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bly grown, but as a collection, it was rendered imperfect by the con- 

 servative Iiavinfj lost a great portion of its flowers in its transit to 

 tlie gardens. Mr. Gaines's three s|)eciniens were large, and covered 

 willi an eqnal head of bloom. That [)ortion of the tent appropriated 

 to the seedling pehirgoniuins was crowded during the whole of the 

 day, furnishing strong evidence of the interest excited by any novel- 

 ties and improvements in this favorite class. The varieties exhibited 

 were numerous, and among them were flowers of great beauty in 

 form and color; the most attractive were the seedlings from E. Fos- 

 ter, Esq., of Clewer Lodge — they were characterized by an extra- 

 ordinary stain of rich and brilliant color, quite novel in appearance 

 — two were selected for prizes, being considered fine examples of 

 form. A plmt of the Rev. R. Garth's beautiful seediinir, the Queen 

 of the Fairies, was exhibited; it appears to be a free bloomer, the 

 truss, which was expanding its flowers, being furnished with nine 

 })ips; the precision of the marking in the upper petals is a strong pe- 

 culiarity, and indicates a great imj)rovement attainable in this portion 

 of the flower; a prize was awarded to it, and another to Wilson's 

 Enchantress, a bold and striking variety. There were other seed- 

 lings of great merit exhibited, showing that improvements are going 

 on in all parts in this elegant class of flowers. Strongly impressed 

 with the beauty of these seedlings, and our memory furnishing us 

 with a list of very fine flowers tliat have of late years been intro- 

 duced, we cannot but feel that those selected for exhibition do not 

 keep pace with the improvements that have taken place; many of 

 the flowers shown this season should be discarded altogether, and we 

 trust we may bid farewell to the Beaiily of Ware, Touchstone, Lady 

 Murray, and others we could mention, as quite unworthy of ap- 

 pearing in a selection, being destitute of the pro|)erties which consti- 

 tute a good flower, and whose oidy claim to notice consists in the 

 enormous head of l)loom they can be ])roduced with; they do not 

 re|)resent the present improved state of this beautiful class, and the 

 preference of such flowers by exhibitors acts as a discouragement to 

 the elTorts of those who are engaged in the ])raiseworthy occu|)ation 

 of improvement. The judges should look to this, and award their 

 prizes to the best sorts if fairly cultivated, in ])reference to the com- 

 j)aratively worthless kinds. In the large tent, we noticed a collection 

 of twenty pelargoniums from Mr. Catleugh, comprising many of the 

 recently introduced varieties; among them we noticed the Nymph, 

 Witch, Medora, Arabella, Duenna, Jubilee, Wonder, Sic; and a 

 box of cut blooms of the newer sorts looked very brilliant, and at- 

 tracted many admirers. A collection of cut blooms of seedlings, and 

 good varieties, from Mr. Russell, of Battersea, was shown, but so 

 injudiciously exhibited as to destroy the efl'ect of the flowers; there 

 were several good seedlings, but we fear their merits were over- 

 looked from the circumstance aI)Ove slated." 



At an ordinary meeting in Regent street, Sept. 17ih, we find the 

 following rei)urt in relation to several grapes which were then ex- 

 hil)ited : — 



Mr. Roberts sent specimens of six different varieties of grappp, 

 grown on young vines two years planted; and certainly for size, iind 

 weight of the bunches, we'should think they have never been sur- 



