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merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. 

 Even Paul Crampbell took nearly ten years 

 before it really became popular, for M. Lemoine 

 distributed this fine variety in 1S92. 



M.ixime Kovalevsky is a line subject for winter 

 and spring flowering in the greenhouse ; if well 

 grown the trusses will be large, with the in- 

 dividual flowers two inches across. As a bedding 

 subject it has a great future, for the colour is 

 new and striking, a vivid kind of salmon-scarlet. 

 When used at Hampton Courf Gardens it created 

 a sensation, for the colour was new and attractive. 



Awards at the Chelsea Show. 



First Class Certificates. 



Meconopsis Delavayi. — Shown by Prof. Bayley 

 Balfour, F.K.S., Begins Keeper of the Edinburgh 

 Botanic Garden. 



Nephrolepis exaltata Willmottae. — Shown by 

 Messrs. H. B. May & Sons. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana Fletcheri. — Shown by 

 Messrs. Fletcher Bros. 



Awards of Merit. 



Mr. 



Campanula Stevenii nana. — Shown by 

 Reg. Priehard. 



Lonicera tragophylla. — Shown by Messrs. .las. 

 Veitch k Sons, Ltd. 



Pentstemon Davidsonii. — Shown by Mr. 

 Clarence Elliott. 



Saxifraga Grandlieldii. — Shown by Sir E. 

 llainbro (gr. Mr. Grandfield). 



Styrax Wilsonii. — Shown by Miss Willmott. 



Begonia " Lena." — Shown by Messrs. Black- 

 more & Langdon. 



Auricula " William Smith. '"--Shown by Mr. 

 James Douglas. 



Roscoea cautlioides. — Introduced from China 

 and shown by Messrs. Bees, Ltd. 



Rose " White Tausendschon." — Shown by 

 Messrs. Win. Caul & Son. 



Rose '• Nancy Perkins." Shown by Messrs. 

 Perkins. 



Rose " Irish Fireflame." 



Rose " Mrs. Campbell Hall " (Tea).— These two 

 shown by Messrs. A. Dickson. & Sons. 



Sarracenia Brucei. — Shown by Mr. A. .1. A. 

 Bruce. 



Calceolaria " Clarefield Gem." -Shown by .Mr.-. 

 Y. A. Litkie, Clarefield, Pinknevs Green (gr. Mr. 

 W. Hulbert). 



Aster Falconeri. — Shown hy Ah; s. Parr & 

 Sons. 



Cytisus Andreanus prostratus.- Shown by Mr. 

 L. R. Russell, Richmond. 



Shows. 



The Irish Rose and Floral Society hold their 

 third annual Show in the Botanic Park, Belfast, 

 on the 25th of July. Entries close on 18th July. 

 The schedule is comprehensive, the classes for 

 Poses and Sweet Peas being very numerous. 

 There are nine Challenge Cups, while the money 

 prizes are most generous, and should attract 

 keen competition. In the Sweet Peas. Class 15a, 

 the prizes are t'." ( . first; t'2. second: t'l, third. 

 Mr. Cowdy will act as judge, so that he is de- 

 barred from competing in it. The class is for 

 one vase of Sweet Peas of three varieties, to 

 con>ist of not more than twenty spikes in all, 

 with own foliage, and is open to amateurs through- 

 out Ireland. 



The Pel hard Flower Show and Fete will be held 

 at Grove House on Thursday, 31st .luly. The 

 schedule is an interesting one. catering for 

 growers of fruit, flowers, vegetables, &c. In 

 Class 78 is a Grand Prize of £10 for Sweet Peas, 

 consisting of twelve named varieties, twelve 



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