SEPTEMBER 5, 1874.] 
LHE: GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE: 
known excellent style, ae ine Telegraph 
an Artichokes, Rolis aph 
1 Potato, Miller's = Selected Co Casta 
3d. Mr. Pragnell also sent the best 
salading gapen ea atl = coming from 
Clarke, gr. to Mr. Hall, Sut 
_. Seven competitors contested ‘the prizes for twenty 
dishes of Potatos, and the samples, if not all of equal 
smoothness of outline, 
oi f size. The 
i € O 
= Radclyffe, Bountiful, and Fillbasket, ail Sie by 
_ Mr. Fenn; and Scotch Blue, Snowflake (the new 
af Kidney, Ki of the Fluk 
a ty, Birmingham Blue, Model, Bla 
| stone Kidney, The Shiner, and € mt ason’s Late. e 
GA r prizes were taken by C. Ross, to 
-E ao Esq., bie Pik Nenti, € ed Mr. 
Lum gr., Blo Hall, Sleaford. The 
__ best ten Eei (to inc fade 1 five round and five Sage} 
| varieties) w sere sous ted by Mr. Miles, gr. 
F “Lord Carington, the varieties in this instance belag 
n, by poi Betteridge ; agan 
E: i m Mr. Par > Bt 
d White Spanish, from Mr. Walke 
00. e prizes, in the order named, ri 
E for twelve Onions. The Giant Rocco raig 
R shown of great size by Mr. Pragnell. 
-Floral Committee.—J. Fraser, Esq., in the 
Ta —First-class Certificates were voted to Messrs. 
Wi I -leaved. 
ons for Solanum quito: 
sturdy th, 
‘ os ge a flowers, ‘com: 
posed of broa Booth petals of a pale crimson 
colour, a true forte flower, very free, and a its ng 
' grower. bys sare ceived a of 
E ks for a small pomy of Or chids and ph wee atte 
E Ee Heie Blumenbachia coronata, the stinging 
E of which were diltatrated in these columns last 
ee Mr ll b First-class Certificate for 
ades foe a a prett Sraid, with a large, 
a als and petals ; 
RN glanduli- 
owered Australian EA whic 
fi unde: 
lias John McPherson, deep claret, 
well-built ower, of pa ara = Coun’ 
i or, 
yellow in 
vF hitchurch 
sent e ESE “Tittle E 
maxillare, lip white with z low ba tals and 
white EAE at ean ase with bela which 
irst : m Mr. 
reg came sii group 
n sent the old and 
been 
ea, and to that called 
ooting, sent 
m interesting 
d fi rdy in Ire- 
y in South-western England 
d, oe ee 
ery p'a 
baskets from Messrs. “Veitch A Sons 
good strain ny Boltze’s dwarf Bouquet Asters, 
pina ee = 
without spines— 
A Meeting of this Committee (R. 
s hel 
s, 
in the Te 
at Chiswick on ag poe ult., 
LARGONIUMS sent 
h essen the = pers we oo nfi 
the certificates previously awarded to the following 
varice consi idenng that they fully maintained Weir 
char — Mac and Oriental am 
Golden Tricolors ; pb Albion’s Cliff, pee] ‘Ba 
sant pity tang amongst the Silver-margined ; C 
e Gem and Creed’s Seedling, amongst the 
Golden: leaved ; Maréchal MacMahon and Black 
Da = kee m rose- k 
Warrior, Corsair, Grand D Ke, H. es 
ton, Soleil, Indian Yellow, Orange 
Hogg, and Lady Kir land. ase, the scarlets, 
roses, and adnan shades, including both Zonals 
and Nosega 
The Ph at BE varieties, not previously grown for 
trial, were awarded First-class Certificates, namely, 
rince 
rthe, the latt ter pi its 
bright oa ame ne rose ae x ery free-blooming, 
close-growing iea aà m, called Co eee ctum 
Yellow, which Has right gron hrern, with m 
crimson spots, First-class Certif. 
cate, 
The varieties of Pelargoniums with - rose- 
flowers have been this season su 
ede s. Mew 
culture, nti the view of aining their merits 
this point of view, with the result, that ae 
class Certificates, as -pl were accorded t 
M ate, rs. Turner, Mrs. n, Mate: 
Christine, and Ellie. The white and salmon-coloured 
i any with the pinks, and 
o Queen of 
Beauties ; 2 and ioa prar of eps ame value, apt last 
season, was con in pune e of White Swan, 
Belle Esquemoise, Poly K ing, President Thiers, and 
Forest-Hill Nosegay. Van 
roved ci oad Hill N sega ra a ming z flower, 
yt oR tho ore una latin a S See whic 
times idee failed to secure sufficiently the a 
of the committee to obtain an awar 
FRUIT eH ens —A. Smee, Esq., F.R.S., in 
most interesting slit at this meet- 
ii was a collection of about orty sorts of her 
everyt pe Ser coo 
ree or 
of 
by no m gens dotie justice to. 
also sent "Eiee sheke fe) 
mittee for 
Groom, ay ., Henham 
rican Melon brought home by 
o er and though of much better flavour 
than many others brought before ne it 
was se considered desirable to giv 
principal objection to it being on tobii of the size. 
Mr. Richard Smith, Worcester Tg Plum 
much resembling Pond’s Seedling, and Dr. 
Hogg, and Worcestershire mt in avon Apple, a prettily 
coloured variety, deficient nt Melville, 
seed- 
the St. Lawrence Vineries, Jersey, sent 
ling Grape named Duke of Edinburgh, But it arrived 
in ate a condit ition to receive any notice. Large 
au 
garden 
came examples of Beurré de l'Assomption Pear, 
Mepa E fine flavour, which gained a a 
Certifi 
v 
Aug. ae The t — show | 
S ipa ga Seares a 
k, proved quite wonderful in extent, and in 
cut fl fruits, 
marquees. A thousand pounds was offered in prizes. 
The weather was all that could be "o <n it was 
computed that 20,000 persons were he Park 
during y—the sum taken at the pais inoaii 
ei —_ $ ws rs being £ ers in excess of the 
nt gained revious y Staging to the 
Sait of 10, 140 superficial rit as was employed, cut 
flowers ccupying half this space. 
stove wis greenhouse plants, preteen N 
plants, and exoti e especially fine. The 
Zonal Pelargoniums were particularly well done; the 
Ist prize eight e wonderful specimens, ea er 
feet in diameter, clothed with foliage of the qE There 
ff 
could be ge ye of except- 
four varieties 
of sur pati 
Arey Balfourianum, Phcenoco 
cott, the of Cleveland’ peel R 
Castle. Notable plants in this group aranta 
zebrin raczena regina, Cyathea dalb, Alocasia 
a, Dr 
spar and pepo cram al large specimens, in 
perfect health ; 2d, 
ton, who a cart ty ca similar to th A 
Yucca varieg ing particularly fine; 3d, to 
dward Lazenby, also of Darlington, whose collec- 
tion contained very fine examples n aranta vittata, 
1. Veitchii, and Croton variegatu Th nd the 
exotic Ferns covered a centre bench 140 feet fer v 
16 wide, = ice med a grand fea of the exhibiti 
There a larger entry and ‘beter display of fruit 
an h n previously witn at Bishop 
— the egr TN indeed was Hay close that 
ose 
many instances two prizes had to be given. 
A mam an attractive teltase at this exhibition are the 
bouquets, and this year as magnificent as 
ever, the bri nd button-hole bouquets being excep- 
tionally fine. One notable. competitors 
was a miner —Joseph M who, 
besides being successful in the a for bou- 
quets, sho of th ction of Dahlias 
which has been seen in the neighbourhood ageres + e 
The Rev. Lord Hawke was scarcely as 
ark has prev apie gs at kacili. nevertheless, in 
e of the cl e had an excellent collection. 
(From a _rilneronmne ) 
The Weather, 
STATE epi THE WRA THER AT BLACKHEATH, LONDON, 
HE W WEEK ENDING bintara t Sart. 3 2, 1874 
RAINFALL. 
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TEMPERATURE OF | 
B ETER iro: 
2 pea THE AIR. ‘Gl isher’s 
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Aug. | In. k | T OR es mag E In. 
27 | 29. 149.0 26.0'69.7| F 0.6 55.2 0.02 
28 | 29 70 20.5 58.7 — 1.2 49.2 
29 | 29 60 
30 | 29.72 
3r | 29.07 
I 29.58 |—03r 744 fig LF cat oh T: ‘ 
2 parece 72.8 53.7/19-1 lea 3453-1 
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Aug. 27.—Fine, but cloudy till evening; PARRET afterwards, 
and rain fell. 
—  28—Overcast in morning, and rain fell till about 2 A.M. ; 
- fine onde partially cloudy during the remainder of the 
Daras ; occasional showers. 
i —Fine tal bora “ies cloudy afterwards; slight 
rain i enin 
— 3I Pibes d onal sl ts of rai 
Sept. 1.—Generally overc cast; > sale fell mcs : 
— 2.—Showers of tan ee e morning; fine and Kin 
ending Augus the ings 
averages from the 2 a to the 26th, but below daring 
the remainder of the week. 
The lagen ya ag by pe ranged from 683° 
on the et to 80° o 23d, the mean for the 
period being 74}°. The aaa of the Serey tempera- 
tures at an was see the extreme being 
44° on the 24th, and ° on the 25th. The mean 
niece 253° 
