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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
with the young fronds tinged with copper 
colour; Verschaffeltia splendida, a beautiful 
Palm ; Alternanthera spathulata, a native of 
Brazil, with red foliage of various shades; 
Peperomia maculosa, with thick, silvery- 
veined, concave leaves; Dieffenbachia Weirii, 
with deep green leaves, conspicuously blotched 
with pea green; Dracaena nigrescens, with 
very dark foliage; Bertolonia pubescens, with 
olive green leaves broadly edged with bright 
green; a Juniper from the north of China ; 
and Gymnogramma flexuosa, an elegant kind, 
with a shining black rachis. The second 
prize, in the same class, added by the Council 
of the Society, went to Mr. Bull, who ex¬ 
hibited Verschaffeltia splendida, Dracaena ni¬ 
grescens, the white-variegated variety of 
Selaginella Martensii; Terminalia elegans, 
with leaves resembling those of Pavetta bor- 
bonica, but trifoliate; Coprosma Baueriana 
variegata, with obovate leaves variegated 
with cream-colour; Cycas plumosa, with 
rush-like foliage; Saurauja sarapigiensis, 
with handsome leaves having reddish brown 
midribs; Aucuba japonica foemina elegans, 
with the foliage marked with creamy blotches, 
sometimes occupying three-fourths of the 
entire leaf; and Asplenium myriophyllum, a 
slender species, with finely-divided fronds. 
Mr. Williams was first for the best nine 
plants sent out in 1864 and 1865 with An- 
thurium Scherzerianum and cordifolium or 
magnificum; variegated Pampas Grass; Cala¬ 
mus Imperatrice Marie, a graceful Palm; 
variegated New Zealand Flax; a good plant 
of Agave Schidigera; Phalsenopsis Liidde- 
manniana; Dieffenbachia Baraquiniana, and 
Dracaena Cooperi. Messrs. Veitch were se¬ 
cond with Dieffenbachia Weirii; Dracaena 
nigrescens and Cooperi; Anthurium cordi¬ 
folium and Scherzerianum; Cypripedium 
Pearcei, with two blooms, having short tails ; 
Gymnogramma Pearcei, a graceful greenhouse 
species ; Pandanus ornatus, with glossy green 
leaves varying in intensity of colour accord¬ 
ing to their age ; and Prumnopitys elegans, 
a Conifer having glossy Yew-like foliage. 
From Mr. Bull, to whom an extra prize was 
awarded, came Zamia cycadsefolia, Anthu¬ 
rium cordifolium, Pandanus ornatus, Dra¬ 
caena Cooperi, Maranta Van den Heckei, 
handsomely banded with white; Podocarpus 
macrophyllus variegatus, having dark green 
leaves variegated with white, intermixed with 
others wholly white; a large green-leaved 
female Aucuba; Zalacca Wagneri, and Sgl- 
pichlaena volubilis, with large, deep green 
fronds. Prizes for tropical and sub-tropical 
fruits, Strawberries in pots, and Filmy Ferns, 
were offered respectively by Mr. W. Wilson 
Saunders, Dr. Hogg, Mr. G. F. Wilson, and 
Mr. Alexander Scrutton, but there were no 
competitors. 
An account of the other subjects shown 
has been given by “ Quo ” in a previous 
page. 
Boyal Botanic Society. —The June Show 
took place on the 6th, and though so closely 
following the International there was an air 
of freshness in the display that could hardly 
have been expected, and it was, too, well 
attended by visitors, a point of vital im¬ 
portance in exhibitions of any kind, and es¬ 
pecially those which are in a great degree 
dependant (as horticultural shows are), for 
their financial success on the fineness of the 
weather. Stove and greenhouse plants were 
numerous and fine, though scarcely equal as a 
whole to what they were in May. Messrs. 
Peed, J. Wheeler, Donald, Carson, and C. 
Smith took the chief honours in the Amateurs’ 
classes, and Messrs. Bhodes and Lee in those 
for Nurserymen. Azaleas were over, and 
pot Boses not equal to what they were at the 
previous show; Heaths were numerous and 
good, and Pelargoniums, as shown by Mr. 
Turner and Mr. Bailey, magnificent. Some 
of those from the latter were between 4 and 
5 feet across, and exhibited a profusion of 
bloom that we never remember to have seen 
before. Nor must Mr. Fraser, of Lea Bridge, 
be denied his meed of praise, for his plants 
were excellent, though not coming up to 
those from Mr. Turner and Mr. Bailey. Of 
new plants Messrs. Veitch contributed a fine 
collection, and another came from Mr. Bull. 
Orchids were not so numerous as usual, and 
several of them had already done duty at 
South Kensington. Among them was a new 
Oncidium, named by M. Beichenbach 0. Mar- 
shallianum, after Mr. Marshall, of Enfield, by 
whose gardener, Mr. Wilson, it was shown. 
The flower measured quite 1^ inch in di¬ 
ameter, and had a clear yellow lip and brown 
petals and sepals. Fine-foliaged plants and 
Ferns were well represented in collections 
from Messrs. Williams, Barnard, Young, of 
Leigh Park, and Taylor, of Highgate. In 
Hardy Ferns Messrs. I very, as usual, carried 
all before them. 
Of fruit, the most remarkable specimens 
were the Queen Pine Apples from Mr. Miller, 
gardener to Lord Craven, Combe Abbey, who 
was first for that variety with a handsome 
fruit of 5o lbs., and he also exhibited half 
a dozen weighing 4 lbs., 4 lbs. 7 ozs., 
4 lbs. 10 ozs., 5 lbs., 5 lbs. 3 ozs., and 5£ lbs., 
an excellent proof of good cultivation, for 
one fine fruit may be more due to chance 
than to good cultivation, but not so half a 
dozen from the same garden at one time. 
Black Hamburgh Grapes, especially those 
from Mr. Meredith and Mr. Clement, were 
excellent, and those from other exhibitors 
were generally very good; so, too, was Black 
Prince from Mr. Hill, gardener to B. Sneyd, 
Esq., Keele Hall, and Mr. Meads, Minley 
Manor, two competitors who always run each 
other closely for this variety, and who re¬ 
ceived equal first prizes, but the bunches 
were not equal to those exhibited by the 
same growers in former years. Of Muscats 
