164 THE FLORIST. 



In ten new Azaleas, open class, there were five collections. Mr. 

 Turner was first, with Sir J. Outram, fine rich colour, and well marked ; 

 Advance, purple ; Sir H. Havelock, salmon ; Miltoni, large rosy purple, 

 dense spot ; Model, Prince Jerome, Admiration, Criterion, Petuniseflora, 

 and Patricki. Mr. Ivery stood next, with a fine plant of Admiration, 

 Criterion, Crispiflora, Stanleyana, Model, Model of Perfection, Duchesse 

 de Nassau, Gem, Juliana, and Beauty of Europe, Mr. Green also 

 sent a nice lot, the best of which were Stanleyana, Gem, Juliana, 

 and Eulalie. Among novelties we noticed Rosy Circle, a neat 

 light purple ; Frosti, a bold flower, of a new colour ; Duchesse Ade- 

 laide de Nassau, rather coarse but finely spotted (both these have 

 something of the old indica colour in them) ; Model, very good ; 

 Standard of Perfection, a bold well shaped flower, free, of a rosy 

 purple, and dark spots; Advancer, very good; Sir James Outram, 

 large flowered, well spotted, but rather coarse ; Prince Jerome, well 

 formed flower ; Petuniseflora (rather old this to show as a new variety), 

 distinct ; Miltoni, Dilecta, Halfordi, Queen Victoria, Roi Leopold, and 

 Empress Eugenie (poor), are useful kinds, older than those first noticed. 



In the class of new plants, in or out of flower, the most striking 

 novelty appeared to us to be Mr. Veitch's new Maple, Acer japonicum 

 polymorphum, with deeply cut palmate leaves, of a dull red colour, 

 and which in the autumn will doubtless prove highly attractive, said to 

 be quite hardy. The same gentleman also exhibited a fine-looking 

 evergreen shrub from Japan, named Olea ilicifolia, which will form u 

 valuable addition to English gardens. The Messrs. Lee had Barbareu 

 prsecox, a variegated leaved herbaceous plant, allied to the Cresses, and 

 which will make a useful plant for edging flower-beds. The same firm 

 also exhibited Centaurea candidissima, with silvery foliage, well adapted 

 for a like purpose ; and the variegated form of the common Coltsfoot, 

 which we have noticed before. We must also notice Mr. Veitch's 

 batch of fine foliaged Begonias, and a seedling Rhododendron Dal- 

 housieanum, with greenish yellow flowers, from Mr. Paul. Mr. Carson 

 sent the bright orange Aphelandra Porteana and Burlingtonia Farmeri. 



Heaths and tall Cacti were both good, but contained nothing new. 



Pot Roses, as stated, were grand — blossoms fresh, and in to the 

 day. The judges must have had some trouble ; the collections of 

 Messrs. Lane, Francis, and Paul were very evenly matched, and placed 

 as named. A. Rowland, Esq., and Mr. Terry, gr. to C. W. Puller, 

 Esq., Youngbury, Herts, were good in the amateur class. Among 

 them the following names will be familiar to our readers, viz., Baronne 

 Prevost, Blairi, Paul Perras, Paul Ricaut, Niphetos, Souvenir d'un 

 Ami, one of the finest of all Tea Roses; Coupe d'Hebe, Souvenir de 

 Malmaison, Jules Margottin, Gloire de Dijon, Madame Masson, Auber- 

 non, Louis Bonaparte, Louis Odier, Chenedole, Lion des Combats, 

 Louis Peyronney, Madame Willermoz, and Devoniensis. Coupe d'Hebe, 

 General Jacqueminot, Triomphe de Paris, Vicomte de Cazes, and 

 Aubernon formed one box of cut Roses. 



Pelargoniums were as a whole scarcely so fine as we have seen them 

 in former years. Mr. Turner's, however, formed an exception. His 

 collection of 12 plants was all that could be desired. Conspicuous among 



