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like character. It was very hot, too — quite a foretaste of the summer ; and the 

 company were glad to get under the shade of the umbrageous trees, where the 

 band discoursed sweet music. 



Roses in pots were the chief feature, and they were very fine. Two splendid 

 collections, of nine varieties each, were staged by Mr W. Paul, Waltham Cross, 

 and Messrs Paul & Son, Cheshunt, and the awards were bestowed in the order of 

 the names. The Tea Roses in each collection were specially fine. Mr Paul had 

 Senateur Vaisse, Glory of Waltham, John Hopper, Pierre Notting, and Baronne 

 Adolphe de Rothschild, Hybrid Perpetuals; Paul Ricaut, Bourbon; and Souvenir 

 d'Eiise Varden, Madame de St Joseph, and Alba Rosea, Tea-scented. Messrs 

 Paul & Son had splendid examples of the following Tea Roses, — Celine Fores- 

 tier, President, Madame Willermoz, Souvenir d'un Ami, Souvenir d'Eiise, and 

 Madame Margottin ; and of Hybrid Perpetuals, — Madame Theresa Levet, Made- 

 moiselle Marie Rady, Madame Victor Verdier, and Princess Mary of Cambridge. 

 Mr W. Paul was also first with three new varieties, having fine examples of 

 Antoine Ducher, Horace Vernet, and Monsieur Furtado ; Messrs Paul & Sou 

 being second with Imperatrice Charlotte, Monsieur Furtado, and Madame 

 Margottin. There were also some plants from amateur growers, as well as cut 

 blooms, but they did not call for any special notice. 



Excepting Mr Turner's six plants of half-standard Azaleas, which were nearly 

 identical with those shown at South Kensington, the others were very poor ; but 

 who would care to bring out good plants on such a day to compete for miserably 

 small prizes ? Mr Turner was placed first, and a third prize was awarded to some 

 one. There was a much better competition with six foliage and fiowering plants, 

 and equal first prizes were awarded to Mr G. Fairbairn, The Gardens, Sion 

 House, and to Mr G. Wheeler, gardener to Sir F. Goldsmid, Regent's Park. 

 In Mr Fairbairn's collection were grand specimens of Alocassia Zebrina and 

 Anthurium acaule ; also examples of Sobralia macrantha, Vanda tricolor, and 

 Phalsenopsis amabilis. Mr Wheeler furnished an exceedingly well grown and 

 well flowered specimen of Chorozema cordatura splendens, about 4 feet through ; 

 good examples of Eriostemon linearifolius and Clerodendron Thomsonse ; a fine 

 Dicksonia Antarctica, and a rather poor Alocassia metallica. Mr D. Wright, gar- 

 dener to C. H. C. Roberts, Esq., St John's Wood, and Mr A. Wilkie, The 

 Gardens, Oak Lodge, Addison Road, Kensington, also exhibited. 



There were also good exotic Ferns from several sources, a decent lot of French 

 spotted Pelargoniums from Messrs Dobson & Son, and some Zonal varieties from 

 Mr George Wheeler, trained like fioricultural pancakes, without a trace of free- 

 dom or natural grace. From such absurdities may common-sense speedily 

 deliver us ! 



Mr Baxter, gardener to C. Keizer, Esq., Broxbourne, sent six splendid 

 Amaryllis, very rich and handsome, named respectively Olga, Beauty of Brox- 

 bourne, Alexandra, Edmund Sibeth, Mrs Sibeth, and Othello, quite new in 

 character, and very novel. Mr James of Isle worth, and Mr Bragg of Slough, had 

 Pansies, and the former had Calceolarias representing his own fine strain ; Messrs 

 Dobson & Son, and Reeves Brothers, of Notting Hill, had Cinerarias and Lily 

 of the Valley. 



The florist found much of special interest in the fine lot of Auriculas staged by 

 Mr C. Turner. In point of massiveness, of rich colouring, and the most desired 

 variation, the magnificent group of some fifty Alpine Auriculas from Mr Turner 

 quite eclipsed the old show kinds, though among the last there were a few flowers 

 of excellent quality. In the nurseryman's class for show Auriculas, Mr Turner, 

 who was the only exhibitor, received the first prize for Colonel Champneys, Miss 



