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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
(SEPTEMBER 5, 1874, 
the same plant (by-the-by I am of opinion that 
“the best set-off to any flower is its own leaves), 
agr 
a ng ‘ 
iene i a cluster of the orthodox three Roses, a Mari- 
convenience, eile ead ale eh? 
Well, one thing at a Gina: n e if most eat flowers 
would not be better exhibited in than 
on or flat surfaces of moss. Let the 
controversy flourish. o say that a better 
suggestion t my tin ll not crop up? Any- 
how there is great room for Prenat ent in flower 
shows and all a aining thereto, and the more the 
gardening press aids the application of practical expe- 
oe r ore fixed sett] t of all th 
exed questions (not "eo the judging or compi- 
latin of schedule departments) of horticulture, exhi- 
bony owe and on ae the more grate should 
all interested pro a aid the good work to the 
utmost ee their sewer Robert H. Poynter, e adin 
. 3L 
The Potato erop of 1874.—I am quite of Mr. 
Sheppard’s opinion that, if Pasa correspondents would 
give their experien cates suitabl unsuitable 
ind. ae thei sity it yack Pe. x great 
are well aware aai ther a grea 
ies 
an eri 
Potato, both for quantity 
has suited it, for - 
rough-skinn 
quality, a a a good croppe +s one ur be 
most useful wth ee ý “Paterson's Victoria, round, 
white, rough-skinned, of y, an aa d an excellent 
otato grown ; i 
aare® 
ock, a round, pasty we a a poor 
Bo cropper, and quality, very indifferent. 
one hundred hy Renal me the vE = et 
for avid Lumsden, Bloxholm 
provement appear always to arouse the oppositi: 
and hostility of some ees interests or ge et oh 
they are. Ther 
. “vested interests,” which alteration, even for the 
_ better, ar to disturb, Bearing this in mind, 
ri that any p im 
< 
Lsn) 
by adepts 
, and, inferentially, the culture em- 
ployed thereon, is specially adapted for Roses ; and I 
would ask in how many gardens are such conditions 
likely to be found. Surely it will not require any 
eg stretch A the imagination to bring them within 
he deai: er term ‘‘ adventitious,” to which your 
peer so greatly to object. 
aiita e: the definition, I would add the 
known 
tine, prac O 
duce exhibition blooms —th 
maiden plants, the selection ofthe most promising out 
of isbuddin 
‘under fi 
ference to flowers ae ek coer under fair average 
cultivation in the natural rosery. There is no doubt 
that the taking of prizes is tifying triumph, the 
more exhilarating in many cases from its rarity. It i 
also, if properly managed, attended with substantial 
scarce! 
ewed. of Ros shows, in 
common with h pat ‘of others, T shall hail any step in 
the direction of eal ne ogress, let its origin be what it 
may. W. D. Prio 
Reports of Societies. 
that tif they coida only be cert 
true it would be most desirable for cultivation. 
y arter , Mr: Berkeley 
remarked that the only omission he could notice was 
that of Tarragon. The plant shown as Saffron was 
S e Safflower, used i in dyein , and bes Sars used, he 
vet ja id, in adulterating the t ee which 
o other than aie siens stigmas s of a Crocus. The 
Souvenir du Con, me fies the 
bod: 
— to properly arrange their specimens, he desired 
that the Cou nets ould m 
whatever to those pers who 
ng their ealien tie (the whole or in part) th 
day gol on their making the fact known to Mr. 
Eyles. He had received co: ints from a gentle- 
sates eis about 6 acres in extent, densel 
filled with Myriophyllum spicatum, of his inability to 
get rid of it, ng foradvice. Until ë 
in some pi ridge as i 
Curse” (Ana }; but it was one of 
DAHLIAS, GLADIOLI, AND rere aa — This 
show, which included 
tilda, Mr. Keynes, ing (a fancy variety, orange 
tipped wit bufi), Ear Radnor, Ada Tiffin, Thomas 
Goodwi arris, Queen’s Messenger, H 
Ties, p re Wyatt, and Lady Jane Ellis, “Me 
Po 
| won cing ka Canter Bes wa D. W. 
Tu ame was a close 2d, and Mr. 
Thame 3d. prizes were awarde ed 
same under and to the sa same exhibitors in the’ 
n class for thi ere Mr, K 
ear B. Mrs 
a welve ina 
class confined to amateurs c G 
ock, {Rye Street, Bishop 
not so large flowers contributed 
growers, but of nice quality, the varieties being James 
arg vigo aii nT be H aber om mb, 
» Cre , Quee s Mes- 
ate, Lent Be a me of Beauties, REN Sherif, 
and Lady Cae The next best were furnished : 
tively by Mr. F. Miller He» 
orthdown, Marg: 
were very fine , the varieties "staged ] 
Maj Rose Flake, eer 
Saunders, Bu utterfly, Fanny Sturt, 
Re M. Camm, SABI Calis Motly, L 
Haslam, ae a Seedling. 
The Gladiolus Somaipesiticn was ver poor, but some : 
ed, especially by Messrs, 
flowers were Er 
i rt, and “the Rev. Lord 
oon the leading Is Ist es. The o open, z 
eg Nagy only drew xe ie colleen 
Son, and Mr, 
Kelway & Son, 
Hawke, pea t 
class for 
which 
krer 
included grand spikes of. Norma, Colænus, 
Sparkler, Flaked Boy, tes Igidum, Racili 
Mr. es Dr. we lady T ock, Saa Bri 
port L ne seedlin: 
Douglas’ rcolleation Wi was ree rem, asbie one, 
that, with the exc ar of Lacépède, A, F 
and Eu ugéne Scribe, he showed only ling y 
pi by himself, in whic h department of flori 
it is well known that 
of Laépéde, Mons. ouvé, Psyche, Euge 
urillo, and Lulli, For twelve M: 
2d, and the Rev. D 
being reversed in t si 
aa and Mr. Chater Saffron den. : 
lay of ER „but, 1 
perhaps m exception % Aag 8 uilled varieties, th 
flo owers w o fine 
occasion: rs oe Ma. n s varieties were 
opriri ki Chi 
Mr. W. Parrott, gr., St. Winfred’s, Reigate, being 
In the peste Fog: class for German ( 
ie nham, Bagnor, Ne 
ck. Of Cam 
golden. tari variegated 
'rizes were offered for twelye fuin of Psi 
pples and Py ? Bon 
best in the latter c ne 
lass, the 
ond Mr, Moo . Porter, gr. to Mrs. Benham, 
oorman, to the Misses Christy, 
E variety. 
Porter was also ist in the A 
Pippin—a local 
petition took lace fos the ioe 
casions of the f vognin a 
of Sher! erborne Castle, Dorset, bo 
