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of the committee to find a suitable 

 place for the exhibitions within the 

 City were all in vain, and that Albion 

 Hall, Moorgate Street, had been 

 rented for the purpose, as the only 

 alternative between carrying out the 

 programme in the best way possible 

 or abandoning it altogether. All 

 things considered, the course pursued 

 by the committee has been fully jus- 

 tified by events. They had predeter- 

 mined that to hold the exhibitions 

 at a tavern would be objectionable, 

 and that by some means or other an 

 exhibition room must be found within 

 a short distance of the Royal Ex- 

 change ; and therefore, though Albion 

 Hall is certainly not a suitable place, 

 it appears at present to be the only 

 place available which in any degree 

 realizes the necessary conditions. 

 The staging, chiefly under Mr. 

 Rhodes's direction, was very skilfully 

 done. On either side of the walk 

 down the centre were tables covered 

 with groups of plants, with cause- 

 ways between. The platform and 

 organ were completely screened by a 

 trophy group of specimen azaleas and 

 large furnishing plants, contributed 

 by Messrs. Lane and Son, of Berk- 

 hampstead, Mr. B. S. Williams, of 

 Holloway, and Mr. O. Rhodes, of 

 Sydenham. The groups ou the tables 

 comprised orchids, azaleas, stove and 

 greenhouse plants, roses, hyacinths, 

 cinerarias, etc., etc. 



Oechids. — The principal exhibi- 

 tors were Mr. Wilson, gardener to 

 W. Marshall, Esq., of Enfield, and 

 Mr. Baker, gardener to A. Bassett, 

 Esq., of Stamford Hill. Mr. Baker's 

 group comprised superb specimens 

 of Phalamopsis Schilleriana, lonopsis 

 paniculatus, Dendrobium anosmum, 

 the rare and beautiful Odontoglossum 

 Pescatorei, Cattleya amethysto- 

 glossa, Dendrobium nobile, Cypri- 

 pedium villosum, in a remarkable 

 condition of freshness and beauty, 

 the finely-developed flowers shining 

 like some elaborate work in enamel. 

 Mr. Wilson put up a beautiful speci- 

 men of Phalamopsis grandiflora, a 

 group of Lycaste Skinneri, and among 

 other orchids a few rarities. Of 

 these the most noticeable was Aspasia 

 lunulata, sepals green with dark 



spots, petals white, lip broad, with 

 central spot of dull rose; and the 

 very pretty Dendrobium xanthophle- 

 bium. Among Mr. Baker's rarities 

 were the following : Ladia cinna- 

 barina ensifolia, the leaves long and 

 sword-like, flowers intense orange 

 with white fringed lip ; Odontoglos- 

 sum gloriosum; Epidendrum sp., 

 New Granada, sepals purplish-brown, 

 lip large, white, with small spot of 

 pale rose. 



Roses —Messrs. Paul and Son, of 

 Cheshunt, made a magnificent display 

 of pot roses and cut roses. Among 

 the plants were fine examples of 

 Madame Willermoz, Maurice Ber- 

 nards, Modele de Perfection, Lord 

 Clyde, Le Baron Rothschild, Sou- 

 venir d'un Ami, Professor Koch, 

 Niphetos, Due de R,ohan, Rubens, 

 John Hopper, Alba rosea, Anna 

 AlexiefF, Admiral Grravina, Marquise 

 Foucault, President, etc. Among 

 the cut flowers were the following, 

 all good varieties to force for spring 

 flowers, and as shown in the present 

 instance, admirably representing the 

 pre-eminent skill and experience in 

 rose culture of the famous Cheshunt 

 firm : Louise de Savoie, Rev. H. 

 Dombrain, Madame Damaizin, Anna 

 de Diesbach, Due de Cazes, Presi- 

 dent, Lord Clyde, Ladia, Bernard 

 Palissy, Souvenir d'un Ami, Devon- 

 iensis, Abbe Reynand, L'Enfant 

 Trouve, F. Lacharme, Victor Verdier, 

 David Pradel, Souvenir de Comte 

 Cavour, Madame Caillat, Geant des 

 Batadles (this old friend looked quite 

 respectable among the newer race of 

 crimsons, like one of the old aris- 

 tocracy, dignified and self-possessed 

 in the midst of feverish millionaires), 

 Triomphe des Beaux Artes, Alba 

 rosea, Madame Charles Wood, Anna 

 AlexiefF, Senateur Vaisse, Enfant de 

 Lyon, Lord Herbert, Solfaterre, 

 Prince Camille de Rohan, George 

 Paul, Pierre dotting, Madame Do- 

 mage, Virginal, John Hopper, Ma- 

 dame Furtado, Admiral Gravina, 

 Celine Forestier, Souvenir d'Elise 

 Vardon, Comte de Paris, Beauty of 

 Waltham, Madame Valembourg, 

 Colonel de Rougemont, Souvenir de 

 David, Madame D. Douville, Nar- 

 cisse, Centifolia rosea, Madame 



