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large glossy rose ; Louis Odier, bright pink, blooming in clusters. All 

 the above, with the exception of the first, are Hybrid Perpetuals. Tea- 

 scented, Auguste Vacher, yellow, shaded with copper colour ; and T. 

 Sombreuil, large creamy white, very double. There were also some 

 other fine kinds> such as Baronne de Kermont. Duchess of Norfolk, 

 which may make a brilliant pillar Rose, and Paul's Helen. The collec- 

 tions of Orchids were numerous, and, taken altogether, we never recollect 

 seeing them in finer condition. There was a manifest freshness about 

 them, indicating high cultivation, which added no little to the size and 

 beauty of their blooms. Some of the specimens were remarkable for 

 their individual excellence. In Heaths more variety was introduced ; 

 the plants were fresh, healthy, and nicely in bloom. 



Of New Plants, JNIessrs. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place, and Mr. 

 Lane sent Andromeda formosa ; Messrs. Veitch Embothrium coccineum, 

 which we hope to see again when its flowers are open, for they were 

 scarcely so on this occasion ; Mr. Tegg, gardener to Baron Hambro, had 

 a species of Hoya, in the way of the old carnosa ; and ISIessrs. Standish 

 and Noble a standard plant of Rhododendron Edgworthi, with 15 

 large white blossoms on it : the latter are extremely fragrant ; Messrs. 

 Veitch also showed as a plant not in flower, AraKa papyrifera, the Rice 

 paper plant. 



Pelargoniums were exhibited in considerable numbers, but with the 

 exception of one collection were not in good bloom. By far the best came 

 from Mr. C. Turner, of Slough. This consisted of twelve large and 

 finely bloomed plants, namely, Carlos, a large bold flower, with dark 

 top petals and white centre, very fine ; Basilisk, bright scarlet ; Lucy, 

 lilac rose, dark top with white centre ; Governor-General, rosy scarlet, 

 very fine ; Sanspareil, a spotted variety ; IMagnet, red, and very showy ; 

 Queen of May, a fine plant, of bright orange colour ; Rival Queen, rose, 

 and very free ; Majestic, dark ; Clara, rose ; Magnificent, a fine 

 specimen ; and Exactum, white. ]\Ir. Dobson, of Isleworth, sent 

 twelve nicely bloomed plants, but thin in foliage, and the flowers 

 were for the most part deficient in size. They consisted of 

 Harriet, very well bloomed ; Vulcan, Exhibitor, Eugenie, Rosamond, 

 Delicatum, a free flowering white kind but deficient in spot ; Pasha, 

 Arethusa, Salmon, Leah, a good flower with white centre ; Gulielma, 

 Painter Improved, and Ambassador. ]\Ir. Gaines, of Battersea, had 

 Flying Dutchman, Admiration, Andover, First of I\Iay, Star, Peerless, 

 Queen of Purples, a bad plant ; Tdomphe de la Tour, Colonel Fossey, 

 Jacques Duval, Gustave Odier, and Gloire de Belle Vue ; the latter 

 five are spotted continental varieties. There were but two collections 

 from private growers. Mr. Windsor, gardener at Kidderpore Hall, 

 Hampstead, sent Enchantress, a fine plant, but not in good bloom ; 

 Forget-me-Not, Ajax, Constance, Emily, Ariadne, Conspicuum, Pearl, 

 Nonsuch, Lallah Hookh, Little Nell, and Virgin Queen. JNIr. Todman, 

 gardener to Mrs. Buckmaster, sent twelve as follows, but they were but 

 indifferently done, viz., Loveliness, Beatrice, Rolla, Mochannn, Constance, 

 Ariadne, Crusader, Negress, Sparkler, Governor, Virgin Queen, and 

 Aspacia. There were six collections of fancy varieties, three from 

 nurserymen and three from private growers. Mr. Robinson, of Pimlico, 



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