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Van Thol, five varieties — scarlet, yel- 

 low, vermilion, and white — all fine, 

 but the last-named the least desirable ; 

 Feu d'Anvers, fiue crimson ; Duchesse 

 de Parma, bronze crimson, bordered 

 buff; Cramoisie Royale, rich crimson, 

 slightly broken with white feather; 

 Cramoisie Superb ; Fabiola, purplish 

 rose, pale lilac feather; Golden Prince, 

 bright yellow; KeiserKroon, gorgeous 

 gold with crimson flame ; La Plai- 

 eante, rosy -purple ; Pottebakker, 

 white and yellow, both superb ; 

 Proserpine, salmon-tinted rose; Roi 

 Pepin, white striped ; Rose Luisante, 

 lovely carmine-rose ; Tom Moore, a 

 curious shade of reddish-saffron, very 

 neat, and superbly formed ; Vermi- 

 lion Brilliant, brilliant scarlet, one of 

 the most effective. 



Camellias. — The principal exhi- 

 bitors were Mr. B. S. Williams, Mr. 

 W. Paul, Mr. Todman, Mr. Trnssler, 

 and Mr. Todd. Among the varieties, 

 the following were fine : — Colvilli, 

 Imbricata, Fimbriata, Ochroleuca, 

 Variegata, Lady Hume's Blush, 

 Donckelaari, Reticulata, Rossi, La- 

 vinia Maggi, Henry Favre, Giardino 

 Franchetti, Innocenza, Monarch, 

 Duchess of Grafton, Lucullus, Beali, 

 Mathotiana, Reine des Fleurs, Archi- 

 duchessa Augusta, Belle Jeannette, 

 Caryophylloides, Monteroni, Feasti, 

 Sarah Frost, Alba Illustrata, Optima, 

 Eximia, Jenny Lind, Bride, King. 



Hoses. — Mr. W. Paul put up a 

 grand collection of cut roses, which, 

 considering the season, were worthy 

 of the highest praise. The following 

 were noted as being particularly good, 

 neither thin, nor false in colour, nor 

 faulty in outline ; and it is a good 

 list for the 18th of March in such a 

 cold season as the present : — Anna 

 Alexieff, very fine ; Peter Lawson, 

 fine ; Gloire de Dijon, repeated all 

 over the boxes, and always good and 

 true — what a never-fail rose it is ; 

 John Nasmyth, middling ; Madame 

 H. Jacquin, fine ; Louise de Savoie, 

 extra fine, quite as good as the first 

 blooms in a cool house ; Napoleon 

 (Ch.), round as a ball, colour bright 

 rose, a fine rose ; President, superb ; 

 Madame Damaizin, Alba rosea — this 

 is like Souvenir de Malmaison, but a 

 better form ; Alfred de Rougemont, 



Safrano, very fine ; Rubens, fine ; 

 Madame Victor Verdier, La Quinti- 

 nie, Marquis de Foucault, Madame 

 Furtado, Comtesse de la Bartha, a 

 fine globular tea ; Madame C. Crape- 

 let, Triomphe de Guillot Fils, La- 

 marque, not quite out, and all the 

 better, for the charming groups of 

 half-expanded buds, added a rare and 

 peculiar grace to the otherwise rich 

 collection ; Rev. H. Dombrain, Devo- 

 niensis, Madame Falcot, Vicomtesse 

 de Cazes, Jaune d'Or, Lord Macaulay, 

 Moiret, Duchess of Sutherland — this 

 old friend, not long since one of the 

 most famous roses known, had a 

 charmingly fresh appearance, and 

 lost nothing by comparison with later 

 productions ; Senateur Vaisse, good, 

 but showing the effect of forcing. 

 There was only one collection of pot 

 roses, and they were perfect little 

 specimens in 8-inch pots, with six or 

 seven blooms each, and those blooms 

 such as only the most expert culti- 

 vators could produce. These came 

 from Messrs. Paul and Son, of Ches- 

 hunt, and their fresh, lusty, and lus- 

 trous appearance was worthy of a 

 firm that has so long held, and so 

 well keeps, a foremost place in the 

 cultivation of the queen of flowers. 

 Amateur rosarians should not rest 

 till they have seen such specimens as 

 these ; and there is no better way of 

 seeing them than at a flower show, 

 and, having seen them, they ought 

 not to rest till they have succeeded 

 in producing plants like them, and to 

 rest then will be out of the question ; 

 they will at once aim at higher things. 

 The varieties were Devoniensis, Sou- 

 venir d'un Ami, Madame St. Joseph, 

 Madame Falcot, President, Alba 

 rosea, Charles Lefebvre, Peter Law- 

 son, John Hopper. The last three 

 gave the teas their due proportion of 

 colour, and the last of all (John Hop- 

 per) was the brightest and most 

 beautiful rose in the show. 



Primulas, Cinerarias, Cyclamens. — 

 The primulas were nearly past their 

 prime, but there were some interest- 

 ing collections. From Mr. Todman, 

 a pretty lot, comprising Candidissima,. 

 white ; Fairy, blush ; Alba plena, 

 blush-white ; Rubra grandiflora, and 

 Atro rosea, all double, very distinct,, 



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