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May 17, 1880. 



POPULAR FLOWER SHOW. 



Medals Awarded. — Whit-Monday Show, May 17th. — Silver 

 Banksian, J. Veitch and Sons for group of Azaleas ; Silver Banksian, 

 General Horticultural Company, (J. Wills,) Limited, for group of 

 Plants ; Bronze Banksian, Osborn and Sons for group of Plants ; 

 Bronze Banksian, H. Cannell for group of Plants. 



With a liberality that is unquestionably highly appreciated the 

 Council of the Society gave admittance to the Gardens at South 

 Kensington on Whit-Monday at the nominal price of 2d. each 

 person, and provided a flower show into the bargain. The weather 

 having been of the most favourable character thousands of 

 sight-seers visited the Gardens, and crow T ded round the tables con- 

 taining the groups, criticising and admiring the many choice 

 plants and splendid examples of culture provided by the nursery- 

 men and growers of plants for market who shared in producing 

 the display. The prizes were exclusively provided for the market 

 growers and decorative florists, and included four silver cups, but 

 the classes were few in number and the competition was not brisk, 

 yet the collections reached nearly the entire length of the eastern 

 arcade, and as arranged on tables could be seen to as great advan- 

 tage as the dense crowds permitted. The silver cup, value eight 

 guineas, for a group of decorative plants arranged for effect, was 

 well won by Mr. Aldous, florist, Gloucester Eoad, South Kensing- 

 ton. It was a free and informally arranged group, the taller 

 plants consisting of Palms and Acer Negundo variegata ; the 

 smaller and what may be termed the undergrowth, comprising 

 Liliums umbellatum and candidum, Pelargoniums, Spiraeas, Cal- 

 ceolarias, Ericas, Eerns, Marguerites with a few prominent ex- 

 amples of Saxifraga pyramidalis and Richardias, the whole being 

 fringed with Isolepis gracilis and Selaginellas. 



In the class for a group of not less than fifty show Pelargo- 

 niums Mr. W. Brown, Hendon, was in the premier position with 

 a magnificent collection of nearly a hundred plants, most of which 



