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looks very rich. Mr. Veitch had the first prize, Messrs. 
Lee the second, Mr. Jackson the third, and Mr. Parker, 
of Holloway, the fourth. 
In miscellaneous lots a fine Voloto splendens from 
Mr. Gedney is the Vallota purpurea major of botany. 
The spelling of this Show was below the average of 
dead carelessness. 
Mr. Peed, gardener to T. Tredwell, Esq., of St. John's 
Lodge, Norwood, had a collection of real curiosity and 
great interest—one of grafted Geraniums, thus:—1. 
Miss Emily Field, a. blush-white flower; 2. Kingsbury 
Pet, an excellent house plant; 4. Reulii, apparently a 
ross from Baron Hugel, alias C'ourcy’s Princess Royal, 
a fine pot plant, grafted three feet high, the two before 
it not quite so high ; 4. Route de Neige, grafted fifteen 
inches above the pot, aud four feet high; 5. Commander- 
in-Chief, five feet high, and grafted four feet from the 
pot; 6. Le Titian, four feet high; 7. Brilliant ditto; 
aud 8. Attraction, three feet six inches high. A gentle¬ 
man of great skill and ingenuity wrote to me six 
weeks ago, saying that Geraniums would graft as freely 
as Apple-trees, and by the same kinds of grafting ; 
but Mr. Peed grafted all these on the continental 
plan of cutting off the top of the stock, and split¬ 
ting the top of it in halves about an inch and a half, 
or not more than two inches, and wedging the end of the 
grafts to slip down into the slit. The union in all of 
them was perfect. That, in my eyes, was the best 
triumph at this Show. 
Next to these, and still among the miscellaneous, 
stood a line lot of plants from our Kingston Nursery 
— Odontoglossum grande, with four spikes of immense 
blooms. They “ do ” this fine Orchid at Kingston 
better than all the English growers, and bloom lots 
of them every year in the cool end of their con¬ 
servatory next the public road. Also, Allardtia cyanea, 
a dwarf, smooth - leaved Pine -Apple-like plant, with 
a “tassel" of Prussian blue dowers in the centre. 
Sir Colin Campbell, the hero of the heights of Balaclava, 
from whom we expected great things, has turned out an 
ordinary kind of Scarlet Geranium, hut will make one 
of the best staudard or specimen plants on grass; and 
several others. A large collection of cut specimens of 
variegated and fiue-foliaged plants from Mr. Paul, of 
Cheshunt; and a common lot of mixed Cactuses from 
some one ; three splendid Brunsvigias, or Candelabra 
plants, from Mr. Leach, of Clapham Park ; a new 
Fern, a “ dusty miller,” a kind of Gyrnnograruma, from 
Mr. Brocklehurst. It is whiter on both sides than the 
common one is below. Sixteen pots of a “ new Perilla 
from California,” from Mr. Nevill, but I think that is a 
great mistake; the plant is just from the opposite shores 
of the Pacific, in China and Japan, if I mistake not, 
and is the same as I mentioned at page 78 of the 11th 
volume. The plants are, indeed, extraordinarily well- 
managed, and might pass for novelties even so near 
London. Every leaf was of a dark bronzy lustre on 
a purplish - black ground all over every part of the 
plant. I am still of opinion this would be a useful 
plant as a pot herb. 
Passing over several other lots as calling for no 
special remarks, let us now look at the florists’ 
flowers; but for want of room I can only give 
the names of the winning parties. The first prize 
for fifty kinds of Dahlias was won by Mr. Turner, 
of Slough, and also the second prize for twelve; 
the second by Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury; third by Mr. 
Legge,florist, Marsh Side; fourth, Mr. Kemberley; and 
two extras to Messrs. Eraser, of Lea Bridge, aud 
Drummond, of Bath. Eor the best twenty-four kinds, 
first prize to the Rev. Charles Eellowes, Shotteslmm 
Rectory, Norwich; second to Mr. Holmes; third, Mr. 
Leslie, of Stonehouse; fourth, Mr. Shadden, of Ash, 
near Sandwich; and two extras to Messrs. Cook, of 
Notting Hill, and Allen, of Shacklewell; and in twelves ' 
the names stood thus:—First, Legge; second, Turner ; ! 
third could not be found; fourth, Eellowes; and four 
extrus to Eraser, Kemberley, Bragg, and Drummond. ; 
There was an awful push here, and some of the names j 
I could only guess at. 
China Asters had no prize tickets late in the afternoon. 
Roses, in fifty kinds, Mr. Lane was at the bottom al¬ 
together this time; and Mr. Mitchell, of Pellaown 
Nursery, Mareslield, Sussex, was first, with Roses as 
line as if it was a June Show ; Mr. Paul, second. There 
was another collection as good from a new man, Mr. 
John Cranston, King’s Acre, near Hereford ; but he was 
disqualified, through some rule being broken by some 
one. Messrs. Eraser also had a third prize for fifty. 
Eor twenty-five kinds, Mr. Brush, of Norwood, came in 
first; Mr. Evans, second; and Mr. Woolley fourth. 
Hollyhocks, two collections in spikes, Chater first, and 
Paul second best. Eor Cut Hollyhocks in twenty-four 
blooms, Mr. Paul first, and Mr. Chater next; Mr. 
Turner third; Mr. Bragg fourth; and Mr. Eraser an 
extra; and a third prize, only for seedlings, to Mr. 
Skenton, Hendon Park, the seedlings being three ' 
shades of rose, and a primrose-coloured. 
I much regret I could not get fully the winners in the 
cottagers’ classes, for the tickets were shamefully huddled 
together, as if of no account whatever. The chief 
cottagers’ prizes, however, were given to Wm. Moser, of 
Broxbourne, Herts, for the best collection of Vegetables; < 
for the best Potatoes, to E. Amies ; for the best Carrots, 
to J. Turner ; for the best Onions, to E. Amies ; for the 
best Cabbages, to D. Friend; and for the best collection 
of Pot-herbs, to G. Bulbeck. I never saw anything 
more carelessly done, unless it be to entice respectable 
men to report, by giving them free tickets, and then 
order the police to “ turn them out ” neck and 
heels; but, as good luck would have it, I met Sir 
Joseph Paxton himself, as I was going to the secretary’s 
office, in high dudgeon, and there it ends. Chis¬ 
wick was perfect in respect to judges and reporters, 
except in one most monstrous rule of Dr. Lindley’s, 
by which he would not allow any reporter to speak to 
the judges, as if he was dealing with rogues and thieves; 
but all this, and more of it, belongs to long bygone days. 
The Grapes were particularly good, and there were 
some fine Peaches, Plums, and Cherries. Figs were also 
very good Pines and Melons of the ordinary run. 
Apricots were not very good ; but Apples made up for 
them, and there were some very good-looking Pears. 
The fruit in pots was as good as pot-fruit can be 
expected at this season. For Vines fn pots, first prize to 
Mr. E’orsyth, gardener to Baron Rothschild, at Guuners- 
bury Park. Eor Peaches and Nectarines in pots, first 
prize to Mr. Kaile, gardener to the Earl of i.ovelace. 
Mr. J. I 1 ’. Young, Mr. J. Croker, and Mr. August, took 
first-class prizes in their respective classes lor fruits as 
amateurs; but I went within the ropes to get at the 
winners of the gathered fruit, aud here they are, at 
least the greatest part of them:—For three dishes of 
three distinct kinds of Grapes, first prize to Mr. 
Fleming; second prize disqualified somehow; and third, 
Mr. Alborough, Brook House, Norwich. E’or box of 
twelve pounds of Grapes, first, Mr. Harrison, Oatlands; 
second, Mr. Kay; third, Mr. Keyes; and fourth, Mr. | 
Munro. Here the Champion Black Hambro' came in I 
from Mr. Clark, market gardener, near Manchester, and ! 
I may have told of his Champion before, and forgot it. It 
is a very largo sort of Hambro. Collection of twelve . 
dishes, only one from Mr. Tillyard ; ditto ten dishes, 
Mr. Fleming; ditto in eight dishes, first, Mr. Frost, 
Preston Hall; second, Mr. Robinson, Warn ford Park; 
third, Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. Coster, Esq.; fourth, J 
Mr. Kaile, gardener to Lord Lovelace; and an extra to 
Mr. Martin, Selwood Park, Sunning Hill. Eor best 
