218 THE FLORIST. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This Society held its second exhibition of the season, in the gardens at 

 Chiswick, on the 20th ult., and was favoured with a fine day though 

 threatening in the morning, and even in the aftei noon colder than usual 

 for the time of year. The gardens themselves were in beautiful con- 

 dition ; American plants were in full bloom, and other ornamental 

 shrubs and trees were just at their best. The display under the tents, 

 both of fruits and flowers, was also good ; and altogether, we may con- 

 gratulate the Society on having as successful a midsummer show as 

 ever it has held, except in the way of company, which was comparatively 

 thin. Stove and greenhouse plants were in beautiful condition, more 

 especially those composing the fine collections from Mr. Dods, gardener 

 to Sir J. Cathcart ; Messrs. Eraser; Mr. Rhodes, gardener to 

 J. Philpotts, Esq. ; Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart. ; 

 Mr. Carson, gardener to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq. ; Mr. Roser, and 

 others. These contained remarkable plants of Epacrises, Heaths, 

 Everlastings, Pimeleas, Leschenaultias, Polygalas, Stephanotis, Dipla- 

 denias, and Allamandas, and we also noticed a plant or two of the 

 showy genus Kalosanthes. Azaleas were scarce, and we saw very few 

 Tall Cacti. Cape Heaths were better in bloom than generally happens 

 in June. Orchids were numerous, well varied and brilliant, and formed, 

 next to the fruit perhaps, the most attractive feature of the show. 

 Excellent collections of them came from Messrs. Veitch and Rolhsson ; 

 and among private growers, from Mr. Wilhams, gardener to C. B. 

 Warner, Esq. ; Mr. Woolley, gardener toH. B. Ker, Esq. ; Mr. Gedney, 

 Mr. Clark, Mr. Carson, Mr. Ivison, Mr. Dods, Mr. Green, and others. 

 In the different collections were very fine plants of Phalaenopsis, 

 Aerides, Calanths, Cattleyas, Lady's Slippers, Saccolabiums, Sobralias, 

 and Vandas. Among other curiosities, were some Pitcher plants ; Mr. 

 Dods had an enormous specimen of Nepenthes distillatoria, and Messrs. 

 Rollisson sent a mass, covered with a bell glass, of the little New 

 Holland Cephalotus foUicularis. These, we need not state, were objects 

 of great interest. H oses in pots were good, although not so fine as they 

 were in May. Exhibitions of them were furnished by Messrs. Lane, 

 Paul, Francis, A. Rowland, Esq., Mr. Terry, gardener to Lady Puller ; 

 Mr. Sage, gardener to W. R. Robinson, Esq., of Acton. In these 

 groups we remarked Queen, Paul Perras, Chenedole, Adam, Vicomtesse 

 Decazes, Juno, Great Western, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Paul Ricaut, 

 Baronne Prevost, Coupe de Hebe, Blairi No. 2, Emperor Probus, Madame 

 Willmorz — a comparatively new creamy coloured kind, Brennus, 

 William Jesse, La Dauphine, Auguste Mie, and Souvenir d'un Ami. 

 Nearly all of these, it will be seen, are well known kinds, which how- 

 ever it would be difficult to surpass in beauty or excellence. New 

 plants in flower consisted of what was called Leptodactylon californicum, 

 a shrubby Phlox and a Hydrangea in the way of japonica, from Messrs 

 Veitch ; a Dendrobium, from Amboyna, belonging to the secundum class, 

 Cypripedium barbatum (?), from Messrs. Rollisson; Linum grandiflorum 

 from Messrs. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place ; and Scheeria Mexicana, 

 from Mr. Glendinning. Among new plants not in flower, the most 



