212 THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. [September. 



Pelaegonium (nosegay) Princess [f.c.c.]. — Deep lilac-pink ; good bold 

 trusses, and frec-brancliing liabit. — Mr. W. Paul: E.H.S.^ Jul// 16. 



Pelargonium (zonal) Czarina [f.c.c.]. — Pure white, with largo carmine 

 stains round the eye ; pip large, stout, and of fine form. — Messrs. Bell ^- Thorpe : 

 R.H.S., Juhj 16. 



Pelargonium (zonal) Eemus [f.c.c.]. — White, with a pale carmine ring 

 round the eye ; good pip, and fine rounded trusses borne on erect foot-stalks. — 

 Mr. W. Paul: E.ILS., July 16. 



Phlox Miss Robertson [f.c.c.]. — A pure white variety of the Svffruticosa 

 section ; flowers of good form, and fine truss. — Mr. James Cocker: E.II.S.., July 16. 



Picotee Mrs. Lord [f.c.c.]. — A heavy pale-rose-edged variety, of a soft 

 hue of colour ; good petal and stout substance. — Mr. Lord : H.II.S., Aug. 16. 



Prunus Padus variegata [f.c.c.]. — A useful variegated form, the green 

 leaves being splashed and streaked with white. — Messrs. J. ij- C. Lee : E.II.S.., 

 Aug. 6. 



EoBiNiA Pseud-acacia aurea [f.c.c.]. — A golden-leaved type, handsomely 

 tinted, and of bold growth. — Messrs. J. cj- C. Lee: P.ILS., Aug. 6. 



EosE (h.p.) Beauty of Thame [f.c.c.]. — Deep crimson, bright in the centre, 

 and heavily shaded on the edges; very large, fine and full.— J/r. J, Walker: 

 KH.S., July 16. 



Eose (h.p.) Empress op India [f.c.c.]. — Deep shaded red-crimson, the 

 colour very bright on the young petals ; fine form and substance. — Mr. T. 

 Laxton : R.II.S., July 16. 



Eose (h.p.) Eeynolds Hole [f.c.c.]. — Dull deep crimson, shaded with 

 maroon ; a finely shaped flower of good substance, but often shown rough. — 

 Messrs. Paul ^ Son: E.H.S., July 16. 



Scolopendrium vulgare vae. Williamsii [f.c.c.]. — One of the multifid 

 forms of Harts-tongue in which there is manifested a strong tendency to throw 

 out broad lateral divisions below the terminal tuft. — 3Ir. H. Williams : E.H.S., 

 July 16. 



Statice Arraratii [f.c.c.]. — A hardy dwarf-growing perennial, bearing 

 numerous spikes of clear pink flowers. — Mr. T. S. Ware: E.ILS., July 16. 



Verbena Her Majesty [f.c.c.]. — Salmon-pink, with a shaded red ring 

 round a showy pale lemon eye ; very fine pip and truss. — Mr. H. Eckford: 

 E.ILS., Aug. 26. 



Verbena Paradise Williams [f.c.c.]. — Deep cerise, with a shaded red 

 ring round a bold lemon eye. — J/r. //. LJckford : E.fl.S,, Aug. 20. 



GAKDEN GOSSIP. 



'he returns of the condition of the Fruit Crojjs, published a few days since 



in the Gardeners' Clironicle.^ show that xipples are generally a thin crop, 



especially in Scotland, the crop appearing to be better in England. Cider 



Apples are abundant, much to the satisfaction of cider-makers. Pears 



are gonorally thin, much under the avorago, and generally small and l.ato. Apricots have 

 boon a light crop generally, but the fruit fine and of superior flavour. Phims are very scarce, 

 ■with the exception of that fine kitchen variety, Victoria, which ajopoars to be bearing well 

 generally. Damsons are very scarce. Strawberries, in nearly every case, are reported to 

 have been very abundant and fine in size and flavour. Peaches and Nectarines are consider- 

 ably under the average, the latter having yielded the best crops of the two. Figs are a poor 



