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were only second rate as to size and training, but they were mostly well 

 bloomed ; amongst them Cloth of Silver was conspicuous for its chastity of 

 colour and excellent habit. Mr. Parmenter, gardener to H. Taylor, Esq., 

 took first prize for six pelargoniums ; Mr. Smith, gardener to S. Hickson, 

 Esq., second ; Mr. Binney, gardener to W. H. Bodkin, Esq., third. 

 Mr. Smith was first in fancies. Fuchsias were good. Mr. Young was first, 

 with Tristram Shandy, Souvenir de Chiswiek, Queen of Hanover, Venus de 

 Medici, Snowball, and Vanguard: Mr. Binney was second. There were 

 two lots of gloxinias of very even growth. Mr. Biggs being first with 

 Adamus oculata, Deecke Hobbe, Frederick Lenning, Willsoni, Carl Wolfarth, 

 and Seedling ; Mr. Young second, with Noblesse, Princess of Prussia, 

 Mars ceruleus, Magnet, Agar, and Speciosa major. For six achimenes, 

 Mr. Young was first, with Sir Trehern Thomas, Edmond Bossier, Longi- 

 flora alba, Tugwelliana, Ambroise Verschaffelt, and Baumannii hirsuta ; 

 Mr. Biggs second, with Rosea elegans, Chirita, longiflora, Sir Trehern 

 Thomas, grandiflora, and coccinea. Mr. Young's plants were evenly in 

 bloom, and Ambroise Verschaffelt was in perfection ; otherwise his plants 

 were sticky and leafless. Mr. Biggs' plants were in good foliage, but wanted 

 another week to bring them out, and one was only just beginning to show 

 colour. There were some good boxes of cut roses, some creditable fruit, 

 and excellent collections of vegetables. The first prize for a device in 

 flowers was awarded to Mr. Hill, and the second to Mr. Biggs. The 

 cottagers' productions were excellent, and very tastefully displayed. We 

 must not forget the praise due to Mr. James Cutbush, under whose direc- 

 tions the tent was arranged with remarkable good taste, and who also 

 contributed largely without competing. The unflinching exertions of 

 Mr. J. Ward, the secretary of the society, also call for special mention. We 

 visited the exhibition incog., and we can say that no one could have shown 

 more cordiality and kindness in affording accommodation and information. 

 The band of the 2nd Life Guards was in attendance, and performed some of 

 the best pieces of music, which added greatly to the pleasures of the 

 day. The next exhibition of this society will take place on the 18th of 

 September. 



Brixton and Streatham Floricultural Society, .June 28th. — On the 

 occasion of Mr. Hibberd's lecture on the cultivation of the rose, the members 

 made a very good floral display. The plants and flowers were arranged on a 

 long table right and left of tiie chair, and on the chairman's table was a 

 superb collection of cut roses, consisting of twelve distinct kinds, contributed 

 by Mr. Monk, gardener to C. J. Heath, Esq., Balham Hill, the principal of 

 which were grown by Mr. Elstone. On the long table was a good stand of 

 twelve bunches of roses from Mr. Western ; also a stand of twelve bunches 

 from Mr. Webb ; twelve single blooms from Mr. Brayer ; and six from Mr. 

 Faulkener. Mr. Harper contributed a stand of mixed cut flowers, a few 

 well-grown specimen ferns, a pair of fuchsias, and some stove plants. Mr. 

 Webb sent a pair of fuchsias ; Mr. Merridue a splendid Erica Cavendishii, 

 some good gloxinias, and eight specimen geraniums. Mr. Monk added as a 

 novelty a pan of Spergula pilifera, and Mr. Glover sent an excellent dish of 

 grapes. 



FlNCHLEY, FfilERN BaRNET, AND MuSWELL HlLL SOCIETY, JULY 12TH. 



— This was the first exhibition of a newly-formed society, and was held in 

 the picturesque and well-kept grounds of J. H. Lermitte, Esq., East End, 

 Finchley. The show was held in a large marquee, and the contributions 

 were admirably staged for effect. The several classes were better filled in 

 than is usually the case at local shows. At the entrance to the marquee was 

 a clever device in flowers by J. Tauqueray, Esq., of Hendon, for which an 

 extra prize was awarded. There were also some good boxes of cut flowers 

 from J. Ewart, Esq. ; a very pretty collection of ornamental foliaged ami 

 flowering plants, and cut flowers, from Messrs. Cutbush, of Highgate ; a 

 similar but smaller collection from W. Connell, Esq., of Barnet. Some 



