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and their friends, amounting in all to 14,084, were favoured with 
one of the most lovely of July days—hot, but not oppressive. The 
garden was in excellent condition, and, in connexion with it, the 
beautiful grounds at Chiswick House were kindly thrown open to 
the visitors by the Duke of Devonshire, rendering the scene ex¬ 
tensive, varied, and delightful. The Show, too, was a capital one 
for the season. In collections of stove and greenhouse plants it was 
well sustained, and Orchids and Heaths were abundant and fine. 
Roses in pots, though perhaps rather out of season, were numerous, 
and of cut Roses there was a large display. Of new plants, the 
most beautiful was Pleroma elegans, a splendid greenhouse shrub, 
with deep violet flowers, from Messrs. Veitch, who also sent a yel¬ 
low-eyed salmon-coloured Echites ; Chsetogastra strigosa, a rosy pink- 
flowered Melastomad; Tropseolum umbellatum, Angelonia moschata, 
the Thibaudia, Lisianthus, and Moulmein Hoya formerly exhibited, 
and Agalmyla staininea; Messrs. Rollisson showed Ixora odoratis- 
sima and Macleania cordata; Mr. Harrison, of Richmond, Lopho- 
spermum Cliftonii; Mr. Linden, Alloplectus speciosus, and Maranta 
albo-lineata and rosea lineata—the latter two with the most beau¬ 
tifully striped foliage; and from Kew, Mr. Smith sent the large lilac- 
flowered Chirita Moonii, and some little purple and white flowered 
Gesnerad. 
Among the florists’ productions, the Carnations and Picotees 
were the chief source of attraction, and these were produced by the 
exhibitors in very fine condition; the Pelargoniums were still in 
good order, and, in the quality of colour, had never been shewn 
better. In collections of new and first-rate [varieties, first, among 
the Amateurs, stood Mr. Cock’s collection, containing Porget-me- 
not. Lord Stanley, Mount Etna, Paragon, Hebe’s Lip, Emperor, 
Hector, Negress, Ariel, Aurora, Pearl, and Sikh; 2d, to Mr. Staines, 
who shewed Ariel, Duchess of Leinster, Camilla, Orion, Pearl, Mus- 
tee, Duke of Devonshire, Sunset, Isabella, Vesuvius, Bianca, and 
Hebe’s Lip. In the same class, for Nurserymen, Mr. Dobson, gr. 
to Mr. E. Beck, exhibited twelve well-selected varieties, rich and 
brilliant in colour; the sorts were Cruenta, Adolphus, Centurion, 
Cassandra, Seedling, Star, Sundown, Rosamond, Blanche, Princess, 
Ariel, and Rufus; 2d, to Mr. Gaines, for Forget-me-not, Melpomene, 
Talisman, Lord Warden, Oriflame, Rosetta, Orion, Painted Lady, 
Sylvia, Mrs. Brock, Paragon, and Rosy Circle. For collections of 
six varieties, grown in 11-inch pots, Mr. Parker, gr. to J. Oughton, 
Esq., exhibited six finely-grown specimens, in perfect health and 
covered with bloom ; the sorts were Susanna, Rosetta, Matilda, Rosy 
Circle, Sir R. Peel, and Duke of Cornwall. Mr. Staines, of the New 
Road, obtained the 2d prize; his collection contained, Milo, Cham¬ 
pion, Sir R. Peel, Matilda, Duke of Cornwall, and Pluto. Mr. 
Gaines’ was the only collection in the nurserymen’s class; it con¬ 
tained Magog, Milo, Shield of Achilles, Lady Kitty, Camilla, and 
Exoniensis. Two collections of Fancy Pelargoniums were exhibited, 
the 1st, from Mr. Gaines, contained Yeatmanyanum grandiflorum. 
