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off" with crimson ; lower, purple with a darker spot on each ; fine 

 form. 



Collections, New varietie.'», in 8-incli pots. 1st, Mr. Cock of 

 Chiswick— Salamander, Pictum, Centurion, Kosamond, Mont Blanc, 

 and Mars ; 2nd, Mr. Robinson, gardener to J. Simpson, Esq. — Forget- 

 me-not, Gidielma, Orion, Armada, Negress, and Pearl; -3rd, Mr. 

 Stains, Middlesex-place, New-road — Alonzo, Pearl, Negress, Lalla 

 Kookl), Forget-me-not, and Gulielma. Nurserymen : 1st, Mr. Dobson, 

 gardener to Mr. Beclc — Cuyp, Mont Blanc, Rosamond, Gulielma, and 

 Emily; 2nd, Mr. Gaines — 'Rosamond, Aspasia, Mrs. Beck, Juliana, 

 Armada, and Duke of Northumberland. Old kinds in 11-inch pots: 

 1st, Mr. Cock — Rosamond, Salamander, Bertha, Forget-me-not, Pearl, 

 and Orion ; 2nd, Mr. Parker, Roehampton — Orion, Zanzummim, 

 Forget-me-not, Pearl, Negress, and Rosy Circle. Nurserymen : In 

 tliis class Mr. Gaines was the only competitor. Ilis plants were insuf- 

 ficiently in bloom. 



Fancy Pelargoniums. 1st, Mr. Robinson — Anais, Queen Superb, 

 Statuiski, Jenny Lind, Fairy Queen, and Empress ; 2nd, Mr. Stains — 

 Yeatmanianum grandiflornm, Nymph, La Belle Africana, Madame 

 Miellez, Statuiski, and (^ueen ; 3rd, Mr, Gaines — Madame Miellez, 

 Elegans, Jenny Lind, Anais, Madame Rosati, Odorata, and Magnifica. 

 Mr. Ambrose had Statuiski, Anais, Lady Rivers, Ibrahim Pacha, 

 Duchess d'Aumale, and Picturata. Mr. Moseley also had six varieties, 

 but they were not different from the above. 



Azaleas were numerous, large, and fine, and they made, as they 

 always do at tlie May show, a striking display. Two excellent collec- 

 tions of twelve plants were produced; one from Mrs. Lawrence, of 

 Ealing Park; the other from Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, 

 Bart. It is difficult to say whicli of tliese groups was the best ; Mr. 

 Green's plants were better flowered than tliose of Mrs. Lawrence, but 

 tliey were all, or nearly all, trained " to a face," wliile those from 

 Ealing Park were alike bushy on all sides. Tliey consisted of coronata, 

 optima, prEestantissima, Gledstanesi, double red, Ciiinese yellow, varie- 

 gata, Lawrenceana, lateritia, exquisita, magniflora, and Rawsonii. 

 Mr. Green liad a fine plant of exquisita, indica alba, triumphans, late- 

 ritia, Ciiinese yellow, proestantissima, variegata, Gledstanesi, optima, 

 and rosea punctata. Mr, Lane, of Great Berkhampstead, sent indica 

 alba, double purple, magniflora, optima, Leucomegista, mirabilis, 

 double red, Broughtonii, grandis, triumphans, picturata, and punctata. 

 Gi'oups of six plants were furnished by Messrs. Frazer, Carson, and 

 ]5ruce. Among these we remarked, optima, variegata, sinensis, Smithii, 

 coccinea, exquisita, lateritia, Gledstanesi, praestantissima, speciosissima, 

 and splendens, 



FERNS GROWN IN WARDIAN CASES. 



BT CLEEICCS. 



I HAVE noticed with much pleasure that there are advances making 

 now-a-days in the culture of this charming tribe of plants, especially 

 by the ladies ; and as they can be grown in rooms, in Wardian glass 

 cases, every large sitting-room can be enlivened by them. The fol- 



