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THE ~ CARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
(September 2$, 1878, 
in Fi verd or March, in a mixture of loam and 
MM A will not make much show the first Тен, but il 
"M Ios іп рону; and takes саге at 
itself. Tis age ossoms contrast w 
with buft Gloire хе Dijon улс and Clematis Tk 
manured, 
к, both of which take kindly, if well 
an I wall. The berries of this Tropzo- 
dp are bright blue, and, at the time of their ripen- 
ing, the graceful leaves turn to a clear yellow. 
Salmoniceps. 
Potato Shaw.—I have sent you to-day, per rail, 
a Potato shaw, measuring ove ordi- 
lect ever ty seen one so long. PA Paters 
[We think the length quite unusual, E бе] 
Wellingtonia "arg Branchlets Dying Off. 
a mewhat unusu currence in connection with 
off, 
me four баз I have planted 
doing ^ notably a е ды теп 
т i, ‘which I AD ere ed four , and 
о be in the Bc phun 
Т bouid not MI. drawn attention to in 
Я that I have specim: 
some four miles distant Los recently been Abeg t 
the same peculiarity, erefore enclose examp 
and ask whether this feo been the case elsewhere 
am sent are i T b. tree with a por- 
tion attached not subj ry, as will be 
n. William Earley, Valentina. [It is not an un- 
common occurrence, and is generally caused by the 
roots having got into an эйе soil. Ерѕ.] 
Seed Measures,—' The want of a series of very 
small been felt in the seed trade, 
more DE for the ee and expensive flower seeds, 
on, fig, 87, represents one of 
Fic. 87,—SEED MEASURER. 
the smaller of a series of measures that I lately 
contrived for all small quantities. 
ey are 
brass езү А with tin or zinc bottom, the smaller ones 
with brass wire handl 
in th 
bens n at can conveniently be held between two 
fin, ave no handles. They are sold in sets of ten 
(7s. 6d. Jes and тәй (155.) ; the smaller sizes are the 
most us most difficul eedsmen to 
make. "They 1 measur from the smallest Mmm in 
d utside :— 
epth i eter o —b й» 4, 1 р т 
тои m and so on, increasin 
still larger, to supersede MÀ 
mech аз, lh А 4, and : 1b. М Dri, жес 
Reports of Societies. 
. International Fruit Show at Ghent: .52//, 19 
ѓо 25. — This exhibition ed i Casino at 
Th ibition opened in the o 
t on Sunday last, and our Belgian friends have 
. reason to be gratified with the success of 
Я апа i when we consider, 
t arum of rae frai 
Ghent is e city rather ts. In con- 
with the show of fruits, o by 
Cercle d'Arboriculture de е, seventeenth 
session of the Congress of the Pomological Society 
of France is held, and this fact has the means of 
a consid of French, 
with ex- 
Dutch, and German pomologists, t 
amples of the pomological produce of those nations, 
without which, of course, the show eum d have been a 
poor one, English frait cultivat represented 
only by H. e& Som ‘who s show Grapes, 
and who, it is needless to say, have been very suc- 
cessful. Pd Pears are mice ented 
numbers an ty, but most other fruits 
rather sp: А а: number of dishes Semis 
is about 10,000, an of the large 
Casino se ааа па 
at grouping fo ving been which is the 
mum c the town. The jury organised 
To getot, on Sunday morning, М. Маз, President of 
President, and M. Charles Baltet, of Troyes, 
_ Six sections were then drafted off for duty, 
each with its president and , and the of 
judging ү soon accomplished, At mid-day the 
exhib: ZR cs x 
the ju o чым, 
балын to the ы ра and at 2 P.M, | 
under the presidency of the Burgomaster, M. le 
Comte de Kerchove de Denterghem, and which 
passed off with the utmost cordiality and enthusiasm, 
[onda e — of lnc "enden had a 
.M., and at 
ing officers sia 
de Kerchove de Teste lisi" President as; 
Vice-Presidents, Dr. Ed Director of the 
Pomologi i 
Kickx, 
А ende, Ams ter- 
dam. Dore MM. m Michilin, Rodigas, 
and P . At I o'clock the members left the 
Casino ind visited the gardens ‘of 3 M. le Comte de 
Kerchove de Denterghem, whose princely "eec 
was ome moni enjoyed by foreign visitors. While 
we are writin e members o е С 
for the 
Ist prize in which w 
Royal Society o 
Troyes. m 
de Walle, Wondelgem, and M. Hage, 
urtrai i 
, as follows 
ADM, Ut ; Cider Apples, 36 ; Pears, 263 ; hardy 
o» apes, 25; "i ms, 23; Peaches and Nectarines, 
28; Quin and Nu ts, 4, &c, In aurice 
de Ghellinck a "alles collection were—I Pine, 
II Melons i 
9 
н 
А, 
Ф 
= 
collecti 
coloured plates have been given in oe Bulletin 
d' Arboriculture, brought no competition 
PEARS. 
class for the most com lete collection 
онь Vat M P where Col 
enpont, Mons, eren, Colom 
Grégoire enden pri 
held, ег, medal 
Société Van Mons, 
M. 
and 2d prizes 
Piers being awarded to the 
Ай twerp; M 
Evergem ; an t c c 
he last t 
winner:of the gold жой teres pu the I Federation of 
Belgian Horticultural Societies for the omplete 
rt, 
the Société Ste. Dorothée, Malines, being 2d, and 
ick M. Van an Leekwyck’s collection in- 
sented, but the fruits ran finest collec 
tions of rood vari M. V. Biebuyck 
resident of the Horticultural Soci Cou $ 
and M. Verhille, Neuve-Eglise, Struelens, 
Grammont, contributed the best seventy- іеі 
and М. le Comte de Kerchove de Denterghem the best 
fifty viii . Verstraeten, eren, had the 
fines ection of bbs ecd M 
usine Ghent, the best tw: 
The io medal offered by ^id © overnment for the 
best co ection of fifty varieties, arran in the ord 
f their for the months 
t named gen and M. Van Leekwyck, 
de Horticultural Society of | Steenbuyzen- Wymhuyzen 
€ the best reo Fe me om Pears 
mmercial fteen fnit ee of 
псе d Angouléme, Beant AN 
dante des Bois, Louise Bonne учан к Cátillac, 
Le Cure, Beurré Bosc, veu Philippe, &c. 
Pears were not well re esented, and in th 
t prize was with ; while in the class 
for the int complete collection of rieties not 
in pomologi ts, there was no competition 
at 
The class for the best collection of SEEDLINGS 
little known to was a very good one, and 
the prizes were awarded to the followi the ord 
named :—M. X. Nelis. Jodoigné; 
Baltet Fréres, Troyes; М. Jacobs, St. Josse-ten- 
N $ М, er, nurseryman, Rue Мо 
k best collection of new or little 
known Pears MM, Baltet were Ist, taking the gold 
> of Ghent ; V, 
О OBERE Dat varieties in each of the wins 
—— 
ning lege would be both tedious and useless, so 
strong is th er likeness between one coll 
and another, ve ave thought it best to indicate 
tici varieties ich are most numerously shown and 
best re mend ineiudity few of tl Very best 
n e were Souvenir de Léopold 1 
a large handsome fruit like a Beurré Diel ; President 
fine Pear he Gl geau type; P 
nte des B ois, Délices d'Hardenpont, Doyenné du 
En 
Comice, not generall ngland ; Duchesse 
d'Angoulême, Neng fine in size, and alia the striped 
ty, Duchesse d'Angouléme Panachée; Colmar 
d'Aremberg, Belle Angevine, beautifully coloured, but 
ot nearly so large as Jersey samples; Bonne Ег 
like Beurré de Rance, but h ‘larger Beurré 
Clairgeau, very fine ; Beurré Capiaumont, also la 
wW loured ; Beu n, large, almost 
nthicon, fine 
M e d'Ucde, Beurré Rouge (тане 
reddish- coleret Beu Beurré Six, fine 
ize, and Duche se de М 
The collection of SEED wm shown by M. Gré- 
goire-Nélis, which obtained the gold medal in its 
class, and the King's medal for excell 
numbered 330 Merano all raised by himself. Ву far 
the greater proportion were shown under numbers, 
ut of the named sorts M. mn Hom mco out 
whol 
elen Grégoire, Léon Grégoire, Hen 
Louis Grég Colonel Grégoire, Dr, Lenthier, 
Monseigneur , La Gerardine, Sœur de la Re 
des Belges, President Gilbert, Minister Barra, Eugènie 
Maisen, Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Léo 
somewhat curious dan "e without exception, 
M. Vs Se s seedlings are of small size, but we _ 
understand that his latest follis show an improve- 
ment eno this point, 
APPLES, 
The APPLES we must treat in the same manner 
finest examples, and cate the leading 
own. The gold medal offered by the Government 
r most pages d к 
collection of Apples o M. Hage, of 
ourtrai, who staged 160 dishes ; 6 the Société f Ste 
Dorothée, Malines, sent the next 
responding class for ges varieties, M. Vergauwen, 
eren, was Ist with 127 dishes of splendid fruit. 
old medal offered by the Conseil ue 
la Flandre Orientale was not aw 
same class : ae nurseryman, emze, 
M: Са apernick, Ghent, үче successful co 
For twenty fine dessert s 
and ченеш T зы ези 
ten keeping there 
A splendid lot of. fruit was нас by the Horticultural 
Society of Steenhuyze: uyzen in the "i 
gas 
were withheld ; the best that were ii 
truelens, Grammont, and M. Aug. 
usually i П 
ling, great size; Calville Blanc, Calville de 
Pm a large, soli 
бай; ja fiti foire Бане ge he 
pér: 
mpetitors _ 
papier ben nu c 
some — 
em. of 
e shown was a single specimen » 
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