THE 
Jury 18, 1874.] , 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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of Grapes, different rere exclusive of Black Ham- 
burgh, was staged by M . Knight, gr. to W. 
Shadwell, Esq., ani consisted of Buckland 
erates, Black Prince and Blac 
latter, however id 
identical with Black Hamburgh, and was disqualified 
accordingly. Peaches, Nectarines, Stra 
erries, both white and black, were ve ê; 
wt the latter wonderfully so. The best collection of 
fruit cam Mr. Hopgood, gr. to Julia old 
mid, Es hs L.P nd RENERE of a Pine, Black 
sinte rgh Gr rapes, Necta ner Straw- 
berries, Cherries, Gobabis, Raspberries, and 
Currants. 
In the leading classes of cut Roses Eaa Mitchell 
& cog Piltdown Nurseries, carried off the prizes. 
Some charming designs in table oe and 
centre-pieces of wild- r elen were also se 
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- Southgate ecg and Cottage Garden 
eae is invariably the rule at 
ti s hel 
e Society’s par bake pitche 
s of Grov elands, the residence of Do 
Esq. Of general kanea Sean 
3 ood stove and e 
a Ferns—among the lat 
Davallia pya ge Adi antum farleyense, 
Leucostegia Lili 
and 
alsam: One 
example of Lilium au Re aA hate a singular fasciated 
stem, of over one hundred flowers as smaller 
_ than i calles een One striking feature was the 
 splend id eines hick are well grown in this 
_ neighbourhood by Mr, Graver, gr. ohn 
_ Walker, Esq., and others. On this deio they 
were very fine, broad massive c pragia ofa rich hue of 
colour, and the competition was very keen indeed ; 
the foliage of Mr. Graver’s if: gh vigorous, 
s somewhat discoloured, and this told be oe him 
ni 
the former 
finely gro bii "plant of 
ere is invariably a nice exhibition of cut flowers, 
vane of Roses. Some of the ro goes cultivators 
n this district exert themselves to the u 
d Rabie os et display. 
aes This s istrict s famous for a e Strawberries it 
al “Sager ay here also ie is a sharp Nanie aa 
a H 088, British Que Sir Napier, and 
President were well main ne plang, "finely 
ms etcured rait, of good flavour. Higher class fruits 
ted, but Cherries were very good, 
the ey appear- to oe generally this year, notwith- 
standing t the Aian 
; as resil ass cae nt Saat ten 
; plants, 5 fromthene ghbourin 
B; Williams and Fe Cut Ek Baai fy seat 
good collections of plants, 
boxes of c 
In the verdas rs’ department — is always a good 
and keen competitio s for a climber 
fs Fea eae 
racer Meiers Paul & Sons 
incentives to improvement 
offered them. A large number of >f prizes were offered to 
the school children for bouquets of wild flow 
- well as for. eras collections ot the same, and ang 
of these were of a very praiseworthy character. 
‘ethibition da day is always a 
most c in all 
noc a 
p and Horticultural of Newcastle : 
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or number or character, 
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Ve noticed Seo ee 
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The 
Saturday, as that day is - 
he fully deserved all the prizes he grocers Mr. 
Harrison, nurseryman, Darlington, had 
Councillor 
was 
on by this exhibitor with a Maréchal Niel pA the 
lass for stove and greenh plan n 
collection by Mr. It, rember Castle, who 
took both Ist and 2d priz Especially worthy of 
notice was a Clerodendron ‘Balto urianum, a sple 
plant, which was exhibited amongst the sie firs 
tson, ee ryman, showed a splendid ae 
lection of miscellan plants and ari oses, 
pig et plants Mr. nd "ke sha 
gr. t Councillor Gea. ad. Froma Consonant 
Royal Caledonian Seer haege 
with 
many respects m the first 
pl n the catalogue was the ‘greenhouse plant 
competition, the honours of whi 6, usu 
carried off b r. John Paterson. His collection 
included very ne ens Hender- 
soni and Statice profusa, the latter looking well 
with its rich clusters lu we he foliage 
re up to the mark, and ff the tables on 
were, of course, first in their "ui EA a 
shown on other occasions fine 
second prize was adjudged to 
a nice lot of promising young plan erhaps the 
second est thing in the hall was is piis assort- 
ment of were shown. In this com- 
Fraser, Canonmills Lodge, carried 
e him. His collection of six 
petition Mr. 
exotic Ferns c 
and the white-edged and br Sam Geraniums w 
general well grown 
show yous She Rose competition, in which there were 
of entries. T) ooms, as a rule, 
a kivot 
that this year the Rose trees have been 
seriously by green-fly, it may be said t 
a an indifferent lot shown. i all comparison, 
r, with those around them was the pine egea 
spllestibn of hybrid perpetual Roses, exhibited b 
Mr. H 
rather 
attacked 
hat there was 
ee 
fee Bs 
of this class is w well nee 
othing could exceeed the beauty of many of the 
a Mr. was very s$ sful as a prize- 
r, and his stands of Roses, had oy cat been 
tak d o ph 
Ena by the Irish blooms, would hav 
sidered very superior indeed. The tiii owa by 
ced 
Mr. Halliday, which was pla 2d, was, however, 
little aser to the Ist, and the jud have 
had so culty in deciding between them. Th 
vi prize Tea were a aeri: ag lot, and con- 
nice examples r dun a an 
of 
Fruit was an ex exceed ngly 
. Johnstone, 
y specimens as on form 
Maresh i they 
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rane so man occasions. 
He and Mr. P. ‘Stewart, of: The Glen, ahane suc- 
in divi the honours bet ween them. Some 
of de aa of sof parple G i 
well finished and ripened 3 the ite 
however, in a few cases un ad ii 1 the case 
The show of vegetables was smal. 
ae ay ae monly seen at e Teriam mr ger gia aan 
superior paars perhaps, 
e fewness mes entries 
was as al greatly indebted to the 
y vicinity of the city for the excel- 
jetit dd Wat 
~ sent to e, the tables, rn sjer orike 
entioned the an eiei ompany, 
ted the orchestra and the 
able in front of it with many excellent specimens of 
rns, Tricolor Pelargonium s nears and Draczenas, 
en lants 
flowers pra plants which 
First i 
ine plants, a: 
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aP o ed a ; also 
o ont I rope vari variegata, a new we tock plant, of | 
which : 
y believe holds the entire ty of 
irate ee F cabs had upon it a new variety. 
Conifer, which was specially noticed, 
Mr. Paterson’s Cape 
deserptica, and, notwithstanding 
White Muscats, no Ist prize was given owing to this 
tance. 
and a nice ones of Phloxes, wi be they are 
fa med. showed an ve collec 
cen were also extremely bea 
there awarded a First-class Certifies A Certi- 
Seah S was also given to this firm for sesllinig Pinks, 
Rose Show at the Exhibition ae Dublin, 
—The special Rose show, under the auspices and in 
aid of the recently organ ed Gar aa Benevol 
nd Provident Society, opened t REA 
Palace on Wednesday, July 8, coe ee continued that 
vening and Homie day, able decorations 
were arranged on in tw os running up the 
centre of the hall, at ‘isle to those, on either side, 
was Ro rom other 
from I er case come 
orward in anything like the force one might have 
expected, considering the very li scale of prizes 
set forth in the sched Beginning with the nur- 
serymen’s section, and taking the lim, we 
n of 
Messrs. Campbell, of e aat ita. 
prs wap ts rei in their stands of sixty and forty- 
1 Ne échal Ni 
eight were Pa éron, Mar Baroness 
Rot ik Marie Bauman Etie (about 
the best Rose in the exhibition), Xavier Olibo, Alex- 
„ander Dixon (fine), eid es (Tea), and a 
we should like to see again, 
very favourable opinions are e. xpressed, : 
In the class for twelve new of 1872 and 73 
of the following varieties: —La Belle 
Victoria, pale ro 
fine ; Rev. S. R. H k 
rell, a grand Rose and a m 
Fiba, well named, ae nd fine 
pee rose, large Louis Corbie, a fine, full 
wer, but etr M Krali ; 
Saat Mes essrs, Campbell w ere 2d, with a choice stand ; E 
among their varieties gr owai was one o 
most stri Turning to ths classes for Hk 
we found those for thirty varieties, 
some stands— ir pen Te ee 
A. Herbert, tat > Roki, Ki ing. 
accorded Ist honours by the r SPs. Sah eve aptain 
Fitzgerald, of 
Esq., 2d and 3d in the pats Coddington, 
stand, and admirably set up too, from the gardens 
Henry Hawkins, Esq., Kin-Edar, r per fe! to 
n it 
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telling stand, fine bl looms, 
tain Fitzgerald coming i 
In the su seceding Sr Paget 
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di ngton ‘4, te 
Wis Farmer Gazette. 
The Great Midland Counties Exhibition at 
irmi : The Implement Department.—What 
called ‘*the Ii 
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character. There was 
of sub jects, no overcrowdi os together, 
well-kept line of frontage throughout, and plenty of © 
room for promenading—points hich _conduced to : 
ore and ey rend and 
We cannot eal to give « a complete 
ibitors, for, always 
many stands of which by no 
nation could be “ thin 
must, therefore, proceed to 
ely 
