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A^laia, Mr. Lawrence ; 4th, Triomphe Royale, Mr. J. Hunt ; 6th, 

 Ditto, Mr. C. Turner ; 6th, Aglaia, Mr. Lawrence. 



Premier Prizes, selected from the whole exhibition : Feathered 

 Bizarre : Royal Sovereign, exhibited by Dr. Sanders, of Staines. Flamed 

 Bizarre : Selim, exhibited by Mr. C. Turner, Slough. Feathered 

 Bybloemen : Gem, exhibited by Mr. Thomas Allestree, Draycot. 

 Flamed Bybloemen : David, exhibited by Mr. Betteridge, Abingdon. 

 Feathered Rose : Mary Lamb, exhibited by Mr. Thomas Allestree, 

 Draycot. Flamed Rose : Lady Catherine Gordon, exhibited by Mr. 

 Joseph Hunt, High Wycombe. Breeders, Six Blooms ; 1st, Mr. R. 

 Headley, Esq. ; 2nd, Mr. C. Turner; 3rd, Mr. J. Hunt; 4th, Mr. R. 

 H. Betteridge. Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Headley, and Mr. Hunt exhibited 

 some remarkably fine seedlings ; Lawrence's George Hayward and 

 Mr. Hunt's Queen of the South were particularly admired. Mr. 

 Headley's breeder Tulips were very fine. With the exception of 12 

 blooms the whole of the classes, were open to all competitors. 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. 



The second show of the season of this Society took place on the 13th 

 ult. under unfavourable circumstances as regards weather, heavy showers 

 falling suddenly at intervals during the whole afternoon. The attendance, 

 however, was good, and the exhibition, we have reason to believe, all 

 that could be desired. Stove and greenhouse plants were numerous, 

 large collections of them coming from Mr. Colyer, Mr. Bassett, Mr. 

 Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., Mr. Frost, gardener to E. 

 L. Betts, Esq., Mr. Taylor, Mr. Peed, and others, while groups from 

 nurserymen were furnished in excellent condition by Messrs. Eraser, 

 RolUsson, Cutbush, and Pamplin. Tall Cacti were contributed in good 

 condition, and to some extent supplied the place of Azaleas, of which 

 there were only a few plants present, and those much past their best. 

 Of the former Mr. Grix furnished well flowered plants of Epiphjdlum 

 speciosum and Jenkinsoni, Cereus speciosissimus and Egertoni, the 

 latter a handsome small-flowered hybrid. Mr. Mortimer and Mr. 

 Green also showed examples of these showy plants, among which was 

 the white-flowered Epiphyllum crenatum. Orchids were numerous, 

 but we did not think they appeared to so good advantage on the grassy 

 terraces of the exhibition grounds of this Society as they do on stages 

 covered with green " base ; " this, however, is a mere matter of arrange- 

 ment. That the plants themselves were fine none could dispute. The 

 groups from Messrs. Veitch and Rollisson were much admired, as they 

 well deserved to be, and so were those from the private growers, Mrs. 

 Elhs, Mrs. Webb |Mr. Butler, and Sir E. Antrobus's gardener, Mr. Green. 

 Roses in pots were in admirable condition, and we need not say contri- 

 buted greatly to the beauty of the show. Messrs. Lane had Coupe de 

 Hebe, Paul Perras, Baronne Prevost, and Chenedole literally beset with 

 blooms just in perfection ; also Souvenir d'un Ami, not so well grown 

 perhaps, but with flowers matchless in point of shape and richness of 



