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folka living who would have put them 

 right again, sayiDg for a certainty, 

 " This is the General, and this Mrs. 

 Paul." Alba rosea improves; it is 

 quite an acquisition, the form of the 

 flower is so good, and the habit so 

 manageable. Lord Clyde is effective, 

 but will probably very soon come to 

 be regarded as a pecond-class rose. 

 Mr. W. Paul sent Madame de Stella : 

 this is in the style of Charles Law- 

 son, with a lighter green leaf, and 

 the flower slightly improved in form, 

 a very nice and useful rose ; Alba 

 rosea, Madame A. Rougemont. 

 Messrs. Paul and Son sent Madame 

 de Stella, Vainqueurde Goliath, and 

 Jean Goujon, coarse, as in Mr. W. 

 Paul's collection of large specimens. 

 It is an effective variety, and will 

 suit those who view plants as they 

 should view stage scenery, that is, at 

 some distance ; it will not bear in- 

 spection. Making a class for them- 

 selves, and acting precisely as in the 

 case of the azalea show, Messrs. Lane 

 and Son, of Great Berkhampstead, 

 sent a large collection of roses, all 

 medium-sized conservatory plants, 

 most beautifully grown and bloomed. 

 The most noticeable amongst them 

 were Charles Lefebvre, Victor Ver- 

 dier, Prince Camille de Rohan, Ma- 

 dame Willermoz, Anna Alexieff, 

 ReynoldsHole, this was in marvellous 

 condition, it is a refined rose, the 

 form exquisite, the colour one shade 

 of carmine add ed to Anna Alexieff; 

 Lord Clyde, Souvenir d'un Ami, 

 Duchess of Sutherland ; this had a 

 coarse appearance in the company of 

 so many roses of more recent intro- 

 duction ; Moire, John Hopper, Victor 

 Verdier, huge camellia-like petals, no 

 coarseness, though the flowers were 

 of monstrous size ; Madame Boutin, 

 Professor Koch, Madame Freesman, 

 H. Laurcntius, Princess of Wales, 

 thin, China-looking, and all eyes ; 

 Souvenir d'un Ami. 



Cut Roses were shown only by 

 Messrs. Paul and Son, who put up 

 aeven boxes full of glowing flowers. 

 The most noticeable for distinctness 

 and quality were the following : — 

 Vainqueur de Goliath, Cardinal Pa- 

 trizzi, Goubault, Madame J. Daran, 

 Marechal Vaillant, Madame Da- 



maizin, Louise de Savoie, Prince 

 Camille de Rohan, Niphetos, the 

 curious pale-tinted long buds of this 

 have a charming effect in the midst 

 of high-coloured perpetuals ; Madame 

 Damaizin is equally striking, delicate, 

 and graceful ; Victor Verdier, Deuil 

 du Prince Albert, a very curious rose, 

 with blackish centre and vivid car- 

 mine margin, as flat and round as a 

 crown-piece, and about the same 

 size ; Madame Falcot, F. Lacharme, 

 Paul Ricaut, Madame William, Ge- 

 neral Jacqueminot, Madame Prevost, 

 Alpaide de Rotalier, rather flat ; 

 President, Comtesse de Chabrilland, 

 Rev. H. Dombrain, Due de Welling- 

 ton (what humbug to gallicize such a 

 name as this ! the vendors of rosea 

 ought to take francs at the price of 

 shillings as a proper return for ac- 

 quiescing in such nonsense), Amiral 

 La Peyrouse, a fine rose. 



Rhododendrons and Azaleas. — 

 Messrs. F. and A. Smith sent rho- 

 dodendron Queen of England, a 

 hybrid, with very much of Edgworthi 

 about it, but the leaf longer and the 

 flower longer. Edgworthi has no 

 tube, and the petals expand in a re- 

 flected manner, so as to make a broad 

 face. This has a loug tube, the flower 

 from the base to the tip of the petals 

 measuring at least four inches, and 

 about the same across, colour white, 

 shading to very soft pinky-blush. 

 This is a fine subject, and will be a 

 favourite with growers of hard- 

 wooded plants. Mr. Parker, of Toot- 

 ing, sent the beautiful rhododendron 

 Countess of Haddington, which was 

 so much admired as a novelty last 

 year ; the delicate blush long- tubed 

 flowers are unique in their beauty. 

 In Mr. Bull's collection of new plants 

 occurred rhododendron Thibaudien- 

 sis, small, cylindrical, erica-like 

 flowers, tube reddish-orange shading 

 to sulphur limb, a very choice and 

 beautiful species, a very decided 

 acquisition for decorative purposes, 

 and of great importance to botanists. 

 From the same, azalea Madame 

 Dominique Vervaene, quite an exhi- 

 bition variety, finely formed, colour 

 pale pink, shading to white at the 

 margin. Messrs. F. and A. Smith 

 sent a number of new azaleas : Pico- 



