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Title: The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Gardeners' chronicle (London, England : 1874)
Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, ornamental
Publisher: London: (Gardeners' Chronicle)
Contributing Library: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, McLean Library
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t by Messrs. Pennell & Son, nurserymen,of Lincoln. Fruit was well, if not very abundantly,shown. There was an open division, which includedgroups, stove and greenhouse plants, table plants,Ferns, TuberouB Begonias, Dahlias, Coleus, Glox-inias, and Fuchsias; cut flowers, under variousheadings of the flowers in season, as Asters,Gladiolus, Marigolds (dearly lcved in the North),Carnations, and Ficotees; bouquets of variouskinds ; fruit of almost all kinds ; also vegetables.An amateurs division, in which the more limitedmeans and appliances of the grower, who is Dot a gardener, are taken into account. This divisionincluded plants, cut flowers, fruit, and vegetables;and, finally, there was the division in which cot-tagers (and, we suppose, allotment-holders) com-peted, and which was open to residents in theborough only. This is a division, the items ofwhich require considerable extension, so as to admitof greater variety of produce being grown, theprovision for fruit being very meagre.
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August 24. 1895.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 215 CHISWICK —Tne garden is now looking par-ticularly well. Tne collection of Phloxes is a sightto be «een, wbilet the beds of Zinnias, Tea Rises,Begonias, and other plants are remarkably good.The frnit crops are generally satisfactory. Same ofthe honses are full ol Fuchsias and Cannas, so thata visit just now will well repay the gardener. Newcastle and District HorticulturalMutual Improvement Society.—The monthlymeeting of this society was held at their room,25, Westgate Road, on Tuesday, August 13, Mr.Larke, North Dene, Gateshead, presiding over agood attendance of members. The secretary, Mr. J.Elliot, Jan., read a paper on the Cyclamen, inwhich he recommended sowing the seed in Julyand August, or as soon as it was ripe, in preferenceto the spring. A discussion followed, in whichmany took part. MR. SOWERBY.—Coincident with the retire-ment of Mr. Bahhon from Chiswick comes news ofthe withdrawal of Mr. Soweebt from the manage-ment of t

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