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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
August, 
This avenue stretched across the exhibition ground up to a large circular tent, devoted to a 
splendid display of stove, greenhouse, and fine-foliaged plants, Palms, Ferns, bedding 
plants, &c., which formed the central point of the Exhibition. Running parallel with this avenue 
were two long tents, one devoted to fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, Roses, &c., and the other to 
stove plants, a splendid group of new and rare plants, shown by Mr. Veitch, a fine bank of 
Orchids, a grand assemblage of Lilies, Achimenes, Gloxinias, Ferns, Lycopodiums, Petunias, 
&c. Two other long tents crossed the ground at the top at right angles to these, one devoted 
to Pelargoniums (Zonal, Variegated, Show, and Fancy), and Fuchsias, and the other 
to the collections of stove, greenhouse, and fine-foliaged plants. 
In the great centre tent, Mr. Williams and Mr. Baines occupied between them the whole 
of the centre stage, Mr. Baines carrying otf the prize of £25 offered by the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society for the best group of ten flowering and ten foliage plants. Among Mr. 
Baines’s plants were noble specimens of Erica tricolor Holfordii, Cavendishii, and Candolleana, 
and Genetyllis tulipifera. Among his foliage plants, Gleichenia flabellata, a tubful of 
Sarracenia purpurea and flava, Croton angustifolium, and Rhopala corcovadensis, were the 
most striking. Mr. Williams showed fine specimens of Phoenocoma prolifera, Kalosanthes 
Phoenix, Allamanda Hendersoni, grandiflora, and Aubletii, Croton variegatum, Pandanus, 
utilis, Dioon edule, and Dracaena indivisa. The Duke of Rutland’s prize of 10 guineas for 
the best twenty stove and greenhouse plants, grouped for effect, was cleverly taken by Mr. 
Williams. This group contained a splendid Cyathea princeps, a3 a sort of back centre richly 
surrounded with Heaths, Allamandas, Dipladenias Houlletii and splendens, a fine Ixora, and 
Kalosanthes coccinea and superba. Two noble pairs of the Antarctic Dicksonia, and a grand 
collection of Palms, Ferns, and fine-foliaged plants were also arranged in this tent with great 
taste, and with the best effect. Among the various collections were striking examples of 
Sanchezia nobilis variegata, Clerodendron fallax, Asclepias curassavica, seldom seen at flower 
shows, Plumbago capensis, a fine plant of the rarely-seen Swainsona Osborni, and Caladium 
argyrites, the finest, perhaps, ever seen. There was a grand display in the miscellaneous 
class by Messrs. Veitch & Sons, who showed among others the new Coleuses Batemani, Ber- 
keleyi, Bausei, Saundersii, Ruckeri, Scottii; the new Dracaena Moorei; the red-blotched 
Acalypha tricolor; the white variety of Lapag*-ria rosea; the splendid new Crotons Veitchii 
and maximum ; Maranta Veitchii; Ampelopsis Veitchii, a beautiful hardy climber, like the 
Virginian creeper, said to be perfectly hardy ; Phormium tenax variegatum ; and a magnificent 
Anthurium Scherzerianum, with fifteen expanded spathes. Mr. Archer, gardener to A. 
Turner, E-q., of Leicester, had the best Orchids, staging fine plants of Aerides affine, with 
nine branching racemes 20 inches long; Saccolabium guttatum, with ten flower spikes; 
Cypripedium barbatum, with nearly fifty flowers; Odontoglossum Pescatorei, &c. Mr. 
Williams, amonsr some nice plants, had the extremely beautiful and elegant Dendrochilum 
filiforme, and a Miltonia spectabilis, with about thirty flowers. The Petunias were superbly 
grown and beautifully trained, both singles and doubles being the finest, perhaps, that were ever 
shown. The Achimenes were also superbly grown. The Gardeners’ Chronicle Cellini cup was 
contested for by nine exhibitors, and was won by Mr. McLean, gardener to W. P. Herrick, 
Esq., of Beaumanor, while for the Journal of Horticulture two ten-guinea prizes there were 
two exhibitors, equal winners, Mr. Carmichael, of Sandringham, and Mr. Ingram, of Belvoir. 
A large number of new hardy Ferns, mostly raised from spores, was shown by E. J. Lowe, 
Esq., and J. E. Mapplebeck, Esq., many of these being of sufficient merit to receive first- 
class certificates. 
- $The name of Lilium Wilsoni has been proposed by M. Leicbtlin, 
who is a great authority in this class of plants, for the beautiful Lily 
figured by us at p. 121, under the name of L. Thunbergianum pardinum. 
This change is suggested on the ground that it differs considerably in 
stature and other features, as we pointed out, from the true Thunbergianum, 
being much taller in growth, and of a different colour. 
- Samples of Terra Cotta Garden Labels for pot plants, patented by 
Messrs. Maw & Co., of Bentliall Works, Broseley, Salop, have been sent to 
us for inspection. They are durable, and when smeared with a little wet 
white lend paint can be easily written on with a black-lead pencil; or they maj’- be written 
on with black enamel. The labels are of various sizes, inexpensive, neat in appearance, and 
are likely to be useful to the amateur gardener. 
