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weather had been dull, dry, very gloomy, and often very cold. The prize for 
thirty-six flowers was taken by Mr. Turner, Messrs. Paul k Son being second; 
but in the class for the collection this order was reversed. Mr. Turner had 
good flowers of that fine dark Rose, Charles Lefebvre ; also of Olivier 
Delhomme, Leopold Hausburg; Joseph Fiala, a new purplish-crimson flower 
of considerable merit; Mdlle. A. Halphen, a fine shade of crimson, a really 
notable flower; and Doctor Andry, bright rosy crimson. Mr. Turner had a 
boxful of Madame Victor Verdier, in colour a rich glowing crimson. Messrs. 
Paul k Son also had a boxful of their new Rose, Princess Mary of Cam¬ 
bridge, a pale rose flower, the colour of which is very pleasing ; and good 
blooms of Prince Camille de Rohan, Madame Furtado, Exposition de Brie, 
violet-shaded dark crimson, and others. 
For Mr. W. Wilson Saunders’ prize for “ Officinal and Medicinal Plants,” 
Mr. Bull was the only competitor. His collection is very varied and inter¬ 
esting, and now pretty w r ell known to the frequenters of the London exhi¬ 
bitions. Mr. B. S. Williams secured, with some excellent specimens, Lady 
Dorothy Nevill’s prize for the best ten exotic Ferns, Mr. Bull being second. 
Mr. Williams also received Major Trevor Clarke’s prize for Bromeliads. 
In my opinion, the plants exhibited in competition for the ladies’ prizes, 
offered by the proprietors of the Gardeners' Chronicle, were greatly in advance 
of anything before produced. Mrs. Dombrain, of Deal, was deservedly awarded 
the first prize for a capital specimen of Adiantum cuneatum, evidencing careful 
and successful culture. It was said to have been kept in an ordinary sitting- 
room for the space of two years. The second prize was awarded to Mrs. 
Marshall, of Enfield, and the third to Miss Fisher, of the City Road, for 
specimens of the Hare’s-foot Fern, Davallia canariensis. The former had 
been kept in a sitting-room five years, and the latter nine years. There were 
as many as eighteen plants produced, generally in very good condition. Mrs. 
Hooke, of Fulham, had a plant of Cypripedium barbatum majus with six 
flowers on it, a very healthy and clean specimen, said to have been in a 
drawing-room seven weeks. From Lady A. Norman, of Campden Hill, Ken¬ 
sington, came plants of Maurandya Barclayana, and the Variegated Japanese 
Honeysuckle (Lonicera aureo-reticulata), growing together over a balloon¬ 
shaped trellis. The plants looked drawn, as if they had come out of a stove. 
Another Japanese Honeysuckle, from Mrs. Wyatt, of Upper Tooting, growing 
on a flat trellis, was a very creditable specimen of in-door culture. 
A magnificent Verbena, from Messrs. Perkins k Sons of Coventry, named 
Shakspeare, was much admired. The flowers are large and very stout; colour, 
bright scarlet shaded with crimson, round a conspicuous lemon eye. It will 
be a very fine exhibition variety. 
A collection of double Pyrethrums (cut blooms) was shown by Mr. John 
Salter ; they were of remarkable beauty, some of the colours being very 
striking. It was truly said that they “anticipated” the Asters of a month or 
two later. They are greatly superior to the Anemone-flowered Chrysanthemums, 
and some resembled the Quilled Asters. Any one desirous of growing them 
should have the following : Prince of Wales, Rubra plena, Madame Bellard, 
Carminata plena, Rosa plena, Fulgens plenissima, Imbricata plena, Jessica, and 
Plerman Stenger. A collection of cut Poeonies, from Mr. Salter, were also of 
a very interesting character, and invaluable for shrubbery borders. 
Mr. Turner had a boxful of his new early forcing Pink Rubens, very dwarf 
and free-blooming, and exquisitely fragrant; and Messrs. G. Jackman k Son 
sent plants of their varieties of Clematis—viz., Rubella, Alexandra, Velutina 
purpurea, Magnifica, and Jackmannii. 
Floral Committee, June 19.—Again lots of new plants, and all looking 
