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Francis, The Nurseries ; Ipswich— Mr. T. Blair, The Gardens, Shrubland Park ; 

 Jersey — Mr. C. B. Saunders, Cresarian Nurseries, St. Saviour's ; — Kelso and the 

 South of Scotland. — Mr. W. Mien (Stuart and Mien), Kelso ; Leamington— Mr. 

 J. H. Hawley, Brunswick School ; Manchester — Mr. John Shaw, Princes Street ; 

 Nottingham— Mr. E. J. Lowe, F.L.S., Highfield House ; Oxford— Mr. W. H. Baxter, 

 Botanic Gardens ; Sleaford — Mr. D. Lumsden, The Gardens, Bloxholm Hall ; 

 Warrington— Mr. W. Bishop, The Gardens, Bewsey Hall. 



At a meeting of horticulturalists held at Anderton's Hotel on Thursday, March 

 22nd, Mr. William Paul in the chair, it was resolved to hold a general horticultural 

 dinner in London on Tlinrsday, the 24th of May, to afford opportunities for social 

 intercourse among nurserymen, gardeners, amateurs, and their friends, before the 

 closing of the International Exhibition. The dinner will jsrobably take place at St. 

 Jami's's Hall, and the tickets will be 10s. 6d. each. 



EoYAL IIoRTicuLTURiL SociETY. — Exhibition of Spring Flowers, March 15. — 

 This, the first exhibition of the season, was particularly attractive. Hyacinths, 

 tulips, and forced roses were especially beautiful and fine. There were also good 

 collections of miscellaneous forced shnibs and herbaceous plants. Hyacinths. — 

 Mr. William Paul, of Waltham Cross, put up a superb lot of eighteen hyacinths, 

 remarkable alike for size, completeness, uniformity, and freshness. They consisted 

 of Mont Blanc, Alba maxima. Lord Wellington, Von irchiUer, Solfaterre, Koh-i-noor 

 (with not a trace of green points), Macaulay, Garibaldi (wonderful for colour), Ida, 

 General Havelock, King of the Blues, Laurens Koster, Van t^peyk, Garrick, Charles 

 Dickens, Grand Lilns, Marie, Feruck Khan. Messrs. Cutbush and Son exhibited in 

 the same class La Vestale, Mont Blanc, Ida, Von Schiller, Macaulaj-, Solfaterre, 

 Howard, Florence Nightingale, Pi-incess Clothilde, Cavaignac, Robert Fortune, 

 Grandeur a Merveille, Bleu Aimable, Charles Dickens, Marie, Grand Lilas, Barou 

 Von 'I'uyll, Laurens Koster. Mr. Kirtland, of Albion Nursery, Stoke Newington, 

 also competed in this class. In the class for amateurs (12), Mr. Young, gardener to 

 R. Barclay, Esq., of Highgate, deservedly won the first prize ; Mr. Bartlett, of 

 Hammersmith, second. In the open class for six, Mr. William Paul was first, Messrs. 

 Cutbush and Mr. Kirtland equal second. These three lots constituted the cream of 

 the show, and as Mr. Kirtland's is a new name among exhibitors of hyacinths, we 

 must do him the justice to say that his half-dozen were splendidly done ; the fact of 

 their ranking equal with those from Messrs. Cutbush being sufficient proof 

 Hyacinths grown in pots and glasses in windows were shown by Mr. Bartlett, Mrs. 

 Young, and Mr. Bench. Tulips were in perfection, and there were vlenty of them. 

 Mr. Paul and Messrs. Cutbush divided the principal honours. In the best collections 

 of twelve each, the most distinct varieties were Yellow and While Pottebakker, 

 Couleur Cardinal, Keizerkroon, Cramoisie Royale. Duchess of Parma, Vermilion 

 Brilliant, Due d'Aremberg, Thomas Moore. Mr. Young and Mr. Bartlett were the 

 principal exhibitors in the class for amateurs. 



RoTAL Botanic Society, First Spring Meeting, March 17. — There was a 

 good show and a good company, and the weather improved as the day advanced. 

 Hyacinths were the main feature, and Mr. W. Paul had the field pretty much to 

 himself, taking first prize in the class for 18 with a collection that were as near 

 absolute perfection as in the present state of our knowledge wo can imagine. As at 

 Kensingion, Mr. Kirtland, a new exhibitor of hyacinths, made a sensation with his 

 grand spikes, so on this occasion a new name appeared on a card in front of a splen- 

 did lot, the name being George Davis, of Stanley Nursery, Old Swan, Liverpool. 

 Mr. Young again exhibited both large and small collections, and again took the 

 place of honour as the leading amateur exhibitor. The most distinct and marked 

 varieties in the show were the following :— Garibaldi, King of the Blues, Koh-i-noor, 

 Ida, Grand Lilas, Lord Wellington, Madame Van der Hoop, Due de MalakofF, 

 Laurens Koster, Lord Macaulay, Schiller, Lord Palmerston (marvellously shaded), 

 Feruk Khan (quite new, but shown in Mr. Paul's 18), Van Speyk, Prince Albert, 

 Solfaterre, Ha^dn. Tulips were quite fresh, and in all cases good, Mr. Young having 

 a remarkably" fine collection (>f eighteen. The most distinct were Keizerkroon, 

 Duchess of Parma, Proserpine, Rose Luisante, Thomas Moore, Vermilion Brilliant, 

 White and Yellow Pottebakker, Cramoisie Royale, Moliere, Canary Bird, Trianon. 

 j?osM.— Those from Messrs. Paul and Son, 'of Cheshunt, were marvellously beau- 

 tiful ; the leafage fresh and wax-like, the flowers in that tempting state of half- 

 expausion in which the form and colour of a good rose are most perfectly displayed, 



