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Many of the new plants introduced into England by Messrs. Low, 
Yeitch, Standish, and others, were exhibited there in a small state ; in fact, 
our neighbours grow merely for sale, and never have, as a rule, speci¬ 
men plants. On the whole, the Exhibition, though pretty, was to our 
minds very poor indeed. 
Royal Botanic Society, May 13. 
The first of the great metropolitan shows of the season, and main¬ 
taining the high reputation that the Eegent’s Park exhibitions have held 
for many years. Nothing could be finer than the various productions 
exhibited ; while some novelties of a remarkable character were brought 
forward. As usual at the May show, the Azaleas formed the most 
striking features, and Puses one of the most interesting. Nothing could 
exceed the perfection of the plants shown by Messrs. Turner and Veitch, 
especially Iveyana, Optima, Broughtonii, and Sinensis, Mr. Turner 
was, as usual, first in Pelargoniums; his plants were Fairest of the Fair, 
Sunset, Ariel, Picnic, Virginia, Desdemona, Empress Eugenie, Rose Celes¬ 
tial, Beadsman, Sir Colin Campbell, Candidate and Lilacina . Amongst 
Fancy Pelargoniums were Arabella Goddard, Delicatum, Roi des Fan- 
taisies, Acme, Queen of the Valley, Clemanthe, Clara Novello, Modestum, 
Negro, and Cloth of Silver. In Puses, some magnificent plants were con¬ 
tributed by Messrs. Lane and Son, of Berkhampstead, and Mr. William 
Paul. Our preference is decidedly for smaller plants, but many, we 
know, admire these huge monsters, with their forest of stakes; amongst 
the finest were Charles Laivson, Souvenir d’un Ami, Leon des Combats, 
Baronne Prevost, Gloire de Dijon, and Paul Ricant. We hope ere long 
we shall see more of the newer varieties, for one gets tired of seeing the 
same plants year after year. Pansies were shown in considerable num¬ 
bers, and excited a good deal of attention ; and some excellent stands of 
Verbenas were also exhibited. Amongst the novelties were two interesting 
Clematis, from Mr. Standish, of Ascot, one having double white flowers 
of a large size, the other, large single ones of violet; a fine violet-striped 
Petunia from Mr. Holland, in the way of Flower of the Day, figured 
by us in our last volume, and several seedling Pelargoniums from Mr. 
Turner, etc., of which we shall see more by-and-by. 
Crystal Palace, May 23. 
Coming so lately from the exhibition held in Paris, we were perhaps 
the more struck by the magnificent display on this day than we have 
heretofore been, although we have always felt that for comfort and con¬ 
venience, there is no place so suited for a grand floral display as this 
Palace of the People, and the exhibition to-day was indeed a grand one; 
the plants filled the whole length of the nave in a double row, while the 
fruits were placed in one of the transepts, and the new plants were at one 
end of the nave in the centre. Nothing could possibly surpass the 
