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" Roses in pots -were wonderfully fine, considering the nnfavorable season we haye had for 

 such plants. Both those from amateurs and nurserymen were extremely well grown and bloomed, 

 and the proper colors of the flowers were well brought out. We need not say, therefore, that 

 they attracted much attention. In the class of private growers, Mr. Terry, gr. to Lady Pvller, 

 of Youngsbury, Herts, was first ; and A. Rowland, Esq., of Lewisham, second. The nui-seiymen 

 who showed were Messrs. Lank, Paul, and Franxis, and they were awarded in the order in which 

 their names appear. Among the different varieties produced, none excelled the well known favor- 

 ites, Charles Duval, Coupe d' Hebe, Blairii, Chenedole, Devoniensis, JS'iphetos, Bougere, Augustine 

 Mouchelet, Barone Prevost, Mrs. Elliott, Aubernon, Duchess of Sutherland, Queen, Madame de St. 

 Joseph, Paul Perras, Souvenir de la Malmaison, and William Jesse; amojig sorts more recently 

 brought into notice were the glorious Geant des Batailles, Caroline de Sausal, Souvenir d'un Ami, 

 and Vicomtessc Decazes. Mr. Fraxcls had some nice little plants in small pots; they were worked 

 on the Mauetii stock, which is found to answer well for that purpose, 



" PflLARGONiuMS, on the whole, were hardly sufficiently forward. The collection to which the 

 first prize was awarded, however, was an exception, for it was loaded with large and fine blooms, 

 possessing the hiehest color, showing that with skill the difficulties of an adverse spring may be 

 surmounted. The Gold Medal for the best twelve was awarded to Mr. Turner, of Slough, for 

 Colonel of the Bluffs, Magnet, Mochanna, Chieftan, Constance, Alonzo, Rosamond, Gulielma, 

 Rowena, Virgin Queen, and Pride of the Isles; 2d, Mr. Dobson, of Isleworth, with Arethusa, 

 Purpureum Rosa, Rosamond, Virgin Queen, Leader, Ambassador, Chloe, Vanguard, Harriet, Leah, 

 and Governor ; 3d, Mr. Westwood ; 4th, Mr. Gaines. In these two groups we remarked Flying 

 Dutchman, Fu-st of May, Rubens Celia, Star, and Salamander." 



The Dwarf Ceimson Chinese Azalea {Azalea ammna.) — This Dwarf Crimson Azaloa 

 must be a beautiful plant, and Avill, we think, prove hardy in a large portion of this country. 

 It is described as follows in Paxtoivs Flower Garden : 



" This is a dwarf evergreen bush, resembling Rhododendron f err ugineum in habit. The branches 

 when young are closely covered with long thin white ramentaceous scales ; when old they are 

 brown and coarsely hairy. The leaves are as small as those of Box, flat, obovate, very round at 

 point, coarsely hairy, paler on the under side. The flowers are rich crimson, almost campanulate, 

 tolerably regularly five-lobed, with that kind of double corolla which is called 'hose in hose.' 

 N^o calyx is discoverable ; but whether that organ is absent, or is converted into the external 

 corolla, is uncertain. 



" A specimen was exhibited to the Ilorticiiltural Society on April the 23d, by Messrs. Standish 

 and Noble, of Bag.shot, with whom it had flowered, on which occasion it was distinguished by a 

 Silver Knightian medal. Branches, uninjured by cold, were produced from a plant vthich liad 

 been exposed during the whole winter without protection ; and the species is ex]iected to be 

 perfectly hardy. Mr. Fortu.ve has communicated the following information concerning it: 



" ' This pretty Azalea was found in a nursery near Shanghae, and has been brought from the 

 far-famed city of Sho-chow-foo. Further than this its origin is unknown. It is no doubt a very 

 distinct species, and probably comes from a country further north than any of its race in China, 

 or, at all events, from a higher elevation on the mountains. As a green-house plant in tliis couutry 

 it will be greatly prized. The striking form and novel color of its flowers, its small leaves and 

 neat habit, will render it most desirable for bouquets and for decorative purposes. But it is not 

 unlikely that it may prove perfectly hardy in our climate ; indeed it stood out in the Bagshot 

 Nursery last winter, without the slightest protection, and flowered most profusely last spring. 

 We may, therefore, hope to have, in time, a race of Chinese Azaleas growing and blooming in our 

 borders, and vicing in beauty with the well-known Rhododendrons of North America.'" 



"Although the plant is in a monstrous state, and is clearly a garden production, yet as it seems 

 to belong to some wild form of the genus not before described, we have felt justified in treating 

 it as a distinct species." 



