76 REPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 



distinct crimson-lake eye. It was thought desirable to compare 

 it with Madame Sueur before making any award. — From Messrs. 

 Spart & Campbell, Brighton : Petunia, Peerless ; very dwarf 

 in habit, with large rich purple-crimson flowers. — From Mr. E. 

 Shenton, Hendon : Hollyhock, Miss Shentou; a white, of 

 average quality. 



The following Dahlias were also produced: — From Mr. T. 

 Goodwin, Holgate, near York : Uncle Tom, purplish crimson or 

 plum ; Flower of the Day, golden yellow, purplish in the eye. — 

 From Mr. G. Rawlings, Bethnal Green : Heather Bell, lively 

 crimson purple ; Celestial, flesh-colour ; Confidence, pale lilac, 

 thickly striped with crimson maroon; Mayflower, blush white 

 faintly tipped with purple ; Black Knight, dark maroon ; Mr. 

 Boshell. buff, suffused with purple.— From Mr. Keynes : Pretty 

 Poll, French white, striped with maroon crimson ; Jennie Austin, 

 white, heavily tipped with pale lilac, rather coarse ; Rev. Joshua 

 Dix, a striped fancy variety, fully maintaining the character given 

 to it by a previous award ; Mrs. J. M. Marsh, large, deep lilac ; 

 Leopard, pale pink striped with crimson maroon, one of the iiat- 

 faced kinds. — From Mr. Shenton, Hendon: The Chancellor, 

 dull reddish crimson, of good form. — Fi'om Mr. Green, High 

 Cross : Governor General, purple ; Splendid, an elegant striped 

 fancy, which maintains the character previously given to it by a com- 

 ~ L Mr. Turner : George Eliot, purple ; 



Taunton, blush white, heavily tipped with bright purple 1 

 pretty garden flower ; Adam Bede, very heavily tipped with 

 purple crimson, pale at the base, considered a promising variety, 

 and useful for the flower garden ; Hobnes's No. 10, dull crimson ; 

 Juno, dull crimson red ; Janus, buff yellow, faintly tipped with 

 purple. Mr. Turner also had six blooms of the variety called 

 Chairman, and some others for comparison. 



September 8.— The Rev. Joshua Dix, in the Chair. 

 Cattleya SchiUeriana, var. :^from Messrs. Backhouse & Son, 

 York. This beautiful plant is a recent importakon direct from 

 Brazil ; it has the dwarf habit and general character of C. Ac- 

 landi(B, to which it is related, but from which it differs in its 

 broader leaves and larger flowers. Stems clavate ; leaves round- 

 ish-oblong ; flowers large, the sepals and petals olive-green deeply 



