210 THE FLORIST. 



Maculatum grandiflorum, pale rosy purple with lighter centre, dark spots, 

 large truss, and a very free bloomer. A very showy variety, contrasting 

 well with its surrounding neighbours. 



Everestianum, an excellent light coloured border variety, and a dense 

 bloomer. 



Gloriosum. partakes of the " catawbiense " habit, with immense trusses of 

 pale silvery blush flowers. 



Blandyanum, bright rosy scarlet, fine truss, and a free bloomer. A first 

 class variety. 



Blatteum, spotted like " Victoria," but not so dark in colour as that variety. 

 Both are very free bloomers and good, but Victoria is the least showy. 



Reedianum, one of the best and most useful in the whole collection, and 

 should be in every garden where Rhododendrons are used. It is a 

 variety of ponticum habit, partaking of the characteristics of that 

 variety, evidently quite hardy and a late bloomer ; bright rosy scarlet 

 colour with spots. Tliis variety will be valuable, as it is so bright and 

 a later bloomer than many of the scarlet varieties. 



Levefrianum, bright rose tinged with purple, and with very dark spots. A 

 fine attractive variety. 



Delicatum, pale blush tinged with deep blush, with green spots; good truss, 

 a very showy free blooming variety. 



Roseum eiegans, soft pale rose and a dense bloomer ; excellent for out-door 

 decoration. A superb standard of this variety was planted near the 

 fine specimen of Lady Eleanor Cathcart we have alluded to. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The adjourned special meeting of this Society took place in Regent- 

 street on June 24, to receive the Report of the Council and decide on 

 the future plans which the Report nriight recommend ; Col. Challoner 

 in the chair. 



The Report informed the meeting that of the sum of 5000/. originally 

 fixed on, as the amount to be subscribed to enable the Council to carry 

 on the gardens at Chiswick, 3256/. Is. had been promised in furtherance 

 of that object ; but as this sum was promised only on the conditions 

 that the full amount should be subscribed, they could not avail them- 

 selves of any part of it ; and it therefore remained for the Council to 

 consider whether or not other plans might not be resorted to, to avoid 

 if possible (which every Fellow of the Society must regret), giving up 

 the lease of the Chiswick garden, and thereby abandoning the most 

 important part of the Society's operations. With these views the 

 Council asked for the meeting to confirm the powers already granted 

 them by the bye-laws of the Society, so as to enable them to exercise 

 their discretion as to what part of the Society's property should be first 

 disposed of. The Report stated that could the Council obtain sufficient 

 room for the purpose of the London exhibitions, &c., either in Burling- 

 ton House or some other Government building, they would consider 

 whether it might not be advisable to dispose of their present office in 

 Regent-street, the value of which was estimated at nearly 5000/. ; this 

 would materially relieve their fixed debt. (We understood an applica- 



