274 IHE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Aucust 28, 1875. 
Probably the cause will have to be looked for in 
another direction, and a at present be classed, with 
the sudden deca e Apricot, as one amongst 
Nature’s mysteries, 
Lilium auratum at Colchester.—We have 
à show of Lilium auratum just now (indeed, 
e have had for the last Жы weeks, and it is likely 
Ми last as long igni in two ieu of groun аб con- 
taining about We are obliged to cut the 
flowers by чата every day to prevent че boys 
from getting over and stealing the bloo 
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e one sold under th 
me, but the crimson b bro-vitt true 
extends to the o petal, entirely replacing 
the golden band; the virginale is nd variety, 
d very scarce even in Japan. The New Plant and 
Bulb Company. [Where, thi e, the forms 
ti 
are его 
less to think of naming them. A few of those sent 
DS.] 
were good forms, 
Dutch Catalogues.—There is an рч d Toe that 
** Foo. ools rus in where angels fear to tread." For 
existence, whi unhappy friend, 
“Н, W. W.,” starts up, draws everybody's attention 
to ‚ and advertises more 
any amount of advertising on their part rt could e 
hope todo, “Н, W. W.” is at once disingenuons s eei 
illogical, He says :— sale 
solicit, T their traveller, orders from ss mgt nursery- 
ot pleased with that, the traveller calls upon 
rs at the same place for order for the same 
acp ы чү 
B 
4 9 TIS PATI, ee T. 
o the trade," 
m E. the nd — tubers, 
very o nurse 
ein et a a discount off 
conduct of the 
These words — 
rouses his w to the ,1s just the 
e of the entire trade here. They (che Dutchmen) 
offer their bulbs to Һе trade” a eners alike, and 
ey ful ers from both in ini cts the same, 
to the n men they would and do allow 
e discount off." SET W. W.'s" threat of 
tannia to be even for a single season 
being beret. н her darling bulbs, She (Britannia) oul 
in еве схі aordinary circumstances n o the 
8 * orting direct EST 
h , and might by-and-bye find that *'the trade," 
at least in this branch, could be done per 
y well without, whilst the nurserymen 
other hand would discover that by their little ** huff » 
wa had tene Vg to spite their эт by cutting off 
“Н, W. W.,” however, purposely or 
in, improperly natrows ah es area of the 
question by comin g down upon the Duch bulb growers 
alone. Why does he not — warn the German 
| houses, the gr ian plant nurseries, the 
French Gladioli and. Rose growers, the frequent bulb 
and plant auctions, &c., for their interference with 
4 trade ” rights, customs, and profits? The fact is 
^ ." takes a strictly partial view of the 
matter, with which the general public may well be 
pard or disagreei No doubt that resource of 
all stout Protectionists, an Act o Puer might 
be agit for, to prevent all thes E 
; but it 
foreigners from invading этиий interests, of pu ting 
their profane in the sacred trade 
be when got, а 
fingers 
use 
ке ни 
n e no doubt, somewhat 
P ысыды, эз, анте n CES Were 
leg, bot the | 
for the THE athome, In ein I may state 
that I consider DE M va take a much more 
pro аын positi it has ever done Ro the 
national life, The. idit t of the str ide drink c med 
last year very nearly amounted to the total pem а 
>A ы ^ pd in "S ы 
of ney n thrown тт t 
thousands ‘Of | lives ati м of Mid of c сотне. 
ecd ruined by it. Horticultu 
he true antidotes for these 
кайруу, as they do, proper pleasure 
ents of a healthful and improving kind, 
of never- кунн variety T interest. Iam, Chevette, 
delighted when I observ pil ie of cheap books, 
usic, or flowers, pening supposing it should in its 
advent tread upon a few kadi d Cor ns. И. А. 
It is certainly high time p Engli eae in 
the bulb trade more acoger e the ma of 
utch flower or Me ants, aay ue 
consideration. It is wall known that the entire Dutch 
теб, ү c 
pd evils, su 
and am 
ing orders from the trade, and some of whom are the 
very men who send a око 
рен g gentlemen. They co 
t ood orders t twenty-five, fifty, one hundred, 
or five hundred more kin et no sooner do they 
reach home than ot they nd d ош their retail catalogues, 
and, it sometimes happens, to one's next-door neigh- 
bour. If they, the Dutch merchants, do not know 
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по 
of flower-root growers, perhaps thoutanda, in an 
round the pem ste Haarlem, but a mply grow 
o their fellow s men; the 
perii n coun ntr ries, 
m wholes ale dealers 
in this — would take this unbusiness-like act of 
own exporters vm Holland 
ood sense in the 
e Dutch merchant may say, І 
was a merchant with a finer бур. ME аа І Hg 
of another Dutchman a wie бааги This 
question. Perhaps it mall mt 
business, PEE los for lack of м business-like course 
of action, y 
of 100s, VER a ра the same advan vantage asthebuyer 
of 4100 worth of goods, Take into consideration the 
Traveller in Holland, who 
ulbs. 
nows ps кжм about B 
e Snowfiake to.—Having noticed som 
remarks hg atin j^ extraordinary fertility of th the 
Snow o, I think it may not be uninteresting 
to your male 1 know that 1 lb. of seed which І 
hased i This 
is certainly a pets зт. produce, A t is unequalled 
in this neighbourhood, and, I think, will bear diei 
E 
Gr. to H. Beevor, Esq., Blyth, Worksop Nu 
` 
Reports of Societies. 
Alexandra District Floral and EAT 
—The he 
ees i 21. eadquarters of thi ety are 
Pen ge, just Бе the Crystal Palace, ава it v 
formed about aes Аа: eing the seventh mm 
sho ne rpm supporters was the 
Mr. T mory of this genial Kindiy 
member of the Ziferazi is ; held in great r se рв mong 
the members, and his presence at the ann 
much missed. 
the Society’s fp nae the са ч be madea 
very a one, The und is a sm 
od’s Prize 
наа in the form of a book eoi pue: a editor - 
of Fun 
Plants consisted of Pelargoniums, variously repre. | 
all та 
sented, but more or less vigorously grown; Petu f 
ias, Golesi Fuchsias, Lilium m tigrin um, Es speciosu m 
ydrangeas, Asters, , Ferns, Can. | | 
panula Barrellieri, &c. Some of 
able signs of window culture, o 
it in small de structures a i| 
of the classes there was a spirited compet | 
an aod p judges shad ao ork to do in some instances 
in adjusting the 
were repealed nted by Asters, Rol 
ansies, Verbenas, Holl hocks, An f 
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tion was restricted to ladies only—andjas the bouquets | 
rdinary garden flowers, scarlet = 
о tly preponderated. here е | 
ome floral decorations, one of the most conspicui 1 
a huge cross ; table deco orem pape E 
eine ions of wild flowers ve Sate In al] 
these classes special prizes nerally E 
articles or books 
Fruit ыы ЖЫ esci by Apples, on usd whole ve 
коба; Pea ut-door Grapes, Gooseberries, &c., bit | 
as there were but few classes it was ciis a small pa i Ё 
of a a 4 
e other hand the display of аа was ven | 
étternives ; and there must be a d soil abouti 
examples sh Sir C, Н. Miles, Bart., M.P.,0 
of th mbers st d as 
prize an excellent dinner service for the best collection 
of vegetables in varieties, a 
ached 
all well shown, Special enim chen offered by Л 
J. G. Talbot, M.P., for kidney and also for 
lve round —ÀÀÀ en TR 
dishes were sta ged, a in e latter, — | 
Headley's Nonpareil. | 
examples of Pa 
Woodstock 
m Toss Early King, &c., kidneys. E 
very interestin, of lants was stag’ 
e ee RE ea eaae! o 1 
sisted кезг ече of Рес and Coleus ; б 
the former es capitally grown and flowered examples 
of Fred. Genge, De Lesseps, Acme, n s Matilda 
(a pretty pink), D) Hasty urner, ing, Welling: | 
on, Colonel Holden, President Thiers, Cerise (very | 
pretty), Alice S i 
TO the afternoon th 
Mr. J. G 
— rss t 
e prizes ted bf | 
‚ Talbot, М.Р. (From a Cor Orr odi d 
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Reading Horticultural ; Aug. 19.— For some | 
ther ther ere was a mar arked fa falling. off i Я 
геаѕоп ог 0 
the plant cl agcasi ing t | 
the usual exhibitors not having brought their plants 
.turf-bank ked aked in 
quence, ges the untoward season had something 
to do with it also 
A group of ten ee — shown by м | 
. Applin, gr. to Н. Sim Дыш. 2 Rea 
were in such splendid cto á 1 a place 
any exhibition, oup coinprised Танай be | 
Ananas: a 
ica, Pandanus eiat simus, 
kei ae Alocasia es vey" запи B 
na tralis, Maranta zebrin clint | 
Dd. disco or, Pandanus Ron а alt s, and | 
ocasia m ca, on well deserved double the 
amount of the Ist prize o them. Groups of 
ur plants were ney shows; Т | 
to Mr. С. Parham, gr. to С. Мау, Esq., who had à | 
od Maranta Vanden Heckei, with a large number | 
of i finely-marked leaves ; Cocos Mcr. x1 
nthurium magnificum, with and finely-m Т 
leaves ; and Latania borboni mes Mr. H. Elliott, | 
with good examples of Croton variegatus, Alocasii | 
