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The number of entries was not so large in the classes for twelve 

 blooms of light and dark-ftawered varieties as might have been, 

 expected ; but the blooms staged were exceptionally fine. In the 

 class for twelve blooms of a light-flowered variety, Mr. Cranston, 

 Hereford, was first, with Baroness Rothschild, which is undoubtedly' 

 one of the best light-flowered varieties in cultivation ; and in the 

 corresponding class for a dark- flowered variety, Mr. Keynes was 

 first, with Madame Charles Wood ; and Mr. Durbin second, with 

 Dupuy Jatnain. 



The exhibition of the Royal Botanic Society, on the 12th and 

 13th ult., was the most interesting and successful the Society has 

 held during the present season ; but excepting the new plants, 

 nothing calling for especial notice here was exhibited. 



The new plants, which received first-class certificates, were — 

 Goleus Lady Leigh, a very distinct variety, richly variegated with 

 yellow, green, and chocolate, from Mr. Perkins, of Leamington ; 

 golden zonal pelargonium, Gem of the Tricolors, a fine variety in the 

 way of Carter's Prince of Wales, from Mr. Kimberley, Stoke, near 

 Coventry. Amorphophallus spectabilis, Alocasia Marshalli, in the 

 way of A. Jenningsi, Rhododendron hybridum, Dioscorea spectabilis, 

 a fine stove climber, with richly-marked foliage ; Pteris cretica albo- 

 lineata cristata, very elegantly crested ; Goniophlebium glaucj- 

 phyllum, and Bignonia Roezliana, from Mr. Bull, Chelsea. 

 Hydrangea japonica speciosa, a very handsome variety, with varie- 

 gated foliage, from Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son ; Rhopala 

 Grantensis, from Mr. B. S. Williams ; Polystichum angulare pul- 

 cherrima and Scolopendrium vulgare Whytei, from Messrs. Ivery and 

 Son ; and Davallia clavata, from Messrs. Rollisson and Son. 



_ At the last July meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 prizes were offered for herbaceous Phloxes, Pentstemons, Liliums, 

 miscellaneous hardy herbaceous plants, and Picotees, and Carnations. 

 The Carnations and Picotees were well represented ; but the only 

 exhibitors of herbaceous Phloxes were Messrs. Downie, Laird, and 

 Laing, Forest Hill, who staged wonderfully good specimens ot 

 Pladda, white, with mauve eye ; George Wyness, mauve-pink ; Mr. 

 Taylor, white, flushed with rose; Captain Speke, lilac; James 

 Mitchell, deep rose; and Mons. Saison, brilliant crimson, one of the 

 most richly-coloured phloxes in cultivation. The collection of twelve 

 hardy herbaceous plants, exhibited by Mr. Parker were exceedingly 

 well grown and flowered, and were well entitled to the award 

 received. 



The competition in all the classes for Carnations and Picotees 

 was rather smart. The first prize for twelve Picotees in the class 

 confined to amateurs was taken by Mr. Norman, Crescent Road, 

 Plumstead, with magnificent blooms of General Tulloch, Mrs! 

 Norman, Morning Star, Mr. Davis, J. Dixon, Mr. Brown, William 

 Ingieton, Mrs. Delaforce, Edith Ingleton, Master Norman, Prince 

 Arthur, and Mrs. G. Naylor, all of which are first-rate. Mr. Pizzev, 

 gardener to Sir E. Perry, Fulmer, Slough, who occupied the second 

 place for Picotees, was first for twelve Carnations, with clean, well- 

 fimshed blooms of Juno, James Merryweather, Sir R. Peel, Count 



