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the best stove-plant in flower ; and the same exhibitor was also successful with 

 an Erica as the best greenhouse plant in flower. In the former class F. 

 Tagart, Esq., Bristol, staged a grandly flowered specimen of Eucharis amazonica, 

 carrying upwards of one hundred spikes of blooms. Mr R, Tyldesley, Wor.sley, 

 had the prize for best collection of hardy Ferns, and W, Brockbank, Dids- 

 bury, that for fifty herbaceous and Alpine plants. 



Near to the exhibition house and tents were arranged the competing collec- 

 tions of Conifers and Japanese plants, and these were both attractive and 

 instructive to the numerous visitors. Messrs J. Standish & Co., Ascot ; John 

 Waterer, Bagshot ; Paul & Son, Cheshunt ; and Caldwell & Sons, Knutsford, 

 were the principal prize-winners in this section. 



Among the miscellaneous exhibits the splendid group of Dracaenas and other 

 choice plants arranged by the General Horticultural Company was most con- 

 spicuous, both on account of the beauty of arrangement and the quality of the 

 plants employed. Messrs Veitch, B. S. Williams, and Cutbush & Son, High- 

 gate, all arranged very attractive groups of choice plants. MM. Chantrier 

 freres, Mortefontaine, France, and Messrs Ireland & Thomson, contributed 

 grand collections of Crotons ; and from Messrs Paul & Son, Cheshunt, came a 

 very pleasing group of Tea Roses in pots. Messrs Cannell & Sons staged a 

 collection of cut flowers, such as Verbenas, Asters, Pelargoniums, and Dahlias; 

 and from Messrs J. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, Bute, came a fine collection of 

 Pansy blooms. Messrs Fisher, Son, & Libray, Sheffield, exhibited greenhouse 

 Rhododendrons and other choice plants; and Messrs Birkenhead, Sale, Man- 

 chester, a grand assortment of Ferns. In addition to the foregoing, there 

 were classes for a great variety of cut-flowers, table-decorations, and bouquets, 

 and prizes were also given for cut Roses by the National Rose Society and the 

 National Carnation and Picotee Society. In every instance the competition 

 was good, and the quality of the exhibits satisfactory. 



Implements were largely exhibited, but the situation and weather com- 

 pletely marred this section. Gold medals were awarded Mr J. Bramham for 

 his Allerton Priory boiler; to Messrs Richardson & Co., Darlington, for a 

 greenhouse suitable for a smoky district ; to Mesrs Halliday & Co., Middleton, 

 for a collection of boilers and houses ; to Messrs Foster & Pearson for a green- 

 house constructed on a light principle, &c. Messrs D. Low & Sons, Edinburgh 

 and Manchester, put up several good substantial houses, as also did the Messrs 

 M'Kenzie & Moncur, of Edinburgh and Glasgow; and there were many other 

 exhibits deserving of mention, but which must, for reasons already given, be 

 passed over. A Southern Correspondent. 



THE CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 

 SHOW. 



This event, which causes so much interest to many gardeners, was this year 

 conspicuous for the even quality of the Grapes shown. None of the bunches 

 were of a large size, but the general excellence of these as a whole was 

 most noteworthy. Some of the cut - flowers were also of a high order of 

 merit, while the vegetable tables were filled with examples of very fine 

 culture indeed. The plants displayed a thinness which the massive tables 

 filled by the Edinburgh nurserymen, and the single plants dotted about the 

 market from the Royal Botanic Garden, could not prevent being noticeable. 

 The weather on the first day was of that miserable dripping character we on 



