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coloured variety ; and Due de Malakoff, buff, with reddish stripes. Messrs. Cutbush & Son 

 had Garrick, Charles Dickens, Grand Lilas, and General Havclock, shades of Blue ; Solfaterre, 

 Victoria Alexandrma, Koh-i-Noor, Florence Nightingale, Macaulay, and La Prophete, Reds ; 

 Gigantca, Grandeur a, Mervillc, and Lord Wellington, Blush; Beraphihe, Snowball, and Alba 

 Maxima, pure White ; Ida, Yellow • and Haydn, Mauve. Mr. Carstairs had Lord Palinerston, 

 Charles Dickens, Baron von Tuyll, Prince Albert, and Grand Lilas, shades of Blue ; Florence 

 Nightingale, Agnes, Veronica, Princess Clothilde, Macaulay, and Mrs. B. Stowe, Reds ; 

 Amphion, claret colour, quite novel; and of Whites, Mont Blanc, Mirandoline, Lord 

 Wellington, Grandeur a Merveille, and Seraphine. In the Amateurs' Class for twelve 

 varieties, Mr. Carr, gardener to B. Noakes, Esq.,Highgate, had Charles Dickens, Argus, Grand 

 Lilas, Howard, Von Schiller, Mrs. B. Stowe, Queen Victoria, Lord Wellington, Grandeur a 

 Merveille, Madame Van der Hoop, (white), Mont Blanc, and Aurora (a buff variety). Mr. 

 Young, gardener to R. Barclay, Esq., of Highgatc, had Prince Albert, Grand Lilas, Princess 

 Alice, Blue ; Howard, Cosmos, Koh-i-Noor, La Dame du Lac, La Prophete, Mont Blanc, 

 Miss B. Coutts, Grandeur a Merveille, and Lady Franklin, delicate blush with pink stripe. 

 The Class for six new kinds of Hyacinths had three competitors. Mr. Paid had Florence 

 Nightingale, Macaulay, and Koh-i-Noor, Red ; Snowball, White ; Haydn, Mauve ; and 

 Due de Malakoff, Buff. Mr. Cutbush had Feruk Khan, new of 1862, single purple-blue, 

 small bells, a close but narrow spike ; Fair Maid of Denmark, new of 1862, single pure white 

 with large bells ; Rouge Eclatante, new of 1862, a stmi-doublc rich fiery red, medium spike ; 

 Maria Theresa, new of 1862, single delicate pink with red stripe, good close spike; Prince 

 of Orange, single pink, striped and suffused with red ; and San Francisco, new of 1862, single, 

 bright canary yellow, good close spike. Mr. Young had Maearday, Victoria Aloxandrina, 

 Reine des Hyacinths, and Von Schiller— all Reds ; Paix de l'Europe, White ; and Regulus, 

 Blue. Two large collections were also staged by Messrs. Cutbush and Paul. Da addition 

 to the varieties before named, Mr. Paul had of shades of Blue, Lord Raglan, double ; 

 Leonidas, and Bleu Aimable; of Reds, l'Ornement de la Nature, Koh-i-Noor, Aurora 

 Rutilans, deep fiery red ; Prince of Orange, and Susannah Elizabeth ; of Whites, Seraphine, 

 and Prince of Waterloo. In Mr. Cutbush' s collection were the following varieties not so well 

 known : of shades of Red, Amy, very bright, Noble par Merite, Desdemona (very deep colour), 

 Circe, and Johanna Christina, blush with red stripes and somewhat novel ; of Whites, we 

 noticed Ek-nora, Mammoth, Fair Maid of Denmark, and Paix de l'Europe ; of Blush, Lady 

 Franklin ; of White, Sir Bulwer Lytton (double), Elfrida, and Voltaire, and Aurora, buff 

 with pink stripes. In clas3 11, Mr. Young and Mr. Carr both exhibited. Three bulbs 

 of Hyacinths were allowed in each pot. They were of well-known kinds, and Mr. Carr's, 

 being in the largest pots, made the best display. 



Tulips were shown by nurserymen in classes of twenty-four and eighteen pots, six kinds 

 being necessary in each case. In the larger number Messrs. Cutbush had Vermilion 

 Brilliant, Thomas Moore, Due d'Aremberg, Rouge Luisante, Cramoise, and Grand Due. 

 Mr. Wm. Paul had Proserpine, Grand Due, White Pottebakker, Canary Bird, and the two 

 varieties of Tournesol. In the smaller group Messrs. Cutbush had Vermilion Brilliant, 

 Fabiola, Due d'Aremberg, Mathilda, Rouge Luisante, and Florida. Mr. Paul had Rouge 

 Luisante, Royal Standard, Cottage Maid, Archduc d' Austria, Van der Neer, and Red-striped 

 Pottebakker. In the class for amateurs with twelve pots in four kinds, Messrs. Carr and 

 Young again contended, their varieties being among those just named. 



Messrs. Veitch & Son were first with six Camellias in flower, having Madame Lebois, 

 Bella di Firenze, Comtc de Paris, Teutonia rosea, Fimbriate, and Alba plena. Mr. Hally, of 

 Blackheath, had Carminata, Amabilis, Imbricate, Elegans, Ophine, and Countess of Derby. 

 Of four kinds Messrs. Veitch & Son exhibited Triomphe de Loddi, Allanea, Amelia Benucer, 

 and Alba plena. The same were also first with one specimen, having Bacciocchi, salmon red, 

 with white stripes. Mr. J. Salter, of Hammersmith had Elegans, rosy salmon. A few Rho- 

 dodendrons were produced by one or two exhibitors ; the classes for six and four kinds did 

 not seem to be filled-up. Messrs. Veitch & Son had a fine specimen of Rhododendron Sniithi 

 superba that towered up above its neighbours, the deep bright red trusses of flower being a 

 most conspicuous object. 



Special prizes were offered by the Society for the three best Camellias, and for three best 

 tree Mignonettes. Fbr the first-named Messrs. Veitch & Son were the only exhibitors, 

 having fine plants, well bloomed, of General Lafayette, Valtevaredo, and Countess of Orkney ; 

 the other was one of considerable interest, and produced four competitors. Mr. John Richards^ 

 gardener to Lord Londesborough, Tadcaster, was first with three good specimens, having 

 wonderful heads, when it is considered it is only a twelvemonth since the seeds were sown. 

 Mr. J. Holloway, gardener to R. Dobree, Esq., Walthamstow, was second, having smaller 

 specimens, but remarkably well grown and flowered. T. D. Shafto, Esq., of Hurston, Kent 

 and Mr. George Morrison contributed specimens in the form of pyramids that had been 

 nicely managed. 



A large quantity of contributions were staged in the Miscellaneous Class, and for the 



