OCTOBER 2, 1875.] 
THE: 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
435 
Posté? 5 
cKinlay, 
Becken- 
ham, came in a good rst with pam samples 
of 
a ike Early Rose, Ashtop AN Saimon kidney, 
President, and Barron’s Per fection. prize 
went to Mr. a oods, Cli ipeton Parke “Ma nskeld, 
and the 3d to R. Dea re were twelve 
competitors, ty 59 class x undi was a very good 
one. The corresponding class for round nisim LES 
or M n ring ла nt, 
very 
apse ; M жк эсе, s Kia, тея 
Аф from e Be ET г, 
own, Mem e, coming sth 
Nore We Lapstones, fr om Mr. W. 
No 
ill у, 
34; апа tubers of fine E and quality, of Maky 099 
Vermont, from Mr, G. , 4t 
Messrs, Sutton & zo offered [ gens prizes 
for twelve arme of Potatos, distinct e tubers 
of each, op 
m dso 
of Kintore, Keith Hall, Inyera rary, N. 
of the foll owing varieties :—Bresee’s Prolific, Earl 
ose, Porter’s Peerless, a round w. Cute mA 
Main ros Realy Goodrich yeaa Hero, 1 Kods 
enn ite 
ey ebb’s з petam Scotch Blue, and ей 
Improved dion, the tubers in all cases 
superb quality, in smoo = fo 1 a 
fault, and with skins which sho a manner that 
Mr. 
would have done justice to a kgs polisher, 
G, Potts Ею, and Mr. Fenn 34. 
Messrs, Hooper, Covent Garde, offered prizes 
similar p the above for nine American varieties, and 
seven lots were —the — in mos instances 
very 1 A and decidedly coarse. The 15 
ize collection came from Mr. Peter McKinlay— 
nd cl Breadfruit, Vermont 
auty, Peerless, onsuch, lar; 
white kidney; Late Rose, Early Dimmisk, Snow- 
us. a s cks Brothers, of Gos- 
ink 
= 
М. 
gr ae pene 
lan the 
1 
La ommerce in 
| М 45 there were seven Rempesiiots,. amongst whom 
| К, Dean stood rst with large and very 
amples of Vermont Beauty, Snowflake, and Early | 
Eureka, 
Gem. Mr. Jam ith 
Brownell’s Sar. and Snowflake ; and larger but 
ieti Ross 
n 
LH 
fr s 
sq., Welford Park, Newbury were 3d. 
The prizes in ‘this class were e given by Matas, B. X. 
Bliss & nt of New York. 
The i dique ү. offered by Mr. John 
Coutts, T Street, Cove virgin "wt ate 
English vtta mcm in at 
who A of cd „аву 
C е ныса е and W. Е 
Мг. Е 
Radclyffe, all of very 
ne quality т. Edwin im Enville, was 2d 
r R, Dean 3d, the first-named having School- 
^ white kidney not $ 
dney (Fenn), Bedfont 
and Dean's First Early (Cook), 
nn, The Rectory, Woodstock, showed nine 
dishes of кы de raised by him. m, and which he con- 
siders appropriate for culture in “the gardens of 
amateu e oisse f escule The most 
ing, and 
and the latter International Kidn 
Prolific (Fenn) Y 
ite, 
ector of 
dug up in July, 1874, an 
a little rap адр perterir. sound and 
e kidney, usetul for the same purpose; Bobo 
Day, second early white p for garden culture 
only ; George Temple, first 
the high quality which Mr. Fenn is endeavouring to 
introd 
mes Carter & Co. гной a collection 
no 
Lapstone, Brownell а y 
top Fluke. h these also came a collection of 
eets and Marrows and urds, and and 
brace of the Ten d-Tru ber. 
der s cum 
Mr. Shirley Hibberd, Stoke Newington, staged a 
collection on E: ty varieties, a pei proportion 
ich own on hard undrained 
cula rly da dant mp situation, the ridge system, a ae 
Es d by the Fg [and described in our columns 
at p. 285, та. „ 1874], Чарна igging and 
drainin, S ets averages I5 
tons seh without a EAS edP atlas Mr. Hib- 
berd also showed specimens of his P. Potato tile, and 
is tubers were a nice clean ue 
Sixty-three dishes formed a — good collection 
e, Vineyard Nursery, 
Hamm ersmith. The varieties та TA were Pater- 
son’s Victoria, Red Regent, Old Ashleaf, Dawe’s 
Matchless, Birmingha m Prizetaker, Lois Hammer- 
smith Kidney, Snowflake, Laps tone, Veitch’s Ashleaf, 
Prince of Ан Kidney, and Brownell's Beauty. 
rom Messrs Harrison & Sons, Leicester, came 
-six sorts, Creme of at size, and the 
vrrieties ea well kno 
From the South Metropolitan District Schools, 
Sutton, suey, came ten es of nine tubers eac 
hich weighed in th poems 
Messrs, Hooper & Co., C t Garden, showed 
three of Brownell’s meet "кейш and one of 
Pringle's, all four being kidneys of promising appear- 
ance 
essrs. K. Bliss Sons, New York, 
came fais e samples a Eureka, Alpha, Early didit 
rownell's Beauty, and Sno 
284, Live Mind Street, Islington, 
showed eight dishes of Potatos ** grown at Aberdeen 
Park Nursery, the vem ^d all eo cme and brick 
sls, ni Mr. Shirl escribed as the 
creation, аа 
e of 4 cwt. peracre." Веуоп 
his manure a 
at at the same rate per acre, "but "be tubers did not Pow 
that any special advantage resulted from the use of 
this manure, 
Royal Horticultural, Aberdeen: .Szr. 
ociet x pag m 
The autumn show of t 
the Music Hall buildings on Thu S last, an 
= a one of the best ever held under the 
was set apart chiefly 
rp pit. ide ornamental Con — and 
The pot 
vegetables, a raised 
онн іп Ње а of the „ы апа тендей а 
very fine b mat. ce. The rst prize and silver medal for 
the best collection of ornamen onifers was 
by Messrs. B. Reid & Сш nurserymen, Aberdeen 
A medal was awarded to Mr, P, Harper, 
deen, for the best twenty alpine plants. The dis la =” 
Gladioli was excellen x was : neof the fea 2 4 
ope to 
al for the best six varieties of 
otatos was cep off by Mr. James MacInt 
Corsindal, Clun 
Fruit and cut ded occupied the ball-room, Cut 
flowers were a very fine exhibition, notwithstanding 
the unsettled weather. Dahlias, Marigo lds, Asters, 
ansies were lar re and much 
for a 
Mr. 
ohn Pa Gleaburai We. “Cottage, took the lion’s 
share of the honours in the fruit classes. The work- 
ing classes’ section was also а creditable, some of 
the classes treading hard upon the heels of the pro- 
essio 
The floral SN &c., were shown in the square 
—— A ойе red for pe best floral crown 
warded ә Mr. A. Smith, Innes House, Elgin; 
oak гаа a offered D ‘or Ака" decoration, to to Mr. G. 
мр o. dholm Н 
than тм 5000 speci 
ving 
A feature in the show was a stump of a tree com 
pletely covered with the beautiful Polyporus екиде, 
5 was exhibited, 
iere m 
^ very large Polyporus betulinus, There were also some 
fine specimens of Agaricus giganteus, and Polyporus 
squamosus, Sis was one specimen of a rare 
Peziza The de ao zes for the best collec- 
tions were canted as follows 
ere was a large 
out duy day, and the essc eni Ser menie 
Mr. Rennie, were most complete. 
Law Notes: 
jim o v. DEBT COLLECTORS. fag v. 
—This was an action brought in the Blooms- 
bury County A: on Friday last before the presiding 
judge, G. Lake Russell, E h the plainti 
a grower in 
sued for due to the p 
whi present 
pared in — so he had о take ou 
Court summonses, and that Чаму the d de 
had paid $ the sum of £10 2s. 
sued for due, In cross-examinatlon by ме Boydell 
e witness said he did not charge one guinea on one 
occasion, and 15s. on — for his professional 
services, but calculated 1 cent. on the amount 
claimed as remuneration. The plaintiff only 
pearing gh his solicitor 
when Mr. Bo ‘ Meo 
dressed urging upon all suitors. Ње 
necessity Of employing pae ren instead of "d 
