142 THE FLORIST. 



me-not, Gustavus, Camilla, Negress, Armada, Isabella, Hebe's Lip, 

 Rosetta, Miss Holford, Cassandra, RoUa, Centurion, ^^irgin Queen, 

 Phyllis, Painted Lady, Norah, Minna, Cuyp, Agatha, Mulready, 

 Rosalind, Chloe, Pontiff, Blanche, Grenadier, Mrs. Beck, Juhana, 

 Adonis, Rosy Circle, Resplendent, Zanzummim, Cotherstone, Gazelle, 

 Emma, and Ackbar. 



Fancies consisted of. Empress, Fairy Queen, Jehu superbum, 

 Anais, Queen, Madame Meillez, Nosegay, Statuiski, Lady Rivers, 

 Yeatmannianum grandiflorum. Lady Flora, Nymph, La Belle afri- 

 cana, Madame Rosati, Jenny Lind, and Ibrahim Pasha. 



Among Cape Pelargoniums were, elegans, abrotanifolium, glaucum, 

 holosericeum, reniforme, crispum major, ardens, bicolor, flexuosum, 

 Blandfordianum, elatum, and quinquevulnerum. 



Seedlings at both exhibitions were numerous, but they were so 

 scattered about, it was difficult to get at them. At Chiswick, the 

 tent for their accommodation was forgotten, and consequently they 

 stood about upon the ground and elsewhere. 



Seedling Pelargoniums were exhibited by Mr. Hoyle and Mr. 

 Beck ; the latter was awarded at the Botanic a silver medal for a 

 two-year- old variety named Rosa, a fine flower, free bloomer, and 

 very constant, and of excellent habit. The same raiser had a plant 

 of Incomparable, Diana, Little but Good, and Major Domo ; all of 

 which were exhibited last year. Mr. Hoyle exhibited many seed- 

 lings, among them some very high-coloured varieties. At Chis- 

 wick, a variety of this gentleman's named Ocellatum, attracted much 

 attention from the novelty of its markings on the under petal, each 

 having a very distinct dark spot upon a pale rose-coloured ground. 

 Mr. Rendle sent Beauty of Montpellier, large rose, with a crimson 

 spot in the top petal and a white throat. Of Cinerarias we are pre- 

 paring a list of the best we have seen during the season, and we 

 shall do the same with Fuchsias and other flowers ; for, having no 

 ticket of admission at a suitable time for their close examination at 

 either Society, we do not feel justified in speaking of things we can- 

 not handle. 



We noticed at Chiswick a large Rhododendron formosum, a 

 species with white flowers stained with yellow on the upper petal, 

 and exceedingly sweet-scented ; but we fear it is tender : it is very 

 different from R. Gibsoni, shewn at Regent's Park by Mr. Lane. 

 Also a charming plant of Mr. Fortune's Gardenia, covered with 

 large blossoms of the purest white. 



SEEDLING FLORISTS' FLOWERS FOR OUR ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Desirous of obtaining something from a distant part of the country 

 for the purpose of illustration, we requested J. Edwards, Esq. to ask 

 Mr. Holland if he would send us up the very best Polyanthus and 

 Auricula to be found about Manchester ; and the following is his 

 reply : 



