\-2(; TIIR FLORIST. 



Lane, Thomson, Williams, Robins, and Pawley; they consisted of the 

 following kinds : Double-red, Iveryana, variegata, Old White, coc- 

 cinea superba, lateritia, resplendens, coronata, semi-duplex. Prince 

 Albert, fulgens, triumphans, Falconeri, Woodsii, sinensis, optima, 

 Smithii, Perryana, Bianca, mirabilis, grandis. 



Roses in pots: 1st, Mr. Francis, who had well-grown plants of 

 Coupe d'Hebe, Paul Perras, Charles Duval, Chenedole, Blairii, Sol- 

 faterre. Souvenir de la Malmaison, Augustine, Mouchelet, Baronne 

 Prcvost, Geant des Batailles, La Reine, Aubernon. Messrs. Lane 

 had the second-best collection, namely. Moire. Souvenir d'un Ami, 

 Vicomtesse des Cazes, Baronne Prevost, Duchess of Sutherland, Wil- 

 liam Jesse, Louis Bonaparte, Meillez, Mrs. Bosanquet, Chenedole, 

 Comtesse Mole, Emperor Probus. Messrs. Paul were third, with Ni- 

 phetos, Cels multiflora, Armosa, Madame Laffay, Louis Bonaparte, Au- 

 bernon, La Reine, Duchess of Sutherland, William Jesse, Paul Perras, 

 Coupe d'Hebe. The Amateurs were, Messrs. Terry, Chitty, Row- 

 land, Busby, and Roser. Among these were, Lamarque, Comtesse de 

 Lacepede, Bougere, Mansais, La Dauphine, Mrs. Elliot, General Jac- 

 queminot, Fabvier, Devoniensis, Madeleine, Abbe Mioland, Adam, and 

 Madame Bureau. 



Pelargoniums were more numerous than had been anticipated, and 

 seldom have we seen, even at a June meeting, such plants as those 

 which composed the first collection. They exhibited what is rarely 

 met with in combination, viz. quality with quantity of flow'er. The 

 plants were large, with foliage in some instances covering a third of 

 the pots. These came from Mr. Turner of Slough, who obtained the 

 gold medal for 12 varieties in 8-inch pots ; the sorts were. Magnet, 

 Mochanna, Pulchrum, Pride of the Isles, Constance, Ajax, Chieftain, 

 Magnificent, Virgin Queen, Rosamund, Gulielma, and Rowena. 

 Magnet was the admiration of every body. 2d, Mr. Dobson, Wood- 

 lands Nursery, Isleworth, with Chastity, Purpureum, Incomparable, 

 Mont Blanc, Cuyp, Pulchellum, Vanguard, Mulready, Chloe, Are- 

 thusa, Rosa, and Rosalind ; 3d, Mr. Gaines of Battersea, with Cecil, 

 Aspasia, Mont Blanc, Salamander, Grandiflorum, Negress, Marquis 

 of Stafford, Flying Dutchman, Mars, Rosamund, Alphonsa, and Gu- 

 lielma. Six varieties in 11 -inch pots (private growers): 1st, Mr. 

 Bray, Regent's Park. These were old kinds, with poor flowers. Six 

 Fancy Pelargoniums. Dealers : 1st, Mr. Turner, with Hero of Surrey 

 (a fine specimen, with colours distinctly brought out). Fairy Queen, 

 Minerva, Ambrose's Perfection, Statiaski, and Reine des Francais ; 

 2d, Mr. Ayres of Blackheath, with Fairy Queen, Reine des Fran- 

 cais, Ytolinski, Mirandum, Hero of Surrey, and Picturatum ; 3d, Mr. 

 Gaines, with Sign or Casoloni, Agnes, Reine des Francais, Defiance, 

 Odoratum, and Magniflorum ; 4th, Mr. Westwood of Acton Lane. 

 Six Fancy Pelargoniums. Amateurs : 1st, Mr. Kempster, Blackheath, 

 M-ith Statiaski, Bouquet- tout-fait, Alboni, Formosum, Hero of Surrey, 

 and Jenny Lind ; 2d, Mr. Roser, gardener to J. Bradbury, Esq., with 

 Modestum, Madame Meillez, Queen Victoria, Ibrahim Pasha, Al- 

 boni, and Cleopatra. Cape Pelargoniums: 1st, Mr. Parker, gardener 

 to J. Strachen, Esq., Teddington, with elatum, elegans, Blandfor- 



