THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE, 157 
HORTICULTURAL AFFAIRS. 
paseal HE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY held two meetings in 
a faa) April—one on the dth’and the other on the 19th ; but as no prizes were 
veh offered, the subjecfs exhibited consisted of novelties and miscellaneous 
Ke contributions. To the first of the two meetings Mr. B. S. Williams 
sent a beautiful group of flowering and fine-foliage plants, amongst 
which were the beautiful Dendrobium lituiflorum and D. Wardianum, Phalznopsis 
Schilleriana, Anthurium Scherzerianum, Bertolonia superbissima, a very beautiful 
form, with large handsome leaves regularly spotted with rose on an olive-green 
ground, and Kentia australis, one of the very finest palms yet introduced for indoor 
apartments, for it is exceedingly graceful, and is well able to withstand the adverse 
influences to which it is likely to be subjected when indoors. Messrs. J. Veitch and 
Sons exhibited fine specimens of the lovely Dendrobium Wardianum and Cattleya 
Veitchi. Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt Nurseries, exhibited five splendid stands 
of cut roses, consisting chiefly of hybrid perpetuals, and several roses in pots. Mr. 
Henry Bennett, Manor Farm Nursery, Stapleford, Salisbury, exhibited blooms of 
several new roses, amongst which Mons. HE. Y. Teas, a hybrid perpetual of last 
year’s introduction, was especially good; the flowers are of average size, very full, 
perfect in form, and of a rich deep crimson colour. 
Tus Royat Botanic Soctiery’s first exhibition for the current year, although 
not characterized by any striking feature, was good throughout, and a very effective 
display was produced. The collections staged in competition for the prizes offered 
were as usual arranged in the corridor leading from the north entrance to the con- 
servatory, and the contributions to the miscellaneous class were grouped in the 
conservatory. Hyacinths and Tulips were exhibited in larger numbers than for 
many years past; Cyclamens, Deutzias, and Lily of the Valley were quite up to 
the average, and Azaleas and hard-wooded flowering plants were well represented. 
Tar Royat Aquarium Society, Westminster, held its first horticultural ex- 
hibition on April 12 and 13, and which proved so good that it was unanimously 
pronounced the best spring show of the year. The principal features of the 
exhibition were the Azaleas, Cyclamens, hardy spring flowers, and the show and 
Alpine Auriculas. Forced Rhododendrons, har¢y Azaleas, and forced shrubs were 
not well represented. Pot Roses were shown in splendid condition and in com- 
paratively large numbers, and miscellaneous collections wers staged by most of the 
principal metropolitan nurserymen. The plants were arranged to form a series of 
irregular banks along the sides of the two halls, and as care was taken to have an 
equal distribution of flowering and ornamental-leaved plants throughout, and to 
keep the dwarf-growing subjects well to the front, the general effect was exceedingly 
good. 
Mr. Ricuarp Heapiy, who was one of the most successful raisers and culti- 
yators of auriculas and tulips of the present century, died on April 14, at his 
residence, Stapleford House, Cambridge, at the ripe age of eighty-one. Mr. Headly 
did not, however, devote the whole of his attention to the two classes of flowers men- 
tioned above, as the magnificent collections of stove and greenhouse plants, and 
miscellaneous subjects, which for many years were staged at the annual exhibitions 
of the Cambridge Horticultural Society, amply testified. 
Mr. Joun BEnINGFIELD, late of the Crown Inn, Broxbourne, Herts, died at 
Ware, on April 18th, in his 81st year. Under Mr. Beningfield’s management, 
“The Crown” at Broxbourne became famous for its beautiful gardens and splendid 
collections of hollyhocks and dahlias ; consequently, during the autumn months it 
was a favourite resort of those who took an interest ;in those flowers, as well as of 
anglers and the general public. 
Tus PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION willbe opened on May 10, and as the arrange- 
ments have been pushed on with so much vigour, it is anticipated that they will be 
completed by the opening day. The main building has been completed since 
January, and the Horticultural Hall, which has been finished for some time, is 
furnished with orange and lemon trees, palms, and other plants of large growth, and 
the interior presents a very attractive appearance. The grounds surrounding the 
building devoted to horticultural purposes have been laid out, and spaces allotted to 
various nations, and are now being planted with the various shrubs and plants with 
May, 
