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colour, a soft lilac, with a mauve tint ; rather thin in texture ; 

 guard petals moderately developed. 



Hollyhock, Warrior :^from Mr. W. Chater. Commended ; 

 colour bright vivid crimson ; fine guard petals and a well-formed 



-from Mr. Chater. Commended ; 

 colour crimson ; large and very full ; the cut flowers of this 

 were considered so fine that it was thought it might have received 

 a firat-class award, if a spike of bloom had been shown. 



Hollyhock, Exhibitor :— from Mr. W. Chater. Commended ; 

 colour bright rose ; large and full. 



Hollyhock, Novelty ; — from Mr. W. Chater. Commended ; 

 one of the mottled class, the ground being dull purple-crimson, 

 and the light parts mottled and edged with blush. 



Hollyhock, Countess-Dowager Jane Somers = — from Mr. 

 W. Chater. Commended ; colour canary yellow. 



Fuchsia, Solferino : — from Mr. G. Smith, Hornsey Road, 

 Islington. Commended for its dwarf free-flowering habit, com- 

 bined with good properties. The variety is in the style of 

 Souvenir de Chiswick ; tube short, sepals reflexed, both crimson ; 

 corolla deep purple ; bud oval. 



Verbena, Clara: — from Mr. Perry, Birmingham. Com- 

 mended for its fine form and delicacy of colouring ; colour pale 

 peach, with lemon-coloured eye ; truss large. 



Dahlia, Miss Sarah Boyce : — from Mr. Rawlings, Bethnal 

 Green. Commended ; colour white, tipped with purple; medium 

 size, neatly cupped, and of good outline. It was considered a 

 highly promising variety, likely to improve as the season 

 advanced. 



There were also exhibited :— from Mr. Turner, of Slough : 

 hybrid bedding Pelargonium, Perpetual, a rather small vivid 

 crimson variety, with white centre and small blotch on the upper 

 petals, evidently bred from the French varieties ; further evidence 

 of its bedding qualities was desired. Also a stand of cut Verbenas, 

 for comparison.— From Messrs. Paul & Son: Hollyhock— 

 Nebulum, Loveliness, a fine clear light rose ; Camea superba, 

 rose pink ; Fair Maid of Perth, Purpurea compacta, Victory, 

 Virgin ftueen. Striata, Butterfly, and Advancer, a compact 

 dark mottled purplish lilac. — From Mr. Perry : Verbena— Julia, 

 Lizzie, King of Verbenas, lilacina, Odorata superba.— From 

 Mr. G. Smith ; Fuchsia, Alaric, a distinct and showy kind, 

 remarkable for its angular globular bud ; sepals very broad, short, 



