190 THE FLORAL WOULD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



HORTICULTURAL AFFAIRS. 



IIIE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S EXHIEITIOX OF POT 

 HOSES, on the I3;li ult., was a decided success, for the specimen 

 plants were presented in magnificent condition, iind tlie half specimens 

 were remaikable for the Ire.^hness of the ample foliafre and the high 

 quality of the flowers. In the preat trade class for twelve specimens, 

 Messrs. Paul and Son, of Chcshunt, and Mr. Cliarhs 'i'uri er, Royal hurseries, 

 Sloxigh, were the exhibitors, and the prizes were awarded in the same order as the 

 names are here placed. Both C(.llettions were made up wiih hui:e pyramidal 

 specimens, averaging live feet in heij^lit, and nearly as much in diameter at the 

 base. These were literally solid with tiwwers of large size and the finest quality, 

 and the foliage was in the best possible condition. The two collections formed, in 

 fact, the most magnificent twenty-fuur specimen ruses ever exhibited at the surae 

 time. The exliibitors of collections of twenty were Mr. C. Turner, Messrs. Paul 

 and Son, and Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea ; and the prizes were awarded 

 in the same order as the names are placed heie. To give the names of the varieti'es 

 represented in the several collections would occupy more space than can he well 

 spared, and an enumeration of the most distinct and beiutiful varieties in the 

 exhibition will he really of more service. These were, John Hopper, A''isccmte 

 Vigier, Camille Bernardin, Juno, Victor Verdier, Madame Victor Verdier, Charles 

 Lawson, one of the finest of pot roses ; Elie Morel, Paul Perras, La France, 

 Beauty of Waltham, Anna Alexieff, General Jacqueminot, Lyonnaise, Edward 

 Morren, Jlarquis de Castellane, and Centifulia, an.ougst the hybrid perpetuals and 

 Bourbons ; and Celine Forestier, President, Souvenir de Malmaison, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, Chcbhunt Hybrid, Marie Van Houtte, and Perfection de Montplalsir, amongst 

 the tea-scented and noisette varieties. The last-mentioned is a superb yellovv rose, 

 of recent introduction, which will be found of great value for specimen culture. 

 Messrs. Veitch exhibited their new tea-scented. Irose, Uuchess of Edinburgh, w-hich 

 is remarkable, iipart from its high quality, as being the first rose of its class 

 ■with crimson-scarlet flowers. We have had an opportunity of seeing it sev:;ial 

 times during the season, and consider it a most meritorious variety. Mr. Moor- 

 man, of Cooinbe Bank, exhibited a very pretty group in the class proviiied for 

 amateur cultivators. Mr. B. S. Williams, ot Upper IloUoway, and other principal 

 trade growers, exhibited splendid collections of palms and flowering and orna- 

 mental-leaved plants. 



A Trial of Lawn Moweks is announced to take place in the Lower Grcund-s. 

 Birmiiigham, on July 8, in connection with the Midland Counties Exhibition, fixed 

 for July 7, 8, 9, and 10. 



The CiiYSTAL Palace Flower Show, on tlie 9th ult., was of a similar cha- 

 racter to the exhibitions held at this jiopular p ace of resort in former years. 

 Stove and greenhouse plants M'ere well repre.sented. Azaleas were rather b,'Io\v 

 the average of previous years. Cape heaths remarkably fine, and pot roses 

 simply magnificent. The principal trade exhibitors were Mr. B. S. Williams, 

 Messrs. T. Jackson and Son, Kingston-on- Tlinmes ; Messrs. Paul and Son, and Mr. 

 C Turner. The principal amateur exhibitors were Mr. Peed, Lower Norwood; 

 Mr. AVard, Leyton ; Mr. James, Isleworth ; a-id Mr. Bnin, Biekley Park. 



A Great Rose Show will be held at Geneva, under the auspices of the 

 International Congress of Rosarians, on the I2tli, 13th, and 14tli inst. A 

 committee has been formed for the purpose of co-operating with the municipal 

 authorities in carrying out the necessary airangemenis of the exhibition. A dis- 

 cussion on the culture of roses is contemplated, and English cultivators, especi illy 

 amateurs, are invited to attend. 



The Floral Dlcoeatigx at the Mansion House, on the occasion of the ball 

 given to the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were of a very beautiful and ex- 

 tensive chariicter, and many new plants never before used in any previous decora- 

 tion were displayed. Anongst these were Aralia Vtitilil^ Cocos Wtdelliana, 

 Maraida Makoyana, Tandanus YtilcM, and many rare palms and orchids, etc. 

 Two tons of ivy were used in draping tiie pictures, minors, and walls of the 

 various rooms and halls. The cut flowers comprised uuw.irds of 2,000 blooms of 

 Marechal Niel rose, in addition to large qunntities of Stephiiiiotis, Gardenia-, etc. 

 Altogetlicr, filty-nine van loads of plants weie employed in the decorations. 



