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EXHIBITIONS OF JUNE AND JULY. 



Royal Botanic Society, Second 

 Gbeat Show, Wednesday, June 14. 

 — This was in every sense a " great 

 show," though scarcely so rich in 

 colour as the last, a circumstance re- 

 sulting from the fact that azaleas will 

 not last for ever in quite so bright a 

 state as they are to be found once a 

 year at a certain happy moment of 

 their blooming season. But there 

 was no lack of colour, for there were 

 two great banks of pelargoniums, and 

 some of the specimens were marvel- 

 lous for size and style of getting up ; 

 there was a great bank of orchids, a 

 bank of azaleas, several large collec- 

 tions of pot roses and cut roses innu- 

 merable, hard-wooded plants out of 

 number, grandly grouped and gay 

 everywhere, though here and there 

 breaking out in sheets of colour. As 

 a full report would occupy too much 

 space, a few particulars are selected 

 with a view to inform our readers of 

 a few of the best subjects in various 

 classes. Pinks : — Mr. C. Turner, 

 first for twenty -four; the varieties 

 were : Rev. J. Jeans, Victory, Cris- 

 tabel, Helen, Bride of Colchester, 

 Attraction, Bertie, Elcho, Constance, 

 Exquisite, James Hogg. Bicturata, 

 Ernest, Captivation, Brincess of 

 "Wales, Mrs. Stevens, Device, Mr. 

 Hobbs, Madame Teitjens, Mrs. Mac- 

 lean, Nina, Excellent, Mary Ann, 

 Marginata. Mr. Hooper, of Wid- 

 combe Hill. Bath, a spirited grower 

 of florists' flowers, and the champion 

 for the West of England, second with 

 Blondin, Stonewall Jackson, Defiance, 

 Black Brince, Mrs. Smith, Old Eng- 

 land, Device, Attraction, Discolor, 

 Mrs. More, Mrs. Maclean, British 

 Queen, Constance, Dr. Maclean, 

 Colonel HoE:g, Burple Berfection, 

 Dr. Smith, Clara, Bose of Sherborne, 

 Emily, Victory, George Trigwell, 

 Mrs. Chater, Lucy. Mr. C. F. King- 

 ston, of Bath, sent a nice twelve ; 

 they were Blondin, Device, Mrs. 

 Chater, Mrs. Smith, Lovely, Burple 

 Berfection, Beauty of Bath. Elizabeth, 

 Fair Maid, Julia, Black Brince, Ex- 

 cellent. Pansies : — Messrs. Downie 

 and Co.'s flowers were skilfully put 



up, and not less skilfully selected so 

 as to include the cremc de la creme of 

 the pansies of the present day ; the 

 varieties were : Tennyson, Mr. Hope, 

 Attraction, William Austin, Cupid, 

 Telegram, Rev. H. Dombrain, Chan- 

 cellor, Sir L. Stewart, George Wilson, 

 Mary Lamb, Queen of Whites, Eclat, 

 Lady L. Dundas, Yellow Queen, John 

 Elston, Brincess of Wales, Miss Hill, 

 Mr. Hopkins, Francis Low, Countess 

 of Rosslyn, Berfection, A. Tait, La- 

 vinia, Vesta (D. L. and L.), bottom 

 petals clear straw, sharp and small 

 purple-rayed blotch, orange eye, side 

 petals small rayed purple blotch, 

 superb in form, smooth, and exact in 

 c douring ; J. Graham, Alice Downie, 

 Beeress, J. White, John Downie, 

 Ladyburn Beauty, Miss Williamson, 

 Kinlieth, Invincible, Jessie Laird, 

 Masterpiece. Mr. Hooper, of Bdth, 

 second, with Mrs. Carr, Narcissus, 

 Stonewall Jackson, Miss Williamson, 

 large, smooth, purple, yellow eye ; 

 Lord Clyde, Great Eastern, Ber- 

 fection, Sultana, Lord Chancellor, 

 Madame Vestris, Curlew, Colonel 

 Wyndham, Queen of the Seas, Lady 

 L. Dundas, Beautiful Star, Richard 

 Headly, Charles Kean, Dr. Fleming, 

 Emblem, Brince Consort, Golden 

 Jewel, Excellent, Cherub, Countess 

 of Rosslyn, White Lady, Gem of 

 Yellows, and a lot of seedlings of 

 average merit. Mr. C. F. Kingston, 

 of Bath, sent a very uneven twenty- 

 four; the best of them were Dr. 

 Smith, W. Merricks, Snowball, Mrs. 

 Kingston, Challenge, Lady Balmer- 

 ston, Brince of Darkness, a fine bluish- 

 purple self; William Benn, Beautiful 

 Star, Stonewall Jackson, Beauty, 

 Harry, Defiance, John Bull. Madame 

 Vesti-is, Brince of Wales, Excellent, 

 Bride of Bath. Roses in pots were 

 superbly shown by Mr. Turner and 

 Messrs. Lane. Cut roses were shown 

 by Mr. Turner, Messrs. Baul and Son, 

 Mr. Mitchell, Mr. William Baul; 

 and among amateurs by Messrs. May, 

 Ingle, Exell, Wright, and Evaus. 

 Miss Crayshaw exhibited a very 

 pretty lot, and was awarded an extra 

 prize. Though among these many 

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