азе жш гы 
very favourable to gardening. The so 
ез. "gite m, е Tittle further towards the west, 
there has uring orms a de- 
posit of salt upon the shrubs. 
s me at € as fort 
& Mayos, 
cathedral city, and Prince, from the banks of 
the Isis, who the other ud divided Беси 
een them the 
