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Mayor of Nottingham, Excellent, 

 Florence Nightingale, Miss Eaton, 

 Africaua, .Royal Scarlet, Mr. Martin, 

 Colonel Smith, Admiral Curzen, 

 Beauty of Woodhouse, Captivation, 

 Alice, Beautiful, Prince of Wales, 

 Mr. Hobbs, Sarah Payne, Poor Tom, 

 Lord Clifton, Colonel Hogge, Miss 

 Napier. Mr. Hooper's twenty-four 

 picotees : Amazon, Lady Peel, Queen 

 Victoria, Prince of Wales, Sarah Ann, 

 Miss Taylor, Lucy, Mr. Hoyle, Mr. 

 Holbach, Rosalind, Scarlet Queen, 

 Elizabeth, Chancellor, Miss Wood, 

 Bev. H. Matthews, Lady Elcho, 

 Princess Alice, Elise, Jessie, Advance, 

 Bosy Circle, Favourite, Eliza, Zamia. 

 Mr. Hooper's twenty-four pinks : At- 

 traction, Old England, Dr. Maclean, 

 Discolor, Mrs. Smith, Stonewall 

 Jackson, Mrs. Chater, Blondin, Black 

 Prince, Beauty of Bath, Defiance, 

 Dr. Smith, Excellent, Helen, Lucy, 

 Purple Perfection, Emily, Constance, 

 Fair Maid, Miss Chater, Clara, George 

 Trigwell, Mary Ann, Clara. There 

 was a nice lot of flowers put up by 

 Mr. F. Curtis, of Staines, but they 

 were set back out of sight with Mr. 

 Turner's, and it was impossible to 

 criticise them or make sure of the 

 names. Annuals were shown by 

 Messrs. Hooper and Co., of Covent 

 Garden, who, in a large collection, 

 had examples of the following useful 

 kinds : — Dwarf French Marigold : 

 this is a fine variety, the flowers the 

 size of halt-a-crown, flat, and with 

 very broad florets; colour crimson- 

 chestnut, with the edges sharply 

 marked with gold lines ; they put me 

 in mind of a well-marked polyanthus 

 of monstrous size. Phlox Druni- 

 mondii, an old friend, shown in every 

 variety of colour. Amberboa mos- 

 chatus, A. odorata : the first of these 

 is the purple, and the second the 

 yellow Sweet Sultan of gardens; 

 they are useful and beautitul com- 

 posites, much valued for their fra- 

 grance. Whitlavia grandiflora, a 

 superb subject for the mixed border; 

 the flowers are bell-shaped, the limb 

 turning over boldly, colour rich deep 

 blue. Clarkia pulchella, C. pulchella 

 integrepetala, C. elegans rosea plena, 

 C. pulchelia flore pleno, C. elegans 

 pulchella alba plena: all these are 



good, blooming freely, and making a 

 brave show while they last ; the most 

 striking is C. pulchella flore pleno. 

 Salpiglossis grandiflora, Iberis Ker- 

 mesina, a beautiful dark candytuft, 

 and one of the finest annuals known 

 for grand masses ; Brachycoma iberi- 

 difolia, B. iberidifolia alba, almost 

 equal to cinerarias ; Leptosiphon 

 luteum, Nasturtium (Tropceolum) 

 King of Tom Thumbs, Erysimum 

 arkansianum, Lupinus subcarnosus, 

 one of the finest of the lupins; 

 Calendula pluvialis, Helichrysum 

 nanum, Calliopsis Drummondii, C. 

 bicolor atropurpurea, Chrysanthemum 

 tricolor, C. tricolor aureum, C. tricolor 

 Burridgeanum ; the last-named is one 

 of the most beautiful annuals known. 

 Dianthus sinensis, Bodanthe macu- 

 lata, B. atrosanguinea, Oxyura Chry- 

 santhemoides, Iberis umbellata alba, 

 Linum grandiflorum, a grand subject, 

 which had a little fame for a moment, 

 and has been since almost forgotten. 

 Schizanthus grandiflora oculata, S. 

 venustus, Leptosiphon densiflora alba, 

 Kaullussia amelloides, Bhodanthe 

 rnaculata alba, Zinnia elegans flore 

 pleno, Zinnia elegans coccinea, Lu- 

 pinus Menziesii, Spraguea umbellata, 

 Leptosiplion androsacea, Calendula 

 officinalis flore pleno, Senecio ele- 

 gans alba, Yiscaria Burridgeanum, 

 Chrysanthemum tricolor venustum. 

 Pansies were shown in charming con- 

 dition by Messrs. Downie, Laird, and 

 Laing. The varieties were : Mrs. 

 Moffatt, Kinlieth, Eclat, Princess of 

 Wales, F. Lord, Masterpiece, Great 

 Northern, Blink Bonny, Countess of 

 Bosslyn, John Ingles, Vesta, Mary 

 Lamb, At traction, Miss Hill, Bev. H. 

 Dombrain, Village Maid, Duke of 

 Wellington, Prince of Prussia, Seed- 

 ling (this is a fine deep purple self, 

 very smooth, the form excellent, a 

 first-class flower), Invincible, Mr. 

 Austin, Peeress, Lady burn Beauty, 

 Lavinia, Miss Williamson, Perfec- 

 tion, Lady L. Dundas, J. B. Downie, 

 Cupid, Chancellor, Telegram, Miss 

 Bamsay, Miss Carnegie, Alice Downie, 

 John Downie, Alexandra. Verbenas 

 were well shown by C. J. Perry, 

 of Castle Bromwich. The varieties 

 were : Lilac King, Magnificans, 

 Charles Turner, Lord Craven, Bose 



