The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-01 00:00:00

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_LIikaTION OF A ATERIC 4 N PLAN.W*;
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• A vcr.3, 'magnificent O;_illeetlou (f
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plants, peincifittly rhododendrons, was yesterdir'y sub-
mit d to the cognoscenti ~f- the bortiCalt!iral art at :.he
Ash urnham Pavilion, adioioiog 'Crencomc-i,arili?es,,,-"-'-'
pri-1 coinary to the pubic exhibition which couillieece
to-i y, and will ext ..nd through . the month of June:. :,
The peaty sail of the long drsary waste of
.coentry ex-
ten lig fluor Begshot to the IlogsbaCk and the range 0f.,.'"
hillsl which form the sou..hern boundary of the county4T- , .-
of Siarray, though of little value fir ordinary agricuitu-
,al Ourposee, appears to b
peculiarly adapted to the . .!,;,..
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cultilvetion of thee various descriptions of ha.r.-ly Mos- '
sornieg plants which fl iuriAl in the wilderness, and
attain, under apparently the meat- uncongenial dream. '
staqes, a profusion of flowers and a richness of colour'
Whicill may ft uccestfully vie with the floricultural_ pro-.A160110
ducti of the most fertile localities. In the centre of - . - -
stands the Knaphill'Nursery; -
this district, hear Wi.king,
:Acre Messrs. Waterer and Gedfrey have reared some
of the me:A beautiful specimens ut these plants .whiett
hay/ been yet intr.-pluo,d into this country. F'rorii.the
ahuiplarit "reanurces of this estatilislimint tbe present
xti-ibi; ion is formed, and tho,uveho only know the rho-
(I,3deindrcin by the examples we see Iti our {arks and pub.
lie g rdens or in private shrubberies can form but a faint
idea of the gorgeous splendour which a collection of
i3eve al hundreds of these beautiful evergreens, in full
blue om, and arranged with due regard to -lure', and hue, r a
the are at the Ashburnharn Pavilion, is cat ableut display.
ing. Aneong4 the specimens. here Exhibited are all tip '''''
-new st and mo-t prized known to the proftuLional gar- •
den r and the amateur, together with those old-estab-
li,h d and-standard favourite's Which still, from their par-
feet n of form and colour, compete successfully 'with the
ii novelties. There is the bright rose ciloured
iimedep, the deer:: blood red Atrcsanguineinu, the
iant .crimson Barclayanum,the bright matt Bray-
,..ch.glilts:PtPrricariuitt- the gigautto double
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iiar.trn-with its pinkish bads **hangingpresen,tly into - .
ar wax like white, the Murillo, the Titian, aocrthe
dyk, whose rich starlets and •crinnionawould.have
ed the great casters of colour from whom they take
r names to imitate; and their is the Alarm with its
to petals edged with bright scarlet, the Camellia
Prince Albert, ar,;(l perhaps the most striking of the
le the William Downing, dark puce variegated with
k. These are but a few of the most prominent of
in_ppmErable varieties which are here:grouped to-
'r. There are a few very choice Aztleav, but the .
:iodendrons are the main feature 4 t the cellectien,
ither end 6f the•pavilion galleries are erected from
•h a most. pleasin;: coup d(ri/ is obtained of the
lions 'yr fthien of blossoms which the skill of Mr:
,er, 4 f the Crystal Palace (to whom this duty has

intructed), bits arranged 6,lawsin grass 1331'C-tared

es, parallelograms, and the several forins of parterres
:03 are best calculated to give effect to the exhibition
to relieve the ;eye from the fatiguing. monotony of
is most worthy of adrnira-
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we may -almost term it un-
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elxilatyrnackoy7,oloil,ncaworylho,iucrh.
icle 1, liberality of Mr. Sitnpson, who has, depending
lthe public appreciation of his honourable and
tightforwerd conduct, encountered so heavy an
ienditero ; the PoNment and experienoe which has
bed MeEsrs. Waterer and Goilfrey- to. produce •an
edition so Milking and remarkable in every rerpeot ;
the tasteful arrangements developed in tae ground
4ti by Mr. E. Milner, of Ng.recood, which disposed ( f
i 'almost miraculous materials Paced at his disposal to
) best advantage, and rendered the whole something
lierto unparalleled in either public or private esta-
in-lents, in Royal parks or princely conservatmiein
pavilion alone is a wonder of art. It is a fitting
et for such gems—bomething which attracts and de- .'.:
is the spectator fully as,mueti as that which he weW
'itness. Mr. Simpson must have gratefully reicog.
d the patronage which has been lavishly bestowed
irn I.y all classes in the community, from the Sove•
, n to the humblest peasant, and finally resolved to
-e au adequate return—one that would be alike •
1i
jonrable to the donor and the iminediage recip'ents,
name, we may venture to predict, will be logiin.

'he following la.dies and gentlemen visited the'exbi-
in yesterday :

'libel; Serene Highness the Prince and Princess Edward
of Saxe Weimar, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and
Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox, the Marchioness of Down-
state and party, the Earl and Countess of Albermat le and
the' Ladies Koppel (2), the Earl and Countess Craven, the
Ea land Countess of Clanwilliarn; the Earl and Countess
of onoughmore. the Earl and Counte,s C,wdor, the Earl
au Countess of March, the Earl and Countess of Gallo-
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waY and Lady Helen Stewart, the Countess (Dow) of
Glasgow and Miss Sinclair, the Countess of Desert and
La ly Caroline Duncombe, the Earl and Countess Howe,
Vi ;count and 'Viscountess Goderich, Viscount and Via':
countess Barrington and the Hon. Miss Barringten,
Viscount and Viscountess Torrington, Viscountess Giant-
wo' th, L .rd Henry Gordon Lennox, Lady Chelmsford,
i,,, -,i and Lady Churchill, Lord Sondes, Lord and Lady
Ja es Stewart and Miss Stewart, Lady Henniker and the
I lon. Miss Henniker, Lord and Lady Camoys and the Hon.
Misses Stonor (2)4 Lady Stanley of Alderley and the lion.
Mi'sses S'aaley (2), Lcrd and Lady Naas, Lord and Lady
Fritncis Russell, Lord and Lady Wenlock. Lord Rodeo-
dale and the Honourable Miss Mitford, Lady Marcus
Hill and Miss Hill, Lord and Lady Harry Vane, Lady
Wpliams and the Honourable Mrs. I'. Liddell, Lady
Gqorgiana. Rornilly, Lady Charlotte Egerton and the
Misses Egerton (2), Lord and Lady Bigot, Lord
and Lady Claud Hamilton, Lady Molesworth, Lady Chol-
mondeley, Lady Mary Windsor Clive and Miss Clive,
Hon. G. C. Norton, Sir Montague and Lady Georgian*
Cliohnondeley and Miss Cholmondeley, Lady Paton, Sir
Edward and Lady Ryan, Sir Alexan ler and Lady Spear-
' man and Miss Spearman, Sir George and Lady Otway, Sir
T omms and Lady Freewantle and the Misses Freemantle,
ISi ith Wal. and Lady Stirling, the Right Hon. W. G.
11 yter, M.P., and Lady Hayter, the Right'Hon. Henry
Fitroy, M.P., and Mrs. Fitzroy, Sir James Matheson,
M. P., and Lady Matheson, Colonel Elsey, Colonel Westenra
Captain Persons, Captain Labalmendiere, Captain and
Ws. Francis Morley, Colonel Challounor, Dr. and Mrs.
Silatliff, Dr. and Mrs. Billing and Miss Billing, Mrs. .
j Bfrthwick, anal Miss Bnithciick.