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306 ТЕЕ 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 4, 1875, 1 
« And developed flowers. The best nine were staged 
Thompson, a stle-on-Tyne, who had 
u eres: 
Moin DR ouve, Peer ‚ Orphée, Madame Des- 
rtes, Eugène Scribe, ce the rest unnamed. Mr, 
George Charlton, th, 2d, having Eugéne 
Scribe, Robert Fortune, Horate aM et, Le Gouve, 
and some fine seed The re also clusters for 
seven and six spikes; and these were well shown 
so. The best seven came fi . FE Tho on, 
and the 2d best vw Mr. J. Burrell. The best six 
were staged . Thos. Battersby, Blaydon-on- 
by 
yne; Mr. Sum ell b icing again 2 
Hollyhocks in spikes were somewhat below the 
кн the recent peor weather 2 pre 
t flowe es be 
Nosegays a ачаары сасон, seeing that the aloe 
are = only flowers having finely 
formed 
"ари! "French Marigolds, i in all their ему = 
at Bishop Auckland. ЕА model flower is d Tike 
a Ranunculus, the 
of 
The striped varieties were very n ly sho 
also were the orange and lemon African varieties ; 
and here, again, mere size ca ntage, 
d S, 
six stove and 
open class were staged by 
a bon Middlesborough, several collec- 
javanica, 
All 
manda 
ee was 2d, the best plants 
ea, Stephanotis floribunda, and 
Ixora co 
the other class 
ough on the whole 
wel- | modate the plants, &c. ; the 
nicely grown, as 
— Vallota d Plembare capensis, Lan- 
roni, Petuni Fuchsias › Clematis, &c. 
у, 
Van Houtte, Flambeau, and Em i 
varieties were Dr. Lindley, Dr. Koch, very fine, and 
fo 
competition was exceedingly keen, 
were awarded to Mr. N. B 
Mr. Westcott, Ra 
this is done it is the — at Bishop ааай. б 
неа together the Ist and 2d prizes, and equ 
divide : no 2d 
oliaged plants were a strong feature, and the 
T 
me! cta, M. zebrina, 
very fine ; Dicksonia а Pandanus. A 
group from МЕ m oble, Woodburs, was placed 
which Pandanus utilis, very fine; 
ii a ferre 
ampl 
sapida, Draczna OM ‘oon 
Хейс | Ms viis. and Latania borb 
were excellent examples of Davallia Mooreana, an 
gant exhibition геа; Leptopteris acm Gleich- 
enia flabellata, Adian ия p for sum, Gymnogramma 
peruviana argyrophy а, &c, Mr. James Noble came 
2d with Thamnopteris = іорће 
There was a falling off іп the fruit department, as 
compared with Lu aep AT The best selection of 
eight — came from H. Jo nes, Wynward Park, 
and c sed le Seedling and Black Ham 
Peaches, segage na ports Figs, 
о a class eight dishes 
vh som ы е sparingly 
varieties 
an 
“Hal Mu E четящ 
diate the latter one name 
ad hog variety apparen 
intermediate in character bein n Red Astrachan and 
P d ears, &c., al wal represented, but 
it was physically impossible to obtain particulars 
owing to the throng of visitors. 
Vegetables were numerously and splendidly shown, 
and we must be content with simply bearing testimony 
to their high "m ass quality. 
The sum of £1020 was taken at the entrance gates, 
the greater vut of it in one shilling admissions. 
— — of the great crowd w 
"à dm (From a Correspondent.) 
Trowbridge Horticultural: August 25. Sce 
те па аа was agai 
an im pais 
er of persons тех into T3 нот тот = parts 
to posed the exhibition. On th of the 
má фо» the town gives itself up to a general holi- 
woollen and other are stop fo 
the day, the shops are closed, and for once business is 
sacri to pleasure ; excursion trains run from Bath, 
Bristol, and the shen lace, and the adjacent 
villages pour in their s from all 
first-class military ban di is чоъ engaged, which is a 
great source of attraction ; and, like the towns in the 
= такыр * and northern coun aad EE manifests 
at liking for high-class music. - The committe 
d э upon themselves a 
2 
o 
nes financial ie erue e 
u ; fine е E = 
ts the ом "show 
mething like £230 to * e ss a “the 
kc at their banker's 
x 
131 
others railway station, oa though it is pes 
la- | Ke deficient in shade, experie ence has shown that i if it 
attendance results. Six large tents, arran oat ane 
circle round the circumference of the бы. accom- 
band is stationed in the 
middle, and there is ample space for perambulation 
round it, 
The admirable n: carried out at Trow- 
prope greatly ass 
nvariably 
er 
tent, and in a short time the prize cards 
are ыс to the group. 
ants are always a good feature at Trowbridge, 
though this season wi! tnessed a slight falling off in 
numbers as well as in in the quality of the Кас This 
experience has been by no means pec rOW- 
bridge. The leading class is for nine stove and green- 
house plants: the best group came from Mr. J. F, 
ould, Io whose best exam sata аша Б 
insignis, na 
with Ch 
amabilis, Stephanotis ILE ane Soe pro E. 
In the amateurs! class for six ts, Mr. Matthews, 
gr. to W. rown, Esq., was titi h Рһоепосота 
prolifera Barnesii, Ro ndeletia speciosa nae Statice 
Holfordii, Ixora Mea Allaman msgid T 
Rhynchospermum cg id Mr. x rdan 
Major Clark, was ш d, his best examples being Pale- 
dieit Roezlii , finel ; Cassi 
uc 
ne | dec 
e dew folisged sleek аме from Mr. W. JEN 
The great feature of the show in the way my of flower- 
ing plants was the Fuchsias, and in respect of the cul- 
tivation of fine examples of this popular  Trow- 
bridge could, in all Drobebility, "hold pens against 
any other place in the United Kingdom, The 
a 
are of size, finely Soper Sly: foliage, and splen. 
didly bloomed. The on grower is Mr, T. 
gr. b m КОСУ Hall, Deviz 
is Ist prize six plants consisted of Arabel] 
Lye, an marginata, iex me sie arieties ; 
Acme, and the s. Hay, d 
apod t to find alt in ee be n the rig 
character shown by the three dark varies .2d 
Matthews, gr. to W 
€ 
жан, а pur and Rose of Castile, all 
n the class for four varieties 
M th dt e tables on Mr. Lye 
peci 
б quality of Sewers seen on thes 
Ver чен nas E pots are well done fide also. The 
obbs, gr. to W. S. 
and consisted of Lilac King, Wm 
i beck, one 7 the be 
ymnogra 
phila australis тинн antarcti 
'hamnopteris nidus ic 
Blechnum corcovaden ense. 
from — M 
a 
many other plant RA but Ec foregoing comprise. 
the leading featur 
In "x ed ie ed EN the best twenty 
Dahlias nvariably the case, from 
John Keynes, ашу The lea 
Victor, a new fancy, Y show in the self 
rd Purchase, and Dolly 
symmetrical bloo Th t 
me from Mr. Keynes, and comprised capital bloo 
f Mrs. Saunders, yellow ti i 
ng flower ; Oct n, Flo yatt, a 
Lamont, and Fanny Sturt, The best six blooms 
a seedling D of 1874 were Delig 
ged with rosy lilac—petal, outline, and c 
ianca, G i 
Aubrey de Vere, ve in colour; St. 
very fine ; Lady Georgiana Fane, very fine ; Knight 
of Malta, Rosalind, very fine; Monstera, 
Bothynia, very fine; and General Lanza, The oth 
flo staged were very much inf: 
Collections of twenty-four distinct varieties of cut 
flowers were a capital feature, becau 
played. st came fr tj 
cluded such fine as Allamanda cathartica, 
b za Vesuvius, Eucharis 
Dipladeaia amabilis, Rochea falcata, Erica Bo 
"| е t of + like this are i "i 
pr to the boxes of paltry bouquets seen 
| Readi N А Mr Brow, 
2d, and his stand included the gorgeous Dipladenia 
Brearleyana, D. amabilis, ree Hendersoni, 
Vinca 
Bougainvillea glabra, La a rosea, alba, 
and Ma Van Volx s | 
rs were splendidly Dvd : fact, the season 
üppests to Be сваю ss 
ment of this splendid 
Bowers camia fom Mr. ©. Garawa, Pott. AN " 
