278 THE 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[AUGUST 29, 1874, x 
ces! or eats of Lay held therein, both of w 
e great horticultural fu of 
Chiswick wh wheat in the height of their glo gh Mes + ao 
were rich and full to Oy ga with one be 
exception, and that the one in which the fru 
arranged as for dinner-tables, ahd Shoah fhe fruit 
in most cases was very superior the’whole had a naked 
and uninteresting appearance, due to t f 
accessories usually found in a dining-room and ona 
essorie: 
Ss Rh en z6 liberal arer ae of vases with cut 
pared no ouble and thou ught 
e their exibition as as it ae prs faultless ; so 
that I hesitate 
1 pe 
dispensing with 
arranging the plants in groups 
sure, be pleasin 
passing by many 
eta os e. Ferhaps heh aa person present, 
eA na worthy M yor (C. Erti ett, a .), the fair 
ladies, gobitive ~*~ , who 
now s Birin the old- biia firm Messrs. 
Pince & Co. ; and, though youngto the tie By R eae 
himself an apt scholar is exhibits w = 
, justly claiming for 
their owner the two premier prizes as well as numerou 
minor ones, the eatly brighten 
the hitherto genial cc of the a 
who, I trust, thinks he has yet much more ebe- 
fore he attains perfection. His Palms were nice, thy, 
and -grown speci amon. foli 
nts were remarkabl mem of Croton 
eismanni, sh teres a barn Veitchii (but wrongly 
get y tatilga besides 
way of A 
c. ; and amongst his new 
icus Parcellii and Abutilon r ere aei 
morata, both charming add ditions to our beautiful- 
e shown in great b aa 
mo Princess Clotilde, 
oussin, Cuvi rd Bridport, 
Lė vier, etia, 
Miss ‘Sclwer, Daimia, Lady Bridport, Giota, and 
Oberon. 
n the whol 
Fruit, —— not abundant, was, 
very fine. Grapes w 
thirty or forty yea 
A ey in the Pa “of Nelumbium poem was 
ge tub; this is the first I have seen in an 
iai tet 
I must not omit to mention some very fine boxes of 
es Waters, 
» Mount Radford, 
the same remark 
of Exeter. 
Roses sent by Mr. - 
pe 
sent 
—This is year the show was held on Aug. 
charming park of the ‘Blighmount ree" the tesi 
dence o 
ossia 
These 
r W 
who is also he President of ai Series 
nds run down to the edge 
a sag Mosses, Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, cut 
flowers, fruits, Bs meee &e., jin the a were 
all of a good average quality. Mr. Kelly, gr. to W. 
Ginger, Esq., of Shirley, was the principal exbibitos 
of rary plants, invariably sho 
double Pelargon are ey, stro 
here, he plants eile oan grown 
rellises—dwarf, com a 
and pink Nos In other 
lle ctions Wellin ngton, Eclat, Chand Dens: 
nes, Limelight, Clipper, and Glow 
S splendid plants of the 
r. H, Pow ey 
te, 
peting co. 
Beauté de Suresn 
Millbrook, od Mr, Clar 
— Phelps, Esq., Whitchwood P P ark—the formet r taking 
the Ist prize for the best 
of the 
a 
° 
we 
enormou and showing up flowe: eter 
pore whilee tlle were already developed pile 
as large and perfe eth = ow Dahlias. These plants 
display in the conservatory all 
autumn months. Fruit generally was 
Aole being specially fine. Warner’s 
g, Lord pais, and C 
spa 
toa ine sample ‘of of 
pro class to a grand sa single of ‘the Red 
Dawe’s Matchless, Late Rose, Breed P, Prolife, an and 
Myatt’s Ashleaf were also shown in form. 
d a drive 
s of the road, 
approach to it Bi iment into the Migh Street of 
wn, within 
the to of an alk of 
_ Stations upc nate es agen railway. "The horticul- 
tural wealth of Ene ely RR ed itself in 
num were the Rega an 
to B. "Mildma 
u 
petitors | who had grouped their plants on the ow 
very Fachsias and Japan Lilies 
tent of Gladiolus, ant those came 
from ie neighbouring pap plg Mr C 
Mr. Seale. Phloxes and 
fruit, as it adds so much to their 
vantage of so doing 
was shown . Jeal, Major Board, Wester- 
ham, who his ni box (c Mel 
Dek sad viie Gapa i orella Chere, an 
Gages, Pi 
Tapeh Nn. tails decenii the only really good 
arrangement was that of a fis’ vase exhibited | 
act 
is zeal the m 
argely due. (From the a Kentish Gazette. 
Mrs. Seale ; had a 
by Mrs. Grant, a dinner- 
Pie: Style, with vases conta} 
o 
cleverly executed 
a Kentish cottage on the edge of a san 
shown by C 
aquatic, and bedding 
which were Surety illustrated, 
Canterbury a s 
show was held in the grounds of To 
rs lent a the purpose by Me a 
various productions which wi = to mal 
wae staged i iis Rae: 
pentia occupying the w 
the second, th 
fi 
a 20, 
wer 
owed 
some beautiful spi Da 
symmetry and purity of colour ; a variety of sp 
of herbaceous Phloxes, and a 
ost noticeable of 
= 
Yor 
S 
bie 
s 
d & Sons of Ashford, 
contributors to the show, being e especially 
Gladioli, They showed a remarkable ¢o 
F 
oO 
A 
oO 
n 
S 
me 
otatos were generally ee A t 
none of those overgrown A a 
with at local shows this 
equal force to the E Productions : ‘generally-—but the 
samples staged were those of a good, 
sound stock, 
The salitio of vegetables and fruit were gene 
Sra > that of Mr. Noble, who gained d the’ 
s silver cup, possessing much excellence, 
theo -m sent by Mr. Green being me; 
d. Amongst the mn the 
Be Ist class eiar et fine, n fact remar 
ary, and to hi 
Isle of Thanet rki and Hortict of 
Aug. 26. —The nineteenth annual exhibition 
was held in the grounds of Latham | 
Esq., at Dane Court, St. Peter’s, near Bro 
The exertions 
