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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Esq., the Priory, "Wellington, Somer- 

 Bet. Eighteen varieties : Ist, J. T. 

 Hedge, Esq. Twelve tea- scented : Ist, 

 J. T. Hedge, Esq., with Mad. Bravy, 

 President, Enfant de Lyons, Souvenir 

 d'un Ami, Mad. Sertot, Mad. Levair- 

 ville, Moiret, Mad. Williams, La 

 Boule d'Or, Reine Victoria, L'Enfant 

 Trouve, and Bougere. 



Fuchsias were shown in lots of 

 six, but there were not many of them, 

 and they were chiefly the same as 

 were shown at the Eoyal Botanic So- 

 ciety the previous week. 



Orchard House Fruit Trees were 

 extensively shown, and were, most of 

 them, in great perfection. 1st, for 

 six, Mr, D. Cattermole, gardener to 

 J. Vickers, Esq., Tooting Common, 

 with Downton Nectarine, Belle mag- 

 nifique cherry, Hoxton Mignonne 

 peach, Jefferson plum, "White Ischia 

 tig, and Greengage plum, all of which 

 were loaded with fruit. Messrs. H. 

 Lane and Son, Great Berkhampstead, 

 had a splendid collection of miscel- 

 laneous fruits in pots, for which they 

 were awarded a first prize ; among 

 them were splendid examples of 

 apples — Manx's Codlin and Haw- 

 thornden ; cherries — May Duke, 

 Bigarreau, Downton, Elton, and 

 Kentish ; pears — Citron des Carmes, 

 Beurre de Capiaumont, Beurre Diel, 

 and Duchess d'Orleans ; plums — 

 Eirke's and Early Favourite ; orange 

 — Otaheita ; figs — Brown Turkey and 

 Singleton ; and twelve pots of excel- 

 lent strawberries, Oscar and Goliah. 



A good number of window boxes, 

 tastefully filled with plants, were 

 shown, the first prize being awarded 

 to Mr. Geo. Macintosh, of Hammer- 

 smith, for a series of ornamental 

 boxes filled with stocks, geraniums, 

 calceolarias, mignonette, verbenas, 

 heliotrope, etc., in the most glorious 

 confusion. Mr. Chas. Turner showed 

 two new pinks — Eev. Geo. Jeanes, 

 a monstrous flower, three inches over, 

 petals full, lacing broad and even, and 

 of a dark crimson colour ; Lord Her- 

 bert, large sized flower, with broad 

 even lacing of a reddish lilac colour. 



Cut Verbenas were shown in first- 

 rate style, Mr. C. Turner being first 

 with a stand of 24, all great beauties. 

 They were, Nemesis, Prima Donna, 



Lord Leigh, Magnificans, Ariosto Im- 

 proved, Annihilator, Madame Herman 

 Steiger, Ruby King, Chacomb Gem, 

 Garibaldi, Miss Labouchere, Le 

 Grand Boule de Neige, II Trovatore, 

 King of Verbenas, Black Prince, 

 Pauline, Grand Eastern, Gcant des 

 Batailles, Warrior, Lord Craven, 

 Argus, and Mrs. Newton. 



Mr. W. Bull, of Chelsea, obtained 

 commendation for a fine Ouviranda 

 fenestralis, the lace-leaf plant, in 

 flower. It is curious and interesting ; 

 the stalk is thrown up above the 

 foliage, and just above the surface of 

 the water divides into two horn-like 

 terminations, covered with minute 

 blooms ; these are quite green at the 

 base, and white at the points. 



Stamfoed Horticultueal Show. 

 — This was held on July 8th, and 

 was the best yet seen in this town. 

 The show was laid out in five tents, 

 the largest of which was 160 feet 

 long ; the chief attraction was the 

 roses, which were shown in very fine 

 condition, equal, if not superior, to 

 those exhibited at the Crystal Palace 

 or South Kensington. These were 

 principally contributed by Messrs. 

 Paul and Son, W. Paul, B. R. Cant, 

 William Draycott, Rev. S. R. Hole, 

 and Ebenezer Hunt, Esq. Stove and 

 greenhouse plants were shown in good 

 condition, and so also were pelar- 

 goniums, fuchsias, caladiums, bego- 

 nias, achimenes, gloxinias, verbenas, 

 ferns, etc. 



Ceystai. Palace Rose Show, 

 June 27. — This is at all times a very 

 important exhibition, and the show 

 this year was in no way behind its 

 predecessors. The flowers were cer- 

 tainly not in so great perfection as 

 we have seen them frequently before, 

 and this may be accounted for by the 

 sad havoc which was made among the 

 roses by the thunder-storm which 

 occurred on the day before ; but still 

 there were a great number which were 

 shown in perfection, and the effect of 

 the storm was not much to be re- 

 gretted, for it brought out those which 

 are able to stand against rough wea- 

 ther with comparative impunity. If 

 this could be taken as a test of merit, 

 then certainly Madame Rivers would 

 stand high in general estimation, for 



