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it is stated to be 7 feet high, and carrying fully three hundred perfect blooms. 

 The second prize collection, shown by Messrs G. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, were 

 but little inferior to Mr Turner's, and far superior to those staged by them at 

 the last year's show. Their largest and best-bloomed plant was a very fine 

 specimen of Celine Forestier ; and Charles Lawson, John Hopper, and Prin- 

 cess Mary of Cambridge were also very fine. In the class for twenty pot- 

 Roses, the positions were reversed, Mr G. Paul securing the premier prize 

 with a group of large, healthy, and well-bloomed plants, among which the 

 Marquise de Castellane, President, and Madame Victor Verdier were very 

 noticeable. Mr Turner was placed second with a group of smaller, but highly 

 creditable plants ; and Messrs J. Lane & Sons, Great Berkhampstead, third, for 

 well -grown specimens in 10 -inch pots. Mr Moorman showed well in the 

 amateur class for six pot-Roses. Messrs Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, also ex- 

 hibited a large group of pot-Roses, not for competition. Among these were 

 interspersed a number of dwarf plants of Japanese Maples, the elegant and 

 beautiful green foliage of which added much to the beauty of the group. 



Near to the Roses, and apparently equalling them in their attractiveness, 

 was the large group of Clematises exhibited by the Messrs Jackman & Sou, 

 Woking. The plants were well grown and flowered, and included all the 

 leading varieties, the various shades of blue, &c, contrasting well with the 

 Roses. Azaleas, both as exhibited by nurserymen and amateurs, were very 

 fine and showy, some of the plants being 6 feet high and literally covered with 

 bloom. In the Nurserymen's class, Mr C. Turner, Messrs Jackson & Sons, and 

 Mr Wills were 1st, 2d, and 3d respectively ; and among the amateurs, Messrs 

 Child, R,atty, and Weston were successful. 



Orchids were well represented : the finest group of fifteen distinct species in 

 the show, and which obtained for the exhibitor the valuable prize of £20, was 

 staged by Mr J. Douglas, Loxford Hall. His finest plant was a grand speci- 

 men of Dendrobium nobile, fully 4 feet through ; and Cattleya Warneri, 

 Cypripedium villosum, and Dendrobium thyrsiflorum were also very good. 

 Mr H. James, Castle Nursery, received the second, and Messrs Jackson & 

 Sons the third prize — good specimens staged in both instances. In the 

 nurserymen's class, Mr B. S. Williams, Holloway, was awarded the first prize 

 for an excellent group, which included excellent specimens of Odontoglossum 

 vexillarium, Masdevallia Lindenii, Cypripedium Swannianum, Cattleya Mossiae, 

 &c. Mr James was second in this class. 



Mr W. Bull was the only exhibitor of Odontoglossums, and received the 

 first prize for a highly creditable group. 



There were three classes for stove and greenhouse plants in flower : in the 

 open class for twelve, Messrs Jackson & Sons, Kingston, were placed first for 

 fine plants of Chorozema Lowii, Dracophyllum gracile, Anthurium Schertzeri- 

 anum, Pimelia Hendersonii, Erica depressa, Azaleas Due de Nassau and 

 Stella, Clerodendron Balfourianum, Hedaroma Fuchsioides, Aphelexis pur- 

 purea, and Macrantha rosea. Messrs Jackson & Sons were also first in the 

 Nurserymen's class for eight plants in flower. In the corresponding class for 

 amateurs, Mr J. Child, Garbrand Hall, Ewell, secured the first prize with a 

 very meritorious group. 



In the Amateurs' class for eight fine-foliage plants, Mr Rann, Handcross, 

 Sussex, was placed first with grand specimens of Crotons multicolor, varie- 

 gatum, and augustifolium, Areca sapida, Latania borbonica, Cycas revoluta, 

 Dasylirion glaucum, and Zamia Lehmannii. Mr Penfold also showed well in 

 this class, and obtained the second prize. 



