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THE PLOKIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



Some collections of splendid Chinese Primulas were produced, immense trusses of flower 

 combined with the finest quality. Mr. G. Taylor, gardener to C. A. Hanbury, Esq., East 

 Barnet, was first ; Mr. J. Todman, gardener to R. Hudson, Esq., Clapham Common, second ; 

 and Messrs. Cutbush and Mr. E. Blogg equal third. With double Primulas, Messrs. Cut- 

 bush & Son were first, but they seemed to lose all attraction by the side of the gay pyramids 

 of the single kinds. 



In the Miscellaneous Class were two splendid groups of Hyacinths from Messrs. Cut- 

 hush and W. Paul. .Among them were fine examples of Laurens Koater, Baron Van Tuyll, 

 La Nuit, Prince of Saxe Weimar, Bleu Mourant, Baron Van Humboldt, William I., Argus, 

 Prince Albert, and Mimosa— Park Blues ; Orondates, Regulus, Charles Dickens, Van Speyk, Sir 

 C. Campbell, Grand Lilas, Garrick, Pieneman (very large, better style of Couronne de 

 Celle), Leonidas, and Couronne de Celle— all light varieties ; of Dark Reds there were Victoria 

 Alexandra, Lady Sale, Pelissier, Reine des Jacinthes, Lina, Howard, Solfaterre, Macaulay, 

 and Von Schiller ; of Pinks there were Madame Hodson, Duchess of Richmond, La Prophete, 

 Queen Victoria, La Dame du Lac, Susannah Maria, Mrs. Beecher Stowe, Princess Charlotte 

 (a pleasing delicate rose with green tips), Milton and Cosmos. Mauve kinds were represented 

 by Haydn ; Yellows, by King of Yellows and Due de Malakoff, nankeen, with reddish 

 stripes. Blush varieties were represented by Lord Wellington, Grandeur a Merveille, 

 Gigantea, and Tubaflora; and of pure Whites there were Madame Van der Hoop, Prince of 

 Waterloo, Alba Maxima, La Tour d'Auvergne, Mont Blanc, Queen of Netherlands, Miran- 

 doline, Paix de l'Europe, Orondates, and Miss B. Coutts. A large collection of Tulips in 

 pots came from Messrs. Cutbush & Son ; some splendid cut Camellias from Mr. W. Paul. 

 Some pretty Cyclamens from Messrs. F. & A. Smith, of Dulwich, who also had seedling 

 Cinerarias, among which Sunbeam, having a deep bright purplish- crimson margin on a white 

 ground and dark disk, was very attractive ; also sprigs of Monocluetuni sericeum multiflorum, 

 and a small collection of stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. W. Bull, Chelsea, had a group 

 of new plants. A group of flowering-plants were also furnished by Messrs. Veitch & Son ; 

 and a large collection of Hollies came from Mr. W. Paul. Not the least interesting feature in 

 the Exhibition was a boxful of beautifully-coloured bracts of Bougainvillaea speciosa, for- 

 warded that morning to Mr. Eyles by Mr. Wainwright, gardener to W. C. C. Thornhill, 

 Esq., of Kettering. The brilliancy of the colour was something wonderful at this compara- 

 tively sunless season of the year. 



A large force of the Floral Committee were busily engaged on new plants and flowers. 

 These contributions comprised foliage of variegated Araucaria imbricata from Mr. Fowler, 

 gardener to the Earl of Stair ; Cypripedium Dayanum from Borneo, with handsome varie- 

 gation, from J. Day, Esq., Tottenham ; Yucca limbata lutea (a fine yellow-striped variety 

 from Mexico), and Trichomanes anceps, both from Mr. Bull, Chelsea ; Azalea President 

 Clarke (bright salmon with white edging), and Barkeria Skinneri spectabilis, from Messrs. 

 Veitch & Son — all these received first-class certificates. Certificates of the second class were 

 awarded to Limatodes rosea var. alba, from Moulmein, shown by Messrs. Low & Co. ; and 

 Anaoctochilus argyrsca, a Brazilian narrow-leaved variety from Mr. Bull; a variegated 

 Hibiscus, received from New Caledonia by Messrs. Veitch & Son, was also highly commended ; 

 and the same firm received a special certificate for an interesting collection of varieties of 

 Lycaste Skinneri. Mr. R. Parker, of Tooting, sent a well-flowered plant of his beautiful 

 hybrid Rhododendron Countess of Haddington that received a first-class certificate at a 

 corresponding exhibition last year ; and some pretty Cinerarias came froin Mr. Wiggins, of 

 Isleworth, but not possessing first-rate properties. Some considerable amount of interest 

 attached to some cut flowers of Helleborus olympicus, from the garden of Dr. Lindley at 

 Acton, said to be very hardy, and having large white flowers deeply suffused with pink ; and 

 also to Parochelus communis, a kind of Shamrock, with azure blue pea-shaped flowers, said 

 to be of value as a basket plant. 



A very interesting exhibition of artificial flowers, formed of rice paper, and tastefully 

 arranged in alabaster vases, was shown by Mrs. Stodart, the correctness of the imitation 

 being s-urprisingly apparent. And not only the flowers, but the foliage also closely resembled 

 the originals ; and being tastefully arranged, this added greatly to the effect of the whole. 



Royal Horticultural Society, March ISth.— This was another admirable Exhibition, 

 especially of Hyacinths, which were in strong force nearly the whole of one side of the room, 

 having these and Tulips for its occupants. The class for eighteen varieties brought out 

 Messrs. Wm. Paid and Cutbush in closest rivalry, and introduced us to a new competitor in 

 the person of Mr. Carstairs, of Edinburgh, who had some very good flowers indeed, that 

 appeared to have travelled the long journey Avithout taking the slightest harm. Mr. W. 

 Paul had, of Blue varieties, Geneial Havelock, Baron von Tuyll, Marie, and Grand Lilas; 

 of Reds, Solfaterre, Macaulay, Howard, and Von Schiller, deep-coloured varieties; of lighter 

 shade, there were Florence Nightingale, l'Ornement de la Nature, Cavaignac, and Lord 

 Wellington ; of Whites, Snowball,, Mont Blanc, and Grandeur a Merveille ; Haydn, a mauve- 



