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TZ^Zrison produced very neat specimens 

 r . Robert, v ^^ tricolor elegans very 



t and pre 



; " a ^ri olor i^fine health , inflata alba very 



«»' ! ^mncra.^'foor £"«7h« high and two feet 

 dition; gemmirera, o praegnans, remarkably 



„ diameter .and in fine - ,F ^ on , f 



healthy ; and ™ etul ' n ° l , Unt of E. ventricosa 

 B - had ! k ° r . Jro^nK fnVne of Mr. Beck's slate pots, 

 ""* Sl0b rr'k 6 abir health and bloom ; he had also fine 

 •° d ° fE ven«r osa alba, E. v. tenniflora, E. v stellata 

 plants of t-'en offlowers; a good plant of 



?° L dl.Vnotq«Ur s »ffieientlyin bloom and fine plants 

 E ;"r breviflora, Westphalingia, splendens finely 

 ? .A hat an indifferent plant ; and a promising , speci- 

 W00m ! d 'E Humeana.-Mr. Brazier gr to W . H. 

 me ° i?«n of Islewortb, produced fourteen seedling 

 Storey, tsq-» u veQ tricosa, and grandiflora kinds, 



'"""It 1 bv Mr. Storey, and some of them very beauti- 



J^'-They consisted of E. vestita albida, a lovely plant ; 



£ .lha superba, very pretty ; E. v. rosea alba, 



d^ate r e-coLr, elega/t t J. grandiflora lucida, very 



t*E g. purpurascens ; ,E. ventricosa carnea ; E. 



"** '. h Za™« <moerba; E. Longiflora flonbunda, a 



Te r l Td Sa kind wU E variabalis", Albertiana, and 

 .plendid kind , her melanchol to 



A, fl t r t ,a "at wh e we are writing, the noble collec- 

 l If Fricas and other plants of Mr. Storey, which 

 Ue IbUc have so frequently looked upon with 

 deltaht. at Horticultural Exhibitions, are being 

 di nosed of by public auction.-In the group of six 

 Heaths Mr. Green had fine plants of E. elegans and 

 tricolor elegans, in fine bloom ; E. perspicua nana and 

 3co.a superba, loaded with bloom ; and tolerable 

 plants of E. splendens and Cavendishii.-Mr. Dawson, 

 of Brixton-hill, sent E. pulverulenta, nicely in bloom, 

 and forming a cone of verdure three or four feet high by 

 six inches in diameter at the base; very handsome plants 

 of ventricosa globosa and tricolor elegans ; and neat 

 specimens of Bergiana, Massoni, and the admirable little 

 Coventryana.— From the nursery of Mr. Jackson, of 

 Kingston, was a collection of very large specimens : it 

 contained an immense plant of E. ventricosa Bothwelliana, 

 a plant four feet high and three feet in diameter, covered 

 with bloom; E. tricolor speciosa, with neat pale-red 

 flowers ; E. tricolor, a seedling variety, very superb ; a 

 fine plant of the singular E. halicacaba, with pale-green 

 flowers ; E. moschata, covered with small greenish-yellow 

 blooms ; and a fine plant of E. depressa. Mr. Jackson 

 had, moreover, fine plants of what he called E. Parer- 

 soniana, var. Cavendishii ;, E. vestita coccinea, large, 

 but past its best ; a fine Jasminiflora alba ; the singular 

 E. Plukenetii, with dull-red flowers ; a fine large E. 

 elegans odorata, not quite in bloom ; an excellent plant, 

 three feet high and two feet in diameter, of E. trans- 

 lucens, with pretty pink flowers ; and tolerable specimens 

 of E. inflata and carnosa.— In the collection from Messrs. 

 Rollisson,ofTooting,were several of those curious Heaths, 

 which are rarely met with at public exhibitions : they 

 were E. sanguinolenta, with small, dark, blood-coloured 

 flowers ; E. thymiflora, resembling a large plant of the 

 old Mother of Thyme; E. imbricata, very singular; and 

 E. villosa, with a silvery-greenish appearance. In this 

 collection were also a very fine variety called E. Massoni 

 major, a plant of much more vigorous habit, and with 

 flowers of a finer colour than E. Massoni. There were, 

 moreover, good plants of E. ventricosa superba, in fine 

 bloom ; E. v. carnea, E. v. prsegnans, E. v. stellifera, and 

 E. v. tenuiflora. Messrs. Rollisson had, finally, good 

 plants of E. jasminiflora nana and vittata, and well- 

 bloomed specimens of E. Coventryana, grandiflora, 

 Cavendishii, and mundula. 



The collections of Cacti, though of course brilliant, 

 did not contain any very novel kinds. Mr. Robertson 

 had fine plants of Cereus speciosissimus, Epiphyllum 

 Ackermanni and Jenkinsonii, and good plants of E. splen- 

 dens, speciosus, and Jenkinsonii major.— Mr. Falconer 

 had a fine plant of Cereus Mallisonii in fine bloom, specio- 

 sissimus,with Epiphyllum Jenkinsonii and Ackermanni in 

 nch order, and several other varieties.— From Mr. 

 Green were plants of Epiphyllum speciosum, elegans, 

 Jenkinsonii multiflorum, splendens, and aurantiacum, 

 with orange-scarlet flowers ; neat plants of rubrum gran- 

 oiflorum, speciosum purpureum, formosum, and Acker- 

 manni violaceum. He had also Cereus speciosissimus, with 

 C. Mallisonii, and a variety of the latter called C. strictus, 

 *ith _ very pale-red flowers. 



The Garden of the Society contributed some fine spe- 

 cimens of Pinuses in pots, among which we noticed 

 £. fihfolia, tenuifolia, Apulcensis, patula, Russeliiana, 

 Montuzemae, macrophylla, Devoniana, religiosa, and 

 Hartwegii. There were also Juniperus tetragona and 

 naccida, a curious climbing plant, with green campanu- 

 anl T er8 stri P ed with brown, called Codonopsis lurida ; 



Of \v 8C fruitin g specimen of Musa Cavendishii. 

 *Vk TAN Cases there was only one example, 



jmcn consisted of succulent plants in small pots. They 

 ledp-P ?!! at a ? d interes tiug appearance, and to our know- 

 ««» i y have been growing in the same case for 



Tu7 n tm e Green They ™* ^ Mr * ^ ""^ * 



T>nh° SES S PoTs were shown, in fine condition, by Mr. 

 P» i J ,T e8sr8 - Lane and Sons, of Berkhampstead ; 

 and M r ' of Che sn*nt ; Alexander Rowland, Esq. ; 

 Utt ii Cobbett > nurseryman, of Chobham. The two 

 httJ i eCtl0ns were in no wa y remarkable ; Mr. Cob- 

 earlV'* u Were P" 110 ^* 1 ^ Moss Roses, having flagged 

 akilfnl! n corning, and Mr. Rowland's being less 



1D2 p y , grown * Mr - Dobson's collection, though evidenc- 



6 good management, were principally dwarf standards, 



which for pot culture we consider in doubtful tastf. 

 They look too artificial, and, let them be ever so well 

 done, will never approach our standard of what pot Roses 

 ought to be, or accomplish what the Society has in view, 

 viz., show the real character of the plant. The only way 

 in which standards can be at all admissible will be when 

 the branches are trained pendantly, so as to hide the 

 naked stem, and indeed in this way some of the stronger- 

 growing kinds of French Hybrid China, Noisette, Hybrid 

 Perpetual, and Damask, when trained over balloon or 

 other fancy-formed trellises, will make very beautiful 

 objects. To satisfy our taste, we must also see dwarf 

 Roses grown without each flower being supported by a 

 stick ; for, however much such arrangement may be 

 necessary for the proper conveyance of the plants from 

 place to place, a Rose that will not do without them is 

 unfit for pot culture. These remarks apply to Rose- 

 growing generally, and not to Mr. Beck's in particular. 

 The kinds produced by Mr. Beck were Aspasia, La 

 France, Mrs. Bosanquet, Pompone Laquene, Hor- 

 tense Leroy, Brennus, Belle Marie, Coutard, and 

 Madam Nerard. — Messrs. Lane's collection con- 

 sisted principally of dwarf kinds, and had been 

 most excellently managed. They consisted of Moire, 

 Blanchefleur, Duke of Devonshire, Great Western, 

 Due de Cases, Armosa, Scholastique, Madame Plantier, 

 Boule de Nanteuil, Pomone, Therese, Isabella, Com- 

 tesse de Lacepede, Augustine Lelieur, Augustine Her- 

 sent, Pierre St. Cyr, Auteros, and Triomphe de Luxem- 

 bourg. — The greater par£ of Messrs. Paul's were dwarf 

 standards, but were in very fine bloom ; the best were 

 named Daubenton, Duke of Cambridge, Madame Desp- 

 rez, Ipsilante, Agnessan, Taglioni, La Pactole, Comte 

 Lacepede, Buonaparte, Sophie de Marcilly, Beauty of 



Billiard, and Roi de Rome. 



Of Cut Roses a great quantity were exhibited from 

 various parts of the country. The kinds sent by Mr. 

 Rivers, nurseryman, of Sawbridgeworth, were Hybrid 

 perpetual : Mrs. Elliot, Prudence Rceser, Madame Laf- 

 fay, Due d'Aumale, Duchess of Sutherland, Aubernon, 

 and Louis Buonaparte. Hybrid China : Fulgens, Cou- 

 tard, Velours Episcopal, Kleber, Beauts' vive, Chene- 

 dole, Eucharis, Vingt neuf Juillet, Blanii No. 2, Tri- 

 omphe d'Angers, Pangot, Coupe d'Amour, Brennus, 

 Pompone Bicolor, Beauty of Billiard, and Triomphe de 

 Laquene. French : Royal Marbled, Adelaide, Renon- 

 cule ponctuee, Boule de Nanteuil, Kean, and Madame 

 Cottin. Damask : Madame Hardy and Deesse de Flore. 

 Hybrid Jfourbon : Coupe d'Hebe, Charles Duval, Belle 

 de St. Cyr, Great Western, Colonel Combes, Sylvain, 

 and Brillante. Alba : La Seduisante and Pnncesse de 

 Lamballe. Provence: Sylvain and Crested. Hybrid 

 Provence: Blanchefleur and Duchessed'Angouleme; with 

 Tea Elise Sauvage, Persian Yellow, Harrisonii, Eclat des 

 Roses, and Oracle de Siecle. Mr. Rivers had also the 

 following kinds of Moss Roses— Prolific, Crimson, 

 French Crimson, Pompone, Celina, White Bush, Blush, 

 Princess Royal, Single Crimson, Unique de Pro- 

 vence, Pompone fin, and Luxembourg— In Messrs. 

 Paul's collection of cut Roses were very fine specimens 

 of the following kinds:— Marie de Medicis, Maciame 

 Gernin, La Seduisante, Blanchefleur, General Allard, 

 Madame Hardy, Comte de Paris, Lady Stuart, Adele 

 Prevost, Carre de Boissiloup. Duchesse d Angouleme, 

 Densiflora, Comtesse de Lacepede, Rouge Eblomssante, 

 Niphets, Stadtholder, Triomphe de Laquene, Brennus, 

 Amiable Queen, and Duchess d'Abrantes.-Mr. Hooker, 

 Nurseryman, of Brenchley, Kent, had the annexed kinds : 

 Prince Albert, Wm. Jesse, Celinette, Hymensea, Mal- 

 ton, Blanchefleur, Princess Augusta, Coupe, Duke of 

 Sussex, Reine des Isles Bourbon, Devoniensis, Persian 

 Yellow, Octavie, La Calarisseme, Camellia blanc, and 

 odorata. Mr. Hooker also exhibited six seedling varieties, 

 one a light yellow Scotch; another like \illage Maid, 

 with the Emperor of Russia, Burgundy, aseedlmg Moss, 

 and Gallica.-From Messrs. Lee, Nurserymen, of Ham- 

 mersmith, were several boxes of admiraoly- arranged 

 flowers, the advantage consisting in arranging each colour 

 in a separate line across the box, instead of in large 

 bunches, and so intermixing the colours that each may 

 enhance by contrast the beauty of its neighbour The 

 best kinds were Madame Dubarry, Blanchefleur, Glory of 

 France, Sophie de Marsilly, Fimbriata Lady Sefton, 

 Duke of Devonshire, Fanny Parissot and Leon ™tn.— 

 Mr C Cobbett, Nurseryman, of Chobham, produced fine 

 blooms of the following :-Fulgens, Victor Hugo, Cou- 

 tard, Armosa, Due d' Angouleme, Brennus, UGn- 

 deur, Robin Hood, Painted Damask, Waterloo, William 

 Jesse, Brennus Superb, Comtesse de Lacepede.-Mr. 

 Francis, Nurseryman, of Hertford, and Mr. Bennett, 

 Nurseryman, of Bath, also sent collections of very fine 



cut Roses Among private growers, Mr. Milne, gr. to C. 



S. Chancey, Esq., had very fine specimens of the follow- 

 ing varieties :— Parry, Rivers's Superb Tuscany, Adoni N 

 Yellow Noisette, Glory of France, Sulphurea Superba, 

 Noisette Lamarque, and Eugene Barbot.— Mr. Dobsou 

 contributed Beauty of Billiard, Triomphe de Montmo- 

 rency, Brennus, Queen of the Bourbons, Frincesse 

 Lamballe, Glory of France, Coupe de Amour, General 

 Lamarque, and Madame Dauberg.-Mr. Slow had good 

 specimens of Nina, Safrana, Elise Sauvage, Belle i Alle- 

 mande, Silene, Reine de Bontem, Mrs Bosanque , 

 Queen, and Triomphe du Luxembourg.--Mr. ^rsons, 

 gr. to A. George, Esq., sent, among others ; GobaoU, 

 Melaine, Taglioni, Madame Hardy, Julie Etanges Las 

 Casas, Brennus, Remarquable, Charles .Louis, fcir vv 

 Scott, Therese Isabelle, Madame Plantier Noise te 



Lamarque, Bougere, Kean, and * l P^-J£ m A £ £ 

 Laing,\f Twickenham, were Jaune Desprez Adele 



Us Casus, and Triamph* de 1. . marque.— Cut^ Koaes 

 were also shown by A. Rowland, Uq- ; Mr- But.er.gr. 

 to — Svmons, Esq., NurS.ton, Surrey ; and Mr. Stanley, 

 IT. to H. Berens. Esq., Sidca).,Kent. We regret, how- 

 ever, to state that, in consequence of Mr. S. attending 

 to the packing of his other plants before he went to 

 the Roses, the whole of them were purloined ; we doubt 

 not, by persons who, from their appearance, ought to 



have knonn better. 



As has been before observed, the Exhibition of t M it 

 was of a very superior description. Mr. Henderson, 

 nr to Sir George Beaumont, Bart., exhibited, in a 

 collection, some very splendid Black Hamburgh 

 Grapea. very fine Cabul Melons, two (iueen P.nes^ 

 beautifully swelled, and also excellent Peaches and 

 Nectarines. This collection w.s very excellent, and 

 we .hould say, taking it altogether, no man ever 

 produced a finer one.-In Mr. Spencer s (gr to the 

 Marquess of Lansdowne) collection were very nne 1 ov.- 

 dence Pines, tolerable Grapes good Green-flesh Me low, 

 and four dishes of very fine Peaches and Nect. mes.- 

 Mr. Dclds. !;r. to Sir George V arrender , Bart., sent 

 someverv good Melons, tolerable Pin-, Black Harnbu gh 

 and Muscat Grapes, and very good Peaches, Nectarines 

 and Red and White Currants.-Of Pines, four very 

 superior Queens, weighing from 4 lbs. to 5 lbs. each were 

 shown by Mr. Dodds, gr. to Col. Baker ; , three fine 

 Queens, but not quite so well sailed as Mr. Dodds a, by 

 Mr. Henderson ; two Queens by Mr. \\ harton, gr. to 

 Miss Whitehead. Weston. Bath; two Providence, an 

 Enville, and a Queen, by Mr. E. Davies, gr. to A. Smiih, 

 Esq; four fine Providence by Mr. rielder.gr. to \\. 

 Linwood, Esq. ; and a long but badly a-elled EnvUle 

 from Mr. GUdmore, gr. to J. Berens Esq., Revmg.on, 

 Kent. -The Bokhara Melon sent by Mr. Henderson wa» 

 about 12 inches long and inches in diameter, tapering 

 slichtly from the middle to each end and of a dull 

 brownish-green colour.-The Cabul Melon .. a yellow 

 slightly-netted kind, not unlike the Keying, I » D *^ 

 exceedingly well grown ones were sent by Mr. U ^ son, 

 g r. to F. G. Farmer, Esq.- Another new kind, called the 

 lienares Melon, of large size, was sent b,J Mr Car 

 michael, gr. to Mrs. Hawkins ; good specimens of An 

 derson'a Green-flesh Melon, by Mr. Jerry gr. to Lady 

 Pullen • four fine Egyptian Green-flesh, by Mr. fal- 

 coner 'and some Green-flesh and Pntterr.dge Green- 

 fl°ehbv Mr. R. Fish.gr. to Colonel Sowerhy; some 

 indifferent Melons were sent by Mr. E. »««,«* 

 Cuthill's Early Melon by Mr. W harton. -Some 

 very excellent Royal George Peaches were sent by 

 Mr Foeeo, irr. to the Marquess of Abercorn, a„ Stan 



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Geor^Peadies and red Roman Neetariues were sent by 

 Mr. Mitchell, gr. to Lord Vernon ; "d^fimT but 

 badly- coloured Royal George Peaches and ISec.arines Dy 



M Or Gu^s there were scarcely any bad ones ; but the 

 Black Hamburghs shown by Mr Henderson and tne 



SS for ; they were large bunches Urge bern«, «J 



coloured, and perfectly "P ened ,- M , r -/ ( ' f 0!, n 1 f ( y k p fi uce, 

 Grenville, also produced fine bunches of ^ ^ '"^ 

 White Muscat of Alexandna, and Black I ambur.i, 

 the last were rather deficient of co our, and ^ M-Jjc * 

 were not quite ripe.— Mr. 1 arsons, & „.„ 



were not quite ripe. »■*■*-" . ' ° x v^ir Ham- 

 Esq., had some well-coloured and ripened Black Ham 

 bur»h and Muscadines, and Mr. Hodds, gr. to air 

 Wa^render, had also some fine Black H^ ^ 6 /-^ 

 Fielder, gr! to W. Linwood, Esq. sent som^ ood Black 

 Hamburghs, but those belonging o Mr. Atlee.gr 

 Beaufoy, Esq., Mr. J. F.s ., gr. to H. H - ^ * 

 Mr. Gadd, of Betcbworth, though fine, were > Dm ' 

 Tompared with others, quite .ufficteotij T ^"J- ^ 

 Mitchell of Brighton, sent fine Black Hamburgns, u v. 



th^elrom Mr.° Wi.mot. of ^^J^^A 



coloured, and not near »P e — ^"^^ Mr Lcdgard, 

 British Queen Strawberries were senj ^b Mr .US r ; 



of Batheaston, and good ^'.^e" 5 Ja plate of 

 Fish and Mr. Elliot, gr- to J. Bo »tbby, Esq. *» 

 Apples was produced by Mr^ J. Fish, and ^ 



by no means remarkable for June, Dy 



Gunnersbury. a— »»J mnre than their 



The P"^ G0 1 NICMS (v CO o n " t t ^ Exhibkion, and the 

 nsual share to the jwty ' » ^ ejWbi . 



r?et^^ent%t y th e f ^^ 



tion tents, bore eviaen competitors for 



^^^to^*^ of f new and 

 first^a e Tarieties. in pots of 24 to the cast; the first 

 PHe was awarded to' Mr. Cock, of Chiswick, for the 

 fol owing 12 plants, produced with his accustomed skill, 

 tparag'oo, Sir R. Peel, Eclipse, Emma Hebe togea 

 of the Fairies, Black Dwarf, Erectum, Sarah Garth s 



Queen Phillippa, Unit, and Maid of H^ ur --^ r ' D ,° ft , 



son, gr. to Mr. E. Beck, received the Silver Gilt Medal, 



being the second Prize for the following finely cuUivated 



flowers, grown in slate pots, corresponding ,n sl * Leo . 



24s. :_Majestic, Matilda Queen of F aines Be U 



nora, Martha, Sarjeant, Flora, Angiola, Confl ^ , ' 



Sir R. Peel, Susanna. -The third Pme, being ^ e g T j£ 



Silver Medal, was awarded to Mr. Coysb, gr. J ° ^ foJ- 



son, Esq., Clapham ; this collectior^ i^^g e rt , Comte 



lowing varieties:— Beauty, Nymph, Prince a phUIi ^ 



de Paris, Venus, Sylph, Erectum. J-ora N ^ rserymens » 



Priory Queen, Matilda, Madeleine.-- m ■ ftQd ^ 



pi... *l l- o-ri-ihitors were -»r. "« 





Laing, of Twickenham, were jaune-"!. CImi the onl, exhibitors were 



Prevost,Larnaroup ; Deesse de riora, iu»; "«»v , -j K 



