310 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[AUGUST 14, 1875. 
for the spread of any pute leaves, the Fan Palms 
ras the Tree Ferns (plan — sho an: ern be 
ted after the same d mbers of 
the ye md stood out ed dn EX and for 
esame reason, did the he rbaceous Ferns, many of 
S, to find anything superior 
to the Specimens, of “which the те were т, cese of 
tum card allia 
the 
Mooreana, The бае. foliage Оны wer 
accustomed kinds, and therefor 
r 
rich and oriental. The 
Caladiums also were exceedingly beautiful One of 
the very loveliest things in the show was a Vn 
nam ids кгр to 
number of only half-a-dozen or so, though excellently 
represented in a very well flowered Brassia 
Ericas es more, numer 
represe 
ет Cori i „dyed with pea-green, a 
> so much the interesting because of the 
extreme rarity of this co petals. The 
Heaths d the Orchids "divide it almost 
entirely ween themselves. Py now 
and then in the Pelargoniums of the Cape 
of Hope, in epi 
closes. 
do not furnish a 
n in pi- oun largest, the 
e flowers is of the utmost 
rarity. pretty, in their way, se e the twin eme- 
ralds at the: “Ад of the Mum кз т petals of the Dul- 
and the n d 
ughou е occurrence o 
of these little indigenous plants illustrates 
again how charmingly th 
r flower sh 
life History of PM 
abatement of the pl ery common, of 
y, vi 
ancy patterns, remind- 
what are really no more than | 
ing one of the ribbons ina er’ 
coloured-leaved Geraniums for example, Ў Co leuses, 
and the whole army of things that are petted j 
use their leaves are deficient in some portion of 
their natural green—they, the flow shows, would 
hold a corner of m ignified Serge exion than is 
ordinarily the case at pres hey , with- 
tty. 
out doubt, often n extremely indie. but ot how pleasant 
it would be to тре more of the e letterpress of 
the Nature, and a proportionate dimi- 
duplicate examples of the coloured 
What a relief it is, 
at Cheadle, after go 
current fashions in floral 
always so well arranged for 
ing one's rounds among the 
muslin, to come upon 
as the Ouvirandra and the VA rr) 
way a a miracle. (of struct 3 the. 
diver coll be Te that the 
amp upset o ir own 
It may be said that the | fanction of of the flower show is 
there is a place 
oe and that the place for the Ouvirandra 
is that where Cinderella while her gaily appa- 
ed sisters went to the d but gardening 
does not mean simply wing ** show-plants. 
Any d that would operate to the disad 
of any t or class of plants which interests any 
considerable number of eed human bein 
ness of purpose when it asks o hat will t 
best at an ge neri ve pay e ses, erito- 
riousness in be estimated rules 
likely to make gentl poem 
and in 5 of 
is the most 
heart and stimulate the pt queue The 
t 
invitation to w other than ‘show plants,” 
wis о 
1v p to 
a sarcophagus of pure horticulture, 
NEU as fateresing 1 in their way, at Cheadle, as $a 
nthes and the Ouvirandra, we end 
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ui 
о 
ВВ 
o 
л 
= 
z: 
ing 
enty of those neat 
which ar E never superfluous, 
and never incompatible or С, weer in the 
collection from Heaton Mersey weet little 
Retinosporas, adapted = the decoration ‘of the poor 
man’s home every bit as well as for ig бок of 
princes. en се provide what every one may be- 
come of, ren rvice to floricilitre 
and horticulture like that which is supplied by ir 
— of noble books, and deserve to be than 
"Or the details Е те M o and of the 
awards, it is 
other very special circum- 
stances that it can be more than a dead letter 
Suffice it to say that in every department t 
exhibition was well sustained, the frui 
vegetables Were а 
есі M very p easingly enhanced by inde 
ance quets, deren of flowers, di er and 
supper table ever &c., while every ‘ оа and 
vantage" of the ancient oak-beamed roof was 
occupied by some telling plant. The cottagers' 
prizes, instead of being given in money, were handed 
over to the winners in the shape of useful and orna- 
mental ho ld articles—workboxes adi. satchels 
for the girls and young women, cruet-stands and tea- 
trays for the ed о more d things for th 
give suc gs than to pay 
in coin, 
the volatile essences, departs 
ace. 
pe of particular Denny bs by t the way, ME E not to 
ered 
am —we h 
any in cultivation after the Robinia, 
cul 
Broom, the common Galega, and the c 
that this beautiful у variety of an 
trebly in 
well grown Ficus W 
long, ovate, and slightly cordate at the t 
The whole affair was highly creditable to the head 
and hands tha h 
ve it it balanced by pem and abounding sunshine, 
Leo Grindon, Manchester. 
Weston-super-Mare and East Somerset: 
In 
August ача € western division of the kingdom 
there societi whose summer 
pes pee When tee > with any 
held a e same even in the northern 
собна of these the Weston-su uper-Mare is one of 
the best, The exhibition on the present occasion, 
as — was held under five ME ts, in the 
Grove and Rectory fields, an аи ure at the western 
side of thet town, well situated for whi 
if larger would all the better the throng 
go 
increased 
distance brought in for 
from a Fm day by 
from reds Exeter, and other surroundin 
ж 
р alton sind tuberous rooted bh di e Coleus 
latter class, M & 
——— 
by drawing distant visitors in quantity, and not depends 
is not always forthcoming, By this means only can they 
secure the means to offer liberal d failing which 
is perm to look for the presence of d 
ithout whose productions these shows he. lack 
t to 
ncipal classes fine-leaved 
siii s were well Fe tran —— ees 
much more than ordina In the class o 
r 
flow 
Ма plene idly-colou n воцаце glabra 
and га доза - the foliage ing Lat 
borboni I4 across, s xn 
in its «e j- brite ж rdia сібса а d 
S spikes 
Phoenocoma се апа а vest д of ЕН. 
Allamandas. srs, Parker & 
3d, in whose 1 ot 
owered ; a good A um rianum, 
Lye calycina, V less grandiflora, anda well done 
eletia speciosa.  Messrs. Bryant & Ho We 
Bristol, were 4th, and amongst others ‘had the deep 
purple- “flowered La asian m ри Statice pron 
Fo 
ud Ixora amboinen x ornamental-f 
plants Messrs. Lu oile, Y SO IS 
h a moderate-sized, well-matched half-dozen, in- 
cluding a beautiful le of Cocos Weddelli 
Thrinax elegans, roton angustifolius; 2d, 
Messrs, Parker & Bush, in whose p were e 
& 
healthy examples of Livistonia altissima, and Cro : 
Weismanni; 3d, Messrs. Bryant & Hoskins, whi 
ad a very good lot, not over large, 
For six stove and greenhouse plants in flower 
Messrs. Bryant & Hoskins were 1st, with a nice col- 
lection of nr ae sized plants, in whic 
who had amongst othak 
ered Swainsonia 
super-Mare, 
Stephanotis flóribühds, o pea-flow 
galegifolia, and Erythrin a Crista-galli 
ean, well-grown 
which Mie ST irai oe dicarpa, Spe and fl : 
ены en Adiantum, Ghiesbreghti- * 
tk die Bro in whose group was 
ti dorite г. W. Perry, gr. to J. 
Кад, ., Shirehampton, had the best eight 
Айтайын theta ll plants, bu 
Mr. S. B i 
Sq., Weston-super-Mare. H 
rate in size, no fla 
as these 
Ist, Mr. Perry 
containing the not-often-seen Mesospinidium vulcani- 
i ГПа purpurata, and Odonto- 
ш, Mr, S. рир, у who s also 1st 
inias, 2 
Six x d 
2d dis 
: in зе and dwarf 
Hopkins; gr. to the Rev. W. С, 
etherton, New or rare plant; rst, 
