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call and see them. I have tried Lawton and several other Blackberries, 
but I do not find any equal to the Parsley-leaved.” 
We have seen the plants referred to, which masked attractively, also 
profitably, the “ unsightly wall.” We have also tasted jelly made from 
the fruit by Mrs. Carter, and must pronounce it clear, very rich in colour, 
and excellent. We have further seen the plants grown by Mr. Woodcock, 
which merit all he has said of them, and have examined rows of this 
Bramble in the nurseries of Messrs. Fisher, Son & Sibray, that were 
bearing prodigiously, the variety there grown being said to have originated 
as a chance seedling, presumably from Rubus laciniatus. 
From the evidence adduced it would appear that the Parsley-leaved 
tions on this point as are given in the catalogues of Vilmorin and Mr. 
Campbell of Gourock.— A Northern Amateur. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM EXHIBITIONS. 
November, usually noted for its fogs, has this year been almost 
exempt from them. With the exception of a few sharp frosts about the 
middle of the month the weather has been bright and open. The past 
month has indeed been a most busy one for all connected with the 
Chrysanthemum, for not only gardeners but the horticultural press have 
to share in the work connected with exhibitions. Something like 
Fig. 105.—THE PARSLEY-LEAVED BRAMBLE. 
Bramble is worthy of trial, but it does not in all places establish itself 
quickly, and two or three years are sometimes needed for it to develope 
its qualities, and Mr. Luckhurst’s observations on this point may be 
perused with advantage by intending cultivators. 
Early and Late-flowering Gladioli. —“ They possess no such 
characteristic” writes “ W. J. M.” in a recent issue of the Journal. His 
experience adds another fold to the mantle of mystery in which the 
capricious beauty enwraps herself. With me scarcely anything is certain 
about them but that, and I have this season additional proofs, which I 
mean afterwards to submit to your readers, of their very strict adherence 
to the same. I would caution beginners in their cul ure in these northern 
latitudes of the grievous error they will commit in ignoring such intima- 
six pages in each of the issues of the Journal for three weeks have been 
devoted to the detailed reports of exhibitions, of which upwards of fifty 
have been held. Amongst the principal exhibitions devoted chiefly to 
Chrysanthemums I may notice the following Southampton, Stoke 
Newington, Royal Aquarium, Kingston, Birmingham, Liverpool, North¬ 
ampton, Manchester, Oxford, Bristol, Plymouth, Worcester, Shrewsbury, 
Lincoln, Winchester, Brighton, Bath, Gravesend, Headington, Lough¬ 
borough, Devizes, Reading, Ealing, Southgate, Tunbridge Wells, Ayles¬ 
bury, Brixton, Croydon, Bromley, Eastbourne, Weybridge, Ipswich, 
Dorchester, Twickenham, Teddington, Linfield, Staines, Lewes, Putney, 
Hawkhurst, Wimbledon, Chelmsford, Tooting, Dartford, and even from 
Durham down to Land’s End. For the reason of such wide popularity 
we have not far to seek. With the introduction and development of the 
Japanese varieties we obtained such a diversity of colours that at once 
