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JULY 4, 1874] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLES 
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ts Mr. Ward again came the fore with ex- 
ent Sapes of Erica Sprei multiflora, Phoeno- 
a Barnesii, Genetyllis tulipifera, 
Kaloni nthes Madam oe ars 
nd lad Williams with la 
ay of oinensis, pe which i is said to grow 
ina lower temperature t than I. coccinea, I. Colei, 
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ey Mr. Donald set up a splendid group of fine- 
t ywioliaged pl Palms, Crotons, Cycads, Dra- 
2, as, were conspicuous by their noble gro 
leaf-marking. The e exhibitor had by far the 
up of stove and greenhouse Ferns, whi 
re numerously and on the whole o 
wa exhibition of fruit—small, b 
om Saskets of 12 and 6 varieties of vegetables 
ea good feature; cut flow ere represente 
by Roses, the best forty-eight i in three trusses 
Ca o also showed in 
he class for twenty-four trusses, but was beaten by Mr. 
d oad. Some zg flowers 
by the wrist cultivators als 
up to the table decora- 
i ons, there Boom | clases te wee and three pieces. 
n the for urley, Brentwood, staged “oe 
of the chaste and elegant deiis for which ag is 
the 2d prize group was also nicely do 
t may be added that the town "of Stratfo ak put 
n its Seger i Feron to greet its numerous visitors, 
ha t the fine, and that there was every 
promise a Y xhibition would prove a great success. 
_Ipswich sos eer Aa 25.—The summer 
this Socie held last Thursday, 
with, bet independent of, the very 
the «Agricultural Asso- 
urch The F x Show, 
at of the Ipswich Poultry oat Pigeon 
as h the nds of t ower 
3 yeather, though threatening, 
proved propitious, and th ow was well sup- 
cro was somewha 
usual, but- of d quality—fruit, 
eg: cut herbaceous plants, and Roses 
bein trongest points. e Black Grapes 
were particularly well done, as were the sti een 
of fruit shown by Mr. Baers of Shrublan ons, 
There were ee o some 
T thiet teas ttaan galore, th 
igh ured, "Ipswi 
of mie Ees in aoe i r growing, 
ich Gem, Whitton nah &c., fairly 
inbur d Gown t of 
Cauliflowers” were no 
usual high standard seen figo- doublen jini p the 
paaie ges ng. rizes offered for the 
best basket nd the best col- 
, however, aA t Ips SK: 
Peas were lot, and vegetables TE fine, 
though the 
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atively. little worthy Oe special 
hid ne n with 
spikes of the lovely Odontoglossum 
Lord esham, 
f. Packer. Mr. G 
siursedyasite. Tee 
» al wed a fine specimen me the golden Japan 
Lily, over 3 feet ES ee - om head of bloo 
e a few good pls 6 of 
the Clerodendron Balfourianum, Allama: nda Wardlei 
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anda riot 
d foliage plants 
were remarkably well done, Zonals fair, 
‘very poor. 
ing. If plants are s zondot 
become 
and Ferns. Triselor Pelargoniaras practice — 
sias | 
— John Fellow (in the serge employ) said he recol- 
lected the transaction, ro the Oranges were not paid 
t ote sage scene in the usual 
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d he never gave receipts for ready- y 
and he recollected Fend paying the plaintiff from 
roa f his dropping a florin 
ey in doi 
e le ried Tides t told bso eee ae that the onus 
of Hood of payment rested w im, and that unless 
be could satisfy ne © ourt ps this. point iadlcment 
ould be agai 
e defendant Aat kbi able to do this, judgment 
was entered for the plaintiff for the sum claimed, with 
costs, 
The Villa Garden. 
GREENHOUSE, —There are now so many things 
coming to flower in the greenhouse — amon 
them Fuchsiss, Balsams, Petunias, the pleasant old 
Trachelium cceruleum, Plumbago capensis, Cam- 
panula turbinata (the three last affording charming 
hues of blue), and others too numerous to men 
that it is important room be made for them ; ‘ar ihe 
only plan is to place out-of-doors certain hardy — 
and those of a tender character that have done bloom 
in a house they are sure 
d half the effect they would 
diate is emn A few plants grown 
wali is surely better than a number of plants 
crowded n indifferently under a north 
wall that gets but little sun at mid-day. e ha 
already prepared a bed o al-ashes, and lahet it 
round with some rough boards obtained by knocking 
an old box or two to pi eces, In this bed we have 
plunged t p pots of Astilbe 
barbata ( (Hotei "ay 
P. intermedia, P. sred tet and i Prim- 
roses, Fern-le aved Primulas, Scilla sibirica, Triteleia 
uniflora, Hepaticas, and others. Here they are kept 
cool and moist about eo "Si they are gradually 
maturing and ri ir growth, and they are 
only wanted in very ag weather, excepting the 
Astilbe these are regularly drenched with 
water every day. There are also a few of the fine 
old-fashioned named Polyanthuses that were so 
pop a quarter of a century or so ago—Buck’s 
Geo " re Favourite, Li e; 
and others. The clearing away of these 
plants aftords room for others m is n- 
tial to the well-being of plants in houses—they want 
light, and a free circulation of air among them ; 
crowded and drawn plants get the green-fly on them, 
and become of an unhealthy aspect 
t 
weather, and a Te ye of w: 
Pa a freely and frequently re all iia days. 
there 
mEn mani syringing plants when the sun is on 
em. We have sori persons ex- 
pres great mr at this being done during bright 
unshine and we would simply point to the condition 
of the Sint at aree pes the beneficial effects of the 
generally a con and conclus 
argument, 
aoe portion ot the ash-bed | 
ane een 
ansy and other cuttings: i 
cinder ashes, er that is laid a oe of ik fi eee from 
on Sees me pieces of turf 
in autumn, to stand through the winter and flow 
well in thespring. The gay-coloured retin vata 
ae their strong coated aa beige see fre hues of colour, 
o being m 
ret stronger in constitution ‘tian the English or show 
Pansies, wig eara eae also be put 
in at this season a of the yea 
Such a bed can be rath of service for striki 
ree mph am fine hardy spring-flowering perennia 
plan green Candytufts, especially the fine 
Tberis coriifolia, F Cheias Marshallii and C. alpinus, 
ae 
so useful in the garden in spring, 
the year ey are 
can too highly commend 
that no "words of praise 
them 
A fe ew days ago we saw in a greenhouse attached to 
a Villa residence some plants of Echeveria aoaaa 
growing singly in Lae a a profusely, A large 
number eae re nt are cabal ona 
branching m spike, D tin the process of flowering 
dies, 
offsets in a s early part of the sprin 
some of the a0 ie plants should be lifted from the 
open ground and potted singly into 48-pots, using a 
light free soil. Soa after they begin to make growth 
they will run away to flower, and it i n necessary 
o tie the stalk to a small stake or support, the 
weight of the head of flowers will cause it to en 
; so serving as a 
fringe to taller plants. 
If not oc ise done, some Primula and Cineraria 
seed should be sown in sam; using a very light, free, 
sandy soil, and then laced on a shady cool shi 
w 
na nho 
and shaded by la 
The old-fashioned pans o! 
bottom as an outlet for d “water should be avo ideas 
a stove-house w 
a brisk botti beit and a high t aape: 
can now be obtained having holes for drainage round 
the botto There should first be“ ar ak small 
ieces of b pots, over this of moss, to 
eep tlie soil washing away out of the holes, 
and the whole filled up with soil. is should be 
pes moist by gentle dem go of 
cael — 
STA mi ve hig WEATHER AT BLACKHEATH, LONDON, 
E WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1874. 
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