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collections of conifers ; and ]\lr. J, G. Alberts, Boscoop, Netherlands, 

 exhibited a very choice and select group of hollies, containing many 

 of the best and most distinct varieties of the plain and variegated 

 leaved kinds. The whole of the collections named were arranged 

 with fine effect in the open air on the side of the show ground next 

 the river Eden, and were perhaps the only exhibits in the whole of 

 the Grand Show which suffered nothing in effect from the torrents 

 of rain which poured down througliout the opening day. In the 

 class for fifteen specimens ^Messrs. Barron and Son exhibited splendid 

 well-grown and handsomely furnished examples of Ah'us Alcoqidana, 

 A.Farryana, Ficca hradeata, P. magnifica, P. Nordmanniana, and 

 P. Parsonsiana ; Pctinosjjora plicmosa aurca, P. filifcra, a,nd P, ohtiisa 

 com2Mcta ; Arthrotaxus selaginoidcs, Biota elcgantissima, Cwpressus 

 Laivsoniana lutca, and erecta viridis, Thvjojms dolobrata varicgatay 

 and T. Standishu. For six hardy conifers not yet introduced into 

 commerce, Messrs. Barron and Son were also first with nice examples 

 of Picca concolor, Pctinosjjora tetragona aurea, Podocarpus Alpina, 

 Cirpressiis Lawsoniana elegantissima, Wdlingtonia gigantea lutca, 

 and Pdinospora pisifcra aurca. Messrs. Barron and Son also 

 exhibited an extensive collection of nice small plants of new and 

 rare Coniferre, which were much admired, and contained amongst 

 them many rare and beautiful varieties. 



The first prize offered for the best "new Conifer of real merit " was 

 well won by Messrs. Little and Ballantyne, with a fine specimen of 

 their new weeping WclUngtonia gigantea iJcndula i)era, a most 

 elegant and handsome variety, which is well worth the notice of all 

 lovers of graceful and distinct trees, and must soon find its way into 

 all the collections of Coniferte of note in the country. 



