234 IHE FLORIST. 



Ohl, Duchess of Buecleuch, Souvenir dela Reine d'Angleterre, La Reine, 

 Duchess of Norfolk, Madame Knorr, I. Gray, Lord Raglan, Caroline 

 de Sansal, Triomphe de Rennes. Of single blooms, 24 varieties, Mr. 

 Turner, of slough, sent Devoniensis, Glory of France, La Reine, Gloire 

 de Dijon, Eveque de Nimes, Gloire de Vitry, Cloth of Gold, Louise 

 Peyronney, Madame Domage, Mrs. Rivers, Victor Trouillard, Madame 

 Willermoz, Salvator Rosa, Larnarque, Enfant du Mont Carmel, 

 Adelaide Fontaine, Niphetos, Prince Imperial, William Griffiths, Lord 

 Raglan, Madame Vidot, Ohl, General Jacqueminot, and Jules Margottin. 

 Of bunches, 24 kinds, from private growers, Mr. Wilcox, gardener to 

 Miss Crawshay, had Charles Lawson, Paul Perras, Gloire de Dijon, 

 Lord Raglan, Larnarque, Jules Margottin, Madame Hector Jacquin, 

 Madame E. Ory, Paul Ricaut, Duchess of Norfolk, Auguste Mie, 

 Moiret, Crested Moss, Salvator Rosa, Devoniensis, Great Western, 

 Solfaterre, H. General Jacqueminot, H. P. General Jacqueminot, 

 Madame de Cambaceres, Coupe de Hebe, Souvenir d'un Ami, Napoleon, 

 Baronne de Wassenaer, and Madame de Manoel. Of Cloth of Gold we 

 noticed a boxful from Pymms House, Edmonton. Mr* Standish had 

 also good blooms of Eugene Appert. 



Pelargoniums in large numbers were contributed. Some were good, 

 others very inferior. The best came from Mr. Turner, Mr. Wmsor, 

 Messrs. Dobson and Son, Mr. Gaines, and Mr. Bragg. Private 

 growers were Mr. Bailey, Shardeloes ; Mr. Shrimpton, gardener to A. 

 J. Doxat, Esq., Putney Heath (the collections from these two very 

 fine); Mr. Weir, gardener to — Hodgson, Esq. ; Mr. Tandy, gardener 

 t E. Saunders, Esq., Putney Heath ; and Mr. Baillie, gardener to W. 

 C. Carbonell, Esq., Harrow Road. Varieties still in good colour, and 

 which evidently stand sunshine well, were Etna, Cynthia, R. Benyon, 

 Prince of Prussia, Monarch, Empress Eugenie, Sir Colin Campbell, 

 Guillaume Severyns, Madame Furlardo, Ariel, Bianca, King of Scarlets, 

 Fairest of the Fair, Marvellous, Flora, Meteora, and the Bride. These, 

 one and all, were good. Among fancies the following were the best : — 

 Bridesmaid, Acme, Mrs. Turner, Columbine, Rosabella, Zoe, delicatum, 

 Captivator, Cloth of Silver, Celestial, and Madame Sontag. Mr. King- 

 horn sent Christina and Sheen Rival, and Messrs. E. G. Henderson 

 their new kind called Imperial Crimson Nosegay. 



Pinks and Pansies were getting over, but there were some remark- 

 ably fine Carnations and Picotees. Mr. Turner sent 24 varieties of 

 each, very large and bright, namely : Carnations. — Mayor of Notting- 

 ham, Poor Tom, Mr. Tugwell, Sir G. Brown, Prince Albert, Justice 

 Shallow, National, Mars, Christopher Sly, Seedling, Ascendant, 

 Seedling, Antinio, Juno, Exit, Earl Stamford, Seedling, Tenby Rival, 

 Sir H. Havelock, Garland, Mayor of Oldham, Friar Lawrence, Seed- 

 ling, Admiral Curzon. Picotees. — Charlemagne, Emma, Rival Purple, 

 Rev. A. Matthews, Mr. Hobbs, Cedo Nulli, Miss Holbeck, Prince 

 Arthur, Mrs. Norman, Amy Robsart, Countess Alice, Mary, Mrs. May, 

 Mrs. Drake, Eliza, Miss Charlotte, Prince of Wales, Duke of Devon- 

 shire, Mrs. Strachan, Prince Albert, Finis, Ne Plus Ultra seedling. 

 Mr. Norman, of Woolwich, also sent a stand of each, in collections of 

 12 varieties, very pretty, but much less in size. Mr. Bragg sent 24 



