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Seedling Florists' Flowers were numerous. The judges selected for 

 Certificates, Pelargoniums : IMeteora (Foster), a bright orange variety, 

 very fine, showy, and free flowering ; Pallas (Hoyle), rose, with crimson 

 spot, white centre ; Quadroon (Beck), a rich dark painted or spotted 

 fiower, small, but very attractive. There were several others we 

 thought good and new, viz., Admiration (Hoyle), Leopard (Hoyle), and 

 Corsair (Hoyle) ; also Edith (Foster), and Admirable (Turner). Mr. 

 Turner sent twelve kinds of seedling fancy varieties, the best of which 

 were Masterpiece, beautiful chocolate colour, blended with violet, and 

 edged with white, good form and habit ; Beauty of Slough, rich warm 

 rose colour, edged with white, white centre, good form and dwarf 

 habit. Both of these varieties received first class certificates. We also 

 noticed Sir Joseph Paxton, purplish midberry, edged wdth white, pure 

 white throat, fine form and habit ; Warrior, purple violet, edged with 

 white, white throat, dwarf and free ; Purpureum album, purple, with 

 distinct white belt and throat, free bloomer ; Naomi, the upper petals 

 of w^hich are of a beautiful purplish puce colour, edged with white, and 

 the under petals white veined with purple, fine form and dwarf habit ; 

 and Carminatum, dense carmine, edged with white, white throat, good 

 form, and very dwarf habit. 



There were several good things in the way of bedding plants, 

 particularly Geraniums. Mr. Kinghorn sent three of the scarlet class, 

 the best being General Pelissier, the others, Countess of Warrington 

 and Annie. Emperor Napoleon, shown by Mr Butcher, Stratford-on- 

 Avon, is a dwarf good scarlet for beds. Mr. Cole sent several good 

 kinds of shrubby Calceolarias ; Compacta, Leo, and a spotted kind, not 

 named, were very good. 



Messrs. Henderson, of the Wellington Road, sent a Miscellaneous 

 collection of small plants in bloom, containing some new things, amongst 

 which we noticed six plants of the pretty free blooming fancy Geranium 

 Cloth of Silver. This is a free flowering light kind, an improvement on 

 Delicatum. Also six plants of Evening Star, a good shaped sort of the 

 class, but with more white than H. Cobden. This is very good. 



Several new Gloxinias were shown. Messrs. J. and J. Fraser sent 

 two plants each of Princess of Prussia, a very attractive flower ; inside 

 of tube rich carmine edged with white, white tube, find Schaefer, 

 rich purple, edged and shaded with lilac ; both of these are finely 

 shaped flowers. Messrs. Rollisson and Sons sent Gloxinia adamis 

 oculata, white, tipped with lilac, very fine, also G. mars caerulescens, 

 deep purple, shaded to the edge with lilac, the centre beautifully 

 spotted with purple. Messrs. Veitch sent G. Comte de Talleyrand, 

 mentioned in another })age ; and the same firm sent a large 

 and finely bloomed plant of the Achimenes gigantea, a large coarse 

 growing, but very showy, plant, and with it a cut specimen of 

 Embothrium coccineum, a beautiful scarlet flowering shrub, which has 

 stood out in Devonshire during the last severe winter without protection. 

 Of Fruit there was a good display. Mr. M'Ewen, gardener to the 

 Duke of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle, furnished a collection in which were 

 very good white and black Grapes, Peaches and Nectarines, Melons, 

 Apples in a state of good preservation, red and white Currants, and 



