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with large flowers, of which the petaline segments were scarcely 

 longer than the sepaline, broad and rounded at the apex, with a 

 short projecting point. It was much superior to other flowers 

 sent for comparison, the plants in general cultivation, mostly 

 raised from seeds and therefore variable, sometimes proving to 

 be spurious and inferior forms. 



Begonias: — from Messrs. Paeker & Williams, HoUoway. 

 These were seedling variegated forms of the character of B. Rex, 

 but smaller and variously marked. The most distinct, named 

 Distinction, had medium sized rather wavy leaves, of which the 

 entire centre, extending quite to the point of the leaf, except a 

 small green star at the base of the veins, was silvery gray ; the 

 margin was dark olive green with a few distinct silvery spots, 

 Another called elegans, had the leaves even, very much silvered, 

 a blotch of yellowish green radiating from the base of the ribs 

 outwards, and other irregular V-shaped patches of the same 

 colour ranging along the margin. The other kinds were called — 



Heliotrope Venus:— from Mr. W. Lee, Albion Eoad, Ham- 

 mersmith. A very dwarf compact free-blooming variety, the 

 flowers lilac with white centre, very fragrant. It was considered 

 as a good dwarf variety of H. pericvianum, but not sufficiently 

 distinct from others in cultivation. 



There were also present : — from Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton, 

 Verbena, Firefly, a bright scarlet, reported to be an exceUent 

 bedding variety, two trusses only ; also Petunia, Harlequin, a 

 double-flowered variety, with pretty purple flowers very distinctly 

 striped with white ; it was considered to be too near other varie- 

 ties, such as Model, and Alexandre von Humboldt, already in 

 cultivation. The blooms sent, cut from out-door plants, had been 

 but little affected by the recent rough weather and rain. — From 

 Mr. R. Newberky, Upway Nursery, Dorchester: a promising 

 unnamed seedling, Dahlia, yellowish tipped with purple ; it was 

 considered worth another season's trial. — From Messrs. Parker 

 & Williams : Crotalaria labumifolia, a papilionaceous-flowered 

 shrub, having trifoliolate stalked leaves with elliptic leaflets, and 

 terminal racemes of largish yellow flowers streaked externally 

 with red, freely produced, but not very attractive as a pot plant. 



