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wrong pronunciation, we say Dalhusy, or Dalhusianum. 
This one had four spikes of beautiful blossoms on a 
very large specimen, and Cypripedium Lowii, with’ three 
open blooms. In all the plants of these two collections, 
the shining succulent leaves, their great size and soft¬ 
ness, the plumpness of the stems, ready to burst the skin, 
or bark, and the large size and brilliant tints of the 
flowers, betokened the highest degree of skill in their 
cultivation. 
In the private classes for Orchids, Mr. Williams, 
gardener to C. B. Warner, Esq., and Mr. Woolly, gar¬ 
dener to H.B. Ker, Esq., stood first and second, as they 
did all last year; hut I see clearly enough, that although 
they are neighbours, they will have a “ split ” ere long; 
for Mr. Woolly has pressed his whole weight on the 
toes of his “ best friend” this time. Each of them had 
twenty plants, and Mr. Williams’s ran as follows:— 
Lycaste Skinneri; Dendrobium macrantlium, the Rhubarb 
or Balsam-scented; Oncidium ampliatum; Dendrobium 
pulchellum; Vanda insignis; Aerides sp., with two 
long, drooping Spikes of light blossoms; Calanthe veratri- 
folia; Aerides virens; Chysis bractescens; Cattleya 
intermedia; Vanda teres and tricolor; Aerides Warner ii, 
which has the largest, and, to my fancy, the best flowers 
in the genus; Dendrobium nobile ; Saccolabium retusum; 
Cypripedium barbatum-superbum, the difference from bar- 
batum being a more purple front and bottom, and a 
lighter top to the back part of the flower. It is the best 
of the two ; Dendrobium densijlorum ; Cattleya Mossia;; 
PJutius Wallichii; and Vanda suavis. 
Mr. Woolly had Dendrobium Paxtoni, a bright yellow, 
with a dark eye, not often seen at shows; Vanda tri¬ 
color; Phalamopsis grandijlora; Aerides virens and 
maculosum; Cattleya intermedia ; Calanthe veratrifolia; 
Oncidium sphacellatum ; Epidendrum erassifolium ; Cy¬ 
pripedium barbatum; Dendrobium densijlorum, nobile, 
and pulchellum; Cattleya Mossicc and Skinneri; Vanda 
insignis; Cyrtochylum filipes, with graceful drooping 
spikes of yellow Oncid-like flowers, having brown sepals. 
After them came Mr. Hume, gardener to R. Hanbury, 
Esq., with Phalcenopsis amabile; Brassia verrucosa; 
Vanda teres; Chysis bractescens; Oncidium altissimum 
and phymatochilum; Saccolabium guttatum, the best 
there; Aerides virens ; Dendrobium pulchellum, and some 
others, mentioned above, and for these the large silver 
medal was awarded. 
For Orchids in small collections, Mr. Gedney, gar¬ 
dener to Mrs. Ellis, Rose Hill, Hoddesdon, won the first 
gold medal with Phalamopsis grandijlora, Oncidium ani- 
plicatum major, Ansellia Africana, Epidendrum auran- 
tiacum, and Saccolabium retusum. 
Mr. Clarke, of Hoddesdon, had the second gold medal 
for fine healthy plants of the above sorts; and Mr. Green 
had a silver medal for another similar groupe; and 
Mr. Carson, gardener of W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., of 
Cheam, had another silver medal for Arpophyllum 
giganteum, I believe the first time at an open show; 
but we had it in Regent Street. This had eight upright 
spikes of blooms, with the last six inches at top as closely 
set with little rosy-purple flowers as a bottle brush is with 
hair. Epidendrum longipetalum, Ccelogyne asperata, a 
dirty yellow flower, with a streaked brown lip, and 
others, all well-grown plants.. Mr. Summerfield, gardener 
to J. P. Venn, Esq., Highbury Park, Islington, had a 
good collection, such as the above, in which was a very 
good Dendrobium Dalhousianum. 
STOVE AND GREENHOUSE FLANTS. 
There were six competitors for collections of six 
stove or greenhouse-plants. The Messrs. Rollison sent 
Cliorozema Henclimanii, Aphelearis spectubilis grandijlora, 
Eriostemon neriifolia, Epacris miniata splendens, and 
Azalea Perry ana. 
The Messrs. Fraser sent Epacris grandijlora, Erioste¬ 
mon neriifolia, Boronia pinnata, Cliorozema varium 
nanum , Pimelea linijolia, and a white Vinca. 
Mr. Rhodes, gardener to J. Philpots, Esq., Stamford 
Hill, sent Dracoccephalum gracile, a large Epacris grandi¬ 
jlora, Aplielexis macrantlia grandijlora, Azalea Gled- 
stanesi, Tetratheca verticillata, Boronia serrulata, all 
fine, large plants. 
Mr. Carson had a large silver-gilt medal for Choro- 
zerna Lawrenciana, Azalea Gem, a light rose, with 
others, and a Rhododendron jormosum, which is a true 
Azalea, with white and more waxy flowers than is usual ; 
at all events, jormosum may he considered as the link 
which joins the Rhododendrons and Azaleas together. 
CAPE HEATHS. 
The Messrs. Rollison had the first gold medal for a 
collection of ten of them, of which, one called Sindryana 
wa3 the best grown specimen that was ever exhibited; 
it was full eight feet high, and five feet through, clothed 
j with flowers to the rim of the pot. Mr. McNab, the father 
of the present curator, at the Botanic Garden, Edin¬ 
burgh, was the only grower of Heaths who could get 
them up in the style of this pale pink Sindryana; per- 
spicuanana, vasiflora, favoides elegans, jlorida, ventricosa 
magnijica, and mutabilis, perhaps the highest coloured 
in all the Heaths. 
The next prize for Heaths was won by Mr. Barter, 
I gardener to A. Basset, Esq., Stamford Hill. The two 
best plants in this lot were Vestita rosea and elegans. 
The Messrs. Fraser had another prize for Perspicua 
\ nana, Favoides elegans, Ventricosa tricolor, Denticulata 
l moscliata, a very pretty light green one; Propendens, 
| Elegans, and Thunbergiana, a very slender kind. 
ROSES. 
They were magnificent beyond description. Her 
Majesty might well be “struck” by them; no queen 
had ever seen such Roses, even out-of-doors, in this, or 
in any country. Mr. Lane never ran such a risk of 
being second best. I really do believe the “private 
grower's ” will knock him on the head in a year or two ; 
and Mr. Francis, a brother chip, pushed him very close 
this time ; while Mr. Paul distanced the whole brother¬ 
hood by a show of thirty kinds of the newest Roses, 
proving to himself, to his customers, and to all the 
world, what they are, and what they are likely to turn 
out. 
To count the number of roses on each plant, as I 
used to do, would take up more time than enough ; and 
if I did count them, and give the numbers, half the 
world would not believe me. If the Horticultural 
Society had never done any other good for gardening 
than this one of Pot Roses, they might well go to bed 
with a clear conscience. It is already established, be¬ 
yond doubt, that to see really fine Roses in England, 
they must be grown in pots. 
Mr. Lane’s collection of twelve distinct kinds began 
with the three highest coloured of the old Roses— Geant 
des Batailles, Paul Ricaut and Chenedole, then Coupe 
d'Hebe, Countess Moll, Baronne Prevost, La Mark, Paul 
Perras, Louise Bonaparte, La Reine, Duchess oj 
Sutherland, and Cornet, a large, open, light Rose. The 
plants averaged from five feet to seven feet in height, 
and of proportionate width; there was no Tea Rose 
among them, and hut one Noisette—that is, La Mark. 
A first gold Knightian medal was awarded to this collec¬ 
tion. 
Mr. Francis’ twelve were as well grown as the 
above, but the flowers did not run quite so large. The 
consequence of this close competition will he a “tie” 
next year, else one of them will shoot a-head, outdoing 
