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not appear to be very distinct or 

 meritorious. Mr. Salter, of Hammer- 

 smith, sent Geranium Beaute de 

 Surennes, a grand addition to the 

 class of which Christine has been 

 hitherto the type. The petals are 

 broad and heart-shaped, so that they 

 overlap at the margin, but not in the 

 centre of the flower ; the colour fresh 

 rosy-pink, the top petals softening to 

 white at the base. The trusses are 

 on stiff, strong foot-stalks, and the 

 leafage is distinct from all others of 

 the class. From Mr. Norford, of 

 Brompton, Verbena Purple Prince, 

 which in habit appears to resemble 

 Purple King, but differs in having a 

 rich crimson shade. If this proves to 

 be a bedder, it will be invaluable. 



Pentstemons. — Messrs. Downie, 

 Laird, and Laing, put up some ex- 

 cellent spikes, which, being placed in 

 gingerbeer bottles, were not at aU in- 

 viting. Nemesis is carmine-crimson, 

 with white throat ; 3Irs. Moore, rosy- 

 purple with white striped throat ; 

 Dellcatum, rose-red, white throat, a 

 fine variety ; Royal Scarlet, rich crim- 

 son-scarlet with pencilled throat, 

 extra good ; 3Irs. E. Clarke, large, 

 the limb expanded, the colour soft 

 carmine, the throat deeply pencilled. 

 Mr. Keynes of Salisbury, sent some 

 good Verbenas : Pilot, the flowers 

 large, colour crimson, lemon eye ; 

 Queen of Queens, strong shade of car- 

 mine, pale lemon eye, fine ; Lady 

 Folkstone, rich rose-pink, greenish 

 eye, not good ; Huntsman, colour of 

 Stella Geranium, with very distinct 

 and pure yellow eye, better than 

 Pilot, and like it ; Negro, very rich 

 crimson-purple, fine in colour, other- 

 wise only second-rate ; Commotion, a 

 curious and quite new shade of sal- 

 mon blended with carmine, grey eye, 

 perhaps the best in the collection, 

 certainly a fine verbena ; Royal 

 Dwarf, a strong tint of rose-red, 

 large indistinct white eye ; Mrs. 

 Dodds, warm flesh, rosy-pink centre, 

 green eye, of no value ; Mr. Glad- 

 stone, large, smooth, rich carmine- 

 crimson, large circular grey eye ; 

 Coquette, clear lilac, greenish-yellow 

 eye. The best of these were Com- 

 motion, Huntsman, Coquette, Mr. 

 Gladstone, Queen of Queens. 



Seedling Dahlias were suffici- 

 ently numerous to constitute a fea- 

 ture of this miniature exhibition. 

 Mr. Keynes sent Queen of Primroses, 

 large, rather flat, very regularly and 

 neatly quilled, the colour clear bright 

 primrose-yellow, a very fine dahlia ; 

 George Wheeler, rich deep crimson, 

 shaded lilac, large, well formed; 

 Tippy Bob, pale lilac ground, the base 

 and back of the florets deeply stained 

 purplish-crimson, coarse but showy ; 

 Champion, rich crimson, with purplish 

 shade on the older florets, blackish 

 shade towards the centre, medium 

 size, exquisitely formed ; President, 

 large, gold yellow, deepening to buff 

 in the centre, rather flat and coarse, 

 but a good dahlia ; Bird of Passage, 

 blush ground, strongly tipped with 

 purplish- rose, flat and coarse ; Her- 

 cules, a huge and coarse flower, 

 ground deep buff, richly striped and 

 flaked carmine, a curiosity ; Matilda, 

 large, coarse, pale, impure straw- 

 yellow, changing to washy buff; 3Irs. 

 Reid, the counterpart of Hercules, 

 ground brownish-buff, deeply striped 

 and flaked purplish-crimson, coarse, 

 but showy ; Queen of Sports, whitish 

 ground, striped and flaked purplish- 

 crimson, in the way of Carnation, a 

 fine flower ; The Hon. Mrs. Fox 

 Strangways, a curious shade of san- 

 guineous red, quite second-rate ; 

 Annie Weeks, pale lilac, or rosy- 

 lilac self, likely to prove first-rate, 

 but changeable ; this seems to need 

 another season's growing. Mr. Legge, 

 of Edmonton, sent Victory, glowing 

 crimson, a commonplace flower ; Mr. 

 Goldlng, finely formed, buff; 3Iar- 

 vellous, deep maroon, light tips, fine ; 

 Glory, blush, tipped and striped lilac, 

 deepening to crimson, course ; Ellen, 

 pale gold, low crown ; Crimson Per- 

 fection, small, neat, a fine crimson ; 

 Excellent, like Mrs. Keid, but more 

 inclined to yellow. Mr. Collier, of 

 Bethnal Green, sent Annie, crimson- 

 lake with light stripes, very flat, very 

 distinct in colour; Princess Alexandra, 

 yellow- buff ground, striped and flaked 

 crimson-red. There were a few ex- 

 hibitions of established dahlias. Mr. 

 Keynes sent a nice twenty-four. 

 Messrs. Minchin and Son, of Hook 

 Norton, Oxon, sent a good collection 



