240 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Serres II, 1875. 
Hodson, staged some excellent Balsams, the plants 
large and well flowered, and the blossoms of excellent 
quality. rs in pots well done, and 
included one collection of the f Victoria type 
that had been really grown i p Agere were 
dwarf, and finely bloomed m Mr, 
Lowe, gr. to J. Collins, Esq. The аен МА. been 
lifted the open ground i for the occasion. 
Mr. Shaw had the best vat sal n of e ee Di ра 
which consisted = С 
antarctica, Corypha кашы, eme P тоа 
Yucca aloifolia variegata, апі Neottopteris australa- 
sica—large examples, but two or ehm of them getting 
just a little dads. Mr. as 2d, with smaller 
lants, in fresher condition, and "his group inclu 
Croton inte mes Yucca reg variegata, Pan- 
variegatus, Hibiscus Cooperi, 
ass for six exotic m Mr. Wilson took 
Mr. F 
q., was 2d, with a very fine Adiantum for- 
mosum, Dicksonia antarctica, Gymnogramma sul- 
m, &c. А nice group of 
g 
examples of Lilium speciosum were 
d 
in the class for 
staged. by Ме Mr. Farrow and others, 
Lilies 
In the sre for cut flowers Mr. Wilson sexed a 
f miscellaneou 
= ch good things as Odonto 
glossum grande, ota purpurea, a, 
Cypripedium barbatum, Ixora Colei, Dipladenia 
is, ua cone fragrans, = Mr. RS rham 
i 
s also specia 
prins offered rig pranti bunches of perennials ihe went 
to Mr. Wilson, who staged sóme sterling things in a 
ver efective — rs жет sisted of 
adioli, Asters, &c. Centre-pieces 
abies were ig done by some of the 
ladies of the deag.: hbourho 
classes, the best а dishes were 
Hamburgh 
ington 
w good things in 
dix Mb а came from Mr. D 
tien Pears, Violette 
Nectarine, and nd -— Tukey Fi Me 
zd, with so ce fruit. 
was acapital competition, five colicetioiá being sta 
Peaches were de — e best “a arring- 
ton, essrs, rrey 
were placed equal a, the former with Жеки, the 
latter with Barrington. r. Wilson 
black amen, «save Black Нашар, and the 
best white in Buckland Sweetwater. се 
was in both classes, but exhibited м. of 
E M best four dishes of 
son was 2d, with very fine Beurré Bosc an 
dishes being Goliath and Red Magnum Bonum, from 
Mr. — gr to H. C. R. Bowles, Esq.; -— чече 
Green, with pital examples of Goliath and 
ington. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Hess se sent a collection of 
sixty-three dishes of Apples of the leading kinds, of 
; also cut branches of ornamental leaved 
end variegated plants, ea h in a pot of soil, as if 
growing there, and most interesting нү were ; also 
a fine lot je cut Roses, Mr. msey, nursery- 
am Cross, had Roses, cut pitas of Lobelia 
Victoria, ve right P Asters, 
Drummondi, and C tis a 
—À a named Odoratise tissima, 
grant, the flowers aes 
pale rosy pi de i s a conspicuous white БЕ 
Itis reputed to bean excellent — ча bedding 
purposes, and it deserves to high among 
Pn? 
ran. 
scented flowers. (From a Corr dan. 
retail consu 
2 125, for six sacks of Potatos, 
ы uly last. M: Searle, solicitor—who represented 
supplied to kim | alpin 
the I I e bum ge called upon 
his clien t, and was show mple of Pot enge and 
took ndi iri with: im, с чй А rder 
ntly done, 
a e 
which he refused, affirming that the goods were unfi 
e, although he had not — them to the 
plaintiff within the ке mentio vidence 
elivery of t ds = om plete the plain- 
ted 
tiff's case, when the hear being called, site that 
nothing could be better t 
w th k T were 
urchasers pare 
umerous cas 
goods unseen 
occurred in 
ut 
what different, as the 
the. 
ed the e t with his urchaser, int 
therefore, he should have no T in giving j judg- 
ment for the defendant, with c nder the cir- 
u 
umstances the defe was iot compelled to go to 
the expense of returning the , but ely : 
order the or ч move them is o 
pens 
The defendant had done this, and the plaintiff, boi 
ips in his ignorance of the law, had failed to comply 
with it.—Judgment was accordingly entered for the 
defendant, with costs 
Gn $ Villa Garden. 
GLADIOLI,—Onur little forecourt garden is now very 
bright and Bev onkin ith s 
varieties of the G 
a ea 
, but we have not 
seen any ; for with the exception of; a stray root or two 
of the tall-growing crimson G. Bowiensis, or the bright 
vermilion G, Brenchleyensis, they are almost entirely 
Азем, They are not diffic Ж to cultivate — quite 
reverse, for we have 
sina thrown up by т dots deh in the groun 
all Jast winter, ind they are as good as any plants 
that were lifted in the autumn and replanted in 
thespring. The Gladioli have come in well to re- 
place the Clove and flaked Carnations and edged 
Picotees tbat have gone out of bloom ; and mingled 
with them we have the flowers of Anemone japonica 
and its white variety, alba—two s >e ie — 
of late-flowering hardy perennial hey now form 
e background to the dwarfer flowering ptis in 
Eu and the success of the arrangement is shown in 
the fact that so many passers- -by stop and admire it, 
N have said that it is not difficult to grow 
Gladioli, and that is quite true, Some writers have 
thrown about it quite a halo of mystery, just as if the 
process resembled some occult science that only the 
privileged few were permitted to investigate. We 
have read instructions so elaborate, and so painfully 
leas 
e all ure out of 
the prospect of growing a few. Some three or four 
years ago Mr. Kelway, of Newport, kindly sent us 
some spawn of Gladioli—ze., , the minute bulbs formed 
round th d the bulb. 
Some of t this was planted i ina shallow box, and by the 
eas Walnuts. The box was put away under 
the stage of a greenhouse, and in the following spring, 
just as they began to put forth the first movement of 
growth, they were planted out along a border that had 
previously been dug deeply and pretty well manured. 
When each bulb was planted a little fine soil was 
placed about the roots of each as they had begun to 
vase A goodly number flowered during 
ur labours were rewarded with some 
suc- 
antin is re- 
of. culti: Te oft uot 
vation often pr successes, 
we called ae eee friend who had some МА 
Auriculas 
in bearing 1 flowers, remark- 
their "od vals and ihe distinctes of the 
m our Es 
certain shallow boxes, about 3 inches in depth, f 
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кт меш: colours. We at once thought some ш 
system of cultivation had produced T. fine n 
ее we as ге o or his eds ret. e posse cn 
rather astounding character—** I grow my ipik 
y chat in que greatest rubbish I can get ;” that was 
re ] think that plants in 
open e great aim is to 
smal il pots before the winter comes on 
hopeful promise for ano 
— э wintering tender 
attempted. shall utilise insides of sunny - 
windows, ide there is pecie warmth to exclude - 
Е dani and these EE mu be kept a long time 
dry state, without inju 
e are requiring the cutti ing bed for other things, 
and asit is already crowded we are glad to get rid of - 
those that are чы in th 
e now increased by cut. ~ 
lines in the e 
n tear into the soil, labelli 
We i 
they are left all the w 
March they become int rooted plants; а 
found very usefulto supply any vacancies that have 
taken place in the bed during winter. 
NAL PELARGONIUMS,—By these we mean а. 
the best varieties, whether nosegay or otherwise, that | 
av pen ground, and also in pots - 
cri 
tings 
convenient fa e. 
3 
n used for containing soap an 
articles of household oles are 
or so ofr 
of the dole tad of Pom d or HEU че ing fine, and a little | 
sand, and insert the n lines, putting the 
firmly into the soil. This i iso of g eat im d and 
= * dein the soil down as hard as possible about p. 
cuttings. boxes are then stood out-of-doors 
n rains c 
те shelf of the greenhouse, and be M pus as best | 
we сап. Boxes of г cuttin 2354 
through the winter x ls t dry, even if еа оа 
е frost. Itis [em stinging frosts P hat work | 
o much destruction н. | 
— Khe Weather, 
DuRiNG the week ending datus September 4 _ 
in the vicinity of London the Erst d the baromelt | 
up" of the e mes to 30 
the morning of Se 2 | 
inches by the Fui of the 3d, and was 3% | 
the end of the w 
the ground, as observed day by day, 
| 681° on August 29 to 75? on September 
value for the week was n. Endo 
bet 
tember 3, with a mean for 
