252 MONTHLY SUMMARY. 



will take place. The objects to be exhibited and competed for 



are 



I. The usual Floral competition, consisting of 



1. Stove and greenhouse plants ; Orchids ; Greenhouse 



Azaleas; Rhododendrons; Eoses; Cape Heaths; 

 Pelargoniums; Cinerarias; Tulips, &c., &c. 



2. New or rare tender plants in flower. 



3. New^ or rare hardy ornamental plants. 



4. Newly introduced plants that have received special 



recognition from the Floral Committee during 

 the years 1859, 1860, and 1861. 



5. Seedling florists' flowers and hybrids. 



II. Groups of plants, showing effective arrangement for 



decorating a small conservatory. jBlO, ^6, and M, are 

 offered as prizes for this competition, and spaces, 15ft. 

 by 10 ft., will be set apart for each exhibitor in the 

 Arcades. 



III. Lady Dorothy Nevill's prizes for the best arrangement 

 of Cut Flowers for drawing-room decoration. 



IV- An exhibition of Horticultural implements, comprising, 



Heating Apparatus, Improvements in Ventilation ; 

 Garden Machines, such as Mowing, Rolling, 

 Transplanting, Fumigating Machines; Improve- 

 ments in Garden Tools and- Cutlery, Garden 

 Seats ; Garden Ornaments in Wire Work, Trel- 

 lises, Suspended Baskets ; Garden Pottery, Con- 

 servatory Tubs, Garden Tallies and Labels, Tiles 

 and Ornaments for Garden Edgings ; Implements 

 for Watering, &c. ; Protecting and Shading con- 

 trivances ; Plant Guards and Supports; Decora- 

 tions for Conservatories, Ornamental Flooring ; 

 Philosophical Instruments ; Hygrometers, Ther- 

 mometers, &c. 



Although not the most showy part of the Exhibition this is not 

 the least important. While no stinted thanks are due to those 

 by whose means our country is enriched by the introduction 

 of new plants, surely those also who, by the discovery of mechanical 

 contrivances, enable us to cultivate the plants we already possess 

 with greater success are entitled to no less a share of our interest 

 and gratitude. The articles sent for competition will be exhibited 



