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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
—and comprised, in the main, types peculiar to exhi- 
bitions of this pag fr ae 
Of cut flowers ther: a fine show, and Messrs 
As & Son fy Mr. Joba ‘Keynes met here again to 
ew the fi previous years. In eacho 
he’ A dbs. cinch classes Messrs. Paul & Son ids 
the victors. There were nice examples of Mad 
Marie Baumann, Alfred Colomb, 
jestic, Letty Cole, Flora Wyatt, 
Flake, and Queen Mab, among fancies, o be 
as Dahlias could well be. The Trowbridge 
maintains the practice of giving a prize to the 
i ard and 
Harris, blush, suffused and Bosat mies risteation 
of fine form and substance ; and to John Downie, 
shaded red, tls with purple, fons full, and very 
fine. A promising seedling, named Maid of Honou ur, 
rosy man on oat ties reverse of hae petals, and e 
spike of ck es Gem es = 
ladioli sen “staged, inc 
| of the Queen, — 
Sai ple um, 
sE al Mitchelsoh’s; ; the white varie- 
ties of Jefferson’s up sere ag Ma agnum Bonum, 
also. Dess 
Washington, and i Goden Bop Peaches, N aoe es, 
g, Windsor, 
very fine. Soma excellent Pea 
ndent. 
é u: 
ches in pots were ‘also 
shown. (From a Correspondent.) 
Enfield Horticultural : “nga 3 — 
exhibition, as it is t 
Cypress can be seen iboi E the piace, thé ra p 
especially are of a striking charact 
- Stove and 
CRYSTAL PALACE. 
by the British 
ceri um grande; magnifi ERRE ni Thamnop- 
ns aralatien, Lomaria paisa barbata, and 
Aitetbam Farl 
_ Pots of Lilim speciosum were nicely mace haar 
a grou six Pompon Dahlias, grown in II- oe 
pots, and exhibited by. Mr. W. Wilson. The ey w 
uge bushes, 3 to 4 feet in height, and of corresponding 
examples of the pias a 
Dahlia in "pots ee ey well deserved ten 
EA 
fru d. veueinble pare 
were nicely ianh throu ughout, but a s 
word of praise must cov toa ne of vegetables 
in twelves doli S, shown mpna Wils The 
Ki ey e table size, without a pile ‘elem 
ay 
babes $ ae ent 
f co; si fisk not sacrificed to mere side, 
as is tóa i frejueutly the 
he exhib ee thet largely naia ay =e NA aa 
rymen, es vB Son 
fro cal 
collection of ‘beat tiful cut Roses, oup of on ater 
us plants in pots (including examples s yrnsg 
the varie; mpas 
Retinosporas), a basket o - 
grass, r. William Paul sent a eag w OF cut 
Gladioli, some of the newer Zonal and Nosegay 
Pelargoniums, amon hich Mr. J. George and 
A. F. Barron were conspicuous by their fine quality ; 
unch each of W: nd Winte 
Muscadine Grapes, &c.; on umsey sent 
collections = bie examples of idy flowers and other 
very praise worthy charac 
Rain fell haiie just at the time oE RTA the 
grounds to the public, and man 
London this season. (From a Correspondent.) 
The Kaleigh, and Bishopstoke Horticul- 
ee —In many instances there are no especial 
eatures out "of the ordinary average at 
ings to chronicle, his Society 
apatiese plants ; 
Mrs, Shilli er, sent a sans group of 
pa Lapses of Zonal F Pelarg A AL and Mr. Elcom 
ts 
T 
alay Palace iums, medium-sized plants, and admir- 
ably coloured. Mes: eee atling took the 
Ist prize for a collec of pla Winde- 
tion and Mr. 
bank, Ist prizes for excellent Dahlias and Gladioli. 
Mr. Bundy, to the Rev. Canon Beadon, exhibited 
a fine lot of plants, and took several Ist prizes. Canon 
Beadon, who is now in his piney seren'h year, and still 
takes an active interest in his garden, has been an ex- 
hibitor a e Southampton St alee other local shows. for 
and flowered of an 
Excellent gÀ was shown by Messrs. Budd, Ja 
very fine Giltechices of ane 
in the ntlemen’s lager 
were nearl yo oo entries, and the Socie iety is 
fast Sane into a leading position in Hampshire, (From 
a Correspondent.) 
Apiary. 
RST GREAT EXHIBITION OF BEES AND 
THEIR PRODUCE, AN AND BEE FURNIT tae AT 
great 
uted in May last under the Preside of Si ohn 
li eee ency of Sit John 
advancement of bee culture in the 
with results that cannot be other than 
‘fits Wal court 
show under the 
of Mr. F. W. Wilson, by the 
in the the hard-working bee, | bit 
Many erns of hives showed great improvement on 
pe a “fashioned skep. Te HAT of honey was m 
gentlem sent from 
70 20 Tb. of honey par ee pa Mocks: of bet 
r. Symington showed thirty-six jars of the nett 
uriy a 128 lb., the produce of one hive. There 
meets ` 
superintendence 
members of which are found such well, 
was also a fine display of ‘‘ supers,” some of 
y 100 lb. weight of honey, all g 
ct 
@ 
Pa: 
achine 
it is usually peor wie * 
of a hive. hae th 
was one sent from America, 
hon thrown out by ce 
being rapidly rotated after its removal from th 
A portion of rth co: r, 
any moment be ts 
be most leary se be made in 
the co few inutes arti ficially without wait- — 
ing for their fistiirel i En when ahd ie may fly awayto | 
ess tree an lost ; and how in the event of 
destructi: 
ner were used for oh ot ae how the queen can ae | | 
all operati ; 
en; how sw warms may 
can be divi into ten i 
each nucleus an independent Te may be fed, and | 
become the mother of a colony. th 
T a store of ais e 
e exhibition ana 3 
working bees proved. a- never-fail 
bee m 
uninitiated in 
ope maien. are the awards : — 
“Hives. i 
Hive f for oF observation s Erit —Withheld. s 
ve ‘depriving purposes, for cottagers’ 
that can 'be supplied for g , exclusive of floor-board, 
Mr. C. N. Al yes Hanwe 
Movable comb hive for Searing purposes. —Prizg 
Cheshire, Sate House, Acton. 
Hive for fy g principle. —Prize, 
Bagshot, Sur 
rinc iple, for rr en 
f honey, n nett c und 
above o lb. gaa Mrs. Pa Alfriston, por 
aw, Longnor, Buxton. 
14 Ib,—Prize, Mr. T. Bags 
E wood in combi a 
straw), nett contents not under 14 lb., Ib. 
merit, Mr. Sword, Falkirk ; Mr. “J aoao) Da 
: shire: Mr. raham, Derya, Mr, Anderson a 
Anderson, St on, Ayrshire ; ue A. McCrone, 
Ayrshire. 
Wood super of honey ( n combination 
pee nett contents not under 10 lb, nor above 14 Ib. , 
ad, Mr. J. 
„pio y not honet io comb for table use ast, Mr 
son ; r. D. Anderson ; 3d, withhe 
Exhibition of ran honey in glasses of fr 
lumridge ; 
wo ution of honey, ob btained by the use of the 
from one colony. —tst, Mr. hed N. Abbott. 
and 
i Sag + stock, or 
the ocr zd, 
oa 
anes see ae. We Matin a bie W Se 
J. Step henson ; 4th, w 
