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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Mitchell add Co., Bristol Gardens; Mr. 

 George Parsons, Mr. S. Cameron, Mr. S. 

 Hudson, Mr. W. Holuian, and Mr. II. 

 Smith, gardener to the Rev. T. R. Rooper, 

 &c. To these we must add the names of 

 Messrs Jackson, of Kingston, for variegated 

 plants. 



Occupying the place of honour in the 

 Saloon, was a collection of orchids. The 

 group was surmounted by a specimen of the 

 Russellia juncea, presenting the appearance 

 of a mass of green hair strung with crimson 

 berries, exceedingly singular in its effect. 

 The orchids were chiefly contributed by Mr. 

 Cameron, Messrs Jackson, and Mr. A. Car- 

 ter, gardener to — Kent, Esq. They were of 

 all kinds ; but perhaps the specimens of the 

 Oncidium papilio major, the butterfly plant, 

 attracted the most attention. Among the 

 specimens were the delicate Cattleya crispa, 

 Miltonia Clowesiana, Cattleya Harrisonii, 

 Cattleya bicolor, &c. Messrs Jackson and 

 Son exhibited a splendid Odontoglossum 

 grande, Cypripedium barbatum superbum, 

 Oncidium oblongatum, Vanda insignis, and 

 Oncidium divaricatum. 



The fuchsias were numerous; many of 

 them gigantic in size, and dripping all over 

 with beautiful blossom. Those in the saloon 

 were particularly fine, and included — Sou- 

 venir de Chiswick, Miss Britton, Clapton 

 Hero, "Venus de Medici, Alice, Duchess of 

 Lancaster, Snowball, Globosa magnificens, 

 Prince Arthur, Autocrat, Venus de Medici, 

 Banks's glory, Voltigeur, Imperatrice Eu- 

 genie, Princess of Prussia, Marquis of Bristol. 

 Mr. Holman obtained the first prize for a 

 collection. The display of grapes was 

 unprecedented. There were eighteen boxes 

 of 121bs. each. At the Crystal Palace 

 there were only eight boxes of 12 lbs. each, 

 and the most known at any flower show 

 before is ten boxes. The other fruits were 

 proportionately fine. From pine apples to 

 pudding apples everything was in abun- 

 dance and of superior quality. 



National Dahlia Snow, Sept. 23. — 

 This was a great and glorious gathering, 

 and its very exclusiveness and individuality 

 increased its interest vastly. It consisted 

 of dahlias, and dahlias only ; and though, 

 for general effect, the tables needed the em- 

 bellishment which a few furnishing plants 

 would have given them, the lover of the 

 dahlia could not mourn their absence, when 

 the stands of flowers presented an unbroken 

 and unvaried diversity of colours. Looking 

 down the tables, and taking in at one view 

 the stands on either side, the effect was sin- 

 gular and striking, owing to the bold repe- 

 titions of decided colours and intermediate 

 shades. Mr. Turner took the first place, not 

 onlv for the grandeur of his flowers — and 



they were grand in every sense — but for his 

 ingenious devices, and the peculiar impress 

 of his own peculiar taste on the general 

 ensemble. His Prince of Wales's Feather, of 

 huge size, composed entirely of dahlia-blooms, 

 mounted on a wood model, was really a work 

 of art, and, compared with the absurd device 

 loaded with incongruous colours on an adjoin- 

 ing table, showed the taste and discernment 

 of a master. To the few remarks on the 

 exhibition given last month, we now add 

 the names of the principal winning flowers, 

 as guides to those of our readers who take a 

 special interest in dahlia culture. Mr. 

 Turner, of Slough, took first prize to nur- 

 serymen, for 50 dissimilar blooms, with — 

 Triomphe de Pecq, Admiral Dundas, 

 Deutsche Wiirde, Lord Cardigan, Pre-emi- 

 nent, Robert Bruce, Peerless, Flirt, Triomphe 

 de Roubaix, Miss Watts, Touchstone, Annie 

 Salter, Lord Bath, Princess, Princess Royal, 

 Pandora, Elizabeth, Lady Franklin, Perfec- 

 tion, King, Lord Fielding, Mrs. Church, 

 Village Gem, Royal Scarlet, Lady Popham, 

 President, Commander, Satirist, HnrHnger, 

 Cherub, Rosa Bonheur, Lord Pahnerston, 

 Alice Downie, Sidney Herbert, Rachael 

 Rawlings, Emperor, Orb of Day, Midnight, 

 Major Fellowes, Goldfinder, Exhibitor, 

 Lollipop, Conqueror, Hon. Mrs. Trotter, 

 Grand Sultan, Miss Pressley, Mrs. Legge, 

 Colonel Windham, Venus, Dr. Gully. 

 The second prize was awarded to Mr. 

 Keynes, of Salisbury ; and the third to Mr. 

 W. C. Drummond, of Bath. The first prize 

 for 24 blooms was taken by Mr. C. Kimber- 

 ley, of Stoke, Coventry ; second, Mr. Legge, 

 Edmonton ; third, Mr. Bragg, of Slough. 

 Mr. Turner was also first for 12 tipped fan- 

 cies and 1 2 tipped and spotted fancies ; Mr. 

 Legge second for tipped flowers ; and Mr. 

 Kimberley second for striped and spotted. 

 Mr. Turner's tipped flowers were Baron 

 Alderson, Mrs. Hansard, Elizabeth, Coun- 

 tess of Bective, Jupiter, Duchess of Kent, 

 Triomphe de Roubaix, Mrs. Kean, Empereur 

 de Maroc, Duchesse de Brabant, Lady Pax- 

 ton, Madame Alboni. The striped and 

 spotted were Flirt, Carnation, Marc Antony, 

 Oliver Twist, La Detie, Souter Johnny, 

 Conqueror, Charles Perry, Gloire de Kain, 

 Village Bride, Comet, Beauty of High Cross. 

 In the classes for amateurs the exhibitors 

 were numerous, and the flowers generally 

 good. The first prize for 24 blooms was 

 awarded to the Rev. C. Fellowes, Shottisham 

 Rector}', Norfolk; the sorts were Fanny 

 Keynes, Sir J. Watts, Miss Pressley, Pre- 

 eminent, Lady Popham, Lord Bath, Mrs. 

 Church, Commander, Village Gem, Major 

 Fellowes, Cherub, Emperor, Miss Caroline, 

 Satirist, Enchantress, Lord Palmerston, 

 Marian, Perfection, Rosa Bonheur, Triomphe 



