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E. Stanley, white grounds. Messrs. Downie, Lainl, A" Laing, also 

 exhibited blooms of Imperial Blue, purplish blue, with a yellow eye 

 and a dark blotch ou the lower petal. This variety, which has been 

 exhibited on several previous occasions and taken certificates, pro- 

 mises to be useful for bedding. 



Collections of fine-foliaged and flowering plants from Mr. Williams, 

 Holloway, Mr. Wheeler, gardener to Sir F. Goltlsmid, Bart., and 

 Mr. Burley, Bayswater, received prizes in the order named, and com- 

 prised Croton variegatmn, Yucca aloifolia varie^ata, and Cordyline 

 indivisa, all of which were flue specimens ; Imantopliyllum miniiitum 

 with eight heads of bloom, Eriostemon pulchellum, Azaleas, the 

 pretty rosy-flowered Adunandra fragrans, Alocasia metallica, varie- 

 gated Pandauus javanicus. Palms, and Dracituas. Mr. Williams also 

 had an extra prize for a miscellaneous collection, in wliich were the 

 beaatifuUy-striped Yucca quadricolor, good specimens of Ag'ive tilifera, 

 Dasylirion acrotrichum, Todea superba. Palms, Orchids, the scarlet- 

 spathed Antbnrium Scherzcriauum, and some otherj)lants. 



Of new and rare plants Mr. Bull furnished a rattier numerous col- 

 lection, comprising Rogeria gratissima, Chaniperops melanoeautha in 

 flower, Saurauja sarapigiensis with bold reddish bronze-like foliage, 

 Bertolonia marj^aritacea, Diett'enbacliia Weirii with dark green folia;ne 

 mottled with yellowish green, AthjTium proliferura, an elegant stovo 

 Feru from Ceylun ; also the following, which received first-class certifi- 

 cates — viz., Coprosma Baueriana variegata. a New Zealand plant, with 

 obovate leaves broadly edged with yellow ; Dioscorea discolor variegata, 

 with leaves richly mottled with brown and green ; Anajctochilus Dayii 

 dark green, veined with red ; A. petola marmorea, deep brownish green, 

 with beautiful pale green, almost silvery markings ; Terminalia elegans, 

 with dark-veined pale gi'een trifoliate leaves, having narrow leaflets 

 witli red midribs; and Adiantum Lindeui. a handsome robust-looking 

 stove Fern. Second-class certificates were given for Athyrium costale 

 dissectum. a pretty Kast Indian Fern, and Azalea Queen of Koses 

 with large rosy crimson flowers. The latter being also shown by Mi\ 

 Williams under the name of Reine des Roses, a similar award was 

 made to him. To Mr. Williams first-class certificates were awarded 

 for StenochliEua hetcromorpha aud Amaryllis aurantiacum, the latter 

 having sliowy orange red flowers, with a greenish white centre ; and 

 apparently the same variety in a smaller state came from Mr. Ward, gar- 

 nener to F. G. Wilkins, Esq., Leyton. Mr. Wilcock, gardener to Dr. 

 Pattison, St. John's Wood, exhibited a Dendrobium called Farmeii 

 aureum-tiavnm, but resembling D. chiysotoxnm, the little white- 

 flowered D. Heyneanum. and the showy orauge-flowered D. Cam- 

 hridgeannm. Lastly, Mr. Burley exhibited a plant belonging to that 

 curious genus Xylophylla, in which the flowers are borne on the mar- 

 gins of the flattened leaf-like branches, as in the specimen shown. 



Among miscellaneous subjects extra prizes were awarded to Mr. 

 James for a collection of British Ferns, aud to Mr. Bull for two plants 

 of Agave filifera, each globular and about IS inches in diameter, and 

 the two so nearly alike that it would be almost impossible to distinguish 

 one from the other. An extra prize was also awarded to Mr. Gardiner, 

 gardener to Sir G. Phillips, Bart.. Shipston-on-Stour, for a good dish of 

 Peaches for the season. Mr. Wiggins contributed some fine Polyan- 

 thuses, Mr. Ward, gardener to F. G. Wilkins, Esq., Cattleya citrina 

 with five of its showy yellow flowers, aud Messrs. Ivei-y a basketful of 

 Azalea Fascination, a beautiful variety with rose-coloured flowers 

 broadly edged with white, aud richly spotted in the upper segments. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Dr. Masters devoted his concluding lecture on Saturday last, to 

 the consideration of the Flower. After pointing out the various parts 

 and remarldug that some are useful for protection and others for at- 

 tracting insects, he said that the numerous forms which the flower 

 assumes may partly be explained on the same principles as those on 

 which the leaves are arranged. If the parts of the flower are few 

 and even in number, they are usually arranged iu pairs crossing each 

 other ; but if they are manj', or the number is odd, 3 or 5, the ar- 

 rangement is spiral. Thus, as a rule, the organs are so placed as 

 not to interfere with each other, and where this rule is departed from 

 there is either a great disproportion iu the size of the organs, or their 

 direction is different. 



After touching on the causes which lead to de^•iations from what 

 may be taken as a standard of a perfect flower, in which all the parts 

 are present, and which were explained by the union or suppression of 

 parts, the disproportionate growth of some parts of the flower as con- 

 trasted with that of others, was referred to as a frequent cause of 

 variation in the shape of flowers. With reference to double flowers 

 their peculiarities were stated to be principally duo to the substitution 

 of petals for stamens and pistils, and to the multiplication of the 

 numbers of parts. Thus, the lecturer remarked, while the general 

 plan of construction in flowers is simple and uniform, great diver- 

 gences in matters of detail are pro%'ided for with a view to the woU- 

 heiug of the individual plant, or of the community to which it belongs. 



at iid. to Is. per oz., when it is a well-kuown fact that they 

 have been selling at 5^. per oz. fur some time.— A Constant 

 Subscriber. 



[Our quotations are correct, and have been since Strawber- 

 ries came in; the retailers are buying them at Os. to 10.^*. per 

 lb., and selling them at 8**. to 16.s-. per lb., aud will supply " A 

 Constant Subscribf.r" with any qaautity at those prices. We 

 are sorry that country purchasers have been so victimised. 

 —Eds.] 



PRICK OF STRxVAVB1:RRIES. 



I WAS surprised on referring to your list of prices of vege- 

 tables and fruit of April 24tli, to see Strawberries quoted 



PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION. 



We have not been unmindful of those portions of this Exbi- 

 bition which are entitled to a notice in these pages, and we 

 shall give of them a fuU report. At present we shall do no more 

 than detail the awards of prizes to the second series of ex- 

 hibitors from April 15th to April 30th. The third series 

 commenced on the Ist inst. 



GENERAL EXHIBITION OF CONIFERS. 

 Ornamental Conifers in pots, baskets, or planted out before March Slst 



1. Collection of species and varieties. 



First prize, M. Deseine, Bougivah Second, MM. Defresne et filS, 

 Vitry. Third, M. Oudin, Lisieux. Honom-able mention, MM. 

 Paillet fils, Chnteuay ; Croux et lils, Sceaux; Moreau, Fontenay. 



2. Fifty out-door species aud varieties. 



First prize. Messrs. Veitch it Sons, London. Second, M. Morlet, Avon, 

 near Fontainebleau. Third, MM. Jamin et Durand, Bourg-la- 

 Reine. Honourable mention, M. Rcmont, Versailles. 



3. Twelve distinct species remarkable for their selection and 

 growth. 



Second prize, M. Cbaroze, u la Pyramide, Ansers. Third, M. Alfroy 

 neveu, Lieusaint (Seine-et-Marne). Honourable mention, M. 

 Cochois. 



4. Six specimens, diSerent kinds, for the decoration of 

 gardens. 



First prize, M. Cochet, Suisne. Second, M. Reraout, Versailles. 

 Honourable mention, M. AUroy-Duguet, Lieusaint (Seine-et- 

 Mamc). 



5. The best single specimen. 



First prize, M. Cocher, for a Thuja gii^antea. Second, Krelaf|o et 

 fUs, Haarlem, for a Picea Nordmanuiana. Third, M. Oudin, for 

 a Picea pinsapo. Honourable mention, M. Alfroy neveu, for 

 a Pinus 8abiuiaua. 



0. Twenty-five different kinds of Abies remarkable for their 

 growth and selection. 



Third prize, M. Paillet fils. 



7. Recently introduced species. 



First prize. M. Adrien Seneclauze, Bourg-Argeutal (Loire). Se- 

 cond, Messrs. Veitch & Sons. Third, MM Tbibaut et Kete- 

 leer, Paris. Honourable mention, MM. Paillet fils, Paris; 

 Oudin, Lisieux. 



8. Collection of New Hardy Conifers not jet sent out. 



First prize, Messrs. Veitch ifeSons. Third, M. Oudin. Honom-able 

 mention, M Adrien Seneclauze. 



9. Araucarias remarkable for their size. 



Third prize, M. Daudin. Pouilly, (Oise). Honournble mention, M 

 Ivnigbt, Cb;\teau de Pontcbartrain (Seine-et-Oise). 



10. Collection of Araucaria imbricata. 

 Second prize, M. Oudin. 



In what are termed the accessory classes the following awards 

 were made : — 



HOTHOUSE PLANTS. 



1. Collection of twenty different plants in or out of flower. 

 First prize, M. Chantin, Montrouge. 



2. Collection of twelve plants remarkable for size aud good 

 cultivation. 



Third prize, M. Lnssus, Paris. 



3. Collection of six plants remarkable for size and good 

 cultivation. 



First prize, M. A. Verschaffelt. Ghent. 



CACTI. 



1. Collection of species and varieties. 



First tjrize, M. Cels, Chauss^e du Maine, Paris. Second, M. PferS- 

 '•..rff. Avenue de Saint-Uuen, Paris. Thu'd, M. Ramus. 



2. Col ectiou of twenty-five species. 

 F=rst prize. M. Pfersdorff. 



3. Coilection of twelve species. 



First prize, M. Ramus. 



4. Species and varieties grafted. 

 First prize, M. Pfersdorfl'. 



5. Collection of twenty-five species or varieties, grafted or 

 not, in flower. 



Third prize, M. Pfersdorflf, 



6. Species and varieties of Cereus. 

 First prize, M. Gels. 



SELAGINELLAS. 



New species or varieties. 



Second prize, Messrs. Veitch & Sons. Third, M. J. A. WilUnk, 

 Amsterdam. 



