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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
Royal South London Floricultural Society. 
This Society’s second show for the season took place on Wed¬ 
nesday, May 21st, in the Surrey Zoological Gardens, when the 
following prizes were awarded : — 
51., offered by J. Coppock, Esq., for the best eighteen miscel¬ 
laneous plants, was won by Mr. Pawley of Bromley, with a col¬ 
lection containing, among others, good plants of Erica ventricosa, 
coccinea minor, E. perspicua liana, Gompholobium polymor- 
phum, Coleonema pulehellum, Azalea indica variegata, and Pime- 
lea decussata. In the amateur’s class the Society’s first prize for 
eighteen plants, the gold medal, was awarded to Mr. G. \oung, 
gardener to C. Barron, Esq. of Camberwell, for a collection 
containing Azalea ledifolia, Erica gelida, E. Thunbergia, E. 
Humea, E. propendens, Siphocampylos betuisefolius, Cytisus 
racemosus, &c. The large silver Victoria medal was taken by 
Mr. Hamp for the second best eighteen; among them were 
Azalea indica alba, very fine, Epacris grandiflora, Corrasa spe- 
ciosa, a large plant, Pimelea spectabilis and decussata, two 
Amaryllis, Boronia pinnata, Erica hybrida, &c. The third 
prize, large silver Linnsean medal, was awarded to Mr. Jones, 
Herne Hill, in whose collection were small plants, but well- 
bloomed, of Cytisus racemosus, Thunbergia alata, Azalea late- 
ritia, A. variegata, Statice mucronata, Selago Gillsii, &c. A 
fourth prize, the small silver Victoria medal, was given to 
Mr. Kay of Wandsworth for eighteen, containing Eranthemum 
pulehellum, Statice puberula, Genista canariensis, Cineraria, 
Fanny Elsler, &c. The first prize for twelve tulips, large 
Victoria medal, was taken by Mr. Venables of Kennington, with 
La Tendresse, Laurence’s Friend, Walker’s King, Rosa Blanca, 
Washington, Ali Pacha, Fleur des Dames, Transparens Noir, 
Sanzio, Mantan Ducal, Violet Alexander, and Roi de Navarre. 
The second, large silver Linnsean, by Mr. C. Smith, with Queen 
Boadicea, Transparens Noir, Surpasse Catafalque, La plus 
Belle, Sanzio, Addison, Milton, Triomphe Royale, Catalani, 
Man of Kent, Aglaia, and Violet Triomphant. The first prize 
for twenty-four Heartsease was taken by Mr. Parsons; the 
second by Mr. Edwards; the third by Mr. W. Flail; and the 
