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The International HoRTiCLfLxuRAL Exhibition, which opened at Ham- 

 burg on the 2d of September, proved very successful. We notice the names of 

 exhibitors from Denmark, Austria, Prussia, France, and England. The only 

 American establishment represented was that of Messrs. Schmidt & Francke, of 

 Osnabruck and New York, who exhibited a great quantity of garden tools. 



Asters formed a great feature of the exhibition, an immense variety being 

 shown from all the German seed growers. By far the finest lot came from Dippe 

 Brothers, Ouedlinburg. They were really splendid. The double Zinnias, Asters, 

 and Everlastings, from Messrs. Ernst & Von Spreckelsen, Hamburg, were very 

 fine indeed. The Bronze Pelargoniums from England, were very fine, and much 

 admired. Decidedly the finest group in the whole exhibition was the collection 

 of new plants from Messrs Veitch & Sons. It included eight splendid plants of 

 Nepenthes ; that of Rafflesiana, very large and fine ; Hookeri ; and the new hy- 

 brid between these two, one of the very finest, the pitchers very large ; six of the 

 new Drac£Enas, which are models of fine cultivation ; the new Crotons ; Jap- 

 anese Amaranthus ; hybrid Cypripediums ; the new Dieffenbachia, a splendid 

 kind ; Lapageria alba, &c. 



Herr Wendland, Royal Gardens, Herrenhausen, carried off the first honors 

 among Palms, of which an immense variety was exhibited. In Conifers, the 

 competition was more spirited than in any other section. They were largely 

 shown, and formed a grand feature of the exhibition. A fine group of fifty vari- 

 eties of Holhes was contributed by Messrs. Krelage & Sons, Haarlem, Holland. 

 The prize for the finest group of ornamental foliaged plants was taken by A. F. 

 Brackenburg, Hamburg. 



In grapes, the English exhibitors, Meredith and Thomson, carried all before 

 them, the latter having three remarkable bunches — Muscat of Alexandria, 5| 

 pounds ; Chasselas Napoleon, 4 pounds — one of the best models of bunches 

 we have ever seen ; Black Hamburg, 3I pounds. From the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety of Lower Tyrol, Austria, came upwards of seventy varieties of grapes. 

 Messrs. Demouilles, Toulouse, France, exhibited a vast variety of fruits, includ- 

 ing eighty-four kinds of grapes quite ripe, neatly packed in little boxes for export, 

 as we see them in the shop windows. The different varieties of the Chasselas 

 had the prettiest and sweetest look. St. Antoine, a round, black sort, looked 

 well, as also Aramion, a sort much cultivated in the south of France. Diamant 

 Traube, Marocain Noir, Muscat Romain, &c., looked very tempting. 



The pineapples were well grown, but peaches did not form a very interesting 

 feature. Melons were largely shown, and among them some splendid fruit. The 

 first-prize lot came from Messrs. F. W. Frisonette & Sons, Copenhagen. Herr 

 Heimendinger obtained a medal for a collection of North American and other 

 watermelons. 



Fruit trees in pots were contributed largely and well. Apples, especial!}', were 

 well grown, the trees very healthy, and the fruit very large and fine. Some ex- 

 amples of Calville Blanche were exceedingly large and beautiful, with a fine bright 

 flush on their cheeks, that would make the mouth of a Rivers water to see them. 

 The apple trees were for the most part small, not more than two feet in lieiglit, 

 in ten-inch pots, and bearing from eight to twelve very fine fruit. The pear trees 



