Foreign Notices. 69 



and Cut Flowers was anticipated. Country florists and amateurs who 

 make but one annual visit to the capital, look forward with anxiety to the 

 spring and autumn shows, which are considered as botanical reunions 

 from Ihe most distant parts of France. Alas for the disappointment that 

 aAvaited them ! for a more meagre display has been seldom witarssed, 

 even in Paris ; the room was not above half filled, and the Society is much 

 indebted to Messrs. Gels for sending a very large collection of about 5C0 

 plants. Past failures have not taught wisdom to the Societies here, and 

 to whatever cause it may be attributable in tliis case, whether to the long 

 continuance of cold and wet in spring and summer, the dry hot weatlier 

 in August and September, or the preposterous regulation of keeping open 

 the show for six days ; certain it is that but few fine specimens of rare or 

 good plants were to be seen, and the necessity of replenishing cut flow- 

 ers, such as Roses and Dahlias, every other day, was quite sufficient to 

 deter very many from exhibiting. These observations are not applicable 

 to the fruit, but even in this department but comparatively few persons 

 showed ; nevertiieless some of it was splendid, especially Pears, Apples, 

 and late Peaches, which were all that could be wished ; the Grapes were 

 far inferior to those of last year ; some of the bunches of Gros ribier de 

 Maroc, Gros Damas Blanc, Chasselas de la Palestine, de Bar sur Aube, 

 Muscat (i'Alexandrie, and Coniichon Blanc, Avere very large, but none of 

 them had that luscious golden appearance Avhich generally characterises 

 the Grapes here. The Melons, of which there v ere only three or four 

 varieties of Cantaloupe, had nothing to recommend them. The Cayenne 

 Pines, both Lis and Epineux, were very fine, and weighed from 10 lbs. to 

 12 lbs. each. There were also two seedling Pines of great beauty, and 

 very large fruit; one of them of a remarkably waxy sea-green color. As 

 to Vegetables, there were literally none, except Patates and Aubergines ; 

 one of the former, however, weighed 5 lbs. Cut flowers (Dahlias and 

 Roses), were numerous: but the late dry weather has been any thing but 

 favorable, and the blooms Avere generally small. Mr. Laffay exhibited a 

 seedling Perpetual Rose, named La Reine, which appears to be an hy- 

 brid, between Quatre Saisons and He de Bourbon du Luxembourg; the 

 flower is very large, petals well formed and cupped, and of a bright rose, 

 the odour like Quatre Saisons, and of the same habit of growth ; it is not, 

 however, very double, but notwithstanding, it cannot fail to become a fa- 

 vorite, and v.ill be, no doubt, in every good collection, when it is let out, 

 which will be as soon as he gets 200 subscribers at one guinea each. 

 The Society offered silver and bronze medals, which were awarded for 

 the following subjects. For the finest collection of Fruit, Ist prize, M. .T. 

 L. Jamin ; this contained 110 varieties of Bergamot, Beurre, Doyenne, 

 and other Pears, 20 varieties of Apples, besides Plums, Peaches, Grapes, 

 and certainly was a splendid collection. Among the Pears were Berga- 

 motte de Pentecote, Crassane, Libettent, Beurre d'Aremberg, d'Anjou, 

 d'Angleterre, Moire, Incomparable, Capiaumont de Flandres, Doyenne 

 Gris,^Dort', d'Hivor, Louis, Colinar d'Hiver, Blanc d'Aremberg, Bezi 

 Sanspareil, Belle de Berri, Bon Chretien d'Ete, Napoleon, Gros Colmar, 

 Van Mons, Enfant Prodigue, Ferdinand de Meister, Marie Louise, Louise 

 Bonne d'Avranche, Passe Colmar Dore, Prince de Ligne, Van Mons Le- 

 on Leclerc, Williams, Duchesse d'Angouleme, St. Germain d'Hiver, Pa- 

 nache, Reine des Pays Bas, Saint Michel d'Archange, Chaptal, Catillac 



