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(Cerasus ilicifolia), Rhamnus californicus, and an Arbutus. These 

 came from Mr. Glendinning, and were nearly all introduced by the 

 Society from California. 



Pelargoniums were much finer than they are usually seen in 

 July. Messrs. Staines' and Parker's plants were in first-rate condi- 

 tion, and covered with large fresh flowers. The Fancies were not 

 so gay as we have seen them earlier in the season. Plants in 11 -inch 

 pots : Mr. Parker had Ilosetta, Pearl, Emperor, Louisa, Rosy Circle, 

 and Armada ; Mr. Staines, Armada, Centurion, Lamartine, Armada 

 superb, Gulielma, and Pearl. Nurserymen : Mr. Gaines sent Me- 

 leager, Negress, Chieftain, Lord Warden, Oriflamme, and Rosy Circle. 

 Six plants in 8- inch pots : Mr. Staines produced Constance, Brilliant 

 (Topping), Narcissus, Ariel, Conspicuum, and Pearl ; Mr. Cock, 

 Centurion, Sundown, Star, Meleager, Ondine, and Sikh ; Mr. Robin- 

 son, Mars, Cassandra, Senata, Paragon, Ariel, Rowena. Nursery- 

 men : Mr, Beck had Governor, Painter, Cuyp, Vanguard, Loveliness, 

 and Star ; Mr. Bragg, Ondine, Conspicuum, Alderman, Azure, Vol- 

 tigeur, and Countess of Sefton ;• Mr. Gaines, Aspasia, Star, Mars, 

 Flying Dutchman, Excelsa, and Marchioness of Stafford. 



Carnations and Picotees. — Blooms of these were tolerably nume- 

 rous, but they were small and inferior. Messrs. Edwards, Newhall, 

 and Ellis, were the only amateurs, and Messrs. Ward, Norman, Will- 

 mer, and Bragg, the nurserymen that exhibited. The following 

 are a few of the best kinds shewn. Scarlet Bizarres : True Briton, 

 Admiral Curzon, Regular, Prince Albert. Crimson Bizarres : Edgar, 

 Prince Albert, Count Pauline, Sir J. Reynolds, Georgiana. Purple 

 Flakes : Earl Spencer, Squire Trow, Queen of Purples, Beauty of 

 Woodhouse, Majestic. Scarlet Flakes : Queen Victoria, Pet, Or- 

 lando, Dido, Ulysses. Rose Flakes : Lorenzo, Flora's Garland, 

 Margaret Evans, General Moore, Ariel, Prince Arthur. — Picotees. 

 Rose and Scarlet Edge : Venus, Mrs. Barnard, Heroine, Rosalind. 

 Purple Edge : Beauty, Duke of Newcastle, Portia, Amethyst, Con- 

 stance, Enchantress. Red Edge : Mary Ann (Parkinson), Isabella, 

 Miss Burdett Coutts, Emma. 



Seedling Florists' Flowers. — Of Pelargoniums scarcely any were 

 shewn, with the exception of a few varieties sent by Mr. Ambrose, 

 the best of which were Eclipse, Monarch, Baudoin, and Crimson 

 King. Carnations : May's Romeo and Antonio, both rose flakes, 

 are large fine flowers, with good white, and well marked ; they are 

 also smooth on the edges. Puxley's Mars is a promising scarlet 

 flake. Picotees : Dodwell's Mary, red edge ; Alfred, purple ; Mat- 

 thews' Juno, ditto, were shewn in good order, being large, with 

 good distinct edges, and much superior to any of the same class in 

 the stands for competition. Mr, G. Smith sent his Fuchsia Sidonia, 

 a showy kind, having a full- sized purple corolla, with sepals well 

 reflexed ; the size and colour of the tube are deficient and bad ; there 

 is also a want of substance. Banks' Expansion, noticed above, was 

 shewn in admirable condition; the purity and stoutness of this flower, 

 combined with the freeness of bloom, make it very desirable. Messrs. 

 Lee shewed their variegated Scarlet Geranium Flower-of-the-Day. 



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