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of Kalosantlnas, which is the most useful thinfr we have for flowering late in the 

 summer, and early in the autumn. Good (jronps of ferns were staged by Mr. "Wil- 

 liams, Holloway ;' Mr. Hill, "Ware ; Mr. "Woodward, Ewell, and several others. Two 

 beautiful groups of Britisli ferns came fr.»m Messrs. Ivery and Son, Dorking, with 

 several fine plants of Lilium auratum mingled with them. The undermentioned, 

 were the most pi-ominent, and all were of first-class merit : Athyrium Filix-foemina 

 formosa-cristatum, A. F.-f. Fieldite lancifolium, A. F.-t. corymbiferum, A. F.-f. 

 diffisa multifidum, A. F.-f depauperatum, A. F.-f. glorneratum, A. F.-f. grandi- 

 ceps, A. F.-f Pritchardi, A. F.-f. Grantice, A. F.-f. Victorise, A. F.-f. Frizelle nanum, 

 A. F.-f. conioides, A. F.-f "Vernoniaj, A. F.-f. plumosum, A. F.-f. multiceps, A. F.-f. 

 pumilum, Lastrea Filix-mas Jervisi, L. F.-m. Ingrami, L. F.-m. cristatum, L. F.-m. 

 Barnesi, L. F.-m. Pinderi, Lastrea cristata, L. cristata Tveryanum, Polystichum 

 angulare plumosum, P. a. bulbiferum, P. a. lineare, P. a. brachiata cristatum, P. a, 

 tripinnatum, P. a. oxyphyllum, Scolopeudrium crispum, S. maiginata triforme. To 

 enjoy this truly beautiful class of plants, no stove is necessary, for many of these 

 are quite equal to any amongst the exotics; in fact, many of these are superior in 

 point of beauty to many of the exotics that are considered first-rate. 



Pelargoniums.— \a the trade class for large-flowering show varieties, Mr. Fraser 

 first, with beautiful examples of "William Hoyle, the flowers of which are as good 

 now as when it came before us as a seedling, a wonderful dark flower ; Lord Clyde, 

 Desdemona, Caractacus, very fine ; Division, good in every respect, barring its 

 abominable name ; Pericles, Amy, Maid of Honour, Progress. In the amateurs' 

 class, Mr. "Ward first, with Beacon, Mary Hoyle, Desdemona, Maid of Honour, 

 Conflagration, Caractacus, Sunny Memories, Pericles, Fairest of the Fair. In the 

 open class for Fancy Pelargoniums, Mr. Fraser first, with Clothilde, Miss in her 

 Teens, Constance, Delicatum, Anne Page, Hebe ; these were good for the time of 

 year, indeed, far better than could be expected in such a roasting season. 



Zonal Felargoniums. — The large plants were not up to the right mark. Last 

 year they were splendid. \'Vhat is the matter, that these attractive subjects so rarely 

 come before us as they should ? In the class for six, Mr. Catlin, gardener to Mrs. 

 Lerraitte, of Finchley, first, with Oliver, a good scarlet ; Araelina Grisau, Clipper, 

 Rose Rendatler, Madame Vaucher, with few flowers ; Eugenie Mezard. These were 

 not so good as Mr. Catlin has shown again and again in times gone by. Second, 

 Mr. Fraser, with Julius Csesar, Clipper, Emily Licau, Virgo Marie, a far better 

 white, ns now shown, than Madame "V^aucher ; Monsieur Rendatler, a fine salmon ; 

 Louis Roesler, a soft cerise-red, good. Third, Mr. Hawes, gardener to — Noble, Esq., 

 Hornsey, with very large, well-grown, but badly-trained plants of Madame Vaucher 

 (like Mr. Catlin's, not enough flowers), Tintoret, Amelina Grisau, Henri de Han- 

 court, a bad pale flesh-coloured variety ; Una, a good, clear, light cerise. 



New Varieties of Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Variegated Zonals were shown in 

 considerable numbers, but we cannot afi'ord time to deal with them now. 



Mr. Charles Turner, Slough, exhibited fine stands of twenty-four blooms of 

 Carnations and Picctees, and was awarded an extra prize in both instances. In the 

 stand of Carnations were the following magnificent new kinds : Annihilator, 

 Eccentric Jack, Graceless Tom, True Blue, James Merrgweather, and William 

 Coivper ; and tbe undermentioned old ones : Flora's Garland, Mr. Martin, I ord 

 Rfincliff'e, Jenny Lind, John Reet, Brutus, Duke of York, The Lamplighter, Fanny 

 Gardener, Antliony Davies, John Stott, Lord Lewisham, and several seedlings and 

 duplicates of those named. The Picotees consisted principally of the following : 

 Jessie, Mr. Varley, Miss Sewell, Mrs. Brown, Countess of Wilton, William Summer, 

 Forester, Miss Meeking, Sultana, Ximrod, Eugenie, Mrs. Norman, Mrs. May, Lord 

 Allen Churchill, Countess, Mrs. Fisher, Favourite, Scarlef Queen, Lavinia, Princess 

 Alice, and Colonel Clark. Mr. Bragg, Slough, and Mr. Hooper, Bath, also had 

 splendid boxes of these truly beautiful flowers. 



Fruit was shown in the greatest abundance by all the leading growers throughout 

 the country. The pines, grapes, peaches, nectarines, melons, cherries and straw- 

 berries, which occupied places on the prize, were beyond praise. 



BiKMiXGHAM Rose Snow. — Notwithstanding the frightful weather which we 

 had a few weeks before this successful exhibition came off, good collections of blooms 

 were the rule, and bad ones the exception, and we regret that we are unable to give 

 the whole of the names of the prize-takers, for they fully deserve the highest encomiums 

 that can be passed upon them. To do so would occupy too much room, and all that we 

 need say, after the lengthy report of the Kensiugtonshow, is that the arrangements were 



