The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-30 00:00:00

The Flower Show at the Crystal Palace.

The Flower Show at the Crystal Palace on Saturday was
in every respect successful. Despite the attraction of the
Volunteer Review, the nave and transepts of " the fairy
palace" were thronged by a galaxy of beauty which we
doubt any other country could display. We have seldom
witnessed so rare a show of plants, The cultivation of roses,
geraniums, and azaleas has become quite a distinct branch
of art, and the care and attention which must have been
given to the development of these fair children of the soil
are something almost marvellous. The roses and the fruit
appeared to draw the greatest attention. It would be almost
impossible for a casual observer, even though a connoisseur,
to say which were the best, but the decision of the judges
stands unchallenged. The number of visitors, according
to the official return, was 13,199. The flowers and fruit
were arranged with every possible regard to the comfort
and convenience of the visitors. The bands of the Cold-
stream and Grenadier Guards were in attendance; the
great fountains played, to the delight of thousands ; the
prismatic colours of the iris seemed to flit from the watery
mist of each jet, as if it had been all settled beforehand by
the company.
Among the flowers and fruits which merit special atten-
tion must be mentioned the roses of Messrs. Paul and Son,
of Cheshunt, and those from the grounds of Mr. Turner,
of the 11)yal Nurseries, at Slough. Mr Bull, of King's.
road, Chelsea, has a large collection of rare plants ; and Mr
W. Mears, of Holloway, also contributed a large number of
rare and hitherto unknown plants in this country. The
pelargoniums of Mr Hoyle, of Slough, were choice, flue and
varied in their colour. Of the orchards there wn., as is
usually the case at the Crystal Palace shows, a very large
collection, and their peculiar forms, rich and delicate colour.
ing, and strange structure of foliage attracted, as usual, a
very large portion of the attention of visitors. In fruits
there were some magnificent black and white grapes , some
of the former exhibited by Mr Meredith, and the latter by
Mr 1111, were equal to the finest that have been shown for
many years. The strawberries were large, temp ing, and
no doubt of excellent flavour. The whole of the prizes for
this class of fruit were taken by one fortunate exhibitor,
Mr W. R. Smith of Twickenham. The raspberries, by the
same exhibitor, were also very fine. Some apples and pears
of this year's growth, produced in orchard houses, were a
novelty.

The following were the principal prizes :
Class I—Fitteen stove and greenhouse plants, in flower—
first prize, £2O, Mr T Whitbread, gardener to Mr H Collier,
Dartford. Class 2—Twelve stove and greenhouse plants,
in flower—first prize, £l2, Mr J Green, gardener to Sir E.
Antrobus, Lower Cheam. Class 3—Eight stove and green-
house plants, in flower—first prize, £ ;0, Mr S. M. Carson,
gardener to Mr W. R. G. Farmer, Nonsuch-park, Cheam.
Class 4—Six stove and greenhouse plants, in flower—
first prize, £7, Mr 0. Rhodes, Sydenham. Class s—Twelve
fine foliaged and variegated plants—first prize, £7, Messrs.
J. and C. Lee, Hammersmith. Class 6—Sixteen orchards,
of exotic species, in flower—first prize, £2O, Mr G. Baker,
gardener to Mr A. Bassett, Stamford-hill; equal second
prizes, £l5 each, Mr It Bullen, gardener to Mr A, Turner,
Bow-bridge-house, Leicester, and Mr T. Page, gardener to
Mr W. Leaf, Park-hill, Streatham. Class 7—Ten orchards,
of exotic species, in flower—first prize £l2, Mr Penney,
gardener to Mr H. Gibbs, St. Dunstan's, Regent's Park.
Class B—Six orchards of exotic species, in flower—first
prize, £7, Mr. Penney, gardener to Mr H. Gibbs, St. Dun-
stan's, Regent's-park. Class 9—Ten greenhouse azaleas—
first prize, £l4, Mr C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough.
Class 10—Six greenhouse azaleas—first prize, £7, Mr. C•
Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. Class 11—Eight green-
house azaleas, new kinds—first prize, £5, Messrs Ivery and
Son, Dorking. Class 12—Six Cape heaths—first prize, £B,
Mr B. Peed, gardener to Mrs Tredwell, Lower Norwood.
Class 13—Six species or varieties of tall cacti, in flower,
large plants—first prize, £4, Mr John Green, gar-
dener to Sir E. Antrobus, Lower Cheam. Class 14—
Ten roses, distinct kinds, in pots—first prize, £lO,
Mr William Paul, Nurseries, Waltham-cross. Class
15—Ten roses, distinct kinds, in pots not exceeding
Sin. in diameter—first prize, £5, Mr C. Turner, the Royal
Nurseries, Slough. Class 16—Ten pelargoniums, distinct
varieties, in pots not exceeding Bia. in diameter—first prize
£lO, Mr Thomas Bailey, Shardeloes-gardens, Amersham,
Bucks. Class 17—Six pelargoniums, distinct varieties, in
pots not exceeding Bin. in diameter (amateurs only)—first
prize, £5, Mr Thomas Bailey, Shardeloes-gardens, Amer-
sham. Class 18—Six fancy pelargoniums, distinct varieties,
in pots not exceeding Bin. in diameter—equal first prizes, £5
each, Mr C. Turner, the Royal Nurseries, Slough, and Mr.
John Fraser, Lea bridge-toad, Lepton. Class 19—Seedling
pelargoniums, IB63—first prize, £l, Mr G. W. Hoyle,
Slough. Class 20—Single specimen of newly-introduced,
extremely rare or beautiful plants in or out of flower, hardy
or exotic—first prize, £5, Mr B. S. Williams, Paradise and
Victoria Nurseries, Holloway; equal second, £3 each, Messrs
J. Carter, Crystal Palace Nursery, Forest-hill, and Mr
John Fraser, Lea-bridge-road, Leyton. Class 22—Six
plants of calceolarias, in pots not exceeding llin. in dia-
meter—first prize, £2 10s, Messrs John Dobson and Sons,
Woodlands' Nursery, Isleworth. Class 23—Miscellaneous
—first prize, £2, Messrs Paul and Son, Old Cheshunt
Nursery, Cheshunt, Herts. Class 26—Twenty-four pansies
dissimilar—first prize £l, Messrs Downie, Laird and Laing,
Stantead-lane, Forest-hill.
FRUIT—Class A—Pineapples, single fruit of any kind—
first and second prizes withheld. Class B—Grapes, black,
single dish—firsc prize, £3, Mr J. Meredith, the Vineyard,
Garston, near Liverpool. Class C—Grapes, white, slinrgle
dish—first prize, £3, Mr John Horwood, gardeneri to AKanGt.
H, Turnbull, The Rookery, Down, near Bromley,
Joseph
Class D—Grapes, 10ib weight—first prize, £3,
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equal
Meredith, the Vineyard, Garston, near Liverpool
gardener to Mr G. 11. Turnbull, the
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Trentham,£C2h 'el‘ r iresj , single Crops,
Staffordshire,dish—first
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ish in fifties—first prize, £3, Mr R. Smith, Twickenham.
three kinds, 25 of each--first prize,
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s ts 11; —Strawberries,
-road, Twickenham. Class M
—Strawberries in pots, six plants—first prize, £2, Mr K.
Smith, Richmond-road, Twickenham. Class N—Miscel-
lansous, for fruit of superior excellence, although not speci-