JULY 10, 1861. 



purpie-cnmson eye, were conspicuous. Mr. Bmith also had a 

 well-grown specimen of a Calceolaria called canariensis, which is 

 one of the best dwarf yellow-flowered shrubby sorts for bedding 

 purposes. 



From Mr. G. Wheelisr, Warminster, were some cut spikes 

 of DeJphlnmm alopecur aides, a new dwarf densely-flowered double 

 hardy herbaceous Larkspur, which had received a First-class 

 certificate from the Floral Committee on the preceding day. 



Messrs. Downie, Lairb, & Laing, Sydenham and Edinburgh, 

 showed a new branching intermediate scarlet Stock, very dwarf, 

 double, and highly coloured, 



Mr. W. Dean, Bradford, Yorkshire, contributed Hypolejns 

 distans, a graceful drooping finely-cut New Zealand fern, very 

 suitable for basket culture in greenhouses. This had been 

 commended on the day preceding by the Floral Committee. 

 With it were shown some seedhug Fancy Pansies. 



From Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, came a stand of good 

 summer-blooming herbaceous Phloxes. 



One of the most remarkable and meritorious exhibitions cou 

 sisted of three pans filled with healthy plants of the rare and 

 beautiful Cape orchid, Disa grandiflora, in exuberant growth, one 

 flower stem having four expanded blossoms. These were shown 

 from the garden of C. Leach, Esq., Clapham Park, and very 

 much admired. 



M, Gaines, of Battersea, showed a group of Pelargoniums in 

 considerable variety. 



Mr. YotJNG, gardener to Viscount Barrington, Beckett Park, 

 Shrivenham, Berks, showed three magnificent bunches of Black 

 Hamburgh Grapes, the united weight of which was Qi lbs. They 

 were admirably swelled and finely coloured, and altogether first- 

 rate examples of grape culture. 



Mr. RoDOLPHE Helbronner, of 265, Regent Street, contri- 

 buted two v^ elegantly arranged groups of admirably executed 

 artificial Paper Roses ; others were shown by Mrs. Higginsoit, 

 of the Pantheon, Oxford Street; and from John Hawes, Esq., 

 7, Adelphi Terrace, came a very handsome group of skeleton or 

 anatomised leaves and seed-vessels. 



There were shown on this occasion tfio sets of Mr, Marcb's 

 decorations for the dinner-table, of the same design as those 

 which gained Mr. Dilke's Special Prize on June 6th. The 

 stands were now entirely filled with flowers and foliage, and had 

 a very beautiful appearance. These flower-glasses are now 



