282 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Perhaps some day or other Mr. Silver will tell us how he managed 

 to bring to such marvellous perfection the exotic ferns in the great 

 open class for ten. The specimen of Adiantum Farley ense, exhibited 

 by Mr. Silver in the first prize group of six fine foliage plants, was 

 one of the best ever seen, and the finest specimen fern in the 

 exhibition. 



The display of roses at the Crystal Palace on the occasion of the 

 supplementary exhibition was not quite so extensive as on the occa- 

 sion of the great rose show in June; but the blooms were, on the 

 whole, much finer, and presented a much fresher appearance. The 

 leading trade and amateur growers put in an appearance, but it is 

 unnecessary here to particularize the exhibitors or give the names 

 of any of the varieties shown excepting of those in the stands of 

 sixty single trusses exhibited by Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, 

 and Mr. B. B. Cant, Colchester, who were first and second. The best 

 blooms in the first prize collection were those of Alfred Colomb, 

 Baroness Bothschild, Comtesse d' Oxford, Marquise de Castellane, 

 Francoise Trevye, Mrs. Charles Wood, Elie Morel, Paul Neron, a 

 showy rose, but two coarse for exhibition, Xavier Olibo, Perfection 

 de Lyon, John Hopper, Captain Lamare, distinct in colour, but not 

 first-rate in form ; Madlle. Marie Wood, Madame Caillat, Mrs. G. 

 Paul, Marechal Vaillant, Marie Baumann, Alice Dareau, Senateur 

 Vaisse, Celine Forestier, Antoine Ducher, Madlle. Marie Bady, 

 Edward Morren, La France, L'Abbe Griraudier, Abel Grand, Madame 

 Boutin, Beine du Midi, Souvenir de Mons. Boll, Beauty of Waltham, 

 Charles Bouillard, Leopold Hausberg, Gloire de Vitry, Gloire de 

 Santenay, Wardy Freres, Maurice Bernardin, Sophie Cocquerell, 

 Leopold I., Devoniensis, Black Prince, Marechal Kiel, Pierre 

 Notting, Emile Hausberg, Due de Bohan, La Beine. Madame Victor 

 Verdier, Comte de Nanteuil, Camille Bernardin. Madame Laurent. 

 In the collection from Mr. Cant occurred exceptionally fine blooms 

 of Ferdinand de Lesseps, Prince de Portia, Senateur Vaisse, Maurice 

 Bernardin, Louis van Houtte, Edward Morren, Camille Bernardin, 

 Pierre Notting, Mons. Joineaux, Exposition de Brie, Duchesse de 

 Caylus, Devienne Larny, Victor Verdier, Christine Nilsson, Maurice 

 Bernardin, Therese Levet, La Ville de St. Denis. Comtesse de 

 Chabrilland, Horace Vernet, and Madame Clemence Joigneaux. 



Very liberal prizes were offered for dinner-table decorations; but 

 they were far below what they should have been. The tables were 

 mostly over-decorated, and with but few exceptions, the exhibitors 

 appeared to have entirely overlooked the simple fact of space 

 being required for such things as plates, glasses, etc., and other 

 accessories of the dinner table ! 



The exhibition of Zonal Geraniums, held at South Kensington, 

 August 2nd, was to all but regular Geranium fanciers a very tame 

 affair, no prizes being offered for collections of established kinds 

 of any but the variegated varieties. The most noticeable advance 

 in any class was thai, shown in the class for Bronze Zonals, in which 

 Messrs. Downie, Laird, and Laing, Stanstead Park Nursery, Forest 

 Hill, were first with Marshal McMalton, a variety which is perfectly 

 distinct from, and superior to, all existing varieties. The leaves are 



