OF THE METROPOLIS. Ill 



Miscellaneous Subjects. 



Rhododendrons.— Collection of 10 varieties. Prize 41., Mr. Smith, 

 nurseryman, Norbiton. These -were remarkable for tbeir strong 

 growth and fine trusses of bloom; the flowers individually were 

 considerably larger than those of the generality of Rhododendrons : 

 the finest of them were Elven, fine large salmon ; Burlingtonium 

 aureum, lemon colour with dark orange spots; flavum superbum, 

 nearly of the same colour, but a trifle darker ; ornatum, of the same 

 colour, slightly tipped with rose; Jenkinsoni, shaded with pink; 

 aureum superbum, very large ; cupreum ochrae, shaded with purple ; 

 these were the most distinct kinds, but the others may be cultivated 

 in large collections, viz., Salmonium, Broughtonianum, and Mun- 

 dulum. 



Hydrangea japonica. — Prize 1/. 5s., Mr. 'J. Robertson ; a large 

 luxuriant bush. 



Statice macrophylla.—Vrizt \l, Messrs. Forrest and Co., nursery- 

 men, Kensington. Of this very good variety, three remarkably 

 healthy plants were shown, each having several spikes from 2 to 3 

 feet high, of fine blue- purple flowers. 



Tulips. — Two stands, each of 24 blooms, were shown, but no 

 prize awarded. Messrs. Norman, florists, Woolwich, had good blooms 

 in their stand, of Holmes's King, Goldam's Maria, Violet Alexandre, 

 Polyphemus, Sir R. Peel, and a pretty small bloom of Triomph 

 Royal. Mr. Henbury, florist, Croydon, exhibited the other stand, 

 which was only a very moderate one. 



Single Specimens 



of stove or greenhouse plants, of very superior cultivation. 



Three first prizes, of Al. each, were liberally awarded for most 

 magnificent specimens of the following : — 



1. Saccolabium guttatum, to Mr. C. Roe, gardener to J. Blandy, 

 Esq., High Grove, Reading. — This was perhaps the finest specimen 

 of this kind of orchidaceous plant ever seen : it was growing in a cir- 

 cular wire basket, 3 feet in diameter, and about 1 foot deep. This 

 basket was filled with sphagnum, in the centre of which the plant 

 was placed, spreading gracefully to the sides, its elegant flowers 

 reclining upon the moss. This was one of the most remarkable 

 features of the exhibition. 



