380 Foreign J^ToHces. 



est of Fontainbleau. I have only one nnore remark to make, and that is, 

 that the Tshudy graft is executed here more simply than at first — it is 

 no longer covered with paper to guard it from the sun and wind — it is 

 Bimply tied with a flag, and a bit of grass, and it always succeeds per- 

 fectly. (^Hort. Jour.) 



Art. II. Foreign Notices. 



ENGLAND. 



Cremorne House Fete. — In our last we gave some account of the 

 award of medals by the Royal Society and Central School of Agricul- 

 ture and Horticulture. We now add the following remarks on the 

 character of the exhibition: — 



It is a long time since we remember to have witnessed (if it has ever 

 been witnessed at all,) a more splendid assemblage of rank and fashion, 

 than attended this unique fete; and the oldest horticulturist, as we are 

 informed by every practical man we have consulted, never witnessed 

 such a show of plants and flowers. The stages on which the flowers 

 were placed, gave no less than twelve hundred feet of densely packed 

 specimens, scarcely one of which was of ordinary growth. Nor was 

 this all; there was an exhibition of fruit equal to any thing ever pro- 

 duced in this country; seventeen superb specimens of pines were exhib- 

 ited growing on their plants, besides many beautifully grown pines cut, 

 black currants, grapes, melons, cherries, strawberries. Sec, in abun- 

 dance; a vine in a pot, with numerous bunches of grapes, was also a 

 pleasing and novel object. Two grand collections of Melo Cacti and 

 Mammillaria, many of which were from the interior of Mexico, were 

 considered superior to any thing in this country; one of these had a 

 large, and the other a small, gold medal awarded, and richly did they 

 deserve the distinction. There were no less than eleven large collec- 

 tions of stove and green-house plants exhibited in competition, and five 

 of these by persons who would have exhibited at Chiswick, had not the 

 Horticultural Society chosen the same day for their exhibition. The ge- 

 raniums excelled every thing; no less than one hundred and forty feet 

 of the stage was occupied with a double row of these splendid plants, 

 which were exhibited in collections of thirty-six varieties; of heaths 

 there were nearly three hundred, and better grown plants, or plants in 

 more variety and beauty, were certainly never produced. In hydran- 

 geas, there were many competitors; but those who know the growth of 

 Mr. Mills, the gardener for Gainsbury Park, and Mr. Redding, of Wim- 

 bledon, will not be surprised that they stood first and second. Cox- 

 combs were also in great splendor; and, considering the sameness usual- 

 ly manifested in this tribe, there was a variety not often met with; the 

 collection, which obtained the gold medal, was a rich scarlet, very large 

 and beautiful. Single specimen plants, comprising almost every thing 

 that was new and rare, were abundant; and some specimens of orchid- 

 eous, originally from Highclerc, were such as every other collection in 

 the country, not excepting even Loddiges', may be searched for in vain. 

 As a fete unconnected with horticulture, there was much to commend. 

 There were three military bands of first-rate quality, and the Blues, who 

 took the centre, were never in better time for business; the only thing 

 we complain of, on the part of the military, is the striking up "God save 

 the Queen," while the Schwartzenbach band were in the middle of a 

 piece. It was uncourteous to strangers, and not much more flattering 

 to the company. However, the latter were gratified with several extra- 



