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T\hom obtained first prizes in the respective classes of ten, eight, and six. Mr. 

 Turner's were grand plants, seven to eight feet high, and six to seven feet through, 

 perfect cones, and such solid masses of bloom that scarcely a leaf was visible. The 

 kinds were Holdfordi, Iveryana, Chelsoni, Sir Charles Napier, Etoile de Gand, 

 Due de Nassau, Brilliant, and Flower of the Day. Roses in pots were shown in 

 grand condition, Messrs. C. Turner, Messrs. Lane and Son, and Messrs. Paul and 

 •Son being amongst the principal prize takers. The following varieties were amongst 

 the best : Anna Alexieff, Anna de Diesbach, Celine Forestier, General Jacqueminot, 

 Charles Lawson, Juno, Marechal Yaillant, Souvenir d'un Ami, La Reine, Laelia, 

 Madame Domage, Charles Rouillard, Coupe d'Hebe, Due de Rohan, Louise Pey- 

 ronny, Paul Perras, Vicomtesse de Gazes, Alfred Colomb, Thorin, Comtesse Cha- 

 brilland, Josephine Beauharnais, Prince of "Wales, Mademoiselle Margaret 

 Dombrain, Alba mutabilis, Hippolyte Flandrin, and Madame Margottin, Messrs. 

 Paul and Son, of Cheshunt, were awarded first prizes for two grand collec- 

 tions of cut roses. Three prizes, amounting in all to ten pounds, were oflFered 

 in the class for " 50 hardy alpine and herbaceous plants," and the competi- 

 tion produced a delightful display. Some of the competitors presented in their 

 collections plants not properly admissible, and in many eases the names attached 

 were incorrect, as, for example, a tuft of Sisyrinchium labelled " Iris pumila." 

 Of course there could be no such defects iu the collection presented by Messrs. 

 Backhouse and Son, of York, who took first place in the awards. The plants in 

 this group were strictly hardy, and of the tufty, flowery, open-air loving disposi- 

 tions requisite to constitute them members of this interesting class of garden plants. 

 We are bound to give the names of Messrs. Backhouse's fifty, both because of their 

 intrinsic merit, and to gratify the ever-recurring hunger of the British public for 

 information about such plants. The collection comprised the following : Aubrietia 

 purpurea variegata, Saxifraga crustata, Anthyllis montana, Silene alpestris, 

 Jlyacinthus amethystinus, a lovely plant, with azure-blue flowers ; Artemisia 

 alpina, Erinus alpinus roseus, Hippocrepis grandiflorus, Linum tauricum, Primula 

 iarinosa, Viola pedata, Astragalus hypoglottis alba. Geranium cinereum, Saxifraga 

 tenella, Vicia argentea, Paradisea liliastrum, Allium triquetrum, Ajuga alpina, 

 Aronicum scorpoides, Dianthus csesiua, Ramonda pyreniaca, Erigeron Roylei, 

 Dianthus alpinus, a glorious tuft, covered with large rosy pink flowers ; Primula 

 Sikkimensi, a Himalayan cowslip ; Iberis coriacea, Silene rupestris, Pinguicula 

 grandiflora, Sisyrinchium odoratissimum, a very pretty species, the flowers blush, 

 with brown stripes ; Erodium macradenium, Linaria alpina, one of the loveliest of 

 aU Alpine and rock plants ; Saxifraga stenopetala, Oxalis floribunda, Lychnis 

 viscaria alba, Orchis nigra, Aubrietia Campbelli, Tulipa persica, Houstonia cerulea, 

 Saponaria lutea, quite a curiosity ; Lithospennum prostratum, Dodecatheon integri- 

 folium, Saxifraga longifolia vera, a splendid plant, with many crowded racemes 

 of large white flowers; Antirrhinum rupestre, Mainanthemum bifolium, Gnapha- 

 lium leontopodum. Orchis laxiflora, Papaver nudicaule, Erinus hirsutus, Cerastium 

 montanum, Oxytropis pyreniaca. Messrs. Yates had the second place in the com- 

 petition, with a pretty collection, in which we noticed Dodecatheon elegans, Litho- 

 ■spermum fruticosum, Saxifraga serrulata, Linaria cymbalaria, Linum flavum, 

 Allium ciliatum, Armeria maritima alba. Mr. Shaw had the third place. In this 

 lot we noticed a pretty variegated-leaved form of Iberis semperflorens, also the old 

 and good Sisyrinchium anceps, Achillea millefolia variegata, a charming thing, the 

 creamy variegation having a most peculiar but elegant appearance, mixed with the 

 fresh bluish-green proper to the plant ; Chamaepeuce Cassabonae. 



Rhododendrox Show at South Kensington. — Messrs. Waterer and Godfrey's 

 exhibition of these beautiful flowers has been especially good this year. Amongst 

 the new kinds the following are firs1;-rate : Caraclacus, Horatio, Lady Armstrong, 

 Mrs. G. H. W. Heneage, Mrs. John Glutton, Mrs. Milner, Mrs. R. S. Holford, Mrs. 

 W. BovUi, Old Port, Purity, and Scipio. Of older kinds we noticed as especially 

 good and distinct, Alarm, Album elegans, Atrosanguineum, Blandyanum, Brayanum, 

 Blysianum, Concessum, Everstianum, John Waterer, Lady Emily Cathcart, Minnie, 

 Mrs. John Waterer, Murillo, Nero, Onslowanum, Purpureum elegans, Purpu- 

 reum grandiflorum, Roseum elegans, Roseum grandiflorum, and Titian. 



Royal Horticultural Society's grand summer show, held from the 2nd to 

 6th of June, was a decided success, for both arcades and the large conservatory 

 were filled to repletion with valuable and well-grown plants ; but we pass over all 



