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sembling a highly ee Blenheim nus Gray- 
enstein, smaller than we "а ually see it, but of а beau- 
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ing, very fine; Marguerite, very richly coloured ; 
Belle Josephine, a large, pale-gr -gr ма Apple with white 
spots ; Calville Rouge d'Autom ep crimson-r 
all over, very rich in colour; Cellini Pott's Seedling, 
ne in an 3) Lor 
large mid-winter varie 
orchard Apples shown by M, Vergauwen were a very 
fi * 
ot. 
GRAPES, 
Hot- 
gs were also poorly shown as to numbers, 
Son, 
which "vd to 
riends. Messrs. Lane & 
n the former 
Т 
ure the success of their enterprise. 
class for fifteen bunches, the next best samples 
though in the matter of size, thinning, colour, 
eneral cleanliness of the finish, both left much to 
desired rgest and best — of open- 
TO esson, nurseryman, 
o had 150 varieties, inclading all the 
n kinds, and Ameri 
well. can varieties, 
which Besson s e eing able to resist the 
Phylloxera. The only thie samples of outdoor 
Grapes were contributed by М, de Poorter, of 
Everg 
каз; 
It was too late to expect many Peaches апа Nec- 
tarines, i zs the these were quite an unim- 
portant feature, while the _ tar ye oci Plums, Figs, 
and Nuts авс de poor. 
PRIZES, 
The following are LI priocipal prises : :— 
the most 
e s 
remarkable of the E and —— cannot x 
taken with any other prize, was voted to 
Grégoire Nelis, Jr Jodoigne, for the large eleccion 
of seedling Pears above ded to. The gold medal 
M : 
ent, 
fruits ; ditors of the у de P orticulture 
eA A — useful publication ; and t 
Saegherr, nurseryman, Gh endi ксы а оң ро of decora- 
E- i o 
esta 
Ghent, for flower-stands, made of virgin cork ; to M. 
M gr. А. le Grand Duc э» ore 
Jéna, for a small с gem of Nuts; to М, D 
small collection of und 
urseryman 
d other ‘fine foliage plants ; to M Ed. Pynaert, 
_ for his fruit labels; and t o M. Van bci, Le Lede- 
berg, tor in 4, fruit trellise TÉ: and * iren d жа 
the award made to 
M. L. 
tanic Garden, Ghent, for Tight 
e leaves of Stipa pinnata, for the 
it trees 
-0., Anvers, for samples of guano. 
Stamford Horticultural : Е 15.— The judg: 
ing at this show was got thro time, and 
early in the afternoon the hale of the depart; 
ments were open to the public., There has not 
successful a flower show here, probably, 
for many years. The classes were numerous, and 
each mà : respectable number of CN The 
first in order of the 
aid taste 
е show committee i С msi 
arrangement of their exhibitions for four й eerie re 
plant ba D LT MM M eates 
advant t prize collection, fro 
series о Messrs, Cole, of Manchester, embraced some 
fine plants, amo 
ichot Da Mooreana, with a ital 
specimen of Adiantum Farleyense. rize 
lot of Ferns had many points of excellence. The 
wer as ood, 
tent ed flowers, 
Of these the Roses from Mr. G. Prince, of Oxford, 
were—considering the lateness of the season and bie. 
hot dry weather recently experienced—very good, Th 
bloo 
the i bestowed upon them. The Dahlias are now. 
were die € nidis. the dable on 
would be hard to beat the dozen 
by 
prize, Without stopping to mention each individual 
class of exhibits in the other tents, we may say in 
bulk that they were of iride s qt ty. 
e classes of fruits w fine as. could be 
ilbert, P do the ug of qme 
with a collection of twelve kinds, which 
com к= Alicante, Muscat, and Trebbian iano Gra rapes 
of excellent quality, two splendid Melons, fine Char- 
lotte Rothschild Ea уе тет = rrington Peaches 
and Victoria "E А 
Coe's Golden Drop р Plums, Morello Cherries, 
Williams' Bon Mitis 
teen 
For co of dias kinds only two lots were 
3 i-i sparsely represented —only two 
xhibits, iuris of very In the dam for 
Black Hamburghs four competed, the rst prize going 
eE Dolby, Hope Nurseries, Boston, For 
other white kind "o ся obtained ihe Ist prize, 
with large well- finis hed bun iano ; and 
well finished bunches of Alic nte, ei 2d to good Lady 
Downe’s. Inthe r n Pines there w 
wo exhibits, the fruits of average quality ; and for a 
single fruit of any other r. Gilbert was 
m 
the class for a qwe dish of eight Pie thirteen 
lots were staged, those which were placed rst ut 
from Me rere gr to B. siet cm ; Deddington 
Hunts— fine examples of Princess of Wales, a 
light dishes re staged, 
good examples of Victoria and Violette, 
Hátive.—Mr. G. Haines, gr. to H. L. Wingfield, 
dishes of A Ist, with the latter-named But few 
Apricots and cmd м were shown, but in the 
um classes 
dishes of light Sort tat and 2d prizes going to 
Magnum Bonums, and 3d to Transparent Gage, 
Blue ees, twenty-one c dishes—Mr, Ewart, Ape- 
th rd, being I 
Culinary Apples in zie and excellent in quality 
were largely represented, the Ist prize lot consisting 
of wonderful specimens of Lord Sufüeld, Wellington, 
were 
Hal Sleaford. Nineteen dishes of dessert Apples 
were staged, most of them being unripe ; the Ist prize 
was awarded to an unknown variety. 
rt Pears consisted „chiefly of Williams’ Bon 
Chien the Ist prize going to a nice cone of Marie 
In the miscellaneous class were six dishes 
a distinct sorts of divine to which an extis prize 
war ; they came from Mr. Cox, Madresfield 
Court, неар Malvern. 
class. 
A -— varieties - lots were staged, and for six 
put up. t collection of Salad came 
a Mr. “Cie and the single ени of other kinds 
of vegetables 
The Potator теа most important ane at m show, 
about 900 eing made in the differe 
For the pi principal Ame ( 410), fora collection of | twenty- 
four dishes А c › 
ost interesting class, ТҺ were well co: 
in the other dn many ots which contained on nder- 
fully fine e 
e pr аши prize o of £20, given И the t em 
of Exeter, went to the Messrs. Cole, of Withington 
n 
shows, and the c thee 4 wisely in thus provid- 
ing a novelty for the visitors when tired of flowers, 
t, tables. "The visitors were very numer- 
us w cal manipulation li 
g ficial swarms, transferring 
skeps to bar-frame hives, finding queens, &c.—which 
proved so attractive at the Crystal Palace last autumn 
ing repeat several eminent bee- 
extensive show, and the arrangements reflected great 
e managers, 
credit on th 
Stevenage Horticultural : Sept, 15. — The 
d exhibition of this society for the present 
ear Уе d in the € Hall at Stevenage, on the 
abov e ; and, as igit with the exhibition 
held и "iis time fist y a great improvement on 
it, the hall being quite e filled with exhibits of a most 
satisfactory charac 
a pu г ely oodd m district pos 
т of these living in he 
m; 
ер 
mpeted for, and the 
biennial салырча Маа considerable interest in the 
—— our! 
In all the co ttag 
ET En; and in that for one plan 
som like чену were staged, the 
ere 
ttagers' classes the com а а was 
а pe 
capital example of 
e window grow 
enry Baldry an 
Cooper were PET C equal 2d—the former 
ood Vallota p 
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ce was 3d. In addition there 
were Fuchsias, Calceolarias, Pétu i 
Cut Asters, bunches of cut flowers, collec- 
Шин of i tmi де» of do., wil all 
own in a y manner, and the same remark 
holds good а to o Apples Ea: Plums, the culinary 
Apples The best basket of 
vegetables, shown by William Hough, would have 
done credi man i 
any one c some excellentl wn 
nice bushy examples of Coleus were shown by the 
Rev. ү. О. 5 There were so 
Fuchsias from two or three exhibitors, nice dwarf, 
bushy speci wn and flowe 
h—and a pretty display they made. Of cut 
flowers sters were we 
of tia s m odiis d ty quilled varieties, 
