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superior in condition to those at Chiswick ; some specimens which 

 we could have selected from the nurserymen's exhibition in parti- 

 cular, were such as have never been seen before : they seemed to 

 excite universal admiration ; and well they might do so, for where 

 beauty and odour are combined, as in the Rose, there is little left to 

 desire. They are, perhaps, the most uncertain objects of exhibition, 

 from their transitory character ; and were it not for their freedom of 

 bloom, their cultivation in pots must fail. We have sometimes, at 

 the close of the exhibition day, been scarcely able to recognise some 

 of the beauties of the morning. This should point out to seedhng- 

 raisers the desirableness of trying to produce flowers combining, in 

 addition to the qualities of the present varieties, more endurance of 

 expansion and colour. The private growers' collections were also de- 

 serving of much praise. Our acquaintances, Madame de St. Joseph 

 (a first-rate Tea Rose), Chenedole, Baronne Prevost, Duchess of 

 Sutherland, Geant des Batailles, Mrs. EUiott, Bouquet de Flore, 

 La Reine, General AUard, &c. met us in every collection. The 

 yellows consisted of Queen Victoria, Smith's Yellow, Vicomtesse 

 de Gazes, Pauline Plantier, Persian Yellow, Harrison's Yellow, a 

 Pactole, and Salfaterre. . 



Old and favourite Cape Heaths were numerous at both exhibi- 

 tions, and some promising seedlings were shewn, which we hope to 

 see again. 



Among new plants a few fine things were exhibited at both 

 shows. Messrs. Veitch had a charming white jasmine-flowered 

 Rhododendron, which, we fear, is too beautiful to be hardy ; a new 

 transparent Dendrobe in the way of Nobile ; another Orchid called 

 Bolbophyllum Lobii, a white-flowered Styhdium, and a plant of their 

 Fuchsia spectabilis, in which we must confess we were somewhat 

 disappointed ; but we hope to see it yet in better condition. Mr. 

 Stanly, gardener to H. Berens, Esq., sent a new Hovea, like Celsi, 

 but having large and fine foliage, and Pimelea Verschaffeltii, a hand- 

 some white kind. Messrs. Standish and Noble produced Viburnum 

 plicatum, covered wdth large balls of white blossoms ; and a nice round 

 orange-flowered agreeably- scented Wallflower was shewn by Mr. 

 Stark of Hope Street, Edinburgh, which promises to become a 

 favourite. 



Pelargoniums were brought out well at both exhibitions, better 

 by amateurs than by nurserymen ; that is, Mr. Cock's plants were 

 such as were never seen before, though the flowers in Mr. Dobson's 

 collection were as numerous and as fine in size and colour. We 

 wish some one had brought a small plant with a single truss upon 

 it, to have matched against the flowers of either collection ; it would 

 have proved what we have often observed, that as fine flowers may be 

 produced upon the largest specimens as on small ones. The opinion 

 that more distinction in colours is required, we have often advanced, 

 and must again repeat, and urge the same upon the raisers of seed- 

 lings of all kinds of Florists' flowers. 



Among the varieties exhibited were, Hope, Gulielma, Salamander, 

 Pictum, Mont Blanc, Mars, Bertha, Orion, Rosamond, Pearl, Forget- 



