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THE * GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[Aucusr 29, 189, 
matter over in their aint = Maced 
ested will the 
the advance of horticulture, the objec 
with which Mr. Johnston obtained the i pig were 
magnificent p A, of good Gra Mr. 
d i 
, may have the benefit a heir elibera; Magee n thi is class, ARE, s 1 
tions rien koni being members Mr. Meredith h, of Garston ee TOARE 
mittee might kindly give their ess trough ‘the possessing their usual excellence, the bunches o 
medium of your paper. John Fraser, Bridge | Madresfield Court being especially fin r. Hunter, 
Road. Me ak al tee As is s practicable i in this direc- Lambton Castle, exhibited a buach bi Paek 
tion would be d on the | Hamburgh that not only eclipse 
ce Adin ds Pane $ an imous ; | former producto ons, but outstripped anything P 
for without the names—and these it would be i c Ea pe iously been seen, weighing, did, 
record or publish—the mere num Ilb. 12 oz. Even for those acqua an the 
persons voting would be no clue to the value oF the eich ood Grape culture, it is difficult to 
vote, "We should, cnet ver, be eee learn the lise the condition and amou accumulated 
opinions of others, Ens.] strength stored up in a Vine n cessary a padie 
it to pr bunches such weight. i 
The Sern of the Kitchen Garden W. Thomson, Clovenfords, exhibited ew Grape, 
This very hot and dry summer has shown the advan- Duke of Buccleuch, very fine, beautiful bunches, the 
tages of having a thorough supply of toate fen com- | berries enormously large, and ev Tt has 
mand in watering vegetable crops and tree | all the appearance of having a strong, ett con 
borders. Ha s uch in the "Mites stitution. Mr. Johnston’s twelve dishes of fruit were 
garden here in the d warm seasons of ; po and | in every way good, his Gra arge in bun 
1870, the first opportunity was taken of having plenty berry, and well coloured, as were his Peaches 
= x in future, and ae n has been | S and oot a The Ma ra of Londond erry and 
ae Sgt OF: aT r. Hood also exhibited good, well-finis ruits in 
4 inches in diameter has been used, with hydrants bn cl 
a. ds, to which hose can be fixed. The Plants were well and smerons ly shaw amongst 
supply of water is from a small lake ta mile the foliage abas mA were some specimens that have 
distance, and the force is obtained by gravitation. | never bee urpassed, and Gras east . In Mr. 
The pipes are lai to command all the garde Magee’s lot of sixteen, mixed foliage and blooming, 
squares, the fruit tree borders, and thé rs of the | which took th Mayor’s very handsom ae 
vineries and Peach-houses, the wall trees can likewise | the finest example of Croton angustifolium ever pro- 
be well syringed, as the force raises it a out 16 feet ced—a perfect golden pyramid, 7 feet with 
It oped nearly the beginning of thers little inferior. ood a d with 
iad = ae use all joes hydrants, but pia smaller foliage than the winning lot, but his blooming 
en the advantages were great, as ccoli, 
plants were Bester, pescalig the two Paak retorta 
tin yon both t 
si and Aus tree varieties and 
oe taken < keep them | others, omg very fine. ” Zonal Pelargoniums and 
g t : y 
Turnips, French l rents | were produced in quantity, large and well- 
The whole were pa effectively arranged, an 
credit upon the able curato 
ially the permanent exhibition. ‘tent, 
which is laid oat similar to the Regent’s P 
S ark show 
t. Inm pent no kitch 
— in a large establishment can be on, mo with: hate k gad $ are lawer here, and 5o far 
having a supply of water laid on t sunk, ‘The 
dn warm years like the present. William Ti eat : 
ew 
Drover, late ga ma 
Birmingham 
A flower 
in pal quantities and s 
f 
E ande en p Mioa o 
just now, and two of the long beds 
Carpet penin at Messrs. Iv 
Nursery, Dorkin 
sixty years 
moig twent 
ursery ha 
lection of s 
untiring efforts of Ei 
agers, was a complete success im | 
a of the exhibits. ‘Tt 
n to the 
which latter is 225 
The 
its, G 
splendid condition, with fewer 
inferior description than are 
met met with at la e shows, 
very 
he 
ouse is ani bright 
a 
He pc 
um ada congestum, P. angu- 
olypodium cornubiense Whitei, and 
lumosum, all rank high 
Wei, Athyrium Filix- 
Fern. 
n another a large stock of Adiant 
reniform e, and Preris ilor; the latter eapeciafly 
baiting here and in 
colour. The abies 
ent is kept, and a fine lot of Pen ons 
Phloxes made a lay, and amongs' 
Aurora ; e 
with 
rapes were shown 
e generally 
eight bunches 
& Son’s 
aS tng wt 
n irregular backgroun e de- 
signed and executed by M ohnson, yet when, as 
on this occasion, well filled with good plants, was 
pronounced by pipra Taiga as equal E anything 
of the kind hither 
ere was si omission through a Eeterable 
pores of the show—that was the absence of n 
o th productions shown, is 
the plant and other 
com ae 
Fieldes, 
Bruce, gr. 
ester, was the first ei only 
to J. 
ov at Epidendrum pris- 
uavis, Vanda etetni, and 
: ood, gr.to J. Leslie, Esq., 
M.P., Glasslough, sa wed the a lot. For the 
Mayor’ s £20 cup for sixteen F apean no E foliage and 
eight in flower, Mr. M kin: 
in Edar, was Ist, wi ith a i in testa 
way worthy of the prize ; amongst them 
‘the Croton or ie ce bi B alluded ir lies 
and We Piet Cc, nors i, Latania Bor- 
8 
gst oth 
He aths== E. ocki ilea, E A 
retorta, the D a its best; and well 
xora, ores sie ” Cordyline TAS, 
aaa an 
the | anda a good Dickso 
Glenbank. In EE A gers yess revoluta, 
and a fresh well-grown ip Wa of Adientvn Fa 
For eight stove and ouse plants in 10-inch 
pons Mr. Beno and Mr, were ei Ist, both 
Hood w 
showing remarkably well-grown plants; 2d, F 
Sinclair, Esq, -» Hopefield. 
2d cie Deas: 3d, 
a Mr. lve pl Dickson - s 
Six Tree Ferns: Thom 
Cibotium renie and “aarice 
tion were very fine. 
clair. These were all ba ood pling, 
res a other occupants of the 1 
effect 
Six Cape e Heaths: Ist, Mr. Ma agee 
: d, Mr, Hood, 
Most of these plants were getting a inia past : 
3 3rd, 
and, standing 
arge tent, > Were very 
be 
Eighteen 
scelieneons plants : 
t, wit 
ice plant of the old” but effecting us 
M eaton was 2d, with 
smaller plants ; Mr. “Hood 
uchsias were 
well and numerously — = . 
ma prale g flowered with a 
a 
ae r. Beaton, w 
Empress, remarkably ‘fine ; 
Edgecumbe 34, ie 
spring struck) 3 
in att 
nein the plants have when grown TE a ser 
li 
oa Yuccas, Agaves, and Aloe, were contributed 
by Mr. Hood, who was Ist, group was a 
spl plant of Yucca Stokesii, 5 feat igh, | 
se beautifully fresh, 2d, Mr, Duncan, with smaller 
papm, four Dracænas M 
were well shov 
beautifully flowered, consisting of auratum 
different varieties of lancifolium. Ist, Isaac A 
Esq., Seaview; 2d, T. Richardson, Esq. 
Duncan. 
Four Palms: Mr. Magee was again 
with Areca lutescens, A. Versch afisltil, Cl 
pe da 
a little iage, which pi yee "he 
hior aad ~ both these o were very large and wel 
flowered. 
Six Zonals : Ist, Mr. 
yes ews, Esq. ; 2d, Mr. C. B 
Lyons, Esq., Brookfield. Six 
Ist, Mr, Magee ; 2d, Mr. J. A 
can. Tricolors were large, but as 
T. Richardson, Esq., Ist; Mr. M 
can 
_ Six Ferns (tree varieties ental: ‘Ist, W. Valen 
ine, Esq., with a well-don ae ee — 
aon 
pees, F alesen A. 
and oth 
Twelve ¢ dinner-table p 
T. Methve = Som 
1Z€S 8 
"Edinburgh «18 18, ME, a ; 
Sen 1 
3d, Messrs, 
