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certainly grand in the extreme. Gently undulating walks wind 

 amongst enormous masses of bloom, varying from purple to white in 

 the most charming manner imaginable, and so as to throw them into 

 groups ; and then at every turn one comes on an isolated specimen 

 of broad-leaved Kalmia, or standard Rhododendron, which for size 

 or beauty could only be equalled in the large peat nurseries of 

 Bagshot. This was indeed a "garden of flowers," whose equal we 

 had never seen before, and which we shall rejoice to see again. 



The usual exhibition was a capital one. The long bank of fancy 

 and other Pelargoniums was effective and striking, and immediately 

 behind it was the Orchids. Stove and greenhouse plants were 

 tastefully arranged, as before, on turf- faced terraces in a tent by 

 themselves, and Roses, Heaths, and Calceolarias occupied another. 

 We should state that the pot Roses of Messrs. Lane and others were 

 uncommonly line. Messrs. Lane had a most beautiful specimen of 

 the comparatively new Rose, Souvenir d'un Ami, white, tinged in 

 the centre with salmon; large and handsome. Their Queen, too, 

 was admirable. The other kinds were Chenedole, Comtesse Mole, 

 Great Western, Madame Plantier, Paul Perras, Souvenir de la Mal- 

 maison, Fabvier, Meillez, Miss Glegg, and Devoniensis. Mr. Francis 

 had Las Cases, Belle de St. Cyr, Pauline Plantier, Fulgens, Due de 

 Cazes, Mrs. Elliott, Madame Laffay, William Jesse, Chenedole, and 

 Coupe d'Hebe. Among Messrs. Paul's w^re Baronne Prevost, 

 Charles Duval, Mrs. Bosanquet (finely bloomed), Nephetos, Augus- 

 tine Mouchelet, and others. In Air. Terry's group was a line ex- 

 ample of La Dauphine. Yellows consisted of Harrisonii, Persian, 

 Queen Victoria, Smith's Vicomtesse de Cazes, Flavescens, LaPactole, 

 and Pauline Plantier. Mr. Standish had a new Rose in the way of 

 Safranot. 



Some Fuchsias were shewn ; and we remarked an interesting 

 collection of Ranunculuses from Mr. C. Tyso of Wallingford. The 

 following are a few of the leading sorts which the collection con- 

 tained : Berinus, Dr. Channing, Kilgour's Queen, Apollo (dark), 

 Niobe, Robert Burns, LamJoton, Gomer, Amasis, Enchanter, and 

 Tyso's new seedlings — Exhibitor, Elegance, Captivator, Festus, and 

 Tysonius. 



Among Cacti was Cereus Leeanus, a beautiful kind from Messrs. 

 Lee of Hammersmith. It was about a foot high, and had four 

 somewhat flat circular semi-double orange-scarlet flowers placed 

 on its summit. Another kind worth particular notice was C. Eger- 

 tonii, an improvement in colour on C. Mallesonii, or its rose variety. 



Some seedlings were shewn ; but we deem it safer to defer our 

 observations on them till we shall have an opportunity of examining 

 them under more advantageous circumstances. 



