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de Diesbach, Empereur de Maroc, Louis XIV. Noisette, Lamarquo. Tea, Madame Damazin, 

 President, Madame Willermoz, Souvenir d'un Ami ; and H.C., Charles Lawson. Pansies 

 and Tulips came from several exhibitors. The best of the former were from Messrs. Downie, 

 Laird, & Laing, Forest Hill. In the Classes for new and rare plants, &c, a large number 

 was staged. Foremost was an extremely interesting group of variegated herbaceous plants, ■ 

 from Mr. B. S. Williams. Mr. Turner had a bright Zonale Geranium Nesfield, and a Horse- 

 shoe variety named Morning Star, a pleasing rosy salmon ; also, the following seedling Pelar- 

 goniums Improvement, a bright rosy scarlet, with dark top petals ; Koyal Albert ; Miss 

 Faithful, rose, veined with crimson, dark blotch ; A 1 ; Yivid Scarlet, dark top petals, margined 

 with fiery scarlet ; Sportsman, a handsome, rich, dark-spotted land ; Bouquet, Alice, Loveli- 

 ness, Lilly Franklin, all pleasing light-spotted varieties ; Lady Towers, bright rose, white 

 throat and margin, a'flower of fine form ; and Bella, Butterfly, and Miss-in-her- Teens, Fancy 

 kinds, shades of rose and very pretty. Mr. "Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Esq., Isleworth, 

 had Oriana, delicate pink, stained with carmine, dark top petals margined with fiery scarlet, 

 fine form and very novel ; Agamemnon, a large, deep, salmon rose, white throat, and dark top 

 petals ; Splendens, blight rosy scarlet ; Eurydice, an exquisite light flower, of fine form, dark 

 top petals margined with fiery scarlet and white ; Ardens, rich deep scarlet, veined with 

 crimson, dark blotch, a fine flower of good form ; Kegina formosa, a finely formed salmon 

 rose variety. Mr. JNye had Improvement (Foster), lilac i-ose, lightly veined with crimson, 

 dark top petals margined Math fiery scarlet ; Eoyalty, deep salmon rose veined with crimson, 

 white throat, a large flower of fine form and substance ; and Conflagration, a deep glowing 

 scarlet, very showy. Mr. B. S. Williams had Petunia rosa belle forme, crimson magenta 

 with white throat ; and Horseshoe Geranium Conqueror of Europe, a light salmon rose. 

 Messrs. Dobson & Son had Pelargonium Startler, a showy fiery scarlet, veined with crimson ; 

 and Messrs. J. & J. Fraser had International, deep rose, with crimson spots and veins, dark 

 top petals, a large, pleasing flower. Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son had Aucuba himalaica, 

 with long, bright green serrated foliage, producing clusters " of deep orange fruit ; some 

 golden-foliaged Horseshoe Geraniums, and Queen's Favourite, Mrs. Pollock, and Sunset, 

 three handsome variegated kinds. Messrs. Veitch & Son, Standish, B. S. Williams, Bull, 

 T. Jackson & Sons, &c, had groups of new and ornamental-foliaged plants of great interest, 

 adequate descriptions of which would require the whole of the present Number. 



Koyal Horticultural Society, June 11. — This Exhibition was held in the conserva- 

 tory and the arcades. A heavy gale of wind broke over here the previous evening but one, 

 and appeared to concentrate its fury on the large tent of the Society, and those covering the 

 Ehododendrons from Messrs. Waterer & Godfrey, Hnaphill. The former was rendered 

 untenable for the purposes of the Exhibition, and it was sad to witness the destruction 

 caused by the fall of the latter. About one-half of the plants were comparatively uninjured; 

 many of them were magnificent examples, and ranged in colours from the most delicate 

 blush to dark crimson. They were like immense bouquets, and were as thickly studded 

 with flowers as the Azaleas in the conservatory. The great centre of attraction in this 

 Exhibition, especially for the ladies, were the groups of fruit and flowers, for which Sir 

 W. C. Dilke had offered special prizes. Some 300 feet of tables were occupied, but so 

 crowded was the arcade, that but a peep could be obtained of them. There were a great 

 variety of designs, but the palm seemed to be awarded to the most elegant and charming- 

 simplicity ; but the ordinary rules of judging cannot apply to these. Some of the groiips 

 looked as if they had been intended for triumphal arches by the fair architects, so large 

 were their proportions in comparison with those contiguous to them. On the opposite side 

 of the grounds, displayed under a corresponding arcade, were garden implements, heating 

 apparatus, wirework, trellises, and baskets, garden pottery, labels, tiles for garden edging, &c, 

 in too great variety to be detailed. Some very tasteful flower-pot covers for drawing-room 

 decoration, from Messrs. Barr & Sugden, Covent Garden, were highly commended by the 

 Judges, as were many other articles exhibited. Some very nice fruit was staged, but the 

 quantity ^ as limited. Of Pine Apples, Mr. Bailey, of Shardeloes, had a Prickly Cayenne. 

 Mr. Floud, gardener to E. Fothergill, Esq., Aberdare, had a fine Queen that weighed 5 lbs. 2 oz. 

 Mr. Barnes, of Bicton, was second. Fine Black Hamburgh Grapes were shown by Mr. 

 Henderson, Trentham Gardens; also by Mr. D. Clement, of Barnet; and Mr. Wortley, of 

 Norwood. The majority of the Muscat Grapes were unripe ; Mr. Horwood, gardener to 

 W. Turnbull, Esq., Bromley, was first with three bunches ; second, Mr. Standish, Bagshot. 

 Some good fruit of Peaches, Nectarines, Cherries, and Figs were staged, of well-known 

 varieties. Mr. Smith, Twickenham, had three dishes of Sir C. Napier, British Queen, and 

 Empress Eugenie Strawberries— the latter a large and very high-coloured variety; Mr. 

 Widdowson, Chorleywood House, was second with Sir Harry, Sir C. Napier, and Crimson 

 Queen. Mr. Smith, of Sion House, had admirable Grapes in pots, so had Mr, Hutt, gardener to 

 Miss B. Coutts, Highgate ; and some considerable interest attached to some small bunches of 

 Black Grapes, from Dr. Trouncer, ripened in a glass structure on the top of a house, in 



