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Mr Ward, gardener to T. N. Miller, Esq., Bishop-Stortford, staged five mag- 

 nificent Pine Apples — viz., Queen's, Black Prince, and Envilles; and was first for 

 3 and 2 fruits respectively. Mr Potts, gardener to J. Knowles, Esq., had 

 some of the most finely-finished Black Hamburg Grapes we have yet seen, 

 grown on the spur system. 



Crystal Palace, Sydenham, June 11. — The ordinary leading plants of a great 

 show, somewhat the worse for wear in consequence of being knocked about at 

 several exhibitions, came out indifferently here in consequence. The leading 

 features were the table decorations and the variegated Pelargoniums. As a 

 general rule, the former were much too elaborate and heavy. There was too 

 much material in them — a very common fault. There were plenty of them, 

 and they were arranged on tables running along the centre of the nave. 



The best 12 variegated zonal Pelargoniums came from Mr Stevens, and con- 

 sisted of Imperatrice Eugenie, Charming Bride, Glen Eyre Beauty, Italia Unita, 

 Mabel Morris, and Gamos, silver-edged ; and Lady Cullum, Mrs Turner, Lucy 

 Grieve, Sophia Dumaresque, Sophia Cusack, and Countess of Tyrconnell, golden- 

 edged. The best 6 Gold and Bronze Zonals came from Messrs Downie, Laird, 

 & Laing, and were Prima Donna, Imperatrice Eugenie, Mrs Allan Lowndes, 

 Red Gauntlet, Crown Prince, and Black Douglas — all of their own raising. The 

 next best were Countess of Kellie, Black Knight, Cleopatra, Sybil, Red Ring, 

 and Stanstead Beauty. The best golden-edged variegated Zonal was Prince of 

 Wales, shown by Messrs Carter & Co. ; the next best, Ealing Rival ; the third 

 best, Achievement. Mr Turner had the best and second-best silver-edged 

 variety, in the former case staging Miss Pond, very fine ; and Mrs Rousby, very 

 good also. The best variegated Pelargonium — viz., with green leaves edged with 

 white — was Bright Star, from Mr Turner ; the second-best, May Queen. The best 

 gold and bronze Pelargonium was Reine Victoria — a beautiful variety, furnished 

 by Messrs Downie, Laird, & Laing. The best double-flowered Pelargoniums 

 were : Wilhelm Pfitzer, E. G. Henderson, Triomphe, Madame Lemoine, Marie 

 Lemoine, and Merveille de Lorraine. 



Most charming and deeply intei-esting was a group of Ixias, Sparaxis, Iris, 

 Tritonias, and many other beautiful plants of a similar character, staged by 

 Messrs Hooper & Co. , Covent Garden. Similar groups were also staged by this 

 firm at the great show of the Royal Horticultural Society. There was so much 

 of freshness and novelty about them that no wonder crowds of admirers were 

 continually in front of them : it was a fitting homage paid to some very beautiful 

 but sadly neglected plants. 



Royal National Tulip-Show. — The special character of this exhibition requires 

 we should give its details rather more space than we usually allot to horticultu- 

 ral shows. It was held at Cambridge, on the pleasant grounds of King's College, 

 on the 25th of May last, in connection with the first great show of the Cam- 

 bridge Horticultural Society. The itinerant character of this Society is well 

 known to many of our readers, holding its meetings in one locality one year, 

 and in another the following year, the arrangements being conducted by a local 

 committee appointed for the purpose. 



The premier prize was a silver cup, value 5 guineas, for the possession of which 

 there were five competitors, offered for 12 Tulips, 4 each of Bizarres, Bybloe- 

 mens, and Roses, two feathered and two flamed flowers of each. This was won 

 by Mr S. Barlow of Manchester with a fine stand of flowers, containing the fol- 

 lowing varieties : — 



