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of these, and tovadjudicate them gave the judges more trouble than “all 
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od Roses! wererfines> there were Paul's, Lane’s;:and Francis’ magnificent 
plants y/asalso MriTerry’s, gr:ito Lady.’ Puller, and Mr. Rowland’s; 
butchere again il honestlyisay I:would ‘prefer half a dozen such Roses 
as I:sawiati my friend Mr. Brock’s, of Doncaster, to these: huge bushes 
with ‘their-wilderhess of stakes. °The Crystal Palace did offer prizes for 
collections in small pots, and another year they will:‘have competitors: 
Among the best were Niphetos and Coupe d’ Hebe, in Paul’s;: Souvenir 
d'unsAmr and Coupe d’ Hebe, in Lane’s; and Gen. Jacqueminot, in 
Francis’s: collection: | | 
e/Tulips were only shown by Mr. Turner, of Slough, and Mr. Norman, 
of Woolwich, the former had:a beautiful: boxful, amongst which Sarah 
Headly shone conspicuous, but all were of excellent strain. Pansies 
were also.in good condition, the best being: from Messrs. Downie and 
Laird;.of Edinburgh, but: all the blossoms were rather undersized. 
el: There was but little novelty,-as far as new plants were ‘concerned ; 
accurious Cypripedium, called caudatum: roseum, with tails a foot in 
length, and the variegated Ferns, Pteris tristisand»Pteris crispa' were 
greatly admired ; but probably the plant which excited: most interest 
was aboxful ofthe ‘branches: of /Bougainvilleeaspectabilis (not new). 
‘6 Whatiis: it 2”) * Did«you ever osee'ssuch/a lovely colour?” and 
such-like: exclamations, were heard:on:every side.’ One lady, seeing’ 
the! notice (without bottom heat) immediately jumped at the conclusion 
of} sacrificing iteto the bedding-out ‘giant, and: said, ‘* What a lovely 
contrast it would make!” But,-alas! for her; she was immediately 
told; bottom heat or not,-it;was a:stove>‘plant, ‘and those’ beautiful 
mauve-coloured bracts: could only be had bya good strong heat, too: 
Iteis:a: very. beautiful thing, and will doubtless be a favourite for cutting 
for bouquets, if for nothing else. 
Amongst miscellaneous plants, were) two bedding horseshoe Gera- 
niums, from Mr. Hally,: of Blackheath, ‘‘ Blackheath» Beauty,” free’ 
flowering and densely marked: foliage, and ‘f Aurora,’’ peculiar reddish 
salmon of the same class ; and, from: Mr.'Turner, a beautiful box of the 
new seedling Strawberry Oscar, which: thus proves itself to be equally 
good for forcing as for out-of-doors cultivation; and two pretty boxfuls 
of Ferns:from Messrs. Paul, of Cheshunt. 
June! 20.— Another magnificent: show, the Geraniums being in their 
-full-vigour, as» well as Roses and. Heaths; but there was not. that 
quantity of bloom -that there is in» May, owing to the absence of the 
- large massés of Azaleas.. The day was unfortunately dark and showery, 
and consequently the purple and light tints, which are always subdued 
under-canvas, were not nearly:so effective as usual. Adhering to the 
plan. of not giving long catalogues of the prize-taking flowers, I shall 
pick out those which struck me, after.a very leisurely and minute survey, 
as most deserving of attention, referring our readers. to the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle. forthe more detailed lists. . In stove and greenhouse plants, » 
there were some remarkably fine specimens ; Mr. Collyer, of Dartford, 
occupying the, first place, and Mr..Spode, second... The Leschenaultia 
