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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, June 1, 1858. 
ricliest-coloured were in Mr. Peed’s, being delicata 
and coronata ; and two others, in the Messrs. Eraser’s 
collection of tens, which were Holdfordi and vivicans 
and criterion and Jveryana, were the two best light 
ones. Mr. Ivery and Messrs. Eraser had each a col¬ 
lection of different new Azaleas, and two first prizes : 
crispifora ramentacea (a small white), obtusa (a small 
red), and Bealei were the most distinct kinds of 
these. The Messrs. Pane had a collection of standard 
Azaleas. 
Pelargoniums. —Mr. Turner had the first prize for 
seedlings, and forthe collections ; Desdemona, Countess 
of Derby, and Ariel being the best light ones, and 
Lady Canning the best reel with dark back. The best 
; of HVTr. Beck’s seedlings were Sir Colin Campbell and 
j Leviathan. The Messrs. Eraser had a good seedling, 
called Echo. Mr. Kinghorn had Christina, Lizzy, 
Sheen Rival, and Lord John Russell, all bedding 
kinds. The first is the best Rose we have ; the last a 
more dwarf, and better bloomer, than Tom Thumb and 
Sheen Rival, the best of the Pelissier and Richmond 
, Gem blood. Mr. Turner’s Scarlet Globe and Queen 
! of Summer, the latter an Oak-leaf and seen for the first 
time, are both good bedders. 
Mr. Turner’s twelve Pelargoniums stood thus, in 
three rows:— Hermione, Lucy, and Governor-General ; 
Sanspareil, Wonder, and Eugene Duval (the new- 
colour kind), Diana (a famous white), and Carlos ; 
Miss Foster, Admirable, and Viola (another new style) 
—the cream of the old Lady Flora Hastings Geranium. 
Mr. Dobson was second., with Arethusa, Governor 
General, Vestal, (white), Starlight, Rosamond, Ad¬ 
mirable, Clara, TJna, Sanspareil, Euphemia, Lucy, 
and Wonderful. 
The Messrs. Eraser were next, with Sanspareil, 
Portia, Governor General, Exhibitor, Rosamond, 
Carlos, Basilisk, Rowena, Vesper, Exactum, and Ma¬ 
jestic. 
Mr. Gains was fourth, with a mixed collection of 
Erench and English alliance, of which Eugene Duval, 
aforesaid, and James Odier, were the best; and another 
fourth prize, to Mr. Weir, for another twelve, as above, 
with the addition of Virgin Queen, which was the 
oldest kind there ; Exactum is a half dark, half white 
kind, in the way of Virgin Queen. 
Mr. Nye, gardener to E. Eoster, Esq., had the first 
prize for ten Pelargoniums, which were— Viola, Fair 
Helen, Wonderful, Meteor, Carlos, Rosa, Sanspareil, 
Queen of May, and Iris. 
Mr. Wiggins, gardener to E. Beck, Esq., was 
second, in tens— The Bride, Lucy, Fair Helen, Go¬ 
vernor General, Sanspareil, Gem of the West (a white), 
Laura, Fairest of the Fair (a half-fancy white kind), 
and Admirable. All these made a better mixture than 
usual—my reason for giving all the names—and they 
were placed to the best advantage, just as they are 
here booked. 
The Fancies were all of a caste, and made a bank of 
j great sameness of beauty. First, there was Mr. 
Turner’s Carminatum, Delicatum, and Madame Son- 
I tag, Madame Rougiere (the best there, a rich purple 
crimson, with a light wink in the eye, not throat—Pe¬ 
largoniums cannot, botanically, have throats), Madame 
Van de Weyer (as lively as the lady after whom it is 
named), and Evening Star. 
Then, the Messrs. Eraser, with Celestial, Jenny 
Lind, Formosissimum, Delicatum, Advancer, and 
Madame Sontag. Third, Mr. Gaines, and fourth, 
j Mr. Dobson; and two good private collections from 
Mr. Weir and Mr. Francis. 
The Roses were magnificent. First in sixes, Mr. 
Terry, with Aubernon, Comte de Paris, Madame Wil- 
lermoz, Paul P err as, Paul Ricaut, and Souvenir 
d’un Ami, fine. Second, Mr. Peacock, Stockwood 
Park, with Chenedolc, Souvenir de Malmaison, Geant 
des Batailles, Baronne Prevost, and Paul Perras. 
Messrs. Lane & Son, first in twelves, with Duchess 
of Sutherland, Madame Willermoz, Baronne Prevost, 
Comtesse Mole, Louis Buonaparte, Louis Perrin, 
Damask Queen, Coupe d'Hebe, Paul Perras, and 
Chenedolc. Mr. Paul second, with Madame Willer¬ 
moz, Belle Marie, Paul Perras, Vicomtesse de Gazes, 
Brennus, Niphetos, Auguste Mie (splendid), Louise 
Odier, Paul Ricaut, Coupe d'Hebe, and Aubernon. 
Mr. Francis next, with a splendid Geant des Batailles, 
Vicomtesse de Gazes, Coupe J Hebe, Souvenir d' un Ami, 
Chenedole, Niphetos, Paul Perras, Madame Willermoz, 
Aubernon, Malmaison, Baronne Prevost, and a fine 
Devoniensis. The Roses in the other collections were 
of the same kinds. 
The Fuchsias followed the Roses, in collections of 
six plants. Mr. Bousie, the winner of the best prize, 
had Prince of Wales, Queen of Hanover (white). 
Volcano d'Aqua, Venus de Medici, Wonderful (a mag¬ 
nificent thing), and Bank's Glory. Mr. Webb second, 
with Duchess of Lancaster, Venus de Medici, Volti- 
geur, Glory, and Lnaccessible. Mr. Elliot had a very 
nice light one, called Snoto Ball, in the third prize 
collection, after the fashion of Venus de Medici. 
Then followed the Calceolarias. They were just 
the right-sized plants, and bloomed to the right degree. 
Mr. Dobson had the first prize for twelve kinds, of 
which Aurea jloribunda is the most useful, as it is the 
best yellow dwarf bedder of all the Calceolarias, and 
is so distinct, that the plants want no tallies. It is to 
occupy the place of honour, this season, at the Crystal 
Palace gardens. Another very new and distinct her¬ 
baceous kind, called Florentina, was in the second 
prize collection. It comes the nearest to a scarlet 
front, and is a most beautiful thing. 
After these followed a long bank of Helichrysums or 
Everlastings, which, like Pelargoniums, produce too 
much sameness, when not mixed, for relief, with other 
plants. There was nothing new among them. 
All the rarities and novelties succeeded the Ever¬ 
lastings, beginning with Viburnum plicatum, from Mr. 
Ivery, who had a third prize for it—a hardy, newish 
“Snow Ball,” Guelder Rose - like plant. A large 
yellow Azalea, called Emperor of England (a shocking 
bad name), had a fourth prize. It came from Mr. 
Young, of Milford Nursery. A neat, double, or half 
double, white Geranium from Mr. Turner, and called 
Gem of the Undercliff, was much admired : it had a 
fourth prize. Dillwynia plumosa, from Mr. Green, 
had a third prize. Air. Williams, gardener to A. 
Eairrie, Esq., of Liverpool, had a prize for a very 
large, light Lielia or Cattleya. Also a seedling Pine 
Apple, in plant and fruit, which, to all appearance, 
will be a valuable thing. The Messrs. Jackson had 
those new Orchids which I named from the Meeting 
in Regent Street. A lovely Odontoglossum, with 
light speckled flowers, Vanda Jenkinsi, from Assam, 
the ivory white Lycaste Skinneri, and the dark large 
variety of Trichopilium tortilis. These were followed by 
Mr. VeitclT s new plants ; the only plants he exhibited. 
Perhaps the best of them all, for general purposes, 
was anew, hardy Olive, from Japan, with large Holly- 
like leaves, called Olea ilicifolia. The flowers are said 
to be as sweet as those of Olea fragrans. Thuiopsis 
dolebrata, very much like some Lycopod in the 
younger growth ; in short, a lady-like Conifer at last, 
and “ glad of it.” ArtJirotaxus imbricata, which 
stood out at Elvaston Castle several years. Begonia 
Regina, a very fit queen for Begonia Rex ; a capital 
idea. Cyanophyllum magnificum, a most magnificent 
Melastomad, which I booked this time last year, from 
Chiswick, had the good luck to get a first prize here, 
as a new plant. Cupressus Jjawsonii had also a first 
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