The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-13 00:00:00

THE BOTANICAL OARDENt3.

Yesterday the mend tad greed exhibition of the
seam Mk plane at the gardens et the society is Rogest's-
perk, sad woo attended by • larger Hamra, of people than
we have ewer observed oa may farmer comelos. To Ism
any idea tittle number of perms mem would be utterly
impossible, sad all the arouse* leading to t►e gardens were
sempletely thronged with saveloys, eateudl•g to • me.
siderable distance from eac► side of the gate. The weather
was by no meal sheering, bat samtheless the lady
visitses were attired is their mast Wiliest nettmee, end it
was nairenally achnserledgell that the weals► sad loft
of the people of Ragland were never use
folly displayed. A gleam of saseldne meld have
added materially 'o the bedtime, a t►e SONO j but it
unfortunately happened that the whale alteration the
eked. lowered in the most tlirteg manes% ant pante
were glad to provide against the danger by re-
maising in the teats or sensermarir ea oesupying the
',we under those trees which remised the NMI agreeable
shelter. The aterneoe. Ismeese, pared eff within% •
Mower, but the wind eta saffiffiesdy keen to same • Melissa
of regret amongst the fair visitors that they had sot attired
themeless is the swum eta colder mem; and we heard I
several perms naafis that they regretted having ord. red
their wins to be " iced" before their return ►ems, instead of
pietas di•netieas that it ahoald he pissed near the firs! Is
Mort t►em was, shroggiumt, • most remarkable contrast be-
tween the acid sad gloomy atmosphere sad the goy and sal-
saved •pppear•see of those who graced the proaseaade.
The show of flowers sarpassal all t►at we have seen for a
laug time past, and the ezhibitiou of the American plants
eentribated greatly to %ha genera effect of t►e seam The
rhodoi.eadrime, which formed the Niel part of this late-
Mail: collection, appeared is full bloom, and the magnifi-
&nee of the display was quits eifficimat to compensate for
the backwardness which has been observed in the um*
Bowers oa previous occa►ions during the present yes. The
apace secupted by these beaudfui specimens of Boricalture
catopriud a very lugs proportion of the gardens, and
the promenade which the aterautid' Mat afforded was a!
the mot eslivesiag and agreeable nature. Trio flowers
which eampmed the "general imbibition," u it is calls I,
co•atued AM& of pelargoalams, eactaceous plants, caiceolw
elm, Cape Imenhe, mil all dim charming varieties which are
usually displayed at this seem of the year. The 'Wargo-
aisles formed by far the best colludes we have ever seen at
those gardens-+s well is point of numbers, as in grandeur
el term sad delicuy of volute. It was, hosever, a matter
of eauese difficulty to see the floral display in all its beauty,
for the weird ut persona was so excessive, teat many pcnues
war* fain to emerge iron the teats as soon se paw* e, rather
*ulna the risk of thing ovacome by the "pressure from
without." On the whole, the eahibitios was owe of a most
gratifying nature, and, eotwithstand.ag the threatening
clouds to which we have alluded, there was no rain to d.mp
the mitt moat which ;mended amongst t►e company. The
Pe p seed of is the met satisfactory manner; and the
per tameness of the bands—which consisted of the let sad
tad Life Gorda, and the Horse Guards (Bine), gave add►-
tional plemoue and interest to the scene.