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Art. II. Foreign Notices. 



ENGLAND. 



i^gave amrricana. — At Bute House, tlio Villa of tlic Right Honorable 

 Viscountess Uiilare, at Old liroiiipton, there is one ot" these qilcndid and 

 rarely flowering exotics in lull bloom. Tlie ilower stem is rising of to- 

 wards fifteen feet high, surmounted by a fine branched head of Howers. 

 Her Ladyship has been at the exjiense of erecting a canvass covered 

 frame to shade, and thereby preserve its beauty as long as possible. It 

 is the stri|)ed variety. — Horl. Iteg. 



Kxhihitions of the London HorlicuUural Society took place on June 6th 

 and July 4th ; the display of Howers is said to have been most brilliant. 

 Gold and silver medals were awarded for grapes, strawberries, currants, 

 I'oses, balsams, coxcombs, heartsease, &c. &c. — Gard. Mag. 



Metropolitan Society of Florists and Amateurs. — What is called the 

 second grand central exhibition of flowers of the Metropolitan Society 

 of Florists and Amateurs' stock, took place on Monday and Tuesday, the 

 15th and 16th of June, in the luirsery grounds of Mr. Jenkins, in the 

 Regent's Park. The gardens, though well attended, were by no means 

 so crowded as on former occasions of fetes of this and similar descrip- 

 tions ; the days of exhiijition being fixed at exactly the same time as those 

 of the Surrey Zoological Gardens. There W'as a splendid show of flow- 

 ers, and some of the sjiecimens were more than usually fine. Wieppert's 

 band, the band of the Blues, and a brass band, v.ere engaged to perform 

 on the occasion ; and tents and awnings were placed in various parts of 

 the garden, but fortunately the weather Avas so favorable that the tents 

 and coverings were of no use but to afibrd shade from the burning rays 

 of the sun. Amongst the company present, there were the Duchess of 

 Sutherland, Count "Munster, the Marchioness of Westminster, the Mar- 

 chioness of Tavistock, Countess of Jersey, Lord Andierst, Ladies Tal- 

 bot, Canterbury, Clive, Mayo, &c. &c. There were also several of the 

 foreign Ambassadors, of whom the Turkish Minister was most conspicu- 

 ous. " The public were admitted by tickets, for which half a crown was 

 charged, whilst those at the Surrey Gardens might be had for one shil- 

 ling ; these tickets were advertised to be sold at the principal nurseries 

 and seedshops, and at other places, and those w ho bought them got into 

 the grounds for half-a-croum each, but those who, through ignorance, had 

 neglected to provicle tliemselves with tickets, were charged ^/i^e shillings 

 at the gate. The majority paid this demand without hesitation, but a 

 large proportion of persons, apparently of the first respectability, ob- 

 jected to so great an augmentation of charge, and declined to become 

 spectators of what was going on in the garden. Next day the same 

 thing was exhibited for one shilliiig. 



The premium for the best one lumdred distinct varieties of heartsease 

 was awarded to Mr. Lane, florist. — Flor. Cabinet. 



Great Floricultural exhibition at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. — A 

 sort offend having arisen between Mr. Cross, the ])roprietor of the Sur- 

 rey Zoological Gai-dens, aiul the Metropolitan Society of Florists and 

 Amateurs, the exhibition of flowers by this Society, which had heretofore 

 been held in these grounds, has been removed elsewhere. Mr. Cross 

 and his friends, however, were determined not to sit down patiently 

 under this treatment; and accordingly, on the 15th and 16th June, in pur- 

 suance of numerous advertisements, a grand floral fete was held at the 

 Gardens, which exceeded even the most sanguine expectations of its pro- 

 moters. The display of stove and green-house plants, geraniums, roses, 

 &c., was splendid iu the extreme. A collection of shrubby calceolarias, 



