: submitted for the opinion of the 



Picotee Princess Alice : —from Mr. Turner, Slough. This 

 was a full flower, of average size, -with heavy edge of bright light 

 rose colour, very evenly disposed, and without bar or spot. It 

 vas a novel variety, and one of the best in its class, and was 

 awarded a First-Class Ckrtificate. 



Picotee Eev. H. Matthews -.—from Mr. Turner. A full-sized 

 flower, very double, with large well-shaped petals ; bright rose 

 edge on a pure white ground. A very fine variety, and awarded 

 a FiRST-Cij^ss Certificate. 



Carnation Rose of Castille [Headly) :— from Mr. Turner. A 

 large rose flake, of fine form, and uniformly marked. It was 

 awarded a First-Olass Certificate. 



Verbena Garibaldi :— from Mr. Turner. A fine dark blue- 

 purple, with a bold white eye. It was thought to be rather too 

 near in general appearance to the variety called Mrs. Moore, but 

 was of a more decided blue-purple, and a remarkably attractive 

 kind, producing tine trusses of large well-formed blossoms. 



August 9. — The Rev. Joshua Dix in the Chair. 



The exhibitions, which on this occasion were numerous, were 

 as follows : — 



Gleicheuia pnbescens : — from Messrs. Veitch & Son, Chelsea. 

 This was a fine habited species, somewhat resembling the G.furcata 

 noticed at p. 243, but having the stems and under surface of the 

 branches clothed with a rust-coloured covering of cobwebby hair- 

 like scales. It was of vigorous constitution and sturdy in character ; 

 the horizontally-spreading lanceolate elongated branches, which 

 are given oiF in opposite pairs, were forked, and formed of linear 

 leaflets set side by side like the teeth of a comb, the under sur- 

 face of the segments and the entire racliis having a coating of the 

 cobwebby hair-scales. It had been imported from Guatemala. 

 A First-Class Certificate was awarded to it. 



Spiraea Mobleana :— from Mr. Noble, Bagshot. A very showy 

 hardy shrub, the origin of which was thus explained :— In Mr. 

 Noble's nursery at Bagshot, the beautiful Spireea callosa (For- 

 tunei of some), and the scarcely less beautiful S. Bouglasii, were 

 growing contiguously; and seeds were gathered from the latter 

 plant, for which they were sown. The produce, however, when 

 arrived at a flowering size, proved to be intermediate in character 



