The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-22 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE PLOWER SHOW.

The Hower show at the Crystal Palace on Satur-
day was probably the most kcialant festival of the kind
that has ever been MOD in London. We reed daily glowing
descriptions of the splendour of the Dante lets in Pkwoose.
bat we doubt if anything that has been produced in the
fair city on the banks of the Arno could equal the picture
of lite and splendour, sad nature and art, that was presented
to the visitor in Penge Hill on the occasion alluded to.
TM weather could sot have been more propitious if it had
boon settled at a council comprising Mr. Howley, Mr.
Grove, and the chief nurserymen. Ths season, still yoang,
had not yet become sultry, the delicious gross of awing still
Intermixed with the deeper tints of rammer to the tress,
and tae slopes aid the parterres of the gardens, made to-
gether a beautif al Bower show of themselves. The visitor,
on first mitering the building, felt himself almost over-
powered by the fragrance of the rows with which Mr.
Peal, Mr. Turner, sad other eminent growers, had hoed the
nws. Every colour was prvosnt, from the most delimit.
white to the deepest crimson ; sod every odour, from that
of the well•known ornament of the cottage porch, up to the
almost oppressive fragrance of the Bowers of Tummy and
Damascua Pusan the roses, we name to the assliss—a
gorgetnis ass of ordbir; and than"; td the heaths, in endless
variety, bat already almost losing the charm of their
natural wildness under the careful culture of the seadeser.
These were a numeroos and splendid show, sad attracted
the constant atteatiou of the acionoussurs. Ths show of
pelargonium was not so striking as it will probably be
seen later in the season, hat the orchids comprised many
varieties which now for the first time made their appeases's
in public. Of the fruits the strawberries attracted seat
adios, some of them being of extraordinary size mad depth
of colour, but the whole show was, in fact, of a very high
quality, and it bad the effect of attracting to the palace •
still more brilliant show than itself.
Then probably never was mom within the Crystal Pah"
er in Loogehemps, or anywhere else, a pester woad of
ladies, or a greater variety of wetly and teetotal toilette—
silks sod brocades, gold and silver Dawes, lace, flowers sad
fisthoos, rustled in every comer of the building. It was •
i prisons fete everywhere. The wow& Is the owe. the
grasps at the refreshment tables, sod the grand diaper par
ties to the Tarim' saloons, made a plead carnival; la all
*ware wee everything, sod expose, second to be is
&jest, At the end of the math wing, end pointing into
used commanding the loveliest view is England, Yews.
&Weans and Roberto have arranged a unique banquettins
' ball, which, whoa filled with splendid oompany, as it woe en
i Saturday, could see be surpassed in appearance try any et
' : the " Bells Vase is hems The Prime de Joinvilis wed it
distinguished perty pahresieed this psi of the witstlidialss
1 and his royal Worm was emphatic in his prams boiled tea
saloon and the meas. II may be thought we weak is oseg-
' posted toms of the whole roomy bee wt merely give ear
saw jimplemilem We sever caws mere paha. reelirsties
of a Me is all its oriselpele sad b di its eceossorise. Kea
the pest Key Sewer show at theetyetel Passe.

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