THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



Vegetables were a splendid feature, and Bournemouth, in superb condition. He was also fi 



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Gentle gardener to Mrs Deni^n Little arrangements of chrysanthemums in ^ots. Vegetables were a prominent feature of 



NON-COMPETITIVE. 

 Ir. A. S. Usher staged a veri 

 lection of vegetables, not for cc 



th7 cra;e""^r7^ i^/^ ^M^. S^re sto^w^e^L^l^ 



flontanrherd ^anl^ntns Tnd ^^eSf ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^'^^ ^^^^ The chairman of the committee was 



Mr. H Tysoe second, and Mr. W. Gaiger Cut blooms on boards showed a falling off « f .^^ ™edal for a beautiful coll 



third. In the cla^ provided by the Messrs. ^-^ numbers but the average qualitv was orchids, prominent amongst thei 



Laxton Brothers, Mr. Tysoe led with splen- 'Thomas Stevenson, gardener to Cypripedium insigne Harefielc^ " - 



Da ^2^ond' ^'"'''''^ ^^^^"^ ' ^^^^"a, Esq., Woburn Place, Addle- E^^^^^fZ^ .^^^^i^o^i/^d s«Plir< 



Mr^J%: Robinson, Great Barford; Mr. ?^^f^h^•.Tl\^l^n,f/tt^^f "llTl'i" 



Harrisoni, Laelia Elv; 



gardener to H. G. Hipwell, Esq., o?anV"vflripf v 

 akespeare Eoad ; and Mr. E. Burgin, F. S ValHs ^1 



for thirty-s 



Bower Street ; alsi 



collections of vegetables, while in single dish 



and Mr. Day for cauliflowers. 



^TXi. -..jD^^ ivrx duu itjL uiiiuxia Keffiuald ValUs (two) Master .Tamfs rtwo^i ^oiivtjr meuan ; messrs. u. atewart 



■ f^Potatoes; Mr Gaiger ^\r, ^e^^^, Mrs. W. Knox, mT A T. Sons, Wimborne, had a gold medal for 



?Jr,t^rfort;ivH^ rI^<rT"i \ ^^"^^ (*^«)' Algernon Davis, G. J. Bruzard, ^ ^^^^^ / «^PP^^Ir- l"^ . ^''f' 



Gentle for turnips; Mr. Gaiger for beet; Mdme. de la Crouce (two), James Lock (two) J^^^^^P" Cutbush and Sons, Highgate, ol> 



.....o.l.fl.^... „, Walter Jinks, Miss N. K a silver medal for carnatfons, and 



ne Duchess of Sutherland (two) J H Messrs. Toogood and Sons, Southampton, a 



urv. Mrs Stoon Mrs Norman Davis' silver medal for vegetables. Messrs. Ingram, 



e LrSn and Mdme G EWol Mr Th,«rston, Prichard, and Haskins all hfd ex- 



Tuesday, the 2nd inst., at this society's Usher, gardener to Sir Eandolph Baker, ^"^'^^ exhibits. 



ing at Winchester House, Old Broad Bait., Blandford, was a close second, and 



t, Mr. T. W. Sanders, F.L.S., in the his best blooms were Eose Pockett, Mrs. A T Aberdeen Natural History 



, Mr. Charles T. Druery, V.M.H., Miller, Lady Talbot, President Viger, W. Society, 



gave an interesting lecture on "Our Beale, Splendour, Mr. Laxton, and Dr. Professor Davidson, Aberdeen Uiiiw 



lerful World." Opening with an apo- Watson. was the lecturer at the last meetino , 



for the necessarily superficial way in For twelve cut blooms, Japanese, Mr. society, his subject being "The !'<« t 

 1 so vast a subject could be dealt with Lloyd, gardener to Major Wyndham 

 single short lecture, he stated that his Christchurch, scored; Dr. Brodie, B 

 mouth, being second. Dr. Brodie wi 



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r things i 



The prof esse 



I entire ignoring of their for nine vases of Japanese blooms with long dial reception, started with a refe 

 iture. He divided his stems, three blooms of each, in nine distinct the great amount of light that is 

 the Air. the varieties, Mr. Slark, gardener to G. J. Fen- upon words by the mode of handlir 



Earthy the Ocean,^and Jhe most interesting wick, Esq., Bournemouth, was successful, that deals with thei 



* „n T.^ ... ■ . presented and traces their history, and to the 



' ' ' achievements in this sphere \ 



the Life whic3 



described as practically forming by Aldirmai 



nd prof. 



^e lived under an imr 

 e did not feel because 



the new Oxford Dictionary, carrying out 

 the principles first enunciated by Archbishop 

 Trench, has made. The lecturer proceeded 

 to limit his subject to the realm of common 



also of Bournemouth, being second. Mr. His examples were : Speedwell, Our Lady's 

 Tompkins, gardener to the Dowager Lady Bedstraw— a plant which figures promi- 

 Miller, scored in the chrysanthemum group nently in Pouesin's painting as the beddni? 



nted by the Mayor of Bournemouth, with Scorpion Grass, Paddock Pij 

 very fine arrangement. This exhibitor also dock Stools, Hollyhock, Devil's 



iety of the rocks^ which com pase its crust . M?^ Telf er ^f or^t wo vas^ of' Ja 

 I the history which these rooks unfold to santhemums nine blooms (one 

 geologist and associated si iontis+s. The «ach case. Mr. Sprackling, gar 



nd re- 



hry- rise to this name among the 



each case. Mr. Sprackling, gardener to Dr. the plant on account ol its bi 



Lys, scored for three bush plants in the open cinal properties ; Solomon's S^ 



division, and in another class Mr. Slark won Eyebright, Daisv, Pansy. E 



followed by Mr. C. Barrett, gardener to e] t"h< 

 Howard May, Esq., the specimens all being 



ow, and EOT 



which we are moi 



ro Tne Mr. \\ . Sliave, gard<Mier to the Dowajjor others, the lecturer pointi 



rrent. Lady de Tabley ; Mr. Wills, Southampton ; prove that plant names 



and Mr. Jeffreys and Miss Taylor were promi. -stories of the past to tell. 



^Url exhibitors in the classes for ba.skets of History and archaeology, 



from flowers and foliage, bouquets, sprays, and social customs, poetry an* 



p^ible table decorations. myth, and superstition— all 



fami- FEUITS AND VEGETABLES medicine also had a distinc 



ery fine < 



d this grapes, distinct variet 

 7 e-reen land, Mr. Pope, gard 

 which Esq., Wareham, Dors 



faithfully 

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and Hogg ;i 

 uld be diffid 



