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Eighteen blooms were exhibited, some of which, from their excel- 

 lence, almost justified a higher award. 



Dahlia, George Grapes:— from Mb. Turneb. Commended; 

 a flower of good properties ; yellowish-buff, or maize colour, 

 suffused with salmony-red. 



Dahlia, Pluto:— from Mb. Tubneb. Commended ; a richly- 

 coloured fancy flower, in the style of Jupiter ; crimson-maroon, 

 passing to crimson, and unequally tipped with white. 



Verbena, Dr. Sankey:— from Mr. C. Edmonds, gardener to 

 Lady Lacon, Great Ormsby. Fibst-Class Cebtificate of 

 Merit ; average truss of large and finely-formed pips ; rosy puce, 

 with a lemon-coloured eye. This variety formed part of a large 

 collection of seedlings of considerable merit, exhibited in bunches 

 of cut trusses, from among which were also selected the two 

 following, as being deserving of especial mention, namely : — 

 Thetis, a very showy blue purple, with large conspicuous white 

 eye ; and Mrs. Moore, a deeper and redder purple than Thetis, 

 and having a well-defined white eye. These seemed likely to 

 prove highly effective varieties, if of good habit. 



The remaining subjects of exhibition were : — From Mr. G. 

 Clarke, Brixton Hill: Scarlet Pelargonium, Victor Emmanuel; 

 a vigorous habited variety, bearing large trusses of well-formed 

 rich scarlet flowers, the trusses elevated on very long stalks, 

 Mr. Clarke stated that this variety, bedded out in his nursery, 

 proved superior to any existing kind, being short and stiff in 

 habit, the trusses of bloom standing clear above the foliage, and 

 remaining fresh in the centre till the outer flowers were expanded. 

 Though a good variety, it was not considered superior to or suffi- 



Frora Messrs. S. & W. Bad man, Gravesend : Variegated Pelar- 

 gonium, Dayspring; obtained by hybridizing Commander-in- 

 Chief by Golden Chain ; flowers scarlet, but inferior ; leaves 

 quartered, and longitudinally streaked and blotched with straw- 

 colour. The markings of its foliage were not thought to be 

 sufficiently constant or permanent, though in some states they 

 were effective.— From Mr. G. Smith, Hornsey Road : Fuchsia, 

 Solon; dwarf and free, with large flowers; sepals perpendicu- 

 lariy reflexed, bright crimson-red, with a prominent purple corolla 

 veined with crimson at the base, and becoming reddish in age ; 

 the size of the flowers was its chief recommendation. — From Mr. 

 Staxdish, Bagshot; Phlox, Mrs. Standish; about 1^ foot high 

 :^s shown, and of compact habit; flow 



rith dense and 



