OF THE F;.0RAL 



iKosabelle : — from Mr. Standtsh. An attrac- 

 tive bright carmine rose-coloured variety, with black spots on the 

 upper segment, the flowers moderate- sized, funnel-shaped, in 

 compact trusses. It was Commended for its bright and showy 

 colour, and neat habit. 



Several other interesting plants, noticed below, were also 

 exhibited on this occasion : — 



Azalea Beauty of Kent : — from Mr. Stanley, Manor Lane 

 Nursery, Lee. This was a variety resembling exquisita in colour, 

 being of a purple-tinted blush, with pale edges, and conspicuously 

 spotted, but it was not thought to be an improvement (m others 



mphipyros:— from Mr. Standish. The 

 flowers of this showy variety were of a deep red, paler, with small 

 black spots on the upper segment, the corollas bell-shaped, with a 

 denticulated margin, and forming fine trusses. 



Ehododendron John Gair-.— from Mr. Standtsh. A fine 

 habited variety, but not well expanded. The flowers were large, 

 broad, open bell-shaped, with broad rounded overlapping seg- 

 ments, deep rose-coloured, paler in the centre, and scarcely 

 spotted. The trusses were remarkably compact; and Mr. 

 Standish stated that he considered this a model of what a 

 Rhododendron should be for open-air culture, " the flowers being 

 so close that no wind or rain can spoil the truss, and every 

 truss standing up above the leaves ; a most abundant bloomer 

 flowering the first year from the graft." Its natural blooming 

 season is the first week in June, but the plant exhibited had 

 been forced, and was hardly enough advanced to show its true 

 character. 



Rhododendron Anadyomene :— from Mr. Standish. A free- 

 habited blush-white, producing the flowers in bold prominent 

 trusses, the flowers themselves being smooth and firm, faintly 

 spotted with yellowish-brown. 



Variegated Pelargonium, Hon. Mrs. Gnrdon : —from Mr. 

 RoDGERs, Letton Hall, Shipdham, Norfolk. This was sent as a 

 free-habited silver variegated variety, and was stated to " strike " 

 as freely as Tom Thumb, both in autumn and spring. The 

 flowers were scariet. It was evidently a free-growing vigorous 

 spreading-habited sort, but was not thought superior to others in 

 "■ere broad, flat, with a mottled green 



sntre, and a broad white margin 

 Variegated Pelargonium, Go! 



olden Gem : —from Mr. Babtf.e, 



