420 THE GARDENER. [Sept. 



mass of Sarracenia purpurea, a large and well-grown Gleichenia Speluncfe, Croton 

 pictum, and Alocasia Veitchii, &c. Mr Faii'bairn was also first for six with good 

 specimens of Phcenix fariuifera, Anthurium cordifolium, Alocasia zebrina, Theo- 

 phrasta imperialis, Croton variegatum, and Cocos sp. 



Of Orchids there was a fine display, occupying the usual position devoted for 

 their reception. First and foremost in the whole collection stood the eight sent 

 by Mr W. Archer, gardener to A. Turner, Esq., Leicester, consisting of Cattleya 

 Skinneri, a grand specimen, about 3 feet through, covered with its beautiful 

 rosy-purple flowers ; a large and well-bloomed Cattleya Mossice, with fine flowei's, 

 though rather pale in colour ; a magnificent Cypripedium barbatum, covered 

 with flowers too numerous for us to count ; a finely-coloured Lselia purpurata, 

 Saccolabium guttatum, with ten good spikes ; PhaliTenopsis grandiflora, with three 

 spikes of large flowers; and a well-floweredspecimen of the charming Odontoglos- 

 sum Pescatorei, &c. Mr Wilson, gardener to W. Marshall, Esq., Enfield, came second, 

 showing a very good Lselia purpurea, Cattleya Leopuldi, with one good spike ; 

 Aerides Larpentoe, a beautifully -flowered Odontoglossum Alexandrse, Cypri- 

 pedium Stonei, with two nice spikes ; and Dendrochilum filiforme, a small but 

 well-flowered specimen, remarkable for its gracefully drooping greenish-yellow 

 lace-like flowers. Mr B. Peed came third, showing in his collection a well- 

 grown Aerides odoratum, scai'cely forward enough ; a well-bloomed Oncidium 

 sessile, Cypripediums, &c. For six, the first prize was taken by Mr I. Hill, with, 

 amongst others, Cattleya Aclandise, Trichopilia tortilis, and Aerides Fieldingii, 

 charmingly-flowered, &c. Mr J. Wheeler had Oncidium leucochilum, with a 

 good spike about 5 feet long ; and good specimens of Odontoglossum hastila- 

 bium and Epidendrum atropurpureum. Mr J. Lawrence, gardener to the Bishop 

 of Winchester, Farnham Castle, showed a small plant of Trichopilia turialvse, 

 having fourteen beautifully whitish-yellow flowers distributed regularly around 

 the rim of the pot ; small nicely-flowered specimens of Odontoglossum caudatum 

 and Epidendrum vitellinum, and the curious " Turk's saddle " Acineta, A. sella 

 turcica. The best six in the nurserymen's class were furnished by Mr B. S. 

 Williams, who had a good well-clothed Sobralia macrantha, with nine good 

 blooms ; a fine Aerides odoratum majus, with sixteen spikes not yet fully ex- 

 panded ; and Saccolabium guttatum, with two fine spikes, &c. Messrs Jackson 

 & Son were second, contributing Dendrobium Dalhousianum, with one spike ; 

 Odontoglossum citrosmum, Epidendrum phoeniceum, and a nice spike of Onci- 

 dium obryzatum, &c. Mr Parker of Tooting was placed equal second with the 

 above ; in his collection were Cypripedium superbius, with four grand flowers ; 

 two good spikes of Oncidium divaricatum, and Lselia Brysiana, with five fine 

 flowers. 



Ferns formed a very effective display. The best twelve in the nurserymen's 

 class came from Mr B. S. Williams, who had in his group excellent examples of 

 Todea Africana, Marattia elegans, a grand mass of Gleichenia Speluncse, Cibotium 

 Schiedei and princeps, and Lomaria gibba. Mr T. Baines stood first amongst 

 amateurs, with splendid bush-like masses of Gleichenia flabellata and Speluncse, 

 admirable specimens of Davallia bullata and tenuifolia, &c. In Mr W. Taylor's 

 second prize collection were nice specimens of Gymnogramma ochracea, Asp- 

 lenium Fabianum, Adiantum formosum, and Microlepia strigosa, &c. Mr A. 

 Wright was third. First for hardy British species came Messrs Ivery & Son, 

 Dorking, with a large and exceedingly well grown collection, comprising many 

 fine varieties of Athyrium Filix-foemina, Polystichum angulare, and Scolopend- 

 riums, &c. 



