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colour. Messrs. Paul had likewise extremely well managed plants, and 

 so had Mr. Francis, Mr. Terry, gardener to Lady Puller, A. Rowland, 

 Esq., and Mr. Sage, gardener to W, R. Robinson, Esq. These groups 

 contained some of our most favourite Roses, among which Mrs. Rosanquet, 

 Solfaterre, and Souvenir de la Malmaison were conspicuous. Mr. Francis 

 had a collection of well-flowered small plants of R. Devoniensis on the 

 Manetti stocks. These, as they deserved to be, were much admired. 

 Cape Heaths were contributed in good condition by Messrs. Rollisson, 

 Fraser, I\Iay (gardener to H. Colyer, Esq.), Williams (gardener to Miss 

 Traill), Frost, Roser, &c. Among the different varieties were tricolor 

 Wilsoni, metuleeflora, ventricosa grandiflora (a fine kind), Cavendishi, 

 Bergiana, Westphahngia, mutabilis, Massoni perspicua nana, and 

 gemmifera. Of Miscellaneous Plants Messrs. Henderson, of Pine-apple 

 Place, had a collection in which small flowering New Holland and other 

 shrubs were intermixed with Rhopalas and other plants possessing fine 

 foliage, the whole producing an excellent effect. 



Of novelty there was little. Rhododendron formosum elegans, 

 Veronica Lucombeana, Embothrium coccineum and, Achimenes 

 gigantea, a sort like picta, came from Messrs. Veitch. INIessrs. RoUisson 

 sent Meyenia erecta, and A. Farrie, Esq., of Liverpool, furnished a 

 flowering plant of what was called Rhododendron Keysi, from Bootan. 

 It had clusters of little orange tubular blossoms something like those of 

 Burchellia capensis, on the ends of the last year's wood, the young shoots 

 of the present season extending beyond them some five or six inches ; 

 altogether it looked very unlike a Rhododendron. Messrs. Veitch had 

 a handsome Gloxinia with upright flowers like those of Fyfiana, but 

 white with a carmine throat. It was called Comte de Talleyrand. 



Pelargoniums were shown very extensively and in very fine condition. 

 The first collections were even finer than we remember to have seen 

 them, and the class of six new varieties was more than usually inte- 

 resting, in which Mr. Turner, of Slough, was first with Governor- 

 General, Carlos, Omer Pacha, Serena, Zeno, and Majestic. These were 

 all extremely well bloomed plants. Mr. Nye, gardener to E. Foster, 

 Esq., of Clewer Manor, was second with nice plants of Attraction, 

 Phaeton, Purple Perfection, Rosa, Carlos (Hoyle), Pandora (Turner). 

 "J he first four are of Mr. Foster's raising ; Attraction and Phaeton were 

 particularly fine. Messrs. Dobson was third with Conqueror, a bright 

 crimson, with dark top petals ; Empress, Rebecca, Laura, Gem of the 

 West, and Lucy. The first four are varieties raised by Mr. Beck. 

 ]\Ir. Holder, gardener to Rev. E. Coleridge, Eton College, sent a fourth 

 collection, which contained Fair Ellen, Attraction, Carlos, Governor- 

 General, ]\Iary, and Seraskier. 



Of twelve plants (nurserymen) there were four collections. Mr. 

 Turner's were large and striking plants, evenly matched in size, and 

 covered with bloom, and obtained the first prize. They consisted of 

 Topsy, Rosamond, Mochanna, Portia, Esther, Leonora, Sanspareil, 

 Achilles, Virgin Queen, Rowena, Majestic, and Astrea. The two next 

 collections were considered to be nearly equal in merit. These were 

 sent by Messrs. Dobson, 1st, and Messrs. Fraser, 2d. Those varieties 

 shown in good condition and not in the first collection were Delicatum, 



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