PROCEEDINGS. 



rinsky, beautiful crimson. Bourbon : Armosa, rosy blush ; 

 Augustine Marget, delicate bright rose ; Bernardin de St.' 

 Pierre, brilliant carmine ; Dupetit Thouars, rich carmine ; 

 Emilie Courtier, bright reddish crimson ; Le Grenadier, 

 bright lake ; Madame Angelina, salmon yellow ; Queen, 

 delicate salmon ; Speciosa, shaded rose. Chi7ia : Abbe 

 Mioland, fine crimson red ; Fabvier, striped crimi^on ; Miel- 

 lez, lemon white ; Mrs. Bosanquet, creamy white. Tea : 

 Belle Allemande, cream, shaded blush; Comte de Paris, 

 cream ; Devoniensis, creamy white, buff centre ; Goubault, 

 salmon-shaded rose ; Madame Bravy, creamy white, salmon 

 centre ; Niphetos, pale lemon ; Smith's Yellow, pale straw ; 

 Vicomtesse de Gazes, golden yellow. Noisette: A fleur 

 Variable, rosy salmon ; Cloth of Gold, yellow ; Jeanne 

 d'Arc, lemon white ; Mrs. Siddons, fine yellow. To Messrs. 

 Henderson, of Pine Apple Place, Edgeware Road, for a 

 collection of Hyacinths, of which the following are the names 

 of some of the best : — Light blue : Orondates, Eobinson, 

 Nimrod, Grand Vidette, Grand Lilac, and Passe tout 

 (double). Dark blue : Laurens Koster (double), Prince van 

 Sax Weimar, Emicus, Baron van Thuyll, Prince Oscar, and 

 Mignonaude Dryfliout (double). Violet: Tubal Cain, 

 William I. and Prince Albert ; the latter is very dark. 

 White: Helen, Grand Vainqueur, Grand Vidette, La 

 Candeur, and A la mode Epuisee, double white, with a pink 

 centre. Blush: Grandeur de Meneilles, Anna Maria 

 (double), Triumph Blandina, ditto, and Tubiflora. Plum : 

 L'Unique, a variety much prized for its colour, which is 

 new to hyacinths. Yelloio or buff: Anna Paulowna, 

 Heroine (double). Deep rose: Amphion. Red: Her- 

 stelde Vreede, Diebitsch Sabalskansky, Appeluis, Le 

 Francq de Berkhey, and Waterloo (double). Light red : 

 La Dame du Laack, and Lord Wellington. 



Certificate of Merit : To Messrs. Standish and Noble, for 

 Limonia laureola (Skiramia japonica), a sweet-scented 

 shrub, from the mountains of India, and said to be hardy 

 about Kingsbridge, in Devonshire. It was stated that its 

 natural character is to produce fruit of brilliant scarlet in 

 autumn. To Messrs. Hayes, of Lower Edmonton, for two 

 nicely-managed plants of tree Violets. To Messrs. Hender- 

 son, Pine Apple Place, for Hebeclinium ianthinum, a pro- 

 mising greenhouse plant, with Ageratum like flow ers which 

 are reported to last long in perfection. To Mr. Rust, Gar- 

 dener to W. Everett, Esq., for a dish of Black Hamburgh 

 Grapes, on account of their being the first exhibited to the 



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