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Leviathan, Madame de Stael, Paix de l'Europe, Queen of the 

 Netherlands, La Grandesse, Prince of Waterloo, Mont Blanc, 

 Grandeur a Merveille, L'Innocence, Alba Maxima, and Lord 

 Shaftesbury ; and in the class for eighteen varieties of any colour 

 they staged Haydn, Macaulay, Leviathan, Grand Lilas, Garibaldi, 

 La Grandesse, L'Innocence, King of the Blues, Koh-i-noor, Alba 

 Maxima, General Havelock, FeruckKkan, La Grande Resseinblance, 

 Charles Dickens, Ida, Laurens Koster, and Blondin, which are the- 

 best varieties in the several classes. Several new varieties were 

 staged, but, as shown, they did not surpass, and in several instances 

 did not equal, varieties already in cultivation, and obtainable, at a 

 cheap rate. The names and colours are as follows : — Robert Lowe, 

 pale yellow ; Lord Derby, dark purple ; Marquis of Lome, mauve ; 

 George Peabody, bright carmine-red ; W. M. Thackeray, deep 

 maroon-crimson; Lilacina, very light lilac ; Princess Louise, single 

 white ; and Princess Louise, double carmine-pink. 



Tulips were also fine ; the best and most distinct in the com- 

 petitive groups were : — Pabiola, Rose Aplatis, Yermilion Brilliant; 

 White Pottebakker, Proserpine, Keizer Kroon, Jaght van Rotter- 

 dam, Due dAremberg, and Joost van Vondel, all thoroughly good 

 and useful sorts. 



A magnificent collection of roses, in medium sized pots, was 

 shown by Messrs. Veitch, and a group of Marquise de Castellane, a 

 continental variety introduced in 1870. This was exhibited by Mr. 

 Bennett, of Salisbury, and was deservedly awarded a first-class cer- 

 tificate. There can be no doubt of its being a first-rate pot rose. 



The following new plants received certificates, namely, Cyclamen 

 persicum Snowjiake, from Mr. Goddard ; Amaryllis Chelsoni, a superb 

 variety, with large crimson flowers of fine form ; Primula JBoviana, 

 one of the varieties of the Abyssinian Cowslip, with pretty yellow 

 flowers, from Messrs. Veitch ; Davallia clavata, a pretty little fern, 

 from Messrs. Rollisson and Son, Tooting; and Areca reyalis, a 

 noble-growing fern, with beautiful pinnate fronds. 



To each of the meetings fine collections of Orchids were contri- 

 buted by Mr. Denning and Messrs. Rollisson ; of Stove and Green- 

 house Plants by Mr. B. S. Williams, Upper Holloway ; and of Hardy 

 Herbaceous Plants by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tot- 

 tenham. I should like to speak more fully than space will permit 

 of the lovely plants staged by the last-mentioned exhibitor. The 

 collections consisted exclusively of hardy-growing plants of moderate 

 size, and they were much admired, especially by the lady visitors. 

 One of the most remarkable of the exhibits at the last meeting was 

 the fine Brown Cos Lettuce and Green Curled Endive exhibited by 

 Mr. Benjamin Looker, TNorbitou Potteries, Kingston-on-Thames, 

 which had been grown in the " Acme " frame, of which he is the in- 

 ventor, without any further protection than that afforded by the 

 glass. The endive was good, but the lettuces, considering the winter 

 we have had, were wonderfully fine, for they were of considerable 

 size, very crisp, and had nice white hearts. I can fully vouch for 

 the fact that both lettuce and endive were grown in the " Acme " 

 frame, a3 stated, for I saw them growing in Mr. Looker's garden 



