jury 11, 1874.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 
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e pa 
Coo 
Kanep; 2d came 
-iie sJ 
Mr. Henderson, and 
F sige es had twenty dishes of Peaches to 
9 Pio and awarded the Ist prize to Mr. G 
‘Miles, o had Bellegarde, large and finely 
a coloured ; oyal George, fine, zr rich in colour 
= fom Mr. Bannerman, coming i ; and Vi olette 
3 Pues, fine in size and colour, kom Mr. G. Jac 
gon, gt. to J. Tyer, Esq., Tiscall Hill, Stafford, 
= ad. an extra prize being d Mr. Coleman, 
3 * very good dish of Bellegarde. Of Nectarines 
re were thirteen exhibitors, and so close was t 
aoe 1 
by Mr. Cox 
fruit of the same variety, s 
bert Nott, gr. to J. TAi 
Sta tin 
Ga Feat gr 
È ; hillips, B ' Re oars 
Hal, Northwich 3 
 mondeley Castle, N 
took the prizes in the eo tps named. 
a TABLES, 
mbers and salading excluded), 
from Mr. Miles, 
twelve of which weighed 
ed 
: Mr. James 
Bart., 
«class culture, 
JMr. T, A: 
Here Mr, Gilbert, gr. 
was the 
, gr. to Sir 
Dunston Hall teh shows 
Mr. J. Re 
et me Mi A 
Esq., jea aiani 
<4, and Colston Bassett Seed- 
o Sr h, 
og ybrid i apie sized, 
„netted, Seas aiicshed Melon won ‘all the prizes 
12 being s ma 
rolific arge 
a ‘sie log and Early y White Naples 
2 Ib. 2d 
n Turk, Tewke sbury "Read, 
Mr, Jona 
imilar as a variety, the only difference 
bsti shrooms an 
for Ca: and Tu 
Batti own mr. Ç 
urnips. 
bela was 3d. 
NOUSE 
eer was Ist, showing Climax Liye pri 
Manon ] 
not yet sent ou 
ut of first- 
A, 
gr. Bragenton 
, and Mr. John Bak 
‘well. 
grown nicé PE A 
' ài White Napi sA 
Globe. ‘Raitholber Cauliflowers rs, and F api 
class ‘table 
inner, 
er, Bamp- 
_ interest amongst a large po: 
j L 
of Woodstock, a nice clean sample, from the same 
exhibitor. Of Peas the show was remarkably good, 
The best pues TENGA half a a pec of each, amongst 
sixteen lots staged, axton’s Supplanter, geun 
yM 
a Pos MAL by Mr. J. Richardson, Boston, 
ual 3d, Mr. Soxs Madresfield arg 
d Om 
y Mr. 
kt a Onions 
judges’ 
T we 
r 
competitor but the 
m tics 
ne 
FN iP e twenty- 
fi 
all degrees of Fipene The Celery was very good ; 
Tomatos, fine yas, large, but only second-rate ; 
ilow 
Broad Beans, ’ good ; auliflowers, poor ; T- 
nips, poor. Thre e special prizes were offered by 
Thomas Laxton, Es sq., for fifty pods of any four of a 
hom: 
stipulated m of Peas raised by him, and the 
taken by ichardson, Boston ; the 2d 
Gilbert, pos the 3d by Mr. Miles 
Fillbasket, and Superlative, were the winning 
varieties. 
Since we te Sagi it has been ascertained 
that, in seve strict wording of the 
schedule was an Sai; p ng this was not sons 
vered by the judges in the first instance, and conse- 
quently, several alterations in the awards were after- 
wards made 
THE LAWN MoWER CONTEST. 
The National remap? ae: igh —— for A 
series of meda ied o ednesda 
the walled-in Sait k Garten, Par practi conside ble 
ortion ol is visitors. The 
judges were Mr. Lowe, of hampton; Mr. 
assall, Birmingham ; Mr. Fleming, Cliveden, and 
Mr. Bennett, Hatfield ; and the competitors, Messrs. 
rowley & Co., Manchester ; Messrs. Green & Son, 
of Leeds and London; Messrs. Hartley & Sugden, 
Halifax ey Barnard, Bishop & Barnard, of 
orwich ; a r. Harris, of. Birmingh: The 
N ngham. 
conditions nor which the trials were to be ane 
pasi at vol i, 1874, Pp. 797s wama a Ly by 
and contest 
is sidia ground about 12 0 ox | 
Son competed with tar pci Royal Guinea 
has been made of various sizes 
p. 147. 
Windsor, which has also cog-action, Mr. 
Green’s ga known Silens Messor, pee rato rp $ 
Messrs. Bishop & Barnard the Šilas 
Ratchet, which has also cog-action, Where it was 
possible three or faur sizes of each machine w ary iziet 
A 30-inch Gr yan ked by t 
-inch Green’s new net r, wor aged 
f h, and tried with a’ pony did 
machine of the same pattern 
also failed t o give por EA but a s chain- 
action pem of the old type cut close ‘but ribbed the 
grass; and the same was oe case jiga - es "e 
14-inch pattem: All these Sebina 
low. Barnard & Co.’s a Silent Ratchet, pe 
with a pony, show level ound, 
but ribbed where it was ? ae 
ing wheels in the Green's pages cach vilet 
than usual, so that w work up to and round 
it could not cut to within 6 in 
co ' 
Barnards’ machine, the noisiest ” the ot € cut to within 
the Green also do in th 
hard to work, g et cut 
ugden’s cutter, 
Green’s chain-ac tion ‘aching cut 
er and 
t to work, an ms ‘the cleanest 
consi ere its cog- 
itle b e smaller machines 
similar results were rahe ar Invincible here.” too, 
making the best a easiest w 
; he grass Wes gen re eee 
the whole of ey the an rg $e 
bs new machine es 
heating ay 
also made very good work, rhariag been better set, and 
uay fairly easy and close. The judges afterwards 
had one of each ny le of machine taken to pees and 
each explained by the 
respective 
given was as E liay 
a iaasa exhibited by Messrs. Crowley & Co. ; the 
to Green’s silent chain-action machine, 
M and the bronze medal to 
essrs. Hartley & Su cn 
Son also won the silver medal for 
nt sihr attached 
very fair work, but t be con asiderably improved 
pss it will be sie t ia ‘compet with a handy man 
a pair of long shears. is to be regretted that 
ot ae makers of these aia Aiks did not compete 
IMPLEMENTS. 
We must defer a full report bal ae s nn 
of the show till n may 
interesting. Messrs. 
Eaa, boilers, and other horticultural implements ; ; 
Mr.C il 
ivii. ali 
; Mr. er Peters also had 
an extensive displa 5 ‘of the same kind of subjects. 
The following is the list of awards given in this 
department of the exhibition :— 
best collection of garden furniture (not including 
rusticated): Silver medal, Mr. W. Peters, Carr's Lane, 26, Bir- 
Fer the — collection of hag 0. garden furniture : Silver 
medal, . Inman Stretford, Manchester ; 
iam pin a Messrs. Faa. & geii High Street, Birming- 
1a 
medal, Tia 
sarap Messrs. spi “of Birmingham, showed garden 
seats and imple W 
: Silver 
Birming- 
the best display of garden wirework: Silver medal, 
wok G. Baker & Co., Chester J e E sre ar 
e medal, Mr. J. 
— collection of garden furniture and vases 
s. Mapplebe ck & Lowe, Bull Ring, 
s J. Davis 
: Silver medal, Mr. a Matthews, 
: eo oe 
For hot-water. Valves: Bronze medal, Messrs. Jones & 
Rowe, | Broad Street, Worcester, Hi ghly commended ; the 
heating apparatus of the Dronas 
ee Company (Lim ed). 
Peat soe. sand for boracak ural purposes, exhibited by Messrs. 
James er & Co., Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire 
THE ame 
This took as ednesday evening, under the 
presidency of th zk who, in Esti Borgel : 
= The exibition, spoke i appropriate terms of the = 
ouncill je 
Judges,” to which Mr. Shirley ig re Mr. grea 
Mr. Lowe replied. ‘‘ The ae mas 
— coupled with the 
name om Mayor, 
t giv en, and after toasting the Horticultural 
ae and ‘‘ the Ladies,” the meeting separated. 
The Mayor subs yr, distributed 
i to The exhibitors 
