OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 



Of the Verbenas the following were found t 

 sorts, adapted for flower garden purposes, being of good habit 

 and desirable colours, and having flowered freely not^^ithsta^ding 

 the ungenial weather :—^;«ic, Annie Grey, Balfe, Beatrice, Blue 

 Magnifiqne, Crimson Bedder, Cynthia, Evening Star, Fairy, 

 Figaro, Geaiit des Batailles, General Simpson, II Trovatore, 

 Lady Havclock, Lightning, Lola Mantes, Mars, Madame Karr, 

 Mrs. Maclean, Mrs. Pennington, Purple King, Rosamond, Snow- 

 fake, Striata Perfecta, and Venus. 



Of the Bedding Pelargoniums the following were found to be 

 good in their respective classes : — Of scarlet, rose, -white, &c. : 

 Baron Eugel, Captivation, Excellence, Frogmore Lnproved, Lilli- 

 put, Punch, Scarlet Perfection; Beaute Meldoise, Francois Char- 

 dine, Lady Middleton, Le Titien, Mons. Chardine, Mons. Martin, 

 Rubens, Rose Queen, Christina; Henri de Beaudot, Madame 

 Vaucher, Nivea fiorihunda. Of nosegays : Ci-ystal Palace, good 

 for its foliage ; Lnperial Crimson, Red Nosegay, Pink Nosegay. 

 Of variegated : Alma and Bijou, both first-rate ; Annie, Burning 

 Bush, Countess of Waniick, Flower oj the Day, Flower of Sirri^W^ 

 Julia, Perfection, Scintillatum. The miscellaneous group of 

 hybrid and sweet-scented sorts had produced nothing worthy of 

 recommendation in the present season. 



The following flowers were also submitted for opinion :— 

 DahUas :— from Mr. G. Eawlings, Bethnal Green : Joy, a 

 very pleasing flower of good general outline, with smooth neatly 

 cupped florets, white tipped with bright rose ; the centre was 

 rather sunk. It was considered a very pretty and attractive 

 flower, and worthy of being Commended. Peri, full-sized, white 

 slightly tipped with light purple. Juno, a pretty rosv-lilac. Miss 

 Jones, red tipped with white. 



September 13.— The Rev. Joshua Dix in the Chair. 

 The subjects submitted for opinion were the following :— 

 Gymnogramma Wetenhalliana (Moore) -. — horn Mr. P. 

 Kellt, gardener to Mrs. Ridgway, Ridgmout, Bolton-le-Moors,. 

 Lancashire. This was a fine dwarf crested form of Gymno- 

 gramma, said to have been obtained by Mr. Kelt.y from spores 

 of a slightly crested branch of G. peruviana, which had been 

 growing in company with G. sidphurea. The plant was covered 

 with a sulphury white powder, intermediate in colour between 



