JULY 26, 1860. 

 linal raceme, 



mouth, and have a slender curving tube 3 inches long. It had 

 been obtained from the Continent. 



rianthus cMnensis, var. laciaiatTis -.—from Messrs. E. G. 

 Son, St. John's Wood. A selection of cut 

 very handsome plant, showing great variety in the 

 as veell as in their size and toothing. The 

 about 4 inches in diameter. The colours comprised 

 of various shades, deep blood-red, rosy-lilac with 

 )ar, white with red eye, mottled white and pm-ple, rosy- 

 , and mottled rose with dark centre. The plant is closely 

 I D. Heddewiyii, but is taller and more slender in habit, 

 and has the segments of the flowers more deeply jagged at 

 the end. 



Capt Clarke's Mule Pink :— from Mr. W. B. Booth. A 

 very handsome fragrant semi-double bright rose-coloured Mule 

 Pink, raised by Captain Trevor Clarke. It was stated to have 

 been the produce of a florist's carnation, crossed with the pollen 

 of one of Vilmorin*'s handsome large Indian Pinks. The result 

 has been the production of a beautiful border flower, perfectly 

 hardy, but requiring high cultivation, or it flowers itself to death. 

 The leaves resemble those of a carnation, but are rather broader, 

 and of a deep green. The flower-stems grow from 12 to 15 inches 

 high, and are numerous, bearing a profusion of blossoms, on which 

 account the plants are short-lived, and require to be renewed 

 frequently, in the usual way, by * piping.' Cut flowering speci- 

 mens only were exhibited. 



Plantago major, var. monstrosa :— from IVIr. Salter, Ham- 

 mersmith. A curious plant, in which the bracts are developed 

 into leaves, and the axis being somewhat elongated, these form a 

 broad pyramidal leafy head instead of the usual erect tail-like 

 spike. Another similar form sometimes met with, has the leafy 

 tufts smaller and rosette-like. 



Among Florists' flowers the greatest display consisted of 

 Fuchsias, of which some handsonje varieties were produced : — 



Fuchsia Prince Leopold :— from E. Banks, Esq., Deal. A 

 very bold and striking variety, with large flowers, having stout 

 red sepals of moderate length; and a violet-purple corolla, 

 forming a broad expanded cup, the segments of which were 

 concave, overlapping, and nearly l| inch across. It was 

 awarded a Fibst-Class Certificate. 



