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ings," the large attendance of fashion- 

 able company made it quite a gala 

 day, and the promenade became 

 almost crowded towards the latter 

 part of the morning. The principal 

 feature was azaleas, aud these were 

 so grouped as to make a rich display 

 of colour. In other respects this was 

 a most enjoyable show. Pot roses 

 were abundant and most beautiful ; 

 cut roses were shown in such plenty 

 as to be quite an exhibition of them- 

 selves ; and hyacinths, early tulips, 

 cyclamens, and cinerarias were to be 

 seen in great plenty ; and there was 

 enough of large ferns, palms, dra- 

 ca?nas, and other bold forms of 

 foliage to break up the masses of 

 colour, and to make a delightful va- 

 riety, so that whichever way the eye 

 turned it was sure to be refreshed. 



Azaleas. — Mr. Charles Turner, 

 of Slough, sent the finest specimens ; 

 they were all in pyramid outlines, 

 and nearly true pyramids, with a 

 slight crinoline swell midway between 

 the apex and the base. They were 

 about five feet high and five feet 

 through, all very evenly bloomed, yet 

 ao fresh that they will no doubt do 

 duty at several shows before they 

 begin to wane. The varieties were 

 all of the best : Prince Jerome, 

 Iveryana, Holfordii, Criterion, Flower 

 of the Day, Empress Eugenie. Mr. 

 Todman, "gardener to B. Hudson, 

 Esq., sent a splendid sis, very evenly 

 trained, and in perfection of bloom ; 

 they were Criterion, Concinna, Ivery- 

 ana, Princess Eoyal, Triumphans, 

 and Eoi Leopold. One great excel- 

 lence of these was, that they were 

 all alike as to size and training. Mr. 

 Young, gardener to H. E. Barclay, 

 Esq., sent a monster Conspicua pur- 

 purea (label illegible), Criterion, Em- 

 press Eugenie, Semi duplex maculata, 

 and Adolphe flore pleno. Mr. 

 "Wheeler, gardener to Sir F. H. 

 Goldsmid, Bart., sent a group of 

 fine large round-headed and rather 

 freely-trained plants : they were 

 Triumphans, barrel-shaped, massive, 

 and very effective ; Etoile de 

 Flandres, Duke of Devonshire, Semi- 

 duplex maculata, and two others. 

 Mr. B. S. "Williams sent plants of 

 medium size, in fine condition, and 



very uniform ; they were Delecta, 

 superb ; Countess of Stamford, 

 Rubra-plena, a fiery red rosette - 

 flowered kind ; Magnet, Triumphans 

 and another. In the class for six, 

 Messrs. Lane and Son sent some 

 plants of medium size, which were 

 very stiffly trained, and rather thin, 

 though the bloom was perfect. 

 Amongst them were Eosea alba 

 cincta, in the way of Criterion, very 

 attractive, the flowers being of large 

 size and fine form ; and Magnificent, 

 a superb white. Messrs. Lane also 

 sent a collection of about fifty beau- 

 tiful small specimens of just the 

 right size and make for home decora- 

 tion ; they were, in fact, the perfec- 

 tion of conservatory specimens, and 

 I should like to be always sure of 

 meeting with such in every private 

 garden I visit. They averaged two 

 feet in height, and the same through 

 at the base, the outlines pyramidal 

 or related thereto, and quite solid 

 throughout, with healthy leafage and 

 handsome flowers. Amongst them 

 were the following : Iveryana, still 

 one of the most perfect whites ; Per- 

 fecta elegans, Roi Leopold, Criterion, 

 Advance, a beautiful variety, like a 

 show pelargonium, rather deep and 

 quakeress-bonnet like, smooth, fine 

 petal,*, colour deep rich carmine, top 

 spotted deep lake, forming a rich 

 blotch ; it is an improvement on 

 Perfection as to colour ; Duke of 

 Cambridge, Perryana, Elegantissima, 

 Madame Verschaffelt — this is a great 

 improvement on Criterion, the flower 

 being larger, very finely formed, the 

 colour clear warm flesh, shading to 

 lilac-blush, the top richly spotted 

 crimson ; The Bride, a fine white, 

 with faint green stain in the centre ; 

 Eubens, Amama, a charming small- 

 flowering kind in the way of Obtusa, 

 the flowers like buttons, the colour 

 rich purplish rose ; it is nearly hardy; 

 Iveryana, Sir H. Havelock, President 

 Claeys, this is a fine variety, the 

 colour warm salmon-flesh, top spotted 

 red, edges white, very distinct and 

 beautiful; Eoi Leopold, large and 

 finely formed; Louise Margottin, an 

 unattractive white; President Hu- 

 mann, dull salmon-red, top spotted 

 crimson, scarcely to be equalled as 



