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LHE GARDENERS “€HRONTELA, 
[JuLy 11, 874 : 
yellow hee wendy y Horace Vernet; Mr. John 
eynes ca e 
Levet, 
Richard Wallace, 
Madam eing especially so— 
the most beautiful L skinas of the latter being in Mr. 
a ibe 
ons i again came to the front with thirty-six 
single trusses, the best t of which were Maréchal Niel, 
Madame Nom 
urner was 
shown by amateurs were rather poor, the hybrid per- 
— cog Sh ~ gsi ; Ayx best twelve of the 
latter came Brown, gr., Elmdon Hall—a 
very nice 5 of the | better-known sorts. These 
oll eis Are Mr. J. 
mpetition in 
sins ext. Te whet S, 
, eaten E esa, Tyburn, and, 3d, Mr. Evans, gr. 
to C. N. New wdegate, Esq., M. P.; equal 4th ama 
being awarded to Mr. J. Mark and Mr. J. Sheldon 
t 
Noisette varieties, having Devoni me 
lermoz, Triomphe de Rennes, and Se Souveni? a’ 
very fine, 
The bouquet competition was quite as strong as 
on Tuesday, and the cardinal error of using too much 
ial was still po to though in a less degree. 
Mr. Perkins of Leami n was again Ist, with a 
o bouquet, and the best bridal bouquet came 
fro Pope & Son, ’s Norton. 
Ist prize in that cla 
fine Cai and Piccotees were con- 
eritorious collection 
Tuag sil „brilliant, 1 sor Eeyore hot. 
More than 30,000 ns have visited the exhibition 
up to the present eas a (Theater ni ni ich t). 
any 
festooned with lamps, reminding the visitor of the 
Champs Elysées at Paris. The large tent was lit by 
the lime light, € conservatory *by the electric 
artistically, and of 
we shall probably give a plan on another occa- 
FLORAL TABLE DECORATIONS, &c.—The warmest 
point Mr. Hudson ran a close 2d to him more than 
once, In the arrangements of flowers in dishes at the 
foot “a or vases kens Sng e were prodate 
by . Blair , who succeeded in 
so 
bringing out bold and diiine! groupings with a smal 
Py = epi ilps angem 
h 
n of a great variety of light 
owers with a sparsity of foli st 
her inte we noticed piece: "f Gillenia trifoliata. a 
hardy per aa a plant; w worthy of more 
general caltivat There is no 1 doubt that a well- 
arranged arch i ag a ery suitable nape nes for a side- 
board, and it was a good idea to offer prizes for 
this class of ornament, but a dmh is not at all an 
owers, and 
mpetitors never tried their 
hands at it before, it ime not surprising that they ~ 
name, 
The plants used on the arasy m and dinner 
tables were the most eleg we have eve 
Areca lutescens, 
iful specimens. ‘There was excellent competi- 
tion for an epergne, or centre table piney but, 
owing to the way in which they had been 
placed on sbhin another, = — faded condition 
of the Aowa generally, it very difficult to 
magine sae ch had looked mesg ee ay they were all 
freshly ara ve 
ment of a very tall trumpet vase with 
Water Lilies ewe their leaves at the foot of it, and a 
examples shown of this of decoration. These 
ery tall slender vases te t ow coming into 
fashion, and with them the use of finer and mor 
delicate flowers aoee. than were Kai erly em- 
ployed, and it m doubtless a move in the right 
direction. The manner in which several of these ae 
dressed by Mr, Hudson and Mr, uster cannot be 
highly praised. 
The hand bouquets were not well arranged, be 
generally too crowded and too smooth on the se thaw ; 
the rA of them all was = ball-room bouquet with 
which ape Jk oer h & Co. 
prize, and which TO 
ts which tte. pieces of ‘scarlet Bouvardia and 
y prettily 2 
ihn 
e hang- 
cae Sake both those veer plants ear e with a 
owers, were very creditable ; they were hung in the 
large e exhibition tent, and we fear were passed over 
(or, rather, passed under) by 1 oik of the visitors with- 
at n ang all, since Mr. Paul’s 
ay o -out with Rose- 
attracted al 
blooms on the 
see A er nt Loss bale eets ee reese l eyes here. The long distances 
a ei Koodia cudd b reahibite Ta: classes y, made it 
; it told very heavily on the ainol A impossible on this occasion to indulge in the 
flowers’ on this occasion, because, instead of being | amusement of criticising = judgment of the judges, 
early in the morning, when the air is com- » gr. at Ealing Park ; Messrs. 
vely cool, they were arranged during the | Sugden, and Messrs, Dick Radcly fie & Co., ob- 
eo. part of ‘the day, and were submitted to the awards for ic baskets furnished, but the 
criticism of the judges at 4 P.M. instead of at 10 A.M, | Ist prize was not awarded in this class. same 
Owing to the large extent of the exhibition, and the | exhibitors contended in the two classes for hanging 
placing of the ‘ibits under two tents, which were with Mr. Wiselen 9 hs carried off the 
upon opposite sides of the gardens, and owing to | Ist prize in one class, while Mr. n Cole had 
several of the classes being some under one roof and | success in the other. There many other compe- 
_ some under another, there was naturally consider- | ti ich we must leave over for want of space. 
about 10 o'clock, the prize-cards were at length | West Kent. ne Ste Fuly 4.— 
} on UE mc Ro Per rs om the perk of te E press et mi French, eat 
fre ec so great im -Em of ; Il: 
sible to a the ¢ arks rie of oa rere 
with which we have been accustomed to furnish them, | al butions were sent by Messrs, J. Veitch 
praw eo ent ourselves with _ few T CA Bante Apine ieren i 
ird & Lai orse of Epsom, and Lee of Croy- 
erie dieplay, undoubtedly was an exceedingly fin dan the Ba of the exhibition was ied “To 
: of the other attractions pees Ar private growers ident in the neighbourhood, 
going a long way to poet cart 4S | proved that horticulture is standing still on that 
t han is : e exhibition was held in thr 
seen, ough there was nothing strikingly tents, of 300, 200, and 100 feet in leng 
considered worthy of a The least satisfact of the show was the cut 
to flowers well | Roses, but for thei i ee gar- 
lee aga ae eee tn Gare deners are ble, The īst prizes for forty- 
place Mr. Buster in | eight and for twenty-four fell to Paul & Son, Mr, 
advance of every other exhibitor, although on this | Cant, of Colchester, taking 2d in both classes ; but in 
Ist’ prize 
vase, with two dish 
~~ 
the boxes of twelve blooms of one variety of R 
these exhibitors att places. 
In 
twelve sto oe greenhouse plants, Met 
Tirsa Epsom, and Mr. D. Bain, 
J. Scott, Esq., B ley, In, 
up imens ef et 
gr zere good specim 
fourianum, ‘Hougeineiiek gla and 
splendens ; in pe latter, of FA cathe 
ptako ea cile. 
ë apiy of fine-foliage plants was ve 
an admired. M 
Orchid numerously represented, neve 
theless some fine specimens were exhibited, fie tic 
we a plant of Dendrobium ae with ee te 
kes of four to flowers on each ; 
of ‘Kaila Pipinin: aad two aes of eae bloot 
and two of five — s on each, both shown by Mr 
King, gr. to J. Ba tte sq. 
Amongst plants rarely seen at flower shows m af be 
mentioned a nice specimen of Beaufortia pur 
st ag shrub, _ tufts (or oe Brg brushes 
of crimson flowers ; o plants 
Ařoid, , Amorphophallus Rivieri the T 
chie, Esq., iy the ieee b 
Flo ei] gr. to 5 Ma hony, Es 
chsias, as on at this show, w ery gor 
g BAS so i Zon fine err ie “of Goxi 
weet Williams, ae nal P T elargoninaigi A 
boxful of bunches .of 
(to a new name had been append 
attracted a a ekion. 
specimen Ferns was a rded t 
e best fancy ibe pre were shown by 
. Wythes, Esq., Bick a 
p e ia prize for the- be 
n flower, showing amongst the latter g 
plants of Vesuvius, Mrs. W 
Princess Christian. 
uani 
to 
j Pr , Esq., for nice speci 
mens of janean and Vict ta Lemoine, Gloire de 
Nancy, a ree others, E 
Fruit an aa vegetables were largely exhibited at 
creditably grown, read ere not vaai 
able for great size. For colle 
loore, gr. to Gi 
J- Robinson, gr. to W. W.J 
by G. Hazel, gr. to B. 
e best Peaches and St ae pn 
- Neighbour ; 
son, of Bromley 
showed a Deaatifa ae of dries dried grasses, which v 
prettily arran 
The arrangements of cut flowers generall 
pe i equal to aain previous shows, €: 
ig apai ong and | in which kipova 
jak the Ist peie ‘fellto R. Big; Sq., of 
for a bouquet of iiad eile ; ; and an 
was awarded to Mr, Noble, gr, to Mrs. Bett 
pleasing mixture of Stephanotis and white Rose 
with Forget-me-not, whi however, 
ed the ping powers of any lady who had 
been blessed with a hand. The 
cut flowers were muc crowded, and the cole 
one above the pe 
ee up St stem to het 
nicely 
with A aR ons and 
the two dishes. were scarlet P. 
, with long White tubes a 
