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contracted dull zone, fine trusses of clear pink with white on the top petals ; fine. 

 Delicatum, fine bold zone, flowers flat, petals overlapping, pale pink, top petals 

 white at the base ; fine. From Mr. William Paul : St. George, fine deep scarlet. Wal- 

 tham Naiad, pretty carmine flowers, and plenty of them. Crimson Queen, Stella- 

 like trusses of scarlet-crimson. Rebecca, a fine thing for bedding, colour violet 

 shaded scarlet. From Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, tricolors in profusion. 

 Lucy Grieve, a fine plant of this rarest and richest of the Mrs. Pollock strain ; the 

 colouring intensely rich and uniform ; it stands alone even in this grand series. Lady 

 Culluni, very distinct, and gloriously painted ; apparently a good grower too. Less 

 striking, but perhaps not less useful, though in a quite diiferent section, is Christine 

 Nosegay, in the style of Boule des Hesperides ; the flowers a shade lighter than 

 Christine. Pink Stella, fine trusses of rosy-pink, quite in the style of Stella ; its 

 value depends entirely on its behaviour out of doors. Royal Crimson, pale marbled 

 leaf, nosegay flowers of deep crimson. Gloire de Nancy, a bold-habited zonale with 

 double flo\yers ; the colour crimson-scarlet. Peltatum elegans, a very elegant ivy- 

 leaved variety, with superb flowers, coloured like Beaton's Lady Cullum. 



New Pelargoniums. — The following were selected as the best of a batch of 

 about 30 varieties brought forward : — Alfred (Hoyle), average size and form ; lower 

 petals rosy-pink with lilac shade and small crimson spot ; top petals blackish-maroon. 

 Archbishop (Foster), large, the form good ; lower petals clear rosy-carmine, white 

 throat; top petals black shading to rich lake; fine. Betrothal (Foster), medium 

 size ; lower petals clear light carmine, fine wliite throat ; top petals marked with 

 blotch of black. Congress (Hoyle), medium size, good form, lower pelals fiery 

 carmine with tinge of violet ; top dark ; showy. Eclair (Hoyle), fine form ; lower 

 petals clear red, with touch of violet in the throat, fine dark top. Favourite 

 (Hoyle), large beautiful form, quite smooth ; lower petals richest rosy lake overlaid 

 with blackish lake veins, top petals blackish-maroon. First-rate. Golden Button 

 (Hoyle), medium size, lower petals vivid scarlet-lake, top petals maroon-crimson ; a 

 pleasing flower. International (Hoyle), large, circular, smooth ; clear salmon 

 overlaid with lake veins, dark top ; a fine flower. King of Flowers (Foster), 

 small ; lower petals a curious shade of orange-scarlet, with tinge of violet in the 

 throat ; top petals dark. Lord Lyon (Hoyle), medium size, refined in form, quite 

 smooth ; lower petals rosy-red overlaid with liglit lake veins, top rich dark shading 

 to lake with black veins. Decidedly a first-class flower. Milton (Foster), medium 

 size, faultless in form, and with commanding carriage. Lower petals rosy-car- 

 mine overlaid with maroon veins ; top petals velvety black. Thoroughly first-rate. 

 Negress (Foster), medium size, petals of great breadth, and smooth as ivory. 

 In colouring, this is as unique as in form. Lower petals maroon, with fiery-red 

 breaking through, and margin of fiery-red continued to the inside so as to define 

 the boundary between the maroon body colour and the snow-white throat. Top 

 petals in the same style, but darker. Prince Consort (Foster), very large, and the 

 form superb, but unfortunately the top petals have an incurable fold in the inner 

 margin, owing to their being a trifle too large to expand fully. Lower petals rich 

 rosy-crimson, overlaid with dark veins ; top petals satiny maroon. A bold and 

 attractive flower, of first-class excellence for conservatory decoration. Prince 

 Teck (Foster), medium size, rough, but bold and stout ; lower petals richest lake, 

 top petals fine maroon shading to lake ; remarkably brilliant and distinct in colours. 

 Eustic (Hoyle), very large, quite circular, and smooth as ivory, the petals of great 

 breadth, and stout as if cut out of velvet ; lower petals lake with orange shade, 

 sharply defined white throat ; top petals richest velvety maroon with sharp fiery- 

 rose edge. A grand flower. Unison (Foster), small, refined, the form most beau- 

 tiful ; lower petals lake with orange shade, top petals black with lake margin. A 

 cheerful, rich, and finely finished flower. 



Ckystal Palace Rose Show, June 23. — Though by no means the sort of 

 exhibition we should like to see, there can be no question that the Crystal Palace 

 rose show is highly attractive to the general public, and in that sense highly 

 successful. It might be more satisfactory to rose growers than it is, but to renaer 

 it so would need greater liberality on the part of the direction, and greater skill in 

 preparing the schedule, than are exercised at present. Pot plants were not 

 numerous, cut flowers abounded ; and taking the exhibition as a whole, it was 

 scarcely so good as in former years, the lateness cf the season having very much to 

 do with the generally poor character of the roses shown. Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury, 



