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what this part of creation can afford; but we have 
оло сав est band of а mateurs at home, who 
will treat them in a manner ot as heretofore, but 
tering © page? special requiremen 
To of both cla red the EE world 
is Nh Dro ed; and to back up their efforts, the 
Royal Horti а Society is dcum good service 
at present. 
The giving prizes for асту Hungs as Аман, 
Roses, and Orchids, &c., end to advance their 
culture ; and the e giving Ж es for a арр Ке. in 
addition to the larger and more ¢ iin shows, will 
also most surely An more 
th 
In the old plan, few apt е except they 
had large and first-rate collections now the smalle 
grower is invited to send his one see or two, 
or six, as he 
In this way many things that shew ых in small 
athena will be brought to light, and преси 
exhibitions will afford the 2980 pe opportunity 
toinve stig , and to dist ingu к: 
T e Such а lection was Nu 
ur 
via old 
spec em, and also wh 21 
Чу» amnesty looked for, some beautiful as t 
as 
Тнк RHODODENDRON SHOW IN THE Great TENT. 
о of colou 
ons now "exibit all those 
r with Fello 
available й 
The 
one visit at a rt of the following gjase 
Rhododendrons were in full bloo m about the 26th 
ult., and on the 5 and ^ inst, the show was 
f 9,200 persons, Бенгден Fel- 
i iti is understood that there 
eatly increasing the number of 
parks of f London, and that 
er idi and Godfrey will rn what 
CoxvznsazioNE, May 17. 
His Grace the Duke of Жао eh the 
Onservatory а few minutes before and 
We half-past 9 the санатан ту was ыч ‘i 
eippert's Band 
Conserva 
de evening CM great satisfaction, and 8 
sites «ны; $ the Conservatory never looked 
Qurrx’s BIRTHDAY. 
i he 24th May, the pos cg of the Queen's 
« Ay, announced in Lo cud nf the 
rà 
E 
the greater attfaction of the two 
features of de "i ря provided, excited uni- 
The following were the awards made by the 
Judges :— 
n: Prize. Taa ‚ P. Austin, Dalston, for a 
of Flow n Rice Paper, 3/.; Mr. 
Naylor, Cavendish ane for Table Decoration, 
S: Ts acdaniel, Upper Norwood, for 
roup of Pre sed Flowers, with their colours pre- 
served, 2/. ; Miss Sutherland, Coo э fora D 
ration of a Reredos Easter, 2/.; a Comey 
Henley-on-Thames, Б for a Cross for the gone 10 
of a Ргауег-де 2i 
2n rize. Baty 5 Mari п Alfo rd, Ashridge, 
for novel use of Laurel Leaves i in a Wreath, И.; 
Miss Е. G. H—, Kensington, for a Cross form ed 
of Narcissus, upon a backgroun id он Flower 
Leavy орке Bentley & Co., ETE pon ide, 
for Gantan; тА Motto in the centre 
the Que ; Mr. W. б. Lucking, "Westbourne 
na, гаа Bridal "Bouquet, 1 
Prize.—Miss L. M. 
Thom mpson, Venu Pe 
or Design for Trinity Sunday, 10s.; Mr. T- 
falgar Square, for Wreath of Bay ме, 
with 3 ‘ilies of the Valley (artificial), 10s,; Mr 
ucking, tbourne Park, for Ране 
Bouqu uet, 10s. 
= 
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, 
Max 
W. WinsoN SAUNDERS, di PRA in the Chair. 
Scien 
tifie Proceedings. 
the names of the candidates desirous of 
bee acide Fe een read to the m 
у 
the chairma 
" exhibition 
e Rev. M, si ‘Basen 
угы objects shown the previous meeting, 
stated "e the Ardisia ы dut by Lady. ers 
Ne nata, var. decipiens « 
De Candolle; А neato mentioned that Dr. nnl 
had been s — of the 
Sporangia o of the Nardoo plant, referring those who 
were curious а about the зары ris “ Pringsheim's 
Journal." 
t bther plants present, attention was 
ted Podocarpus macrophyll 
and В. Dalhousi A pale t 
(thibaudioides) ae at first sight more like a 
Thibaudia or Correa than 
mia ot only кз Buca 
itself, but birds whieh had fel upon it were also 
