SEPTEMBER 4, 1875.] 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
289 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
SHOW of DAHLIAS, GLADIOLI, &c., 
September r, 1875. 
AWARDS of the JUDGES. 
CLass 1. E. р geo ec hag ei e (Open.) 
151, Mr. J. Keynes, The Nur s, Salisb 
agre ry in раніла cut ume ped (Nurserymen.) 
Crass 3.—12 DAHLIAS, cut blooms, distinct. (Amateurs.) 
ast, Mr. BY Glasscock, Rye Street, Bishop Stortfo aia 
ad, ке . Smith, New Villa, Hedge Lane, Edmon 
3d, Mr. J. Ce Qu uennell, Brentwood, Essex 
Crass 4.—12 FANCY e. cut Sod distinct. 
rst, Mr. J. Keynes. 
Crass 5.--6 FANCY i femora cut blooms, distinct. 
1st, Mr. Н. Glas ái 
2d, Mr. T. Adis Biin. Bucks. 
ASS 6.—24 GLADIOLI, cut spikes, distinct. 
Cra (Open.) 
Ist, й Robertson & Galloway, Nurserymen, &c., 
OW. 
2d, Mess Kelway & Son, The Nurseries, Langport, 
3d, м J. "Douglas Gr. to F. Whitbeurn, Esq., Loxford Hall, 
ete 7.—12 GLADIOLI, cut spikes, distinct. e in 
т, ME ILI ae Westwell Vicarage, Ashford 
Clings 8.—6 сарто, cut spikes, distinct, 
rst, Rev. H. H. Dombra 
2d, Mr. J. Dou 
3d, Mr. ете to Mrs. Benham, Syon Lodge, Isleworth. 
Crass 10.—12 HOLLYHOCKS, cut blooms, distinct. 
(Nurserymen. 
zst, Mr. G. Wheeler, The Nursery, Warminster, Wilts. 
CLASS 12.—24 FRENCH gri not fewer than 12 varieties, 
ist, E G. Wheeler ) 
2d, J: Stickler, Gr. to — May, Esq., London Road, 
- Жаран. 
ad, Mr. J. Morgan, Gr. to Major Scott, Wray Park, Reigate. 
Crass 13.—24 GERMAN ASTERS, m not fewer than 
12 varieties. (Ope 
LM Aus G. Wheele ad, ч J. Morgan. 
T. Be bun. Bagnor, Newbury. 
@uass 14.—12 pots of ASTERS, not fewer than 6 varieties, 
1st, Mr. R. Dean, Ranelagh Road. Ealing. 
mM Mr. 6 Wheel ROUBLE ZINNTAS peg (Open.) 
organ 
CLAss т, СЫ, d hog in t 
ist, Mr, C. Turn yal Nurseries, Slou 
Crass 18. APPLE, IRISH PEACH, 9 fruits. 
ist, Mr. R. Dea: 
Crass 19.—APPLE, EARLY JULIEN, 9 fruits, 
ist, Mr. T 
CLass 20.—APPLE, LORD SUFFIELD, 6 fruits. 
ist, Mr. E Brush, Gr. to Lady Hume Campbell, High Grove, 
Pinner. 
2d, Mr. W. Gardiner, Gr. to E. P. Shirley, Esq., Lower 
Ettington 'Park, Stratford-on-Avon. 
‘Crass 2r.— APPLE, any other — kind, ripe, 9 fruits. 
(Amateurs.) 
БР 
rst, Mr. T. Benham. | , Mr. J. Douglas. 
CLASS 23. eb Ж: бе CONGRÉS, 6 fruits. 
rst, Mr. J. D 
CLASS — е UE T Do xi jo ig 
їі, Mr. С. Whee | т. J. Dou 
Crass Pic oe any other dessert kind, ripe, — 
Ist, Mr. J. D | ‚ Mr. W. Gardin 
CLASS 26. OP S, 6 varieties, distinct, 9 fruits. 
ist, Mr. A uel Tee pra Gr. t o J. S. Cocks, Ésq., Thames 
k, Great 
Bürett Gr. to Ms. Hope, The Deepdene, Dorkin: 
x Me ха: КО. Gr. to. J, Wiki. [dug ooi Park, 
P. di 27. PLUMS, 3 к ЫЕ?" Б Сарды 9 fruits. 
bf Mr. A. taiea рь | , Mr. T. Record. 
; Mr J.B 
оту 29,—PEACHES single dish, 9 kie 
ers Mr. R. Dean. 
C FOR fruits. 
nt, ме J- Dos bo a ius single dish, 9. 
nome у Rer оттан а эь. 
Crass 32.—Collection of 24 ASTERS, 12 varieties i 
of the varieties offered tg Sutton's Spring Catalog d 
Amateurs' Guide for 18: 
тї, Mr. J. Morgan, di M 
?d, Mr. T. Benham, B 
Medal and £2 
ronze Medal and h: 15. 
ннен ti ace 
Florist, &c., Gloucester e South Kensing- 
ton, for a Group of Plants, Extra 
Mr. R. Dean, for x Dish of Apricots, kua Pei 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1875. 
———9————— 
BLACKBERRIES. 
BER has begun; and with its 
opening come the first indications of the 
d f mo 
ings, when le fil de la tris 
sainte Virge” as the French prettily call it— 
floats in the air, and the spider's webs form 
mimic barriers across our path. The season of 
“harvest homes” and “harvest festivals” is 
upon us—the first being one of our most pleasant 
and social old customs, and the last so natural 
and suggestive a mode of showing thankfulness 
for the blessings of harvest that it seems strange 
that it should be only a recent ecclesiastical 
development. Not only our orchards, but our 
ng with fruit—the Nuts and 
inasmu uch as they p 
any interesting points of various 
‘kinds are тр with the Blackberry, апа 
it may be worth while to glance at a few of 
them, referring, if need be, to its near relations, 
the Raspberry, Cloudberry, and Dewberry, in 
proof of the importance of the genus Rubus, to 
which the ey all belong. 
First of all, we must define what we mean by Tom 
= Blackberry or Bramble, inasmuch as 
“doctors disagree ” upon this, as upon most 
We may fairly leave to botanists 
, and comprising in itself, 
as Mr. Pickwick said of politics, *a study of no 
inconsiderable magnitude.” Certainly many 
Brambles have a distinctive appearance * 
i recognisa 
begins; and alt though i 
some truth, that this is a difficulty which must 
be present to all systematic botanists, it cannot 
be denied that in what are called “critical” 
genera the difficulty is increased to an ae 
e, however, 
will accept the popular interpretation of e 
term, а groups them all together under 
name of “ berri 
We are = accustomed to Blackberries in our 
hedges that it seldom occurs to us ы ask how 
they got there, more especially as, n 
presence is rather discourage by the 
their 
farmer, But such was not the custom in 
former days,as good old Tusser shows, when 
he says :— 
“ Go plough up, or mae up, adviséd with skill, 
The breadth of a 5 y 
When speedy qui лька for a fence ye will draw, 
To sow in the seeds of the Bramble and H 
This style of hedge-planting was maintained at 
a much later date. Martyn, in his edition of 
s point, and says 
a poor er soil in the shortest time an 
H * 
a bank, the upper of Hawthorn and the lower 
of Bramble, was tried with some success; but 
it is found that the Bramble oP ton much 
space to be employed with pro 
Thelong thorays erat of the folk ut 
o i e parts of the country by 
m uncomfortable, yet suggestive name of 
* lawyers ”—are not without uses of their own, 
either real or hindi. 
shoots as have o and 
their extremities. It seems almost incredible 
that even the present day, or, at all events, 
within the last га years, it has been the custom 
make a child afflicted wi 
n.many 
отару, ог 
means of сиге; yet such i is the case. _ Drawing the 
is ке thought to be beneficial Gloucestershire 
and Hertfordshire are the counties whence we 
have the most recent records a this senseless 
practice, which was also in vogue not long since 
in Worcester, Warwick, and Stafford. In Corn 
wall the same performance is gone through as a ' 
cure for boils, or s Via абалы Drayton has 
a reference to the c 
©“ Then thrice under a Brier doth creep, 
r inflam yee seases. 
h mixture, you observe, of бадыра апа 
iar цир ным three times : 
*'! There came three angels ou 
One brought fire and ud het at 
Out fire and i = frost, 
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." 
- The long Pp ЕЕ of the Bramble 
ave been applied to various uses at differen: 
In the en when thatched cottages 
by the 
to bruise them, and thus render them less 
to break when bent, as to deprive them of their 
prickles. The tops of young shoots have also 
been employed in : wool and silk black, 
and they Wert spaa in i ll days vbi 
a similar effect on the human hair. The : 
um a 
sülphate of iron an 
peo -gray A 
| tion from them is also pind for imparting a 
clear yellow to wool specially prepared for the 
purpose. Country boys choose the stouter 
branches of the Bramble to make “ standards” 
for kites, and they are sometimes used for bind- 
ing down the sods upon graves in country 
churchyards. The leaves have long been known 
ta possess astringent properties, and we find 
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