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hope at some future time to figure both of these. Roses formed a very 
attractive feature of the exhibition, especially those grown in pots; the 
plants were of a nice medium size, and some of them, especially those 
exhibited by Mr. Turner, of Slough, w r ere the perfection of growth; 
Souvenir cle Comte Cavour, which has been said to be a delicate grower, 
showed no symptoms of it in the fine plant in his collection; the flower 
was large and full, with very shell-like petals, of a beautiful velvety crim¬ 
son, and evidently a seedling from General Jacquemont. Some of the 
tea-scented Roses were also very good, and among them was a new plant 
of UEnfant Trouve, figured by us in our second volume. Messrs. Paul and 
Son, of Cheshunt, and Mr. TVm. Paul, of Waltham Cross, exhibited each 
eight boxes of cut blooms, containing a large number of the old flowers, 
together with some new ones: among them were Madame Charles Wood, 
very large. Eugene Lebrun, dark and well filled. Jean Goujon, dark 
shaded, but not very full. Beauty of Waltham, maintaining its good 
character. John Hopper, not quite so good as it was exhibited in March. 
Olivier Delhomme, a very fine crimson-rose. Louise Margottin, a nice 
Bourbon, of the style of Louise Odier, and from the same raiser, M. 
Margottin. Maurice Bernhardin, dark and very fine. Le Baron Roth¬ 
schild, very brilliant and shell-like ; and Cornelia Koch, pale lemon Noi¬ 
sette, with dark-vellow centre. These boxes of Roses formed one of the 
most attractive points of the show. The same may be said of the Auri¬ 
culas, which were (especially Mr. Turner’s) very fine: amongst the newer 
sorts were Campbell's Pizarro, a fine dark self. Smith’s Formosa, a 
a beautiful light mauve-coloured self, Lightbody’s Sir Charles Napier, 
a large and fine grey-edged variety, Heaps’ Smiling Beauty, a fine white 
edge; but by far the greater number consisted of fine old-established 
varieties, Prince of Wales, Eclipse, Glory, Lady J. Grey, Mary Ann, 
Lovely Ann, Glory; and amongst the subjects submitted to the Floral 
Committee, there was a very fine grey-edged seedling from Mr. Turner, 
called Ensign, to which a second-class certificate was awarded. 
Royal Botanic Society, April 11. 
As the same exhibitors, for the most part, contribute to the two great 
Societies, it must of necessity follow, when the exhibitions are held near 
to one another, that the same productions or very similar ones are to be 
seen, and hence the description of one is wellnigh a repetition of the 
other. We rather think, however, that amateurs exhibit in larger num¬ 
bers at the Botanic Society than at Kensington, and as every attention to 
their wants is given bv Mr. Marnock, thev have every encouragement to 
come forward. We think in these exhibitions it ought to be recollected, 
that the Societies owe quite as much to the exhibitors as the exhibitors 
to the Societies, and that it ought not to be considered that all the advan¬ 
tage is on one side. Amongst Azaleas, some very fine plants were ex¬ 
hibited ; and in the newer sorts Messrs. Smith’s semidouble Flag of 
