November 27, 1875.] 
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dm cmn te homey ae embarrass- 
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Suffice it 
ociety 
n residents pitiably euni] 
to preserve for harmless 
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Society so far as it purports to die esen 
country at large, virtually costed to exis 
The Snowflake and Eureka Potato Competi- 
tion, —We have read the letter of your se dent, 
Mr, Ford, on the subject of otato competition, 
i | in your issue of last wee e have no de- 
sire intain discussion up which we 
rest if we reproduce the ‚сой upon which the 
“Fifty guineas in we offered by Hooper & Co. 
n, W.C., will be awarded at the 
ve "Forticultural Society on Nov. 10 
Covent mo Lon 
ompetitors for the prizes will ye 
required to give date of planting, date of digging, wit 
written кле ы X ke IU characteristics 
soi cla S, gore andy, o 
nature of the мечты Ww dr andar авй ог not) po 
and quantity of н used, how а d whe en 
and the nature of the ich обе ied the 
iatel re. Competitors must send us 
S for registration befo pril ro next, 
ho are so entered will ligible to compete 
g will be appointed by us 
of the Potatos, an 
e occupied, and pier 
sig carried out, The 
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cultural Society, South bie re Ste ndon, 
à 5 о Competition ’ on the corner or 
tack of the address. “The packages must reach South 
 Kensingt the written statement 
ГО orc Great Britain. Competitors for premiums will 
; no restrictions as to their mode of 
excepting that they must not be m 
orced by artificial pee. our object being уч 
Mod: res nective 16 such culture as 
tually given to crops in "x well managed vegetable 
К° m farm. The Potatos may be cut T 
having placed it in the h ги "s tod 
ecd Society, who willingly сее the 
Matter for us, we considered that we had secured the 
: nance that we could дейт 
| m of Societies. 
District Chrysanthemum I3.— 
ently-formed society held its first show on 
late in 
rs pas' 
ve horticultural exhibition has been held at 
f. July, and the itene rm has 
of am ib 
society, 
5 first show as above stated. It was not 
but it proved a A cem fe one, and 
boxes of remarkably handsome cut flowers. A 
EE of Aralia Sieboldii, in flower, came Бош Mr. 
x the classes for plants of сне апі 
троп waar К mums, some capital specimens 
wer staged by Mr. H. Rushton, d do Admiral Sir 
R. Collinson The Haven, Ealing, trained ball fashion, 
but with a flattish 
ower- 
play next 
In the classes for cut blooms the competition was 
much beiter sustained. There were four classes for 
айй саев, who is 
always successful in producing good blooms. They 
were Jardin des Plantes, Prince Alfred, White Globe, 
Golden Beverley, Mrs. Geo. Rundle, cing alfourd, 
Bronze Jardin des Plantes, Lady Har 
Nugget, Lady Slade, Golden Dr. Beo 
Mr. to C. 
ohnson, о N. Peal, Esq., 2d, with 
olden Beverley, Lady Slade, Christine, Prince 
Alfred, and . Rundle as his best blooms, 
he bes e from Mr. J. Lang, whọ had 
Maréchal Duroc, Prince Al Geo, Rundle 
Georgé Glenny, Lady Talfourd, and Prince of Wales. 
Mr. Rushto 2d, having, among others, 
examples o $. . Rundle, Lord Derby, Jardin 
Thomas 
Simpson, the Hon, Secretary t 
stand had to be disqualified, through ewe A Annie 
Salter, a ps daos ш varie! "d The Ist prize went 
rkin, gr. t Capps, Esq., whose 
stand included Муй, a nd white Anemone- 
flowered variety ; Rose Tr revenna, Bob, Genera 
саса 
о em blooms shown by single-handed 
gard md impegit: m Mr. Johnson, with good examples 
In dia, Prince Alfred, G 
Pompon e from Mr, 
Johnson, übt for the future the саа would be 
ade much more effective if backed by their own 
foliage. 
In thé amateurs' class for twelve blooms of large- 
variety, a rom Mr. Lang, to 
[ferr id article of veriu was awarded, as а 
— T by the committee. 
as also awarded to Mr. T. Simp- 
of 
Wimbledon and District Horticultural : 
b 
many of your 
ncially, d eed them was 
Wimbledon. Great pum raise is due to the gardeners on 
J^ cune for the маа 
"ought of getting 
ednesday, mran 17, in the Lecture | 
Hell, Wimbledon, one of the best. exhibitions of 
held ia U and | У 
hel in the suburbs of London, and which Lam. glad 
was a ete success. No were 
ded, but Mr. E Kinghorn, of Richmond, — as 
referee to the productions kindly sent, and the 
be handed over to the Society to augment 
specimens 
M Thompson, Oller- 
рга аах were Messrs. verd, 
oorman, Cole, 
On the cer cae тые, on ran down quem : oe 
the 
Calam s if roni by Hr, s leben Pee to Sic з 
P eek, МР, Wis also colitribuled у б of irat of 
ce and numerous, and among the | 
most excellent quality ; also some very large Crotons, 
Draczenas, md Pe A which deco at ted the gallery. 
he other collections wer y and y 
arranged around the sides of the building, кч on the 
жее т нф, а ртапі ae staged by Mr. 
to J. Boustead, Esq. : a dior Tula ч was ave lage 
Pandanus utilis, 7 feet highs Croton variegatus 
6 ed in height, and a 
ан 
Veitch beautifully coloured ; 
rogyne emul 
4 feet 
high, well clothed to the Ды үч) these ban 
choice Draczenas, Palms, and Ferns. The 
collection of stele tae of over 40 varieties, 
staged by Mr. Jordan, was 
was also the splendid group put up by Mr, Lyne, 
gr. to A. a Жы a most of the 
well-known exhibition vari - a nice group 
fine-foliage pla Thompson, of the Wimbledon 
Nurseries, made an excellent bank, comprising all the 
new and choice Draczenas, Palms, Crotons, var- 
dias, &c., well intermixed with Adiantums farleyense, 
ncinnum latu не tenerum, &c, This wasa 
e one, being dwarf in ha it 
dba rise all the good things red oe 
themums, the € and the collections of plants 
show bourhood of 
wer all 
end де is rich in plants, and that culture is 
оное couraged and advancing. (From а Corre- 
spondent, ) 
Massachusetts Horticultural— November Meel- 
being Dresent t t fing. ө?! 
that room for the ээ-эй кай display of Мазза. 
chusetts о be secur ue - He 
reported a resolve for the appointment of a c 
of from — - five 5 to solicit coatsibitions 
and make —M that 600 dollars be 
appropriated re enses, 
Col. Wilder ч that the committee had entered 
into — with the Centerínial Bureau, and 
was now that the week including 
wn 
i supp 
September 14 would probably be set down as the 
ы pomological the country, 
that week there is to be a grand nem 
tion to the members of the Pomological 5 oft 
been ve num er- 
ous that it was a separate 
building for this гуйн The selection of - 
week in question would A er ie the display of 
fruits at earlier periods o 
meeting for анаа ч was "ui held, Vice-Pre- 
m, C. Strongin the chair, It was anno 
that the eine for an essay on the culture of the 
сеси and the Cauliflower had been awarded to 
Mr. H. White, of Westborough, and the essay was 
Robert mere 
ere was a йа es of , Chrysanthemums at 
Horticultural H exhibition 
other hrysanthemums, in 
whic! nson, of Canton, took all the prin- 
cipal prizes, vea w choice arr 
ouse flowers, including some splendi ids from 
E Rand, jun., a remarkably elegant table design 
rom сао Comley, and lovely hand bouquets from 
ames O' 
M remarkable Chrysanthemum sport should be men- 
oned, of ye 
ства gj чара quite unparalleled, the plant belonging 
to President Wilder. [See p. 686. 
aky ni n JONES AURIS Mel md 
bee TES versui — of the show was repre- 
e ow ; 
sented by Cabbages, wers, Celery, and Salsify, 
muni comms gd : of Pears 
‚ЫН; І, 
“others. 
on ‘the schedule le for this year, recom- 
February next. (From a rsen E 
al of Edinburgh. tiet. first meeti 
Botanic rg этү: ge, Da = 
day, the 11th i t 
у. Bart., 
and Natural History of ct 
бош Which the following are extracts 
The district I mean is nen called inthe form of a 
extends for about [e 
Strathearn, 
earn. It 
rather narrow on | 
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