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SEPTEMBER 18, 1878.) GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE 371 
a more neat, compact, or meritoriously grown | Tomatos Mr. Smith, Romford, took the premier award. to those put up by 
Cucumbers 
llection than were these ; unfortunately, as regards 
e prize Mee © ipn i they were 
mall, otherw ise thei 
all somewhat 
Extra prizes i also awarded to Mr. Wise, gr. to 
rà "^ Hampton House, and to Mr. F. 
o C. Mathews, Esq., the Bower 
Sq- DNE 0od, was IS st, 
ann, nurseryman, 
rentwood, was Ist; Mr. Meadmore 2d, and Mr. 
In the class for three Fuchsias Mr. Wilks was rst, 
. W. North 2d, and Mr. Burley For best 
basket of pot plants Messrs; Saltmarsh were a ve 
at Ist, Messrs. North and Meadmore being respect- 
The competition b ue classes for cut flowers was 
keen, For т? ur D а ^ eem donaria vi 
Rot 
, was 
Harriet теке folei 
deeply margined with dark purple), Flag of 
m (beautifully white, tipped with slight lilac), 
a 
© 
For twelve Sea amateurs, residing in Essex, 
C. Quennell, Esq., а good rst, Мг 
i ell, 
ahlias Mr. Garnett, Romford, was Is 
* th a a very creditable display ; Mr, Saunders 2d, and 
т, e 3d. 
For е су distinct, I bom was again 
Ist, Mr, H, Atkin being 2d class for six 
ses Mr. W. So jet 6 ҮҮ, Ө. Hanbury Esq., 
lass for twelve varieties 
t flowers was well х A here Messrs. Salt- 
y, 2 
n the class for twelve Asters—and the -— was 
altmarsh was 1st, 2 
t 
= 
4 
M 
nson, and Wise dividing 1 remaining 
them 
r the most tastefully пса table 
was hotly contested 
well known artistic €— e u^ 
у, канесуша, рее oa апа М 
о О. Hanbury, Esq., and it is but t just pps d 
were med chaste, light, a elegant ; Mr, enr 
being somewhat € lightest of the two, receiv e 
ode on er being, as might be inferr ned, 
ally рой 5 2d. Miss Newall took the Ist prize 
? fór учар: Mrs. Soder 2d. 
For the most tastefully arranged single vase of cut 
flowers Mr. ise was I iss Marian Wallis 
~ beingzd. А е double Pomegranate 
m J. Boyds, Bridges Park, The 
Tasker, Баа, ** not for com Vues rimi = 
er t 
Frui tabl 
best collection of six varieties, Pines 
from Mr. Bones; M a nd 
arrance, hadwell F Heath, 5 eet wall 
е, and was Ist; Mr. A , gr. to 
n, Esq wo bunches of Muscat 
also Ist, oe гае Мг. Тапе 
ad. ^ es ЕС oie : Mr. Farrance, Mr 
Smith, to E. ng . 2d. The best 
Е Mica. ‘ante ahead Mr. Murrell, gr. to 
Esq. ; and for scarlet-fleshed Mr, 
. to 
foster 
__ Vegetable were казаа, and with nine sorts, 
Rank took the pre , good collections 
, Crescent Nur 
were numerous, A Mr. Mizen being 15, Mr. 
Quennell 2d. Mr. Pa nurseryman, Romford, 
also showed a good br. "ү or collection of Salads, 
took the premier awar 
c roduce was very p 
worthy, and especially a ge ouquet shown Fiera st 
them by Mrs. Roast, Crescent Road, W., E, 
Brighton and Sussex Horticultural: .Sz// 8 
and 9. —AÀs we mentioned in our report of the summer 
show, the existence of this iety depended almost 
h as to the sm cid and quality of the flowers 
ind fruits exhibite the first division was 
[o 
vas "Hender A. asd Lapageria 
rosea, 
ata, E. we as pper speciosa anisi d and 
Statice Gilberti. The Lapage 
i arrow, gr, to 
well, was i with nearly the 
im the t the summer 
орах t Palms. iles, 
a good а of ‘smaller 
e not so as t 
waslittlecompetition, 
al k the 1st for scarlet-flowered 
for Zonals WR owed of any col 
сена and for double-flowered нык р 
improvement upon what we have жасу»; seen а! 
righton. Mr. Howick, gr. to Mr. ing, With- 
Pak ane, “took Ist lor. the four best Sive vitegued 
varieties ; an t C. 
strong, Withdeane, the tst for four goien-vaiegatd 
A lasses of p а exotic et 
mentioned, for which a i per ue ZIO 
., Was given. 
ne also, having a rather easy 
ealthy flante. Mr. Child, gr. to Mrs. 
"Torr, Brie ri 2d; and Messrs, Balchin & Nell 3d 
i this c 
nas Tum 
In the class for Lilies there were only two exhi- 
| these incomparably beautiful 
^E 
Orchids in the first division, the funds at the dis- 
position of the committee н inadequate tó induce 
p to od good co 
to cut qoem we may mention that 
t large саг the competitors 
in some of the classes being n In both show 
Dahlias ктш dissi pee and buy 
Dahlias (twenty-four dissimilar blooms), Mr. Keynes 
took the Ist prize with an almost perfect lot 8 flowers, 
retty close on his heels came Mr, Walker е, 
whose fovet were very ссе indeed, ‘nd inferior 
only ы shape and finish 
Mr. Mr. Seale, of Sev — and Mr, 
PEL of Charley, also showed s ood 
Roses we ere very goo 
of Piltdown, were awa 
Vitel ud Piper, Uckfiel 
ie Mr. W. Knight, diti, ng ist z 
twelve varieties of the Tea or Noisette c 
were e some good Verbenas exhibited. The yo 
C. Hales, of Nein ncote, сада я the 1st prize for 
dunk ép » f three tru 
кр їп bunches o 
nch ai 
Hemsley, of Hassock's Gat "Mt WA E ж 
lot. Hollyhocks were rejtene by one very 
poor са 
There 
with flowers arranged around th er 
mitte co te with stands In 
clas rs. Seale S awarded the Ist for a 
tastefully filled set of glass stands, though the dick 
twisted деш of the centre one was left nake 
in the second place this 
two itin and a small Palm wit 
the centre, which Bo n bes gained him the 
e been € care- 
Lilies and alarge Cereus уч, which di 
ан well with the other The H 
t grass, Lagurus ovatus, was also too freely — 
The winner of the 3d prize, Мт, Downing, gr. A 
a slants + Reape o two ge ms and E e 
to was greal 
the ane of “the : Palms [ree “thickly ier Fac with te 
not very elegant panicles of Molinia ccerulea, 
Seale, jun., gain Ist prize in the class fox 
amateurs ; Mrs, Winn, of Bedford Square, 
Ров the 
his Аы us to the fruit, which was very abund- 
centre: 
gr, to the Duke of ope, took the Ist prize for a 
collection of ten dishes it; and ickery, gr. 
eral Sir T. de Bathe ge Pi the 2d. 
Wal on-on-Thames, 
in the class for any other variety; Mr, 
being 2d in both — In al the classes for Gao 
Mr. Kay, of Finchley, a r. Bashford, А8 to Mrs. 
Douglas, Tunbridge Wells. бын Ње ргіпсір 
most successful exhibitors ; vw Mr 
ibi 
adm Hamburgh. 
to give the names even of the winners of all the 
chief prizes for Peaches, Nec 
Cherries, &c., but 
Mr. Mustchin, oF. to Mr. , Kin 
from Mr. Ford, Horsha am, and from Mr. 
hi ve 
little space, though m might be said. The fruit 
wers were а ta many classes to the 
correspon po of the first division, and in so 
ерее that а few x Eats shows will 
„ы ‘his Society, which has been in 
Exhibition of the a жй Onion. —Mr, A 
Perry, ofthe Banbury Nursery, an exhibition - 
dene ime dpa / i5 
t.9. For the four prizes offered, which were. 
i firm, there were no less than 
ninety-six СЕ to which add five not foreompetiion 
and we have a grand total of 101 entries, ral of 
the lots wen —o for — "A and 
quality. Man imens red 16 and 17 
-four specimens, w 
choice examples of high culture, 
