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able were, Comtesse Mole, Marie de Champlonis, Souvenir d'un Ami, Meillez, Devoniensis, from 
Messrs. Lane ; Blairii No. 2, Mrs. Elliot, from Mr. Francis ; Beauty of Billiard, from Mr. Rosier ; 
Coupe de Hebe, from Mr. Terry. 
Collections of Indian Azaleas, of Cacti, of Helioliysums, of Ali^ine plants, and of variegated plants, 
completed the floral display. 
The Fruit, as ah'eady mentioned, was 
not remarkable for superior qualitj'. 
The best Pines were Providences weigh- 
ing 91bs. 1 lozs., from Mr. Chapman, gar- 
dener to J. B. Glegg, Esq., and Mr. 
Davis, gai'dener to Lord Boston. Very 
good samples of Black Hambm'gh Grapes, 
as to size, were from Messrs. Frost, 
gardener to Lady Grenville; Stent, gar- 
dener to W. Herbert, Esq., Clapham ; 
Foggo, gardener to the Marquis of Aber- 
corn ; Rust, gardener to J. Maclaren, 
Esq., and Davis, of Oakhill ; but none 
of them were well coloui'ed. A good 
sample of Black Prince came fi-om Mr. 
Chapman, gardener to J. B. Glegg, Esq. ; 
of Sweetwater from Mr. M'Walter, gar- 
dener to Col. Challoner, and Mr. Chap- 
man of South Lambeth ; of Muscat from 
Mr. Toy of Oatlands ; and there were 
several dishes of well-grown but unripe 
Muscats. Some good Peaches came 
from Mr. Chapman — Gross Mignonne ; 
and Mr, Robertson, gardener to the Mar- 
quis of Waterford — Royal George ; and 
a dish of finely-ripened Brown Turkey 
Figs came fi'om Mr. Foggo. Some good 
British Queen Strawberries came fi-om Mr. Busby, gai-dener to S. Crawley, Esq. Various good- 
looking Melons of the Hybrid Persian, and Beechwood sorts were produced ; and a Beechwood of 
6 lbs. 8 oz. came fi-om Mr. Carson. 
PELAKGONiuM — auEEN SUPERB 1 exMbited by J. Simpson, Esq. 
THE TYING DOWN SYSTEM WITH FRUIT TREES. 
By Mr. R. ERRINGTON, Gardener to Sir P. M. Egerton, Bart., Oulton Paek, Cheshike. 
THIS, the only system in practice, which does not run counter to the natui-al habits of our out- 
door fruits, is not so generally known and practised as its merits deserve ; and although much 
has been said concerning it in some of our gardening periodicals, j^et all have not given the subject 
a thorough consideration. I beg, therefore, to di'aw the attention of the readers of the Oardener's 
ilagazine of Botany to this excellent practice, and I am the more emboldened to do so, from the 
fact of having practised it for the last twelve years ; in addition to which, I trust I may without 
egotism, lay claim to being, if not the original inventor, at least the sj^stematiser of this mode of 
training. 
It is astonishing to observe what a slow progress anythmg exceedingly simplified makes with one 
portion of the public, in comparison mth others which carry some marks of complication on the face 
of them ; and which marks are, to those incapable of grappling with the main features of a question, 
(and of dealing with elementary principles rather than fioundering amongst details) too often mis- 
taken for the impress of science. 
Thus, some years since, it was the custom to seek for success in fi'uit culture in an elaborate and 
tedious routine of winter pruning ; and our horticultm-al periodicals of the day teemed with illustra- 
tions of the fearful course the amateur fruit cultivator had to submit to, for a period of some half- 
dozen years, before he could hope to produce a good dessert. In such works might be found, fii'st. 
