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HORTICULTURAL AFFAIRS. 
OYi\.L nORTICULTUllAL SOCIETY. — Exiiihition of Odov- 
TOOLOSSUMS AND CiNEUARiAs, April 2. — The exhibition held on the 
above date was exceedingly small, and possessed but few features of 
special interest. Prizes were offered for Odontoglossums, and in the 
nurserymen’s class for six, Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chelsea, 
and Mr. Bull, also of Chelsea, were first and second respectively. The former 
had well-flowered specimens of 0. niveum major, 0. triumphans, 0. odoratum, 0. 
Alexandra, 0. Pescatorei, and 0. phalmnopsis. Mr. Denning, in the amateurs’ 
class, staged neat examples of 0. Alexandra, 0. Pescatorei, and other well-known 
species. Messrs. Dobson and Son, Isleworth, and Mr. James, Redlees, Isleworth, 
were the only exhibitors of Cinerarias, and the former were most deservedly awarded 
the first prize in the trade class for nine, and the latter the first prize in the ama- 
teurs’ class for six. The specimens in both collections were large, well-flowered, 
and highly-finished. Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, and Mr. 
Earley, Valentines, Ilford, were first and second respectively in the class for six 
Primroses ; and for six bulbous flowers, Mr. Ware was first with neat examples of 
Muscari botryoides, M. botryoides alba. Narcissus bulbocodium, Tulipa sylvestris, a 
pretty yellow-flowered species, and Soilla Ugni, a strong-growing species, with blue 
flowers. Roses in pots were exhibited in large numbers, and, generally speaking, 
in fine condition. Several fine boxes of cut blooms were also exhibited. In the 
group of roses in pots presented by Mr. Bennett, Stapelford, near Wilton, Wilts, 
occurred examples of Richard Wallace, President Thiers, Lyonnaise, and other of 
the newer kinds. In the collection exhibited by Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, 
a fine dark-flowered variety, under the name of Cheshunt Hybrid, was conspicuous, 
and had a most promising appearance. Prizes were offered for six Clematis, but 
the only competitor was Mr. Charles Noble, Bagshot, who presented neat examples 
well furnished with flowers. Air. Noble also exhibited a group in the miscellaneous 
class. The varieties represented were — Albert Victor, Duke of Buccleuch, Estelle 
Russell, Harry Richmond, Lord Londesborough, Lady Londeshorough, Lord Henry 
Lennox, Lord Napier, Lady Emma Talbot, Mrs. Villiers Lister, Mrs. Howard Vyse, 
Miss Bateman, Princess Mary, Queen Guinevere. Several new roses were also 
exhibited by Air. Bennett, Air. W. Paul, and Messrs. Paul and Son. Of those sent 
by the first-mentioned exhibitor, Lyonnaise, a hybrid perpetual of a pleasing shade 
of rose-pink, flowers large and globular, but apparently thin ; Richard Wallace, 
deep purple-rose, large, and of splendid form — it belongs to the same class as the 
preceding, and is remarkable for its finely-shaped blooms and free growth ; Rre- 
sident Thiers, also a hybrid perpetual, deep carmine, flowers are of medium size, 
very thin, and exceedingly coarse, as shown ; and Madame Jules Margottin, a tea 
rose of a pleasing shade of yellowish salmon, flowers of medium size, likely to be 
of great value for button-hole bouquets, had first-class certificates conferred upon 
them. 
Election of a New Council or the Royal Hobticultural Society. — 
In accordance with the requisitions presented to the Council, two meetings of Fellows 
were held at South Kensington on April 4, for the purpose of accepting the resig- 
nation of the old Council, and electing a new one. After a rather long and 
spirited discussion, the new Council was elected, of which the following is a 
list : — Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., President, H.R.H. Prince Arthur, H.S.H. Duke 
of Teck, Viscount Bury, M.P., Lord Londesborough, Sir Coutts Lindsay, Bart., 
Sir Alfred Slade, Bart., Hon. R. W. Chetwynd, T. A. Hardcastle, Esq., M.P., W. 
A. Lindsay, Esq., Robert Warner, Esq., W. B. Kellock, Esq., Alfred Smee, Esq., 
F.R.S., Hi’nry Little, Esq., Andrew Murray, Esq., F.R.S. 
International Horticultural Exhiisition at the Alexandra Palace. 
— The great exhibition of horticultural produce at the Alexandra Palace on May 24, 
and five following days, promises to be one of the grandest affairs of its kind, and 
to quite put into the shade all the other metropolitan exhibitions to be held during 
the forthcoming season. In the schedule before us there are no less than eighty- 
eight classes for plants, horticultural elegancies, and fruit, and in each class the 
prizes are of the most liberal character. 
May. 
