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gonium Wilsii. Mr May, gardener to Lady Ashburton, Melchet Court, Romsey, 

 sent two splendid spikes of Phalaenopsis Schilleriana, to which a special certificate 

 was awarded. 



Royal Horticultural Society, May 4.— This show had as its leading feature 

 Roses and Auriculas. Of the former, the best nine in pots were furnished by 

 Messrs Paul & Son, having Anna Alexieff, Vicomte Vigier, Camille Bernardin, and 

 Marechal Vaillant, Hybrid Perpetuals ; and of Bourbon, Noisette, and Tea Roses, 

 Madame Villermoz, Charles Lawson, President, Celine Forestier, and Madame 

 Margottin. The best collection of twelve Roses of 1867-68-69 came from Mr 

 Turner, who had Duke of Edinburgh, very fine ; Henri Lidechaux, bright rose, 

 very fine ; Madame la Baronne de Rothschild, pale rose, very fine ; Marie 

 Ducher, Madame Creyton, Madame Alice Dureaux, Clotilde Rolland, light pink, 

 very good ; Reine du Midi, Adrienne Christophle, a copper-coloured Tea Rose of 

 good quality ; Madame Clert, Dupuy Jamin, and Miss Ingram. A collection of 

 Roses in pots from Messrs Veitch & Sons was the feature of the show ; they were 

 remarkably well grown and flowered, and made a charming display. The speci- 

 mens shown by amateur cultivators were of somewhat poor quality. 



As on the last occasion, the exhibition of Auriculas was confined to Messrs Tur- 

 ner and James. Mr Turner was first with twelve varieties, and Mr James with 

 six varieties ; the former had Exhibitor, Colonel Champneys, Omega, a good, new, 

 white-edged flower; Miss Giddings, Sophia (Chapman), Stapleford Hero, General 

 Neill, Richard Headley, a very fine grey-edged flower ; Galatea, Earl of Shaftes- 

 bury, and Lancashire Hero: Mr James's flowers consisted of Superb, Conqueror 

 of Europe, Duke of Cambridge, True Briton, Lovely Ann, and Alma. Mr James 

 again staged a very fine lot of Alpine Auriculas, some of superb quality, and 

 highly coloured. 



Groups of plants were again plentifully produced. One of the most interesting 

 was a collection of hardy plants in flower, as well as hardy plants with ornamental 

 and variegated foliage, comprising some capital things of considerable merit. 



At both the foregoing exhibitions the contributions of fruit and vegetables con- 

 tained nothing calling for special remark. 



Royal Horticultural Society, May 18. — Ericas were a leading feature of 

 the show, and they made a very nice display, being also somewhat plentifully 

 produced. The leading varieties were Lindleyana, Ventricosa coccinea minor, 

 Eximea superba, Mutabilis, Ventricosa grandiflora, Ventricosa magnifica, Victoria, 

 Candolleana, and Aristata superba. Of the zonal Pelargoniums staged in this 

 occasion but little can be said in their praise, trained as they were to flat wire- 

 trellisses. In the nurseryman's class, Messrs Downie, Laird, & Laing were first 

 with six nice plants, consisting of Sultan, Comet, Countess of Strathmore, Ladies' 

 Pet, Rose Stella, and Duchess of Sutherland, all good and showy nosegay varie- 

 ties. Show Pelargoniums were pretty numerous, and fairly done ; the six Fancy 

 Pelargoniums exhibited by Mr Winsor, gardener to J. R. Ravenhill, Esq., were 

 remarkably fine— perhaps as fine as were ever before exhibited ; they were Mrs 

 Ford, Lady Craven, Madame Sainton Dolby, Godfrey Turner, Roi des Fantaisies, 

 and Ellen Beck. The best three double Pelargoniums came from Messrs Bell & 

 Thorpe, Stratford-on-Avon, and consisted of Gloire de Nancy, Hector, and 

 Madame Lemoine. The next best were Wilhelm Pfitzer, Marie Lemoine, and 

 Merveille de Lorraine, and came from Messrs Standish & Co. Decidedly the 

 best were Gloire de Nancy, Wilhelm Pfitzer, Madame Lemoine, and Marie 

 Lemoine. 



A group of beautiful new early-blooming hardy Clematises was staged by Mr 



