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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



W. Hill, of Keele Hall, had Black Prince ; Mr. 0. Goldsmid the same— they being placed 

 first and second. In the Class for White Muscadine, or SAveetwater, Mr. W. Hill was first 

 with Buckland Sweetwater ; second, Mr. Hutt, gardener to Miss B. Coutts, with White 

 Muscadine. With Frontignans, or Chasselas Musque, Mr. Petch was first with the former ; 

 equal second, Mr. Drewitt, The Dcnbies, Dorking, and Mr. Euston, with Frontignans. Of 

 any other kinds but the foregoing, there were Golden Hamburghs from Mr. Macpherson, and 

 Muscats of Alexandria from Messrs. Turner and Clements ; the two last-named being first 

 and second. 



Peaches, Nectarines, Cherries, and Strawberries were extremely good. Of the latter 

 Mr. Turner was first with glorious fruit of President and Oscar ; second, Mr. J. Pottle with 

 British Queen and Rifleman. Of others there were Victoria, Comte de Paris, and Alice Maud. 



Some new Cucumbers were staged ; and, judging from their appearance, they seem to 

 possess more than ordinary merit. A brace of a good-looking fruit named " William Brough " 

 came from George Child, Esq., York Lodge, Upper Norwood, a hybrid black-spined variety, 

 said to be well adapted for early forcing purposes ; and from Mr. Aylott, four fruit of 

 " Emperor," a handsome black-spined kind ; they both looked just the thing for table use. 



In the Miscellaneous Class I omitted to mention two splendid specimens of the Mada- 

 gascar Lattice Plants from Messrs. T. Jackson & Son, of Kingston— Ovirandra fenestralis and 

 O. Berneriana._ Erom the same exhibitors came the singular New Holland Pitcher-plant, 

 Cephalotus foilicularis. 



Royal Horticultural Society, June VJth. — Two long lines of plants and flowers 

 faced each other along two-thirds of the length of the nave of the Exhibition building, 

 having a good width of passage between. There they were, like the opposing forces drawn 

 up in battle array; or, as if Majesty had to pass that way, and the avenue had been cleared 

 for that purpose. 



I was' much struck with the splendid collection of Orchids staged by Mr. Milford, 

 gardener to E. McMorland, Esq., Hampstead, who was first with twenty varieties. I 

 lingered about this group as the most attractive feature in the whole Exhibition, and had 

 the peculiar points of interest about the collection showed to me by Mr. McMorland's 

 intelligent gardener. And here a word of praise is due to the admirable manner in which 

 these plants are always named. I wish some of the other exhibitors would learn a necessary 

 lesson here, were it only for the sake of some of us who have to take down the names of 

 their productions for publication. Mr. Milford had a splendid pan of Cypripedium villosum, 

 C. barbatum, and 0. grandifiorum ; Yanda tricolor, a beautiful variety ; Vanda Batemani, 

 just opening, having a spike of twenty-one flower-buds ; and V. Boxburghi ccerulea; iErides 

 odoratum, A. Lobbi, A. Fieldingii, A. Schrcederi, and A, maculosum ; Phalamopsis grandiflora ; 

 Anguioa Clowesii ; a grand Laslia purpurata ; Cattleya species, and C. lobata ; Brassavola 

 Digbyana ; Odontoglossum ; Phakenopsis ; Barkeria melanocaxdon, and Saccolabium guttatum. 

 Second, Mr. G. Baker, gardener to E. Bassett, Esq., Stamford Hill; third, Mr. T. Page, 

 gardener to W. Leaf, Esq., Streatham. With eight varieties, Mr. C. Penny, gardener to 

 H. Gibbs, Esq., Regent's Park, was first, having a splendid Cattleya Mossiaa, Phaltenopsis 

 grandiflora, Orchis foliosa, Dendrobium Parishii, Saccolabium guttatum Holfordi, &c. ; 

 second, Mr. S. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Cheam. With six varieties, Mr. Lovell, 

 gardener to H. Gurney, Esq., Nuffield, was first, having Epidendrum cranifolium, iErides 

 odoratum majus, Saccolabium guttatum, S. Blumei major, Brassia verrucosa, and a grand 

 Cattleya Mossiaa. Second, Mr. Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Esq., Isleworth. 



With fifteen Stove and Greenhouse Plants, Mr. Whitebread, gardener to H. Colyer, 

 Esq., Dartford, was first, with a fine collection, consisting of Ixoras coccinea and javanica, 

 Erica Cavendishii, E. miniata splendens, Polygala Dalmasiana, Rondeletia speciosa, Dipla- 

 denia crassinoda, a magnificent Pleroma elegans, Yinca alba rosea, Azalea Barclayana, 

 Pimelea mirabilis, and Allamanda grandiflora ; second, Mr. B. Peed. With coUections of 

 nine varieties, Mr. Chilman, gardener to Mrs. Smith, Epsom, was first ; and Mr. T. Page, 

 Streatham, second. In the Class for six varieties, the first prize was very properly withheld ; 

 Mr. Tegg, gardener to Baron Hambro', Roehampton, being second. There was some 

 spirited competition between Mr. W. Cole, of Withington, near Manchester, who had 

 exhibited at Oxford on the previous day, and Messrs. Fraser, Lea Bridge Boad, in the Class 

 for twelve varieties. These two collections, side by side, were one of the most attractive 

 features of the Show. Mr. Cole was placed first, having Aphelexis humilis grandiflora and 

 macrantha rosea, Ixora alba, I. javanica, Phamocoma proliferuni, Erica Cavendishii, 

 E. miniata splendens, E. Massoni, Azalea Juliana, A. Criterion, and Pimelea mirabilis. 

 Messrs. Fraser had, among others, Prostanthera lasianthos, Pimelea diosmeefolia, Kalmia 

 Angelina, Statice imbiicata, Phamocoma proliferum, Stephanotis floribunda, and iErides 

 Lindleyanum. Fine-foliaged plants came from Mr. May, gardener to T. B. Butt, Esq,, 

 Cheltenham, who was first ; and Mr. Smith, of Syon House, second. Messrs. A . Henderson 

 and Co. and J. & C. Lee were equal third. 



