40G THE GARDENER. [Sept. 



Thomas Cripps & Son, Tunbridge Wells ; to Hydrangea japonica 

 speciosa, the leaves dark green, with a broad flame of cream-colour 

 along the centre of each, a good addition to this class of ornamental- 

 foliaged plants, from Messrs E. G. Henderson & Son ; to Pteris serru- 

 lata major cristata, a handsome tasselled variety of the tall-growing 

 form of P. serrulata, from the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens 

 at Chiswick \ and to Pteris serrulata gleicheniifolia, a very beautiful 

 and elegant Fern, from Messrs E. G. Henderson & Son. 



Thanks to the persistence of Mr G. F. Wilson, F.R.S., and others, 

 some of the most valuable species of the genus Lily are being brought into 

 notice ; it is hoped to be much more extensively grown. The following 

 have received first-class certificates : L. auratum, Charles Turner, a large 

 flower, with the golden band replaced by a suffused tint of reddish- 

 brown, from Mr C. Turner ; to the hybrid form of L. auratum, obtained 

 by Mr G. Thomson, and alluded to under the head of ' Notes of the 

 Month ; ' to L. Leichtlinii, yellow spotted with dark brown ; to L. 

 tigrinum flore pleno, with several tiers of petals regularly overlaying 

 each other, like the petals of a hexangular Camelia ; and L. longiflorum, 

 var. albo-marginatum ; — all from Mr Geo. F. Wilson, F.R.S. : and to 

 L. Tigrinum splendens, a fine form of the common Tiger Lily, from 

 Mr W. Bull 



The fine new varieties of hardy Clematises have received good addi- 

 tions in C. Victoria, with purplish lilac flowers of fine quality, and said 

 to be remarkably free, from Messrs Thomas Cripps k Son • and C. Gem, 

 a dark mauve-coloured form of C. lanuginosa, from Mr Geo. Baker, 

 Windlesham. The same award was made to Mr B. S. Williams for 

 Lrelia elegans, var. gigantea, stated by Mr J. Bateman to be Cattleya 

 elegans ; and to Mr W. Bull for Curculigo recurvata variegata, belong- 

 ing to the natural order Hypoxids. 



Mr H. Cannell, Woolwich, received a first class-certificate for Double 

 Pelargonium Crown-Prince, a fine deep pink-coloured variety of large 

 size ; Messrs W. Barron <fe Son a second-class certificate for Zonal 

 Pelargonium magnificum, with large but somewhat rough trusses of 

 pale orange-scarlet flowers ; and Messrs E. G. Henderson & Son a 

 first-class certificate for a finely- coloured golden-edged Variegated Zonal, 

 named The Rev. E. R. Benyon. The following Verbenas have re- 

 ceived the same award : John Laing, pale rosy carmine, rich crimson 

 centre, very fine pip and truss ; Perfection, soft lilac pink, very pretty 

 and good quality; Mrs George Prince, pale pink, with orange-red 

 centre, fine pip and bold truss ; and Mrs Boulton, white, with claret 

 crimson eye, fine pip and truss — all from Mr C. J. Perry ; also Mrs 

 Dodd, pale pink, with rosy-violet centre, very fine pip and truss ; and 

 Grand Monarque, orange-red, shaded centre, a very fine hue of 



