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floral event of the present month. Those who witnessed the last exhibition 

 of the kind cannot but feel gratified at a repetition, for the specimen plants 

 shown, were, in many cases, of a kind such as it would be scarcely possible to 

 place on the stands of an ordinary exhibition, and the great space devoted to 

 one elass of plants gives the opportunity for illustrating that class in all its 

 varieties of habit, foliage, and flower. It is time we had some better term of a 

 general kind than " American" to describe these, for if we class together all the 

 plants commonly known as such, we shall find that so large a proportion 

 belong to the Old AVorld that the term is by no means representative. Rho- 

 dodendrons this season are particularly fine, owing to the perfect manner in 

 which, for the most part, the wood was ripened last year. These will give a 

 peculiar characteristic to the exhibition, but conifers, and berry-bearing shrubs, 

 will divide honours with them, and add their graceful forms and diversities of 

 foliage to the improvement of those specially attractive on account of colour. 

 We anticipate a great success for the Messrs. Waterer, and feel assured that 

 many country friends will find, in the event, a fair excuse for a trip to the 

 metropolis. 



The committee of the Grand National Rose Show have issued their schedule, 

 and all preliminaries for the exhibition are now completed. It will be held in 

 St. James's Hall, on Thursday, July 1, and the public will be admitted on 

 payment of a small fee. The prizes are in four classes : — 1. Growers for sale. 

 2. Amateurs who regularly employ a gardener. 3. Amateurs not regular^ 

 employing a gardener; and 4. Open to all. The first class is arranged as 

 follows : — 



Best collection, three trusses of each, silver cup, value 10 guineas ; 2nd, 

 silver cup, value 5 guineas. — Best collection, one truss of each : 1, a silver 

 cup, 5 guineas ; 2nd prize, 31. — Best collection of 48 varieties, single trusses : 

 1, silver cup, 5 guineas; 2nd prize, 31. — Best collection of 24 varieties, 

 single trusses :" 1, silver cup, 5 guineas ; 2nd prize, 3/. — Best collection of 

 moss roses, single trusses : 1, silver cup, 5 guineas ; 2nd prize, 21. — Best col- 

 lection of teas and noisettes, three trusses: 1, silver cup, 5 guineas; 2nd 

 prize, 21. — Best collection of Gallica roses, three trusses : 1 , silver cup, 5 

 guineas; 2nd prize, 21. 



The second class has fewer sections : — 



Best collection, single trusses: 1, silver cup, 10 guineas; 2, silver cup, 5 

 guineas; 3, piece of plate, 3/. — Best collection of 24 varieties, single trusses: 

 1, silver cup, 10 guineas ; 2, silver cup, 5 guineas; 3, piece of plate, 31. — Best 

 collection of 15 varieties, single trusses : 1, silver cup, 5 guineas ; 2, piece of 

 plate, 3/. ; 3, ditto, 2/. — Best collection of 6 varieties, single trusses : 1, silver 

 cup, 5 guineas; piece of plate, 31. ; 3, ditto, 21. 



Class three is equally liberal : — 



Best collection of 24 varieties, single trusses: 1, silver cup, 5 guineas; 2, 

 piece of plate, 3/. ; 3, ditto, 21. — Best collection of 1 2 varieties, single trusses : 1, 

 silver cup, 5 guineas ; 2, piece of plate, 31. ; 3, ditto, 21. — Best collection of 6 

 varieties, single trusses: 1, silver cup, 5 guineas; 2, piece of plate, 3/. ; 3, 

 ditto, 21. 



The extra class, open to all classes, is : — 



For the best group of roses, arranged in a vase or basket: silver cup, 5 

 guineas. 



The 1st of July will certainly be a gay day in London — it will be our Feast 

 of Roses; and Ave shall emulate the Orient in this, our first national ovation 

 to the Queen of Flowers. 



The June show at the Crystal Palace is to be extended to two days, namely, 

 Wednesday and Thursday, the 10th and 17th of June ; the autumn show will 

 also be for two days, Wednesday and Thursday, September 8th and 9th The 

 grand Chiswick fete of the Horticultural Society will be held on Wednesday 

 and Thursday, the 9th and 10th of June, and there Avill be a department espe- 

 cially for horticultural implements and miscellaneous articles. On Wednesday, 



