THE 
JULY 11, 1874.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
: where thi und was specially prepared gros oen, by 
sig Fey we io these pages in the ing, 
A e 3 feet apart, are now well r ya up, ee 
4 er of the kinds have a wonderful dens ag 
3 th, strong and healthy, in some case 
grow 
24 feet across along the whole line "Shou uld they 
not materially suffer from di promise to 
j repay trebly the little extra cultivation bestowed. All 
Potato growers are now thoroughly familiar with 
the appearance of th ulm and foliage of the 
American Early Rose; to this the gpr of the 
Extra Ea ermont bears a close resemblance, 
ni and is qui erles 
both kinds ills soon a digs: 
arly Gem, 
aiid not to 
h Mr. Fenn’s certifi- 
a du anaes of Extra 
n d I question ‘wire thier it ought to 
n sent a t with that Mahe Late Rose has 
that is more aot and ws 6 ‘ies taller 
arly Rose, although the Se «4 is 
o flowers freely, the b in 
è rs are e 
; the foliage is, however, of a rather dee 
green. Inthe report of the Potato trial at 
st year this sort is mentioned a in 
ut 14 feet in length.” With 
ing in D different places, 
aulm is ong the tallest e 
at Chiswick last year was p 
n 
an Be haulm of 
duce, nes 2 may carry flowers from rag 
— Dean, Bedfont. 
Allow a me to Corect an 
at South Kensington ae Mi mki ; Èr 
Esq., Warren use, Stanmore. 
ipley Queen e weighing 5 
O arei pae in 
of a 
rootless sucker, planted ao rs 18 M 
hibiti Pine was to show its quick 
than eleven months from the 
ad it been a rooted plant 
planted in August last, I 
there was anythi 
shoul 
Id not have considered ng par- 
$ in the production, and d therefore 
re rtt Soe! troubled myself about exhibiting it. 
Reports of Societies. 
MIDLAND COUNTIES GRAND 
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 
>See : vie eos and 10.—The Mid- 
be pronounced a great suc- 
tural point of view, and as the 
auspicious for the opening the 
e was also Doa. i 
= grounds, though showing, as all ps 
lateness and ungenial character of the seaso 
500 fet long, part o Ù 
uttlew 
geri ie a beautiful Gymno. 
75 feet broad, were devoted to the collections 
of stove and greenhouse plants, Orchids, Ferns, 
on iums, tage ond othe Seeing flowering 
et long, the 
chsias seed very Efectively ranged 
Ari — of Ros ere, however, 
ithout, reference to the 
ty’s zra; was occupied by an excellent 
display of a Pine array of Pine-apples probably 
never havin exceeded. Two separate tents, 
were well filled with 
boi o Fe summary of the space 
Poor will ats ee puller of the great extent of 
the exhibition 
The qua lity ie gorse shown was Pa 
a for the se Stove and greenhouse plants 
e of course efective sind “the lowering amia 
a more so tha o be expected—thanks, pro- 
bably to = aiis otadir season. 
Palms were also shown in capita 
emn rr TOND, Pr at Elmd d T. 
orth, Esq., were mena K "e ove 
mma peruv argy- 
ag tenes from the former, and camer Cleichenias ne 
the lat Among the Orchids was a s 
Mr. Will inas, of Aerides odoratum. ae ast 5 pie 
nigh and 4 feet through, well flowered, ‘and reiinding 
of the Orchid specimens of for ays. 
he 
Paak collection of Clematis made 3 a kplendid cen- 
a group, and was greatly admired ; and a fine 
Nepenthes Rafflesia E 
coloured idek Hai Mr. Williams, w 
ence to the ses, we ma 
(Ba 
" 
and ppr eyan 
s most effec- 
la Baronne oe Rothschild, leg France, Maréchal R bee 
c€., being selected for t 
feature i ka proved Tea effective Er at So ai 
Kensington, and might be extended with advantage. 
NEW PLANTS. 
The classes for new plants were oe contested, 
a -gro 
Mr. Williams being Ist, witha onsisting of 
iantum gracillimum, which we kalk Several times 
referred to arracenia Wi i, a well-marked 
psi petite flava major, but with a broade- 
i Agere ve Taylori, Scolo ‘ium vulgare crista- 
tty South African Antheri 
wih keinek leaves an inch wide; and a ragged 
owe, ayna pen supposed to. be a hybrid of 
G. lan eS ny 
consiste ted pi Adia Gg uvia Aralia Vei 
Anthurium E anay TE acæna ae Dipladenia 
e Ot bits fro 
Messrs. Felto Sons, Mr. F. Per E wW 
er, e next class for w rare 
plants, sent out in 1872-74, Mr. Williams was ate 
Ist, wi yathea Burkei, a nice specimen ; | 
gramma decomposita (figured in 1874, vol. I, p. 607), 
racæna amabilis, and is, two of the newe 
sorts, with creamy and rose-colo' varieittiod ; Mi ; ais 
thurium teat and Kentia s Canta oa! nen Mr. 
E. Dixon in 2d, and oe a large plant 
poe Dieffenbachia Bais Phyllotæ i Lindeni, w 
Wei ni, Anthurium crystallinu m, 
Veitchi abd] Pteris serrulata cristata Dixoni, the tat 
an intermediate crested form, ale than a. 
g x a 
Sarati a pret new hybri side-saddle prion 
us Parcelli vith igwily-Dlotched leaves ; Crot 
ovalifolium, with oblo aa beni ended leaves, prettily 
ined with dersoni, and D 
gold; 
hybrida, H the former reakci with yellow and ro se, 
and the latter aeiy coloured with similar tints ; 
Tillandsia mosaic e leaves of which are trans- 
versel ed ean te fk green ; Adiantum Zahnii, 
with pin pdi and remarkably Jarge — + 
r Veitehii, a very neat and elegant innate form, 
amabile, one of _the most elegant | of the 
with large cordate leaves, a blotched ; 
nia Vesuvius, with large vermilio n flowers ; i 
Gloxinia Marquis o rne, . variety wi h large 
drooping flowers, lilac, with a clear white bar 
w ip, around which the ground 
i iss 
— to the pinne; and A, F.-f. Quilterianum, a 
arrow laminate form. with ed 
urner, for 
ince, a dark-tipped noT = 
ar ably vigorous oiky habit, and Constance 
ars salmony pin 
STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 
much better than could Bu 
J The ana. pro 
E competition 
C finte flowering plants, 
lace in a a large | ia 
wonderful ca 
the 
ack Ak an 
well- flow F cimens 
Chelsoni, a a well: flow: 
ered, i and sho lant of 
Allamanda n ane. I Hh» 
obilis, and a first-rate Ixora coccinea ; 
a 
ae ge 2 ae and a neat group from 
op eames o J. O. Bacchus, Esq., Nor- 
sod House, Lamington, came in 3 e finest 
specimen greenhouse plant was a nicely flo 
example. , fro m3 to 4 feet. he oe Phanocoma 
prolifera, inthe by Mr. B. S. Williams. The 
this class wer 
“a ie ‘Ist prizes being awarded to 
essts, e & Son, for a superbly D Dipla- 
denia aiba ; and to Mr, J. Webb, gr. to J. Gul- 
ston, Esq., oventry, for a r ly ; 
specimen en of Stephanotis floribunda, perfect in x lage 
and flowers. S. Williams was 2d with a very 
good example of Anthurium Scherzerianum. A large 
and full-flowered Erica venosa, shown by Messrs, E. 
e & 
ol Sons, an similar sized specimen of E. — 
obbata, from Mr. B. S. Wi best in the 
ass for the single specimen gr Heaths. 
h ” class. green 
plants in bloom, Mr. to J. Sp 
sq., was well rst, showing amples of C 
ron Balfouriam tieriana ros 
E. Cand i pride" Ba ora javai 
F renes his collect 
a well-flow Te plan Cassia corym nbosa. Sé 
t of ; 
Mart Cole E Sor al OEA io puss frp mil: 
mber., - i 
FINE-FOLIAGED PLANTS. 
mongst nurserymen, in the class for six fine- 
foliage plants, the Shel came from Mr. w. Baa 
Co. Nursery, Cheltenham, consisting of large 
f ; of Croton 
1 
Croucher, gr. to 
, Hammersmith. If Pit 
broad classification of | 
Presi 
Nepenthes Ra Maias, 
Sa followed closely ms Mr. B. | 
with — examples Sarracenia 
and Ne; 
