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tory, Dowager Queen, Annette, Lord Mayor, Bridesmaid, Portia, Magnet. 

 (Nurserymen.) — Silver-gilt medal to Mr. Catleugh, for Comte de Paris, Sylph, 

 Jubilee, Erectum, Coronation, Lady Mayoress, Jewess, Joan of Are, Prince of 

 Waterloo, Lord Mayor, Victory, Selina : Large silver medal to Mr. Gaines, for 

 Victory, Jewess, Grand Duke, Sylph, Florence, Erectum, Joan of Arc, Emperor, 

 Cyrus, Juba, Coronation, Mabel. Pelargoniums, in collections of 12 new and 

 first-rate varieties, in pots of 24 to the cast. (Amateurs.) — Gold Banksian 

 medal to Mr. Beck, for Admiral, Evening Star, Meteor, Cleopatra, Leonora, 

 Jessie, Martha, Matilda, Queen of the Fairies, Black Prince, Erectum, Susanna. 

 Large Silver medal to Mr. Bell, Chelsea Hospital, for Camilla, Sylph, Grand 

 Duke, Comte de Paris, Van Amburgh, Flash, Enchantress, Queen of the Beau- 

 ties, Jewess, Lord Mayor, Priory Queen, Bridesmaid. (Nurserymen.) — Silver- 

 gilt medal to Mr. Catleugh, for Minerva, Eclipse, Mary Jane (Bassett's), Sym- 

 metry, Sir R. Peel, Charlotte, Matilda, Favourite, Jubilee, Great Western, 

 Wizard, Emma, (Lumsden's) : Large silver medal to Mr. Gaines, for Prince of 

 Wales, Caroline, Lydia, Euterpe, Sylph, Queen of Bourbons, Duke of Cornwall, 

 Orange Perfection, Lady Prudhoe, Nymph, Vanguard, Amulet. Herbaceous 

 Calceolarias : In collections of 6 varieties, in pots of 12 to the cast. (Ama- 

 teurs.) — The silver Knightian medal to Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, 

 Bart., for Purpurea grandiflora, Alba coccinea maximum. Prince of Wales, For- 

 mosissima, Ne plus Ultra, Cordata : the silver Banksian medal to Mr. Beck, of 

 Isleworth, for Agnes and Lady Douglas (seedlings), Madonna, Adonis, Bertha, 

 Pulchella superb : the silver Knightian medal to Mr. Catleugh, for Green's 

 Alba coccinea maxima grandiflora, Fireking, Barnes' Reform, Prince of Wales, 

 Jubilee. Shrubby Calceolarias : In 6 varieties, in pots of 12 to the cast. 

 (Amateurs). — The Large silver medal to Mr. Beck, for Lady of the Lake, King, 

 Miss Antrobus, Standishii, Mirabilis, Climax. (Nurserymen). — The silver 

 Knightian medal to Mr. Gaines, for Gaines' Cyrus, Rising Sun, Golden Sove- 

 reign, Sunbeam, Dusly Miller, Magniflora grandiflora. The silver Banksian 

 medal to Mr. Catleugh, for Barnes' Amulet, Bridesmaid, Coronet, Commander- 

 in Chief, Green's Hero, Delicata. The first prize, however, under this head, was 

 awarded to the Calceolarias, Splendida, Village Maid, Prince of Wales, Superba, 

 Painted Lady, and Picta,from Mr. Stanly, gardener to H. Berens, Esq. 



The two main points that call for notice in the getting up of the exhibition 

 are, first, that a considerable portion of the flowers had their names legibly and 

 neatly written on cards, which were fastened to them in conspicuous positions ; 

 and, secondly, that many of the specimens had the soil in the pots covered with 

 moss, which had a neat, finished appearance, and would tend materially to pre- 

 vent the plants being injured by the abstraction of moisture by any currents of 

 air to which they might happen to be exposed. Both practices, however, ought 

 to be more universally adopted ; and if the system of attaching names to the 

 fruit were likewise pursued, it would add considerably to the interest with which 

 they are contemplated by many an inquiring amateur. — Gardeners' Chronicle. 



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Thk second exhibition for the Beason was held on May 17. Among the plants 

 and flowers present was a very tine specimen of Hardenbergia monophylla, 

 trained on a conical-shaped trellis, about four feet high, and flowering beauti- 

 fully, from Mr. Townly ; a spleudid plant of Erica pregnans, about eighteen 

 inches in height, and from two to three feet in diameter, quite a mass of bloom, 

 from Mr. Dawson, of Brixton-hill ; Zichya inophylla, attached to a large flat 

 ornamental trellis, and magnificently in flower, from J. Allnut, Esq. ; Pimelea 

 spectabilis, exquisitely bloomed, from Mr. Bruce ; the beautiful NymphKa cx- 

 rulea, in a pan, and blooming, from Mr. Cox ; a very handsome specimen of 

 Erica propendeus, laden with its lovely drooping pink flowers, from Mr. Daw- 

 son; Aphelexis humilis, in the most perfect condition, from Mr. Bruce; a 

 superb Hydrangea, dwarf very luxuriant, with an immense head of flowers, 

 which were individually very large, and of a bluish tint, from Mr. Dawson, gar- 

 dener to T. Hawes, Esq., Lavender-hill ; Ixora coccinea, iu the very highest 



