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SEPTEMBER 4, 1875.] 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
307 
the Victoria type ; Mr. ^2 of Bath, was 2d. ee 
illed Asters s shown urridge gr. 
Roses W nely ж own 
aron H 
Baron sberg, Comtesse d'Oxfo: лама ictor 
Verdier, Duke of Wellington (very rich in colour), 
fr mb, Prince Cam ohan, Xavier 
Olibo, &c. Mr, Pavett, of Bath, had a large collec- 
tion of 1-4 р " and a box of fine blooms of the 
leading 
PE best collection S ten dishes of fruit came from 
Mr, T. King to V. Leach, Esq., Devizes 
Castle, Pines petig, singulari enough, excluded by 
e Black Hamburgh Grapes, 
Peaches, 
Cherries, Peaches, &c., were very 
D" was this of ment and culinary 
pP 
Mesetables were numerous, and of superb quality, 
as is always the case at атое and the plants 
E > vg suc ias, Geraniums, 
Petunias, &c., were the finest we ive ever seenjfrom 
this Mi of exhibitors 
Sevenoaks Horticultural: H se 7 26. — The 
eighth exhibition of this prosperous society was, by 
the p sion of the Honourable "Етар, Sackville 
West, held in ко ut A 
The exhibition very successful one, four 
separate tents, two ud which were very large, being 
flowing with the deri pro- 
par е! suitable to this 
ling were in some instances as large as 
fowl's e ere 
, In the class for a collection of twelve exotic flower- 
r, James pp Milday, Esq., was 2d 
with, amongst i omen, a fine specimen o of Anthurium 
Scherzerianum. Mr. Bolton was 3d. 
In the Ae ied six amm foliage plants (ex- 
cluding B gain ms) Mr, Staples was 
eo rit. Raving, а ers, a fine plant of 
ta Veitchii ; > Mr. ‘Bolton being 2d, with neat 
planes pa tex pumila, Anthurium regale, &c. 
and Mr. James 3d. 
or six аак flowering, distinct, Mr. William 
as an excellent Ist, 
&c. Mr. Bo 
T х В. Chel 
c. ; 3d, Mr. yom eh, w “С. Re 
Esq., very ach к of a similar kind. 
w 
Ist prize in the former cl taken by Mr. 
George Hu gr. to Col, Warde, the 2d 
Prize going to Mr. H. Gillett, gr. to a Rev. 
ge Kemp. Cockscombs were s 
finer than we have ever em eet 
oe took the premier prize exceedingl 
com e shown Mr. A. Hen- 
6 inches in length of comb, 
and 8 inches in width. The 2d prize plants 
remarkably althou by the very 
Goliaths had to v sho 
against, and Tn 
apt. Jackson, Meopham. 
"s Orchidius plants," as the 
it, Mr, Burt was Ist, having 
carminata, 
CP | 
fru 
y | sare may apply to vegetables and 
that Mr, 
an Verre specimen of the curious Thunia alba, and 
, &c. 
neat plant of Miltonia spectabile, 
In the eis for ee Ferns, Mr. G. Fennell, gr. 
to E. Cazalet, Esq., Fair Lawn, was Ist, having a 
ty large specimen am DEN. his six varieties of 
cum angulare pro 
olifer 
Liliums, six pots, not less keed four pm were 
сабау well shown by Mr. Gillett, gr. to Rev. 
G. Kemp, his заар being large, we M 
and ved d 
The 
the ed wit 
A and C. Belleymei elie excep- 
tionally well finished ; ze leaves of the mag Py 
16 in inche sin length by 2 inches across, Both M 
Ferns, exotic t disti nct Dn were well 
contested ; the judges sx i to fav vi size, gave the 
Ist priz e to Mr. Bligh, the 2d to Mr. Staples, and 
3d, Mr. Bolton, each of whom Vide excellent dis- 
plays. 
The и for a collection of Pu. arranged fo 
effect in y 6feet, open to 
all tabe eoi, pep out a v extensive compe- 
ich i of the great ру P 
as, 
taples being ad, 
grou p. In the c oa for 
wers Master 
ry neatly arranged 
the € best arranged collections of wild flo 
Frederick W. Seale was Ist. 
loral dec tient arranged for a dinner-table at 
the taste of the exhibitor in a space ro feet 
of one 
pecus Gardens and elsewher 
carri: e de iei а E ably. 
Mis. Fennell was 2d, Mrs. Beach i dii pro- 
ductions being ри chaste, i^ bouquets, 
Mr. Staples was Ist in one class, and Mrs. Staples 
in another. Apr zd = cms ra or vase of cut 
n was well won by Mrs. 
For Gladiolus, teli dan ой, "Mr. Cattell was 
Is, Mr. Seale 2d, and Messrs, Bunyard, 3d. 
“taking premier honours, In his stand of twenty 
four were remarkable examples у; ез С 
Lord Deb. Fanny Sturt, Acme, Vice- President, 
and, last and 
ahlias Mr. Bea Ist; and for special prizes 
offered by Mr. Deine Vt twelve Dahlias, Mr. J 
was bon Mr 2d. 
amongst se 
other most pans o es he ed a Melon: of little 
value at the best, b which a actually past use. In 
several, at least е Rt collections a mistake had 
e e in the arrangement o e n 
number o M х For six varieties of frui 
Jeal, gr. to or Board, was 
Ist for a den "Pine, and Mr. 
E. 
. Towner, gr. to F. 
for very p Tice: Buck- 
milar misce 
cottagers ts. 
was Ist for a collec- 
ent 
egrap 
- Bolton, uud the judges 
rize list of cut taper as NE 
hat out of seaso the 
lants PUES by ps те (Croydon), 
Mr, Seale, M yard, and others, all of which 
roa materially in making up a very fine display. 
тергә Gardeners’ and Amateurs’ 
Mutual — 
autumnal show of fruit, 
connection with the Sitingboum 
ment Bodas, took р їп 
week. 
neighbourhood, and in the evening it was 
pe townspeople pte in very large 
emberton, 
bit 
ful profusely-flowered ecim of Bougain 
gla abra, a fine Orange tree “(heavily laden with ш), 
ru and also Maidenhair Ferns. 
exhibited 
good specimens 
Gibba, Аааа bulbiferum, &c. ; E. Barney, gr. t 
. Gascoyne, ome i sent Nephrolepis exaltata, 
; gr 
“of the Pte tís 
o: t 
gr. to Dr. Сайы choice Vallotas ; К. . Callawa way, 
o Captain Knight, excellent collection of Bego 
nias, Coleus, о с, Mr, Edw: mas, of 
arold N dedi ea iem exhibited a fine col- 
lection, includin, me Mai r Ferns, 
rous ыы ricolor, Gold, and Bronze 
Pelargoniums, Achi 
rns, handsome 
reae: 
Some good specimens of t 
coloured flower, the Cockscomb, were ened y Mr. 
Newman and Mr. F. Harms. One inter 
тй by € ME зн Eucalyptus а, ог 
of New S— 
ount x its medici 
is very useful 
arge quantity of fruit was shown, in capital 
were Bcc ad bre erc qe the Plums, ars 
nd Pears, 
Pa 
Some good Melons a ourds were also shown, but 
there was nothing extraordinary = the Cucumbers 
stands of cut 
urs 
c t year, 
(From a бено. 
Newbury Horticultural : Mane 24.—This show 
ular, not only in the town, tim Me the 
outlying NS ға ев deal of int 
yi 
famous for its M peo etables. 
The Marsa was held in what is termed the Shaw 
u enh: а, 
ouse, t e, Esq., 
able, interesting and historical dwelling © y the rudi 
Tudo reserved. e gro are to a 
great extent in meri npn with the house, and in walki 
almost recall the stirring. 
times of the w si of the Commonwealth, and Tuy 
many availed themselves of the 
-the latter PET 
cial features of t 
nts are generally pretty he 
all En 
flowers, and vegeta 
shown ihroughout--are the speci 
Newbury show, but pla 
resented. C 
ertain prizes were open to d 
among iig Quis for six stov greenhouse plants in 
loom, the best coming from Mr. J. Е. M ould—a 
ansy. e leading plants were All Hen- 
dersoni, Dipladenia amabilis, nicely bloomed ; Erica 
Irbyana, Stati Mr. C. Ross, gr. to С, 
Eyre, Esq, W Park, was 2d, having a capital 
—The second 
and Muscats), Peaches, Apricots, and Nectarines - 
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