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hand precisely what he will have, 

 and can with the more confidence 

 and comfort bestow upon his plants 

 all that are needful to bring them to 

 perfection. In the foregoing list we 

 have the selections of the two best 

 growers of hollyhocks in the county, 

 and amateur cultivators may safely 

 refer to it for forming or improving a 

 collection. Geraniums : — A July 

 show, without abundance of zonales, 

 would be a strange aif'air. On this 

 occasion, they contributed largely to 

 the colouring, and lighted up the tent 

 in a welcome manner. Mr. John 

 Fraser, of Lea Bridge Nurseries, 

 sent some fine specimen plants of 

 Herald of Spring, Souvenir de Nancy, 

 The Clipper (this is one of the grandest; 

 scarlets known), Flower of Spring, 

 Glowworm, Mountain of Snow, and 

 others. Messrs. F. and A. Smith, of 

 Dulwich, sent an immense collection 

 of seedlings, many of which have been 

 already described in the report of 

 the Royal Botanic Society's exhibi- 

 tion. The following were, however, 

 worth special notice : — Gauntlet and 

 Glow had the best trusses of any, and 

 every good quality besides ; .Royal 

 Nosegay, vivid light scarlet, leaf dull 

 green, and dull zone ; Rising Sun, a 

 nice light scarlet ; Lucy, growth and 

 leaf of Cerise Unique, with fine scar- 

 let flowers. Mr. West, of Walnut 

 Tree Nursery, Stoke Newington, had 

 a collection of seedlings which were 

 not named ; amongst them a fine 

 trusser in the style of Hose Rendatler, 

 but with larger and better formed 

 flowers ; others in the batch were 

 good scarlets, and might with advan- 

 tage be shown again. Mr. George 

 Smith, of Tollington Park Nursery, 

 Hornsey Road, sent a large collec- 

 tion, amongst them Le Grande, a tre- 

 mendously telling nosegay, witn huge 

 trusses of crimson-scarlet flowers ; 

 Chieftain, an exhibition variety, 

 flowers large, light scarlet ; Beautc 

 de Suresne, a superb shade of rose- 

 pink, and the character noble ; it is 

 one of the finest of all the zonales. 

 From Mr. Aldred, of Kilburn, a re- 

 markably interesting collection of 

 seedlings of Mrs. Pollock, Sunset, 

 Mrs. Benyon, etc., etc. One of these 

 called Coquette is in the style of 



Italia Unita, but is said to be abetter 

 grower ; the plant shown was of neat 

 dwarf habit, with fine leafage, and a 

 mostbeautifulobject. Eastern Beauty 

 was shown amongst these ; it is not 

 the richest in colour of its leafage, 

 but one of the best in style and habit, 

 and ought to be better known. — 

 Fuchsias : Mr. John Fraser sent a 

 collection of about fifty neat, com- 

 pact, half specimens, of exactly the 

 kind required for ordinary conser- 

 vatory and decorative purposes. The 

 following were the most conspicuous 

 amongst them : — Lord Elcho, Prince 

 Imperial, JVTedora, Perseverance, Sun- 

 shine, Mdlle. Trebelli, Oberon, Merry 

 Maid, Sir R. Peel, England's Glory, 

 Troubadour, Northern Light, Mar- 

 ginata, True Blue, Conspicua, Sir 

 Colin Campbell, Eeine Blanche, Great 

 Eastern, Grand Admiral, Schiller, 

 Prince of Wales, Fairest of the Fair, 

 Ketelerii ; this is a distinct and beau- 

 tiful variety, the sepals rufous-flesh, 

 or salmon colour, the corolla crimson, 

 the form good ; Prince Alfred, Seig- 

 nora; this is another peculiar and 

 beautiful flower, sepals _ greenish- 

 white, corolla dark plum, in the way 

 of Rose of Castile, but very dif- 

 ferent ; La Traviata, superb ; Earl of 

 Devon, Queen of Beauties, Hermione, 

 very free and showy; Conqueror 

 Bacchus, Reine Cornelissen, Mdlle» 

 Tietjens, Souvenir de Ctiiswick,. 

 L'Elisir d' Amour, Comet, Universal, 

 E mblematic, Dr. Livingstone, Elegan- 

 tissima, Puritan, Finsbury Volunteer, 

 Bridesmaid. New Fuchsias : Messrs. 

 F. and A. Smith, of D ul wich, sent Har- 

 lequin, neat habit, and free to bloom ; 

 sepals coral-red, corolla purple, with 

 redstripe and double. This is one of the 

 neatest of the double class, the flower- 

 ing being below average size. Enoch 

 Arden : the corolla of this fine fuchsia 

 expands too much. Achilles, long 

 barrel-shaped corolla. Eva, double 

 white corolla, very free and attractive. 

 Fruit. — Messrs. Lane and Son, of 

 Berkhampstead, Herts, contributed 

 a fine group of fruit trees in pots. 

 These were all admirable examples of 

 skilful cultivation, and they made a 

 most artistic finish to one end of the 

 tent, where they were arranged in a 

 semicircle. Amongst them were pretty 



