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Pelargonium Diadem.— G. W. Hoyle, Esq., Reading [E.C.C.].— A large showy variety 

 of free habit, the flowers of excellent form and of a very distinct and pleasing rosy purple 

 colour on the lower petals, where it is somewhat spotted, the upper ones being dark maroon 

 with a rosy purple edge, and the throat clear. It is quite an acquisition. 



Pelargonium Penelope.— G. W. Hoyle, Esq. [Com.]. — A flower of good substance, 

 but slightly crumpled in the upper petals, which are of a dark maroon with rosy edge ; the 

 throat clear, the lower petals spotted and mottled with maroon. 



Pelargonium Prince op Wales.— W. Beck, Esq. [S.C.C.].— A large and effective 

 flower, with the lower petals bright crimson marbled with maroon, the upper ones bright 

 maroon with a broad edge of crimson, and the throat clear white. 



Pelargonium Princess op Wales. — W. Beck, Esq., Isleworih [S.C.C.]. — A very 

 effective variety, for which, in great measure, the award was made. The lower petals were 

 marbled with bright maroon on a crimson ground, and the upper ones were of a very dark 

 maroon, these colours being set off by a bright clear throat. It was a very pleasing flower. 



Pelargonium The Prince.— a. W. Hoyle, Esq. [Com.].— This variety was commended 

 for its showy colour. The lower petals were orange red, the upper ones' light maroon, the 

 throat light shaded with purple. 



Petunia Vernon.— Mr. Bull [Com.].— A free-blooming sort of showy character, the 

 colour being a veined mulberry purple on a pale lilac ground. 



Phaljenopsis intermedia.— Messrs. Veitch & Son [S.C.C. and S.B.].— This was shown 

 under the garden name of P. Lobbii, It is a pretty epiphyte, with oblong-oval leaves and. 

 medium-sized white flowers, having a pale purplish lip, acuminate at the point, and then 

 split into two thread-like divisions or cirrhi. It is not equal to other species in cultivation. 



Rhododendron Sesterianum.— Messrs. Yeitch & Son [F.C.C.]. — A fine white hybrid 

 between B. Gibsoni and EdgwortUi noticed at p. 245 of the second volume of "Proceedings." 

 The plant was more bushy-habited than when formerly shown. 



Spirvea sp.— Messrs. Veitch & Son [S.C.C. and S.B.].— A dwarf bushy-habited shrub 

 with sessile- ovate, irregularly-serrated, wavy leaves, and small compact corymbs of bright 

 rose flowers, which assume a pinkish hue from the presence of long projecting white stamens. 



Weigela rosea alba. — Mr. Standish [Com. and B.]. — A Japanese shrub with pale 

 green leaves and pure white flowers. It resembles the Weigelas already in our gardens in 

 all but the colour of the flowers ; and as it is, no doubt, as hardy as they, will be a most 

 valuable addition to the shrubbery from the profusion of its snow-white blossoms. The plant 

 shown was as yet but small. 



Yucca line at a lutea. — Mr. Bull [S.C.C. and S.B.].— A very handsome striped-leaved 

 Mexican Adam's Needle, the leaves glossy with dark green margins and clear yellow centre. 



THE METROPOLITAN EXHIBITIONS. 



Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Park, Juno 3nl— Take the exhibitors of stove and 

 greenhouse plants that were at the Crystal Palace, and at South Kensington, and you have 

 the positions in regard to the same at this Show. I do not think there was scarcely any 

 change in the varieties perceptible, but I do think they had improved in flower— they were at 

 their best. The beauty and attractiveness of these huge plants always seem to me 'to culmi- 

 nate at the June Show at the Regent's Park, Mr. B. Peed and Mr. J. Green were first and 

 second with their respective divisions ; and in the Nurserymen's Class, Messrs. J. & J Eraser 

 were first, and Mr. O. Rhodes, of Sydenham, second. 



In the Class for ^enty Orchids, Mr. G Baker, gardener to A. Bassett, Esq., Stamford 

 Hill, took the first prize, defeating Mr. Milford, gardener to E. McMorland, Esq., of Hamp- 

 stead, who was first with this number at the last meeting of the Horticultural Society and 

 who was now placed second. Mr. Baker had among his group good specimens of Trico'pilia 

 enspa and T. coceinea, Cattleya Mossias and C. Mossise superba, Oncidium ampliatum major 

 Phalamopsis grandiflora, Cypripedium barbatum superbum, three or four varieties of brides' 

 Vanda suavis, and Saccolabium curvifolium. Mr. Milford had Cattleya Mossise, C. auran- 

 tiaca, and C. Mossias speciosissima, Cypripedium villosum and C. barbatum superbum 

 Phalamopsis grandiflora, Odontoglossum, Phatenopsis, Vanda tricolor, Lama purpurata and 

 some beautiful varieties of brides. Third prize, Mr. B. Peed. With twelve varieties 

 Mr. C. Penny, gardener to H. H. Gibbs, Esq., Regent's Park, was first ; second, Mr. T Pao-e' 

 gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., Streatham ; and third, Mr. J. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus 

 Cheam. Eight varieties were shown by Nurserymen. Mr. S. Woolley, of Cheshunt was 

 first, having no other competitor to dispute the honours of possession with him With six 

 plants, Mr. Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Esq., Isleworth, was first, having some capital 

 plants ot brides Eieldingi, Cattleya Mossias, Oncidium lanaceum, brides crispum A Lar 

 pentaa, and Saccolabium guttatum. Second, Mr. J. Smith, The Gardens, Syon House, having 



