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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 
[JULY 24, 1875, 
gone on prosperously. In 1874 a *' Rose Society” 
was establis ay d. It has aici found pres nd for 
the interests of all parties, and for 
ture in particulas, that tbe: ане Бо vw 
in-hand, and they have viet very wisely am das 
yegone days, when oratio ponte resided 
ows wer ma made attractive by 
es’ splendid ре» эы: 15 satisfactory to obse 
that gen this fam n his las 
er cultivators are to "the front with specimens quite 
= emphatic The display on the 16th inst. of first- 
class and greenhouse ege bo 
ine foliage, with supplem 
in the pest , and in some respects 
decidedly superior. do not remember ever to 
have seen better examples of Bougainvilleas and 
Al 
ocasi rchids e shown in fair quantity, 
Brassias, Miltonias, Oncids, and Leelias being pre 
dominant ; Ericas UE Pelargoniums, 
Achimenes, sies, &c., g oft 
&e., with a 
always welcome Ы улаа. though not exactly 
floral are so interesting to the physiologist, Sarra- 
cenias for examp lants at a 
man who sen 
In addition to jte pot plants there were bonquets, 
both daylight and opera, the — consisting in 
the colours of the flowers employed ; baskets also, 
vas ergnes, and other rec ec M devices, A 
novel = exemplary feature in ше department of the 
show, was that all the latter competitive 
objec wer submitted to the decision of a committee 
of ladies. Another class was constituted of bou nquets, 
prepared, exhibited, and judged exclusively eu ladies. 
If we — venture upon a rng ep о the fabricators 
of these bouque ets qe 
say, d n future cater id y Several 
of the baskets contained Помен enough to fill a dozen 
Nor was this all ey were in other cases a simple 
blaze of scarlet and crimson. e two colours which 
above indispensable t cham te 
one of the chief features of ‘which should be perfect 
se, are white and green, and these, in the baskets 
were also absent. The true idea of a 
of a gracefully ил 
of a prize-worthy bouquet, is that it pre- 
sents in miniature the gea: pague ood 
— Ё а single colou solitary kind of 
flower in excess, or зла ав others. How 
ae a contras ose flaming reri of 
red was the exquisite little or which ca: 
Ist prize ! at a glance to lo he the 
t: by уш of its Pais ot blue Forget-me-not. 
another matter we have to enter a сеа protest, 
т the exhibition of Lily blooms upside down, 
the flowers being arranged in y of moss, like a 
row of tea-cups. А similarly frightful mode of ex 
hibiting ms isn comm 
latter instance rendered still more shocking by their 
being bunched five or six together. Is there no floral 
Society to e cognisance c - 
ere Бас таа днкны be tethered fo a frame ; the 
fragile must be er must be 
ated with a “эты едр dis the edge 
of which the long branches may d E ients 
of this description are not only eed to the security 
M the Mer apre ед a es harmony wi er. 
willing ied. ange of 
pine i See Sow ow charmingly the Mir and 
Disandra change from trail u 
a moist tet М eem gne = ts 
of plants w circumstan at the of 
the sf florist, and may legitimately b be растай 
but it is quite another matter rect pouar 
vention "de Nature. Directly that e bs nal s 
attitude held in the bari n of Eden is upset violently 
there is an end at o dad ure in I olding. 
While rendering bue dis we have 
executi 
The great tent, mié 
ich the chi part of the exhibition is set 
> historical scene of a hundred sple 
excludes the light. The interior is 
colours of the flowers, and on dark days it can be 
han a den. Even the Fuchsias near 
other day had а beclouded 
onsideration is worthy of 
The ladies dislike such dimness Flower 
shows reckon with the ladies as de cs нче: ; they 
rthe newest and 
аге]. 
that, like Una in t 
competent in themselves e 
made piete than the B dingy 
they do, nevertheless, piore pes of that par- 
dias sunlight which gs out the beauty alike of 
that at the best c cen 
The Roses ron om Herod and Oxford were ex- 
ceedingly beautiful. ose grown in the neighbour- 
hood were likewise, s cun the recent wet weather, 
very praisewor ere r out 
blooms. Fruit and еей were likewise shown 
An exhibition is 
in plenty, тч = excellent quality. 
never without a good display of what is 
is merely pretty to look at. 
certificate of good 
civilise emis in response to his intelligence 
ph Я nd vegetable culture ought to 
cou beet with the Fine ix for assuredly nothing 
th 
better illustrating how the comm 
the dull useless wayside puri na 
berries of the wilderness, may be turned "by ойі. 
tural gus into blessings of the profoundest value. 
n for all in all, the Bowdon show of July 16 
was igati the most beautiful ever yet held 
ociety ; happily, the day also was aiaga 
very way a succes: 
n Manchester, 
tevenage Horticultural : 
Fuly 7.—1f anything 
were required to f 
demonstrate the valuable influence o 
this Society, it would be found in the increase in 
quality as well as in the extent of the cottagers’ pro- 
ductions at be o exhibitions held dur sum 
istrict, as 
Stevenage, which is 
villa 
етм 
еу, Wym iit Knebworth, 
C., and some of йе i а ты exhibit bring their 
productions two and three miles, in their desire to take 
sition n on the exhibition table, 
owing to 
the ira e had to cut out some of their prizes ; 2; but 
f the 
age, was one 
show pure and sim "er as there is 
ot the Beg ory of plants is 
confined to single specimens, one class being for a 
i other than Fuchsia, Pelar Mera, or Calceolaria. 
gam capitally grown and 
E 
= 
i the g rose-coloured 
Сайн, freely Атас", and, like all the plants shown 
here, bearing traces of window ere dcin Some 
small but — nice examples of Fuchsias were shown 
that class, an them was the ias die little 
Fuchsia microphylla, shown as a neat little bush. The 
best Pelargonium was one of the old scented species, 
grown in a cottage ow, and we flow s the 
-f i ing 
these double and single зо у aA Zonal type. 
The best Calceolaria, ety, with 
healthy, vigorous, dnt PAREEK бей ыйар, апа 
M a gag of bloom, “reflected great credit on the 
tivat 
i ia rand vegetables were well s also. Such 
hardy fruits, Gooseberries, = E and black 
С would have done 
same holds S. The best red kidney 
Potatos were Purple Ashleaf and капу, Rose ; the 
best white kidney, Ashleaf and La e; Turner's 
pston 
Union and Fortyfold were the best round varieties. 
The value of quality is quite understood FA T 
чө Лур, and year after year the competitio: 
keener, e exhibits more pedi epu po 
other in the iter of finish. 
rizes are offered L for competition among болд 
amateurs, of which, however, there are but few at 
is 
some very 
ries, and black, red, and white C 
Pas em Esq; amd oy ital 
. Bailey ton some capi 
Dele: from the Rey. J. V. ср ета Frui 
cut flowers, and vegetables, were well r 
and the competition was quite spirited А ei г, 
stances. Тһе basket of vegetables exhibited by the 
ev . Seager was qui te, comprising al] 
the leading vegetables grown in А вмч and neatly 
wicker 8 » Square, shallow 
Prizes are also offered for the best cultivated cot. 
tage Бае in the different parishes, and this has 
been found to produce the most beneficial 
(From a Correspondent.) results, 
Bury and West Suffolk Horticultural: July 8, 
—The summer fée of this old 
held at Hardwicke this year, but the death of Lady 
e proprietor, not only depriv 
ed the 
the lesser contributions from 
these drawbacks into account, the show in the B 
Gardens, “жа munds, on 
i a very creditable one. 
tional konpa of a first-class milita 
the metropolis, and could only substitute for that the 
13th Suffolk Rifle Volunteers, who Lee ayed remarkably 
well throughout the afternoon an g. 
Perhaps the best feature of the show was the 
oses, the chief exhibitors and prize-takers being 
Messrs. Nichols, Southgate, Raynham, and Squibs, 
‚ Sne - мо Е за 
the s for misti and Pelargoniums, 
Mr, Allan, of Sa showed beautiful Gloxinias and 
Mr. to the Rev. E. М, 
Gaze, of Ingham, made a fine — of Ferns, Cala- 
iums, Ericas, stove and greenhouse plants, new 
plants, fine-folia ed 
showed fine Delphiniums, 
— Williams, oy herbaceous plants ; as did Mr, 
Harris, of the nursery, St. A 
bited. 'The President's prize . Clay, Esq.), for 
e hes of fruit, was taken by dt n 
who sho lack and white Grapes. 
next best collectio ra prize, Mr. Squibs 
was also rst for black о» and for the best collec- 
tion of vegetables, in ere was а spirited 
n of the profit on the first provin- 
dee oc the OA HA rticult — ociety. 
Hand bouquets were of about average merit, 
veral collections A wild flowers 
he son vegetables, &c., were numerous and 
important дерей t of the Bury Hor- 
ticul y ys n carefully 
has brought forth abundant fruit, cottag 
gardens for a circle of 4 miles around Bury being, 
perhaps, better furnished and kept, and more profitably 
crop in tany other part county. 
Prizes are also given for the best wind plant and 
the uet, and it is pleasing to note 
the s pts at good culture and taste that 
are put forth by the.cottagers and еп. 
ег this fold society seems still doing 
work. It assuredly gets er, with hardly any 
ial effort, 
in either its — or programmes, 
most prominent shows, at a wonderfully cheap rate (0 
the Society. (From a Correspondent.) 
The Villa Garden, 
WEEDS AND GARDEN REFUSE.—The recent heavy 
and continuous rains, which, by reason of their remark 
able duration, have practically excluded the Villa тай 
dener from his garden, have, it isto be hoped, to 
extent exhausted themselves, 
ive old 
apace," and they have certainly grown 
past th a 
t 
much time wasted. 
up by the hand 
Latein cle od them be 
and carried away to the refuse 
