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baronial hall, his park, and woods, and broad, fertile lands, 
to seek relief at a mild watering place. He lingered there 
for a long time, and it was said by those about him, that his 
great distress at dying was, that he could not take his 
beautiful and beloved property with him to the grave! 
I was myself passing through a town not far from the 
noble residence of the departed at this very time. We 
stopped to change horses, and in the centre of a broad, 
open place, in front of the inn, stood a hearse, dusty and 
travel-soiled. The horses were removed, and they and all 
the attendants were taking refreshment in the inn. My 
companion, on re-entering the carnage, said, “ Whose remains 
do you thing that hearse contains? Those of poor P- 
G-I can never forget the feelings of that moment. 
The once proud, aristocratic owner of the woods we could 
almost at that moment see, was left the tenant of a hearse, with 
dingy plumes, nodding in unnoticed grandeur in the midst 
of the street where his carriage and four had so often 
rolled along. No one was near him; no one seemed to look 
at the hearse, or care who was in it; and all passed as 
unconcernedly about their daily business, as if nothing sad, 
or solemn, or grand, or great, stood before them! 
The possessor of the lordly lands of C- rests in a 
vault in lonely state, and the humble farmer sleeps beneath 
the “ swelling sod ” in a rural church-yard; but the same 
spirit animated the clay of which their earthly tabernacles 
were formed, in their widely different spheres. How loudly 
do the hearse and unpretending pall speak to our hearts! 
Each bears away the dead from all he loved and treasured, 
and carries him, a hapless burden, to his last narrow home! 
The “ golden bowl ” and the “ pitcher," are alike broken “ at 
the well;”—in the end they are the same. Nothing earthly 
can give peace at the last. “Vanity of vanities, saith the 
Preacher, all is vanity.” 
Whatever we set our hearts upon here betrays and 
forsakes us. Whether riches, or fame, or talents, or lands, 
or gardens, or stacks of corn. Let ms remember this, and 
seek the only “Tower” into which man can run and be 
“safe," the only Treasure which will not “make itself wings 
and flee away.” 
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK, 
HORTICULTURAL SHOW, May 14. 
The most splendid exhibition, on one of the finest days, 
we ever witnessed. The Queen and Royal Family visited 
the Show early in the morning. The Exotic Orchids were 
shown in excellent condition; the large collections of Stove 
and Greenhouse Plants were decidedly superior to those at 
Chiswick; the Greenhouse Azaleas were not quite so good, 
excepting the collection from Ealing Park, which had con¬ 
siderably improved; Cape Heaths were shown in numbers, 
and in fine condition ; the Pelargoniums were superior both 
in quantity and quality; and the Roses in pots were equal, 
but certainly not superior, in point of quality. We shall 
only notice some of the best which were not at Chiswick. 
EXOTIC ORCHIDS. 
There were nine collections, composed of 130 plants. 
Acanthophippium bicolob (Barnes), well bloomed. 
Angraxum caudatum ( Mylam ), eight of its long-tailed flowers. 
Bbassia verrucosa (Carson), 11-spiked. (Woolley), six long spikes. 
Cattleya intermedia (Mylam), eight-branched spike. 
C. Skinneri (Mylam), a fine variety, 25 flowers, with large, rosy purple 
lip, and white spot at the base. ( Rae ), 14 spikes, one 11-flowered, 
C. Mossi/K superb a (Franklin), finely grown. 
Camarotis purpureus (Mylam), a mass 3 ft through. (Carson), 3 ft 
by 3 ft. 
Chysis bractescens (Barnes), eight-flowered, 
j Dendrobium moniliforme (Williams), well bloomed. 
I). Paxtonii (Williams), rare, orange, with a dark central spot. 
D. chrysanthum (Blake), a fine specimen. 
D. densiflorum (Barnes), six-spiked. 
D. sulcatum (Barnes), rare. 
D. macrophyllum (Woolley), ten-spiked. 
D. divaricatum (Green), fine. 
Epidendrum aurantiacum (Williams), six-spiked. 
E. Hanburii (Barnes), large and healthy, numerously spiked ; named 
after his employer. 
E. Stanfordianum (Barnes), densely bloomed, 
i E. crassifolium (Woolley), remarkably fine, 14-spiked. 
I E. tibicinis (Mylam), flower-stem 7 ft long, with eight large flowers. 
(Blake), as good. 
Lielia cinnabarina (Williams), two-spiked. 
Lycaste tigrianthina (Mylam), rare. 
L. Lawrenciana (Franklin), new species. 
Odontoglossum lasvf. (Mylam), rare, eight flowers. 
Oncidium papilio (Mylam), two of the best flowers we ever saw, 
O. altissimum (Green), large, and brightly coloured. 
Piialasnopsis grandiflora (Barnes), 17-spiked, 
Piiaius WalliCiiii (Barnes), eight-spiked. 
Triciiopelia coccinea (Blake), new. 
Vanda Roxburgiiii (Carson), three-Bpiked. 
V. teres (Mylam), three fine flowers. 
Zygopetalum rostratum (Williams), eight-flowered, difficult to grow. 
25 Oechids. First prize, Mr. Mylam , gardener to S. 
Rucker, Esq. Second prize, Mr. Williams, gardener to 
C. B. Warner, Esq., Hoddesden. 
15 Orchids. First prize, Mr. Blake, gardener to .T. H. 
Schroeder, Esq., Stratford Green. Second pri/.e, Mr. Frank¬ 
lin, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, Ealing Bark. 
10 Orchids. First prize, Mr. Carson, gardener to W. 
Farmer, Esq., Cheam. Second prize, Mr. Barnes, gardener 
to R. Hanbury, Esq., Poles, Ware. Third prize, Mr. Rae, 
gardener to J. Blandy, Esq., Reading. Fourth prize, Mr. 
Woolley, gardener to H. B. Iver, Esq., Cheshunt. Fifth 
prize, Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., Cheam. 
STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
Sixteen collections, comprising 170 plants. 
Acropiiyllum venosum (Cole), 2 ft by 2 ft, well managed. 
Apiielexis sesamoides rosea (Cole), 2 ft by 2 ft, covered with flowers. 
A. purpurea grandiflora (Williams), 2£ ft by 2£ ft. 
Adenandra fragrans (Green), 2.1ft by 21 ft, a beautiful specimen, 
densely flowered. 
A. speciosa (Taylor), 4 ft by 4 ft, well flowered. 
Azalea Murrayana (Cole), 3 ft by 3 ft, profusely bloomed. 
A. befulgens (Cole), 3 ft by 3 ft, well bloomed. (Frazer), 6 ft by 4 ft, 
profusely bloomed. 
A. indica vivicans (Green), 5 ft by 3 ft, a most gorgeous plant. 
A. sinensis (Green), 4 ft by 3 ft, splendidly bloomed. 
A. indica alba (Taylor), 51 ft by 4 ft, splendidly in bloom. 
Bossicea disticiia (May), 4 ft by 5 ft, a splendid, rare plant, well 
bloomed. 
B. linophylla (Carson), an elegant drooping plant, 41 ft high, covered 
with bloom. 
Boronia pinnata (Taylor), 3 ft by 2l ft. 
Chorozema Henchmanni (Croxford), 21 ft by 2 ft. (May), 3 ft by 
31 ft, healthy and well bloomed. 
C. Lawrenciana (Speed), 3 ft by 21 ft. 
Chironia glutinosa (Cole), 21 ft by 2 ft, scarcely in bloom, but well 
grown. 
Dilwynia eriocepiiala (Green), 3 ft by 2.1 ft, a dense bush, thickly 
bloomed. 
Epacris miniata (Cole), 3 ft by 3 ft, a splendid plant, profusely 
bloomed. (Croxford), 21 ft by 3 ft. 
E. grandiflora (Stanley), 4 ft by 3 ft, a noble plant, well bloomed. 
(Green), 3 ft by 3 ft, well flowered. 
Erica ventricosa coccinea minor (Cole), 3 ft by 3 ft, most profusely 
bloomed. 
E. Hartnellii (Stanley), 2 ft by 2 ft, well bloomed. 
E. perspicua nana (Stanley), 21 ft by 21 ft, densely bloomed. 
E. perspicua (Frazer), 2 ft by 21 ft, densely flowered. 
E. propendens (Williams), 3 ft by 4 ft, an immense plant, nearly 
weighed down with bloom. 
Eriostemon intermedium (May), 2.1 ft by 21 ft, a well-flowered plant. 
E. neriifolium (May), 3 ft by 3 ft, fine, well bloomed. 
E. buxifolium (Cole), 3 ft by 3 ft, fine, well bloomed. (Taylor), 5 ft 
by 4 ft. 
Eutaxia pungens (Speed), 21 ft by 21 ft, profusely bloomed. 
Eranciscea macrophylla (Carson), well bloomed, with 24 heads of 
flowers. 
Gompholobium polymorphum (May), 2 ft by 2 ft, trained to a low 
globular trellis, and densely bloomed. 
Hoya carnosa (Taylor), 3 ft by 21 ft. 
Hovea belsia (Stanley), 21 ft by 2 ft, well managed and profusely 
bloomed. 
H. pungens (May), Q ft by II ft, difficult to manage, covered with 
blossoms. 
Ixora Javanica (May), 3 ft by 4 ft, a fresh plant, with scores of heads 
of blossoms. 
Leschenaultia Baxterii (May), 2 ft by 3 ft, a fine, well bloomed 
plant. 
L. Formosa (Cole), 2 ft by 3 ft, profusely covered with its rich blossoms. 
L. biloba major (Cole), 2.1 ft by 21 ft, well bloomed. 
Pimelea spectabilis rosea (May), 3 ft by 4 ft, completely hid by its 
fine heads of blossoms. 
Polygala Dalmaisiana (Green), 21 ft by 3 ft, well grown and pro¬ 
fusely bloomed. 
Stephanotis floribunda (Cole), 4 ft by 21 ft, trained. (Speed), 5 ft | 
by 21 ft. 
Tbopocolum tricolor major, Stanleyana, and grandiflora ! 
(Stanley), three well grown and profusely flowered plants, trained 
to circular trellises. 
30 Plants. Amateurs. First prize, Mr. May, gardener j 
to Mrs. Lawrence, Ealing Park. Second prize, Mr. Cole, 
gardener to H. Collyer, Esq., Dartford. Third prize, Mr. 
Stanley, gardener to H. Berens, Esq., Sidcup, Kent. 
30 Plants. Nurserymen. Messrs. Frazer , Lea Bridge, 
had a prize for their collection, the only one in this class. 
20 Plants. Amateurs. First prize, Mr. Green , gardener 
