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which were flowers possessing good properties, the best being, 

 Sir J. Paxton, James Hogg, Mrs. Bragg, Duke of Wellington, and 

 Prince of Wales ; Mr. Baker of Woolwich was awarded a prize for 

 a stand of 12 clean, well-laced blooms. Mr. Turner exhibited a 

 stand of 12 blooms of his Pink Optima, which for evenness and 

 richness of lacing, size, or smoothness of petal, has no equal. 



In seedlings there is nothing to report. The society has not only 

 discontinued awarding prizes to them, but it does not even provide 

 a convenient place for their exhibition. Thus one of the most 

 interesting portions of the show is lost ; and as it would cost 

 nothing but the accommodation necessary for staging such produc- 

 tions, we are the more surprised at the present arrangement. 



Royal Botanic Society, June SOth. — A fine day brought to- 

 gether the largest company which has attended any exhibition this 

 season. The show itself was not so good as we have seen. Roses 

 in pots w^ere over ; and, from the lateness of the season, there were 

 few cut Roses ; Orchids and stove and greenhouse plants were 

 scarce. In large collections, Mr. Cole, on this occasion, took the 

 lead; Mrs. Lawrence being second. Mr. Cole's plants were in first- 

 rate order, more especially his stove-plants, which consisted of noble 

 specimens of Allamandas, Dipladenias, Ixoras, &c., with perhaps the 

 best Roella ciliata ever produced. There w^as a very large display of 

 Pelargoniums ; in fact they were the principal attraction, and com- 

 pensated for the falling off in other departments. The awards for 

 Florists' flowers were as follows : 



Pelargoniums, 12 varieties in 8-inch pots : 1st, Mr. J. Robinson; 

 2d, R. Stains, Esq. ; 3d, Mr. Black, gardener to E. Foster, Esq. ; 

 4th, Mr. Lockner. 11 -inch pots: 1st, Mr. Westwood ; 2d, Mr. 

 Parker; 3d, Mr. Turner. Dealers, 8-inch pots: 1st, Mr. Gaines; 

 2d, Mr. Turner; 3d, Mr. Westwood ; 4th, Mr. Bragg; 5th, Mr. 

 J. Dobson. Fancies: 1st, Mr. Robinson; 2d, Mr. Miller; 3d, Mr. 

 Staines. Dealers: 1st, Mr. Turner ; 2d, Mr. Westwood; 3d, Mr. 

 Hunt; 4th, Mr. Gaines. The sorts were generally such as have 

 been before exhibited. Delicatum, R. Cobden, Beauty Supreme, 

 Perfection, Madame Rosati, Anne, Triumphans, and Anais, we noticed 

 as superior. Mr. Black's plants were exceedingly '• well done," — 

 foliage covering the pot, carrying a fine head of bloom, and well up 

 for the day, the quality of the bloom itself being such as we have sel- 

 dom seen combined, with good dwarf plants, which consisted of the 

 following kinds : Eleanor, Lamartine, Ariel, National, Cloth of Gold, 

 Magnet, Lavinia, Shylock, Spot, Enchantress, Pulchrum, and Opti- 

 mum. Some may be led to imagine that the two lots placed before Mr. 

 Black (the first and second) were something out of the common way; 

 we regret to state that they were not; the flowers on them were such, 

 that had the names not been attached, few growers would have been 

 able to distinguish the varieties, so much were they out of condition. 

 The plants were large, with plenty of foliage ; but to say nothing of 

 the quality of the bloom, there was as much flower on the third col- 

 lection as that on the two lots above them put together. It will be 

 asked, then, why was Mr. Black placed third ? This, however. 



