Litt: 
AUGUST 28, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 
275 
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macrorhiza co P Cyanophyllum spectandum, and 
Croton Е: 
Mr. J. Applin sel the only group of ten stove 
use Ferns, good medium-sized, well grown 
plan ts were 
A. australis, 
m corcovadense, Tham- 
nopteris australasica, Adiantum trapeziforme, and A 
mosum. Hardy Ferns are generally well shown 
at Reading, and on this occasion one good group in 
icular was stage 
Stove and greenhouse plants in ipie of aoe were 
= nted by one set only, fro r, J. F. Mould, 
urseryman, erts zes. The ju vn н; м them 
MY of the prize of É 5 withheld it, and gave them 
the 2d prize. They consisted of a large and iiy 
eel but ронак Allamanda Schottii 
three small but ea Sr ge ed Ericas, B 
o 
5 ом, the Ist prize going 
well grown and effec- 
a Le ponen nadier, Конек 
А em ip a. Mt. 
Phippen & R “with 
examples of Lilium tigrinum flore-pleno. T 
well grown and flowered, came from Mr. J. Mille 
‚ to К. Attenborough, Es sq., Whiteley Grove, the 
Best being Ambrose Verschaffelt, longiflora major, 
S Beilin ng E RM 
ms, Coc were also 
shown, and on the whole wel, but wd did not call 
for spesial pena. Phloxes in pots were well done, 
large, well-bloomed specimens being staged by Messrs. 
Phippen & Robinso 
i озаже Р xem. were well shown, the 
plants nicely grown and grandly coloured, Particularly 
was this true of the best half-dozen, s 
У; е 
of the Gold and Bronze type. Mr. J. Ashby, gr. to 
W. Fanning, Esq., was 2d, with well grown plants, 
including some = се Silver Tricolors, but they ae 
ne 1 velopment tha aracte 
Mould's plants, gira other exhibitors competed i in 
... Cut flowers, рее not largely, = et well shown. 
A fine stand of tw enty-fou 
well as 
of twelve fancy Dahlias me x Мт. J. Walker, 
Thame, and the rst а were ашы in each 
ter :— ram ice, Queen of 
Yellows, HM Sultan, James Cocker, Vice-Presi- 
t, Fi ы Dr. Molah сона Tetterell, 
Flora Wiyat Wi 5 
q sot a nicely 
» m and Ver- 
b were also ема y^: twenty- 
four and twelve bes of miscellaneous cut flowers, 
and the character 
c 
f 
ose о sho 
decorations oed those made from wild flowers having 
best ions to artistic skill; also bridal 
bouquets and b а. holes. 
was a remarkable show of 
es s of fruit was sepii by Mr. J. d eger 
E ~ р Walter Esq., M. arwood, an 
of Black Hamburgh and Buckland ers diem 
s te last very fine ; тоте s Plum, Victory of 
$ e, Royal Ascot Peaches 
| Shipley Apricot, and Morello Cherries, 2d, Mr. C, 
e Court, Newbury, who 
cot, 
Fig. "The best four dishes cassie Eit 
genas, gr to to Т, of Royal G ocks, Esq., G 
Lachs 
dk Apricots Tam ditio ^ 2d, 1 Mz. T. Lockie, 
gt. to Lord р Mg жесем EE Court, Windsor, 
Peaches, 
Ash to W. Fanning, Esq., with three large 
nd finely developed bunches, full sized in berry, 
wellcoloured, and carrying a beautiful ян ; 2d, 
r. T. Robinson, Royal I. E. College, Englefield 
en ; 3d, Mr. Noah Kneller, gr. t Í еб : 
e 
field Court маг from Mr. J. Atkin 
oyd Lindsay, kinge Park, Wantage 
Lad донае м ме pos by M а С. Parham, 
and Black Р Haw white 
Grapes, the tn ae Гота of Mosi of Alexandra 
ame also . Ashby; Mr. s, of Win 
eld, 2d ; and Mr. Feist, gr. to J ton, Esq., 
Englefield Green, 3d. he last were beautifull 
oloured examples, but rather small in bunch and 
erry. There were not less tha dishes 
Muscats. The best dish of any other white Grape 
was Buckland Sweetwater, from Kneller, 
Malshanger Park Gardens, and fine ples on 
could scarcely wish to see. The bunches were very 
e, some in shape; the berri eat size 
and beautifully coloured. Mr. Kneller ys gro 
to the best a tage, ell main- 
reputation on this occasion. In fact, judging 
also well exhib 
usly чч the leading 
varieties being Stirling Castle, Royal George, Belle- 
rde, and Sulhamste ectarines were repre- 
sented by good examples of Elruge, Violette Hive 
and Pitmaston Orange ; A b 
an 
Frontignan were 
e same remark applies to Plu in 
classes for three an o for single dishes. There 
were good examples of Kirke's, Jeff 's, Prince of 
Б 
toria, Figs, Melons, Apples, both dessert and culi- 
nary, w shown. 
The apple to vegetables, which. are 
always oaks oo vele; Reading, and, as usual, were 
numerously s 
e silver ép Piven by omms Sutton & Sons for 
three sorts of Cucumbers and th с of Melons, a brace 
of each тейге, was won by the only exhibitor, Mr. 
T. Lockie, gr. a Lord Otho Fitzgerald. The Cucum- 
bers were Marquis of rne, Masterpiece, in the way 
of Telegraph, but t with slight white M and Duke 
of C onnau ught, a ucumber after the type of 
onro's Duke of. Edinbur rgh, but not so дее ер їп 
n UO BER VERE еге Цо rticultural 19421 ИФ 
ud. The Society is ое! in being able to hold 
which not only 
m ow: 
of the show. The well kept grounds, studded with fine 
trees and shru el lenty of room, the ата 
views о uresque scenery, 
which this district] is justly e N are in every wy 
well ada; ul floral 
who look u a y horti- 
cultural p i feel sat lished with the 
respective excellence of the objects displayed, but the 
attendance of the public is quite as h influenced 
e presen 
all who give the subject consideration 
Almost every town in the country now a cul- 
cially successful, demand a corr increase in 
the attendance of visitors : there is no better means 
this than by selecting for them the most 
attractive sites. d ж 
Large ove were 
shown well and with a more than usual 
nl bers, 
ance of those they are associated 
ши -leaved subjects were in force, both as to umbers, 
ах conditi re are many of the 
old ‘school of plant-growers who even yet lament th 
introduction of fine- pos ed s into favour, yet 
what would be the a t them, not 
alone of the exhibition ion siage, sage, hut 0 the home conser- 
vatory, where they constitute a grand and important 
wee in Sra mme and also gr Y improve die 
of the flowering thin with them 
n great quantities and 
faultless condition), Dahlias 8, ae Roses were well 
represented. 
Pears, 
b entifully produced. 
In the tent tá to dl мег roductions, one 
noticeable feature was the marked oe of the 
vegetables here over those shown e gentlemen’s 
eners, and this, moreover, Pm vegetables 
receive ; quite their full share of encouragement. This 
lections, but all through the classes, Were proof 
of the E ven at these exhibi- 
tions actin erful facétitive to induce cot 
tagers and allotment- іе to make the most of their 
ens, go far to prove it. 
The following embrace a few of the principal 
in flower : 
5 
B. 
SSES £ 
The competition here was very close betwixt Mr. 
Heath and Mr. Cypher, both of нае, the 
manda nobilis, the fine late-bloom 
Heath, dt major, an excellent Clerodendron Bal- 
as in this case, covered with healthy foliage and plenty 
of bloom, anything but despisable. pher had, 
mongst others the gularly mia petalled 
Gloriosa superba, Static att ar bly 
pro usa, 
re twelve foliage = жез Me sath was Aus Ist, 
5 owing an exceedingly fine’ dorén, in which was a 
good C pena filicifolia, Eurya japonica variegata, 
well coloured ; amærops excelsa vera, Crotons 
Weismanni p" ictus x AE 
2d ; in his lot were the ‘fine Palms Geonoma pu 
the best of the Screw Pines, and a highly coloured 
Croton longifolius variegatus. , Т. А. Stoughton, 
Esq., his best being Musa Ensete, Acanthophcenix 
crinita, an ormium ten vyarieg: 
foliage plants: 1st, Col. Kingscote; 2 à 
Stanton, Esq., М.Р. Three foliage plants : ES 
A. Stoughton, Esq., in whose group w 
Croton undulatus ; Es 
exotic Lr rns : 
showin in 
beautifully coloured young 
ol. Kingscote. ine 
ings fs, alo, for si) 
wo 
2d, M Gladi Ca 
Chaplin. Six Gladioli: rst, Captain Chaplin ; 2d, 
Mr. D. Bloodworth ; г. А, J. Stanton, Twelve 
Ros (f£ loodworth ; 2d, Ca 
Chaplin ; 3d. Mr. A. B. Winterbotham Si 
H on ; 
Mr. G. Hollo Two bun white Grapes : Ist, 
Mr ia Ыр 2d, Mr. G. Holloway; 34, 
Colonel Kingscote. Dish of Peaches: rst, 
Isa е7. of condit I5 ME A. CIN 
\ Captain Chaplin, 
1 Ist, Mrs. Nexus 
e 
Winte 
Plums (collection of six varieties) : 
2 
es (six varietie: tg oe Е, ED Fa 
ars (six varieties): Ist, Mr. J. Gainer, (From a 
Сорта. ) 
Metropolitan Floral: August 24 and 25.—The 
annnal exhibition of this Society was held on Tuesday 
and Wednesday last, at the Alexandra Palace, 
Thame ; 
gr. to Major Scott  Wray Park, 
Mr. Jame Te oe 
Anderso: 6 ыг Сте 
was the aig exhibitor “oh sy go 
the Ist prizes orty-eight, and for twenty-four 
i or the time., Mr, 
^ 
correspo: 
tion dnm к for the dame алго 
