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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



competed with Mr. Turner, and no one wondered at it. Amateurs exhibited eight varieties, 

 but they bore no comparison to Mr. Turner's. Six Alpine varieties were represented by one 

 group. Six Polyanthus the same. 



Mr. James, of Isleworth, had a group of Pansies in pots, too early for the heads of flower 

 they will furnish a few weeks hence. Mr. Bragg, of Slough, was the only exhibitor of eight 

 Fancy Pansies in pots, having Princess Alice, Princess Clothilde, Masaniello, Octavie Demay, 

 Etoile du Nord, Victor Hugo, Drainant, and Belle Lilleoise. It was a pity these were thus 

 early exhibited, as the incompleteness of the lacing failed to give an accurate idea of their 

 true character. Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, of Edinburgh, had six seedling flowers of 

 Fancy Pansies, two only of which were named — one H. 0. Nethercote, a crimson and purple 

 self with dense blotch, very small, and inferior as shown ; and Earl of Rosalyn, a fiery 

 crimson self with dark blotch, a " telling " colour, but small in size, Mr. Laing saying it was 

 the first flower that had opened. 



Azaleas and Roses were the prime features of this Show, and exceedingly gay they were. 

 Foremost was a splendid group of twenty-four varieties from Mr. C. Turner, of Slough, 

 nine of which were intended for Class 1, but were unfortunately excluded owing to the pots 

 being too large. I noticed a well-flowered plant of the yellow Azalea sinensis, the centre of 

 a group at the end of the room. Surrounding this variety were Prince Jerome and Holfordi, 

 Rids; Criterion, Gem, Perfection (Frost's), Eoi Leopold, Rosy Circle, Vesta, and Standard of 

 Perfection. Messrs. Veitch & Son were the only exhibitors of nine varieties, having good 

 plants of Souvenir de l'Exposition, Perryana, Comte de Hainault, Due de Nassau, Iveryana, 

 Magnificent, Conqueror, Roi Leopold, and Rubens. In the Amateurs' Class for nine varieties, 

 Mr. J. Todman, gardener to R. Hudson, Esq., Clapham, was first; and Mr. Higgs, gardener 

 to Mrs. Barchard, Putney Heath, second. Good plants of Roi Leopold, Model, Iveryana, 

 Dr. Livingstone, and The Bride, were in the group of the first-named. Messrs. Veitch and 

 Sim were first with six varieties, having Petuniaadora, Iveryana, Apollo, Splendens, Trium- 

 phans, and Queen Victoria. Second, Messrs. Ivery & Son, Dorking, with Crispiflora, Baron 

 de Vriere, Gem, Model, Louise Margottin, and Iveryana. A group of twelve varieties were 

 contributed by Messrs. H. Lane & Son, Berkhampstead. 



Some admirable plants of Roses in pots were shown. With six kinds, Mr. Turner was 

 first, having Victor Verdier, Souvenir d'un Ami, Coupe d'Hebe, Souvenir de Malmaison, 

 General Jacqueminot, and Baronne Prevost. Second, Mr. W. Paul, of Waltham Cross, with 

 Madame Boll, Anna Alexieff, Cardinal Patrizzi, Souvenir d'un Ami, Madame Willermoz, and 

 Madame Domage. With four varieties, Messrs. Paul & Son were first, having General 

 Jacqueminot, Victor Verdier, Belle de Bourg-la-Reine, and Souvenir d'un Ami. Second, 

 Mr. Turner-, with Comtesse de Chabrillant, Souvenir de Comte Cavour, Queen of Denmark, 

 and President. Messrs. Paul & Son, and W. Paul, had large quantities of cut Roses, among 

 which were some splendid flowers. A collection in pots were shown by Messrs. H. Lane and 

 Son, among which were, H.P.'s, Tunon and President Lincoln, two bright flowers of great 

 merit ; Tea, Madame Falcot, yellow ; and Bourbon, Louise Margottin, delicate pink. 



Collections of miscellaneous plants in flower came from Messrs. Veitch, J. & C. Lee, and 

 W. Bull ; a group of hardy Ferns came from Messrs. Ivery & Son; stove and greenhouse 

 plants from Messrs. F. & A. Smith; Lycopods from Mr. Higgs; some well -bloomed Calceo- 

 larias from Mr. James, of Isleworth ; pretty Cyclamens from Mr. Holland ; and a small 

 collection of Orchids in bloom from Messrs. Veitch & Son, among which was the singular 

 Anthyrium Scherzerianum that awakened so much interest last year. I append a descrip- 

 tion of this flower that appeared in the Gardener's Chronicle of the 4th inst., leaving it to your 

 readers to realise it as best they may : — " This desirable little Orontiad has stalked lance- 

 shaped dark green foliage, and a bright scarlet inflorescence, the ovate spathe of which is 

 flattened-out and reflexed against the stalk that supports it." There were also in flower 

 Anguloa Ruckerii, Trichopilia coccinea superba, and Dendrobiums densiflorum album, and 

 aggregatum magus. Near these were Rhododendrons Sesterianum, and R. jasminiflorum in 

 flower. First -class Certificates were awarded to Magnolia Linne, a dark-flowering variety 

 of C< nspicua, from Mr. W. Paul ; to Alocasia zebrina, from Messrs. Veitch & Son ; to Chei- 

 lanthes Borsigiana, a small golden variety, from the same ; to Greenovia aurea, a showy pale 

 yellow species from the Canaries, from Mr. W. Bull ; to the new pure white Azalea Louise 

 Von Baden, from Mr. Turner, of Slough ; and to a handsome Conifer, Retinospora leptoclada, 

 from Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son. Certificates of the second class were given to Mr. 

 Page, gardener to J. M. Strachan, Esq., Teddington, for Cineraria Snowflake, a pure white 

 with dark disk ; to Messrs. Veitch & Son for Azalea Madame Verschaffelt, blush veined with 

 pink, and heavily spotted with crimson on the upper segment ; to Messrs. Ivery & Son, for 

 Azalea Beauty of Dorking, pure white mottled with red; and to Mr. Turner for Auricula 

 Ensign, a grey-edged variety, that some of the Auricula-growers seemed to look upon with 

 considerable favour. The following were highly commended — viz., Valdeva Gayana, a 

 dwarf herbaceous plant, having serrated foliage and spikes of purple flowers, from Messrs. 

 Veitch & Son; Anthurium sp., from -South America, from Mr. Bull; Alpine Auricula 



