<w MJi'N JKtini' oi. i- - 



jes and Lemons are 

 i a collection in pots, 

 ence , are good plants 



no striking feature. 

 I shrubs by the same 

 e of the bad labelling 

 species not found in 



Berberis gardeniae- 

 , Cotoneaster lanugi- 



multiflorum , Elaea- 

 s sempervirens navU 

 ese is a collection of 

 , Ilex crenata. ovata 



iien ofPallanza, stand 



bw id Italy. There is a splendid lot 



■ r^ry. Most of them are of unusual 



dthj in appearance. "We may enu- 



ta grandis (13 feet high), Abies (Picea) 



T, Thuia dumosa, Abies Cranstoni 



TOriety), Cryptomeria columnaris 



Abies nigra pyrarnidalis, 



huiopsis Standishii, Abies polita 



botanic Gardens have responded 



»eal addressed to them by Professor 



i collection of tropical 



rawing* of the famous fossil Palm, 



; "id named by Profes- 



«ere found in an al- 



rably a large 



■ • > twenty species of Echeveria. 



1 " L ( ;iru, 'l • contributes a beau- 



1 ■*• including Orchis longicru- 



Wea, fusca, aranifera, 



igera, lingua and neglecta. Lucca 



1 '"^larkable collection of woods, 



the province 



-■iu.ls 



Sienna (Prof. 



Attilio) brings a collection of hot-house plants; and Bo- 

 logna 50 species of Mammillaria. Finally, Florence adds 

 considerably to the attractions of the Exhibition with its 

 grand Pandanads, Araucarias, Cycads, Palms (60 species) 

 Tree Ferns, etc. 



In the annexes some interesting products remain to be 

 noticed. The garden furniture exhibited by M. Tedeschi 

 and M. G. Cavalensi ; the Strawberries, Bananas, Cucum- 

 bers, Raspberries, Asparagus, (blanched) etc. of the Bava- 

 rian Society ; the Oranges and Lemons from Porto Maurizio 

 ; and especially those contributed by M. Orphanides, of 

 Athens; the models of fruits , by M. Gamier- Valetti , which 

 I are the most perfect we ever saw ; the consignments of 

 I forced Peaches and Grapes from the Province of Westland, 

 Holland; the collection of woods from Comte Boutourlin, 

 J commenced by Sloane in I860; Mexican products, from 

 I M. Bassi ; a collection of fruits and seeds of Soudan , from 

 M. Delchevalerie of Cairo ; the woods of the Hellenic flora 

 from Prof. Orphanides ; collection of woods from M. Bicchi; 

 the Fungi of Nice, the work of M. Barla ; plans of gardens 

 on plates, by M. Bellora, of Turin; those of M. Pynaert of 

 Ghent ; paintings by M. Stroobant of Ghent; the Illustration 

 Horticole, complete ; the products of Eucalyptus globulus 

 and Iris florentina; trained fruit trees, by M. Berti of 

 Milan ; several heating apparatus and houses, presenting no 

 remarkable features, and other objects too numerous to be 

 noticed here. 



All these things have been tastefully arranged by M. Pucci, 

 the head gardener of the city of Florence, who has done so 

 much during the last few years towards the embellishment 

 of the gardens and squares of this city of the fine arts , fully 

 meriting the decoration ofthe Order of the Crown of Italy 

 conferred upon him by the king. We have already mentioned 

 that professor Parlatore was created a Commander of this 

 Order. M. Fenzi and the marquis de Corsi-Salviati were 

 made chevaliers, and M. d'Ancona chevalier of the Order 

 of saints Maurice and Lazare. 



Such is the vast subject at which we have been able to 

 give scarcely more than a passing glance in these few pages, 

 ogether, the Florence Exhibition is a success, 

 failed to discover the southern stamp we had 

 i this sunny land — by-the-bye the 

 sun has been chary of his charms during our stay at 

 Florence - we candidly own that we did not expect to find 

 anything like so advanced a state of horticulture. Horticul- 

 turalltaly is on its trial. The three or four amateurs ofthe 

 first rank who are found in Florence and furnished the 

 principal contingent represented in the Exhibition will 

 doubtless give rise to imitators. We shall no doubt see them 

 again m their labours. It has often been said that , - in the 

 countries where nature has done so much, men will do 

 nothing; and this voluptuous, though sad theory of the 

 far niente has been applied to happy Italy. We have seen that 

 it is not true in this instance. We have found that horticul- 

 ture is steadily and surely progressing, that the exhibition 

 material bids fair for the future, and that its promoters are 

 Zlt!™™^ and C ° rdial hospitality. We shall carry 

 most pleasant remembrances of the floral 

 Q May 1874. 



Ed. Andre. 



Taken , 



looked forward to 



away with 

 feast of Florence 



