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different in colour, yellowlsli-brown 

 suffused with criinfiou, white tipped. 

 Second-class certificates for Fasci- 

 nation, piak "jroiuid, crimson stripes, 

 thin ; John Wyatt, fine dark purplish- 

 crimson ; Rogularity, very irregular 

 markinijis, white, striped with dark 

 and lii^ht purple. 



Gladioli were in considerable 

 numbers, but were hardly so nume- 

 rous as in previous years. Mr. J. 

 Standish was first for 21 cut spikes, 

 •with extra large flowers with broad 

 segments ; the finest were Mrs. Dix, 

 Edith Dombrain, Queen Victoria, 

 Scottish Chief, Empress Eugenie, 

 Carnata, the Dxuphin. Umpire, 

 Kowena. Mr. Peach, and Lady Stam- 

 ford. Messrs. Youell and Co., of 

 Great Yarmouth, were second, and 

 Mr. J. Cattell third. Messrs. Youell 

 had besides a handsome collection of 

 nearly a hundred varieties, very fresh 

 and beautiful, which were much ad- 

 mired. A mass of Brenciileyensis at 

 the end of their stand was very con- 

 spicuous by its bright scarlet colour. 



The Verbenas shown by Messrs. 

 Perkins and Sons were beautifully 

 done; they took first, third, and 

 fourth prizes for 24 varieties, five 

 trusses of each, Mr. C. J. Perry 

 being second. The stand which ob- 

 tained the first prize contained a fine 

 selection ; they were, the Moor, crim- 

 son ; Madame H. Stenger, pink, rose 

 eye; Foxhunter, Heine des Amazons, 

 pink, plum eye; Annihilator, mauvy- 

 plum ; Magnificans, deep lilac ; Mrs. 

 Pennington, red rose ; Rosy Morn, 

 rich peach ; Emperor, mulberry ; Em- 

 peror of Morocco, deep maroon; 

 Apollo, shaded pink ; King of Ver- 

 benas, plum, light eye; Rainbow, 

 purple, shot scarlet; Grand Eastern, 

 peach, extra fine truss ; Gen. Simp- 

 son, rosy scarlet ; L'Avenir de Bel- 

 lant, pale blush, deep eye; Geant des 

 Batailles, Dclicatisisima, lilac; Bril- 

 liant de Vaise, Warrior, rose, large 

 truss; Snowflake, fine white; Earl of 

 Shaftesbury, white, peach eye ; and 

 Lord Rasilan. 



HolJyhoclcs were extremely beau- 

 tiful, and it would be difficult to meet 

 with a finer collection than the 

 twenty- four shown by Mr. W. Cha- 

 ter, nurseryman, of Saffron Walden. 



They were all perfectly symmetrical, 

 and as the florets were as compact 

 and close as possible, they left no- 

 thing to be desired inform, while the 

 colours were admirably selected and 

 grouped. Mr. Chater's varieties were 

 Minerva, Geo. Young, Mr. M'Night, 

 Invincible, Princess. Lucifer, Acme, 

 Chrysolite, Joshua Clarke, Hesperus, 

 Matchless, Governor General, Lady 

 Dacres, Queen Victoria, Princess of 

 Wales, Illuminator, Beauty of Mit- 

 ford. La Dame Blanche, Warrior, 

 Pericles, James Allen, Decision, and 

 Cynthia. 2nd. Messrs. Downie, 

 Laird, and Laing. 3rd. Mr. Jabez 

 Chater, Gonville Nursery, Cam- 

 bridge. 



Hoses. — The dry season we have 

 had was veryunfavourable to the pro- 

 duction of good flowers, and there 

 were none shown which were worthy 

 of particular notice. 



Asters were shown in great perfec- 

 tion and considerable numbers. All 

 the stands were beautiful, but those 

 which took the prizes were exceed- 

 ingly lovely, and excited great at- 

 tention and admiration. 1st. For 

 twenty-four French asters, Mr. R. H. 

 Betteridge, Milton Hill, Steventon, 

 Berks. 2nd. Mr. C. Wvatt, gardener 

 to H. Willis, Esq., Epsom. 3rd. 

 Mr. C. Sanford, gardener to T. 

 Thomasset, Esq., Walthamstow. — 

 German Asters : l<t. For twenty- 

 four, Mr. R. H. Betteridge. 2nd. 

 Mr. L. Besley, East Hendred, Berks. 

 3rd. Mr. J. Jennings, Shipston-on- 

 Stour. A very interesting and beau- 

 tiful specimen of Lapngeria rosea, in 

 a pot, was shown by Mr. Uzzell, gar- 

 dener to the Duchess Dowager of 

 Northumberland, Twickenham. It 

 was trained on a wire trellis of the 

 form of a flattened globe ; the rows 

 of rosy blooms with which it was 

 covered attracted universal admira- 

 tion, while the numerous buds upon 

 it gave promise of a long continuation 

 of its beauty : it was, perhaps, the 

 finest specimen grown in a pot which 

 has ever been exhibited. 



Royal Horticultural Society, 

 Sept. 9. — At this show the Dahlias 

 were very beautiful, and were shown 

 in great numbers ; but Asters and 

 Hollyhocks were not nearly so good 



