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good collection of esotic foras, which were much, admired. The largest col- 

 leetioa of exotic feras was one belonging to Mr. P. F. Richardson, which w^as 

 deservedly awardoi the first prize, the second being given to Mr. Grordon A. 

 Thomson, Bedeque House. Mr. Thos. Sinclair had also a very neat collec- 

 tion. There was an exceedingly large collection of British ferns sent for 

 exhibition by Messrs. A. Stanstield and Son, of Todmorden. Lancashire. 

 These comprised some one linndred distinct varieties, all of which were 

 greatly admired. The prize, however, in this class of plants was awarded to 

 a young amateur, Mr. VV. H. Pnillips, of Alfred Street and Bridge Street. 

 A finer collection could scacely be found. Mr. P. F. E-ichardson also exhi- 

 bited in this class of plants, and took a second prize; Thomas Malcolmson, 

 Esq., of Fairview, and Wra. Verner, Esq., were awarded a third prize each. 

 One of the greatest varieties in the entire exhibition, and a collection which 

 attracted very considerable attention, was a box of cut blooms of orchids, 

 sent over by Mr. B. S. Williams, of Paradise JN'ursery, Holloway, London. 

 The box contained about a dozen diff'erent varieties, such as were never pre- 

 viously exhibited in Belfast. They included : — Cypripedium barbatum 

 superbum; Cypripedium grandiflora ; Cypripedium barbatum tigrinum ; 

 Cattleya crispa; Cattleya Loddegesii ; Cattleya Harrissonii ; Dendrobium 

 tortile; Miltonia Kegnelli ; Miltonia bicolor ; Miltonia spectabilis ; Vanda 

 insignis. These were the subject of general and deserved commendation. 

 For pelargoniums Mr. M'Cormick, M.P., was awarded the first prize, and 

 Mrs. Boomer the second. Fuchsias were exhibited by Mr. Thos. Sinclair, 

 J. P., and Mr. G-. A. Thomson. Amongst them were Rose of Castile and 

 "Wiltshire Lass. The cut roses were, on the whole, very beautiful collections ; 

 but that of Mr. Lennox T. Davies, Ogle's Grrovc Nursery, Hillsborough, 

 undoubtedly surpassed all the others in variety. Mr. Clelland, of Down- 

 patrick also exhibited a good collection. In collections of six hand bouquets 

 Mrs. Boomer carried off the prize, and the value set on these bouquets may 

 be judged of from the fact that, at the close of the show, they were sold at so 

 high a price as two shillings and sixpence each, for purposes of presentation 

 to ladies going to the ball. The quantity of fruit forsvarded to the show 

 proved how abundant the yield of such must be throughout the country this 

 year. The first prize was carried away hy an exhibitor from a distance, Mr. 

 Patrick Kirby, of Dublin ; while Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Macroy, and Mr. W. S. 

 Crawford were awarded the second, third, and fourth prizes respectively. 

 Mr. Pilson, of Downpatrick, exhibited some apples — " the Winter Straw- 

 berry" — grown in the years 1859, 1860, 18G1, three of each year's growth. 

 They were grown by Nelson Bullick, Esq., of Aghalee, near Lurgan, and 

 were made a present to C. Pilson, Esq., Downpatrick, and exliibited by him. 

 There was an exceedingly large colleccion of vegetables, and all of them were 

 first-class. The first prize was awarded to Mr. A. J. Macroy, the second to 

 Mr. W. S. Crawford, and the third to Mrs. Boomer. 



Royal HoRXiopLTURiL Society. — Among the subjects of special interest 

 lately submitted to the Floral and Fruit Committees, we have noted the 

 following as worthy of mention, and likely to be useful to our readers. Stove 

 Plants. — Campylobotrys refulgens, from Mr. W. Bull, Chelsea. Native of 

 Chiapa, Mexico ; dwarf habit, large opposite obovate sessile leaves, tapered 

 below, havini? a satiny lustre on tlie surface, which is dull olive green, with 

 whitish depressed nerves and ribs ; F. C. C. liudgea leucocephala, from 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson, St. John's Wood. Large magnolia-like leavea, 

 terminal heads cf closely crowded white flowers, which have a long slender 

 tube and five spreading segments. A striking object, but rather spare in 

 the production of flowers. Bougainvillea speciosa, from Mr. Daniels. 

 This charming plant has obtained for Mr. Daniels a special certificate for the 

 skill with which he produces abundance of its rosy-purple floral bracts, by 

 the system of culture described at pp. 134, 175 of the third volume of the 

 Flokal Woeld. Adelaster albivensis, from Messrs. Yeitch. A hand- 



