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Chelsea, for Pope's Gem, a white and purplish crimson Fancy. Mr. 

 Burgess had likewise a second-class certificate for Mrs. Burgess, violet 

 crimson, tipped with brighter crimson. Vanguard and Bijou from Mr. 

 "Wheeler, of Warminster, the former purplish maroon, the latter 

 salmon tinged with lilac, were also awarded second-class certificates. 



Asters. — The best stands both of German and French came from 

 Mr. Stanford, gardener to J. Thomassett, Esq., Walthamstow, and con- 

 tained blooms of remarkable size and beauty. In the former class 

 Mr. Benham, Newbury, was second, and in the latter Mr. Hedge ; Mr. 

 Jennings, Shipston-on-Stonr, and Mr. Minchin, Hook-Nortou, being 

 respectively third. 



Miscellaneous. — Besides twelve boxes of beautiful cut blooms of 

 Roses, furnished by Mr. William Paul, wonderfully fine for the sea- 

 son, he exhibited fine specimens of Amy Hogg and other Nosegay 

 Pelargoniums, as well as dwarf standard plants of Mrs. Pollock, and 

 some other variegated kinds. A collection of variegated shrubs and 

 Ivies, likewise from the Waltham Cross Nurseries, attracted consider- 

 able attention. Mr. Turner, Slough, received first-class certificates 

 for Nosegay Pelargoniums Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Constance 

 Grosvenor, a fine orange scarlet, and Mr. C. J. Perry,* one of the 

 second-class for Shirley Hibberd, rosy scarlet. Messrs. Downie, 

 laird & Laing reproduced their collection of sub-tropical plants 

 exhibited the previous day at Kensington, Mr. Cunningham his 

 pretty Ivy-leaved Pelargonium L'Elegante ; and from Messrs. Barr 

 and Sugden and Carter & Co. came plant-cases, flower-baskets, Arc. 

 Those from the latter were interspersed with fine-foliaged and flower- 

 ing plants, forming altogether a very pretty stand. Among other 

 articles of utility was a window box of zinc, with the front enamelled 

 to resemble porcelain, over which it has the advantage of not being 

 so liable to breakage. 



There is a large class of persons to whom the Crystal Palace 

 Autumn Show presents more features of interest than the great Show 

 in May. There may not be the grand masses of greenhouse and stove 

 plants, and Orchids, Geraniums and Azaleas are of course absent ; and 

 these have, comparatively speaking, a small circle, if not of admirers, 

 at any rate of cultivators ; but the Rose, the Aster, the Dahlia, the 

 Gladiolus, and the Hollyhock are flowers which the humble cultivator 

 can manage, and often does manage, as well or better than his more 

 aristocratic neighbour, and hence the multitude know more of them 

 and care more for them than those already named. It might have 

 Been supposed that the extremely unfavourable season would have 

 seriously militated against this Exhibition, hut it was not so. Dahlias 

 were never better, Roses certainly more in character than I have 

 seen them at the autumn show, the Gladioli excellent, although one 

 missed the fine collection of Mr. Standish, Asters were good, and the 

 Exhibition as a whole only presented a great falling off in fruit, which, 

 especially in the out-door department, was scarce, and not up to the 

 quality of former years. 



Roses. — In the class for twenty-four single blooms Mr. Keynes was 

 first with Charles Lefebvre, Louise Peyronny, General Washington, 

 Souvenir de la Malmaison, Vicomte Vigier. Madame Vigneron, Anna 

 de Diesbach, Mdlle. Amelie Halphen, Gloire de Vitry, Gabriel de 

 Peyronny, Gloire de Dijon, Maurice Bernardiu, Madame Charles 

 Wood, Francois Lacharme, Mari-chal Niel, John Hopper, Madame 

 Rivers, Centifolia Rosea, Baron P. de Kiukelin, Belle Nonnande, 

 Due de Wellington, Madame Rousset, Baron Gonella, and Senateur 

 Vaisse. Messrs. Paul & Son were second with Madame C. Wood, 

 Dnchesse d'Orleans, Maurice Bernardiu, Vicomte Vigier, Charles 

 Lefebvre, Gloire de Dijon, Jean Touvais, Madame Rousset, Pierre 

 Notting, Lord Herbert, Souvenir d'Elise, Marechal Niel, Beauty of 

 Waltham, Souvenir d'un Ami, Madame V. Verdier, Madame Caillat, 

 Dr. Spitzer, Olivier Delhomme, Madame Emain, Baronne Gonella, 

 and Senateur Vaisse. 



In the class for thirty-six, Messrs. Paul A" Son were first with 

 Colonel de Rougemont, Charles Lefebvre, Duchesse d'Orleans, Anna 

 Alexieff, Celine Forestier, John Hopper, Madame C. Wood, Lselia, 

 M. Victor Verdier, Marechal Niel, Senateur Vaisse, Souvenir d'Elise, 

 Pierre Notting, Emotion. Beauty of Waltham, Princess Mary of 

 Cambridge, Duchesse de Medina Cceli, Baron Gonella, Queen Victoria, 

 Maurice Beruardin. Mr. Keynes was Becond. 



In the class for eighteen blooms, Mr. Hollingworth, of Maidstone, 

 was first. His flowers were Souvenirde 8 Mai, Senateur Vaisse, Bougere, 

 Pierre Notting, Gloire de Dijon, Pauline Lanzezeur, Madame Boutin, 

 Devoniensis, Madame Caillat. Souvenir de la Malmaison. Olivier Del- 

 homme, Madame Masson, Gloire de Santenay, Madame Villermoz, La 

 Reine, Comte de Paris, Beauty of Waltham, Adam, and Triomphe de 

 Rennes. Mr. Hedge was second with Madame Charles Wood, Tri- 

 omphe de Rennes, Madame Boll, Prince Leon, Pauline Lanzezeur, 

 Beauty of Waltham, Gloire de Dijon, Lord Raglan, Reine Victoria, 

 Pierre Notting, Louise Peyronny, Olivier Delhomme, Eugene Des- 

 gaches, George Prince, Souvenir d'Elise, Charles Lefebvre, and John 

 Hopper. Before leaving Roses one must not omit the magnificent 

 box of Marechal Niel contributed by Mr. Keynes, and a smaller though 

 more highly coloured one by Messrs. Paul & Son. That this is a 

 magnificent and free-blooming Rose does not now admit of a doubt. 

 Mr. Wm. Paul had also twelve fine boxes not for competition. 



Gladioli. — Some fine Gladioli weie exhibited by Messrs. Kelway, 

 of Langport, Messrs. G. Paul & Son, and Mr. Prince. Mr. Kelway 

 had first prize, and amongst his collection were — Ceres, Ophir, 



Raphael, M. Rabonrdin, James Carter, Calypso, MacMahon, Le Poussin, 

 and Belle Gabrielle. In Messrs. Paul's collection, there were newer 

 kinds, although the spikes were not so long, this included Meyerbeer, 

 Madame de Sevigni-, Eurydice, James Veiteh, Charles Dickens, Madame 

 Furtado, and other well-known and fine varieties. Mr. Ingle was the 

 only contributor amongst amateurs, while Messrs. Kelway exhibited 

 a large collection, which formed a trophy- that required only a lining 

 of green to have heightened its effect, and been very fine ; it contained 

 a large number of excellent spikes. Mr. Brown, of Sudbury, also con- 

 tributed a smaller collection. 



Hollyhocks.— The Rev. E. Hawke, Willingham Rectory, was as 

 usual first, his flowerB both in twenty-four and twelve, were remark- 

 ably fine, and comprised Charmer, Acme, Hercules, Invincible, George 

 Young, George Keith, Lilac Perfection, Orange Perfection, Mr. J. B. 

 Ullett, Willingham Defiance, W. Dean, Senior Wrangler, Fair Ellen, 

 Prince, Countess of Craven, Amber Queen, and a number of seedlings. 

 The incessant rain must have been very much against these flowera, 

 but they were shown remarkably clear and good. 



Verbenas. — Mr. Peny was the only exhibitor whose flowers were 

 worth looking at ; they were Aime, Magnifica, Giant deB Batailles, 

 Lilac King, King of Verbenas, Premier, Fairy, Admiral of the Blue, 

 Lord Leigh, Rose Imperial, Wonderful, Snowball, Foxhunter, Charles 

 Turner, Ruby King, Sylph, Mr. Dean, Black Prince, Annie, and 

 some seedlings. He sustained his usual high character as the prince 

 of cultivators in this class of flowers. 



The day was tolerably fine, and the whole of the arrangements bore 

 witness to the care, attention, and courtesy which always mark the 

 Crystal Palace Shows, thanks to the untiring energy of Mr. Wilkinson, 

 and his staff of assistants. — D., Deal. 



ROYAL CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The great autumn competition of this Society took place, the plant* 

 being in the Music Hall, and the fruit in the adjoining Assembly Room, 

 in George Street, Edinburgh, on the 5th and 6th inst. It was expected 

 that as the prize schedule was not on so liberal a scale as last year, 

 when a special effort was made, that there would be a great falling off 

 in the extent and quality of the subjects exhibited. The former 

 expectation was realised to some extent, but not the latter. There was a 

 falling off as regards Pears and Apples, and not quite so many Grapes 

 were exhibited. There were 100 entries this season against 130 last 

 year. Pines were much more numerous and of much higher quality ; 

 Peaches and Nectarines not so numerous, but, on the whole, the 

 room looked much better than last year, when every corner had to be 

 crowded, so that fruit did not appear to such good advantage as this 

 year. We have said the Grapes were not so abundant as last year, 

 but they made up in quality for what they lacked in quantity. 



In the collection of eight sorts of Grapes, Mr. Fowler, of Castle 

 Kennedy, was the only exhibitor. His sorts were Black Hamburgh, 

 1J lb. weight ; Golden Hamburgh, 1J lb. ; Black Morocco, 2 lbs. ; 

 Trebbiano. 4 lbs. : Black Muscat, 4 lbs. ; Muscat of Alexandria, 3 lbs. ; 

 Black Prince. 3J lbs. ; and Duchess of Buccleuch. 3J lbs. This was 

 a splendid collection of Grapes. In the four sorts of Grapes there 

 were five competitors, Mr. Meredith, of Garston, being placed first 

 with finely finished bunches of Black Hamburgh, Trebbiano, Bur- 

 chardt's Prince, and Muscat of Alexandria. For the heaviest three 

 bunches, Mr. Fowler was first with White Nice, 10 lbs. ; Black- 

 Muscat, 6 lbs. ; and Trebbiano, 6 lbs. For the heaviest bunch of 

 White, Mr. Fowler was first with White Nice, 10J lbs. For the best 

 two bunches of Black Hamburgh, Mr. Meredith was first with noble 

 examples of that Grape ; and Mr. Hill, Keele Hall, second. We have 

 often seen larger bunches, and there were plenty such in the room, but 

 never finer berries or more perfectly finished bunches. In the col- 

 lection of the various sorts of Black Hamburgh, Mr. Meredith was 

 first; Mr. Mitchell, second. In collections of White Muscats, Mr. 

 Fowler was first with Tynningham Muscat, Bowood Muscat, Muscat of 

 Alexandria, Escholata Muscat, and Canon Hall Muscat. 



For the chief prize of the day. the collection of twenty sorts of 

 fruit, there were three competitors, Mr. Thomson, Dalkeith, being 

 first ; Mr. Murray, of Tavmonth Castle, second ; and Mr. Mitchell, 

 of Hamilton, third. In the class for sixteen sorts of fruit, excluding 

 Pines, Mr. Temple, gardener, Balbirnie, was first. In this class there 

 were seven competitors. Prizes being offered for the best White and 

 the best Black seedling Grapes, Mr. Fowler exhibited for the former, 

 and Mr. Melville, of Dalmeny Park, for the latter, and got the prizes 

 offered. We think it would be much better to withhold prizes for 

 seedlings unless they possessed some very evident superiority over 

 existing varieties, which in the instances referred to was not the case. 

 Mr Webster, gardener to the Duke of Richmond, at Gordon Castle, 

 exhibited a box of seedling Plums, one of which was considered of 

 first-rate quality, and was named Webster's Gage. We tasted it, and 

 can endorse the finding of the Judges in this case. 



Though this Show is chiefly famous for the display of frmt which it 

 calls forth, it was also a fine Exhibition, for the season of tne year, of 

 fine-foliaged plants, and plants in bloom. The Heaths and orna- 

 mental-foliaged plants were greatly admired for the excellence of their 

 culture Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing were almost alone in their 

 glory in the Nurserymen's classes for Hollyhocks. Dahlias, and 



