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self-coloured cup, with rounder overlapping obtuse and slightly 

 undulated lobes. Mr. Davis stated that the hybrid had proved per- 

 fectly hardy, having been grown for two years in the open ground 

 ■without the slightest injury from frost ; and that in this situation, 

 it formed a dwarf bush, with dark-green leaves about the 

 size of those of the myrtle, flowering about the end of March 

 in great abundance, the blossoms as large as a moderate-sized 

 Indian Azalea. The plants, he continued, " will be found invalu- 

 able for forcing, from the fact that they may be got in flower at 

 any time desired in the winter months, merely by placing them 

 in a greenhouse. The flowers last more than three weeks after 

 expansion, and from the peculiar odour of its foliage, which it 

 inherits from its mother, not a green fly will live upon it." 

 Additional cut specimens were on this occasion exhibited, and 

 guided by these, which were in a somewhat damaged condition, 

 the Committee awarded a card of Commendation. 



Taxus baccata :— from Mr. W. Paul, Cheshunt Nurseries, 

 Waltham Cross. This was a collection of distinct varieties of 



p. 491), in which their habits and peculiar characteristics were 

 explained. A Special Certificate was awarded to Mr. Paul 

 for this collection, and communication. The varieties produced 

 were the following : — 



§ 1. Spreading IN Habit: 1. T. baccata, 2. T. b. fructu-luteo,. 

 3. T. b. nigra, 4. T. b. procimbens. 



§ 2. Pyramidal or Columnar in Habit: 5. T. b.fastigiata, 

 6. T. b. cheshuntensis, 7. T. b. pijramidalis, 8. T. b. nidpath- 

 ensis, 9. T. b. stricta, 10. T. b. naiia, 11. T. b. erecta, 12. 

 T. b. erecta Crowderi, 13. T. h. encoides. 



§ 3. Weeping in Habit: 14. T. b. Dovastonii, 15. T. b. Jack- 



§4. Variegated Foliage: 17. T. b. variegata, 18. T. b. 



Dianthus hybridus mnltiflonis :— from Messrs. E. G. Hen- 

 derson & Son, St. John's Wood. This was exhibited to show its 

 adaptation for early forcing. It is a dwarfish plant, with foliage a 

 good deal resembling that of a carnation, except in being of a 

 green and not glaucous colour. It has branched flower-stems 

 bearing double flowers of moderate size, and of a deep rose-pink 

 colour, and is a useful and elegant plant for bouquets and for 

 decoration. 



Dianthtts hybrids;— from Mr. Winchester, flower-gardener, 



