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Green being large and vei'y full of blossom, and occupying as they did conspicuous 

 positions near the centre of the building, were very effective, and were deservedly 

 much admired. In both were good examples of the yellow sinensis. The others were 

 equally well-known kinds. Messrs. Whitbread, Gaines, and Peed also showed large 

 collections. Groups of smaller plants were abundant. For newer kinds Mr. Turner 

 received a first prize ; the sorts were Gem, rich rosy salmon, and one of the best 

 shaped Azaleas in cultivation ; Stanleyana, Empress Eugenie, purple ; Sir H. Have- 

 lock, bright orange red ; Criterion, Miltoni, rosy purple ; Prince Jerome, brilliant 

 orange red; and Petunifeflora, rosy lilac, a distinct and pretty kind. Mr. Ivery, of 

 Dorking, sent Beauty of Europe, a sort like Criterion, but with more colour in it ; 

 Due de Nassau, showy purple ; Stanleyana, Empress Eugenie, Admiration, white with 

 red flake; Gem, Criterion, and Crispiflora, the last an extremely pretty purple kind 

 with curiously crimped edges. Messrs. Green, Fra.3er, and Jackson also showed in 

 this class. Mr. Barnes bad some neat little standards of Magnet, a rosy-salmon kind, 

 very hardy and free flowering. 



Roses in pots were magnificent, and, of course, were much admired. To Messrs. 

 Paul was deservedly awarded the first prize. The sorts were Madame Willermoz 

 (Tea), creamy blush, seven feet high, with more than 100 expanded flowers ; Souvenir 

 d'un Ami (Tea), rosy salmon, large egg-shaped blossoms ; Coupe d'Hebe (hybrid 

 Bourbon), pink ; Paul Perras (hybrid Bourbon), rose colour, six feet high and five 

 feet through, with nearly 100 blossoms; Paul Ricaut (hybrid Bourbon), brilliant 

 crimson ; Auguste Mie (hybrid perpetual), peach blossoms, very large and of fine 

 form; Geant des Batailles (hybrid perpetual), purplish crimson ; Louise Odier (hy- 

 brid perpetual), pink ; Duchess of Sutherland (hybrid perpetual), rose colour; and 

 Souvenir de Malmaison (Bourbon), white flesh-coloured centre flowers, very large. 

 Messrs. Lane sent Coupe d'Hebe, Chenedole, Paul Perras, Devoniensis (very fine), 

 Souvenir d'un Ami, Queen, and Jules Margottin. Mr. Francis had Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, Jules Margottin, Coupe d'Hebe, Paul Perras, Madame H. Jacquin, General 

 Jacqueminot, Chenedole, Blairii, Augustine Mouchelet, Comte Boubert, and Baron 

 Prevost. 



No amateur Rose growers showed upon this occasion, which was doubtless oioing 

 to their being compelled to compete with such cultivators as the nurserymen just named, 

 and against whom they would have no chance of winning. On this, however, and 

 on the other new regulations to which we briefly alluded in a previous number, we 

 understand the judges have been instructed to make a special report. 



New and rare plants were scarce. Those that were shown came chiefly from 

 Messrs. Low, of Clapton, who sent Alocasia metallica, an ornamented foliaged stove 

 plant allied to Caladium, with large, sliming, bronzy leaves, covered with a singularly 

 beautiful metallic bloom ; Sphasrostema marmoratum, a silvery white mottle-leaved 

 climbing stove plant, which will form a good companion to the well-known Cissus 

 discolor ; Ansectochilus Petola from Java, with dark green leaves, beautifully traversed 

 with pale yellowish veins ; Plocostemma lasianthum, a warm greenhouse shrub, with 

 blossoms resembling those of Cyrtoceras refiexum ; and the pretty little Bornean 

 Fern called Lindssea Lowii. Stangeria paradoxa, a singular plant described in former 

 volumes, was shown by Mr. Young, of Dulwich. Mr. Gedney, gardener to the Rev. 

 Mr. Ellis, sent a brown-spotted bright sulphur-coloured Iris-like plant, said to be a 

 Cypella from Southern Africa. From Messrs. Jackson, of Kingston, came Quercus 

 bambussefolia, and an Ilex from Upper India. A blush-white purple-lipped Lselia 

 was shown by Mr. Warner, of Broomfield, and a handsome leaved Begonia by Messrs. 

 Ivery. 



In Pelargoniums the competition was of the strongest description, all growers of 

 this flower being admitted thereto. In the large class one prize only was awarded to 

 a private grower. In fancies two were taken by nurserymen and two by private 

 growers, every plant exhibited being good. The first prize for ten varieties of the 

 iarge kinds was awarded to Mr. Turner, of the Royal Nurseries, Slough, for Prince of 

 Wales, Governor- General, Desdemona, Imperatrice, Admirable, Fairest of the Fair, 

 Evangeline, Rose Celestial, Mr. Marnock, and Etna. Messrs. Fraser, of Lea Bridge, 

 and Messrs. Dobson were placed equal second. Messrs. Fraser's plants were Flori- 

 bundum, Sauspareil, Rosamond, Governor- General, Pallas, Mokanna, Admirable, 

 Una, Mr. Hoyle, and Fair Ellen. Messrs. Dobson showed Aurelia, Sanspareil, Una, 

 Rosalie, Vestal, Euphemie, Governor- General, Bride (a beautiful white variety), Rose 

 Celestial, and Fairest of the Fair. Mr. Tandy, of Putney Heath, and Mr. Windsor 



