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summer show (the Green show), there are only three flowers invited 

 (except cut flowers). Is not this cutting with a vengeance? Orchids, 

 some French and fancy relatives of mine, and Roses — all highly 

 respectable, certainly, but not enough to constitute a " grand show." 

 It is too bad, Mr. Editor ; it is enough to make the " blood boil" in 

 every petal of us. It is too bad of the Council to let the greengrocer do 

 it ; and I'll tell you what I and the stove and greenhouse plants think 

 would be the right course, and a wise one — and that is, for the L.H.S. 

 to hand over the whole business of flower shows to the R.B.S. They 

 could and they would do this business as it ought to be done, with 

 justice — aye, and with kindness to all; and we should not any longer 

 be subject to such " misdeeds." 



Yours, much injured, 



Pelargonium. 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S PARK. 



April 6. — The second of the three spring exhibitions took place on this 

 occasion. In the class of New Plants Messrs. Fraser sent the hand- 

 some Madeira Musschia Wollastoni, not however yet in bloom ; Messrs. 

 E. G. Henderson had Gastrolobium spectabile, a neat shrub, with good 

 foliage, and gay orange and crimson flowers ; the same exhibitors like- 

 wise sent Aucuba himalaica, a distinct hardy shrub, with shining green 

 leaves, having distinct white-tipped teeth ; Messrs. A. Henderson and 

 Co. furnished Griffinia Liboniana, a rare plant, with prettily spotted 

 leaves and flowers tipped with blueish lilac ; Messrs. Ivery and Son, of 

 Dorking, exhibited a small blue-flowered Hardenbergia ; Messrs. E. G. 

 Henderson also had Rhododendron Blumei, a species with small 

 creamy-yellow flowers ; and Pentapterygium flavum, with axillary 

 racemes of white Vacciniaceous flowers. Of Miscellaneous Plants Mr. 

 Cutbush, of Barnet, had a collection in which a fine mass of Begonia 

 Rex was conspicuous ; Messrs. Fraser, Cutbush, of Highgate, and 

 Messrs. A. Henderson, also showed in this class. Cinerarias came 

 from Messrs. Dobson and Turner, and the latter also sent Roses in 

 pots. Of Amaryllises Messrs. E. G. Henderson had a collection which 

 contained one kind (No. 64) of a rich light scarlet, with a white 

 central star, and of superior form ; it was shown without name. 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson contributed a mixed collection of plants, both 

 in and out of flower, containing many novelties, some of which were 

 reported on at the meeting on March 23. Of the more striking, not 

 already noticed, were Camellia De La Reine, a fine large delicate rose- 

 coloured flower of excellent form and slightly cupped ; Rhododendron 

 jasminiflorum ; Lomatia siliafolia and heteromorpha, two extremely 

 elegant Fern-leaved plants ; Araucaria glauca, &c. Mr. Turner had a 

 well-grown collection .of 12 Auriculas, among which was a fine old 

 kind called Imperator, a green-edged variety of first-rate properties. 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson received an award for three standard Azalea 

 indicas ; and Mr. Turner for Seedling Cineraria Brilliant, a free- 

 blooming variety of medium quality, remarkable for its rich dark 



