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and Mr. C. Paskins, Grove Place, St. Helier's, | collection of Finca’ sixty sorts of Potatos. А silver | of the commi 
who had. very fine Chaumontelles, Beurré Diel, Glou | medal was a 7 Henley aa- Theme. thoweh x Йон ара е 
Moreau, Forelle алу ер and Dade Messrs. vy К. Co., Covent Garden, offered а | plant of Vanda ccerulea. It had five spikes on two 
d'Angoulême. ош the other exhibitors the | series of prizes to be competed for with the produce | growths, and the number of flowers was sixty- A 
most conspicuous exam m rom M » | raised from one pound of seed each of the Snowflak A Cu Commendation TA awar 
gr. to J. Catouche, Esq., : oucester Tent Jersey ; | and Eureka Potatos. For this competition there were m, Paul & Son contributed coap аи — of cut 
Mr. J. Pluck, New fel ket, Jersey; Mr. С. T. | no less than ninety-eight "м, spread all over the | sprays of coloured-leaved and ees and 
Miles, Mr. G. A. Bromfie d, gr., The Priory, Prittle- country, but through t the vages of the disease, and shrubs, which also gained a E 
well; Mr. Jack, gr., Battle Abbey ; Mr. Stephenson, | f, Bun of жм wi 
gr, Leigh or eighteen varieties | put in an rance was ty-nine, and FRUIT COMMITTEE.—Henry Webb, Esq., in 
there was also a good competition, but ou great was the diversity between the result of each air was a more than usually busy m meeting for 
wers st o chance the Jersey men for | competitors cult t was early seen that the | the committee, but many of the subjects brought be- 
= first two pri he finest lot came from | awarding of these prizes would, from various cause re them oo little general interest to 
. Pluck, who had amongst others very fine speci- air; and when we were | mentio: ere, Amongst the greatest novelties were a 
mens of Grosse eee Beurré Clairgeau, Duchesse | asked to believe that over 10001. were obtained | Specimen of the fruit of Diospyros pene 
d'Angouléme, Beurré Diel, Columbia, Beurré | from x lb. of seed, it will be ju dged that the | like fruit of a rich golden colour, from Sir William 
Bachelier, De Т ngres XChaumontelle Colmar | original surmise was fully justified. When it came to | Hutt, Appley Towers, Ryde ; a fine fruit of 
‹ ^ Va ns' Léon le Mr. | the point of awarding the prizes o Wednesday, the | Ph hes al tropical fruit introduced f 
: owing also grand examples of | Fruit and Vegetable Committee declined to in. | Brazil in 1836, but whether edible or not is more t 
Beurré Clairgeau, Duchesse wiegen Doyenné | (егете in the matter, and left the Council | doubtful. This came from Fountaine Walker, Esq., 
du Comice, Bergamot Esperen, = Chaumontelle. | t arrange with ^ud Hooper. The Council Ness are. Inverness. Mr. Dancer, Little Sutton, 
Mr. C. Haycock, gr. to R sq. » Barh understand, requested Mr. Barron PE Mute eos il j 
Court, Maidstone, was a go ^ The class for | operate with M: Hooper, and settle the matter | Orange "Pi ippin Apples, Hughes Prince of W 
three varieties was a very large and also a ve between them Lt codd: but this | 2nd Вештє 4 Aremberg Pears, also samples of 
bes seedling 
one, Here the first two prizes also went to Jersey, | arran nt fell is h, and . | Pear from Marie ise, raised by Mr. Willmot, of 
т. Thomas being Ist, with large and beautifully day eges the vexéd yos Au at est m Dr. Isleworth, 2 which ie of great size, and not unlike 
coloured Беште Clairgeau, Doyenné du Comice, | Н g, Mr. on, Mr. Dancer, and Mr. Barr, its parent in 
nd E inal апо PI P , мн very | undertaking e the awards, which te did in 
fine Glo Mr ‚ Chaumontelle, and ons he following. order, taking the terms of the schedule 
Léon le Clerc. r. G. P otts, gr. to Viscount Gage, literally, and giving the prizes according to the weights @, £ Heather 
M i id I. ge ^ ten 3d, TET before them :—Eureka : rst, Mr. J. Pink, gr. to Lord ы 
tel, s. , o orgeau, all Of а | Sondes, Lee’s Court, Faversham 647 lb. 3 2 5 ата? оғ rage WEATHER AT пологи чатр, LON. 
заа) pale green colour. The finest single dishes Bellis, gr. to Major Thoyts, Sulhamstead, Readin А E WEEK ENDING WEDNESD DAY, Nov, ХА tite 
competition of Van ons’ con 477 lb. ; 34, Messrs, Cock Bros, Spalding, 4611b.; | — TE t3 m reer s 
le Clerc, came from Mr. W. Fowle, Mr. G. Ford | 4th, Mr. R Th i d 
and Mr. G. A. ch, ^an and for Conseiller à la inm - tbe cathy’ ME. ashi We aac 
De- 
Cour, Mr. Plu and Mr. G. Goldsmith. it . МБ, “eer, BaROMETER, TEMPERATURE OF WiND. 
Hollanden Park, w e the leading prizetakers. Mr. е Же Au " ы e- ái iit ye ees H is nes Tables sth. | 
J. Pluck also sent diei finest samples of Dovesus du | flake: rst, Mr. J. Pink, 3724 Ib. ; ; n Mr. 7 Edition. d 
Comice, Mr. C. Haycock being 2d; and Mr. Pluck | Bellis, 3464 Ib. ; 3d, Mr. C. Ross, gr. oC. Eyre, 2 — 
7 o the most successful exhibitor of Duchesse Esq., Welford Park, 2961. ; 4th, Me: ‘oc у r | | ES | { 
d'Augouléme, and — Mr. T. Lane, | Bros., 290]b. ; sth, Mr. J. Down, 265 Ib. ; 6th, Mr, E goatee is Ss S [see 
Jersey, bein 2d the first-nai and Mr. ý essrs. per, i complime t Ж КЕЕ £ UM | БЫЧ $ i 
rsons, Danesbury, 2d, with the latter. There was | to the e xhibitors, put on their respective cards the ja 55е S i 5<^ i Бы 
а very strong competition with Marie Louise, and the | weights testified to by witnesses, at the time of EE ^ <5 Е = P TA 
awards eventually went to Mr. O. Goldsmith, gr., | Jifting, but which differed materially from the weight | | | 
Polesden Lacy, Mr. W. Wildsmith, Heckfield, and | ofthe heaps shown. We should not be surprised if | ~~ gy "RO CL d 4 T MN 
Mr. C. Paskins, St. Helier’s, Jersey. Six remark- | the course taken by the judges does not lead to a con- | “| Ai, I, s А аў "n i+ CARA 7 " ps ssw.: lo, 
ably fine fruits of Uvedale’s St. Germain, from the | siderable a of discontent but for the present, at | | жалу, 
. С. Bréhaut, Richmond House, Guernsey, | all events, has closed one of the greatest horticultural S ICM |-esss. 643- ap Text 3846.7 о SS SW. oos 
I hat and the same variety of | farces eve put before the public. It is difficult to 6 |2899 —osi sy. 1'9. 2| 8 953.5 + 8448.5 &( NW [0-40 
the following weights were shown as the six heaviest— | conceive how y any possible means this competition 7 |2912 жөө. 249. diy Ja бга ». in i wW SW: 15.26 
R as, Jersey, 14 lb. 5 oz. ; Mr. J. Pluck, | could be of any benefit to horticulture ; og! for the | | 
12 ]b. 12 oz. ; and Mr, T. Lane, 10 lb, credit of the Royal Horticultural Society it is to be 8 |2930 —o.50 47.5 33.0 14.539. 1- 4633. s 7 X. 0.15 
a ae a SUNG RP aD корд Ви it m never again lend its >л. for 9 | 29x -°® азата k ae neh M ls. 0.00 — 
— pri ere offered by | the furtherance h i arcad | 
the Society for een Potatos, and Onions, and very fot the poo of Potatos by the ton, edel эг ston еа zi WNW € 
= competitions resulted. Of twenty and ten hen such Potat like the Eure! ite Iw. : sum 
ishes of Potatos ‘spectively. Mr. Dean, Ealing, was AE ze rd. га з кзы The е Hortcatral Society шеше аи a nae aate en. as +22, wis E N. w:o E Ur 
the leading exhibitor, $ umsden a 1 2d in the | should not allow itself " — ea mere advertising 
larger class, and Mr. C. Frisby, gr., Blankney, 2d in | medium, unless indeed it titate a regular advertising Nov. 4 mri eis “ "nm intervals. Кай in 
the smaller, The whole it these а admirable гини тыйат апа publicly recidit the fact. — 5.—Еіпе Ш noon, overcast, dull, and occasional rain fell 
samples, amongst which astonished to find — К day from 10 A.M. Heavy rain in early morn, 
Porter's Excelsior, which was nearly unknown in the FLORAL COMMITTEE.—W, B. Kellock, Esq., in Gale of wind. pu ped é 
South until shown at the recent exhibition at the Alex- the chair. The most striking feature in the Council: AIT RA UNE. Un MM TEN. PN om ot 
andra Palace. ight’s Grove ite, shown by Mr, oom to-day was a remarkable grou ew hybrid — 8-—A fine bright day. Rain fell in easly morn. Cold. 
gard, Hammersmith, was the best white Celery ; Край; which, to the anite: Of fe dozen, were imma con ng net aeg drehen A отам» : 
and Wright's Grove Red, eve by Mr. C. Osman, | shown by Mr. John Wills, and raised by hi is foreman, turned to rise . { нен 
the South Metropolitan Schools, Sutton, the best red, | Mr, Bausé. As these plants are all described im miens AE AERE EL по сое 
Williams’ Matchless Red being 2d in the latter ce another column (p. 61 15), we need only state here that early and ponds frozen. _ ener 
- I Onions, Mr, Walker, Thame, Oxon, w: they: crestedi érable (oco a8 Rain fell 7 AM, and after 7 P.M. Tolerably — 
Ist wi e samples of Walker’s Improved Exhibi- awarded a Gold Medal First- e reading 
tion Onion, a good strain of White Spanish ; and class p "= awarded, and nn t to vd RR in. ; and Pat йм was 98i in: the mean Pending for 
the 2d prize also ra to the same variety, shown by | Mr. Denning, gr. to Lord Londesborough, for a the Рау "наз a8 in ———— 
Mr. G. Neal, gr. to P. Southby, Esq. , Bampton, species of Cattleya a Minas, a very interesting m 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons offered prizes for certain | species, with short тает гт and short blunt leaves, — During the тү тт Жл, November 
Onions, Potatos, and Cauliflowers, and were re- | and a flower of which the sepals and petals were of a | 6, in the vicinity of the Metropolis, the reading of the 
Warded with very fair с The best six | pale magenta — the labellum being striped of a barometer at the level of the sea decreased from 
of Sutton's King Cauliflowers came from Mr. C. | deeper hue, with a pale lemon base. o Mr. | 29.93 inches at the beginning of the week to 29.89 
Osman, Mr, Gilbert, Bérpliley, being 2d ; and for | Croucher, gr. to J. T. Peacoc Esq., Sudbury | inches by the early morning hours of November 1, 
twelve Sutton's Improved Reading Onion, Mr. G. | House, Hammersmith, for Echevería pachyphytoides, рсы to 29-93 inches by the morning of the 2d, 
ng | decreased ying 
Neal came in rst, and Mr aker hes by th i 
‚ gr. to the Rev, distinct upright form, with lo. to 29.83 inches by the morning 
J. W. B ll, Aston Vicarage, Bampi 2d—both à ves. Tes LR У : eria | increased to 29.90 inches ng of 
showing very fine samples in ар r. P. | rotundifolia, a seedling from E. glauca metallica, | decreased ( es by the morning of 
cKinlay, Woodbine Co ge, k was the E. secunda major—a А and was 29.33 inches by the end of the week. 
Vir ner of the rst prize fo lve varieties of Po of a metallic green hue, Mr. also sent a small | mean reading for the week was 29.76 
ul ing the Hundredfold Fluke and Redskin Flour- group of wn fo of Echeveria, for which the | 0.23 inch below that of the week, 
9 latter, it must be siminal, раи = ge thanks of the comm awarded, Ё inch below the —€— for the above week, 
Mr. McKinlay sta aged. Mr. essrs. Sons came an interesting group of est temperature the air day by day at 
good 2d, and Mr r. J. Pink, gr., LA GUAN iiia garden hybrids, raised in their establishment ; and | ! of 4 feet above the ground | fror 
* good 3d as it may be of interest to some, we „the | 47° on October 31 to 591^ on November 1, the — 
Men, puc Carter & Co. also offered с oe names of the plants shown :— x Cattleya Dominiana — ара value being 531 m Weder 
а collection о and х С, Exoniensis; х Cypripedium vexillarium, | perature of the air, night by г 
~ ten dishes of So жете ae t, verge ii of t ca dm ian x Harrisianum, x C Dominii, x C. Sedeni, УД? ‹ = аай = of —— and 501° on the 6th, 
number of speciali for iere was | x C. Marshallianum, x hurianum ; it т the week of 43°. The mean daily 
NEA M gary with the ager cla clas for vege ; tables, and | x Alocasia Sedeni, x Calanthe Veitchi, x Dracæna | range gr aui i» in the week was 1 А 
ух eg one т. C. Osman | hybila, x D. Taylori, x Rhodode Princess | the greatest range in y being 14 
Staged collection of vegetables; they were | of Wales, Queen of Denmark, Princess Royal, Prin- | both on the and 4th of November; and 
ташу а great credit to him, Mr, Miller, gr. to J. | cess Alexandrze and Princess Thyra ;and x Nepenthes | least 6{° on October 3r. The mean daily tempera- 
м Friend, «, Margate, ‘was = їог ће otat os, | intermedia, hybrida, hybrida maculata, Dominii, | tures of the air and the departures from their respec- 
Mr. Lumsden 2d, The Messrs, Carter were the | Sedeni, and Chelsoni А Gold Medal was awarded. , T averages were as — :—Oct. Ta va — 
themselves of 1 апа t inte- | The Messrs, Veitch also sent a small group of flower- 347; ; М, I, 42*.9, — 3.5; zd 3 
testing collection of Ka ol args and most inte ing and fine-foliaged plants, and neat specimens of 48°.4, 7.61 e» #2: Ae + 6. 75 ; ux 49° “2, +. 
Оше seventy-six apparently distinct sorts ; and also а | Cupressus Lawsoniana variegata, for which the thanks у 6th, 53° 5,4 The mean temperature 
