214 MISC'ELLANKOUSi INTELLLGESCE. 



Ornamental stand of flowers. — Mrs. S. Craddock 



Bouquet of flowers. — Mr. Oliver. 



Bouquet of hardy perennials, fifty-one varieties.— Rev. R. Wilson Taylor. 



Sheffield botanic society. — The exhibition of plants, Cowers and vege- 

 tables for the season lately took place. The tent for the display of vege- 

 tables was fixed in the lower part of the gardens, conveniently arranged, 

 with a table, ei^ht feet in width down tlie centre, and having a space on 

 each side for the accommodation of visitors. In this tent numerous articles 

 were exhibited of very great beauty and excellence. Mr. Paxton's Clero- 

 dendrum with rich scarlet flowers, although a good deal injured by its long 

 carriage from Chatsworth, was nevertheless much admired. Mr. Braide's 

 Elichrysum venusta, and Erica ordonata, were pronounced by competent 

 judges to be the finest in the kingdom. There were many other plants 

 which displayed much skill and attention in their cultivation ; such as 

 Fuchsias, Geraniums, Calceolarias, Pinks. Ranunculuses, Roses, Annuals, 

 <5"c. On the first day the gardens were visited by a large number of the 

 proprietors and subscribers. On the second day the number of visitors was 

 larger than on the first. The cavalry band was in attendance both days, 

 and the weather being fine, many strangers from a distance, as well as per- 

 sons in the town and its surrounding neighbourhood, availed themselves of 

 this opportunity of testifying their love for the beauties of Flora, and the 

 rich treat which such exhibitions are calculated to supply, collected, as many 

 of the specimens not unfrequenlly are, by obtaining a few seeds or roots 

 from the remotest parts of the globe, but yet seldom visited by civilized 

 men. 



The judges were for the plants — Mr. H. Shepherd, Botanic Garden, Liver- 

 pool ; Mr. Rider, nurseryman, Leeds; Mr. Parkin, gardener to Mr. Stan- 

 hope, Cannon Hall ; and Mr. Wilson, gardener to the earl of Surrey. 



Plants. — Stove Plants, 1. Clerodendrum speciosissisraus. Mr. Paxton, 

 2. Brunsfelsia Americana, Mr. Appleby, Gardener to J. Young, Esq. S. 

 Siningia guttata, Mr. Waters, gardener to Mrs. Shore, Meersbrook. 



Orchideous plants, I . Oncidium Lanceanum, Mr. Menzies, gardener to 

 C. Rawson, Esq. Halifax. 2 Egidendrum Oncidioides. 3. Maxillaria cris- 

 tata, Mr. Paxton. 



Bulbs, or Scitamineous, 1. Wurmbea purpurea. 2. Lapeyrousia corym- 

 bosa. 3. Babiana rubo-cyanea, Mr. Appleby. 



Succulents in flower, 1. Epiphyllum splendidum. 2. Epiphyllum Jenkin - 

 soni, Mr. Appleby. 



Succulents not in flower. 1. Cactus senilis, Mr. Paxton. 



Collection of Ferns, I. Blechnum Cavidense, Adiantum trapeziforme, and 

 a species from Mexico. 2. Blechnum anguslifolium, Lygodium Scandens 

 Gymnogramma, Mr. Waters. 



'Green-house Plants, I. Elichrysum venusta. Mr. Braide, gardener to H. 

 Wilson, Esq. Birthwaite Hall, near Barnsley. 2.Pimelia decusata, Mr. Paxton. 

 S. Lachenaultia formosa. 



Ericas, 1. E. odorata, Mr. Braide. 2. E. ventricosa superba, Mr. Apple- 



Dark Geraniums, 1. Angustissima, Mr. R. Turner, of Sheffield, florist. 

 2 Lord Nelson, Mr. Appleby. 



Rose Geraniums, 1. Statvia, Mr. Hall, Doncaster. 2. Tarn O'Shanter, 

 Mr. R. Turner. 



White Geraniums. I. Hilleanum. 2. Cleopatra superba, Mr. Appleby. 



Collection of three shrubby Calceolarias, 1. Captain Ross. 2. Sessi- 

 folia. Mr. Appleby. 



Collection of Herbaceous Calceolarias, 1. Guttata, Mr. Barron. 2. Coun- 

 tess of Shrewsbury, Mr. Appleby. 



Greenhouse succulents in flower, 1. Mesembryanthemum species, Mr. 

 Appleby. 2. Ditto, Mr. Menz.ieg. 



Annuals in Pots, 1. Collinsea bicolor, Mr. Paxton, 



