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Mrs. CoNWAT, Old Brompton : Novelty, a bright red, inclining to 

 rose in the older flowers, and blooming in fine large trusses ; it 

 was one of the " Nosegay " section, and a good showy variety. 

 No award was, however, made to it on this occasion, but it was 

 requested that the plant might be exhibited at a subsequent 

 meeting along with flowers of the other varieties of this section of 

 Pelargoniums. 



Fuchsias : — from Mr. A. Kendall, Stoke Newington : 

 Pyramidalis, a dwarf free-blooming useful market variety, of 

 the red and purple section. — From Mr. W. J. Pike, Wareham : 

 cut blooms of Carl Haag, a bold deep-coloured double sort, with 

 globose flowers ; and Tom Sayers, also double, a curious but 

 very ragged inferior variety, in which some of the multiplied 

 petals had become adherent to the face of each of the calyx-lobes. 



Tropseolum Surprise : — from Mr. Kinghorn. A dwarf sort, 

 with sulphur-yellow flowers, spotted with deep red, closely 

 resembling, if not identical with, those of Crystal Palace Gem 

 exhibited at the previous meeting. The present was a chance 

 seedling. 



Lobelia Mars : — from Mr. Kikghoen. A tall-growing, large 

 flowered, scarlet kind, raised from- St. Clair, and, though fine, 

 regarded as being no improvement on that excellent sort. 



Verbenas:— from Mrs. Conway: Favoarite, a dull purple; 

 Star of the East, dull rose, suffused with blue about the eye.— 

 From Dr. Sankey : Vulcan, a deep crimson scarlet, with dark 

 maroon ring around the pale eye. Pluto, a large well-formed 

 deep rose-crimson, with light eye. Aurora, a deep pink, pounced 

 and streaked with deep rose-crimson. These were stated to be 

 varieties of good habit for open-air culture. 



September 6.— The Eev. Joshua Dix in the Chair. 



This was a Special Meeting, held at the Garden for the pur- 

 pose of continuing the examination of the plants sent for trial. 

 Tile Verbenas and Pelargoniums were on this occasion inspected. 

 It was found that the unpropitious character of the season had 

 rendered any final determination of the mer 

 varieties impossible, and that it \ 

 report favourably on such of the varieties as under these untoward 

 circumstances had proved themselves to possess desirable qualities, 

 the entire collections, with such additions as may be procured, 

 being submitted to further trial next season. 



