6 THE METROPOLITAN FLORAL EXHIBITIONS. 



ARTICLE IV. 



THE METROPOLITAN FLORAL EXHIBITIONS. 



Horticultural Society, Chiswick, June 21, 1845. 



This was the second exhibition of the season, and fully merited 

 equal commendation with that we expressed relative to the first grand 

 show. The day, happily, on this occasion, was very favourable, and 

 the number of visitors, we were informed, exceeded twelve thousand, 

 The collections, and specimens of plants, were, as usual, very nume- 

 rous, and a particular account of all would extend these remarks over 

 a considerable portion of our pages, we must therefore only notice the 

 finest specimens in the collections of stove and greenhouse plants with 

 any deserving new kinds, and briefly enumerate the prize collections 



of " florists flowers." 



CLASS I. 



Pelargoniums. 

 In collections of\2 new kinds: open to Private Growers only. 



1st. Mr. E. Beck, Isleworth, with Rosy Circle, Mustee, Arabella, Des<lemona, 

 Zenol ia, Aurora, Isabella, Favorita, Marc Antony, Bellona, Hero, and Sunset. 



•2nd. Mr. C>ck, Chiswick, for Shepherdess, Vixen, Sarah, Eliza Sauvage, 

 Duke of Cornwall, Pulchellum, Cyrus Superb, Queen Plulippa, Emma, Cora, 

 Hector, and Magog, very fine. 



3rd. Mr. R. Staines, Paddington, for Duke of Wellington (Staines), Emperor 

 Nicholas (Staines), a fine flower, with a feathered spot in upper petals ; Merry 

 Monarch (Staines), Sir Robert Peel, Fair Maid of Leylou, Andromache 

 (Staines), Witch, Sunrise, Superba, Adonis, Cedrie (Staines), and Sir Walter 

 Scott. 



Nurserymen. 



1st, Mr. Gaines, Battersea, for Rose of Arragon, Don Juan, Princess Alice, 

 Prince of Wales, Ackbar, fine ; Prineeps, fine; White Surrey, a beautiful spe- 

 cimen; Fire King, Pirate, Oberon, fine ; Mojub, fine ; and Lord John Russell. 



The only exhibitor. 



In collections of 1 2 older varieties. 



Private Growers. 



1st. Mr. Staines, with fine specimens of Enchantress, Ereetum, Alice Gray, 

 Nestor, Lady Sale, Achilles, Roulette, Madeline, Sunbeam, Hebe, Superbum, 

 and Duke of Cornwall. 



'2nd. Mr. E. Beck, for Matilda, Duke of Cornwall, Lucy, Zenobia, Favorita, 

 Conflagratioo, Pulchellum, Bella, Arabella, Rosy Circle, Constellation, and 

 Amazon. 



3rd. Mr. Cock, for Pre-eminent, Duke of Cornwall, Mulberry, Milo, Queen 

 Philippa, Rosetta Superb, Wizard, Black Dwarf, Tristram Shanuy, Shepherdess, 

 Nameless, and Constellation. 



Nurserymen. 

 1st. Mr. Gaines, for Floridum, Lady Sale, Hermione, Prince of Wales, Albina, 



