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Forbes, of Woburn, Mr. Spary, of Brighton, and others. Beautiful 
Keens’ Seedling Strawberries came from Mr. Smith, of Twickenham, 
and we also noticed fine dishes of British Queen, Sir Harry, and Alice 
Maude. Messrs. E. G. Henderson showed a dish of the new Strawberry 
“ Adair,” but not in a sufficiently good condition to enable the judges 
to offer any opinion as to its merits. It is Pine-shaped and of good 
colour. Black Circassian Cherries, large and finely ripened, were fur¬ 
nished by Mr. Fleming, and by Mr. Ingram, gardener to Her Majesty, 
at Frogmore. Mr. Hill sent from Staffordshire Royal George Peaches, 
very good for the season ; and among other fruits were Melons, 
Oranges, and> Loquats—the last from the Duke of Northumberland’s 
garden, at Syon. 
Of Orchids, Messrs. Veitch sent a magnificent collection; and of 
the same showy class of plants were some rarities from Mr. Pilcher, 
gardener to S. Rucker, Esq.; foremost among the last was a new 
Trichopilia, a most charming thing, in the way of T. coccinea, but 
brighter in colour and far handsomer; of this we hope some day to give 
a coloured representation. Mr. Snow, gardener to Earl de Grey, sent 
cut specimens of Smith’s yellow Noisette Rose, a pretty sort, but as 
shown inferior in beauty to R. ochroleuca, which is nearly the same in 
colour. A white pink-spotted forcing Pelargonium, called Blanchfleur, 
came from Mr. Braid, of Hendon. A collection of Auriculas, com¬ 
prising most of the leading varieties, was shown by Mr. Turner, of 
Slough. Messrs. Henderson, Cutbush, and Forsyth—the last gardener 
to Baron Rothschild—furnished groups of miscellaneous stove and green¬ 
house plants. From Mr. Glendinning came Dracaena lutea, a drawing 
of the handsome Farfugium grande, of which we have already given a 
coloured illustration, and a specimen of the Rice-paper plant (Aralia 
papyrifera). This is the tree from which the Chinese manufacture 
what they call their Rice paper, but from the statement which was made 
at the meeting, it would appear that what we have always been led to 
believe was paper manufactured from Rice is not paper at all, but is 
simply the pith of the Aralia papyrifera, which, after being taken from 
the tree, is peeled, and afterwards pressed, and thence becomes what we 
have been used to style Rice paper. It was stated that this material 
might be made more use of by artists in this country than it is ; for 
being itself of the same nature as petals, flowers drawn on it would not 
only have the colour but also the texture of real blossoms themselves. 
A Rhododendron from Moulmein, with pure white blossoms, crimped 
round the edges like the handsome Azalea crispiflora, came from 
Messrs. Veitch. This, we learn, has been named by Sir Wm. Hooker, 
R, Veitchi. Its flowers measure fully five inches across the mouth. 
From the Duke of Northumberland’s were also some extremely pretty 
Rhododendrons, especially one named Percyanum. This, with a batch 
of other hybrids, was raised at Syon some years ago, and is a really 
handsome sort. It has large trusses of snow-white flowers, richly 
spotted with crimson. From Woodford came some well grown Lycopods 
and Ferns, and Mr. Allnutt, of Clapham, sent a fine specimen of 
Camellia Sasanqua rosea. Cut blooms of Cantua dependens were 
furnished from an open wall in Devonshire ; this under ordinary cir- 
