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THE COTTAGE GARBO' ER AXP COUXTRY GKXTi EMAX, Anai -A 1558. 
collection of eight now Caladiums. not named, one of 
which. the fairy, silvery Caladium. lier Majesty and 
all her subjects' there, that day. thought was the best 
gem of all that were at the Snow. A box of twelve 
frunnrn of Rhododendron rirgatum> a lovely dw~arf. 
blush flowered kind, from Sikkim. I suppose; Zegria 
maeroph vlla. an exhibition new plant, an Asterwort. 
with white starry flowers all over, and others. Gar¬ 
denia P intii. a standard from Mr. Hamp. a good red 
seedling Camellia, mentioned at the Bazaar at the 
Crvstal Palace, from its owner, Mr. Christinas, Grove 
Lane. Camberwell. 
The Messrs. Fraser's six Azaleas. T ittata . and 
completely overshadowing them, from the Crimea, sent 
Messrs. Veiteh. by tne Prince Sdwnd of Saxc- 
Weiniar. I think we have this Iris iu the Experimental 
Garden, from Crimean seeds. 
The prizes which are not given here, were not affixed 
to the plants, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when 
I closed my account. 
There was an abundance of Apples ; very few Pears; 
excellent Grapes : very fur Strawberries ; and seven¬ 
teen Pine Apples, with Oranges and Lemons of 
English growth, and Melons from abroad. First prize, 
for Pi its, to Mr. Robinson, gardener to E. R. Turner. 
Esq., Bishop's Waltham. This fruit was not named, 
it looked like a kiud called Charlotte Rothschild. 
Tittata punctata, two fine striped kinds, were two of 
them; also. Rhododendron Thomsoni, &-dark purple Second prize to Mr. James Gilliam. Isleworth. Third 
bell, in good misses, from Sikkim : also, a large Acacia prize to Air. Clement, Oak Hill, East Berner. Grapes. 
Drummond *, followed by Mr. Carson's four Azaleas, —Two sets of Black Hamburgh*. Mr. Hill first 
Cronata, Hagnijica pleno. Pxquisita. and /MfjfWd, I prize, as usual: second to Mr. Dodds, the worthy 
verv fine. Then Mr. Morris, four .Azaleas, and a col- gardener to Sir John Cathcart, Bart.: and third to 
lection of hybrids of the Ameena breed, from Air. 
Standish, who also had Gaultheria furens . 
Then six huge Roses, in Xo. 4-pots, from Alessrs. 
Lane, for which they took the first prize. Deroniensis. 
with twentv-one mil blown magnificent Roses, was the 
.Messrs. Sparry and Campbell. Queen’s Graperies, 
Brighton. There were two pots of Grapes from Mr. 
Ingram. Highgrove. Reading, gardener to J. J.Blandy, 
Esq., which took first prize ; and White Grapes from 
Mr. Alderson, South Lambeth. Slraidc v.kv.—First 
Mr. Ingram, gardener to J. J. Blandy, Esq.; and 
four fine pots of plants of Straw berries, in fruit, from 
Mr. Raile. Mr. Snow, gardener to Earl de Grey, 
took the first prize for dessert and cooking Apples, 
j among which were Reinctte du Canada , Dutch J fig- 
Mion, Alfriston. and ** an unknown kind excellent for 
keeping." Mr. Xewtown. gardener to G. S. Graham, 
best specimen of it yet exhibited. Triomphe eV Paris, prize to Mr. Raile. gardener to Lord Lovelace. Second 
Duchess of Sutherland, Jules Hargottin, General Jac- to Mr. Clarke, gardener to Lord Parnley. Third to 
queminot, and Souvenir d un Ami , were all first-rate : 
and six more kinds from Mr. Francis, took the second 
prize, and richly deserved it. These magnificent Roses, 
thus early, were in the mouths of all the praetieals. 
like sugar plums. 
Below them, an din front of the chair, were the com¬ 
petition Orchids, Mr. Carson being first, and Air. A o ___ 
Morris second. The latter had a distinct kind, quite Esq.. Enfield Chase, took the second prize for dessert 
and kitchen Apples, and Mr. Ingram, gardener to 
Air. Blandy. took the first and only prize for dessert 
Pears, which were X> Plus Henris, far gone; and 
j Easter Beurre. The Oranges and Lemons were from 
Air. Richards, of Acton. Mr. Snow had a basket of 
his matchless Grx en Cos Lettuce, very fine; and Air. 
Ingram, gardener to Mr. Blandy. had* a fine brace of 
Cucumbers, and Mr. Solomons, of Covent Garden, had 
two dishes of French Apples, and two dishes of 
French kitchen Pears, and both the Pears were 
He had also two Melons, and other 
D. Beato>\ 
wronglv named. 
new to the Exhibition, of Zggopetalum Hackagana, 
with stiff, close-flowered stems : and Air. Carson had 
a Lycaste pubescens, which was not exhibited here 
before. The rest of these Orchids were all fine, but 
more known. 
Then Messrs. Lanes’ six Azaleas, fine; and six 
more from Air. Cutbush. of Barnet, all of the best 
kinds. Then an Orchid from Alessrs. Parker and 
Williams, called Dendrohium lituifiorum, in the siobile 
section, or near it. 
Then the eighteen yards of the choicest plants, from 
Alessrs. A'eitcli. filling nearly one whole side of the things. 
Hall, and not exhibited for prizes. The rarest of them _ 
was Clianthus Dampieri, the most brilliant, and at the 
same time the most unearthly aspect of all the Pea- KIAIPTOX HOO 
shaped blossoms; the plant looking very much like _ 
some soft Astragalus. A very large Rhododendron {Continued from page 4.) 
jasminijlorum, ditto Dendrohium onosmum, and Vanda I hate been given to understand, that Ladv Pacre 
suavis. Camellia Valteredo, a fine imbricated deep is very partial to ribbon bordering. Supposing that 
rose. Standard .Azaleas : fine-leaved plants ; Palms ; the walk mentioned in my last notes was so placed as to 
greenhouses, and stoves, and Heath houses, all eon- hzve a background of evergreens on each side, and space 
tributing to this display. also left for a border on each side, a grand avenue of 
After these, six Azaleas from Messrs. Fraser, and lines of colour might thus be formed, and space found 
six .Azaleas from the Alessrs. Jackson, followed by a for many flow ering plants, that are now grown in the 
collection of Camellias from Mr. Halley, which took kitchen garden. A little to the westward of the south 
the first prize. Then the magnificent Rhododendron end of this walk, in a part of the wilderness skrubberv. 
from Air. Iveson, gardener to the Puke of Xorthum- is an interesting fernery : the plants collected, aiid 
berland, Sion House; and then another collection of almost entirely attended to, as respects watering, plant - 
Camellias, from the Alessrs. Jackson, to match those ing, and transplanting, bv Ladv Pacre herseIf.'Tne site 
from Air. Halley ; and these had the second prize, had either been a deli hole, or a place dug out on pur- 
Of course, Air. Iveson took the first prize with his pose. The sides are formed in grotesque^iashion. with 
pdble Rhododendron^. roots and stones, and there the Ferns are °TOwn. I 
I his brings me to the end of my tether in that saw almost every British variety, and manv of them 
fine specimens. The centre is gravel, and studded with 
circuit ; and now for the odds and ends. Vanda 
gigantea. from E. Warner, Esq., shows it to be below 
expectation. It has a short dumpy spike a few inches 
long only, and six orange-coloured blooms with brown 
spots. 
A pot of a pale yeliow-flowering Iris, nit more than 
three or four inches long in the leaves, and the flowers 
grotesque stumps and roots, some of which form com- 
lortable rustic seats. I saw some garden pots with 
water, for her ladyship’s use. As the water is taken to 
the top of the mansion by means of a water-ram, a 
small pipe carried that length would supply a miniature 
lountain, and give the idea of refres hin g coolness. 
