JULY 12, 1860. 249 



Eose devoniensis :— from Mr. R. H. Poyntek, Tauuton. 

 The flowers of this variety were accompanied by others of 

 Lamarque, and of a supposed sport from devoniensis, as explained 

 in the following letter : — 



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ranch, by which it 



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, of R. Banksic, 





early-flowering property, being always in bud 



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IS in flower. There is also a great number of fl 







open perfectly. It seems like R. Lamarqm, 







the flowers are earlier, and every bud on a cl 





in erowthV 



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etual than Xamar^ite. 'l send 





i flower of 







lich it took 







The flowers sent were considered to be those of t 



Mfaterre ; 



and the known tendency of B,. BanJcsice, when employed as a 

 stock, to alter the character of other roses worked up^on it, having 

 been adverted to, the Committee came to the conclusion that the 

 specimens exhibited by Mr. Poynter were those of Solfaterre, 

 modified in character by their having been grown on the 

 Banksian stock* 



Pelargoniums-:— from Mr. Tubner : Lady Taunton, this 

 has been already referred to at p. 243. It is a showy and attrac- 

 tive light-coloured variety for decorative purposes. — From 

 E. Beck, Esq., Isleworth : Transcendant, a richly-coloured 

 flower, the upper petals dark maroon, with a narrow edge of 

 crimson, the lower clouded crimson. Mulberry, rose colour, with 

 a bluish-tint, having dark maroon upper petals, edged with rose. 

 These were both showy and attractive flowers, and appeared 

 of good quality, but were passed over as being out of condition, 

 there not being a sufficient number of blooms remaining on the 

 plants. General Garibaldi, rose-pink, spotted on all the petals, 

 and Christabel, also a rose-pink, were not equal to the foregoing. 

 Nymph, a seedling of 1860, and therefore excluded from 

 criticism by the regulations of the Committee, was a white, with 

 a moderate-sized dark blotch on the upper petals, the blotch edged 

 with crimson; as shown, it was very pretty, and a promising 

 variety. 



Fancy Pelargoniums : — from Mr. Wiggins, gardener to E. 



