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THE FIOEIST AND POMOLGIST. 
1st of July, was probably the best anywhere 
held this season, both as regards the quality 
and the extent of the display. The class for 
seventy-twos, single trusses, was particularly 
good, especially the stand of Messrs. Paul 
and Son, of the Old Cheshunt Nurseries, and 
that of Mr. Mitchell, of the Piltdown Nur¬ 
series, Maresfield, between whom the run for 
the first place was very close indeed, and it 
was not without long deliberation that the 
first prize was adjudged to Messrs. Paul. 
The following varieties were remarkably 
<r 00 d:—Maurice Bemardin, Gloire deSantenay, 
Vainqueur de Goliath, Madame C. Crapelet, 
Lselia, Senateur Farre, Madame Furtado, 
Due de Rohan, Comtesse de Chabrillant, 
Pierre Notting, Monte Christo, Praire de 
Terre Noire, Caroline de Sansal, Madame 
Alfred de Rougemont, Queen Victoria, the 
new yellow Tea, Marechal Niel, Auguste 
Vacher, Gloire de Dijon, Alba Rosea, Louise 
de Savoie, Madame Masson, Madame Charles 
Wood, Wilhelm Pfitzer, Vicomtesse Douglas, 
Leopold Hausburg, Marechal Souchet, Madame 
Julie Daran, Charles Lefebvre, Victor Verdier, 
George Prince, Madame Boll, Due de Cazes, 
Madame Caillat, General Washington, La 
Reine, Francois Premier, Cloth of Gold, 
Alfred de Rougemont, Louise Peyronny, and 
Devoniensis. Forty-eights, three trusses, made 
a rich display, and many beautiful trusses 
were exhibited by Messrs. Paul & Son, and 
Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, the former being 
first, the latter second; but in twenty-fours, 
three trusses, and the same number of single 
trusses, Mr. Keynes took the first place. 
Senateur Vaisse, Charles Lefebvre, Madame 
Charles Wood, Madame Boutin, Madame C. 
Crapelet, Maurice Bernardin, Madame Fur¬ 
tado, Gloire de Vitry, Souvenir de la Mal- 
maison, Triomphe de Rennes, Alpaide de Ro- 
talier, Louise Peyronny, and Comte de Nan- 
teuil, were in great perfection. In the Ama¬ 
teurs’ classes Mr. Hedge, of Reed Hall, Col¬ 
chester; Mr. Ingle, gardener to G. Round, 
Esq., of the same place; and R. B. Postans, 
Esq., of Brentwood, carried off the chief 
honours. New Roses of 1863 and 1864 were not 
generally in good condition. The best eighteen 
came from Mr. Keynes, who, in consequence 
of hating by some mistake, put up two of a 
sort, was disqualified. Pierre Notting, Paul 
de la Meilleray, Marechal Souchet (Guillot) 
and Marechal Niel, were seen to most advan¬ 
tage. In other classes beautiful boxes of 
Devoniensis, Charles Lefebvre, and John 
Hopper were shown by Mr. Cant, and of Lord 
Clyde by Messrs. Paul & Son, and Mr. Cant. 
Yellow, Tea-scented, and Noisette Roses were 
well represented, but, with the exception of 
Marechal Niel, there was nothing calling for 
special notice. Vases of Roses presented no 
novelty of design; March’s stands were the 
only kind employed, and the arrangement was 
almost identical in every case. 
At the Floral Committee, held on the 11th, 
Nosegay Pelargoniums Dowager Duchess of 
Sutherland and Lady Constance, from Mr. 
Fleming, of Cliveden, received first-class cer¬ 
tificates. In Duchess of Sutherland the 
flowers are deep carmine ; in Lady Con¬ 
stance bright scarlet, and produced in both 
cases in large trusses. Trichinium Manglesii, 
from Mr. Thompson, of Ipswich, and Amecto- 
chilus Turneri, from Mr. Williams, had also 
first-class certificates, as well as Invincible 
Sweet Pea, a fine, large, scarlet, very fragrant 
variety, sent by Mr. Brown, of Sudbury. 
The subjects brought before the Fruit Com¬ 
mittee were few, and no certificates were 
awarded. At the Scientific Meeting on the 
same day, the Rev. M. J. Berkeley read an 
account of some experiments in crossing 
Vines, which had been originally published in 
the “Comptes Rendus” of the French Aca¬ 
demy of Sciences. It appeared from this 
that a race of much earlier varieties had been 
obtained, by growing which it would be pos¬ 
sible to have the vintage in the south of 
France as early as August. Mr. Shortt gave 
a short account of Podophyllum Emodi, of 
which a plant in fruit was sent to the meeting. 
The result of his experience was that the best 
way to grow and fruit it is to let it alone. 
Mr. W. Wilson Saunders, the Chairman, ex¬ 
hibited a very interesting collection of Dor- 
stenias, a genus closely allied to the Fig, and 
by means of which the fructification of the 
latter could be better explained than by the 
Fig itself. 
The other shows held by the Society during 
the month were a show of Fine-foliaged and 
Variegated Plants on the 8th; of Liliaceae on 
the 15th ; and of Fruit and Vegetables on the 
22nd. The last, though pretty extensive, did 
not present anything very remarkable in the 
way of fruit. The vegetables were good, 
especially the Potatoes, and well arranged. 
Royal Botanic Society. —The last Show 
for the season was held on the 5th, and was 
very well attended. Stove and greenhouse 
plants were still in good bloom, and Fine- 
foliaged Plants and Ferns in excellent con¬ 
dition, especially those from Mr. Veitch, and 
JVIr. Baines, gardener to H. Micholls, Esq. 
Orchids were not so numerous and fine 
as at the previous shows, and Pelargoniums, 
though good for the season, did not comprise 
such splendid specimens as on that occasion. 
The quantity of fruit exhibited was very large, 
and the quality most excellent. Mr. Barnes, 
gardener to Lady Rolle, Bicton, sent several 
Pines ripened in the open air, but what course 
of treatment was pursued in the earlier stages 
of their growth was not stated. Of Grapes, 
some magnificent bunches w r ere shown, espe¬ 
cially the Black Hamburghs of Mr. Sage, 
gardener to Earl Ilowe, and Mr. Meredith. 
The latter, among others, exhibited a single 
bunch of Black Hamburgh, with six shoul¬ 
ders, and of the enormous weight of 9£ lbs., a 
weight which has never before been recorded 
