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tlie following were in splendid condi- 

 tion — Emperor de Maroc, Madame 

 Boll, Anna Alexieff, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, Paul E-ioaut, Charles Lawson, 

 Madame de St. Joseph, Juno, Sou- 

 venir de la Eeine d'Angleterre, Ma- 

 dame Willermoz, and Madame Cam- 

 baceres. 



The Cinerarias shown by Messrs. 

 H. Lamb, J. Smith, and C. Turner 

 were particularly fine, and a marked 

 improvement upon those of former 

 shows. The best were Adam Bede, 

 Lady Seymour, Modestum, Duke of 

 Cambridge, Queen Victoria, Brides- 

 maid, Boy in Blue, Decorator, Mr. 

 Dickens, Miss Bosa, Lizzie, Prairie 

 Flower, Slough Bival, Reynolds' 

 Hole, Mrs. Franklin, Great Western, 

 and Miss Burdett Coutts. 



Auriculas were shown in large 

 numbers, and were mostly very fine, 

 the principal exhibitor was Mr. C. 

 Turner, of Slough, who sent a 

 splendid lot of sixty. The exhibi- 

 tors next in rank were Messrs. Cut- 

 bush and Son, J. James, F. Potts, 

 and the Rev. H. H. Dombrain. The 

 finest specimens were Meteor Flag, 

 Duke of Cambridge, Lovely Ann, 

 Maggie Lauder, Lancashire Hero, 

 Crucifix, Apollo, Conqueror of Eu- 

 rope, Conspicua, Prince of Wales, 

 Morning Star, Union, and Unique. 



Foliage and Flotoerinc/ Plants 

 were put up in lot<< of six by Messrs. 

 J. and C. Lee, B. S. Williams, A. 

 Henderson and Co., and Mr. G. 

 Smith, gardener to the Duke of Nor- 

 thumberland. The best specimens of 

 good culture were Chorozema varium 

 elegans, Bhopala magnifica, Alocasia 

 metallica, Cordyline indivisa, Gene- 

 tyllis tulipifera, Kennedya inophylla 

 floribunda, Cyanophyllum magnifi- 

 cum, Threophrasta imperialis, Glei- 

 chenia flabellata, Vanda suavis, Jaca- 

 randa filicifolia, Dracaena ferrea, and 

 Aphelexiomac purpurea. 



The novelties were but few. Rho- 

 dodendron Veitchii, a very large white 

 flower with wrinkled petals, from 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son ; 

 Auricula, the Rev. J. G. Jeanes, bright 

 green edge, white eye, and surrounded 

 by a black ring, from Mr. J, Hol- 

 land. 



Royal Botanic Society, May 



13th. — This was the first great show 

 and was every way successful, both as 

 the first fete of the season and as ex- 

 emplifying the present state of horti- 

 cultural science. The azaleas were 

 the principal attraction, and were 

 generally in perfect condition. Messrs. 

 Veitch, Turner, Eraser, and Clark 

 were the chief nurserymen exhibitors, 

 while Messrs. Cross, Page, Kaile, and 

 Green were foremost among the ama- 

 teurs. The winning plants were 

 Iveryana, Juliana, Magnificana, Bar- 

 clayana, Exquisita, Feutoni, Arborea 

 purpurea, Criterion, Gem, Optima, 

 Empress Eugenie, Stanleyana, Late- 

 ritia alba supreme, Louise Margottin, 

 Carminata, Minerva, Violacea su- 

 perba, Chelsoni, Glory of Sunning 

 Hill, The Bride, Mrs. Fry, Brough- 

 toni, Juliana, and Beauty of Reigate. 



Felargoniums. — Mr. Turner came 

 first with show varieties, Messrs. J. 

 and J. Eraser ranking next, after 

 which were Mr. Bailey and Mr. Weir. 

 The successful plants were Sunset, 

 Aerial, Virginie, Rose Celestial, Lila- 

 cina. Picnic, Empress Eugenie, Fairest 

 of the Fair, Candidate, Beadsman, 

 Sir Colin Campbell, Desdemona, Pi- 

 zarro, Governor-General, Mr. Mar- 

 nock, Osiris,Leviathan,Peaeock, Etna, 

 Scarlet Floribunda, Lady Canning, 

 The Bell, and Ariel. In the fancy 

 varieties, Messrs. Turner, Eraser, 

 Weir, Bailey, and Lamb showed the 

 best collections, and the names of the 

 plants were Rio des Fantasies, Ara- 

 bella Goddard, Acme, JN'egrc, Delica- 

 tum, Clemanthe, Queen of the Valley, 

 Modestum, Carminatum, Celestial, 

 Clara Novello, Lady Hugh Campbell, 

 Emily Witcher, Madame Sontag, and 

 Delicatissima. 



Calceolarias. — These were very 

 beautiful and consisted of new varie- 

 ties, shown by Mr. J. James and 

 Messrs. Dobson, of Isleworth. Those 

 of Mr. James were Duke of Cam- 

 bridge, dark crimson maroon self; 

 Miss Walker, gold ground with brown 

 spots; Prince of Wales, rich red, 

 spotted like a Queen strawberry; 

 Miss Smith, a curious bufl' ground, 

 covered with deep red lines, extra 

 good; Mr. Smith, crimson ground, 

 and gold spots ; and Brilliant, gor- 

 geous scarlety crimson. 



