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Pauline, Mars, Earl Stamford, Sarah Payne, Splendour, Royal 

 Scarlet, Antonio, Prince Albert, and Eccentric Jack. 



In the open class for Carnations and Picotees, the honours were 

 equally divided by Mr. 0. Turner, Slough, and Mr. Norman; the 

 former taking first for Carnations and the second, for Picotees, and 

 the latter first for Picotees and the second for Carnations. In the 

 first-prize stand of Carnations were superb blooms of Colonel Wynd- 

 ham, James Merryweather, William Cowper, King John, Purity, 

 Sarah Payne, Annibilator, Ealconbridge, Juno, Antonio, and Kentish 

 Hero. In the first-prize stand of Picotees occurred magnificent 

 blooms of Master Norman, Morning Star, Prince Arthur, Mrs. A. 

 Ingleton, Purity, John Norman, Edith Ingleton, Mrs. Garrett, 

 Charles Williams, and John Dixon. 



The number of new plants brought before the Committee of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society at their first July meeting was more 

 limited than usual. Mr. Bull was awarded a second-class certificate 

 for Lobelia erinus Omen, a dwarf and rather compact-growing 

 variety with deep purplish-rose flowers. Mr. Croucher, gardener to 

 J. T. Peacock, Esq., Sudbury House, Hammersmith, a first-class 

 certificate for a variegated variety of Agave Verschaffelti, with a 

 band of yellow down the centre of each leaf ; and a similar award 

 was conferred upon Houlettia odoratissima antiguoriensis, exhibited 

 by Mr. Green, gardener to W. W. Saunders, Esq., Hillfield, 

 Reigate ; also upon Petunia Coquette, an anemone-flowered variety, 

 white with crimson centre and margin, from Messrs. E. G. Hen- 

 derson and Son : and for Lithospermum petrcsnm, a pretty blue- 

 flowered species, and Linwm salsoloides, a pretty dwarf species with 

 white flowers, from Messrs. Backhouse and Son, York. Mr. C. 

 Turner contributed two new show Pinks, Br. Masters, heavily laced 

 with purple-crimson, and Shirley Hibberd, heavily laced with light 

 rose. The flowers of both are of large size, full, grand form, 

 smooth, and superbly finished, and were deservedly awarded first- 

 class certificates. 



To the second meeting Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son sent a 

 group of new varieties of Lobelia erinus pumila, the best of which 

 were — Brilliant, deep cobalt blue, flowers as large as those of 

 speciosa, habit very dwarf and compact, but rather more vigorous 

 than the ordinary type of pumila ; Celestial Blue, clear azure-blue, 

 flowers of medium size and freely produced, habit dense and com- 

 pact. Purple Prince, deep purplish rose, free flowering, dwarf and 

 compact, was also very good. Messrs. J. and C. Lee, Hammer- 

 smith, exhibited Lobelia erinus Purity, which may be described as 

 a white-flowered speciosa. The habit is all that can be desired, and 

 the flowers, which are produced in the most profuse manner, are 

 pure white. Therefore it must be most valuable for bedding pur- 

 poses, as a white-flowered plant suitable for marginal lines has long 

 been wanted. M. Jean Verschaffelti Ghent, Belgium, sent an 

 interesting group of Agaves and Cycads, including Agave mescal 

 striatis, A. species nova (?), a pretty upright grower; A. elegant is- 

 sima, a very beautiful neat-growing species, worthy of a place in 

 the most select collection ; A. Eegeli macrodontha, a strong grower, 



