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No. 14, maize colour : all of average quality.— From Mr. Turner : 

 DeUeata, sulphur edged with rosy-lilac, a very pretty flower, but 

 rather open in the petals. Norah, dark purple crimson tipped 

 with white. Pauline, salmony-buff, slightly tipped with white. 

 Dinorah, sulphur yellow. Hon. Mrs. Lindsay, deep lilac. 

 Etonia, drab, purple at the back : these were of average merit. — 

 From Mr. G, Collyer, Bethnal Green : Princess of Prussia, 

 yellow, edged with red. From Mr. Keynes, Salisbury : Master- 

 piece, a commended variety, which maintained its previous cha- 

 racter. Goldfinch, a large striped flower.— From Mr. R. Ash- 

 CBOFT, West Derby: Tom Thumb, a compact purple beddiug 

 variety, the habit of which could not be ascertained from the 

 sample exhibited. — From Mr. T, Cooper, Greenhammerton, 

 York : Excelsior, coppery buff. — From Mr. A. Mercer, Ter- 

 raughtie gardens, Dumfries : Annie Laurie, buff-yellow, faintly 

 tipped with red. — From Mr. Legge, Edmonton : Prince of 

 Wales, yellow, tipped with white.— From Mr. G. Rawlings: 

 Joy, a constantly pretty variety, already commended. Miss 

 Jones, a well-formed but dull-coloured red and white tipped sort- 

 Peri, a large French white, but somewhat coarse. 



Fuchsias : — from Mr. Iveynes : Excelsior, a large flowered 

 sort, with pale purple corolla. — From Messrs. F. and A. Smith, 

 Dulwich : Striata, a variety with good red sepals, and a small 

 striped corolla. 



Pelargonium (zonule] 

 Smith. A variety with 1 



bright scarlet flowers ; a good sort, but considered to be no im- 

 provement on others in cultivation. Rosalind, flowers cerise or 

 rosy-scarlet. 



Verbenas :— from Mr. G. Smith, Hornsey Road : Etna, light 

 scarlet. Palermo, blush, with very dark red centre. 



October 11.— The Rev. Joshua Dix in the Chair. 

 The subjects exhibited on this occasion were :— 

 Gladiolus Eev. Joshua Dix : —from Mr. Standish, Bagshot. 

 This was a seedling of vigorous habit, bearing a bold spike of 

 large showy flowers, turned to one side so as to form a fine face ; 

 the segments of the perianth were broadish ovate, and obtusely 

 apieulate, of a bright crimson-scarlet, flushed in the lip (lower 

 inner segment) with rich purple. It was a very handsome new 

 variety, brighter in colour than Brenchleyensis and Couranti 



