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flowered Azalea sinensis, played con- 

 spicuous parts. 



Pelargoniums were in perfection. 

 In the nurserymen's class, the two 

 great competitors had the positions 

 they acquired at the Crystal Palace 

 reversed : Mr. Turner first, Mr. 

 Fraser second, both for show and 

 fancy kinds. The getting up of the 

 plants in both cases shows an advance 

 iu point of style ; they are less flat than 

 has been the wont for some years 

 past, and, being well rounded over 

 at the sides, show a greater extent 

 of flowering surface, and are at the 

 same time less stiff and formal than 

 hitherto. Mr. Turners twelve were 

 Guillaume Severeyns. Bernbrandt, 

 Prinee of Prussia, Royal Albert, 

 Pizarro, Viola, FairBosamond, Fairest 

 of the Fair, Lord Clyde, Garibaldi, 

 Lady Canning, Desdemona. Mr. 

 Fraser's were Osiris, Desdemona, 

 Sir Colin Campbell, Festus, Empress 

 Eugenie, Lilaeina, James Lodge, 

 Peacock, Lord Clyde, Sylph, Etna, 

 Leander. But far superior to either 

 of the great trade collections were 

 the ten plants from Mr. Bailey, of 

 Shardeloes, who led the way among 

 the amateurs. I measured the three 

 which occupied the middle line of the 

 group, and their heads were four feet 

 six inches across, without noticing the 

 extreme outside flower either way ; 

 a tape laid carefully over, so as to 

 give the exact linear measurement of 

 the convex face of either of the plants, 

 would, I am sure, have run out quite 

 six feet. And they were not merely 

 large ; they were evenly trained, and 

 solid with healthy foliage and a superb 

 bloom. The varieties were Bose Ce- 

 lestial, The Belle, Sanspareil, these 

 being the three greatest in the mid- 

 line of the group ; Lord Clyde, Sir 

 Colin Campbell, Spotted Gem, Ariel, 

 Etna, Lady Canning, Guillaume Se- 

 vereyns. Mr. Wiggins, of Isleworth, 

 occupied a most honourable position 

 as second to this lot ; Mr. Wiggins's 

 plants were indeed in remarkably 

 fine condition, though so far surpassed 

 by Mr. Bailey's gigantic and per- 

 fect specimens. Eurydice, Maid of 

 Honour, Begina formosa, fine for 

 colour ; Diana, Pericles, Alba regina, 

 Princess of Denmark, President, 



Spotted Nonpareil. Fancies were 

 charmingly fresh in their lively hues 

 and delicate muslin texture of flowers. 

 Mr, Turner's lot were Mod est am, 

 Ellen Beck. Boi des Fan taises, Undine, 

 Delicatum, Lady Craven. Mr. Fraser's 

 were Multiflora, Cloth of Silver, Lady 

 Craven, Clara Novello, Marionette, 

 Delicatum. 



New Pelargoniums. — The finest 

 seedling show Pelargonium in the 

 tent was unquestionably one from 

 Mr. Hoyle, of Beading. This was 

 William Hoyle, a companion to the 

 superb John Hoyle, of last season. 

 The plant stood with about a score 

 of others, all seedlings, and in 

 glancing at them, it inevitably rested 

 on William Hoyle, which in form, 

 proportions, smoothness, and carriage 

 is certainly a remarkable vnriety. 

 The flower is of medium size, broad, 

 overlapping, very smooth and stout 

 petals, top crimson-black, the bottom 

 petals maroon-crimson shading to 

 black, outliue sharply defined by a 

 narrow edge of carmine all round. 

 From the same : Selina, bottom pure 

 carmine, with light shade of violet, 

 white throat, top veined cloud of 

 black, margin carmine, form not 

 satisfactory. Mrs. Waite, bottom 

 petals clear warm salmon flesh, pure 

 white throat, top medium-veined, 

 dark blotch, broad margin of cherry 

 pink, tine form, pure colouring, but 

 the flower a little rough. Nabob, 

 large, rather long in the petal, bottom 

 petals clear lake with small blotch, 

 dark top. Charles Turner, bottom 

 petals rich carmine, white throat, 

 dark top, margin of carmine, fine 

 round outline, smooth, first-rate, 

 Lady of Quality, bottom richly 

 veined lake, top dark, smooth. From 

 Mr. Nye. gardener to Mr. Foster, at 

 Clewer Manor: Marion, large, round, 

 smooth, fine petal ; bottom rosy-car- 

 mine, clear white throat, dark top, 

 carmine margin, fine. Alab-'ma, 

 bottom veined lake, dark top, rough. 

 Virgil, carmine, lake veins, dark top, 

 Elegans. large, bottom rich lake, dark 

 top. Nero, a promising dark lluwer, 

 appirently not shown at its best, 

 likely to prove first-rate. Diana, 

 lively cherry colour, dark top. Marc 

 Antony, rich lake, dark top. From 



