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greenhouse Azaleas and Pelargoniums. A fine collection of Roses 
was exhibited by Mr. Lane, Berkhampstead; and Orchids, Ferns, 
Lycopods, and miscellaneous plants, by John Watts, Esq. Among 
nurserymen, Mr. Cutbush and Mr. Cole were the most successful. 
The arrangement of the plants was very tasteful and imposing, and 
gave great satisfaction. 
The show of fruit, though not extensive, contained some admirable 
productions, contributed by Mr.Fleming, ofTrentham, and Mr. Jennings, 
Knowsley. Mr. Fleming's representative, unfortunately, made a mistake 
in placing only one bunch of Grapes in his collection, in place of two, as 
stated in the schedule, and consequently the judges could not avvard 
him the first prize, which otherwise would have been the case, for his 
collection. His bunch of Hamburgh Grapes, Peaches, Nectarines, and 
Circassian Cherries were all that could be desired. Mr. Jennings had 
some good Hamburgh and Sweetwater Grapes, fair Peaches, and May 
Duke Cherries, a Jamaica Pine, and two large Citrons. In single 
specimens, Mr. Fleming was first for Black Hamburgh Grapes ; a kind 
contributed by him and called the Esperione, beautifully swelled and 
coloured, was hardly ripe enough. Mr. Jennings had Hamburgh and 
Muscats; some fine White and Grizzly Frontignans w’^ere also exhibited; 
and we noticed fine Peaches from Mr. Fleming, and Keens’ Seedling 
Strawberry—which in this case beat Sir Harry. 
In the grounds was arranged a large collection of American plants, 
from Messrs. Waterer and Godfrey, of Knap Hill, and Mr. Baker, of 
Bagshot; they were, how^ever, hardly sufficiently in bloom to judge of 
their merits, but we saw some boxes of cut blooms from the former 
nursery containing some fine specimens of new varieties. In the class 
Rhododendrons, as exhibited in pots, Mr. Micholls had some fine • 
varieties. 
Besides the plants exhibited in the Institution, Mr. Pince had a 
collection of hardy Conifers arranged on the lawn, growing mostly in 
large tubs. It contained fine specimens of Thujopsis borealis, Arau¬ 
caria, Dacrydium Franklinii, the famous Huon Pine, the Douglas Fir, 
A. Pirisapo, and, in fact, all the new kinds of Conifers. 
AURICULA BLOOM, 1857. 
I AM fond of the Auricula, and grow it under plate glass, so that the 
flowers can be seen without opening the boxes, and even without going 
out of doors in rainy or windy and cold weather. I make notes of 
them from day to day; the following may therefore be useful to your 
readers:— 
GREEN EDGED. 
1. Ashton s Prince of Wales : Medium sized, with its eye and the 
three zones equally divided; paste and substance good; pip moderately 
flat, but pointed ; edge pure, good trusser ; colour intermediate between 
the violets and browns. Might be shown when good. 
2. Beeston’s Apollo: A high class flower of thin substance, and 
