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Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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wellimagine that fresh lifted new Potatos, with theskins still tender, would, after a long journeyl)y rail, present an indifferent appearance. Where there is exhibited such an earnestdesire to promote the culture of (fruitsjand sense of the loss Ihc Society hadsustaincil, and ofwhich he was especinlly well .ililc to judge. Mr.liKNTiiAMs heartfelt lesliniony was supported byMr. .Stainton, Mr. St. (;koki;e Mivart, andother of the late gentlemans colleagues in theSociety. The principal business of the meeting con-sisted in the presentation Ijy Mr. Bkntiiam of hismemoir on the Gramincn:, a companion paper to thoseon Orchidaccce, Composit.e, and other orders mono-graphed by him for the dlicra Planldntiu. (irami-nea;, said Mr. Beniham, arc so widely dilluscd,occur in such quantities, and are so easily dried,that a very large number of bad species havebeen established; thus, whilst newly describedspecies of Orchidea; will probably hold their own,many new grasses must be renamed in accordance
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Fig. 12S.—THE ORANGERY AT MARGAM ABBEY. (SEE F. 622.) ng over Apples for a year is not likely to proveprofitable in a business aspect, though it mayesult in the securing of these odd prizes. ThatStrawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Cher-ies, and Currants may be in abundance there iseason to believe, but if the Apple and Pear:Iasses are filled it will be a matter for suprise.The vegetable classes are less open to adverse:riticism, though one marvels that any practicalnan should have inserted a class for Broccolin July. That surely must have been a slip ofhe pen. A bushel of Peas in pod, three bushelsif round Potatos, and the same of kidneys (new),I bushel of autumn-sown Onions, two dozenlunches of spring-sown Onions (rather a waste-ul class), one dozen of Cabbages, the same of vegetables amongst farmers it is not possibleto wish other than the best success for theeffort; and therefore in pointing out some of theweak features of the prize list we may, perhaps,strengthen the hands

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