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NATIONAL FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



June 26ih. — Mr. Fairbairn in the chair. Interesting stands of 

 seedHng Pansies were contributed on this occasion by Mr. Hunt ; 

 collections of Finks by Messrs. Turner, Edwards, Norman, Bragi^, 

 Ellis, Ward, and Ncwhall ; Antirrhinums by Mr. Joy of Oxford ; 

 and Petunias by Mr. Wyness. Certificates were awarded to Pelar- 

 goniums Optimum, Rubens, Ariadne, and Enchantress, descriptions 

 of all which will be found in our report of the Royal South-London 

 Floricultural Society in another page. These were shewn by Mr. 

 Black, gardener to E. Foster, Esq. Mr. Rogers of Uttoxeter had a 

 Pansy named Kossuth, which received a certificate. It is a large 

 rich glossy dark-purple self, of good substance. Mr. Ambrose's 

 Fancy Pelargonium, Richard Cobden, was also distinguished by a 

 certificate ; as was a lilac-blue self Verbena, named Orlando, from 

 Mr. Smith of Tollington Nursery, Hornsey-road. This is a showy 

 large-flowered variety. The same grower likewise sent a good red 

 Verbena, called Koh-i-noor, which was commended by the censors. 



July lOth. — E. Foster, Esq., President, in the chair. Various 

 Pelargoniums, Petunias, Fuchsias, Verbenas, Calceolarias, Carnations, 

 Picotees, and Pinks, were this time exhibited, together with a per- 

 fectly double Cineraria, and one or two other plants. Mr. Turner 

 of the Royal Nursery, Slough, received a certificate for Dodwell's 

 Mary Picotee, a pleasing variety, but wanting in purity ; Fellowes' 

 Prince Arthur, though rather rough, was commended. The same 

 grower was also awarded a certificate for Fuchsia, Banks' Diamond, 

 a dark variety, much reflexed, but a little loose in habit. Messrs. 

 Henderson's Carnation-striped variety of Drummond's Phlox, called 

 Mayi variegata, was commended for its colour and suitability as a 

 bedding plant. A first-class certificate was awarded to J. Edwards, 

 Esq., of Holloway, for a Primrose-coloured Antirrhinum, which, on 

 account of its size and shape, is certainly an acquisition to this class 

 of plants. Mr. Edwards's Pink Titus appears to be a first-rate 

 flower; but only a single bloom was shewn. Of Mr. Major's Cal- 

 ceolarias, Nos. 9 and 1 1 were the best; some of the others were, how- 

 ever, very beautiful flowers. Certificates were given to Mr. Smith 

 of Hornsey for Verbenas Purple Rival and National, both desirable 

 kinds. Mr. Ambrose had a Fancy Geranium, named (very inaptly) 

 Fireball, which was commended. Some good Gladioli were furnished 

 by Mr. Stains ; and Gloxinias, Princess Alice and Victoria, by Mr. 

 Parmenter of Kentish Town. 



NOTES FROM THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, 



AND OF NEW OR RARE PLANTS 



FIGURED IN CONTEMPORARY PERIODICALS. 



Acacia hispidissima. A very elegant greenhouse shrub, nearly allied to A. 

 pulchella, bearing dense massea of downy neat foliage, and globose heads of rich 



