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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



Much, is being done here out of doors this spring, the plot containing the order Gramineaa 

 has been remodelled, and a chain of beds has been formed on each side of the semicircular 

 walk behind the Palm-house. This will, undoubtedly, be an improvement, as this portion 

 of the grounds from the prevalence of evergreens looked rather sombre during the summer. 

 A ribbon-bed has been formed on each side of the walk leading from the Cacti-house towards 

 No. 2 museum. 



In bloom on the walls are numerous "Wistarias, Clematis montana (a pretty thing), 

 Coronillas, &c. In the grounds are Magnolias, Cydonias, Cytisus, TJlex, Arbutus, Bibes, 

 Bhododendron Vesuvius, and others. In conspicuous places on the grass are placed plants 

 of Gunnera scabra, which have been protected during the winter, and are How sending up 

 abundance of their showy rhubarb-like leaves. Small standard plants of Amelanchier ovalis 

 have been very showy here this spring. 



Visitors to Kew this summer will find the attractions considerably augmented upon the 

 whole ; indeed, they appear to appreciate them already. On Sunday, the 3rd, there were 

 sis thousand persons entered the ground, including their Eoyal Highnesses the Prince and 

 Princess of Wales, the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge. 



J. McP. 



THE METROPOLITAN EXHIBITIONS. 



Crystal Palace, May 23>-d.— Those who looked forward to a renewal of tho com- 

 pedtioii between Messrs. Veitch & Son and Mr. Turner, in the Class for ten Greenhouse 

 Azaleas, were doomed to disappointment, as the Chelsea plants were not present. It is but 

 rarely that Messrs. Yeitch & Son do send anything to the Palace Shows, and they refrained 

 from doing so on this occasion : consequently Mr. Turner had the Azalea exhibition entirely 

 his own way ; and in the Class for ten varieties he staged two groups of splendid specimens, 

 occupying the two comers where the nave intersects the transept towards the tropical depart- 

 ment. These were placed first and second. The best group consisted of J uliana, Optima, 

 Gem, Perryana, and Glory of Siuminghill, all Bright Beds ; Murrayana, Purple ; Criterion, 

 Variegated; Mary, Alba Magna, and Magnificent, Whites. The second lot contained 

 different to those just named, Ghelsoni, Prrestantissinia, and Illustris Nova, Beds ; Petunia?- 

 fiora and Arborea Purpurea, Purple; and Iveryana, White. Third, Mr. T. Page, gardener 

 to W. Leaf, Esq., Streatham. With six varieties Mr. Turner was again first, having Perryana, 

 Sir C. Napier, Gem, and Extrani, Bright kinds; Admiration, Variegated ; and Gledstanesi, 

 White. Second, Mr. T. Page, with Juliana, Murrayana, Optima, Prasstantissima, Criterion, 

 and Gledstanesi. Third, Mr. Smith, gardener to A. Anderson, Esq., Norwood Grove. 



In the Class for eight new kinds Mr. Turner furnished two collections, and Messrs. 

 Ivery & Son, of Dorking, three. Mr. Turner was first and third, and Messrs. Ivery second 

 and fourth. The former had Sir H. Havelock, Brilliant (very bright red), Magnet, and 

 C'omte de Hainault, all Bright kinds ; Kinghorni, Purple ; Etoile du Gand, Variegated ; and 

 Elower of the Day, White. In the other group different from these were Mars, Bright Bed ; 

 Miltoni, Purpli3h-rose : Distinction, Salmon edged with White ; President de Clayes and 

 Salmonacea alba-cintra, Striped lands ; and Madame Verschaffelt, Salmon Bose, slightly edged 

 with White. Messrs. Ivery & Son had some of these, and besides them Prince Alfred, very 

 bright; Variegata Superba and Due d'Aremberg, Variegated; Kinghorni, Purple; and 

 Leviath.au, double White. In another group were Quentin Durward, double Bed; Dr. 

 Livingstone and Bouquet de Flare, Purple. 



Nest to these were the Boses, shown in groups of ten kinds. Equal first prizes were 

 awarded to Mr. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, and Messrs. H. Lane & Son, Berkhampstead, having 

 varieties scarcely differing from those produced at the Begent's Park. The few days' 

 interval had greatly improved Mr. Paul's plants. Third, Messrs. A. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, 

 no second prize being awarded. With ten kinds in smaller pots Mr. Turner, Slough, was 

 first, having capital plants of Baronne Provost, Madame Boll, La Keine, Dr. Bretonneau, 

 Madame C. Wood, Model of Perfection, Madame Damaizin, Madame Bravy, Catherine 

 Guillot, and President. Second, Mr. W. Paul. 



Stove and Greenhouse plants had greatly advanced in attractiveness since the Park 

 Show. With fifteen specimens Mr. B. Peed, gardener to Mrs. Tredwell, Norwood, was 

 first, having fine well-bloomed plants of Allamandas grandiflora and cathartica, Ixora alba, 

 Ericas depressa and Cavendishii, Acrophyilum roseum, Franciscea confertiflora, Tetratheca 

 ericrefolia, Polygalas, Eriostemons, and Azaleas. Second, Mr. J. Green, gardener to Sir E. 

 Antrobus, Chcam, with Stephanotis floribunda, Franciscea calycina, Bhododendron Gibsoni, 

 Pirnelea Hendersoni, Dracophyllum gracile, Iledaroma macrostegia, Aphelexis maerantha 

 rosea, Azaleas, Allamanda grandiflora, and others. Third, Mr. Baxendinc, gardener to 

 W. H. Smallpicce, Esq., Guildford. With twelve varieties Mr. Chilinan, gardener to Mrs. 

 Smith, Epsom, was first, having Genotyllis tulipifera and G. macrostegia, Franciscea con« 



