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Perry, blue self; Cunningbam’s John Watefston, grey edge ; Oliver’s Lovely Ann, 
grey edge; Turner’s Cantab, dark self; Keye’s Topsy, dark self; Headly’s Ara- 
bella, white edge; Headly’s Alderman Wisbey, a splendid grey-edged variety; 
Turner’s Mrs. Marsden, self; Turner’s Colonel Champneys, grey edge; Lightbody’s 
Richard Headly, grey edge. The Rev. H. H. Dombrain, Westwell Vicarage, 
Asbford, was second with fine examples of Lancashire Hero, Traill’s General 
Neil, Hogg’s Waterloo, Headly’s George Lightbody, Turner’s Colonel Champneys, 
Popplewell’s Conqueror, Hudsoa’s Apollo, Lightbody’s Robert Traill, Waterhouse’s 
Conqueror of Europe ; and Mr. James third, with Miss Webster, Miss Smith, 
Richard Headly, Duke of Cambridge, Mrs. Sturrock, John Bright, Smiling Beauty, 
Lovely Ann, Uliss Martin. In the amateurs’ class for six show varieties, the Rev. 
H. H. Dombrain was first, with splendid specimens of George Lightbody, General 
Neil, Ne Plus Ultra, Apollo, Model, and Robert Traill. Mr. James, who was 
second, had Lovely Ann, Smiling Beauty, True Briton, General Bolivar, and Com- 
petitor. Alpine Auriculas were exhibited in splendid condition by Mr. C. Turner 
and Mr. James. The first-mentioned exhibitor had excellent examples of Land- 
seer, Queen Victoria, Chieftain, Susie, Matthew’s Diamond, Stony Rival, Mercury, 
Beatrice, J. H. Nelson, and Lady Elvey. 
First Summer Exhibition of the Royal Botanic Society, May 14 
and Id. — This exhibition was considerably better than those which have 
been held during the last two years, and was altogether most interest- 
ing. Stove and Greenhouse plants, Roses in pots, and Cape Heaths were 
exceedingly good, and Azaleas and Orchids were also tolerably well represented. 
The lead in Stove and Greenhouse plants was taken hy Mr. T. Baines, gardener 
to H. S. Micholls, Esq., Southgate House, Southgate, who was first in the class 
for nine and also for six. The collections consisted of the most magnificent spe- 
cimens. In the collection of nine were large and be-autlfully-finished specimens of 
Anthuriura Scherzerianum with about thirty splendid spathes, Eriostemon cuspi- 
datum, E. nerifolium. Azalea Magnificent, A. Due de Nassau, Aphelexis macrantha 
purpurea, and Boronia pinnata. In the collections of six were grand specimens of 
Azalea Iveryana solid with bloom, Hedaroma fuchsioides, Ixora coccinea with glorious 
trusses, Erica Cavendishi, and other well-known subjec s. Mr. Ward, gardener 
to G. F. Wilkins, Esq., Leyton, was a capital second ivith nine; and the second 
prize for six was awarded to Mr. W. Chapman, gardener to J. Spode, Esq., Rugeley, 
for a neat and well-matched collection. In the trade class for six Stove and Green- 
house ph nts, Mr. B. S. Williams, Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway, 
and Messrs. T. Jackson and Son, Kingston-on-Thames, weie first and second respec- 
tively. The former had, amongst other things, good specimens of Acrophyllum 
venosum. Polygala oppositifolia, and Anthurium Scherzerianum, and in the 
collection from Messrs. T. Jackson and Son occurred good examples of Pimelea 
Hendersoni, Clerodendron Balfouri, and Rhododendron Countess of Haddington. 
In the open class for twelve Azaleas in twelve-inch pots, Mr. Charles Turner, of 
Slough, exhibited a very pretty group of standard specimens, in which the most 
attractive varieties were Charles Henke, Hooinhrinki, Duchesse Adelaide de 
Nassau, Due de Nassau, Roi Leopold, Countess of Flanders, Mons. Barillet, Etendard 
de Flandre, and Marie Vervaene. 
Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution. — We have to inform our 
readers that the Anniversary Dinner in aid of the funds of this admirable institution 
will take place on Wednesday, the 2nd of July, under the presidency of the Right 
Hon. Lord Heniy Lennox, M.P. 
The New President of the Royal Horticultural Society. — At a recent 
meeting of the Council, Viscount Bury, M.P., was unanimously elected president of 
the Royal Horticultural Society, until the pleasure of her Majesty may be known in 
reference to appointing a successor to the Duke of Buccleuch, who has declined to 
accept the office. 
Mr. W'. Paul’s Exhibition of Roses in the gardens of the Royal Horticul- 
tural Society was most successful in every respect. It included an immense number 
of specimens of various sizes, well furnished with grandly-developed flowers. The 
roses were arranged on the tuif banks of the large tent, at the lower end of the 
gardens, and as they were judiciously intermixed with trees remarkable for the 
beauty of their foliage, a most beautiful and picturesque effect was produced. 
The Bath Show. — This exhibition promises to be one of the most successful 
of the provincial exhibitions of the Royal Horticultural Society. The arrangements 
