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Gem, Ariel, Osiris, Rose Celestial, Levia- 

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Fancy Pelargoniums. — Fancies were 

 shown in sets of six, and were tolerably 

 even in quality, and mostly well out 

 in bloom. Mr. Turner's six were Roi des 

 Fantaises, Acme, Lady Craven, Delica- 

 tum, Modestum, and Ellen Beck. The 

 last is not so well known as it deserves to 

 be ; the colour is lilac-carmine, with bright 

 throat and edges, a very lively flower, and 

 fine to contrast with the more delicate 

 fancies. Mr. Fraser had Carminatum, 

 Celestial, Acme, Clara Novello, Delica- 

 tum, a fine specimen of this lovely 

 variety ; Queen of tli6 Valley. Mr. 

 Badey's six were Crimson Pet, Cleman- 

 the, Lady Craven, Crystal Beauty, like 

 Delicata, but with half a shade more rose 

 in the top petals, and the flowers larger ; 

 Madame Rougiere, Acme. Mr. Weir, 

 gardener to Mrs. Hodgson, sent ja poor 

 Bridesmaid, Acme, Madame Sontag, 

 Celestial, Jenny Lind, fine ; Attraction. 



New Pelargoniums. — The best seedling 

 at this show was Hoyle's John Hoyle, 

 lower petals intensely rich lake, barred 

 with black veins, top nearly black, with 

 sharp bright carmine edge ; the form ex- 

 quisite. Also from Mr. Hoyle, Profusion, 

 bright magenta-rose, blush throat, dark 

 top, fine ; Priam, lower petals rich lake, 

 deepening to dark cloud, top very dark, 

 carmine edge. Mr. Foster sent Cicero, 

 clear light lake, deepening to small lake 

 blotch, dark top, carmine eye ; Mary 

 Hoyle, salmon flesh, white throat, top 

 maroon, crimson shading to lake, blush 

 edges, fine form, smooth, the second best 

 seedling at this show. Other new varie- 

 ties from Mr. Forster were Clio, scarlet, 

 with black blotch, peculiar and good; 

 Amazon, Queen of Scots, Rubens, Lady 

 Jane Gray. Mr. Turner sent Mrs. Ford, 

 bright rose; Duchess of Somerset, like 

 the last, but with whitish edge ; Diadem, 

 rich purplish rose, shading to white at the 

 base, top purplish maroon, a grand flower. 

 Mr. Beck sent Scoj.as, which was exhi- 

 bited last year ; Cardinal, scarlet, with 

 tinge of violet in the throat, rich dark 

 top, fine ; Coastguard, lilac blush, deep 

 blotch shading to crimson ; Astarte, 

 flesh ground, small crimson spots, ma- 

 roon top shading to crimson, veined and 

 margined flesh ; a grand flower ; Isabel, 

 Albaformosa, Rosa Mundi, Director. 



Roses »Tere shown in pots in a style 

 which far surpassed all the stereotyped 

 methods of cultivation, the plants being 

 fine, free bushes, very different in contour 



from the stiff azaleas, and as richly 

 clothed with healthy and wax-like leafage 

 as they were with thumping flowers, most 

 of which were fit to cut for collections of 

 twelve and twenty-four of the very best ; a 

 grand accomplishment and a proof of the 

 perfect adaptability of the rose to exhibi- 

 tion purposes when skilfully handled, and 

 by men who abhor hard outlines and 

 forests of sticks. Mr. William Paul took 

 first prize in the nurserymen's class for 

 ten ; Messrs. Lane and Son second ; 

 Messrs. Paul and Son third. The ama- 

 teur prizes were taken by Mr. Terry, 

 first ; Mr. Cross, third ; second prize 

 withheld. In these beautiful collections 

 the varieties were Charles Lawson, Coupe 

 d'Hebe, Comtesse Chabrilland, Souvenir 

 d'un Ami, Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, a 

 charming salmon-coloured Tea ; Baronne 

 Prevost, President, fine blush salmon-rose ; 

 General Jacqueminot, still a fine variety 

 for specimen culture on account of its 

 thick camellia-like petals, fiery colour, and 

 free habit; Gbire de Dijon, Madame 

 Julie Daran, a magnificent variety of the 

 high-coloured class ; Madame Boll, fine 

 for colour, but apt to show an eye ; Ni- 

 phetos, Madame St. Joseph, Jules Margot- 

 tin, one of the finest roses known ; Sou- 

 venir de la Reine d'Angleterre, Madame 

 Willermoz, Chenedole, Senateurl Vaisse, 

 Beauty of Waltham, Anna Alexieff, Louise 

 Odier, Paul Perras. The last two are 

 much alike; Paul Perras is the largest, 

 and apt to show an eye ; Louise Odier is 

 smaller and more compact. Cut roses 

 were admirably shown by Mr. W. Paul 

 and Messrs. Paul and Son. 



Novelties. — Messrs. E. G. Henderson 

 and Son, of Wellington Road, St. John's 

 Wood, exhibited a superb collection of tri- 

 color geraniums, one of which, Lucy 

 Grieve, surpasses in beauty both Mrs. 

 Pollock and Sunset. It has a rich sulphur 

 margin, broad, sharply defined zone of a 

 dull black, overlaid with carmine rose, 

 with sulphur bars breaking in from the 

 inner edge of the zone. Mr. Noble sent 

 two fine new rhododendrons, logo, pur- 

 plish crimson, and The Queen, blush 

 white ; both of them superb. Messr?. 

 James Carter and Co. sent a basket filled 

 with specimens of their lovely new Orni- 

 thogalum thyrsoideum, which produces a 

 sceptre-like spike of large closely packed 

 snow white flowers. Mr. B. S. Williams 

 sent some new varieties of Aucuba Japo- 

 nica, most richly variegated. Messrs. E. 

 G. Henderson sent a new variety of that 

 useful hardy herbaceous plant Aubrietia 

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