THE ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 



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Scheezebianum WiLLiAMSii. — This plant 

 is the long-looked-f or white flowered variety of A. Scherze- 

 rianum, at length obtained by M. Williams, the noted 

 florist of Upper Holloway, who exhibited a specimen of it 

 at one of the recent meetings of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society of London. The spathes are almost entirely white, 

 and the curled spadices are pale yellow; in every other res- 

 pect it is like the type. 



M. Andre Devos. — Thanks to the zeal of professor Ed. 

 Morren , the botanical collections of the University of Liege 

 have been considerably augmented within the last few years, 

 and they were specially enriched in 1867 by the addition of 

 numerous products from the Paris Exhibition. Such being 

 the case, a curator become needful ; and we are glad to learn 

 that the post has been given to M. Andre Devos , a distin- 

 guished botanist, and associated with M. Morren in the 

 s Botaniques, recently noticed. 

 — The International Exhibition at Florence. — 

 We are finishing this chronicle from the u City of Flowers „ , 

 and on the same day even as the Exhibition is opened. 



This horticultural ceremony, a new thing for Italy, was 

 organised, as we have already stated, by a committee of 

 botanists and other notabilities, placed at the head of whom 

 was Professor Parlatore, and ably supported by his hard- 

 working secretaries, Signori d'Ancona and Fenzi. Unfort- 

 unately, Prof. Parlatore was unable to enjoy the perfect 

 success that crowned the work to which he had devoted 

 such unceasing labours. Illness overtook him at the moment 

 of triumph. When we visited him in his sick-chamber on 

 our arrival at Florence, he remarked that he had broken 

 down under the burden before the completion of his task, 

 but it gave him great pleasure to know that the undertaking 

 was successful. The King of Italy recognised his valuable 

 services , and conferred upon him the honour of a Comman- 

 ders Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy, a distinct- 

 ion that was universally popular. 



The Exhibition was located in the beautiful building re- 

 cently erected by the municipality of Florence for the central 

 market, built from the designs of M. Mengoni the architect 

 of the famous Victor Emmanuel Gallery, Milan. 



The opening ceremonial took place on May 11, in the 

 presence of the King and a large and brilliant assemblage 

 of the most fashionable society of Florence; the delegates 

 from the various Governments and Societies being presented 

 to His Majesty. 



The following day the labours of the judges commenced, 

 and took no less than three days to bring to a conclusion. 



On Friday, the 15, the first meeting of the Congress was 

 holden in the grand edifice of the Royal Society of Natu- 

 ral History, which had been recently re-decorated for the 

 occasion, and where strangers had an opportunity of seeing * 

 the admirable arrangement of the botanical collections, ear- 

 ned out with so much skill and industry by Professor Par- 

 latore. We shall return to this interesting subject in our 

 report of the exhibition , which will be found on another page. 

 Meanwhile, we have much pleasure in testifying to the 

 perfect success of the undertaking, and the gratifying results 

 attending this latest assemblage of botanists from all coun- 



