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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ August 23, 1864. 



the thermometer to 12#° during the day, and ventilates 

 freely at night, thereby, of course, reducing the tempe- 

 rature immensely. He himself speaks favourably of the 

 results, and nothing could be more evenly beautiful than 

 the crop I saw in the house when I was there.) The whole 

 of the large garden, comprising several acres, was kept in 

 excellent order, and well repaid the care and attention that 

 had been bestowed upon it. 



Close to the house, which has been almost rebuilt by the 

 present owner, is a grass garden; and it will, I am sure, 

 gladden the heart of " A Wiltshire Rectoe " to know 

 that this is one place in which " King Croquet " has been 

 dethroned ; for though wherever one goes quiet little .lawns 

 and grass gardens are gradually usurped by his most de- 

 spotic majesty, the lawn here, which was used as a croquet 

 ground, has been cut up into beds, and the mallets, and 

 hoops, and balls banished, to wait the time when some other 

 convenient place can be found for them. The beds were well 

 filled ; but unfortunately that terrible frost that occurred 

 on the last night of May played sad havoc, and many of the 

 beds had to be filled again, so that there was a deficiency of 

 bloom. One bed I particularly noticed as seeming to be a 

 very nice relief to the brilliant colours which are generally 

 the rule in such gardens ; it was entirely composed of 

 the Variegated Alyssum, which is used oftentimes for 

 edging, but in this way it was to me a novelty and a pleasing 

 one. There were the usual plants that we see in our 

 modern system ; and one can have no objection to it when, 

 as here, the old friends are not thrown on one side for these 

 new faces. 



Alongside of this, but separated from it by a wire fence, 

 is another piece of ground, partly shrubbery and partly 

 garden, in which is a very fair specimen of the Nesfield 

 style of gardening. It is a long but somewhat narrow 

 steep, composed of a series of small beds, in which are 

 planted some of the lower-growing bedding plants, while 

 different coloured gravels, &c, are added. It was a combi- 

 nation of the two styles, and better, I think, than a rigid 

 adherence to the system of oil-cloth patterns, which have 

 justly excited so much ridicule ; yet the effect has been 

 obtained by great trouble and considerable expense, and, 

 after all, I question whether it is at all worth it. I know 

 that Mrs. Tredennick regrets much that many of her old 

 favourites have been consigned by the gardener to oblivion 

 to make room for his plants. 



Roses seem to flourish here. Some of the standards were 

 of great size, and the character of the soil tends to bring 

 out their colours well. A bed of Moss Roses at Fort William, 

 just opposite, was of the most luxuriant character, and 

 showed clearly how admirably the soil agreed with them. 

 There were not many of the newer sorts, but those good 

 varieties which are to be found in the garden of every Rose- 

 fancier. 



I do not intend to intimate that Camlin is what is 

 called a show place, but it is a very pretty place ; and the 

 traveller from Enniskillen to Ballyshannon would do well to 

 stop for a few minutes and ask permission, which will be 

 freely granted, and I do not think there will be much regret 

 for the delay it has occasioned. — D., Deal. 



MAJTCHESTEE goosebeeey show. 



How few of our readers know how a Gooseberry show is 

 conducted; and the majority of them when reading of any 

 kind of horticultural exhibition, immediately see, " in the 

 mind's eye," raised stages, formally arranged plants, and 

 batteries of red flower-pots. There are no such concentra- 

 tions of things odious to good taste at a Gooseberry show ; 

 there is no attempt at display ; everything looks like busi- 

 ness, and every one present seems to mean it. 



The very hostelry where this Manchester Show was held 

 is in good keeping with the exhibition ; it looks like a resort 

 of busLaess, and its sign, " The Falstaff," shows the rotund 

 knight much belike an animated bloated Gooseberry, such 

 as we saw there on the 6th day of August last past. Along 

 the centre of an upper chamber a table was placed, on each 

 side of which sat earnest men, the majority of whom had 

 each a box enveloped in a handkerchief, and guarded by his 

 resting elbow. At the top of the table sat two officials, 



rendered grave by a consciousness of the power delegated 

 to them. Before one of them was an accurately adjusted 

 balance, and a long array of weights, from a single grain to 

 that of many pennies. This was the decider of each berry's 

 excellence in heaviness. By his side sat the recorder of each 

 berry's weight submitted to the balance; and from his book 

 — the chronicle of Gooseberrydom — there is no appeal. 



Gooseberries are divided into four classes, distinguished 

 by their colour — the white, green, yellow, and red. A berry 

 is called for in a class — say greens. Some one takes a berry 

 from its cotton envelope in his box, its weight and owner- 

 ship are ascertained and recorded; another and many others 

 follow in the same class, and it is found that William Jones's 

 Thwmper is the heaviest. " Has any one a berry that will 

 beat that ? " A pause, and then a sly old fellow unfolds 

 the cover of his box ; there is a general shuffle of excitement 

 as he produces his Gooseberry from its cotton wrapping, 

 and hands it to the weigher. All heads bend towards the 

 balance. It is heavier by five grains than Thumper, and 

 Thomas Smith's Conqueror is placed as the prize berry of its 

 class in the exhibition box. 



This box has a solid bed of plaster of Paris within it, and 

 oval hollows are scooped in that bed ready for the repose of 

 the victor berries. One Gooseberry was announced to weigh 

 33 dwts. 19 grs. 



NOETHWICH GOOSEBEEEY SHOW. 



List of prizes awarded at the Gooseberry Show, held at 

 the Angel Inn, Northwich, Cheshire, July 30th, 1864 :— 



Exhibitor. Name. awt. gr. 



Mr. F. Yates, Maiden Prize (Kettle) Leveller 30 4 



Mr. G. Beckett, Twins (Pruning Knife) London 4a 10 



Mr. J. Johnson (Premier Prize £1) Antagonist 34 



Mr. W. Jones (Steward's Prize, Copper Kettle) London 31 



Mr. G. Beckett do. do. 



Mr. T. Lanceley do. do. 



Mr. C.Leicester (Macclesfield) do. 

 Mr. T. Nicholas (Steward's Prize, Brass Pan) 

 Mr. R. Foster do. do. 



Mr. J. Jones do. do. 



Mr. C. Leicester (Plnmbley) do. 



Mr. F. Jameson (Steward's Prize, Tea Pot) . 

 Mr. T. Bull do. do. 



Mr. Joseph Wynne do. do. 



Mr. G. Plant do. do. 



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Leveller 26 T 



Shiner 28 4 



Postman 27 C 



Lord Liverpool 25 £ 



Drill 25 22. 



Telegraph 27 * 



Antagonist 26 12 



Lion's Provider 25 6 



Seedling Mary Ann 23 12 



Thumper 25 21 



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Jameson London 29 23 



Jones Beauty 27 



Lanceley Flixtonia 2b lb 



Lanceley Highlander 26 4 



Leicester (Plumbley) Duke of Sutherland 25 22 



Johnson Lion's Provider 25 18 



Johnson Give it a Name ... 25 4 



Wynne Clayton 24 18 



Lanceley -«..... Slaughterman 24 12 



plant.... Wonderful 24 10 



YELLOW CLASS. 

 Johnson Leveller 2S ID- 

 Beckett Oyster Girl 25 4 



.Jones Tinker 24 14 



Plant Drill ... 24 12 



Leicester (Macclesfield) Trumpeter 24 1ft 



Johnson Peru 24 6 



Jameson Leader -3 12 



Leicester (Macclesfield) Australia 28 10 



Jameson Calherina 23 2 



Jones Cramp 22 22 



GREEN CLASS. 



Mr. Charles Leicester (Macclesfield) 



Mr. J. Johnson 



Mr. J. Johnson 



Mr. W. Jones 



Mr. T. Lanceley 



Mr. J. Wynne 



Mr. C. Leicester (Macclesfield) 



Mr. G. Beckett 



Mr. C. Leicester (Macclesfield) 



Mr. J. Johnson 



Jerry 27 » 



Stockwell 27 6 



Norcliffe 26 4 



Thumper 25 15 



Shiner 24 12 



Telegraph 24 8 



Sir G. Brown 24 6 



Bravo 23 lfc 



Rough Green 23 6 



Gretna Green 22 18 



WHITE CLASS. 



Mr. W.Jones Antagonist 27 S 



Mr. C. Leicester (Macclesfield) Mitre 26 12. 



Mr. J. Wynne Snowdrop 26 6 



Mr. J. Jehnson Freedom 25 22 



Mr. J.Johnson QjreletB™..,-- -5 4 



Mr. T. Lanceley Hero of the Nile... 24 18 



Mr. C. Leicester (Macclesfield) Jenny Lind 24 o 



Mr. F. Jameson Snowdrift -3 15- 



Mr. J. Johnson Overseer ■■■■■^■■■■- f 1| 



Mr. W. Ryley Queen of the West 23 8 



