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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
species. No mere word description can do justice to the rare and exquisite 
beauty of these new Orchids. Litobrochia undulata , from Mr. Bull, a hand¬ 
some robust-growing stove Fern from the Fejees, was very pleasing from its 
wavy appearance, and was said to be quite distinct. It had a second-class 
certificate. Cinchona nobilis, from the same exhibitor, is one of the hark 
plants with handsome ample obovate foliage. Mr. Watson, of St. Albans, had 
plants of his new golden tricolor Pelargoniums Mrs. Dix and Miss Watson, 
both first-rate kinds, judging from present appearances ; and Messrs. S. 
Perkins & Sons, of Coventry, had their new variety Queen Victoria , a bright - 
coloured sort, with short stiff habit, and handsomely marked leaves, also 
very promising. Before the Fruit Committee were produced some fruit of 
Mr. Turner’s new Cucumber Heclsor Winter Prolific, which has been so highly 
commended for winter work; it is a smooth white-spined sort about 
16 inches in length. An excellent dish of Maclean's Little Gem Pea came 
from Mr. Carmichael, gardener to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Sandring¬ 
ham ; they fully deserve all that has been said of it as a forcing kind. 
The Royal Botanic Society’s Second Spring Show took place on 
April 13th. A special interest attached to the class for three new Azaleas 
sent out in 1862,1863, and 1864, in which Messrs. Lane & Son were first with 
Stella, rosy salmon, scarcely so vivid in colour or so smooth as when shown 
as a seedling; Elegantissima, white, with occasional stripes of rose, and of 
fine substance; and Advance, rosy crimson, heavily spotted in the upper 
petals. Messrs. Ivery & Son was second with Flag of Truce, white ; Madame 
Dominique Vervaene, delicate salmon pink, irregularly edged with white; and 
Souvenir de Pronay, rosy crimson. Mr. Turner was third with Stella; Prince 
of Orange, orange red, slightly spotted; and Charles Enke, salmon rose, each 
petal boldly edged with white, and spotted on the upper petals with purplish 
crimson. Messrs. Ivery & Son received a first-class certificate for Enchan¬ 
tress, pale flesh colour, almost white at the edge, slightly streaked with deli¬ 
cate salmon rose, and spotted in the upper petals with crimson, a fine bold 
flower, with a smooth surface and recurving segments ; and a second-class 
certificate for Princess Alexandra, greenish white, mottled and streaked with 
purplish pink, some of the flowers being wholly pink, and others with portions 
of the segments of that colour. It was a free-blooming vigorous sort, likely 
to be useful for market and decorative purposes. First-class certificates were 
also given to golden tricolor Pelargonium Queen Victoria, from Messrs. S. 
Perkins & Sons, of Coventry; and also to another variety named Pied Admiral 
from Mr. W. Paul, the latter, one of considerable merit, having the zone of 
a novel tint of red, more roseate than usual. Messrs. Dobson & Sons, of 
Isleworth, had a similar award for Cineraria Beatrice, a seedling raised by 
Mr. Fairbairn, of Syon Gardens ; it is a large, smooth, white-ground flower 
with medium edging of rosy purple, and a very showy variety, and had it a 
dark instead of a brownish disc it would be a finished flower. 
Mr. Williams, of Holloway, had on this occasion a large plant of Vanda 
gigantea, with a raceme of leathery golden yellow blossoms blotched with 
cinnamon ; and an example of Draccena sanguined, with long narrow leaves 
having red midribs. Roses and Cinerarias were very gay, and the plants of 
the latter shown by Messrs. Dobson & Sons were remarkably well grown. 
The Royal Horticultural Society’s Second Spring Show, an excellent 
Show, was held on April 16tli. Azaleas, Roses, and Cinerarias were in force, 
and very charming; but unpropitious weather reigned out of doors. The 
