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Conquest, Walden Primrose, Carus Chater, Purity, Leviathan. Arch- 

 bishop, Standard Bearer Groldfinder, Leah, Lord Napier, and Exhi- 

 bitor. 



The finest stand of Gladioli was that contributed by Messrs. 

 Kelway & Son, Langport, in which occurred magnificent spikes of 

 Madame Desportes, Lord Poltimore, Victory, Piccioli, Glow, Estella, 

 Celebrity, Eugene Scribe, Florence, Monarch, Phoenix, Emmeline, 

 Pretender, Felix, Meyerbeer, Le Proges, Mathilde Landevoisin, 

 Etendard, Lucius, Belle Gabrielle, Splendour, Lacepede, Distinction, 

 Day Dream, Mrs. Owen, Climax, Norma, Emblematic, Sir Thomas 

 Symons, Armide, and Moliere. 



Some seedling Hollyhocks were shown. The best were : — From 

 Mr. "Wheeler, of Warminster : Lady Herbert, large, finely formed, 

 clear pinky flesh. Royal Prince ; colour, rich ruby-red. Fallax, ruby- 

 red, one shade deeper than Royal Prince. From Mr. W. Chater, 

 Saffron Walden : Prince Albert, a fine flower of the grandest 

 character ; large, closely packed, the colour pale cream, dashed with 

 warm flesh ; quite an acquisition. Walden King, a good deep ruby- 

 red. From Mr. J. J. Chater, Cambridge : Bismarck, a novel flower. 

 Peerless, pinky buff. Albert Memorial ; colour, ruby-red. Lady 

 Beaconsfield Improved, .delicate fresh carmine-pink. From Mr. B. 

 Porter, gardener to Mrs. Benham, Isleworth : Lady HawJee, rich 

 rosy pink. From Messrs. Kelway and Son,. Langport : Lord Hawhe ; 

 colour, pure pink. 



Amongst the new Dahlias occurred — from Mr. C. Turner, Slough : 

 Mrs. Saunders, delicately tinted with white on a pale yellow ground ; 

 Golden Ball, a curious shade of buff-orange ; Bob, reddish buff; 

 Sybil, delicate lilac; H. G. Quilter, dull buff, centre purplish. From 

 Mr. G. S. P. Harris : Flower of Kent, colour clear canary yellow ; 

 J'lirilij, delicately tipped rosy lilac on a ground of blush; Cherub, 

 colour buff. From Mr. Wheeler, of Warminster : Hogarth, clear 

 buff. Sylph, bright lilac tipped. 



Mr. Eckford, of Coleshill, the raiser of the varieties figured in 

 the Floral Would for last March, sent a remarkably fine lot of 

 new Verbenas, the best of which were British Queen, a fine large 

 flower of a delicate pinkish-white colour slightly suffused with palest 

 pink ; Pluto, dazzling vermilion-scarlet passing into fiery crimson, 

 HercAiles, clear claret ; Miss F. Bouverie, deep mauvy pink ; Master 

 Mark, with carmine shade ; Captain, rich soft purplish pink ; Lady 

 Edith, French white with pink centre; Acme, deep reddish pink; 

 Isa Brunton, fine claret purple ; Memorial, salmon-pink shaded with 

 carmine, yellow eye ; Lady. Gertrude, pale lilac with carmine eye. 



In the stands of Gladioli, staged by Messrs. Kelway & Son and 

 Mr. Douglas, were several fine seedlings. From the former, Victory, 

 orange-red with bluish feather, fine and distinct ; Gloio-worm, orange- 

 scarlet, with yellow blotch on lower petal ; very brilliant ; Felix, liomt 

 scarlet, feathered purple and white ; Magnificent, very brilliant 

 scarlet with maroon feather ; grand ; Lucius, reddish orange with 

 light purple feather ; and Fairy Bells, salmon-pink, purple feather; 

 and Sylvia, reddish scarlet, feathered with purple, and white stripe 

 down the centre of each petal, from the latter, were, remarkably good. 



