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AUGUST 29, 1874.] 
GARDENERS 
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with a fresh even lot; 2d, Mr. Coddington, Old- 
bridge, Drogheda ; 3d, Mr. D. L. Coates, Clonallen, 
Belfast. Twenty- four: Ist, +5 Cleland sq., Stor- 
. mount ; 2d, C. Yonge, Esq., Notting Hill, -Bel- 
fast; 
M. E. Richardson, Esq. 
Captain A paei Belfast. 
scented: Ist, L. Coddington ; 
DL 
very fi 
4 ist, Mr. McFarlane. Hollyhocks, medic Ist, Mr. 
E d. 
= Bouquets were shown in quantity, but not very well 
_ done—the flowers drawn oF tepeher too A ee Two 
apie Ist, 2 re 
e Duke ae N deasa 
uk 
rym 
markab bly well done : essrs. 
—in their conection Marie Bau- 
mann, Comte de uc de Rohan, and Messrs. 
i ’s Seedling, ‘Ketan: Dickson, were re- 
tabiy fine. , Messrs. Campbell. In this lot 
e 
n: on were I ugh i 
— 2d—both Seen Alfred ‘Colomb. 
wk, tw st, Messrs. A. Dickson 
a Re 
H. Dickso he ee 
. Dickson & Son 
Hollyhocks, twenty-four 
-taide Earl of 
rapes: Ist, 
well-finished Kant of 
Ha 
; Pith $ 
Hamburgh, Se hg Hall mburgh, 
wood Muscat, and Muscat of Alexandria ; 2d, the 
inds of fruit, not more than 
of Grapes, two of Melons or Pines, or 
of any other fruit (the Ist prize given 
n by G. 
or: n, wh 
exhibited a really fine lot of fruit—not an inferior dish 
ted of B Hamburgh, 
ack Alicante Grapes; 
child Pines; Lord Strath- 
of elons ; 
rge Pea brown 
Fo 
fruit, excluding Pines, and including 
of Grapes (given by the 
Down a Belfast) : Ist, Lady 
bunches of ee Ist (Lord Lieu. 
Mr. M‘Larnea; 2d 
of any white Gra an Mr. 
e bunch ay black Grape ¢- Ist, th 
Marquis of. Ta ndo. nde erry. The heaviest betas 
f black G o 
Mr. Hunter was here again Ist, with Foster's 
See salon, weighi 
I 
looked small beside 3 black companion, 2d, the 
Marquis of Londonderry. The best flavoured 
unch of ao Diss or white Grapes, no 
less than 1b. in weight Wee. by Mr. McIntosh, 
Edinburgh) ae the Earl Roach 4 2d, Mr 
Bruce ; 3d, Sir T. Bateson te : Ist, 
= ig aaa Esq. Tw ee any iia variety : ashe 
r. Jones, the Bopal Gardens, Frogmore, 
were remarkably fine, large, and well finished, Er 
deserving of the Veitch’s special prize awarded to 
them ; 2d, Mr. Bru or one Pine Mr. Jo 
so "Three Aiia of hada: 
Nectarines : 
Apples 
e 3 E e eb 
in aa {gi ven , Belmont Nur- 
t, J- Clel h "thea, Eight varieties ar hardy 
pi Hood. Extra prizes r. Hunter, 
of Gare oy Me redith, Garston, for 
collection = Grapes ; Mr. ni ie Clovenfords, 
for two bunches of Duke of Buccleuch 
Tiner Prizes: 1st, W. Valentine, Esq., Glen 
Avona ; 2d, Mr. Hood ; 3d, J. Cleland, Esq. 
Vegetables—For the best twelve vari of Po- 
tatos, twelve tubers of each (prizes given 
Sutton Sons, Reading): rst, Mr. Niven ; 2d, Mr. 
McKel For the j 
= "Hiambargie | Suton) ist S 
rchardt’s P ‘Blac ck mep 
Dutch Hamburgh, Chasselat Agee gies eee: vegetables : t, Major or Hal 
weetwater, Muscat of Alexandria, and Bowood Mus- Messrs. Veitch, of Caden vr will ams, of Hol- 
t. These were large, we ey aah not an | loway, each sh owed a very ection of new and 
et was 2d, | rare plants, which were amongs st is aga ose oe 
w 
tions received extra priz 
simi o made to Messrs. sec gana a 
perae of new Conifers. 
ding Horticultural : Aug. 20.—This Society, 
that twenty years ago used to hold exhibitions that 
ranked on a level with some ae the bes 
shee of the day; ; and which, in common bet many 
ther ons of a like character, da: 
of adversity ages sec of 
went 
ually but surely emerging from its hitherto 
clouded position into the “clearer light of success. eee 
of holding its exhibitions in ee prepared ground with- 
in Abbe peer there is also the porád i in the 
forcing garden ey are giniä by the Cor- 
poration, and di the pr resent time a Bacsi gay 
the leais Mpe E ts bei 
iss is gained to the gardens 
under a fine old sunken inet ki and the 
stationed here, which prevents any 
= the pean inevitable result of 
ear t epai 
' grt at Reading, stove and greenhouse and 
ornamental fag pins were leading feitdees’ er 
ormer by Bougainvillea g 
i yn 
Franciscea confertiflora, &c. nspicuous 
these were two ee ce bright coloured es tanas, 
l grown and flow super! Le 
Grudier. These away pat Ae nto the sha shade Rondeletia 
pee pigi an ting 
to co! aa = Tate summer $ ae The 
best aight kafa ory greenhouse plan e furnished 
gr. to E. prierai En stk hni 
ey í e 
of ten foliaged plants 
bya new exhibi- 
tor, Mr. W. a Moore, . Simonds, Esq., 
eer aan 
lot, the oa: ko 
Pandanus 
-= th second p mpl aes e Cyanophyl- 
magni Lee . Cxotain Aerien Latania borbonica, 
Cyathea medu and Maranta vebi. The 
specimen 
plant was an excellently grown Eranthemum, 
also from Me APOE 
Stove and greenhouse Ferns were aeg shown d 
and Morris, ee former having so 
c a co pora a% 
were ery 
as ms 
h pots, suitable for table decoration, were nicely 
shown, generally of a suitable size, without being too 
dense in growth, 
igh raise must be bestowed 3 
y fine amples of Lycopods 
Mo ae s, grown pi a conical shape, rg thorough 
weil furnished wit al 
plant averaging 3 feet i in negat 
DN 
og 
priy ae ven more 
striking were the six plants of Achimenes from the 
same exhibitor. hey were grown ig pans ; the 
largest examples were 3 in diameter, the rest 
rather smaller, but all exceedingly full grown and 
flowered. The varieties were Dr. Hopf, Sir Tre- 
herne Thom broise Verschaffelt, Meteor, Edmund 
Dossier, ad Dr. B uenzod, 
ockscombs were well shown; Balsams, ose 
Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, &c., only indi ffe pe ee! 
for artistic effects, certainly cover a 
ground, and e “nied moderate thin reful 
mixture, to show off tothe best advantage. It is 
su poe. how f why 4 a arrangement 
comes i bi say in p up th "s ps. 
wers a remarkably 
staged by 
and of 
rs sh 
Asters (Fren 
d), Verbe oth Holiyhock Roses 
hown. Ther a sie for twenty-four 
the same welve 
ut "aa wers, a 
bunches, the prizes being awarded for artistic arrange- 
ment, but they are alw own in form of 
hideous bouquets, the majority < of them of a very 
mon character. It pals be much better if cut ; 
ariety. 
The show = m was excellent, much above the 
average—Grap Peaches especially pori of the 
former thirteen “dishes of Black Hamburgh alone were 
amples ; Mr. R 
C. Eyre, Esq., Welford Park, was 24. Seven lots 
were stage ae Mr. Kne ller was Ist with very fing 
iry n of e 
"Park, 
tena Gene Nesaiet, Melons, and 
| so trd and ah the fruit was o 
superio rit. 
n quantity ph in eid. pica 
oured, 
Peach hown in 
dition, Nectarines were also good and well-col 
elons, with on two aieea 
è 
Sarra or Hec kfield 
Orio 
rans were shows in eee sa a very ame 
ie many unripe. 
Vegetables were limited in quantity but first-rate in 
mbe 
Lapstone, 
ma Goderich, and Red 
