This, the first of the great shows held at the Regent's Park, followed only four days later, and some of the plants seen at the Crystal Palace also put in appearance here. A new arrangement of the schedule had curtailed it of some of the classes for stove and greenhouse plants, etc, and instead thereof, prizes were offered for groups of plants arranged for effect, certain recesses of the large tent being appropriated for the purpose. They were to be arranged as for the decoration of a small conservatory, with climbers, hanging baskets, vases, and other accessories. As far as any practical value attached to these groups, the result was somewhat disappointing, as might perhaps have been expected. Such things as Palms, Ferns, Orchids, and flowering plants generally, were used, but little came of it. Messrs J. C. Lee had the best group, Messrs A. Henderson & Co. came next, and Messrs Rollisson & Sons third. Prizes were also offered for effective groups of bedding-plants; and Coleuses, Echeverias, the yellow Pyrethrum, Pelargoniums, etc, were differently arranged by each exhibitor.

Messrs E. G. Henderson & Son had the best group; Mr Ware came next, depending mainly on hardy and variegated-leaved plants; and Mr Aldred was third.

Stove and greenhouse plants were of a similar character to those seen at Sydenham. They were very good, and made an excellent display. Cape Heaths were similar also, so were the Azaleas to a great extent, and so were the Pelargoniums. The Orchids, of average quality, appeared to the best advantage shown on one of the grassy slopes, as is usually the case at the Park. Particularly good were Dendrobium nobile, Calanthe veratrifolia, with eight fine spikes of flowers; Saccolabium retusum, with spikes over 2 feet in length; Phalrenopsis grandiflora, shown as the best specimen Orchid by Mr Fairbairn of Syon House, one spike having twenty expanded flowers; Oncidium sarcodes, Vanda suavis, and Cattleya Mossiae.

New and rare plants always form a considerable feature at the Regent's Park, and on this occasion a large number were staged. Among Palms, the most striking were Verschaffeltia melanochaetes, a fine and rare species; Areca nobilis, Dicksonia nobilis, Thrinax havanensis, very elegant; Geonoma elegans, Chamae-dorea spectabilis, remarkable for its few broad pinnae, and Daemonorops plumosus, remarkably elegant and free-growing. Other new plants of a striking character consisted of Cupressus Lawsoniana erecta viridis, a fine Evergreen; Dracaena excelsa, a handsome South Sea Island plant, with broad recurved leaves of a deep bronzy tint variegated with rosy red; Oncidium cryptocopis, with deep claret red flowers, having a narrow border of yellow; Phormium Colensoi variegatum, Adiantum Veitchii, a beautiful Maidenhair Fern; the handsomely-marked Dieffen-bachia Bowmanni, Tillandsia Lindeniana, Cochliostema Jacobianum, and a very handsome curled and dwarf-growing form of Lomaria Gibba, named Crispa.