180 
THE: GARDENERS. CHRONICLE. 
[AUGUST 7, 1875, 
Js 4 
1 
of the newer varieties previously pem here; 3 it was 
1., 1874. 
form, which originated 4 as a sport from the common 
English Laburnu na rA n-leaved 
irse it р freely ; ; and as a remar arkablei instance 
of the of the i ii: over the stoc 
бф і ‘that when budd abu 
num golden shoots are thrown out below the bud or 
scion, and even golden suckers not unfrequently spring 
bri 
taking 
foliage, and of the latter in flowers 
ver, produced mor 
or Saxifraga сгеѕіа 
ed verystrong examples of rives candi- 
cans € im 1099, 1872), and ies a Cultural Com- 
mendat From Mr. Chater, Saffron Walden, came 
€ of Hollyhocks, to to one of wi which, named La o 
› large and full, without guard s, 
a First-class Certificate was awa Certificates x of 
the second class were also voted to Hollyhock the 
oer crimson, and Beauty of Walden, rosy 
pink, tinted with rose. 
In addition | to the plants above mentioned, Messrs. 
Veitch & Sons also sent several others of in- 
terest ; and in agers: ive — В. 
Williams, which i ous handsome young 
Palms and other uer 7 tci plants, we ‘noticed the 
= 
B. 
о 
ш 
fine plants of the трешу. n oloured Bertolonia Van 
i illia Paul contributed eight boxes 
roposed, s seconded, 
and ca 
forwarded to Mrs 
“ At a meeting of s € temples held this day 
— Mr. Charles Noble in the ге it was unanimously 
yed ei: the sympat condolences of the 
members b to the widow of Mr. Me Standish, 
The committee tee have lost in hima ued coad- 
jutor, and the —— en that they have Vindividuaty- 
lost a kind-hearted friend,” 
паран COMMITTEE. ii F. T" Esq., F.R.S., 
n the chair. Miles ord Carrington, 
Тое А bhey, dosi FE of two distinct 
varieties of Pines sold by t 
Rothschild, о 
ical al broad-shoul 
c 
g 
В, 
ü 
о 
8 
mos Melo . White, gr. to Lord 
Listowel, Convamore, кок И and a small smooth, 
peque pay 8 ariety came from Mr. Whit- 
gr. t Crewe, Crewe Hall, Cheshi 
Stevens Way Park Gem eign hoan scarlet- 
M. 
ho ha 
portunity of owing what was 
done in times past by the 
the country cannot fail to Hots e great advance that 
ordern pace i in the different d en - 
dening ; as a in 
numbers of those ер grow Led in a way calculat 
to exemplify what can be accomplished by skilful 
practice based upon a knowledge. ber the nature and 
individual irc aes of the numb 
jects grow: t day É " different from the 
саси din and | 
plant growers of this part of 
ys far behind Ren tete: к. e VA ET of n 
ticultural produc m plants and flower 
e never seen to pA PE a when gs e dm 
ca Si with a close carpet of grass to tread upon, the 
Aem composed of healthy trees and shrubs. 
more pleasing the situ en. girien: like, and in 
pare keeping the grounds w e shows are 
held the more are mr like ely 6 D taki with the public, 
who individually are not ae ately acquainted with 
eater pa before 
m. is is a Bri ct deserving the con- 
sideration of those who ta ме part n e pro- 
motion of these exhibitio On esent 
occasion the show was held 5 "Miller Park, which is 
adjoining, and in reality forms a part of, Avenham 
e simply eg ae its name in memory of the late 
mas Horrocks & 
oe а 
Fe 
difficult to imagine ; it lies on 
n, with the 
ay to шо Bein. which it joins some miles lower точ. 
The greater portion of the park, exce 
wird нан which add much Y its general 
rance, is com osed of level prota ell abov 
the "highest m which here rise to a cons iderable 
ight. On orth and east the high surrounding 
land slopes preston, forming a crescent, on th 
top of ed numerous villas of the 
tants, The er B of these slopes 
ged, eneral 
arrangement of the ix The y ei were furnished 
Mr. Milner, and are fully T of his high repu- 
the rm beautiful parks E 
kin e principal ce ortion consists of a 
red ерше of the finest Sonde turf, not disfigured 
h of the do e hes ror -like sort of 
planting too often met with, 
as devoid of meaning as pe taste 
ns that in the obtaining and construction o 
public parks adjacent to our large town 
e whole means at command were exhausted in the 
first effort, and little left for after keeping; hence the 
starved, untidy ое they wear. But this has 
Cg ^ ^e] 
[IO II! DU CII LI] At "es пег L1] 
Does epi ens Pi d teneret a Sn ED 
biis would bear co en wae te with the best kept 
rivate places. was the place chosen for 
right i 
In the open class Бе буе ауа and e DUAE" 
plants, Mr. orn . M. Shuttleworth, 
Esq., Howick frie: pad, E Ist RS "j group, 
large, finely-grown, and well tch 
blooming subjects corisisted of pose Chelsoni, 
cre age well flowered ; a fresh Stephanotis flori- 
bunda, and Anthurium Scherzerianum, rre some 
thirty" ney colore spa n foliage he = 
Cycas circinalis, Glei Boro: Mendelii ird "peli 
Phariniunt Colena soi Minn pom m. Mr. George Smith, 
gr. to , Esq., was 2d, gum a smaller but 
meritorious imei in which was Dipladenia ama- 
otti, Erica niae or Barnesii, 
eitchii, Pa 
of immense Gleichenias 
and ранна) ach 9 feet Sates a fine 
Croton чысы апа Е halartos villos 
of m 
former had a зА of well-flow man 
nobilis and Hendersoni, Erica [суз сәга тучы and its 
st, 
y flow ered—a plant 
e condition here diss uced very 
effective, its enfe racemes of deep pink, pea- 
trasting well with the. other things 
t exotic Ferns.—Mr. Thornber took Ist here 
with, as ht be expected from the rich collection at 
Howick He a faultless lot ; his most remarkable 
plants were Davallia 6 feet across, fresh and 
immersa, equally 
; Lomaria шю ей, abd Siti ЧЫ well matched. 
who was 2d, had fine examples of the 
Gymnogramma т гөн Г-ти 
— 
Twelve British Ferns.—Mr. 'Thornber took rst 
honours, with a well-grown dozen, contain ining mo я 
variety than nes. shown, many exhibitors, of 
these plants confining t hemselves too көчүү. to Scolo- 
pendriums, Polystichums, and Athyriu 
Four plants suitable for the йаа of i hall or 
staircase, — Ist, Mr. ornber, with a ouple 
pated a good Draczena, and Cordyline "E ; 2d, 
M ith. 
x stove and greenhouse ра three in flower 
and three ed —ist, Mr. Payne, gr. to ot. 
had in his at Dalec echampia 
Maranta Veitchii, and Croton ріс pic- 
nely coloured, and still one of the best, not 
subject to the fault that many of the newer varieties 
have in carrying an se M cd ^ yas to cover the 
wood. Mr. Holah was 2d, his eing Franciscea 
calycina, and fhe ‹ oF but when well done, not-to-be. 
despised Pen 
Three stove к= м» А, plants in flower.— 
n be kept long without injury in 
house) ; an аи good Allamanda Hendersoni and 
Erica т cksoni. Mr. Walbank, gr. to 
Esq., 2d. 
Tiree ree ornamental -foliage plants. 
Payne was 
Ist, with 
—Mr. 
a Veit к» рата. Ре 
and Fitto баҹ gyron pyramidal wire 
teen some T P feet high lo. к feet through ; ын 
but common plants so t treated. 
very aces e ec 
Ist, Mr. Thornber, with 
matchless plants rn 45 feet through of A. excisu m 
multifidum, A. tenerum, and A. concinnum latum 
Mr. Я 
44 in 
with its orange yellow Жыг of flowe 
2d; Mr. J. Newton, gr. to W . Birley, Esq., 3d. 
Six dinner-table E Ist, Mr. G. Smith аб dv 
Holah. 
d < Qd Mr. hree Coxcom 
Ist, Mr. rag wton ; 2d, Colonel Cross; 3d, Mr. Cald- 
well, gr. to T. H. Miller. , Es 
Six British Ferns.—1st W. Bolton, Esq. ; 2d, 
Mr. Meme icy 
r. Thornber's Gleichenia Mendelii was sn 
the silver "= аз ost meritorious plant in 
exhibition ; Mr. G. Smith iei the bronze one Fore 
good Gleichenia spelunc 
Roses, for so far in the season, were shown in good 
condition. Messrs Cranston & Mayos, Hereford, were 
Ist for a with large well developed flowers ; 
andford, gr. to Earl Bective, Underley Hall, 
2d, whose exhibit vis highly creditable for this part 
of the om Sag be is not nearly so favourable for 
e c ge — uth ; T 3d, Mr. Hal- 
chal hteen : 1st, Mr. 
байдын; 2d, Mr. Smith ; p W. W. Cottam, Esq. 
Twelve: 15, Mr. Sm ith; 2 d, W. W. Cottam, Esq. 
Six: -* RR Knight, gr. "to Dodd, Esq.; 
2d, Marsden, gr. {to H. Hawkins, Esq. 
Basket ot Roses : Ist, а Thornber ; 2d, Mr. Smith; 
d, Mr. Piper, gr. СТ Flo werdew, Esq. 
Bouquet of Roses: it Mr. Thornber; 2d, Mr. 
Knight; 3d, Mr. h. Single Rose 
3 3d, Mri d Bouquet: Ist, 
Alderman Carr ; 2d, Mr. Thornber ; 34 г. d. 
Bouquet of wild flowers : Ist, Mrs. J. Newton. 
F xhib dis акай but not in such 
ruit was Ae ited good in ge s Mr. Read 
qu For six 3 
with a nice Queen Pine, Black Hanbordh са 
Grosse Мі еас n Orange 
ignonne es, Pitmasto 
tarines, Brown Turkey Figs, and a Melon. Mr. Ur 
john, er. to the Earl of Ellesmere, Worsley, 20 
h Pine, ck Prin Grapes, Noblesse 
Peaches Pitmaston Orange Nectarines, May Duke 
Ch „and a Melon. Mr. ley, gr. to 
Walms Up 
Rawcliffe, Esq., 3d. Black Grapes: Ist, Mr. [. 
= showing moderate-sized bunches, well fin vM 
2d, . Peal, gr. to J. Hawkins, 
Grapes: rst, Mr. Gould, with Mus 
colour, wo b 
—1st, Mr. 
э Ne te o twelve Te sm 
i; „бу гаа 
