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stated, it is worthy of mention that they have all received first-class 

 certificates at the great London shows. The names and colours are 

 as follows : — 



Diana, rich deep velvety crimson, flowers of good form and sub- 

 stance ; trusses of medium size, but freely produced ; habit dwarf, 

 and said to be adapted for bedding culture. Haidee, magenta 

 shaded with blue ; very pleasing and attractive. Iago, bright 

 orange-scarlet ; flowers large, and of grand form, and produced 

 in bold, conspicuous trusses ; neat, dark green zonal foliage ; 

 habit compact and robust ; fine for conservatory decoration and 

 specimen culture. Ianthe, bluish crimson flowers of large size, good 

 shape and substance ; habit dwarf and branching, with handsome 

 dark green zonal foliage. Sir Charles Napier, brilliant dark scarlet; 

 flowers very large, of great substance and fine form ; petals con- 

 siderably overlapping; first-class for exhibition specimens. Sir John 

 Moore, dark scarlet ; flowers large, of fine form and great substance ; 

 habit good ; flower-stalks erect and wiry. Wellington, dark velvety 

 maroon-crimson, petals broad and finely formed, trusses of immense 

 size and handsome foliage; a grand hybrid nosegay for conservatory 

 decoration. 



Mr. Foster's new show pelargoniums are all so rich in colour, 

 large in size, and so perfect in form, that it appears almost impos- 

 sible to effect any further improvement. The best and most 

 distinct varieties exhibited during the present season are Blue Boll, 

 Brigand, Ccesar, Achievement, Conquest, Chieftain, Great ATogul, 

 Plato, Prelate, Pompey, Rubens, Finale, and Lord Byron. 



Before quitting the Geraniums, mention must be made of a new 

 pink-flowered bedder, Master Christine, now being distributed by 

 Mr. Cannell, of Woolwich. At the last Meeting of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, Mr. Cannell exhibited several specimens which 

 afforded ample evidence of its extreme floriferous character, and the 

 possibility of its quite surpassing Christine for bedding purposes. 

 In habit, it is very dwarf and compact ; the wood being remarkably 

 short jointed, and the flowers are produced in large trusses on stout 

 flower-stalks, which stand well above the foliage. The flowers are a 

 few shades deeper in colour than Christine, and wonderfully effective. 

 It received the highest award from the Royal Horticultural Society 

 it could possibly have, last autumn ; and the plants were apparently 

 exhibited to show that it preserves its high character. 



Amongst thelarge number of new plants exhibitedat the first June 

 Meeting at Kensington, were a fine perpetual flowering Clove, Miss 

 Joliffe, a very free flowering variety of great value for bouquets, with 

 flesh-coloured flowers, from Mr. Master's gardener, East Macclesfield. 

 Linum campanulatum, an improved form of the well-known Linum 

 flavum,and therefore most valuable, from Mr. Atkins, Painswick ; and 

 double flowering Petunia Pantaloon, one of the many fine varieties with 

 fringed flowers raised at Chiswick. Lathyrus Sibthorpi, a perennial 

 species with medium-sized flowers of a purplish rose, introduced from 

 Greece by Mr. Thompson, of Ipswich ; and a new white decorative 

 pink Lady Blanch, staged by Mr. C. Turner, Slough, who also sent 

 to the last meeting a grand show pink Godfrey, a superb flower of 



