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THE 
AUGUST 15, 1874] 
GARDENERS: 
CHRONICLE: 
gold. To achieve igorre in 
and end therein ; 
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and primrose up to 
poin 
bove the reserva ; 
as of the n ipasa Carnations, Pinks, or 
cotees, are presume meritorious, to possess 
¥ tt evenness E bo vice and outline, fulness and 
richness of general substance, and graceful proportion 
for nd m of the indi- 
vidual or ee petals. Such is abet sngpen the 
iety has before in the new era no e hope, 
happily commen chee Who hae geog Tion 
will not strive to vindicate it as far as in him lies — 
“ Leaving that beautiful jana “ie ays was, 
And making that which w 
Though of late, asan organic unity, the Nag has 
not achieved any confederated work, that is no reason 
why in future there —- ot be some ees ee under- 
ing as 
stan to jects to be aimed at, each 
man pledging to < department 
though working simultaneously in all departments. 
All being well, it is intended that in 1875 there shall 
chester an exhibition on a very much large 
t Sey hoping then to claim the position 
which the act of its gar e or A ge 
h the ty of its me 
db entitles it e = which do 
The ing held last week rr 
a results seems assur 
everything was done, and we cannot but wish 
~ orgiat cess, 
While the connoisseur was pleased with the flowers, 
oubt whether the aniio, who look 
e exigenc m: of the c 
ocks, , Tulips, 
comparison, no other Bu 
ethod seems nevertheless to belong 
when Azalea 
the fancy-button m 
described in p. 1 is jou associating bu 
and foliage with the rioters and thus reminding us 
s | 
h eian in the art of artificial flow 
ee eA, Meee ges 
LA WEL YO ravi 
Productions of Nature, instead of devices in silk o 
wax from the deft fingers of some ingenions alte. 
wer-making, such as 
P 
a gardener, and in the 
old fellow ‘unquestionably hit bs ual upon 
a _ The revived Carnation Socie ciety word, 
— the kindly support of all whos het ivities 
wards the “pe? flower of 
a champion we hope a Ralf ach ce 
o describe a rpi Be not 
North o l Eee, but Hae Wises? 
=. vo 
, Im order to give é/at to the visit of the Carnation 
Society, invitations were issued to the local nurs 
la are in the habit Be exhi 
i 
the result very pleasing. 
aas and most desirable plants introduced of late 
cars , John Sha 
Sons, of Todmorden. 
in which the last-named 
accustomed to — of only a = introduction 
given to it by the Ixoras, the Bouvardias, the Gar. 
enias, the gsc as, and other sajani forms, but 
which, as apes i in this Siatnalive cae om can 
assume likewise the habit almost of am Contem- 
plating it, and | remembering what the Cinko trees 
are on the of Peru, one cannot but think of 
in the Arabian Nights, who 
ul 
ane of being shut up in 
land among the haul of a fisherman’s net, 
is it that both extremes of the o 
of the species, should b ip to the same continent— 
the N pk ge which is the most ad of the Cin- 
chon longing to the neighbourhood of the 
Straits a "Magellan. That it is mghtly placed in this 
der, any one may s ne d a vt examina- 
tion of the little green gc neous cut 
owers, Antirrhinums, &c., ie rae a cs Messrs. Cli- 
ons ; cut Roses sby Messrs. Dickson and other 
; Pansies by Mr. Leggie ; ail a Dat fi interesting 
lot of Ericas, Da SPJ in all, b Cole & 
Sons. Chief among the latter Mo “ Lindleyana, 
? 
caso 
aman, but these few were very i sting. 
Broome showed, ee one, Cattleya Pinelli, Mil- 
tonia Weds (full of flower), and t 
curious Cattleya velutina. The koei of this, which 
in succession, 
e prin- 
e rendere 
to eq himself in Grapes, &c, pecially re 
able was the high finish of a spler bun 
Madresfield Court. The Society will hold 
meeting for the exhibition of plants and flowers 
Roane, A wre i is intended to have a show o 
Chrysa last esad of the year to 
take oles ie in the the owi Hall. G. 
Padiham Floral and Horticultural: August 
flowers, and vegetables i 
adjoining the proposed station, “and the exhi were 
The 
vege- 
tables astonished the judges as well as general growers, 
the season having been o of the driest for several 
years. The Society was Queen's 
weather, which had aa age: of gg ec increasing the 
finances. 
sr ed, and the inhabitants of the town and 
neighbourhood look forward to its recurrence as one 
of the events of cing ard and the committee spare no 
character of the exhibition, 
forty exhibitors in the amateur and cot 
one.. In the g ealemens section there was keen 
mpetition in aa lor Pelargoniums 
(which were never i at any exhibition), 
rapes, and white, and the collection of fruit. 
The judges were Mr. Michael Leeds ; Mr. 
isbrick Hall ; and Mr. Kifford, 
e; whose jud gave entire satisfac- 
tion. Mr. H Walton, Edge End, and 
Mr. Nut of showed splendid collections 
of plants, but not for competition. 7. C. A. 
Leicester Carnation and Picotee: Fuly 26. — 
ual ociety, prouy one 
y 
‘for the” best twelve aoe 
fardle, Burton-on Trent 
become thoroughly | 
an J. Hextall | the 
were seperate i 
In the class for crimson bi 
and the old Lord Milton were rites, 
being finely shown; in scarlet bizarres, Admiral 
Curzon was decidedly the premier flower, stands 
at the head of this division ; of scar kes, Sports- 
rom its colour y3 
style of marking is is very fine. _ Dr. Foster and Mayor 
ope: rose flakes, John rand is very fine, quite 
int of quality ; ; gaa s alga ar Ey Rose of 
Stapleford, and Merriman, also 
e division ar ‘heavy r r eian Picotees special 
bts must of John Smith, a perfect gem, 
oea fine in audliee raat Lord Valentia, a of 
is also a fine flower, but has an 
Tutton, though on 
Niven, in the heavy sagres 
waits but as yet bag mp 
owers, Niven’s Fa anny H 
edged flower ; and Turner's Taliana was also very fin 
THE. FARM. 
THE SEASON, —Four weeks ago we pointed out 
that unless rain in large antites fell in the end of 
summer or early in aut the drought would 
rager aspect of a na national calamity; and now 
the rain has come in sufficient i to avert 
shor a the mischief that arrore to be pa 
though it is now like produce evil results of 
roken 
August 4 and on the 6th there was a persis 
of rain during most of the day, which was 
beginning of rainy and somewhat stormy weather, 
lasting all oe the early weeks of autumn, This 
befi 
great deal of ayra pius 
blown down, and have gone to waste. 
quence of the rain falling on ed heated soil has been 
a remarkable tendency to rapid vegetation, After the 
868 the soil, formerly dry and parched, 
saaieialy vipehet, 405 TOA 
aan y ri 
A new growth was imme- 
diately pe preted to a pe aak, and when the 
lifted it be of almost no value. 
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