THE 
JULY 31, 1875.) 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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e of Crocus-coloured metal; but the patrii 
becomes 
re of winning ; y-prize, in that same moment 
the exhibitor dishonours his h ibitors 
can win only a shilling or two, even if lucky enough 
to beat their rivals, and nevertheless come trooping up 
to struggle for the honours, it is flower-worship of the 
right sort ; and that floriculture, where they abide, 
{ о fear. Contrary to 
is 
vegetable 
e eye persistently are of the classes 
which rarely ей ed a few feet in hei He 
e li 
to a height — more considerable than a they attain 
of their own powers. Plants so diminutive, relatively, 
ossibly be scrutinised 
mens of miscellaneous stove and 
Messrs, C & € t 
. ceolarias, Pelargon and ' similar 
— flowering plants, i in senis 
. . Mr. Broome's Orchids wen a remarkably fine 
.. Odontoglossum vexi 
ium, with seven fu pen 
large and pale eur gs flowers ; Cattle 
. Ко сем; Cypripedium Veitchii, Epidendrum 
, Dendrochilum filiforme, and several 
them in lovely bloom. The plan 
e e E Nursery, were dis- 
ch that has brought them 
i e names be attached, and with 
few or no errors, nothing is iion t at et 
as been n: enough to discriminate, 
cies, a feat diete may be "be achieved 
ow. 
One of the prettiest — of theshow consisted 
. in the very elegant vases 
6 It may be well to observe that, after the leaves 
E the Ficus elastica and the Ficus religiosa, none 
1 those of the Anthu- 
сеет ау : 
and delicately — are these skeleton groups, 
especially when shaded behind with a slight black 
curtain, Nw Ze inventor of the art of preparing them 
part of the week, im t 
Sunshine origen during the whole of 
the time it lasted, e gardeners of Didsbury 
went home rejoicing or again Гео Grindon, 
Manchester. 
_Helensburgh and West of Scotland Rosa- 
j nce’s Street, 
The e Socken, ава vim its exist. 
ts promo Ca Мара а{е, 
T qc h" appea Ln 
S shou 
well-fitted а it be for the purpose, 
e place generally throughout 
est of Scotland or wherever a 
town, w 
"^ 
t 
Led 
FA 
"n 
bearers an e Mr. ing 
of Dunbartonshire ) M r. John W. Kar 
ay, at times in perfect torrents, 
uence, visi 
es erw: 
eh ladies and pendent, ‘despite the weather, 
gra ee: exhibition with their presence, admir 
the delightful displays of the Mid Bees Hoses and 
eartily enjoyed whatever came under their 
LC 
could be better 
mplish d in view than Ча cha 
ght of 50 splendid a à variety of Roses was, 
he thoug ht, b 
and he did “hope that the funds mak were necessary to 
ing. He , 
greatest. encouragemen 
nting the agen cy bs ul com- 
afterward eaten a vote of 
ing from the ordinary mode of 
ссе -being filled with 
ornamental plants and ем while the Siping 
sides were ae ae and fitted жү zinc tubes filled w 
water, in whicn the Roses were = t ob le 
being previously covered with m з с 
made for upwards of 2700 blooms, suu appearan 
of the long table seemed to be hi ighly appreciated, 
сае the best blooms shown were Charles т 
arie 
Tho mas Mills, Reynolds Hole, — of Edinburgh, 
Alfred Colomb, Countess of = Pauline Talabot 
(the premier flower of the show “з Captain ышт, 
Ма et Nachury, Alexander Dico on, August Rig 
tard, Annie Laxton, acharme, Maile. 
Marie Cons Madame Marie Finger, and Dupuy 
Jam 
The Di cksons, from Belfast, showed, usual, 
agnificent specim exander S rorum 
& Son obtained the Society's gold medal for forty- 
eight blooms, and Hugh Dickson a silver cup and 
silver medal——the one for thirty-six and the other for 
Roberts 
twenty-four blooms. on & огын Glasg 
and Helensburgh, who a ré pali ing rapid approaches 
h i e Rose, 
calamity’ maintained his ‘‘championship,” carrying 
= the ее. mae offered for the 
ms. A silver medal presented by the Are seid 
m Helensburgh and Gareloch for a bou uquet ee Roses, 
went to Mr. W. M*Neill, Glasgow; while Mr. 
ages Webster, Насиба бане the "dive T 
n the amateur section with twenty-four fine bloo: 
Menn. Stewart, of Dun » өр Critchton 
Gourock H odd, gr. at Ascog Hall, Rothesay, 
&c., deserve notice for the excellence of thei C- 
tive annm R 
ficient, but one very superior plant— 
child —was exhibited by Mr. Chapman, паме. 
(from а адатча x) 
The City Flower Show: 28, — This inte- 
iur. Ра ваг sixth — us establishment by 
the W. s, the R f St. Botolph, 
е іп Мо, was held in the 
9 
= 
BR 
ed the centre of a 
smaller tent with a most interesting group of the rarer 
bes Р х. См, which proved a great attraction to the 
sitor 
ment may be s the cter of the mp s 
staged, and n addition d" exhibitors are 
attracted =: The adig pristakers w ere Mr. 
H. Ham ee e n College E гід Сев orge 
Lon. Lende Street ; arvis, Guild-- 
hall ; d Mr. F : Јачи, Padáing Lane. lead- 
ing ейге 9 та. the so-called Nettle plant (Coleus 
fruticosum), two or nes being of great size and 
ne йезен. Pelargoniums were largely re- 
presented, but it is a plant difficult to get a good 
head bl on within the Ci Fuchsias were 
g rod one sp nde of 
the Guildhall, to Ре д arde 
t prize d, 
was nicely grown PM ла ауе sat well- 
flowered. Something ike thirty pots of Musk were 
staged ; that from Mrs. Rosa Davies was rem 
able for its vigorous growth and large size, Creeping 
i i ity institution in the plant way, 
are r in pots or boxes n on 
window-sills, with the green trusses of branches hang- 
ing down over a front. That exhibited by Mr. 
d of large size. 
an 
strong еа e 
size. wer е represented by C. pyra- 
midalis, the eric we by Mr. G. Lucas 
being most praise y. Window boxes were a 
leading feature, that ct iss Good, 
quema eei p cA satisfactory. Fern cases were 
a most pleasing feature, and two staged by Miss 
Good we = really rem 
as a good specimen 
о ааа Euonymus, varie- 
gated. Phill uted the remaind: 
ae ps of a very vari ried characte 
was a fine example of Ficus elastica, show. 
J. , to which the silver medal of the Royal 
Horticultural Society was awarded as the best plant 
in the show. Th i 
e three bro 
granted by the Society, were awa 
on ch Fern ca s to iden 
W. Brooks T 
wem ord of "My Ga ren offered i Alfred “Smee, 
Esq., F.R.S., were awarded M E ade . Jarvis for 
Thuja aurea ; and to the hop for a эко: 
owered example of^ Thuabergie. aurantiaca, 
excellent h alib. A volume of the Garden 
warded to Mr. 
ustard 
Qu 
B 
by Mr. William Robinson, was awa 
George Lucas for a ee pyramid of M 
and Cress, A c window — pre- 
ented by Messrs. D. Radclyffe “Se Co. forex mples 
sen 
a flower ei given by them to the school children, 
shown in pots or boxes, was awarded to Fanny 
er Alice Саа rustic flower-pots given by the 
О 
Аринин А presented by him 
igne exhibition in 1876. 
iei the hours of 6 x во /clock in эр 
he sum of nearly Z12 being taken in IZ. admissions 
The exhibition was under the m ent 
Ri 5 
by him and Mr, 
THE SEYC H ELLES ISLANDS. 
S 
gardeners, we = Beans to a report kindly for- 
мание by Mr 
A similarity of eri climate, and products pre- 
aur throughout t the group renders a particular 
description of any one of the islands unnecessary. 
Situated as these islands are, almost under the equa- · 
tor, Ue dine, UNE ни, RC Indeed. . 
