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front generally low, and a raised pathway along the back to 

 enable tlie gardener to give air, inspect the plants, and water 

 them with a long-spouted watering-pot. The pathway need not 

 be raised much if the pit is sunk, which it can be -nnthout any 

 disadvantage in perfectly dry ground, but not in wet ground. 



Fig. 3 represents a Pine house with a path along the back, 

 the roof over which may be of slates or any other material 

 that is cheaper than glass, as it is not necessarily wanted to 

 give Ught. The pathway is 2 feet 6 inches wide, including the 

 space for the two pipes as shown. There are also two pipes in 

 front separated from the heating bed by a boarded partition, 

 the same as described for the pit. The glass roof may be 

 entirely fixed if required, some contrivance being made at the 

 lidge for the ventilation, which is not shown in the drawing. 

 The back wall of the heating bed may only be as high as is 

 required for the heating material, and being half a brick 

 thick, may be finished off with a timber coping the same as in 

 Jig. 1, but in this case small pillars at distances, say, of 6 feet 

 ■will be wanted to support the roof, as shown in the section. 

 These pillars may either be of wood or iron ; those of the house 

 {Jig. 1) ai-e necessarily of the latter material, as they are partly 

 buried in the tan bed, which would speedily destroy wooden 

 pillars. The other features of the house will be easily under- 

 stood. The entrance is opposite the pathway, and the end may 

 be all brickwork, although if made of glass from the top of the 

 pots upwards it will be aU the better. The heating material is 

 the same as in the other cases. 



Besides the structiu'es above described there are many others, 

 some of them affording better means of inspecting the plants. 

 Houses consisting of a central bed with a spacious pathway 

 all round look very well, but as the cost of heating a pinery is 

 very considerable to all but those who live within a short dis- 

 tance of a coal-pit, I have thought it advisable to recommend 

 that every inch of the space heated should be occupied by plants, 

 reducing the space for paths to the utmost. In some houses 

 there is only a path through the middle, and a bed on each 

 side. This class of house is very convenient, and when in 

 connection with others of a like character used for other pur- 

 poses, answers very w?ll. 



Pines are also often grown in the centre bed of a Grape house, 

 the Vines being trained under the rafters, leaving a considerable 

 amount of open space under the centre of each light ; but it is 

 better to have a house entirely for Pines, for in winter the 

 latter require heat, whUe the Vines ought to be at rest. The 

 Pine Apple is an accommodating plant, and will endure a 

 great amount of hard usage, but true economy will be dis- 

 played in not overtaxing its endurance, and a more satisfactory 

 as well as a cheaper result would be obtained by giving it some 

 kind of plain structure to itself, or if associated with other in- 

 mates let them be like those mentioned at the beginning of this 

 article. I have often seen young plants growing on a dung- 

 lieated bed in summer, and firmer and broader-leaved plants 

 it would be difficult to see than they usually were, but they 

 will not winter in such a place, and decay soon sets in when 

 the dark days come on. — J. Robson. 



BOYAL nORTICULTUBAL SOCIETY. 



June 5th, 6th, and 7th. 



This Show, which opened yesterday, and will be continued 

 to-day and to-morrow, promises to !)e one of the most successful 

 the Society has ever held in London. The weather the first 

 'day was true June weather, not that mingling of winter and 

 spring which we have so long had. The company was nume- 

 rous — extremely numerous — and that which they came to see 

 was well worthy of being seen. The plants were well grown 

 and splendidly bloomed ; the fruit equally good, and by those 

 not in the tents in the morning simply unapproachable. The 

 ■fruit always is. This obstructiveness is a tendency of the 

 daughters of Eve, and the sons of Adam give way — nay, are 

 obliged to do so. There was in addition the attraction of Mr. 

 Anthony Waterer's Exhibition of Rhododendrons, to which we 

 shall refer hereafter. 



Stove and Gbeenhouse Plants. — Foremost among the many 

 fine collections of these is that of twelve from Mr. Baines, 

 gardener to H. Micholls, Esq., Southgate. This contains a 

 plant of Ixora coccinea upwards of 4 feet high, and about 3 feet 

 in diameter, bearing a profusion of magnificent heads of bloom, 

 many of them quite 6 inches across — the plant is only two years 

 and nine months old from the cutting. Ixora aurantiaca, Sta- 

 ■tice profusa, Aphelexis macrantha pui-purea and humiUs rosea, 

 and Franciscea confertiflora are also very fine. Anthurium 

 Scherzerianum has eighteen splendid large spathes. Erica 

 tricolor "Wilsoni, Cavendishii, and the other specimens in this ' 



collection are also of high merit, especially Dracophyllum gracile 

 minus. The group received, as it well deserved, the first prize, 

 the second going to Mr. J. Wheeler, gardener to J. Phillpott, 

 Esq., Stamford Hill, who has very good plants of Franciscea 

 confertiflora, Clerodendron Balfourianum, Aphelexis humiUs 

 rosea, Acrophyllum venosum, and others. Mr. Donald, gar- 

 dener to J. G. Barclay, Esq., Leyton, is third with a gi-eat bush 

 of Erica Cavendishii, Stephanotis floribunda in fine bloom, 

 Clerodendron Balfourianum, Dracophyllum gracile, Aphelexis 

 humilis rosea, and Rhynchospermum jasminoides. 



In the amateurs' class for six (Class 2), Mr. Baines is again 

 first, showing a magnificent specimen of Erica ventricosa coc- 

 cinea minor fully 4i feet in diameter, in the most profuse 

 bloom ; Hedaroma tiilipiferum, also large and in splendid con- 

 dition; and Ixora aurantiaca, gorgeous mth its rich reddish- 

 orange heads of bloom. The other plants in this collection are 

 a large and fine specimen of the Cavendish Heath, a fine Azalea 

 Iveryana, and an excellent specimen of Boronia pinnata. Mr. 

 J. Ward, gardener to F. G. WiUdns, Esq., Leyton, is second 

 •with, among others, a splendid specimen of the beautiful rose 

 Dipladeiua amabihs, and fine examples of Dracophyllum gracile, 

 Aphelexis macrantha purpurea, and Hedaroma tulipiferum. 

 Mr. Kemp, gardener to the Duke of Northumberland, Albury 

 Park, Guildford, is third. 



In the nurserymen's class for six, Messrs. Jackson & Son, 

 Kingston, are first; and Mr. WiUiams, Hollo-way, second. These 

 groups contain fine specimens of Aphelexis macrantha pur- 

 purea, Azalea Coronata, Anthurium Scherzerianum, and Heaths. 



In Class 4, for amateurs who have not previously taken the 

 Society's prize for stove and greenhouse plants, Mr. Bones, gar- 

 dener to D. Mcintosh, Esq., is the only exhibitor, and takes a 

 first prize, having a very good Anthurium Scherzeriammi, but 

 several of the spathes past their best, and well-grown small 

 specimens of Rhynchospermum jasm in oides, Clerodendron Bal- 

 fourianum, and others. 



Class 5, was for twenty stove and greenhouse plants in 12-inch 

 pots. Here Messrs. Jackson are first -with well-gro-wn Heaths, 

 Aphelexids, Pimeleas, Acrophyllum venosum, Clerodendron 

 Ksempferi, and Hedaromas, for the most part in excellent 

 bloom. The second place is taken by Mr. Ward, who has neat 

 specimens in fine bloom, notably Adenandra fragrans, Alla- 

 manda Wardleana or Hendersoni, Statice profusa, Franciscea 

 Lindeni, Rhynchospermum, Clerodendron Balfourianum, Dra- 

 cophyllum gTacUe, Hedaroma Hookerianum, &c. Mr. Kemp, 

 .\lbury Park, is third. For nine plants in 12-inch pots, the 

 prizes went to Mr. J. Wlieeler, Mr. G. Wheeler, gardener to 

 Sir F. H. Goldsmid, Bart., and Mr. Kemp. 



Fine-foluged Plants. — Of fine-foUaged there are nrmierous 

 noble specimens, and none more so than those in the group of 

 nine sho^wn by Mr. Baines. In this are his two remarkable 

 Sarracenias — Drummondi alba and flava — which have before 

 been fully described, Croton variegatum large and beautifully 

 coloured, fine plants of Yucca variegata, Theophrasta imperiaUs, 

 and noble examples of Dasyhrion acrotrichum and Rhopala cor- 

 covadense, together -with CordyUne indi^visa and Acanthophcenix 

 crinita. M. Alexis DalliSre, of Ghent, is second -n-ith Draca>na 

 lineata, canniefoha, Livistonia borbonica, and Marantas. The 

 third prize goes to Mr. G. Wheeler, gardener to Sir F. H. Gold- 

 smid, Bart., Regent's Park. For six Mr. W. Cole, gardener to 

 J. S. Budgett, Esq., EaUug Park, is first with a fine Croton 

 variegatiun, a grand plant of DraciEna austrahs, and Pandanus 

 javanicus variegatus. Second comes Mr. Donald with Pandanus 

 elegantissimus very fine, a large Latania borbonica, Marauta 

 Veitchii, and Yucca aloifoha variegata. The third prize is 

 taken by Mr. F. HiU, gardener to H. Taylor, Esq., Avenue Road, 

 Regent's Park, with a fine Croton variegatirm, Pandanus Van- 

 dermerschii, Latania borbonica, Maranta Veitchii, and other 

 plants, all of them excellent specimens. For twenty Mr. Bull 

 is first -with a fine plant of the beautifully variegated Curcuhgo 

 recurvata, Dracasnas, Pahns, and Encephalartos Vroomii. 



Orchids. — In the open class for twelve Exotic Orchids, Mr. 

 J. Ward is first with a good pot of Odontoglossum Alexandras 

 and O. Bluntii, Cypripediimi Stonei with one fine spike, and 

 Dendrobium McCarthise, a species -with very handsome flowers. 

 Mr. W. Bull, of King's Road Chelsea, is second -with, amongst 

 others, the singiilar Oncidium cryptocopis, Cypripediums Euper- 

 biens (Veitchii), and Hookerii. Mr. J. Wheeler is thu-d. Of 

 six Exotic Orchids (amateurs), Mr. G. Wheeler is the only 

 exhibitor, and gains the first prize. In the nurserymen's 

 class, Mr. B. S. Williams, Upper HoUoway, exhibits a splendid 

 group — Saccolabium guttatum HoUordianum -with seven highly- 

 coloured spikes ; Vanda tricolor SchiUeriana, with two splendid 

 spikes, twelve flowers on a spike; Cattleya Warneri, Ai-rides 

 Lobbii, &c. Mr. Bull is second ; in his collection is a fine On- 

 cidium macranthum hastiferum. Messrs. Jackson, Kingston, 

 are third. Mr. Bull shows the best single specimen, Epidendrum 

 syringothyrsus. 



Heaths. — Of these there is a remarkably fine display, very 

 much that is extremely good, nothing bad. The best six, from 

 Mr. Ward, comprise fine plants of tricolor WUsoni, elegaus, and 



