The Societe d'Horticulture de la Seine held its show in the Champs Elysees, on the 9th inst., and four following days. To give more eclat to this exhibition, England, Germany, and Belgium were each invited to send a judge: Mr. Rivers, of Saw-bridgeworth; Mr. Booth, of Hamburgh; and M. Millez, of Lisle, were the three representatives chosen. The show, as compared with those held in England, was a small affair; but the way they manage these matters in France may be of some interest to your readers, and it will therefore be as well if I give the words of one of the "jurors" (the judges are here called a jury). as follows:

" Our letter of invitation told us that we must meet at the house of M. Drouart, Rue Faubourg St. Honore, at 10 o'clock precisely on the 8th inst. I accordingly made my way there, and found a room full of amateurs, with a few gardeners and nurserymen; by 12 o'clock all had assembled, and we then proceeded to the Champs Elysees, to the tent erected so as to enclose one of the fountains on the left hand of the avenue, about 200 yards from the Place de la Concorde. After some discussion, and after each of us signing our names in a book, 24 judges, or as they say here a 'jury,' of that number were selected; to each was given a silver medal, a free card of admission, and a note of invitation to a 'grand banquet' at the Trois Freres Provencaux, at seven in the evening; we then proceeded to business. The show of flowers and plants was, as near as I could judge, about one-third the extent of those held at Chiswick and the Botanic Garden; the tent was about 80 yards long, and 50 wide, and well filled with plants in groups, on raised beds of earth, turfed at the sides; no specimens were to be seen, but all, or nearly all, were such plants as we see in our nurseries for sale; so that, although the show was pretty enough, there was nothing individually interesting, as in our grand specimens of Orchids, Indian Azaleas, and others.

The jury of 24, after some discussion, was divided into two parties of 12 each, one headed by the Marquis de Barthelemy, the other by the Abbe Berleze. From 12 o'clock to 6 how we did talk and hold up our heads, and put them down again, and then more talk, and then the prize was awarded or withheld, according to the show of hands; our work, compared to our talk, was something like Falstaff's bread and sack, but at 6 P. M. we had finished; yes, after six hoars' talk, we 24 had awarded all the prizes, and the abbe, in an eloquent speech, thanked us. The banquet at 7 was attended by perhaps 160, Counte de Cazes in the chair; there was again an immensity of talk, much heat, a very few strawberries for the dessert (about five for each person), and some champagne. Our chairman (I suppose it is not the fashion here) did not give either a toast or a speech, nor any one else. At 9 all rose from the table, and the proceedings of the day terminated. I visited the show the next day, the 9th; this was a select day; the price of admission five francs; the attendance was, however, very thin, for not more than 800 or 400 visitors were present There were two or three stands of cut Roses in glass bottles; the blooms were inferior, for the season here is very late, and but few Roses are in flower.

At the entrance was a nice group of Chinese Paeonies, in large pots; these were, perhaps, the most showy plants of the whole exhibition. Two or three collections of Roses in pots, standards and dwarfs, were pretty, but as compared with the pot Rosas of the shows in England they were nothing; they were mostly in 8-inch pots, and it was surprising to see them so healthy in pots of such small dimensions. Mr. Standish exhibited a box of bloom of his new Moutan Paeonies, which obtained a prize; he was also awarded two other prizes, one for Viburnum macrocephalum, and for Sikkim Rhododendrons. A group of hardy Azaleas, small plants in small pots, was gay, as was also a group of Indian Azaleas; there were three or four collections of Coniferous trees and shrubs, but no large specimens; these included young plants of some of our newly introduced species. A large collection of hardy shrubs, deciduous and evergreen, in pots, was rather interesting, and perhaps worthy of imitation, as it brought under the eye many species but little known, yet worthy the attention of those forming gardens. The Pelargoniums were principally fancy varieties; as groups they were pretty, but I did not see one worthy a second look.

Hie Rhododendrons, in two or three collections, were not worth a thought or a word - the plants were small, and the sorts of a very common description. The Calceolarias were very inferior. The fruit consisted of three or four plates of Strawberries, sorts from seed, and a dozen or so in pots; some Apples, two or three bunches of poor Grapes, a few Melons and Nectarines, the latter I understood came from England. This part of the show was badly arranged, and not at all attractive. On Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, the price of admittance was reduced to one franc, the attendance was still thin, for I should think there was never more than 300 to 400 at one time in the tent It was singular to find persons belonging to the Society hawking and calling your attention loudly to the catalogues (11/2 franc each), giving the names of the plants, and to whom the prizes were awarded. I paid the exhibition a parting visit just before it closed on Monday; the weather had been cool, and the plants were still quite fresh, except the cut flowers, and the whole, with the large fountain playing in the center, had a pretty effect I had nearly forgotten the vegetables.

There were Cabbages and Lettuces pretty good, but it is in winter vegetables that the French excel; in summer Lettuces, Cauliflowers, Ac, we beat them hollow. A bunch of Asparagus from Auteuil was, however, remarkable; many of the sticks measured from 4 to 6 inches round, and from 12 to 14 inches long. A tent and yard attached to the show was filled with garden implements, garden chairs, fountains, models of fruits in composition, very well executed, Ac As far as I could judge, these flower shows are not the fashion, neither do they appear to suit the taste of the Parisians; they are too quiet: there is no music, no eating and drinking, and, above all, no noise, which seems an absolute necessary with the French." - An English Looker-on, in Gardener? Chronicle for June.

* Since this was written, Sir W. Hookee bat placed in ray hands a sketch of the anatomy of the female flowers of Saxe-Gothaea, by Mr. B. Clabke, who describes the cvule thus: "Its ovule has the same structure as that of Gnetum, as described by Mr. Griffith, viz.: it has 8 integuments; the internal protrudes, and forms a sort of stigma, not so obvious as in Gnetum; the external has constantly a Assure on its posterior, or rather inferior surface, which, however, does not close as in Gnetum when the ovule advances in growth, nor yet become succulent Mr. GRIFFITH de-scribes the fissure in the external integument of Gnetum as constantly posterior; and if the ovules of the strobites.