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good, form middling, lower petals scarlet crimson, upper petals crimson 

 maroon, margined with iiery crimson ; throat bluish ; colours rich. 

 From Mr. C. Turner, Slough. — Certificate of Merit to Fancy Pelar- 

 gonium, Helen Faucit. Truss five pips, form and substance good, 

 size full, upper petals dense rich carmine, lower petals paler. From 

 Mr. C. Turner, Slough. — Certificate of Merit to Fancy Pelargonium, 

 Emperor. Truss five pips, form and substance good, size large, upper 

 petals deep maroon margined with lilac, lower petals spotted with 

 crimson, throat white. From Mr. C. Turner, Slough. — Certificate of 

 Merit to Fancy Pelargonium, Carminatum. Truss four to five pips, 

 form and substance good, size medium, rich bright carmine, with a 

 well-defined throat of pure white. From Mr. C. Turner, Slough. — 

 Certificate of Merit to "Heliotrope, Miss Nightingale. Habit good, 

 trusses large, and equally in bloom ; light lavender, highly fragrant, 

 improved truss, with well-expanded flower. From Mr. Field, Kensal 

 New Town. — Certificate of Merit to Daisy, Annie Salter. Quilled 

 white, deeply edged with rose. From Mr. Salter, Hammersmith. 



The following subjects were also exhibited : — Pelargoniums: Bianca. 

 A striking flower from the contrast of colours ; the upper petals maroon, 

 shading off to a narrow belt of purple near the edge, and bordered 

 with another narrow zone of white ; the lower petals white, almost 

 imperceptibly tinged on the veins with purple. Exhibited by Mr. Hoyle. 

 — Marvellous. Upper petals dark maroon, with narrow rosy edge ; the 

 lower, pink with crimson veins ; throat white ; in the way of Beck's 

 Emperor. Exhibited by Mr. Hoyle. — Rose Raglan; A bold flower, 

 but wavy ; deep rose, passing to crimson in the upper petals, which 

 have a moderate-sized dark veiny blotch. — Mr. Hoyle. The upper 

 petals mottled pink, with very dark blotch, shading off to veiny crimson ; 

 lower petals also marked with smaller dark spots. Exhibited by Mr. 

 Turner. — Hermione (Hocken). A free-blooming white of fair properties, 

 the upper petals having a medium-sized veiny spot of crimson maroon. 

 Exhibited by Mr. Turner. — Mr. Beck. Upper petals dark maroon, 

 passing into crimson, and edged with rose pink ; the lower, rose-pink 

 with maroon spots. Exhibited by Mr. Turner. — Queen of the Fairies. 

 A free bloomer ; the upper petals blush with maroon spot, feathery, 

 and passing into crimson towards its edge ; the lower, with smaller 

 crimson spots, from which two coloured lines extend to the base. 

 Exhibited by Mr. Turner. Fancy Pelargoniums. — Sir J. Paxton. 

 Upper petals maroon purple, white at the edge ; the lower heavily 

 marked with mulberry. Exhibited by Mr. Turner. — Mrs. Colman. 

 Upper petals bronzy rose, with white border ; the lower heavily marked 

 with paler rosy purple ; very free. Exhibited by Mr. Turner. Mr. 

 Westwood, of Turnham Green, exhibited — Bijou. A variegated variety ; 

 the foliage grayish, edged with white and flaked with gray ; flowers 

 bright scarlet, with narrow upper petals. Phloxes. — The following 

 was exhibited by Messrs. Downie & Laird, Edinburgh : — Countess of 

 Morton. A tall overgrown variety, with bold foliage and pyramidal 

 heads of bloom ; flowers 1^ inch in diameter ; pure white, well 

 formed, and of firm texture. Mr. Cunningham exhibited Oculata 

 Cunningham! (inconveniently long in name). A variety of P. 



