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HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Park, June 30.— This, in all probability, 

 closes the large exhibitions of the Royal Botanic Society. It is stated that they 

 have not been financial successes, and in consequence they are to be abolished. 

 It was in all respects a fine exhibition, the various classes were well filled, and 

 notwithstanding the lateness of the season, the plants were generally in good con- 

 dition. The Orchids sent from the collection of A. Turner, Esq., Leicester, were 

 remarkably fine, and the group formed one of the principal attractions of the 

 show, which was lai-gely and fashionably attended. 



In the amateurs' class for ten stove and greenhouse plants, the best came from 

 Mr Chapman, gardener to J. Spode, Esq., Hawkesyard Park, Rugeley, who bad a 

 magnificent bush of Phajnocoma prolifera, about 5 feet through, and beautifully 

 flowered ; a large and finely-bloomed Pimelea diosmaefolia, well-furnished speci- 

 mens of Erica tricolor Holfordiana, and E. Parmentieriana, the latter a hand- 

 some bush, about 3 feet through ; Polygala cordata, large, and covered with 

 flowers ; an equally well-grown and flowered Dracophyllum gracile, and a very 

 good Ixora coccinea, &c. Mr T. Baines, gardener to H. Micholls, Esq., Bowden, 

 Cheshire, was second, and contributed a nicely-flowered specimen of Ixora javan- 

 ica, about 5 feet high ; a large Bougainvillea glabra, covered with blooms ; a mag- 

 nificently-furnished specimen of Darwinia (Hederoma) tulipifera, with flowers of 

 remarkable size and colour ; a grand bush of Erica obbata, and Ixora coccinea, 

 &c. Mr D. Donald, gardener to J. G. Barclay, Esq., came third. In the corre- 

 sponding class for nurserymen, Mr Ransley Tanton of Epsom was first, showing a 

 well-furnished and finely-flowered Aphelexis macrantha purpurea, a very good 

 Allamanda Hendersoni, about 5 feet high ; a splendid specimen of Kalosanthes 

 miniata splendens, not fully in bloom ; Allamanda grandiflora, in good condition ; 

 Sfcephanotis floribunda, a good specimen, nicely flowered ; and a smallish, though 

 remarkably healthy, Phseaocoma prolifera Barnesii. Mr B. S. Williams was 

 second with very good specimens of Ixora javanica, Allamanda cathartica, Ste- 

 phanotis floribunda, and Anthurium Scherzerianum, with twenty of its brilliant 

 scarlet spathes, &c. Messrs Jackson & Son, Kingston, were third. The best six 

 in the amateurs' class came from Mr J. Ward, gardener to F. G. Wilkins, Esq., 

 who had a beautiful Allamanda grandiflora, about 5 feet high and 4 feet through, 

 well flowered ; also Clerodendron Balfourianum and Bougainvillea glabra, both 

 well flowered ; a nicely grown and flowered Phrenocoma prolifera Barnesii, Ixora 

 amboynensis, and Dracophyllum gracile, in good condition. Mr J. Wheeler was 

 second with a very good example of Aphelexis rosea, a small though well-bloomed 

 Clerodendron Balfourianum, a good Bougainvillea glabra, and a neat pyramidal 

 bush of Ixora javanica floribunda, &c. 



The best ten fine-foliaged plants, in the nurserymen's class, came from Mr B. 

 S. Williams, who had a small but fair specimen of Sanchezia nobilis, nicely- 

 coloured examples of Croton pictum, large and fine Latania borbonica, Theo- 

 phrasta imperialis. Yucca quadricolor, and Cordyline indivisa, &c. Mr J. Burley 

 stood second with a good Cordyline indivisa, Chamserops humilis, Fortunei, Yucca 

 aloifolia, Dicksonia antarctica, &c. In the corresponding class for amateurs, Mr 

 Fairbairn, gardener to the Duke of Northumberland, Sion House, took the first 

 prize with a fine group, amongst which were a grand Thamnopteris Nidus, An- 

 thurium acaule, Alocasia metallica, and A. macrorhiza variegata, in good condi- 

 tion. Mr W. Taylor, gardener to J. Yates, Esq., came second, showing in his 

 collection nice specimens of Littsea juncea, Encephalartos latifrons, Dion edule, 

 and Cycas revoluta, &c. Mr T. Baines was third with, amongst others, a grand 



