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UNITED HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The second exhibition of this society 

 in the beautiful gardens of Finsbury 

 Circus, on Wednesday, July 12, was 

 a great success. The exhibition was 

 on the same model as the last — a 

 great tent filled with specimen plants 

 and cut flowers, approached by way 

 of a smaller tent, filled with ferns, 

 orchids, and other exceedingly choice 

 productions ; then other tents, filled 

 with odds and ends, Barr and Sug- 

 den's fern-cases, Read's and Warner's 

 engines, Holliday's wire-work, etc. 

 Orchids and Ferns. — In the first of 

 the tents, Mr. Wilson, gardener to 

 W. Marshall, Esq., of Enfield ; Mr. 

 Baker, gardener to H. Bassett, Esq., 

 Stamford Hill; Mr. Holland, gar- 

 dener to R. W. Peake, Esq., Isle- 

 worth ; Messrs. James Carter and 

 Co., and other of the most noted ex- 

 hibitors, staged their best plants, and 

 won thereby the plaudits of a " dis- 

 cerning public." Here were orchids, 

 ferns, and other choice subjects in 

 great profusion and delightful fresh- 

 ness of condition. Among the orchids 

 were Cypripedium barbatum, iErides 

 affine, Vanda suavis, Lsclia eLgans 

 var. Dayanum, L. purpurata, the 

 charming and at this season particu- 

 larly valuable Disa grandiflora, Pha- 

 lsenopsis amabilis, Odontoglossum 

 hastatum, Cattleya Leopoldi, Catt- 

 leya superbiens, nine flowers (from 

 Mr. Baker) ; iErides Lobbi, Angula 

 Clowesi, six flowers ; Saccolabium 

 Blumei, iErides Eieldingii, and a host 

 besides, perfuming the tent with the 

 breath of the Hesperides, and be- 

 wildering the eye with their magical 

 forms and colours. The good plan 

 of mixing was followed as before ; 

 that is, instead of each exhibitor's col- 

 lection standing alone and uncon- 

 nected with all the rest, the collections 

 were broken up and mixed together 

 without regard to ownership, but 

 with regard to effect. With the 

 orchids there were many other sub- 

 jects, and conspicuous among them a 

 grand group of Lilium auratuin, from 

 Messrs. Carter and Co. ; these were 

 in the centre, and attracted all eyes, 

 insuring appreciation for the noblest 



of all known lilies. A fine specimen 

 of the variegated Lonicera brachy- 

 poda exemplified the fitness of this 

 plant for specimen cultivation. Among 

 the specimen ferns were Elaphoglos- 

 sum viscosum, Pseudathyrium flexile, 

 Adiantum cuneatum, Pteris cretica 

 albo lineata, Lastrea thelypteris, Pla- 

 tycerium alcicorne, etc, etc. There 

 was a fine specimen of the variegated 

 Seduoi fabarium, a good companion 

 to the variegated Sedum Sieboldii, a 

 good example of Funkia Sieboldii, 

 and a host of other good subjects. 

 Hoses.— One whole side of the great 

 tent was occupied with cut roses. No 

 such roses have been shown before 

 this season, and they literally made of 

 it a " rose show," the profusion and 

 the quality of the flowers making an 

 end instanter of all possible question 

 as to the excellence of the exhibition. 

 There was no less than twelve boxes 

 from Messrs. Paul and Son, of the 

 Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, and six 

 boxes from Mr. C. Turner, of Slough. 

 This was a grand sight ; the flowers 

 were so fresh, so perfect in charac- 

 ter, so various in selection. Amongst 

 the varieties were fine examples, of 

 Marechal Niel, the best of all yellow 

 roses, Anna AlexiefF, Anna de Dies- 

 bach, Beauty of Waltham, Charles 

 Lefebvre, Comtesse de Chabrillant, 

 Due de Rohan, General Jacqueminot, 

 John Hopper, Jules Margottin, La 

 Ville de St. Denis, Lord Macaulay, 

 Louise Odier, Madame Clemence 

 Joigneaux, Madame W. Paul, Ma- 

 dame de Cambaceres, Madame Julie 

 Daran, Madame Vidot, Marechal 

 Vaillant, Maurice Bernardin, Mrs. C. 

 Wood, Olivier Delhomme, Prince 

 Camille de Rohan, Senateur Vaisse, 

 Vainqueur de Goliath, Alphonse 

 Belin, Arniral La Peyrouse, Baronne 

 de Rinkelin, Centifolia rosea, Eugene 

 Verdier,Kate Hausberg, La Duchesse 

 de Mornv, Louise Damaizin, Madame 

 Victor Verdier, Pavilion de Pregny, 

 Paul de la Meillerez, Triomphe de 

 Villecresnes, etc. Among the smaller 

 exhibitions of cut roses was a collec- 

 tion from Mr. Holland, gardener to 

 R. W. Peake, Esq., Isleworth, which 



