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GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [Tov 18, 28y, 
Mr. G. T. Miles Le to Lord Carrington, Wycombe 
Abbey, Bucks, was 2d, with good Black Circassian 
Cherries, Violet H Tâtive Nectarines, Bellegarde Padah 
garean Cherries, and fair Black Prince and Foster’s 
Grapes. Mr, ones, gr., Royal Gardens, 
ic 
was, to say the least, gone by. For the best collection 
of fruit, in six distinct sinus, there w were ve com- 
petitors. Mr. J. Bannerman, gr. to Lord Bagot, 
Blithfield, Rugeley, was ‘te wit a t Quen Pine, good 
Royal George Ẹ caches, 6x 
Intosh, Esq., 
Black Hamburgh and Muscat Grapes, Golden 
Melon, &c. r. W. Strong, gr. to H. Yool, 
Esq., Weybridge, and Mr. G. Holliday, gr. to J. 
sq., also competed. For me best pee 
i i = Pr 3 aes 
dishes of man bein of Alexandria ; Mr. J. Woodbridge, 
yon House, was 3d, with three excellent bunches of the 
. Colem 
finished Black Hamburghs ; Mr. J. Loudon being 2d 
with two ryoabers A coloured bunches of Madresfield 
Black Hamburgh. The 3d prize wa 
W. J. Deaville, 3 
Sparkes, gr. to J. W. ~ Deakes, Éa Highgate, for 
_ six Queen Pines. the best si Peaches there 
Saito : Mr. J Eaton 
six 
Bog ieie G ; we have rarely seen 
these. Mr, Richards, gr. 
tien on at was jad with excallent t Bellegarde 
pas a G, ing with excellently 
ga a Geor xtra prizes 
of eorge. 
also given in this class to Mr. T. Pitt rry 
‘ll, for six beautiful fra fruits of Galande, en’ to Mr, 
W. Cole for Royal George. For best six fruits 
a of Wectivines there were twelve E epeapesitons. Mr. 
LSR rd, was Ist, with fine and well coloured 
Violette Hâti 
flowered, but su bby ao meara was 1 the case th the 
- plants confined to p The expediency of 
faria t prizes for Zonals confined to pots of this size 
i Itis not t in the nature of these lan 
ch better 
often seen at the London shows. In 
the sia Pig ‘digit (nurserymen), Mr. F. G. ‘Mould, 
n 
| and Duke of Edinburgh (Daniel’ KA the water. a brace 
i ried off 
si States naar = ab Pn are PRE site S Boke 
lagers are admitted to the wor in the after- 
f 
evizes, Ist, with 
noticeable pees which were Que n Victoria, Rose 
of Castile, an old s art: „Ba t still unsurpass sed—bot 
light-coloured d Mrs. Mould; Wright, 
ee, Kent, was 2d, with pia plants. a the class 
for six feat Mr. King, gr, to R. V. Leach, Esq., 
Devizes Castle, , Wilts, was T A Pots remarkably good 
half- i hipi best be eing Paritani, Arabella, and Ros 
of Cas ark the excellence of his ‘collection, 
in Ea ta to the prize, they were awarded a silve 
edal, 
© 
For six CLEMATIS, Mr. Jackman was Ist, with a 
grand lot, well-lowered, and full of ample, healthy 
une, the most oticeable amongst them bein 
Mrs 
‘Tas. Bateman, Lady Bovill, and 
small lpas, goòd in foliage, we profusely flowered. 
© groups of miscellaneous ornamental plants 
were > cambiar by Messrs. Weitch a ind Willian 
respectively, au shown by er former firm 
particularly interesting, and comprising, among 
others, Vanda ccerulea, Darlington. Ete sac 
Abutilon Sellowianum marmoratum ood 
ovalifolium, x Sarracenia Stevensi, &c. Mr. Wil- 
liams’ group was smaller, and comprised an elegant 
Panax, Cyrtochilum stellatum,’ and 4 piant of ph A 
What a pity it is, by the 
Me a 
itch also showed a remarkable geen: eo at 
Conifers in tubs, comprising beautiful well-grown 
specimens of Abies polita, Retinospor. np hice > and 
several other species and varieties, Thujopsis dola- 
brata, and Sciadopitys verticillata. ome small 
plants of Azara microphylla were also shown with the 
Conifers. This formed so attracti hat 
trust we may see many more such at our shows, 
Bury and West geene TERTERA 
Society : Yuly 2.—The Bury show has long bee 
distinguished for the perfection of the F dik aad 
Pelargoniums Sruby ed. The show on the date 
o exċeption in these respects, Per- 
stove and greenhouse plants and Coleuses were 
the more Mana among the other plants shown. 
re, N 
Fish took the rst place in nearly all the classes with 
some very ra flowers, and his 
ying of a Back Pelgians was a wo See fine Be 
cos were parti in 
Gate ee Ist honours ; and . Squib 
gr. to the Minge of Bristol, came in 2d, with very 
good examples of Ferdina nd de Lesseps. 
own, 
27 inches long, shown by Mr. the 
Ist prize. Sap Mingus  proinee, a a qt at the 
Bury s numerous or so 
as we T iy a although many dishes of good 
Potatos, Cabbages, other vegetables, were con- 
well as some ed and b bt rath the 
it might be of much use in im- 
ies shai taste were a lecture given on the 
a nt of flowers, illustrated by the prit banquet 
in the « aap niari 
Gravesend idence, dae Fuly 2.—This is qui 
= new society, that is content E to hold a small, yet 
ighi exhibition once a year. Not having 
S tents of its own, it wisely gets them from London ; 
may, per instructive to the managers of 
small hort exhibitions to to ‘know that the three 
capitally grown and flowered in a chat Wonks kav 
gladdened the heart of Mr, aay thas Another 
and peg en ion the other growing 
feature was some plants of golden mania ann Cai 
shown by Mr. J. Bashford, gr. to H, Brenchley 
East Su ton, wit le and finely mark pia 
and yet of vigorous growth. 
some 1 wering 
wers were mainly represen os 
Pelargoniums, capitally aha wn, and stands of t 
and bone tap ches of cut flowers, Far away from th 
clad in the sc Hie. was an appended foot-n 
stating that each panne must be of flowers of 
variety only, The country gardeners appear not 
possess a very clear idea of the 
variety; and as a bunc a 
Williams, Verbenas, &c., contained as many as 
or four varieties, a igi ac ral 5 Pean i peie had to 
resorted ty and the judges came in fora fair sh; 
nga cri 
TI ais ph excellent show of fruits—gool 
Grapes, Peaches e Meloni s, Strawberries, Chemat 
Currants, Ras es—all bearing testimony to 
Eas aE pa eer of the Kentish soil and the skil 
of the fruit cultivators about Gravesen 
fruit came from Hall 
etables were 
appeared Duke o 
early in the morning, the 
together ag the task of judging is made as plea 
Oss 
oli sips Pina stove and greenhouse plants are alep 
well and somewhat ely shown at bia: pleasant asant 
Kentish resort, Some ijoan a a 
e ee, 
to 9 fe at in height, ial furnish 
coloured ; Alocasia a Ses at Teast § 3 ee throu 
and thoroug! we ta Veitchii 
ro pee 
“Draceena lon ane a te p 
foliage quite hiding the i in which the spe 
was growing, and, in fact, extending some way bel 
it ; and Chere dlstotor, 6 feet hi gh and 4 feet th 
extra Ist prize was awarded in addition to t 
ompeting. The other plants of this character looke 
quite Sr and iim by the side of these ane 
specim i 
Stov is and greenhouse plants and Ericas were well 
shown on the whole, but they i not call for 
sp mment, Caladiums were well grown, 
particularly large, but vigorously jin plants, 
Gols, hando mely ma ee lea 7 Colne are al 
eatu 
a free pyramid style, grand in growth 
k plants as any one would be 
have in a conservatory, Achimenes were 
ssier, 
Mauve e Queen, w e best. Exotic Ferns, 
nias, Lycopods, Ki kinds of Pelargoniums, Fu 
&c., were ei of quality. 
All the fo: Sap: topether with the vegetable 
under canvas, E the fruit, oe flowers, tab 
rations, quets, &c., were set out in the mrad 
hall—a —a lofty, commodios, Asis building, well s 
to the 
Of fruit the 
are alway 
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