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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. Apeil 27, 1858. 
(Amaryllis), from Mr. Hamp, and Mr. Bassett, and a 
belt round them of Polyanthus, Narcissus, and other 
species from Mr. Cutbush, of Higligate; the next, a 
collection of Hoses on Manetti stocks, from Mr. 
Francis, and another from Messrs. Lane and Son ; also, 
a collection of Moss Roses, from Messrs. Lane ; then a 
collection of Cinerarias ; and at the farthest end, a 
large collection of Hyacinths, and other bulbs, from 
Messrs. Cutbush and Son, Highgate. 
Now, although the unfortunate inward complaint, 
j under which our Secretary was labouring that morn¬ 
ing, had led him to mistake his office, in assuming 
the high functions of our Council, and presuming on 
my usual good nature, had locked the Hall door in 
my face, and took in his own reporter, just as Mr. 
Sabine used himself, when he was a clerk in our office ; 
I sa 3 r , notwithstanding all that, the moment I got 
inside and told m 3 7 tale to the exhibitors, ten of 
them offered to assist me on the spot ; they did 
assist me, and between us I was enabled to com¬ 
plete my report. Meantime, I pra} r eve^ one of 
these exhibitors, and their friends, and patrons, not to 
take the smallest affront against the Society, on my 
account. We want all your zeal and patience ; the 
Council are of most honourable and practical men, and 
i will oil this wheel with one stroke of the pen. There 
is a great deal to put up with in the office of a Secretary 
I like ours, and the wonder is, that we hear of so few 
blunders, when things go out of the regular course. 
Messrs. Cutbush, of Highgate, had the first prize for 
a collection of Hyacinths, along with which he placed 
1 a collection of seedling herbaceous Calceolarias, and a 
fine plant of his Blanchfleur Geranium, which is to be 
let out next autumn ; also, a collection of early Tulips, 
I for which he had the second prize. Mr. MTntosh, 
of Hammersmith, taking the first prize for Tulips. 
Next, a collection of Roses, in No. 8 -pots, from Mr, 
Francis, took the first prize, and Messrs. Lane and 
Son the second prize, for the next best group of Roses. 
In the'latter, Triomphe de Paris, Prince Leon, and 
I Leon des Combats were the best reds, and Souvenir 
d'un Ami the best blush Rose, and Narcisse a yellowish 
tint; with these was their collection of Moss Roses, 
i There was, also, from the Messrs. Lane, a collection of 
i standard Azaleas, set at intervals along the centre of 
j this, the middle stage. These had an excellent effect 
in relieving the evenness of the large groups under 
them, a proof of all I said in favour of such standards, 
I if such proof was wanted, against the “ fly-flappers ” 
of Dr. Lindley. A group of Cinerarias here, from 
Mr. Wiggins, gardener to Mr. Beck, of Islewortk, had 
the second prize ; and another from Mr. Northcote, 
gardener to Colonel Wigram, of Wanstead, had the 
third prize; while Mr. Turner, of Slough, took the 
first prize (as usual) in these Cinerarias, on another 
table. One Cineraria, called Perfection, was the best 
seedling, and the best in Mr. Turner’s prize lot. It 
has a soft, creamy, white centre, and a thin edge of 
fine purple. Optima, light, next best; Regalia, best 
self crimson ; Mrs. Coleman, light, and Sir Charles 
Napier, best blue, and a splendid seedling called 
Wonderful, a deep purple, were the best of Mr. 
Turner’s seedling group. 
For the best Amaryllids, Mr. Bassett, gardener to 
R. Holford, Esq., was first, and Mr. Hamp had a 
third prize, for the next group of them. I have the 
names of the best of them also, the band of Narcissus, 
eighteen kinds, round these Amaryllids, was a happy 
arrangement, and took a first prize to Messrs. Cutbush 
and Son, Highgate. 
Mr. Windsor had a first prize with fancy Pelargo¬ 
niums, and Mr. Turner, of Slough, the second. The 
first of these was too far gone, and fast losing their 
petals ; and the second was hardly in yet. Here Mr. 
Turner had groups of two very beautiful variegated 
Geraniums, Bijou and Perfection. Here, also, Mr. 
Turner took, a first prize for twelve best Auriculas. 
Messrs. Lane and Son had a collection of Rhododen¬ 
drons, chiefly the yellow kinds, but Mr. Stan dish took 
the first prize for them ; one of them, called Limbatum, 
was the newest novelty; and one, called Townsendii, 
perhaps the next best: it is called after his foreman, 1 
a good sign ; and Ulrica Burnettiana, along with them, 
is a late or early winter-blooming excellent kind, 
according to culture. Cramp it for pot room in the 
autumn, and it blooms most freely through the winter; 
and giving it a large pot spoils it. 
Mr. MTntosh, of Hammersmith, who had the first 
prize for Tulips, had also the second for Hyacinths, in 
eighteen distinct sorts. He had four kinds of dwarf 
yellow Tulips for beds, and Vermillion Brilliant was 
his best red. 
Then followed a verj^ fine collection of cut Roses, | 
from Mr. Paul, of Cheshunt, but not for competition; 
and a box of cut Camellias, from Mr. Halle 3 r . After 
these, four Azaleas from Mr. Rhodes, but the prizes 
for Azaleas went thus : 1st, Mr. Wilson, gardener to 
J. Eiger, Esq., Putney; 2nd, Mr. Carson, from Non.- 
such Park ; 3rd, Mr. Morris, the well-known gardener 
to Coles Child, Esq., the Palace, Bromley ; and 4th, or 
extra, to John Alnut, Esq., F.H.S. 
The Azaleas in six kinds, by nurserymen, went as 
follow: 1st, Mr. Turner, of Slough; 2nd, Messrs. 
Lane and Son ; and 3rd, Messrs. Fraser, of Lea Bridge 
Road. The kinds I shall mention, as they come in on 
my round. Six large pots of Lycopods, Mr. Morris. 
Six small Camellias, Mr. Robinson, Blackheath. Basket 
of variegated Geranium, The Burning Bush, from Mr. 
Halley. Collection of large, fine-foliaged plants, from 
Mr. Rhodes, of Stamford Hill, second prize; and Mr. 
Morris, first. Next in order, a large number of fine 
Farfugium grande ; new double-flowering Peaches, 
lately from China; and an j Erica Sindiana, from Mr. 
Glendinning. • 
Next a collection of four Azaleas, from Mr. James 
Norcote, Wanstead. One of these was the old yellow 
Cliinensis or Sinensis. Here followed a large collec¬ 
tion of miscellaneous plants, from Messrs. Henderson 
and Co., of the Pine Apple Nursery. Two Tropseo- 
lums, of the Lobbiana breed, called Dr. Livingston, 
which is, after Brilliant and General HavelocJc, a fine 
orange scarlet. Fucharis amazonica ; a beautiful spe¬ 
cimen of Bouvardia longifotia, snowy white ; Statice 
brassiccefolia ; Telopea speciosissima, the fine Waratah 
of Australia, in bloom ; double-crimson Peach ; with 
Orchids, greenhouse plants, and a plant of Rhopala de 
Jonghii, a magnificent foliaged plant; and several 
others. Pass on to six well-grown plants, from Mr. 
Cutbush, of Barnet, brother to him who beats “ the 
blue bonnets over the border; ” they were Erica fio- 
rida, and Eriostemon cuspidatum, Tetratlieca ericifolia, 
and Chorozema ilicifolia, with Acacia Drummondi, 
and Boronia tetandra. 
Then Mr. Alnut’s four Azaleas ; three red, and E.r- 
quisita, very good. Next seedling Azaleas, from Mr. 
Epps, of Maidstone. Then a new species of Epacris, 
a blush flower, and Rhododendron lancifolium, from 
the Messrs. Jackson, Kingston ; who were followed by 
the Messrs. Henderson, of the Wellington Road Nur¬ 
sery, with a large collection of mixed plants, such as 
Tussilago spectabile; three kinds of new variegated 
Geraniums; Triteleia or Triteleja (not Tritelia), an 
excellent little bulb for “Italicus,” with Snowdrop 
leaves and starry-white blossoms ; Begonia splendid a ; 
purple Petunia, with a white edge, very beautiful; a 
new kind of Gardenia, Conifers, new Camellias from 
China, and many others too long to name. 
Then the Messrs. Low and Son, of Clapton, with a 
