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JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



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seek a lesson in spring orardening will do well to inspect the 

 exhibition of one so competent to instruct in the art. 



FIRST SPEIUa SHOW. 



This was held on Saturday the 25th, and never since the 

 Society first eomnieneed such shows has there been one so 

 varied, so interesting, and in every respect so well calculated 

 to advance the true interests of horticulture as that which 

 we have now to report. From the Kegent's Pai-k Show 

 having so immediately preceded it, that at South Kensing- 

 ton was in some of its features necessarily a repetition, but 

 a repetition under vastly more favourable circumstances; 

 for even the most strenuous advocates of canvas in prefer- 

 ence to permanent glazed structures must admit that the 

 latter are infinitely more comfortable for spring exhibitions, 

 especially in such a March as the present. 



And now of the Show. Hyacinths, of course, were the 

 principal object; and in the collections from Mr. W. Paul 

 and Messrs. Cutbush among nurserymen, and Mr. Young of 

 Highgate among amateurs, right worthily were they repre- 

 sented. For eighteen Mr. Paul was first with splendid 

 spikes of Von Schiller, Macaulay, Solfaterre, Koh-i-Noor, 

 Miss Nightingale, all various shades of red ; that rich deep- 

 coloured variety brought out last year by the eshibitor — 

 King of the Blues ; Garrick, Van Speyk, Charles Dickens, 

 and Grand Lilas, paler shades of blue ; Feruck Khan, and 

 Prince Albert, both nearly approaching to black, the latter 

 a very fine spike of its kind ; and in blush and whites, 

 Tubiflora, Gigautea, Seraphine, Grandeur a MerveUle, and 

 Alba Maxima. Messrs. Cutbush came second ; their collection 

 contained two very conspicuous white-eyed, blue-fiowering 

 kinis — viz.. Lord Palmerston, which, though bearing a cer- 

 tain degree of similarity in its general character to some 

 other kinds, has a rich azure tiut entirely its own; and 

 Argus, a better known flower of a deeper hue, and having 

 the white eye even more conspicuous than the preceding. 

 Eobert Fortune, another new variety, fully justified the 

 appreciation of it entertained last year, for the spike was 

 fine, and no doubt when older bulbs are obtained will be 

 finer still. Haydn, another of the mauve class, was also 

 fine ; and there was an excellent spike of Ida, yellow. 



In the Amateur's Class for six kinds, two of each, Mr. 

 Young, gardener to R. Barclay, Esq., Highgate, was first 

 with Mimosa (violet blue), Macaulay, Von SchiUer, Van 

 Speyk, Grandeur a Merveille, and Madame Van der Hoop ; 

 the second prize was withheld; and Mr. Higgs, gardener to 

 Mrs. Barchard, Putney Heath, was third. 



The class fcr six kinds, was open both to nurserymen and 

 amateurs, and here Messrs. Cutbush took the first prize 

 with Von Schiller, Macaulay, Duke of Wellington, Sera- 

 phine, Marie, and Grand Lilas ; Mr. Young second ; and 

 Mr. Paul third, the whole of the spikes exhibited being good. 



Hyacinths grown in windows, in pots or glasses, exhibited 

 no improvement on last year. We have seen many better 

 under similar circumstances. Perhaps after seeing the mag- 

 nificent spikes grown in pots by Messrs. Paul and Cutbush, 

 people are afraid to come forward. As it was, Mr. Bartlett, 

 Hammersmith, was first, his Queen Victoria, La Dame da 

 Lac, Charles Dickens, and Grandeur a Merveille, being by 

 far the best exhibited ; Mr. S. Young, Highgate, was 

 second ; and Miss Fortune third, the last having the only 

 exhibition of Hyacinths in glasses. 



New Hyacinths from Messrs. Cutbush, who were first, 

 consisted of Thorwaldsen, marbled pale blue, shown last 

 spring ; Cavier, pale blue, with indigo stripe in the centre 

 of each petal; La Fran9aise, a large-belled white variety ; 

 Hogarth and Gertrude, rosy pink. Mr. W. Paul's consisted 

 of Princess Mary of Cambridge, pale porcelain blue, with 

 fine spike and bells— a variety of decided merit; Beauty of 

 Waltham, rosy pink, with white eye and compact in spike ; 

 Goliath, pink, fine bells; Prince Albert, crimson, with a 

 scarlet tinge on the outside of the tube ; and Leviathan, 

 with large white bells, having a slight rosy tinge, and alto- 

 gether an attractive variety. Doubtless another season 

 when older bulbs shall have been obtained the above va- 

 rieties will be seen to much greater advantage as regards 

 their size of spike, but judging from them as exhibited 

 Princess Mary of Cambridge, Beauty Of Waltham, and Le- 

 viathan appeared the most desirable. 



Large collections were exhibited both by Mr. Paul and 

 Messrs. Cutbush, and less numerous ones by Mr. Macintosh, 

 of Hammersmith, and Mr. Young. In Mr. Paul's, which 

 was first, we remarked Garibaldi, a fine deep crimson; 

 Queen of the Netherlands, one of the finest of the whites; 

 L'Espoia, primrose yellow; and Due de Malakoff in its two 

 forms, the one buff, the other distinctly striped with bright 

 rose, and so unlike that one could easily believe them to be 

 distinct varieties. Messrs. Cutbush, who were second, had 

 also a large and excellent collection, but to enumerate all 

 that were fine, or even a few of each colour, would occupy 

 more space than we could afford. 



Early Tulips were also shown in great perfection, both in 

 twelves and in collections of upwards of a hundred, by 

 Messrs. Cutbush and Paul, the former being first and the 

 latter second in each case. The best kinds exhibited were 

 White Pottebakker ; Eoi Pepin, white, flaked with red ; 

 Keizerkroon, yellow and red ; Archduo d'Autriche, fine 

 crimson and yellow; Proserpine, violet rose; lioso Luisante, 

 Cramoisie Eoyale, Yellow Prince, Standard Eoyal, and 

 Vermilion Brilliant. Among double sorts New Yellow 

 Tournesol, Tournesol, and Duke of York, red and white, were 

 the finest. In the Amateurs* Class, Mr. Young, Highgate, 

 was first; Mr. Bartlett, Hammersmith, second; and Mr. Ford, 

 Highgate, third. 



Crocuses were exhibited in splendid condition bv Mr. W. 

 Paul, who was first; and Messrs. Cutbush second. Mam- 

 moth, white, was by far the best of its colour ; Prince Albert 

 occupied a similar position as regards blues ; Cloth of Silver 

 was the finest striped kind ; and Golden Yellow appeared 

 to be the most useful yeUow. Good collections also camg 

 from Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Young, who were first and second 

 in the Amateurs' Class. 



Roses in pots were shown both hy Messrs. Paul & Son, 

 and Mr. W. Paul. Among those of the former we remarked 

 fine examples of Maurice Bernardin, Victor Verdier, Le 

 FAone, Alba Rosea (very pretty in colour). Baron Adolphe 

 de Rothschild, Charles Lefebvre, and Lord Clyde; whilst 

 among Mr. W. Paul's were John Hopper, Prince of Wales, 

 Senateur Vaisse, with several fine blooms, and numerous 

 buds of Anna Alexieif, &c. Several boxes containing ex- 

 cellent blooms of the above and numerous other varieties 

 came from the same exhibitors. 



Cut blooms of Camellias were exhibited by Mr. Trussler, 

 gardener to J. Kay, Esq., Esq., Hoddesdon, Messrs. Lee, 

 Hammersmith, and Mr. Paul. Among them were several 

 very good examples of the old Double White, Fimbriata, 

 Elegaus, Douckelaari, Colvilli, Eclipse, carnation flaked ; 

 Jenny Lind, a beautiful blush white ; Pioturata, &o. First, 

 second, and third prizes were awarded to the above exhibi- 

 tors in the order in which they are named. Messrs. Lee 

 and Mr. Bull likewise exhibited Camellias in bloom, and 

 received second prizes. 



Of miscellaneous collections of flowering plants the best 

 came from Messrs. Lee and Bull. Among the subjects ex- 

 hibited by the former were Medinilla magnifica with five 

 spikes of fiowers, Boronia pinnata, Hedaroma fuchsioides in 

 good bloom, an Oncidium, Azaleas, and Dendrobium nobUe; 

 whUst Mr. Bull contributed Medinilla, Camellias, Azaleas, 

 Draccenas, Imantophyllum, and several of the plants which 

 had been exhibited at the Floral Committee meeting of 

 the preceding Tuesday, also the curious Marcgravia rotun- 

 difoUa. 



Miscellaneous subjects consisted of a splendid collection 

 of Cyclamens from Messrs. E. G. Henderson ; Lilies of the 

 Valley from Mr. Paul and Mr. Bartlett; Narcissus from 

 Messrs. Cutbush ; six plants of tree Mignonette trained on 

 wire and in good bloom, from Mr. Higgs, gardener to Mrs. 

 Barchard ; Rhododendron Countess of Haddington fi-om Mr. 

 Parker ; Azaleas and Primulas fi-om Mr. Todman ; the 

 splendid new Azalea Stella (orange scarlet and violet) in 

 Sue bloom from Mr. Veitc'u ; a neatly-fLUed plant case fi-om 

 Mr. Bull; Horse Chestnuts rooted' in glasses from Miss 

 Lane ; bouquets and baskets of spring flowers from Mr. 

 Lucking and Mr. Greeves ; and ornamental flower-pots, 

 baskets, &c., in Etruscan ware from Messrs. Hooper & Co. 



From Mr. Hannan, gardener to J. Crawshay, Esq., Cy- 

 farthfa Castle, came two good Pines; from Mr. Shuter, gar- 

 dener to the Earl of Wilton, Heaton Park, Manchester, 

 bunches of Lady Downe's Grape ripe in October last; and 



