The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-04 00:00:00

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.

The society's second grand fete and flower show,
or what may be termed the first summer exhibition,
was held yesterday in their picturesque gardens in
the Regent's-park, and was truly a glorious summer
display of Flora's favourites. In the vast amphi-
theatrical marquee, arranged on grassy banks, were
splendid roses, dazzling azaleas, curious and beauti-
ful orchids, gorgeous pelargoniums and cinerarias,
and many beautiful and rare plants too numerous
to mention. The roses were very fine and well
grown. Among them were some varieties called
Auguste Mu, Paul Perras, and Loalia, all delicate
coloured and very fine ; a pretty little white noisette
called Miss Gleg ; and among the tea-scented, Ma-
dame Villennor and The President. There were
also some very beautifully variegated petunias,
some fine large flowered gloxinias, and curiously
marked miroulu.,?, bizarre pansies, very fine verbenas,
a dwarf peach tree, full of fruit, a fine specimen of
the lattire plant with leaves like skeletons or lattice
work; splendid grapes, good cherries, strawberries,
&c., and many more beauties and curiosities.
The American plants exhibited by Mr. Waterer
are now in full bloom, and form quite an exhibition
of themselves, rivaling the general display.
The bands of the Ist and 2d Life and the Royal
Horse Guards(Blue) were in attendance, and played
numerous selections.

The Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary of
Cambridg3 honoured the garden with their presence.
Subjoined is the list of prizes :

EXTRA GOLD MEDAL-16 Stove and Greenhouse Plants :
Mr R. Peed, gardener to Mrs Treadwell, St. John's Lodge,
Norwood. 30 Exotic Orchids 7 Mr G. Baker, gardener to
E. Bassett, Esq., Stamford-hill.

LARGE GOLD -lEC[A.L —l6 Stove and Greenhouse Plants :
Mr J. Green, gardener to 3ir E. Antrobus, Bart., Lower
Cheam, Surrey. 20 Erotic Orchids : Mr W. Mitford,
gardener to E. M. Morland, Esq.

MEDIUM GOLD MEDAL-16 Stove and Greenhouse
Plants: Mr R. Baxendine, gardener to H. Smallpiere,
Eeq., Guildford, Surrey. 10 Stove and Greenhouse Plants :
Messrs Fraser, nurserymen, Leyton, Essex. 10 Stove and
Greenhouse Plants : Mr H. Chilman, gardener to Mrs
Smith, Ashtead, Epsom. 10 Roses, in pots: Mr W. Paul,
Waltham-cross. 20 Exotic Orchids : Mr E Peed. 12
Exotic Orchids: Mr C. Penny, gardener to H. H. Gibbs,
Esq., Rezent's-park.
GOLD MEDAL-10 Stove and Greenhouse Plants : Mr 0.
Rhodes, Sydenhatn, Kent. 10 Stove and Greenhouse
Plants : Mr Wheeler, gardener to J. Philpot, Esq., Stam-
ford-hill. 10 Cape Heaths : Messrs Jackson and Son,
Kingston. 8 Cape Heaths: Mr B. Peed. 10 Roses, in
pots : Messrs Lane and Son, Berkhampsteed. 8 Exotic
Orchids :Mr S. Mosley, Cheshunt, Herts. 12 Exotic Or-
chids : Mr T. Page. 12 Pelargoniums : Mr C. Turner.
12 Pelargoniums : Mr T. Bailey, gardener to T. Drake,
Esq., Amersham.

LARGE SILVER-GILT MEDAL-10 Stove and Greenhouse
Plants : Mr W. Cutbush, Birnet, Herts. 10 Stove and
Greenhouse Plants : Mr Wm. Kailo, gardener to Earl
Lovelace, Ripley, Surrey. 6 Stave and Greenhouse Plants:
Mr T. Page, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq. 10 Cape Heaths .
Mr 0. Rhodes. 8 Cape Heaths: Mr T. Page. 6 Roses,
in pots : Mr T. Terry, gardener to C. W. Puller, Esq. 6
Azaleas :Mr C. Penny, gardener to H. H. Gibbs, Esq 6
Azaleas :Mr C. Turner, nurseryman. 12 Exotic Orchids :
Mr Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus. 6 Exotic Or-
chids : Mr J. Wiggins, gardener to W. Beck, Esq., Morton
Cottage. Oak Lodge, Clapham-park, Isleworth. 6 Fuchsias :
Mr Gardner, gardener to J. Stoller, Esq. 12 Pelargoniums :
Messrs J. and J. Fraser. 10 Pelargoniums : Mr J.
Shrimpton, gardener to A. T. Doxeth, Esq., Putney-
heath.

LARGE SILVER MEDAL.— 6 Stove and Greenhouse
Plants : Mr Tegg, gardener to Baron Hambro, Roehamp-
ton, Surrey. 6 Cape Heaths : Mr H. Chilman. 6 Exotic
Orchids : Mr G. Smith, gardener to the Duke of Northum-
berland, Sion House. 6 Fancy Pelargoniums : Mr C.
Tumor. 6 Fancy Pelargoniums : Mr T. Bailey.
Above 15,000 tickets were sold.
[THE SOURCE OF THE NILE.

Discovered at Last by Captain Speke and

Captain Grant.

Both Mr. Punch and Mr. Wyld are " up to time"
nearly as soon as Sir Roderick Murchison himself.
Scarcely is the extraordinary announcement made
public in this country--that at last the fountain
head, or heads (for the old river god turns out to be
somewhat Hydra-like or Cerberus-ian in that parti.
cular at least): scarcely do we learn here in Eng-
land that the sources of the Nile have at length
been brought to light, when Mr. Punch's artist,
ready pencil in hand, is there instanter upon the
spot cracking his apropos joke upon the discovery !
While the member for Boomin has issued from the
press with all that marvellous rapidity to which he
was so long accustomed us, one of those happily-
timed maps, that make clear, at a glance, the
obscurest intricacies of the travelling geographer.
Here, in Mr. Wyld's new map of Africa, is
exactly a case in point. In it we follow
out with the utmost possible ease, the routes taken
by Captains Speke and Grant, in 1861 and 1863
the one from the coast of Zanzibar, in a north-
easterly direction to the shores of Lake Victoria
Nyanza, hencelorth to be known as the headwater
of the Nile ! The other, from its emptying itself
into the Mediterranean, due south, up the Bahr el
Abiad, orWhite Nile, to the same point—the object
of search new for 3,000 years,and at length reached
by British determination. The routes taken by
former explorers are here also carefully traced out,
viz., those of Rebmann and Krapf, 1847'49 ; of
Livingstone, Oswell, and Murry, 1849.50; of An-
derson and Galton, 1850-51 ; Anderson,lBs3;
Livingstone, 1853-56 ; Moffatt, 1856 ; Burton and
Speke, 185'7-59 ; Du Chaillu,t 6
in bright red, those of the
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geographer.

THE CROPS IN THE NORTH.—The month of
May has been generally dry and rather cold, but,
upon the whole, not unfavourable to the growing crops.
The dry weather, moreover, has enabled farmers to get the
turnip land prepared in first•rate condition, although the
hay crops may have suffered a little from the absence of
rain. Oats and barley are said to be looking well, and the
early-planted potatoes in many places are coming up
healthy and strong.—Geasiow

LITERATURE,

The New Review. No. 2.

This now competitor for popular favour, whose
initial number we have already favourably noticed,
continues its endeavour to fill a vacuum in our
serial literature. It is in fact, if one may ven-
ture on the Bull, a monthly quarterly review
whose political sympathies are, too, enlisted on the
same side as those of its veteran prototype. Its
subjects range over a wide sphere—political
literary, and philosophical. Thus we have in the
number before us topics the most various in close
approximation. An article on American Politics,
giving that support to the Confederate side which
might be anticipated from the tone of the Conser-
vative daily organs, is followed by a paper on the
late Sir James Graham, which certainly renders
full justice to the faults of its subject, if not to his
merits. But in the concluding passages the writer
suddenly expresses himself more favourably.
An essay on " The Light of the Earth" treats of
the peculiar characteristics of phosphorescence,
while a paper on Sleep and Dreams wilL interest the
psychological student. The morality of Modern
Novels comes in for a severe and not altogether un-
deserved censure at the hands of an unsparing
critic. " A Woman's Thoughts on Men," does not
fulfil the reader's expectations, but as the fair
authoress claims her feminine right to forbearance,
we will not be harsh in our judgment. The Par-
liamentary and Literary reviews summarise the
chief events of the month in the world of politics
and letters.

Dublin University Magazine.

A new story is commenced in this number by the
author of ‘. The House by the Church-yard." It
promises well, and will doubtless obtai❑ many ad-
mirers. " Wilder's Hand" is the name of this new
serial tale, and some of the characters, even at this
early stage, are well sketched. The plot of the
narrative wilt be most complicated, as already there
appear looming in the distance several schemers,
and the events are in themselves very suggestive of
exciting incident. DJrcas Brandon is a very
peculiar kind of heroine, and has nothing attrac-
tive about her, but she is ably delineated.
" The Cross before the Name" is continued, and this
instalment is very momentous, for we find in it the
event that gives the name to the narrative recorded.
The cross is put before the name, and Jenny becomes
quite resolute in her determination to wreak ven-
geance on her foes, real or imaginary. Fre-
derick Maxwell, Q.C., is well sketched as a man of
one idea, and that his vocation. To him all was
valueless that did not concern his peculiar profes-
sion. When Jenny entered his house she was no-
body—" She was not on a parliamentary commit-
tee. He had six House of Lords cases filled up
before him on the toast rack, and was taking in
Lord Wenleysdale and Mr. Justice Willes with his
dry crust." " Catullus" is a readable paper on that
remarkable man ; it is the second part here met
with, It is interesting to dwell on the long past days
to which the writer refers, and he has brought con-
siderable classic knowledge to bear upon the essay,
which is very entertainicg and instructive. The
immediate interests of a local nature, are
represented in the paper entitled " The Position
and Claims of the Irish Church." " Le-
gaiia—the Judicial Oath," contains some notice-
able suggestions. The concluding remarks on false
oaths are worthy of consideration.—
" By mitigating the punishment of perjury, the popular
estimation of its criminality is lessened, and men not un-
naturally conclude that it is a venial offence, which they
can commit with impunity. But the moral sanction of the
oath we would retain. It is well to remind men that there
is a Judge above from whom we have reason to expect jus-
tice unperverted by the conventional rules, and the imper-
fections of mankind." _ _ _

" Sterne and his I)ay" is continued, and is im-
portant in this portion. "Milirington, the Bar-
rister" is reviewed at length, and the favourable
criticism that is bestowed upon it is well deserved,
for the ability is unquestionable that appear in its
pages, and it presents a very brilliant deliniation of
society. " Theatricl Representation, Mechanism,
arid Decoration" is a paper that will please the
lovers of the histrionic art, and is well introduced
to notice by the lines of Campbell on the subject—
" The Youngest of the sister arts,
Where all their beauty blends."
" The Science and Traditions of the Supernatural"
treats of magic, sorcery, and witchcraft, and will be
a source of entertainment to the admirers of the
mystical who abound in these days, and who delight
to study the several disquisitions on the subject that
constantly appear in various quarters.