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We lay before our readers this month another letter from our correspondent, 

 Hon. Joseph S. Cabot, which will be of special mterest to floriculturists. There is 

 no branch of horticulture which is brought to greater perfection in England ; and 

 the progress there made should stimulate our countrymen to more ardent efforts, 

 which cannot fail to meet their due reward. 



To the Editor of "The American Journal of Horticulture and Florist's Companion." 



In England, as in the United States, cattle-shows and horticultural exhibi- 

 tions are of frequent occurrence, which, in their character, arrangement, and man- 

 agement, seem to be very similar in both countries. In consequence of this 

 similarity, then, if I attempt to describe those of England, as you are familiar 

 with those of America, I cannot tell you any thing that is new ; yet it has seemed 

 to me to be possible that an account of some of these exhibitions in the former 

 country at which I happened to be present might not be wholly without interest. 

 As the value of such account to you would depend very much upon particulars, 

 it is unfortunate for me, that, in making it, I am obliged wholly to rely upon my 

 recollection ; and, as the exhibitions to which it refers took place some months 

 since, it is most likely that my memory will prove at fault with regard to what I 

 should most wish to tell. 



On the 25th of May occurred the first Flower Show in London for the year 

 1867: it was at Sydenham, in the Crystal Palace, about half an hour from the 

 city by rail. The place selected — the Crystal Palace — is very well adapted for 

 shows of this kind, that require a good deal of room ; and, in its large halls and 

 long galleries, ample space is obtained to display the plants, without crowding, to 

 the best advantage. It is a place of general and constant resort ; and the trains 



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