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twenty-four varieties, three trusses, 

 Mr. Keynes was first, Mr. W. Dray- 

 cott, Humbustone, near Leicester, 

 second, and Mr. Gr. Batley of Ku^by, 

 third. The class for twenty-four, 

 single trusses, was open to nursery- 

 men in the counties of Warw^ick, 

 Worcester, and Stafford, Messrs. S. 

 PerkinsandSonsof Coventry obtained 

 the first prize ; Mr. W. H. Treen of 

 Eugby, second ; and Mr. G. Batley, 

 third. 



Mr. J. T. Hedge of Eeed Hall, 

 Colchester, was as usual the most 

 distinguished exhibitor among the 

 amateurs, taking first prize for forty- 

 eight varieties, first for twenty-four, 

 and/econd for eighteen. In his col- 

 lections were magnificent blooms of 

 Comtesse Cecile de Chabrillant, Jauue 

 of Smith, Beauty of Waltham, Reine 

 Victoria, Madame Charles Wood, 

 Alexandre Fontaine, Mrs. Ivivers, La 

 Boule d'Or, Auguste Mie, Louis Mag- 

 nan, Solfaterre. Triomphe de Caen, 

 and Louis XIV. The second prize 

 for forty- eight was awarded to Mr. S. 

 Evans, gardener to C. Newdegate, 

 Esq., M.P., Nuneaton, Warwickshire. 

 The open classes were admirably filled, 

 Mr. John Keynes taking first prize 

 for twenty-four new roses of 1860-61- 

 62 ; the second prize went to Messrs. 

 Paul and Son; and the third to Mr. C. 

 Turner. Mr. J. Keynes was also 

 first with the best new roses, six 

 trusses, and the varieties shown were 

 Olivier Delhomme, Marechal Vaillant, 

 Charles Lefebre, and Madame Fur- 

 tado ; second, Mr. William Paul, with 

 Beauty of Waltham and Madame 

 Furtado; third, Messrs. Paul and Son, 

 with Madame Charles Wood. Mr. 

 Cranston showed Louis XLV. ; Mr. 

 Francis, General Washington ; and 

 Mr. Cant, Madame Furtado. In the 

 class for the best six varieties of 

 roses, single trusses, with stem and 

 foliage as cut from the tree, each 

 truss to be shown singly in a vase, 

 Mr. E. P. Francis, of Hertford, ob- 

 tained the first prize. 



Ttie plants used for the decoration 

 of the hall were contributed by the 

 surrounding gentry ; among them were 

 excellent specimens of Maranta zeb- 

 rina and Cissus discolor, besides good 

 specimen ferns of the following 



species: — Pterisargyrcea,Acrostichum 

 alcicorne, Adiantum alfine, A. brasili- 

 ense, A. cuneatum, and many others ; 

 there were also several Caladiums, Be- 

 gonias, Coleus Verschaifeltii, heaths, 

 etc., and although they were not very 

 fine specimens, yet they answered the 

 purpose for which they were intended 

 admirably, and formed pleasant ob- 

 jects for the eye to rest upon when 

 fatigued with looking at the brilliant 

 masses of roses. 



Flower-show at Alexandra 

 Park, Hornsey, July iiSnD and 

 24th. — The opening of this new place 

 of public amusement and recreation 

 was celebrated by a large horticul- 

 tural exhibition, which took place in 

 tents pitched in a meadow close to 

 Muswell Hill, and from which a very 

 pretty view could be obtained. The 

 largest of the tents (190 feet by 50 

 feet) was devoted to stove and green- 

 house plants ; the next (75 feet by 50 

 feet) was filled with fruit and cut 

 flowers ; a third contained fuchsias, 

 achimines, gloxinias, petunias, cut 

 roses, and pelargoniums ; and in the 

 fourth were orchard-house trees, 

 loaded with fruit, from Messrs. Lane 

 and Messrs. Eraser. 



Fine-foliaged plants were largely 

 shown, and exhibited numerous exam- 

 ples of skilful cultivation. Alocasia 

 Lowii was very conspicuous, so also 

 were many fiue samples of A. metal- 

 lica, besides DracEenas, palms, cordy- 

 lines, and many others, which were 

 shown in great perfection. Messrs. 

 John and Charles Lee of Hammer- 

 smith obtained first prize with beauti- 

 ful plants of Cyperus alternifolius 

 variegatus, Cissus discolor, Caladiam 

 Belleymei, C. bicolor, Ixora coecinea, 

 Ehopala magnifica, Alocasia Lowii 

 (beautiful), A. metallica, Anauassa 

 sativa variegata, Cordyline indivisa, 

 Theophrasta imperialis, Neottopteris 

 Australasia, and Yucca aloifolia varie- 

 gata. Mr. B. S. Williams was second. 



Stove and Greenhouse Plants 

 were furnished in considerable num- 

 bers, the specimens of Allamanda, 

 Stephanotis floribunda, Gnaphalium 

 eximium, Pleroma elegans, and various 

 sorts of Kalosanthes being particularly 

 fine. Prizes were offered for collec- 

 tions, both in and out of bloom, effec- 



