The Committee are to be congratulated on having achieved a decided success. Seeing how very recently a taste for floriculture has grown up in Shanghai, a Flower Show was rather an ambitious project. The result, however, has fully justified the confidence of the promoters, and has convinced people generally that next year's show will bea better one than the present. There is always more or less difficulty.in starting a, thing of the kind; many people are shy of ug things even for exhibition; but ow that they have seen it is possible to do so and survive the ordeal, we antic cipate the contributions will next year be uch more numerous. 'They aay' derive e ragement from one instance, The first prize for lielivtropes was awarded, unsought, toayentleman who had only sent the flower to help adorn the tent; but he arrived, and found himself famous, One misfortune has befallen the show, but it is one which the Committee could not foresee. 'The season has been so early that flowers which were expected to be perfection onthe date fixed, have blosaomed and died. In ordinary' yeara, suficient roses might have been expected, to constitute a show in themselves; whereas roses were in perfection a full fortnight ago, and the few which are exhibited the Consular Compound, are The same remark applies to other of flowers; and it surprised many to 80 fine a show of azaleas ae wore exhibite under the circumstances, But if the forwardness of the season deprived the Flower show of some part of its attractions, it has hastened forward some of the other products which always find place i exhibitions, 'The strawberries whic! close to the entrance of the tent were magnificent; and people were surprised not only to see fine young potatoes, but to Journ that the cultivator had been' enjoy: ing them as a table luxury for the proviois fortnight or three weeks. Some very fine locksaud asparaguson thesametabl eduotico. Perhaps the greene! prettiest portion of the show;"and of th there was an endless variety. Some Japai ese maples, with different kinds graft on the same stem, were much admired, were also two Australian pines.—fvo prettily trained lemon-plants attracted by their graceful form as much as by their fragrance, The torn stand, if we inay name a stand on which ferus predominated though any other plants found place, was much admired; but there were many other handsome shrubs, and two tree ferns (from Amoy) formed a striking feature in 2 neighborhood. There was a handsome Yucea too, in full flo this part. of the tent, and a calai pointed out to tis asa rarity. But we cannot pretend to enumerate ly the huuared attractions offered; and will only go buck for a moment to the flowers proper. Let it not be imagined from what we have written, that flowers are absent or deficient in the Show, On the contrary, there is a striking collection; prominent among which are a fine display of geraniums, several handsome lilies, petunias, and fuschias just budding into flower. The cornelias exhibited, like the roses, are somewhat past, and exemplify our regret that the forwardness of the season should have so upset calculation.
What visitors will find, on a second and closer inspection, is how many more things there are in the tent than they at suspected. The string of orchids, for stance, Iianging over their hends, might escape notice; but they will not fail to see the canaries which add to the charm of the show, for they invite attontion in Unrilling tones, The weather on Monday was perfect; 8 cool breeze tempered the heat, and combined with the attraction of the show to raw more people into the Consular compound than are often to be seen assembly Shanghai. The band of the Audacious performed admirably; and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the after noon, The Flower Show was well attend: ed again, on Tuesday afternoon; Admiral
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