THE 
JuLy 3t, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
145 
have observed the nectar on the pistil, te a not to 
drop off at the tapping of the rods. Pc Can 
is a fine Grape when seen in perfec beagle m 
wrong in using the word delicate to iu эч a practical way 
t er, ugh it 15 a vigorous grower. 
As ч panenn I would beg to inform your corre- 
E và oo А I would plant : alternately with such as 
Hamburghs, to 
I could show your correspondent fifty bunches of fair 
fruit (Muscats) just taking the golden tinge, where the 
Hamburghs are dead ripe—beginning to shrivel in 
the skin, Неге also the Muscat is one of the best 
late Grapes ; patter along with Hamb which 
in August, they can be kept in fair condition 
I 
n privat 
with their training and "LA yet К-а, can be 
seen finer crops. A. M. 
Science and Practice.—I am told that the 
Astronomer-Royal knows all about the nature of the 
sun and earth and clouds and rain erefore let me 
ask (if he knows all this) why he T Le stop the ue 
unseasonable weather? We vedi or 
s 
France and ка inundated, without raisin 
fing Geographers say they have lon 
where the N orth Pole is situat erefore ( 
bes анне о hy did eade bns o an 
settle about the passage t t 
about the 
do not kill all the 
set =. us, таару green- »-fi, red-spider, wireworms, 
slugs, r insects! Doctors, 
к life is — If 
us to die? 
иб ted with 
; they seem reason about r tithing but un- 
deniable facts ; aor are every bit as as 
and the doctors. S 
won't cure (as wl m ot Ah the ion A 
diseased lungs ? "That's t the. sort of man I am, sir, and 
I subscribe myself, 44. Greenhorn, jun., Turn’em 
Green. 
The p Rose.—Like others of your 
readers, I onished at the statement that Rosa 
bracteata is ы out in the country. very little 
but wherever it is grown it 
ark green leaves. 
single sort to be hardier than the double one. I 
you a small spray of mine qe single one) aos show that 
buds for budding could be I have never looked 
for seeds, but I cem found ied weg "nt pem not 
er 
I have often inquired for it, 
Henry N, Ellacombe, Bitton Vicarage. 
Reports of Societies. 
Woodbridge Horticultural : 
held its annual meeting in th 
M Abbey ефи н 
9n Thursday the 1 5th. 
the unti 
he show is generally the 
best а this yea 
was no exception. The Society has hitherto been 
most fortunate in the state of the weather, as durin 
the last twenty-five not ha 
8 
fortunate in ia ring a most ind secretary, and 
-— ee 
gambe of Special pros eme gp reps 
keen competiti "The show of stove and greenhouse 
plants on this oc was remarkably good, although 
many of the specimens did not possess that degree of 
freshness for which they were so much admired at 
the е Ipswi ch show. 
gr. to E. Packard, г Aee 2 Ok Аж Lodge, d 
who showed a ^ vega а and highly coloured Bow. 
pame glabra, 
plant of C 
Margaret’s Nursery, took 2d with 
AE a P ie of the old Erythrina crista- 
galli. King, gr. to F. Fitzgerald, Esq., was 3d 
with a тебире lot, and un 4th fell to Mr. E. Gu E. Gunn, 
gr.to E. Jones, Esq., Woodbridge, who had a 
well flowered -piii of Suet For the best 
u SE as 2 
fine Allamanda Hendersoni. Mr. Gunn took 3d with 
ны тт floribunda. Orchids were but rl 
Mr. Mill, 
m, was Ist with a s “meg 
best Me үт Fern 
exce r erns Mr. Be 
took Ist with a nice fresh dozen, the bes 
were Filix-foemina Mare 
Moorei, Craigii, and Vernoni, Polystichum angulare 
tatum. For ix Rose was Ist with 
e by collections of plants in not larger t 
8-inch ps and the number of plants ser a to 
twenty-four, collections were u 
and appear a step in the e right а now so sind 
is belag dius in the у а 1 
with twen 
cipally of Palms, Dracænas, and Crotons; Mr, 
Mi . to Lord Rendlesham, took 2d, н 
аА our but little inferior, For six plants f. 
table decoration Mr. E. Rose was rst, with highly 
coloured plants of Croton interruptum, [гаспа 
Guilfoylei and — — ilbert were 2d, 
able than any oer. fo 
foliage plants were well r 
to Lord Rendlesham, oa istanced all compains 
with a splendid dozen of the follo 
— dtm A. Lowii, Maranta Veitchii, М, 
гас and a egal andanus. 
Мен Gilbert, "y Ipswich, took 2d, with six nice 
clean plants, For dx ‘Gloxinia Mr. Steel was 1%, 
with some rieties ae erect flowers. 
The same exhibitor too "nt for the best four single 
— and Mr. E. Gunn Ist dr double, with three 
and a nicely mar Marquis 
of Ac реро were well done, some of the 
pans measuring 3 fee Mr. Е, D Ist, 
and Mr. К. Steel a ere ed. oy with four nice pans. 
Mr. E. Gunn took 34, with a fair. lot, омба which 
Mauve Queen was very conspicuous. Two very fine 
H were г, A. Spink, gr. to T. 
. Grimwood, Esq., to which the rst prize was 
loom. Fu 
although not — ви for size, were wonderfully 
well grown, the ps being about 5 feet high =~ d = 
hrough, perfect pyramids o 
wo sets of four. The 1st prize for he pest 
single plant fell to the same exhibitor for : — 
specimen of Ju elargoniums e fairly 
good for this late season, Mr. ing taking Ist 
prize for the best four and Mr. Steel аса 
stood іп the same order for the best specim In 
fancies Mr. Steel was rst for the best four and 4 single 
ditto, and Mr. E. Gunn 2d. The Zonal class w 
рати мес. Ыы э prize s splendi best four fell 
che idly bloomed 
punt of Violet I ie Nos ay. R. Steel took 
2d with fou — «Жы е^ bloo 
The 3d pae to or four of smaller size, but 
«s appear going out of 
a wi eae web MIS toe LER, MU 
class for ve, and these not at all kable for 
growth or — uc Mrd 
few years since ias of the Rex type 
were — € at a guinea a A lant, and took a pro- 
at all horticultural — but 
жеее, like нее else and these 
i i e pedo 
tents 
embellished by placing tastefully arranged baskets of 
pot plants, and in this department the Messrs, Gilbert 
always excel, eir 
taste in arranging the same. ene a a 
as 
n only to mention the names of 
Mr. Cant and Mr. Nichol as exhibitors to know that the 
e, came 
ec ише crn to or z Mr. 
t with 
an Оле, от ene € of Alstrómeria, In P 
and Pico Mr. J. Hines, of n is naan ; a 
айламы, ‘competitor, and as usual carried off the 
principal prizes, 
For the best and most tastefully arranged stand 
of ort and cut flowers the ышан 
tab М hol omme I and эм. 
e J. G. Shep Esq., w ‘the opinion 
of many, rut and "n mized up in this 
way somewhat oaren, scarcely de» 
i of encouragement, a quod fruit is huddled 
ther and lost sight of. It is only fair to each 
exhibitor to say, t s were well 
1 -— 
show in atrangemen 
went t a and the ad to 
ae Н, Din "i Woed bridge. "с like- 
ise displayed in the arrangement of wild owes for 
table decoration, an wed E T be d 
with such material, e judges the 
prize to Mrs. Wrinch of Woodbridge А "Mies Marshall 
and Miss Harmon" taking 2d and 31. Miss Нау- 
quite a novelty in the w 
er a glass cover filled 
wn und 
with clear — in which t the flowers looked delight- 
fully fresh and cool; but whether they would long 
maintain e i degree ee of freshness so immersed is 
very doubtful 
The show of fruit was particularly good, especially 
amongst Grapes, Peac and Аан all of 
which л unusually fine, Mr, D. Irving, gr. to the 
Duke of Hamilton, took the special prize offered by 
for the best collection of eight 
varieties, Mr. Н. Fisher, 
Mr, is, gr. to onel 
with large Violet H tive, weighing 
at least IO о>, "Mr. rving and Mr. Mill taki 
and 3d, Tho qom dus nca уыс г, 
and Mr. Е 
Mr. Mill, gr. to endlesham, sho wed three well. 
finished bunches of Black Hamburgh, to which ti the 1st 
‘hrc a, part Mr. howed three good 
ba nches e same variety, as did aio Mr. Keen, o 
анара, e. In the class for white Мт, Tebenham 
was Ist, with three small Мерсо Buckland 
—_ twater. For the -— heaviest — Mr. Mill 
asagain 1st with fine Black Ham M For the 
ket 4 — (two black and two white) Mr, Е - 
ham were placed eq Bro 
Turkey Figs. were shown —À Mr. oo and Mr. T 
Boreham, who took 1 Some 
looking Melons were shown, b puma bod looks and other 
qualities do not appear t er, as the 
went c: HA: Iokin tt ‚= ор, 
Jis taking Ist for 
ту күзү "i Me so Ist for 
white hor Eltons, For M 
Mr. was ist, with a dish of well 
of were by Mr. 
oss, gr. to the Rev айога; and Mr. Irvi 
to the Duke of Hamilton, For the hea 
thirty-six, pad ` was rst with hu yatt’s Sur- 
prise, In for flavour Mr. Wallis was tst, 
e a splendid dish of Queens. a R 
and Currants were shown in greal 
and a large size, the season evidently suiting p» ped 
Eo ions would far towards 
мова 
е ade of v pHa, sane was in sray respect a good 
е bee uct 
filling a large tent, and were here but inferior to 
