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Park and Kensington Shows, and have created quite a sensation among 

 lady fern cultivators. We shall have to say something about them here- 

 after, but for the present it is at least but just to our readers to name the 

 matter, and bid them look out for an example at the flower-shows, for it is 

 unquestionably the most elegant and effectual method ever yet devised for 

 the culture of ferns in rooms under glass. 



Shieley Hibberd. 



PLOWER SHOWS OF MAT AND JUNE. 



Crystal Palace, May 23. — This 

 show was in every respect excellent, 

 and was visited by a great number of 

 persons. The plants were arranged 

 on stages upon either side the nave, 

 and were judiciously placed, running 

 almost the entire length of the build- 

 ing. Orchids were exhibited in large 

 numbers and fine bloom ; Mr. Baker, 

 gardener to A. Basset, Esq., Stamford 

 Hill, had a fine specimen of Deudro- 

 bium maerophyllum giganteum, with 

 three large spikes of bloom, which 

 were supported by stakes stuck in a 

 pot below ; also Anguloa Clowesii, 

 ^Erides odoratum coronatum, with 

 ten spikes of bloom, and Saccolabium 

 retusum with six spikes. Mr. BuUen, 

 gardener to A. Turner, Esq., Leices- 

 ter, had iErides odorata major with 

 nearly forty spikes of bloom, and nice 

 specimens of Cabmthe veratrifolia, 

 Cattleya mossiaj, iErides Lindleyana, 

 and Anguloa Kuckerii ; Mr. Wiggins 

 had beautifully-bloomed plants of 

 Saccolabium guttatum, iErides cris- 

 pum, iE. Larpenta;, Je. Fieldingii, 

 iE. Schoderii, and Dendrobium deu- 

 siflorum. Messrs. Jackson and Son 

 had a very fine Phajus Wallichii and 

 Cattleya mossias aurantia, besides 

 Dendrobium Devonianum, Cypripe- 

 dium barbatum superbum, Vanda 

 suavis, and Lselia purpurata. 



Cacti. — A nice lot of six was from 

 Mr. J. Green, they were well 

 flowered and creditable ; Epiphy Ilium 

 speciosa elegans, Jenkinsonii multi- 

 flora, Speciosa coccinea, Greenii, 

 rubra cerulea, and crenatum. Va- 

 riegated Plants.— M.V. Chas. Hutt, 

 gardener to Miss Burdett Coutts, had 

 immense specimens of Cibotium 

 Schiedei, Alocasia metallica, Maranta 

 albo lineata, Ehopala de Jonghi, 



Litania borbonica, Pandanus Java- 

 nicus variegatus, Croton variegata, 

 Yucca variegata, and Difl'eubachia 

 variegata. Messrs. J. and C. Lee, of 

 Hammersmith, had beautiful speci- 

 mens of Draca;na Australis, Theo- 

 phrasta imperialis, Alocasia metallica, 

 Pandanus utilis. Yucca aloifolia va- 

 riegata, Cordyline iniiivisa, Cyathea 

 Smithii, Dracaena E.umphii, Cibo- 

 teum princeps, and Ananassa sativa 

 variegata. 



Stove and Greenhouse Plants were 

 shown in great numbers, and in such 

 excellent condition that they left no- 

 thing to be desired either in training 

 or blooming. Mr. Peed, gardener to 

 Mrs. Treadwell, Lower Norwood, was 

 first with fifteen and eight plants ; the 

 best were Chorozema rotundifolia, 

 Erica Cavendishiana, Pimelia decus- 

 sata, Epacris miniata splendens, Te- 

 tratheca eriofefolia. Azalea Criterion, 

 Chorozema Lawrenciana, Pimelia 

 spectabilis, Ixora alba. Azalea Mur- 

 ryana, Polygala acuminata ; Mr. J. 

 Green showed excellent specimens of 

 Stephanotis floribunda, Aphelexis ma- 

 crantha rosea, Erancisca calycina, 

 Hedaroma macrostegia, and Draco- 

 phyllum gracilis. The other plants 

 of note were Acrophyllum venosum, 

 Aphelexis macrantha rosea, A. spec- 

 tabilis grandiflora, Leschenaultia 

 biloba major, L. intermedia, Polygala 

 Dalmaisiana, Boronia serrulata, Ade- 

 nandra fragrans. Erica Albertus su- 

 perba, DiUwynia splendens, Adenan- 

 dra uniflora, Boronia Drummondii, 

 Hoya bella, Ehinchospermum jasmi- 

 noides, and Aphelexis rupestris gran- 

 diflora. 



Azaleas were the chief attraction, 

 the finest coming from Mr. Charles 

 Turner, of Slough, who took first 



