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THE © GARDENERS. 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 11, 1875, 
drawn by EM or «ана fine animals. To-day, 
for the first e, have seen Ka n in red blankets 
and «eris нонии °С. 
ерон of Societies. 
Crystal Palace: .Sej/. 7.— The eve of es 
at Palace show last week, the 
approach of the great display to be held i in Edinburgh 
k, ar hich operated against the 
success of this annual event, and co oes. ently i 
asmaller show than as popular as ever 
ass for a collection of 
a prize. annerman, gr. 
field, was a capital Ist with an excellent lot, com- 
prisi d well-ripened Queen Pine, fine 
Black Prince and Trebbiano Grapes, gton 
Peaches, Pitmaston Orange ectarines, Brown 
urkey 8, y= "Marquis E Ailsa Melon. The 
r. J. H. Goodacre, Elvaston 
Mr. ne, gr. to Major LM ral Fytche, 
o Park, Комба, Of four Queen Pin es staged, 
acre, 3d. 
Mr. Miles, gr. to Lord Carringt 
a Charlotte Rothschild, Lev 52 
Plummer tig ms 2d, and Mr. Douglas, gr. to F. Whit- 
bourn, Esq., 3 
e best dish of Eons Hamburgh Grapes came 
from Miar Е Е. е & Son, Berkhamstead, fair 
sized bunches, y id berries and fine co olour, 
Larger bunches, but not so well finished, from Mr; 
Crane, The Gardens, Logshill, Chislehurst, were 2d ; 
and Mr H. Alexander, gr. to R. s, Esq., he 
Mes 
M 
ge, Sutton, 3d. e из, Lane Son a so con- 
tributed the best dish of Muscat of ria, three 
good bunches: the eng wer n з, 
In the san for any ила кре three very fi 
rs Lane & 
= эч Кр er mer 
П, to W. Torens, Fas ., Tulse Hill, 2d ; 
en. Champion, from Mr. H. Alexander, 3d. 
The best dish in the any other black class was one of 
Gros Colman, from er erman, рео. іп size "d 
, col Messrs. 
The competition in all of чна ж амн. 
Peaches and Nectarines made а Мый сарса ири 
thirty-five dishes of the | ae aha fa twenty-six 
latter being staged. In the Peach class Мг, Banner- 
Plums made a ca W, 
being staged by thirty seven compliers, ~ 5 
Ashridge, sent ж fi three dishes, the — 
erson, on, he 
u 
ashi 
d vs fiic. Splendid samples of Wash 
TE | and Green С: from. 
a “pr. to W, ` e ха , Маа. 
Mi abr Bum 
Mr W. Jo Ev eee to E A Pese, Esq, ‘Wallington 
= 5 e best of 
S sms f er с а f exceedin Morellos from 
eee Sage ; of the eng a first-rate lot of Bruns- 
wicks m Е. to R. С. Taylor, 3 
Boughton [e Maidston — исем 
The Melon classes were Бу по теапѕ goed, but e 
Beechwood, shown by Mr. Harris, gr. to C. 
man, Esq., in the green shed a Reid's crees 
flesh, shown by ts, gr. o Mrs, Mayo, Rise- 
dale, Dorking ; "- Colston Dont Seedling, white- 
flesh, from Mr. — Ist in their respective 
classes, oe of su 
he class for three аваг ot ‘Pears was good indeed, 
and wel d 
W Wythes, Esq., Bickley Park—very 
бев: DOS of Williams p* Chrétien, Louise Bonne 
ersey, and Beurré d’Amanlis, The Bon Chrétiens 
erb and Mr, 
RIT 
the prizes went to Williams’ Bon Chrétien i in the class 
judged for 
Kitchen Apples made a TE ae being better 
represented show. 
four dishes out of twen al dme were Cox's Pomona, 
Emperor Alexander, Lord Sufüeld, aad Beauty of | 
Waltham—all = very fine size 
came from G. Murre 
Esq., e Prittlewell, Bre 
om Mr. John Radclyffe, 
the npr dish oft New H awthorndens 
have Mr. ock, 
ston re ren 
essert 
onshire Quarrenden, 
penean ; and Mr. — 2d, 
— 5 and Ribsto 
able 
xe the 
ll, gr. to A. R. Aller 
In the 2d prize collection, 
Swinnerton, Swanley, w 
and quality, These 
t 
with Kerry Pippins, 
Pipp 
дана confined to cottagers, were 
uce staged nothing like 
inci <a 
fully up to the mark 
takin e Ist prizes 
ed dts 
last-named being the gem ri "ne Se and Aste ee a 
ific . H. 
magnificent spike. The 
was 
Ist for twelve, and Mr. Douglas 2d; >н flowers from 
hs former A finer than 
own by Mr. Turner, ibd th 
Bia clin Certificates :—Mrs 
Dahlias were 
e following received 
. 9 
e full 
two blush € ay "Frencitwhite varieties of g 
Mr. Raw 
rm. 
showed his new Ce flower, Mr. 
Бени. and gained а F үсе = es са 
In th las 
miscellaneous 
eight nice - di shes of 
Paula gidio of f Apples a and 
Go ai showed 
hardy pes and Ry William 
Mr. Toss Sleat, gr. to Mrs, 
Pears rom Messrs. 
ipe , and from 
Bailey, Central Hill, 
r. H. Coppin, Th rsery, Croydon, sent 
Dahlias and Roses, and Mr. Laing, ted Park 
Nursery, a sele up of stove greenhouse 
lants. Mr. Webb, Calcot, again staged a nice col- 
lection of d Mr. r sentu 
from Knap Hill three ug handsome plants of his 
Cupressus Lawsoniana erecta viridis, 
exhibitor of the twelve ines shown M the Alexandra 
Palace, and alluded to io us, 
to Earl Fortescue, pepi in 
Allow me to correc 
. Wilson, gr. 
, South "Molto = Ф 
n your report of E 
ROME Palace frt: ini. “floral show on Thurs 
r of the Is 
bouquets was Mr. Thomas S 
ursery, Heaton Mersey, Lancas 
t prize for eiii 
range 
tudd, оће Mes 
hire. 7. Б 
А Factory-hands’ Flower Show: Sz 4.— 
eading-ro 
physical po teh eeta? welfare 
many year 
has been ever since 
the ann 
itable, 
nt year е off on Sa 
was 
th 
perous g, and 
са of produce has Lei been 
pro g the ha 
gress of the operati 
t in which the show was held is an 
one for such a p s 
lighted, and possessed of plen 
decorations, orkin 
own, E We bere personal knowledge 
mises, 
wed but det anabi 
tar Же Ordo ok 
d the tate Det 
a portion of the Orchid blooms referred to came ix ; 
the hothouse of a cotton-spinner, — pens Whose | 
father used to be seen, in bygo carrying | 
MM. а yarn for the eg iT ^is "d .Sleeves - T 
tucked up to the c The instan 
means a solitary on i 
of tram to the honour, of D 
those =k: pros suppli ко; ruit was likewise | 
tity, the locality of the the 
gardens rendering it difficult tc to raise anything more in | 
the way of fruit than a few Strawberr Cur- 
a 
5 
dete батан the claims o 
in another hour or 
every side 
nice garden eatables, fi ordinary 
any human being; while the rg ens pui. set off ic 
their own реа. leaves, »—- hav ees in 
re eman's splay, as a 
e, may e ids ci but |. 
ae of that, ia it - ма nt of good and useful | 
work? These trays of vegetables, and these pretty | 
"€ иа 9 diesen "~. about а dozen ee 
contemplate it is a hundre timen more ifying 
to see men, for want of Lait aid ont peres jon, sede 
ing their — in d e publics 
house. may be all very ту well, end posit ү] 
does d service in its de ach i 
morals to the b cae Ere es, p te hs as аре 
cursor to a finale of a m ben edition, Don't do | 
à the essentially and practically useful | 
n the w: ing something 
sible ‘fellows some euni suppose. 
them о what is worthy an 
Рае EY only hav ы the opportunity y 
render assuredly no better incentive can 
bred ad n t t which is supplied in the prospect of 
: сагы, эрг little garden. Many a piece of land lies 
тра 1 e and idle that might easily be 
e a scene of diligent and profitab M pation 
n the circum 
The exceptional snd 
n has introduced t | 
stances at Guide Badge 2 
Mr. Hugh M 
never aT a a Те wages а fiftieth 
drink will а Of course 
and the pleasure is equal if only that good old Dell 
is put in practice which tells us that, if we cannot | 
always have what. м it is wi van 
to che liking for aeos It would be 4 
MES piece of land indeed that fair digging 
would not yield a fair mium inthe 
obliging, 
e manure 
is limited), though these are too prec 
some wit of 
e 
are always to [x^ ‘he di 
the 
бе they have now 19 contend with. In 
. Guide Bridge, the hindrances 
