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first, Miss Phillips ; second, Dr. Comyn ; third, Lady Agar : the 

 plants in this class were, for the most part, nice young healthy speci- 

 rrens, especially a Rondeletia speciosa in the first group. Messrs. J. C. 

 Wheeler and Son, of Gloucester, staged nine plants of the leading 

 Fuchsias. There were five collections of twelve Pelargoniums, but none 

 of very first-rate merit, so far as cultivation went ; the principal sorts 

 were Optimum, Magnificent, Rowena, Enchantress, Magnet, Con- 

 stance, May Queen. In fancy varieties were Celestial, Advancer, 

 Miranda, Annetta, Marginatum. It were well if growers of this 

 lovely tribe of plants would have courage to discard the long- since 

 beaten varieties ; many here staged were sadly defective of florists' 

 properties, and should no longer occupy space in glass structures, 

 which are mostly too Hmited even for the choicest varieties. 



Of cut flowers, such as Pinks, Verbenas, Pansies, Roses, Ranun- 

 culuses, &c., no deficiency was to be observed — C. H. Velley, Esq., 

 being far in advance of his competitors. Two famous collections of 

 Gloxinias and Achimenes were staged by IMiss Phillips and A. E. 

 M'Donell, Esq. 



Vegetables, as usual at Cheltenham, were really fine and abundant. 



It was observed, that all here seemed to have found that contentment 

 denied elsewhere. 



John Edwards, Eolloway. 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S PARK. 



This Society's second great fete of the season took place on the 21st 

 ult., under very favourable circumstances, as regarded weather, which 

 was fine until about six o'clock, when the evening set in wet. There 

 was a large and brilliant attendance, which appeared to fully enjoy the 

 entertainment provided for it, and which well deserved the encourage- 

 ment it received; for it was rich and varied as a liberal and judiciously 

 fi-amed schedule could possibly make it. Florists, indeed, found satis- 

 faction here, where their productions were not only submitted to the 

 admiring gaze of more than three times the number of visitors that 

 attended elsewhere ; but also to the inspection of royalty itself; for the 

 Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and two of the Royal chil- 

 dren, minutely examined the exhibition before the gates were thrown 

 open to the public. 



As regards stove and greenhouse plants, they were unusually abun- 

 dant and excellent, and among them were some plants rarely met with 

 in such exhibitions ; giving room for hope that a beneficial change in 

 the aspect of groups of this kind is about to take place ; and we trust, 

 as we have already said, that the first promoters of it may be suitably 

 rewarded. Conspicuous among brilliantly flowered plants were different 

 kinds of Kalosanths, which, together with a few Azaleas, the remnant 

 of the season, and tall Cacti, gave life and beauty to the scene. The 

 numerous plants of Stephanotis, with their fragrant white flowers, and 

 the large yellow blossoms of the different kinds of Allamanda, were all 



