218 THE FLORIST. 
biloba major, in the collection of the former gentleman, was‘a triumph ° 
of horticultural skill. It is comparatively easy to grow a large plant of © 
it and get a few heads of bloom, but this was one sheet of lovely blue.” 
In Mr. Green’s collection (first for 10 stove and greenhouse plants) was’ 
a very fine specimen of the truly beautiful Hoya bella, and a tine” 
Pleroma elegans came in Lord Loyelace’s collection. Orchids were” 
very beautiful, ze two best plants m the exhibition being a Phaleenopsis J 
amabilis from Mr. Day, of Tottenham, and a Dendrobium Devonianum'~ 
from Mr. Ellis. The former was one mass of beauty; the racemes of 
pure white flowers hanging round on all sides, and the foliage being in 
corresponding vigour, while the Dendrobium (grown in a basket) was © 
equally beautiful, and full of its richly varied and striking’ blooms. ” 
‘There was also a fine plant of Cattleya Mossize superba from Mr. Butler, © 
of Woolwich; and, as usual,.a considerable number of Vandas,” 
Cypripediums, Oncidiums, &c., from the various exhibitors. We have 
little to say with regard to novelties. For the admirers and growers of 
fine-foliaged plants, there was the beautiful Campylobotris regalis,” 
somewhat resembling the magnificent Cyanophyllum, but smaller in 
growth and habit; while two New Zealand tree Ferns from Mr.’ 
Standish, of Bagshot, promise to be great acquisitions—unlike some of 
the class, they commence their foliage from the very base of the stalk, 
not as some do, running on two feet before they are clothed. Amongst” 
miscellaneous plants were several specimens of Lilium giganteum from ~ 
Messrs. Jackson—a rubbishy thing; and a very pretty little shrub, 
with fringed bell-shaped flowers of pure white (Eleocarpus dentatus).” ” 
The flowers which, however, drew most attention to themselves’ were’ 
unquestionably the Pelargoniums, which were shown in great variety 
and beauty; the first prize amongst amateurs being taken by Mr. 
Foster, of Clewer Manor ; and amongst nurserymen, by Mr. C. Turner, © 
of Slough. The plant of Carlos in Mr. F.’s collection was perhaps the” 
best grown Pelargonium ever exhibited; it was one sheet of bloom, 
between three and four feet across, and when one looked at the size of 
the pot, it seemed hardly possible that such a head could be produced ' 
from it; his examples, too, of Fairest of the Fair (a beautiful light” 
variety) and Ellen were very good. Mr. Turner’s collection (which 
was in the usual condition for which his plants are so famous) con- 
sisted of Monarch, Sanspareil, Desdemona, Prince of Wales; Prince of 
Prussia, Fairest of the Fair, Carlos, Governor-General, Matilda, and» 
Viola. Mr. Dobson’s collection was also very fine, the “longe inter~° 
vallo”” becoming gradually less; the plants in his, different from Mr. 
Turner’s, were Admirable, Symmetry, King of Scarlets, Blink Bonny, 
and Fair Ellen. In fancies, Mr. Turner amongst nurserymen, and ~ 
Mr, Bailey, in amateurs, exhibited two very fine collections ; had they 
been in competition with one another, it would have been a very difficult 
task to have decided which was superior. The plants of Acme and 
Celestial in each were perfect pictures, while the others were nearly as’ 
well grown. 
There was quite a bank of seedlings; the well-known raisers, Hoyle, 
Foster, Beck, Dobson, and Turner contributing ; and Messrs. Rollisson” 
evidently showing that they, too, mean to do something. But here for 
