116, | THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. Dory 25, 1. 
Taking the schedule as it stands, we find the first 
cup was offered by the —— for West Essex for 
the nine stove and greenhouse flow ae EE 
nd for this prize five éollections were entered. 
simpson, the nese geen ae was ‘the 
te winner, and was y closely followed by 
aga Miller, gr. to "be Cann ning, Esq., Halstea 
Mr. Simpson’s collection included large plants o a 
eons Peats oni, Glezodendron er 
mpulla urium Sc ianum, 
= s while Mr. M Miller ha had pars plants of a aN 
erie Bia >In p 
plants. 
ilks, gr. Church, Esq., Hamlet House, ery 
with sin smaller ath of mostly the same subjects ; 
and Mr. on gr. to A, May, Esq., Laurel 
Grove, was 3d. 
The tp res for six noe and greenhouse ee 
si specimen ditto, x Gloxinias, six Petunias 
sa lan ants, geet imenes 
Ex 
Fatrin, Baddow Road Nurseries, and A. Pryor, Esq. 
e. both of whom staged fine aT 
Alsophilas, Gymnogrammas, and red lovely Adia 
~ F ii, F Facha ias were represented in in large 
umbers, and were mostly of the eii for : 
T. Harris, Mr. Wilks, and Mr. Small, gr. a SR 
W fee ee Writtle, taking the prizes in the 
le decorations, too, were a striking 
Gimes Mr. Southgate, Mr. Wilkinson, gr. to 
< u 
he! i : 
r Romford ; Mr. T. Harris, Mr. Small 
Wins, y 
and Mr. Wilks, all of whom were prominent among 
Cut flowers were the poorest feature in point o 
quantity exhibited, but not in point of peed 
" Saltmarsh, Mr. John Harris, nurseryman, 
Mr. May, Stisted Rectory, showed very i 
t r. Small and M Frer divided 
the honours for Pelargoniums. Of veg 
fru 
tables there was a very large and piiniera display. 
For Babat. collection of ‘eight dishes of fruit Mr. 
W 
3 Mr. 
and 3d respectively. In White Grapes Mr. Tidbold 
and Sir John Tyrrell were the successful exhibitors— 
equalled the professionals, Tn Cabages, P 
the professi n > T and 
Beans, the cottagers had the f it. It is par- 
kr sgnane’ tit to -o ea ates an oman 
-shows have e cottager. Would th 
more of them. 75 From a liste 2 mar 
Holmesdale’s collection of ants, fl 
otherwise), fruits and gots sleet tigers 
the open class, for which he = te 
silver cup, value vi IO 10s., presented b 
Am Sq were most beautiful. An Aerar 
collection of very rare at valuable plants, 
which were not for competition, were exhibited by 
Mr. H; Ley; tohi the Exotic c Nursery, Croydon 
and for which he hias awarded a special prize and 
Certificate of Mer Mr. T. Frost, of Maidstone, 
also contributed e the array of pla nts, ban by a 
c flow he 
fruit tent embraced a very m Duoon display of all 
ipti i 3 d, Esq., obtained, 
for the best collection of six diites of fruit, the Ist 
prize. The Grapes were large and fine, particularly 
some black ones exhibited iy Captain Brenchle ey, for 
which he was awarded a prize. capital display of 
; 1 
ed, and, in 
this department there was a general opeen on 
e year’s exhibition, The marquee, designed fo 
cottagers’ exhibition, was well fitted with good 
petaen Six stalks of Rhubarb, exhibited b 
G. Baker, of L 
size. The Cuc lasers, exhibited were also v 
m 
La yG. 
Hollans bee, of Rie were of unusual quality and 
very good 
Maidstone and K. entish Journ 
eld Horticultural: Yuly 14.—This is a subur- 
bia raa which holds an exhibition twice a year—one 
in June and one in September. It was held this time in 
= grounds of Forty Hall, the iidem of J. Meyer, 
Esq., a charming old- fashioned place, the mansion de- 
ro bri Jaiga tone well-wooded, be ast- 
ing of so nè Cedars of Lebanon, and with one of 
by a miniature hedge of pei 18 inches in 
height and over a foot in Saili kept closely. clipped 
and perfect throughout. ere is a very re gone 
old sundial in the centre of the garden, and on on 
wi 
Roses about the kitchen garden ; one was on a huge 
stock, and the head must have been fully 8 feet in 
di 
Sg show was shorn of much of its usual propor 
s by means of the loss of some leadi ing exhibitors, 
The principal exhibitors on this occasion were Mr. 
arrow, gr. to G. Butters, ae ; Mr. Wilson, gr. to 
Mrs. Adams ; Mr. Goodenham, er. to E Sq:» 
&c. In one eaitlaction of stove and gree “ee ’plants 
was a specimen rstrcemia indica that appeared 
to have been hard cut back and some ihat. starved; 
but which was beginning to bloom freely. Two or 
and some nice nie both aan ic and Briti sh, Balsa 
Achimenes, v: ed 
Stands of cut Roses came from err Paul & Son, 
ae a fine lot; and from Mr. W. Rumsay, 
Waltham 
In the way of fruit some excellent Peaches and 
nes were shown by Mr. Hyde, gr. to H. C. B 
Bowles, Esq. ; ;and among the Grapes were two benina 
of uea St. Alban’s. There was a a com- 
in the ee 3 a basket of 
ronal: Varieties, ‘act “Gp Eh mai er 
Adams, were sence ata te 
Bri righton and Sussex Horticultural: Yuly 15 
and ea <The | twenty-second annual summer exhibi- 
on of flowe are fruit, roa place on Wednesda ay 
Th 
erpa e ere were the 
the exhibitors would object to er th sagen 
the first day, and we venture to offer 
for ri arene eration of the committee. 
offered in two divisions, the first open 
to all Enpland) and the second restricted to amateurs 
= 
and gentlemen’s gardeners a Pe NBIC of £ Susier, 
The principal prize in the open division 
or ction o 
Hastings, taking the Ist with a very gonn 
plants, but they included no novelty. Mr. 
and M 
EDE ER psom. Mr. Rutla nd’s agi were 
re even lot, oe — fresher. They includat 
good Cattleya Moss Saccolabium " 
Lobbii, A erides odor. sie um, a sd Copriped 
ff 
of Adiantum cuneatum growing over and con 
the baskets and pots. Mr. W. Knight, gr. to W. D, 
Lucas Serea Esq., Fairlight, took the Ist prize 
eight Hea 
Pelargobiands, Fuchsias, and Begonias had 
have been unrepresented—they were so poor. } Varie 
the “ fine-f oliaged 
with a good lot ee plants, Uleding 
Stevensonia prandifo lia. e 
varieties, were exhibited wy 
borne gr. H. ne 
v nat good, ae occupied two sides 
aloon in 
playe fen d s 
position. ae pira 
= S, 
Forenbit in the ‘‘miscellaneous class” we mus 
i ific 
ductions invariably form a prominent feature of 
hton 
Brig oe and they are so truthfully 
merit gen commendation Mr. Spary 
som a interesting sa deka One app 
intermediate betw n Pieris serrulata and bia 
da we have an oppo uy of See 
mall plant of the curious ium or 
vespertlionis was exhibited a es Brice, gr. 
Broadwater. Mess rs. Crip 
Tunbri ‘idee V Wells, sent a fine collection of 
Clematis, Mr. H. Hemsley his improved Mig: 
and Mr. Biter and Mr. Spary collections ae i 
Mr. Voice, amongst Wa a ditties, exhibited a new 
con ntrivance for Bho gears! frames and pits, — 
shall descri 
con fen we may aren 
and white double Petunia, exhibited by Mr. Fish, 
Midhurst. From a Correspondent. 
ane venage mar ultural : 
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