190 THE GARDENER. [April 



Dickens, Marie, Grand Lilas, and General Havelock, blue ; Haydn, mauve ; Von 

 Schiller, Macaulay, Florence Nightingale, Due de Malakoff, and Emmeline, 

 red ; Ida, yellow ; and Mont Blanc, white. By the same firm the sum of two 

 guineas was offered on the same conditions for 12 pots of Tulips, distinct ; and 

 Mr T. A. Steel was first with a capital set, comprising Van der Neer, Keizer 

 Kroon, Tournesol, White Pottebakker, Due d'Aremberg, Proserpine, Bruid van 

 Haarlem, Cottage Maid, Jaght van Rotterdam, Vermillion Brilliant, Chryslora, 

 and Couleur Cardinal, all single ; and Tournesol, double. Mr Weir had some 

 good flowers also, especially Queen of Violets, Proserpine, Joost van Vondel, 

 Couleur Cardinal, and Chryslora. Collections of Narcissi and Crocuses, both of 

 indifferent character, were staged also. 



Splendid groups of Orchids were furnished by Messrs Veitch & Sons, Lord Lon- 

 desborough, and B. S. Williams, comprising some very fine examples of many of the 

 rarer kinds. Attractive as the Hyacinths were, yet the visitors lingered about the 

 Orchids, and no one wondered they did so. Among them was a splendid example 

 of Phalrenopsis Schilleriana, and some beautiful forms of the chaste Odontoglos- 

 sum Alexandra. Particularly noticeable was a fine group of Palms, &c, for table 

 decoration, contributed by Mr J. W. Wimsett of Chelsea. The tallest of the 

 Palms were on nice stems, and underneath their elegant drooping fronds were 

 placed flowering-plants of Hoteia japonica, with here and there a dark-foliaged 

 Dracpena by way of contrast, the group edged with the drooping grass-like Isolepis 

 tenella. A charming group of spi'ing-flowering plants was contributed by Mr T. 

 S. Ware, Hall Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, containing pans of Scilla bifolia, S. 

 bifolia alba, S. Siberica, Saxifraga oppositifolia major, a very pretty dwarf free- 

 blooming species ; Hepaticas, &c. Two large groups of Tulips in pots were also 

 furnished by Messrs Barnaart & Eldering of Haarlem, Holland, that had travelled 

 the distance remarkably well, and made a very effective display. 



In the way of fruit there were some excellent dessert and kitchen Apples — the 

 latter being especially fine and well preserved ; and Mr W. Thomson, Dalkeith, 

 sent bunches of his new white Grape Lady Downes, taken from a Vine on its own 

 roots, also from one grafted on the black Lady Downes. In the last-named 

 case the berries were rather smaller, but were considered to have the best 

 flavour. 



In addition to Mr William Paul's spring display at the Royal Horticultural Gar- 

 dens — a most attractive show in itself — Messrs W. Cutbush & Son make a similar 

 display at the Crystal Palace, and all the resources of this firm are brought into 

 requisition to enrich their exhibition. Each of these remains open to public view 

 for some ten or twelve days, and must do much in the way of making flowers of 

 this character extremely popular. It may be also stated in this connection that 

 the show of the Royal Horticultural Society on the 16th inst. made the fifteenth 

 time that Messrs W. Cutbush & Son had exhibited Hyacinths, and the thirteenth 

 time they had been awarded the premier prize for Hyacinths. 



BOOKS, &c, Received. 



The Food Journal for March. The Gardener's Magazine for March. 



Report on the Planting and Laying Out op the Thames Embankment. 

 By Alexander M'Kenzie. Presented to the Parks, &c. Committee of the Metro- 

 politan Board of Works. 



Horticultural Calendar and Gardeners' Diary for 1870. Letts, Son, 



