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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



IrS^nSnfa'bugi'c:^ ^- , p, p awakds. NATIONAL VEGETABLE 



i jrii..ixum ctiuum, v^^dt Firet-Class Certificate. — To Nephrolepis _ >^ 



■ ; • • «xaltata Marshalli, from Me^VB. H B. May SOCIETY, 



and Son«, Edmonton, 



r^^^i.^,. ni,^if^ I, ^ Award of Merit.— To Begonia The Gem, the Kingston 



Messrs. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham put f^^^ ^esfirs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea. Hvered by Mr. 



thers. These were all very 

 ?ir promoters' point of view, 

 lothing to stimulate or popu- 

 y important food products as 

 tables. Even the Eoyal Hor- 

 ety, with its 10,000 Fellows 



chid^ro''wef\o Lieut .-Colonel Holford 



lificum, C. Eoesetti 



>d CvnriDediiim ^^^y^" >.^hemums. much ground, that it could not devote special 



t+i ^f^i,^^ ,T Silver-Gilt Knightian.-To Me*^rs. Sutton attention to any one subject. Yet in its 



wL^^it v.^~4^ " and. Sons, Reading, for onions ; to the Duke case both fruits and vegetables occupied a 



VVestonbirt var. „^ "d-^i and- (gardener, Mr. W. H. Divers), far less prominent position than did trees. 



Castle, Grantham, for pears. shrubs, and flowers. 



n^.-;;.^^i,;,„ i7i.f,v.^^,;i i.^no 7( n^v^oir. vT.^- oxiv^i-GiltBanksian.—E. Brown, Esq. (gar- Now, whilst leaving to fruit growers to 



F^wEey^ f-^^/ Bradford), Highwood, Eoehamp- organise their own special society, vegeUble 



nd Lselio-cattleya Coi 

 ^.M.). Mr. Hopkins, gardei 

 ey, Esq., Westlield, Wokii 



Heather 



m.,nn+^iini Mr P WalVpr °* plants; to iJaron bcnro<ier growers, and others specially interested in 



..Id^ Futty and^Ir. C;iliII, gS {^^^^T'' Ballantine) The Dell, Eg- their culture, whether as garden products 



Sir J. Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, i^^^ J"!^^:?^™^..^"^?"'''- '''' 



ThrDeU^' %- S'cu 



Sga^SdTs^ So^^S'f^^"-^"^'''' pJS^t^^i 

 A.,, „ , u„ Silver Flora.— To Mr. W. H. Page, Tang- sident. There were a large number of vice- 

 ley Nurseries, Hampton, for carnations; to presidents, and an executive of twenty-fou] 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards persons, all well-known in gardening circles 



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lea. 



Messrs. the most pi 



ike of Ma 



da caerulea. mote from time to time trials' of different 



Buller, C. Leeanum Corona, C. Gasto: „ „ „ 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. stuart Low and Co., Enfield, i 

 Onions made a fine show as set up by Mr. E. V. Low, Haywards Heath, for commend for general culture. To thi 



^^erilcl 



b up by Mr. n;. v. lx)w, Jlaywards Meatli, for commend ior general culture. To that end 

 who had orchids; to E. Rogerson, Esq. (^gardener, Mr. already three trials of autumn-sown cabbages 

 :ion, Al, Price), West Didebury, for orchids; to and onions were in progress, one at Twicken- : 



[leading, Ailsa Craig, Magnum Bonum, Tri- Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, for ham, one at the Times " Experimei 



)oli, and Bedfordshire Champion. Mr. W. A. carnations and hardy flowers; to Lord Hill- Farm, Sutton Green, Guildford, and one 



^o6S, Fairlight Glen, Rayleigh, put up ex- ingdon (gardener, Mr. A. Allan), Hillingdon stiff Essex land at Romford. Each trial wa«! 



^client fruits of such apples as Duke of Court, Uxbridge, for carnations; to Mr. W. being conducted on exactly similar lines, 



Oevonshire, Scarlet Pearmain, Garrett Pip- A. Voss, Rayleigh, for fruits. with the same varieties, and in both cases 



Jin, Court Rendu Plat, The Queen, and Silver Knightian.— To Messrs. Jas. Veitch these were all the ibest in commerce. Full 



)ther apples, and a few pears. and Sons, Chelsea, for vegetables. reports of these trials will be published in 



Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons contributed two Bronze Flora.— To Messrs. H. Cannell and due course, 



lozen dishes of splendid pears (French-grown, Sons, Swanley, for chrysanthemums; to Sir Then a great effort is being made to hold 



ve understood), the leading varieties being D. Gooch (gardener, Mr. D. Wilkinson), at Westminster next September a large re- 



ieurre Six, Mdme. Dupuis, Beurre de Chelmsford, for single chrysanthemums; to presentative exhibition of vegetables, and 



»Jaghan, Belle les Abres, Chas. Ernest, the Duchess of Bedford (gardener, Mr. Dick- numerous good offers of prizes have been 



»fotaire Lepin, Beurre Bachelier, Beurrt son), Chenies, Rickmansworth, for gesneras. made. The value of good home-grown 



)iel, Beurre Cadelein, Triomphe de Jodoigne, • vegetables as food was strongly emphasised. 



md Le Lectier. ITie Chelsea firm also con- All the strongest of animals were vegetable 



ributed a collection of their special varieties Bouvardias. — These are beautiful consumers, and their bone and muscle was 



.f vegetables, in which parsnips, leeks, and distinct subjects for flowering indoors ^^^^t i^^^^tical with that of man. But in- 



.nions, Brussels sprouts, and endive were durin? the winter months, as both white stead of cultivating the millions of acres of 

 ionspicuously good. 



o7J 



egetable fo 

 y depend on the 



Burre Diel, Beurre Clair- son they require a light airy position in a importations of meat and ( 



llac. Doyenne du Comioe, warm pit where the atmosphere is liffhtlv elsewhere, supplies that at som* 

 les^ d'Angouleme, Pit- .barged with moisture, and an occasional "^^^ ^^^^ ^ow much 



good employment to 



flowers they are in generarrequest' for but- ^"cing a great vegetable food supply,' we 

 ■ decoration^ At this sea- Preferred to depend or 



Jonghe 

 COMPETITIOxXS. 



, gardener to Mr; 



was awarded first prize for splendid samples Roses for Town Gardens.- 



of King Edward, Goldfinder, Snowball, the paper on " Roses for Town Gardens," 



Royalty, Longkeeper, and Queen of the Mr. A. C. Hill, gardener to Sir R. Poyn 



Veldt. Messrs. Jas. Carter and Co., High Bart., Kensington, W., read at the mont 



Holborn, scored for eighteen dishes of pota- meeting of the London Branch of the Bri1 



toes with fine specimens of Advam ^ ' ' ' 



finder, Earr - ^ — 



arly Favourite, Royalty, Nonsuch, ties were recom 

 , May Queen, etc. Mr. Gibson, gar- for town gardei 



dener to the Duke of Bedfon 

 Abbey. Notts, was awarded first prize for a 

 dozen dishes of potatoes, distinct ; the tul>ei.s 

 were of beautiful shape, and quite free from 

 blemish, but in some cases, notably Winds,u 

 Castle and Epicure, they wei-e hardly 

 characteristic ; Mr. R. Staward, Panshang. r 

 Gardens, Herts, second. Mr. E. Beckett. 

 V.M.H., gardener to the Hon. Vicary Gibliei. 

 Aldeuham House, Elstree, was first for six 

 (lit^heri of onions with fine bulbs of Ailsa 

 Craig, Globe, Al, Reading, etc.; Mr. E. 

 Hatch, gardener to A. B. Goldschmidt, Esq., 



> speedily doubled. 



