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to the size of its flowers, which are 

 admirably formed ; Flag of Truce, a 

 superb white ; Mars, large, finely 

 formed, colour fiery red, top spotted 

 one shade deeper than the ground 

 colour ; the finest of this class of 

 reds. 



Stove and Greenhouse Plants 

 were well shown, though not abun- 

 dant. Mr. B. S. Williams, Mr. Bull, 

 Mr. Wheeler, and Mr. Young, were 

 the principal exhibitors. 



Boses. — The finest group of plants 

 came from Mr. W. Paul, Waltham 

 Cross. They were twenty-four in 

 number, large, freely trained out 

 without facing, and in perfection of 

 leafage and bloom. The varieties 

 were Jules Margottin, John Hopper, 

 Madame Damaizin, Victor Verdier, 

 Madame Boll, Alba rosea, Celine 

 Forestier, Beauty of Waltham, glow- 

 ing with colour, a grand rose ; Ma- 

 dame St. Joseph, a perfect bouquet ; 

 Senateur Vaisse, Madame Caillat, 

 Madame Cambaceres, Madame Cle- 

 mence Joigneaux, Vainqueur de Go- 

 liath, Madame Alfred de Bougemont, 

 P. Lacharme, General Jacqueminot, 

 Souvenir d'un Ami, Le Bhone, Paul 

 Delameilleray, very like Senateur 

 Vaisse ; Madame Derreux Douville, 

 Mrs. W. Paul, superb for depth of 

 colour, finely formed ; Pierre Notting, 

 very full and globular, deep dull 

 crimson ; Princess of Wales, appa- 

 rently thin, beautiful in bud, and 

 visibly related to General Jaque- 

 minot. Messrs. Paul and Son had a 

 collection of smaller plants, very 

 compact, the leafage rich and waxy, 

 the flowers few but unsurpassable in 

 quality ; they were notable for fresh- 

 ness, but, as a whole, made a far less 

 effective display than those just de- 

 scribed. 



New Boses. — There were two 

 new Boses shown. Messrs. Paul and 

 Son had H. P. Princess Mary of 

 Cambridge, large, cupped, stout, sym- 

 metrical, colour clear pinky-rose, a 

 beautiful rose, and the colour accep- 

 table in these days of crimson multi- 

 plied. Mr. W. Paul showed T. 

 Marechal Kiel, the form that of 

 Adam or Louise de Savoie, large, 

 smooth, full, compact, stout, the 

 colour clear lively lemon-yellow. If 



this flowers freely, it will be one of 

 the best of the golden roses, and will 

 bring gold to the fortunate possessor 

 of the stock. 



Cinebaeias were in no way re- 

 markable for quality, though there 

 were some nice plants, and they made 

 a pretty feature in the exhibition. 

 The best were from Messrs. Dobson 

 and Son, of Isleworth. Nice collec- 

 tions were sent by Mr. James, gar- 

 dener to F. Watson, Esq., and Mr. 

 B. Marcham, gardener to E. Oates, 

 Esq. The best varieties in the ex- 

 hibition were the following : Lord 

 Elgin, fine magenta self; Miss Smith, 

 heavily margined purplish-blue, with 

 purple disk ; Admiration, heavily 

 margined magenta ; Master F. Wat- 

 son, heavily margined magenta, the 

 white ground more conspicuous than 

 in the last ; Mrs. Harvey, crimson- 

 purple margin, bluish disk ; Duke of 

 Cambridge, a grand deep crimson 

 self; Snowflake, pure white, bluish 

 disk, most beautiful, yet rather thin 

 and rough ; Begulator, a fine bluish- 

 purple self. 



Seedling Cinebaeias. — The best 

 was Lord Amberley, a finely-formed 

 smooth flower, with very broad 

 florets, the colour a deep plum, 

 shaded with violet. 



Miscellaneous. — Collections of 

 100 varieties of hyacinths and early 

 tulips came from Mr. W. Paul and 

 Messrs. Cutbush and Son, and made 

 a beautiful effect, but they were 

 evidently past their best. Not so 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son's 

 collection of varieties of Cyclamen 

 persicum ; they were still fresh and 

 marvellously beautiful. Mr. Bartlett, 

 of Shaftesbury Boad, Hammersmith, 

 sent some nicely-forced lily of the 

 valley. A very interesting feature 

 was a collection of British ferns from 

 Mr. J. Holland, gardener to B. W. 

 Peake, Esq., Isleworth. 



United Horticultural Society. 

 — First Exhibition, Tuesday, 

 April 11. — The United Horticultural 

 has entered upon its career with a 

 glorious promise of success. Lite- 

 rally, as respects the exhibition, the 

 society had but one disadvantage, and 

 that was of serious import. It has 

 been already said that the endeavours 



