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it is delicate in its habit, and requires the highest cultivation. Francois 

 Herincq, also a new Rose of this class, is too much Hke Prince Albert, 

 and Surpasse Cornice de Seine et Mame. 



In Tea-scented Roses, we have one really fine and distinct, \'iz., 

 <^iloire de Dijon ; in its foliage, habit, and shape, and size of its flowers, 

 it is almost an exact resemblance of the Bourbon Rose, Souvenir de la 

 Malmaison, and, like that fine Rose, it requires dry warm weather to 

 open its flowers in perfection. Its perfume is Tea-like and powerful, 

 and in colour it is quite unique, being tinted with fawn, salmon, and 

 rose, and difficult to describe. Auguste Vachn, is also a new Tea 

 Rose, perhaps too much like Noisette Optima in colour and habit to be 

 highly esteemed. It is long since we have had any new and good Noisette 

 Roses ; but this season a new variety called Augusta has been sent 

 from America, which has bloomed in great perfection ; it is of the race 

 of Solfaterre, and resembles it closely in habit ; its flowers are, however, 

 more double and globular, remarkably elegant in shape, and in the 

 centre of its flower it is a little deeper in colour. Another new Noisette 

 Rose is Marie Charge, of the Optima class ; its flowers are larger, more 

 brilliant in colour than that well-known Rose, and its habit seems very 

 vigorous and hardy. 



SavobridgevDorth, Herts, Thomas Rivers. 



ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The last meeting for the season took place on Wednesday, September 6, 

 and for so late a period of the year the show was a very good one. 

 There was a good supply of Dahlias, but as the season has been very 

 unfavourable for this flower, the blooms were only of average quality. 

 In the Nurserymen's Class for twenty-four blooms, Mr. Keynes, of 

 Salisbury, was first, with Negro, Lilac King, Sir R. Whittington, 

 Exquisite, Sir C. Napier, Louisa Glenny, John Keynes, Mr. Herbert, 

 Essex Triumph, Miss Caroline, Fearless, Primrose Perfection, John 

 Edwards, Sir F. Bathurst, Ariel, Rachel RawHngs, Morning Star, Port 

 Royal, Fanny Keynes, Miss Susan, Duchess of Kent, Duke ot 

 Wellington, Plantagenet, and Red Gauntlet ; ]\Ir. Legge, of Edmonton, 

 was second, with Amazon, Lord Byron, Sir R. Whittington, Mr. 

 Seldon, Lord Nelson, Lilac King, George Glenny, Sir F. Bathurst, Sir 

 J. Frankhn, Niobe, Taylor's Dazzle, Mrs. Cooper, Scarlet King, Gem 

 of the Grove, Duke of Wellington, Fearless, Jullien, M. Souchet, 

 Scarlet Unique, Annie Salter, Hon. Mrs. Herbert, Admiral, Brilliant, 

 and Sir Charles Napier ; Mr. Kimberley, of Coventry, was third ; and 

 Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, fourth. 



For twenty-four Fancy Dahlias, Mr. Keynes was 1st, withTriomphe 

 de Robeaux, Mrs. Hansard, Flower of the Day, Topsy, Gloire de Kain, 

 Rosinante, Lady Granville, Duchess of Kent, Phaeton, Reine des Fleurs, 

 Pidgeon, Abbe Bouquillon, Uncle Tom, Butterfly, Duchesse de Brabant, 

 Princess Charlotte, Admiration (Green's), Leader, and Miss Blackmore ; 

 Mr. Legge was second. ■ < ■- f- 



