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pearoil too great a similarity amonijj them, and no advancn on last 

 year's seedlings. Mr. Turner, Slua^h, received a Bocond-class cer- 

 tificate for a very pretty Fancy l*elttrgoninm Madame Vilda, a very 

 deep carmine flower with a pure wiiite centre. This plant wiU improve 

 apon aequiliutanre and become a favourite. Mr. Wiggins sent nine 

 seedling Shovr Pelargoniums — Hermit was awarded a tirst-clas-s cortili- 

 cate, Filomt-'ua a secoad-clas.s ctjrtificate. The gardener to J. U. 

 Ramhill, I'jsq , WaltUainstow, sent throe promising Zonal Pelar- 

 goniums, but the pl.iuts were too small to justify any award. Messrs. 

 Ivery received tirst-class certiticate,* for Polyatichum angulare oxy- 

 phyllitm, Athyrinm Filix-fuMuina plumosum raultitidum, the Axmin- 

 ater variety of A. Filix-fiemiua pluinosam, and A. Filix-fiemLnatiirdlo- 

 stonii. Mr. Watnon exhibited again his Nosegay Pelargonium Excel- 

 sior, which is not sulliciently distinct from other varieties. Messrs. 

 Salter, Versailles Nursery, were awarded a first-class certificate for 

 a beautiful variegated plant, Coerosma Baueriana variegata. Mr. 

 Uohert Veitch, Exeter, sent two magnificent specimens of Adiantum 

 Farleyense and .^.iliantum species, probably a seedling from the former. 

 Mr. Stone, gardener to ,T. Day, Esq., exhibited a new and very magni- 

 ficent variety of Cypripedium Stouei, with much broader petals and 

 stripes in the wings — a decided improvement on C. Stonei. It received 

 a first-class certitieato. He also exhibited Cattleya Dowii, a superb 

 plant, which had received a first-clasi ; Epideudmm vitelliaum majus ; 

 and Oucidium Krameriannm, hut which was said to be O. papilio 

 pictam. Messrs. E. tr. Heudersoa sent a large group of interesting 

 plants very prettily aiTanged, edged with a doable row of their Pyre- 

 thrum aureum, or Golden Feather. A special certificate was awarded. 

 Mr. D. Ferguson, "Whitton, Hounslow, sent a collection of Petunias ; 

 Mr. "VV. Paul, Nosegay Pelargoniums Blue Bell, Crimson Queen, Little 

 Crem, all of which have been noticed before. 



Mr. James Clarke, Bury St. Edmunds, sent a very singular seedling 

 Pink, a deep rose colour, tine smooth petals. It came without a 

 name ; the Committee named it Chirke's Rose Pink, and awarded it a 

 second-class certificate. It is a very pretty and useful variety. A 

 short history of its origin would be very interesting. Mr. Mann, 

 Brentwood, sent some very pretty seedling Zonal Pelargoniums. First- 

 class certificates were awarded to Mimas, a beautiful light orange 

 scarlet, a fine-formed fiower ; Uosabel was a distinct colour, but rough, 

 as exhibited on Tuesday. Messrs. F. & A. Smith, Dulwich, exhibited 

 two collections of Zonals, the one with plain foliage, the other con- 

 sisting of some of their best Versicolors or Tricolors. This collec- 

 tion was not entered for the examiiiation of the Committee, and con- 

 sequently the various seedlings in it received no award. Among the 

 twenty sent, L'Empcreur, Louisa Smith, Imperatrico Eugenie, Queen 

 Victoria, Meteor, and Prince of Wales appeared to be plants of great 

 merit, and will please all who umy be desirous of purchasing them. 

 Mr. Bull sent Zonal Pelargonium Valiant, Petunia Ofiicial, a striped 

 variety, Pyrethrum aureum, and Lobelia Rosy Gem. 



Weekly Show, Jatic l.<i(. — Pri-es were offered for collections of 

 French Pelargoniums (amateurs). Orchids, miscellaneous plants (open), 

 and for the best exhibition of fruit. Mr. A. Wilkie, gardener, Oak 

 Lodge, Addison Road, Kensington, was awarded a second prize for 

 Pelargoniums, and also a first prir.e for collection of miscellaneous 

 plants ; an extra prize was also awarded Mr. Wilkie for a collection of 

 Ferns and Heaths. A third prize was obtained by Mr. W. Bartlett, 

 Shaftesbury Road, Hammersmith, for Pelargoniums, and an extra 

 pri:^e for collection of Maiden-hair Ferns. Mr. Bartlett exhibited a 

 ceillectiou of miscellaneous plants, and also a collection of hardy 

 Ferns. An extra prize was awarded Mr. Niell, Rivington, Lancashire, 

 for a box of seedling Calceolaria blooms ; and Mr. W. Earley, gar- 

 dener to F. Pryor, Esq., Digswell, Welwyn, Herts, gained an extra 

 prize for a collection of vegetables. From the Society's garden, at 

 Chiswick, an interesting collection was exhibited of Gloxinias, Caleeola- 

 rins, Petunias, Sedum variegatum, ii;c. 



season was in everybody's month," a change might suddenly 

 come, and not alone rudely check this unseasonable develop- 

 ment o( fronds, but do (or the plants altogether. 'Well, a change 

 did come, and with a vengeance, too ! A Christmas-eve and a 

 Chriatmas-day mild and warm almost to oppressiveness ; a 

 New Year'a-day of bitter cold and snow, the former increasing 

 in intensity until but four days later the mercury on the other 

 Bide of the Irish Channel fell below zero, and here (Ireland) 

 it was not many degrees above it. 



■We anxiously, but almost hopelessly, looked for tidings of the 

 tree Ferns at Kilronau. We should have previously mentioned 

 that the kinds Bubjectod to exposure were Cyathea medullaris, 

 a noble Fern, and further remarkable as the one whose pith, 

 formed a staple article of food of the Maori, and C. dealbata 

 the most light and airy, as well as, perhaps, the loftiest, of the 

 New Zealand tree Ferns, its stems often reaching the height of 

 40 or more feet. In the course of this week Dr. de Eicci placed 

 in our hands a portion of a frond of the latter, received from 

 Lady Louisa Tenison, and which she had just taken from the 

 specimen of C. dealbata that had been exposed to the Siberian 

 rigours of the past winter, and had come through entirely un- 

 scathed. It appears, in fact, it was the plant that had not a, 

 shadow of protection that is now in such fine condition. The 

 portion of frond lying before us is as fresh-looking as possible, 

 and not even in the least browned or discoloured, and we are in- 

 formed the young growths above alluded to are coming away 

 quite uninjured. Ou the other hand, C. medullaris succumbed 

 to the severity, and is gone. That Kilronan this year did not 

 enjoy any special immunity from very severe frosts may be in- 

 ferred from the fact that its beautiful lake was frozen to the 

 depth of several inclies, and traversed as a roadway by the 

 people. — [Iriih Fanner's Gazette.) 



ACCLIMATISATION OF NE-W ZEAI;AND 

 TREE FERNS. 

 The hardihood of two or three species of the New Zealand 

 tree Ferns has been rather severely tested at Kilronan, Co. 

 Eoscommon. the beautiful residence of Colonel and Lady Louisa 

 Tenison. We say severely tested, for there did not apjiear to 

 be any special precautions taken in their favour when placed 

 out of doors. They must have had goodly stems, iuasmuch as 

 her ladyship had received them from a friend, direct from New 

 Zealand, some years previously, and it was their having out- 

 grown their house aceommodalicu at Kilronan that suggested 

 the idea, and w;i,s the immediate cause of subjecting them to 

 the ordeal. It appears they had done famously, aud, as may be 

 imagined, formed charming objects out of doors through the 

 summer, and continued to be such up to Christmas, when they 

 were actually putting forth from their crowns a new growth of 

 their crosier-like fronds, and their pushing at that season 

 formed one of the most serious grounds of apprehension for 

 their safety ; for though up to that period " the mildness of the 



INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 

 EXHIBITION OF 1M(!0. 

 It is gratifying to be able to announce the highly satisfactory 

 conclusion to the Great Horticultural Exhibition of 1866. In 

 the correspondence whicli follows, the arrangements which the 

 Executive Committee have finally made will, we doubt not, 

 meet with the approval of all who are interested in the advance- 

 ment of horticultural and botanical knowledge, by the establish- 

 ment of what will henceforth be known as " the Lindley Library." 

 Since the dispersion of tlie rich library the Eoyal Horticultural 

 Society formerly possessed, there has been no place where the 

 horticulturist could go f(.r reference to works that are not in 

 everyday use ; and from the central position at South Kensing- 

 ton, and the facilities that will be aflorded to readers, the Lindley 

 Library must become a great boon to all who would desire to 

 make use of the advantanges it oilers. 



" Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, April 11, 1867. 

 " Sir,— I am desired by the Executive Committee of the Inter- 

 national Horticultural Exhibition, to forward you tho enclosed copy 

 of certain proposals for the lUsposal of the surplus funds now in its 

 hands, adopted at its last meeting, and through which it is trusted the 

 Society will derive some permanent benefit in acknowledgment of the 

 facilities granted by your Council to the Committee at the time the 

 extension of the Great Show -.vas thought desirable. 



" May I heg that you will lay the proposals before the Council at 

 the earliest opportunity, and that you will as soon as possible acquaint 

 me with its reply '/ " I am Sir, your obedient servant, 



"Thomas Mooek. 

 " To the Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society." 

 ExTR.iCT from Minutes of Executive CoM:jrrTEE, Ejibodyixg 

 THE Proposals above Referred to. 

 " 1, That the snrjilus fumls realised at the International Horticul- 

 tural Exhibition of ISOG, he applied to the establishment of a per- 

 manent horticultural and botanical library, to be vested in seven 

 Trustees, as hereinafter mentioned, and to he called The LmdJey 

 Library, in memory of the late Dr. Lindley and his zealous devotion 

 to tlie cause of horticultural aud botanical science. ^ t ■ j 



'• 2, £6i)0 of this saq)lus to be appUed to the purchase of Dr. Lmd- 

 ley's own library. As it appears that tho Royal Horticultural Society 

 has already provisionally secured possession of this collection with a 

 view to prevent its d!s;iersioii. the Society to surrender it to the Trus- 

 tees absolutely, in consideration of being repaid the sum of £600 in 

 question. 



"3, The Society to consent to the Library now proporel to bo formed, 

 being placed Jn the Council-room during the period of the contmnanca 

 of then- lease under the Royal Commissioners for tho Exliibition of 

 1851. 



" 4. Of the balance of the fund (about ,£1'200), the Trastees to expend 

 such sum as they may think expedient in the purchase or constniction 



