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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[or 4t, 18, 
those exhibited as — There are few pla 
— is given to the labourer 
e, the prize list 
those offered to gardeners. (From a Correspondent. ) 
Royal Caledonian Horticultural.—The mid- 
r show of this society was held in the 
he weather was рыз fine, and 
t few weeks had 
t уро Е bringing out the 
, 50 that with 
group, the effect was especially captivating. The 
were not the fi n plants usually seh 
in Glasgow, nor the richness we see in Orchids and 
ome of what might be called the aristocracy of vege- 
menaders to 
decorative engin evidently leadin 
in = E of 
elds blossom, there bei 
The fruit. 
plenty of 
as usual, 
The Lawson Seed Company чы the orchestra 
with Palms, Tree Ferns, and other giant 
mixed up with such hardy йм as the Pyrethrums, 
s of empurpled 
ated аат the blue Del- 
several others had good exhibits in various classes 
Chief among the attractions were the Roses from Mr. 
Dickson, Belmont, which were really first-rate. The 
bunches of flowers, of such sorts as e. Marie 
Rady, vw rur >р Castellane, Etienne Levet, Countess 
of Oxford, of Edinburgh, Alfred Colomb, and 
were 
t 
Tea Roses being especially notable for their size and 
purity—Madame Villermoz, in particular, was purity 
M 
itself. The Pelargoniums from Mr. John Macfie, 
Hope Terrace, and from Mr. D. Anderson, Moredun, 
were very — 
of bloom, being superbly cultivated ; T 
Marginata and Mrs. Marshall, with 
white v e are well worthy of 2 v ua 
tion, They came bin the gardens a Mis: 
Gilmore Place: and from Miss Ivory, St. ees The 
lants, such as Heat 
Gilmore Place. The Е were quite a show in them- 
ves, the Maidenhair in lots of varieties, the 
Hare’s-foot, the great Killarney Fern, the ne 
ping Adiantum ca (a unique pues 
thing, suitable for growing in a basket), ~ 
nothing о of native Ferns in 
state of cultivation, ч the eye upon зрел е of the 
les. e best e from Mr. j: N. е 
Cihtiontiihs Lei: and from Mr. Andrew yes 
ilmore Place. The Grapes from the Earl of irat. 
more, Glamis Castle, Forfarshire, were, as usual, of 
the highes est qi ey Black amus 
: , an 
"the bloc perl y sought for by connoimsenrs 
ite of V exc as usual, credit to Me. 
quite o gardener Mr. Smolle 
nant's garden came a collection, comprising ana, 
— Melon, Grapes, Plums, к, which : took 
st prize. The Peaches and Nectarines from 
hill were n coloured, and P. larg 
o be 
op being the largest and finest coloured of a 
hibited. Vegetables were well exhibited, although in 
limited numbers. (From a Correspondent. 
Kendal Horticultural: 7w/, 22.—This Society 
eld its annual summer exhibition on the a 
so fara success tha 
e 
date, and was 
Ye-leaved. decer 
к | evidence of skilful ve ape The large groups 
exhibited by Mr. Chaplin, gr. to H. S couie 
s Vindermere ; Mr. Sandford, gr. 
the Earl of Bective, Underley Hall, at others, were 
such as would r own at many of the most 
important «чейн іп the kingdom 
In the class for twelve miscellaneous stove and 
рше. plants not less than half of which must 
be in flow in was sis to the fore with a 
remarkably: ns and finely ngroup. His flower- 
ing plants were fresh and Sal ll o f bloo 
ocoma ofa 
thro ; Ixora антов (still one of thi best of 
kun ME fa amily), Erica obbata, and epum hes coc- 
these were well sup ported by a 
far ne м densely clothed Аел.” oliu 
P — Mea and Davallia Mooreana, 
5 fe o was 2d, 
ixi so Ghee as Кез preceding, his best being pre 
аза carrying some twenty fresh flowers ; 
a Aitoniana, and ventricosa cb Pandanus 
Veitchii ii Duy rion ила; теса lutescens, and 
raig, gr. to the Hon 
s Hall, з wa IS ;in ‘his = 
ber a кр flo a bella, 
ЖӨНҮ, but 
was Mr. Chi rspécimest few thin 
Three stove and greenhouse plants in flower: Ist, 
Mr. Sandford ; 2d, Mr. Chaplin. 
Three fine- foliage lants: Mr. Sandford was also 
Ist, his best being an intensely coloured Croton Weis- 
manni, and Areca rubra ; Mr. Chaplin 2d. 
Six exotic Ferns: Mr. Sandford Ist, showing 
Ferns, a beautiful Todea 
pellucida and eem tenuifolia, Single Tree Ferns : 
Mr. Sandford was Ist, with a goo аак of the 
due growing Lomaria eroi Eis ^ ; Mr, Chaplin 
Single NR plant: Mr. Chaplin rst, Mr. 
Sandford 2 
fcu ыыы produced in considerable quan- 
tities ; Mr. Craig and Mr. Sandford were equal rst in 
the class for dv. For six, Mr. Wilkinson Ist, 
Mr. Gott 2d. 
A very cg feature dei in this Society's 
show are the p exhibited by amateurs who do 
not keep a gar xg or six stove and greenhous 
plants in this division, Ist, the Rev. J. Gibson, who 
had nice small examp s of Miltonia E n 
ium flexuosum, Dendrobium 
others ; Mr 2d. 
Two тай plants : = AE Robinson ; 2d, 
the Rev. Tw and greenho ouse 
plants : Ist, ‘the "Re v. EE Gibson Who also received 
an extra prize for a group of miscellaneous flowering 
and fine- leaved ee 
wn in moderate пара and gener 
of nine varieties 
Buckland Sweetwater Grapes, 
Cherries, and eee rries. т, dford was 
close 2d, having Muscat and H rgh Grapes, 
Peaches, Nectarines, and a Melon. Black Grapes 
Ist, Mr. andwick, with moderate- sized, well-finished 
bunches. One Pine: rst, Mr. Sandford. White Grapes: 
For these Mr, Мосо was Ist, with good Bucklan 
Sweetwater. Dish of Pea 
es : Ist, Mr. pope 
2d, Mr. Sandford. One Melon : Ist, Mr. Monk- 
house; 2d, Mr. Sandford. One bunch = ig ас 
variety of Grapes: Ist, Mr. Monkhou 2d, Mr. 
raig. 
u twenty-four: rst, Mr. Sandford ; 2d, 
Mr. ыз: Eighteen : it Mr. Sandford ; 2d, Mr. 
Craig. Twelve: Ist, Mr. Ста raig. Single e Rose : Is 
Mr. Craig. 
V les were well shown in large quantities. 
For twelve variation Mr. Sandford was Ist. 
The classes for cottagers’ vegetables and window 
plants were well filled, the productions without 
C 
op Sate being highly creditable. (From a Corre- 
spondent.) 
ids we Annual Flower Show: July 23 and 
alf-dozen important and persevering 
foral ehe which exist within 15 miles of е] Мап- 
e, there is not one that does its work 
heshire, near the banks of 
Mersey, access to which i is obtain yan hours 
omnibus ride. Lyin the south-east of the great 
CE town, Didsbury is from 
he delete: ver ione ences of mill 
1 
the pestilen va  chemica 
foundries. The soil i is deep and rich, = Tcl condi- 
tions in are favourable 
Numbers hy gentlemen ha a reside 
— 
—for in historical associations. it likewise carri 
certain ea RTE no е 
ere held vy M bus 
are held on some eligible E: e 
either in, or oder adjoining, the private gro 
one of the gentlemen ЭЎ the n RE iie. Ri go. 
three occasions, including the present, the tent has 
been erect n longi o Mr. 
Ashton, the 
sixty. “Se parated from the private gardens and 
plantations of Lor i 
wire fence, the 
interests of the local floriculture. The proprietor of 
grounds His Lord Bank never puts the em to better 
use than when hi 
call 
the quality of the v ich i =. - civilised 
wants, both of body and soul. A capital item in the 
a t held was the free 
ж the village schools, not — ng those from a now 
mewhat noted v fuge 
disant for poor lads pic 
as no fault of theirs that they were ra 
tellectual power, of. 
profound appreciation of n beauty, and of. 
splendid industry in Noni. je what is noble. To 
waifs to a j 
of the wonders and glori 
of true ее and шеа to 
do 
аш at boo * lessons—; 
ften repressive as developmental, or a ў 
fails to touch ies chords that would Fake the music, - 
A remar arka ble illustration of the value 
nchester were two or three of those 
whic z are compo 
, the river, the rustic 
flower show 
very pretty Racing ot art 
water-colour dra cy e 5 
bridge, &c.—and half of specimens of frondose mosses, 
carefully e nicely dried, and arranged and 
unassisted, = had i 
ance, by introducing their eyes 
whenever practicable, to the sight of Palms, yea, and 
i Alocasias that seem hung bos 
