17G THE GARDENER. [April 



Mr W. Paul was first with six pots of Polyanthus Xarcissus, having 

 Soleil d'Or, Queen of the Netherlands, Gloriosa, Queen of Yellows, 

 Her Majesty, and Lord Canning ; 2d, Mr C. Turner, with Belle Prin- 

 cesse, Medio luteo de France, Grande Monarque, Gloriosa superba, 

 Bathurst, and Bazelenan Major. Messrs W. Cutbush & Son were 

 first with twelve pots of Tulips, in six kinds, having Keizers Kroon, 

 Proserj^ine broken, the flowers flaked with white ; Vermilion Bril- 

 liant, Buttercup, Yellow Pottebakker, Couleur Cardinal, Van der 

 Neer, Superintendent, and Rose Applaite. 2d, Mr W. Cutbush, 

 Barnet, with Keizers Kroon, Proserpine, White Pottebakker, Thomas 

 Moore, Vermilion Brilliant, and Duchesse de Parma. Mr T. A. Steel, 

 Hammersmith, was first in the amateurs' class for twelve pots of 

 Tulips in four kinds, having kinds similar to the foregoing. Collec- 

 tions of Crocuses were sh'bwn by Messrs W. Paul and W. Cutbush & 

 Son, the prizes being given in the order of the names ; but the Cro- 

 cuses were past their best, the forward season having told upon them. 



Splendid pots of Lily of the Valley were shown by Mr W. Cutbush, 

 Barnet, and fine Primulas and Cyclamens were shown by Mr Wiggins, 

 gardener to W. Beck, Esq., Isle worth, the first prizes being awarded 

 in this way. 



There were also cut Camellias, a collection of forced Roses in pots 

 from Messrs Paul & Son, and large groups of miscellaneous plants 

 from Messrs W. Bull and B. S. Williams, to whom special prizes were 

 awarded. Messrs Downie, Laird, & Laing had capital examples of 

 three of the new Golden-leaved Coleuses they are shortly to send out — 

 viz., Baroness Rothschild, Albert Victor, and Princess Beatrice, the 

 two first named being well coloured and bright-looking. Mr H. 

 Cannell had a group of bedding Pelargoniums, and Mr Thomas Ware, 

 Tottenham, an extremely interesting basket of spring flowering plants. 

 Altogether, the show was a great success ; and the day being fine, the 

 company was large. 



In the evening, the representatives — nine in number — of the Dutch 

 bulb-growing houses, who had come to England to witness the com- 

 petition for the prizes they had given, were entertained at dinner at 

 Freemasons' Tavern by some of the leading exhibitors and others ; 

 Mr Thomas F. Wilding, F.R.H.S., one of the judges, being in the 

 chair, and Mr James Cutbush, Highgate, in the vice-chair, Messrs 

 William Paul, R. Dean, Peter Barr, &c., being also present. The gene- 

 ral opinion expressed by the guests was to the effect, that the Splen- 

 dour Hyacinths exhibited on that day far transcended their most san- 

 guine expectations, and that the response made to the competition 

 they had invited was satisfactory in the highest degree to those who 

 had given the special prizes. 



