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t M«jr 9, 1987. 



and will cnntinue till the 14th, when the fourth series will com- 

 mence. The (irst class consisted of Indian Azaleas and Ehodo- 

 dendrons. The former formed a very creditable exhibition, 



but the plants were not so large as we are accustomed to see 

 at our London exhibitions, being rather of the kinds that 

 may be grown in eight and nine-inch pots. Messrs. Veitch and 



KEPEREUCK3 TO PLAN OF 

 EXniIilTIOX. 



1. Serre Monnraentnlo. 



2. Plftnt-houaes. 

 a. KioHks. 



4. Pwlice and Firemen. 



.5. Arborioullural Department. 



fi. Refresljinents. 



7. Orchcstm. 



8. Huminini; Birds. 



9. Kmpresa's Tent. 



10. OBice. 



11. Grotto. 



12. JIarine Aquarium. 



13. Botanical Diorama. 



II. Lake and Ornamental Water. 

 3 5. Fresb-wator Aquarium. 



16. Fruit and Vecetabies. 



17. Horticultural Implements. 

 1.^. Po^t OHice, Telegraph, Jury 



li'c. 

 Rural Pavilion. 



la. 



Eelgium. 



20. statue. 



21. Fine Arts. 



22. Cloait-room. 

 2S. Boilers. 



24. Workmen. 



25. Rttilwaj- Plant. 



Netherlands. 

 Diamond-cutting. 



2G 



31. Fine Arts, 



32. Carriages. 

 S3. Filters. 



Sons were there with some 

 of their large specimens, 

 which, in the elapses in 

 which they were exhibited, 

 surpassed, as might have 

 been expected, all others. 

 In the class for the best col- 

 lection there were three 

 exhibitors — M. Grange, of 

 Orleans, who had ninety- 

 five plants ; M. Van Acher, 

 of Kcs, near Corbeil, who 

 had 240 ; and Messrs. Thi- 

 baut & Keteleer, of Paris, 

 who had 185. Although 

 „, M. Van Acher's collection 



was the most numerous, that of Thibaut it Keteleer was so 

 much superior to it, and the plants so much better bloomed. 



V rthey received the first prize, M. Van Acher second, and M, 

 Grange third. In the class for fifty varieties, MM. Ambroise 

 Verscbaffelt, and Dominique Vervaene, of Ghent, were the only 

 exhibitors, and both collections were highly meritorious ; but 

 M. Vervaene carried off the first prize, the plants being de- 

 cidedly better bloomed. 



In the class for six specimens remarkable for their size there 

 were three exhibitors, M. Joseph Vervaene and M. Graet- 

 Brac, of Ghent ; and Messrs. Veitch & Sons, of London. The 

 plants of the last were far beyond those of either of the other 

 exhibitors, and, consequentlj', received the lirst prize. The 

 admiration which these plants excited to the wondering eyes 

 of the Parisians, was expressed in the most enthusiastic terms. 

 In the class for twelve varieties sent into commerce since 1865, 

 M.Vandergruyssen, of Ghent, was first ; JI. Dominique Vervaene 

 second; and Madame Leon Maenhaut, all of Ghent, third. 

 For seedlings there were five exhibitors, the successful ones 

 being Dominique Vervaene, of Ghent, who had a first prize for 

 Comtesse de Flandres, and a second for M. Barillet ; and 

 M. Beukelaer had a third prize for a double rose and a double 

 white variety. For the best flowered specimen combined with 

 good culture there were sis exhibitors, but the competition was 

 confined to M. Dominique Vervaene aud Messrs. Veitch and. 

 Sons. The former was the successful exhibitor, and Messrs. 

 Veitch came second, but the difference between them was only 

 one point ; both specimens were very handsome. 



The exhibition of Rhododendrons was of a very poor de- 

 scription, both as regards the plants and the flowers. There 

 was not in all the collections a single flower tliat would have 

 passed muster at any meeting of the Floral Committee, aud 



