THE 
AvuGÜsT 14, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
211 
"o Bush; 2d, Messrs, 
ho owing Croton majesticu 
their Ое. —Six stove and 
sreenhouse plants a flower: Ist, Mr. Perry, who 
taged a good half-dozen, in whi ch was a well- 
- yloomed Kn c Statice ed Clerodendron 
Пады ae a Bougainvillea, ho 
xd, al very good Six, his best байл ак 
эу pe ery large fl G. 
Matthews. 
ipt ён & Pince; both 
Six Mibi foliage plants : ist, Mr. 
Mr. G. Matthews. 
on; Mr. Paine ; howed 
10t over- aet plants, Eight hardy Fes: 
"Mr. Paine w: was Ist, Mr. Hallett 2d Fuchsias were 
open 
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a: Wright, Esq., Weston-super-Mare; 3d, Mr. G. 
rs. Matthews. Six Zonal Pelar sea Ist, Mr. Paine; 
3 24, Mr. pate. Six variegated Pelargoniums : Ist, 
1 { Mr, E. Hall, B: ath; 2 2d, a Gu gr. to Mr 
ion, especia weather we 
had has evidently suited ; man he flowers 
ften seen i 
i of twenty-four Messrs. Paul 
Son were Ist, with a extremely good lo 
mea c 
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. Chard, Salisbury ; 2d, Mr. 
ol. 
bree, of Wellington, was 15 in the open 
disses for twenty-four Dahlias and twelve fancies, 
so early ve ots blo: He was 
bé: velling its colour, in which T is rax dq. d the finest 
that has yet appeared: it may be described as a 
d ur of this variety can best be 
giro realised „Ьу placing it p Brenchleyensis, ыен 
i ero 
| inre ure white ground, flaked wit th purple, bottom pet etal 
ШЕШЕНЕ dee oe. a colossal flower, possessing beautiful 
P ent, salmon-red, strea wi eep 
T ‘ed, à bold, Al shaped flower. as they we 
leserved, received, neg vor Certificates Mr. 
: rown 7-а he t, conspicuous 
umongst which w. pike: of Ke lway’s Hogarth—a 
pan flower, blush flaked with lilac, udis on bottom 
;»etals. 
IN С 
“гин was brought out in considerable qui 
Gem specially Grapes, of which so 
-yery excellen mples were staged. "Twelve sides 
Mr. Hallett “tone the lead, ме = a good collection, 
Muscat and Ham Grapes, Peaches, 
Nectarines, pe «Booed a i, Sweeting, ed to 
Venn, Es 
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ГО Н E " ° 
T. X , Sneyd Park, Bristol . Pines 
Famili gr. E. Spicer, „ Ришеу, „ Ме 
- "Wood, gr. to С. Harbin, Esq., Newton House, 
Yeovil, equal 1st. White Grapes, three bos ches 
tst, Mr. O'Brien, gr. to Mrs, ing, B rsling- 
юп, with not over large but finely coloured ah ches 
2d, Mr. б. К. Daley, o Mrs, Ride, eovil. 
gr. 
TOTUM M hree bunches of black Ааа Ist, Mr. К, Shore, 
oam i the Rev. J. Heyworth Irym, 
_ with good Hamburghs, weighing near b, per 
sess in berry, and well covered with bloom ; 
Mr. eme 2d, with very nice examples of Venn's 
- Black in shape not unlike Madresfield Court, 
eshed: 1st, Major Law, Banwell ; 
Melons, -fl 
= T Ua А 
pipe. eeting, . Perry, 2 pricots : 
Rr Mr G. мая а; "Mr. Somerville. There 
accen: show of hardy fruits, good i in quality. 
etables were plen might ex- 
ected from the district, of Сы усте ty. 
( For a collection Mrs. Pin 
o 
i 7974 tent being filled with exhibits that were 
enm creditable to all concerned. (from а Corre- 
ctt 
- Newport and County Horticultural ; August wal 
This was the first exhibition of gis ewly formed 
Society. 1 Hitherto it has been s dM 6 MEA 
ер org rece in the autumn, but it was 
small a scale that ay was danger of its dying 
oat toe want of i ater est. attempt was then put 
forth to form a ue ifi Кен for Newport апа 
district, and t 
M.P. for Newport, the M 
many other gentlemen of D district lent their support, 
and there n ing a 
ppears every prospect of 
good айка] "exhibition of horticultural ^in at 
ewport e Welsh district horticultural home 
are no so numer an 
eadi 
uickened den was the first 
ges of the N tuor dà Ar 
moters were very fort nate in procuring an 
eligible: site xe ad show almost within the heart of 
pikes the King’s Hill field, 
which adjoins б rede “of M. Jones nd 
if it can be pe ann 
it will be of great as wide nce in > 
view, as ii is а an easy dist 
station. That Ne 
es t the fronts of the dwellings ; while 
n the bye streets ‘inhabit ed by the w 
orking classes 
thers were man „ездер of a liking fot the culture 
rs : in one ver 1 forecourt garden cou 
e seen growing quee Ame bush of Fuchsia fulgens, 
З : 
be 
and plants of the sa е specia. tad d ш, ms xim 
in dade The id 
strategical position, beantifilly SERE | if Колы Bot 
of lofty hills on the east, the north, 
and the west, and gifted by Nature with a dee and 
p tidal river, DE through a 
t 
level co e ignbouring waters o 
Bristol Channel. The nty of anoa is 
mous for its antiqu uities ‘aad historical associ 
tions, for it odis the site of the ancient and once 
on, the great Roman 
city of Caerwent, Llantarnam Abbey, the Priory of 
ет Tintern Abbey, &c. 
exhibits were grouped in one large tent, -— 
e expected at a к, с there was 
lack of completeness in the a: angements whic piis 
a little extra d to the nm matter that will 
soon come ri -— officials gather ak brin 
The leading ta Or six varieties of stove and 
greenhouse plants in Mower, the only groups being 
staged Us 
59.› Eng who 
exampl ^ he La Pda stove md greenh 
; Ro tO Jota 
plants came from Mr. Harris, 
Davis, Esq., Mr. Watti 2d. 
Fine-foliaged plants were nicely shown by Mr. 
jakt tie, ор alo also Ist i class for six with 
mples kh who appears to 
ie the leading лад al tivator to Mr. Wattie, 
smaller but nicely developed specimens. 
i lan 1 Mr, Harris 
chim 
varieties being 
escena. longiflora major, and the 
Met The bes alsams, large in finel 
бечои. were shown by Mi Mr, John Davis, of Castle 
гуч 
ycopods, wellgrown, wereshown by Mr. J. Towell, 
gr. T io Colonel м and Mr, J. Bishop. The former 
took ve = qu 
f the best flowered Zonal Pelargoniums we 
on this occasion, 
hate adi oy season were staged 
т» M.P., large 
Mr. Harris 
'The best four came from Mr. T. Co 
ғ, L SEES gr. to Thomas Cordes, 
Eg. голодний. 
уен fine saint arg of Roses were staged by 
mes Garaway & Co., Bristol; Cranston & 
Mage Gidea, Her eford ; and W. Earl Cut 
Pibes, erbe enas, Carnations and Picotees, and 
boxes of cut flowers were also neatly shown. 
The best collection of fruit came кон 2 e gardens 
of Tredegar Castle, and consisted of Black Hamburgh 
and Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, Tee MAE Moor- 
park Apricots, &c. Th excellent hes of 
Duchess of Buccleuch Grapes were staged by Mr 
eo. Hai r. to Jno. Y go 
ines in pots, as well as Peaches Nectarines i 
r 
wn. Other fruits were fairly repre- 
not call for. special remark. 
Vegetables Vie very well shown indeed, jour ue 
in the classes for collections ; and there was abundan 
deners about 
m exhibits, though not numerous, were of a vd 
tory character, and a great accession of e 
bitors is ooked for next year. (From a leon 
ent.) 
Royal Botanic: August aes ager "gne 
Londesborough, Lord К 
Smith as ne rS 
eden an 
25 Hii t 
appears that the affairs 
factory state, 
ot the Society are in a satis- 
cess of rain at the 
y somewhat interfered with the success of 
exhibitions and the evening /Z/z. 
A total of 124 new Fellows had been elected during 
ment is not neglec ; a con 
garden, and an extensive ra agé oti gree hos iii is de- 
voted to the practical cie a of botany, and (as m 
tioned in the Society's charter of pr une ob its 
— to the arts and manufactures, In this special 
collection are now to be seen most of the plants, 
whether natives of the tropics or the temperate zones, 
from which һе 
draws his supply of food and drink, either that which - 
consi ecessary as the staff of life—bread, 
the timber for his h d 
which to beautify them—yea, and even to adorn h 
о по lf”; in fact, the sources of the тат 
streams of wealth fl g from the vegetable creation 
to satisfy our wants or ts are 
or less brought before our eyes i 5 со 
pass. In the year 185t th 
admitted free upon application to study in the gardens. 
This year, 1874-5, the number was 364, includi 
thi ies and artists ; 32,94 
cut specimens were given É and 
ents 
The lectures, which are free to all visitors to the 
gardens, pe were delivered by Tokak Bentley, 
were s ended. 
which, at a considerable cost to itself, 
thus liberally epistles to all-comers practical informa- 
tion touching on so many and so great a variety of 
su with our daily life, our manufac- 
Apiary. 
NEY HARVEST.—We have certainly had no 
examples, literally covered with flower HoN 
came 2d, with plants high-class cultivation, зт А, harvest for the past буе years so poor as as the 
but beaten by the massi t one: we are now experience of 
es’ еса A. the Nort! of agent. Asarule in wet rainy sea: 
ames pips of ts Variegated ———H— cls us breeding go 
Pelargoniums e y done; — in in 
growth, an and the c well marked, — on at a rapid pace. On tbe contrary, it does not follow 
Cranston 
fine erue Mole, 
Newport, 
blooms was repel by Mr, E. Fowler у In 
ke use of it 
to the extent they would if the flowers and M 
and 
were o oney- 
dew deposited on the leaves of trees is washed off by 
heavy a Honey being may ex it 
