478 KEPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 



Cineraria Prairie-bird: — from Mr. Turner. A handsome 

 distinct-coloured variety, the flower-heads being of a deep clear 

 violet blue, with a white ring around the disk. It was Coii- 

 MESDKD, especially ou account of its colour. 



Roses : — from Mr. Tuhner. A collection of pot Roses, con- 

 sisting of H. P., Louis Quartorze, a very hardy kind with rich 

 velvety scarlet blossoms, deeper in colour and more double 

 than General Jacqueminot ; Joha Waterer, a new, rich, rosy- 

 crimson ; BuflFon, and Leonice Moise, Also a collection of cut 

 blooms of the following sorts : — H. P., Queen Victoria, General 

 Jacqueminot, Paul Kicaut, Pauline lanzezeur, Paul Dupuy, 

 Mrs. Rivers, Geant des Batailles, Jules Margottin, Reine des 

 Violettes, Solferino, Eugene Appert. John, Waterer, Dunant, 

 Louise Guilino, and Tea Niphetos. Of these, Eugene Appert 



and Dunaut, which is also a fine crimson, for its beautifully 

 regular form. A Special Certificate was awarded for these 



Hyacinths :— from Messrs. Cutbush & Son, Highgate. A 

 collection of twelve admirably grown plants, consisting of the 

 following varieties :— Doiihle red : Kok-i-noor. Single red : 

 Florence Nightingale, Robert Steiger. Sbu/le lilac : Prince 

 of Wales. Single ivhite : Mont Blanc, Grandeur a Merveille. 

 Single blue: Charles Dickens, Baron van Tuyll, Princess Alice, 

 Grand Lilas, Argus. Single black: General Havelock. These 



themselves and their cultivation,' and a Special Certificate 

 was awarded to the group in conjunction with the additional 

 collections of Hyacinths and Tulips mentioned below.— From 

 the same exhibitors : a collection of 36 varieties, including the 

 followmg sorts conspicuous for their beauty -.—Single red : 

 Aurora Rutilans, Mrs. Beecher Stowe, lina, Solfaterre, Mons. 

 Faesch, Robert Steiger, Von Schiller, La Dame du Lac, 

 Cavaignac. Single white: Elfrida, Miss Burdett Coutts, 

 Madame Van der Hoop, Lady Franklin. Single blue : Grand 

 Lilas, Gigantea, Porcelain Sceptre, Charles Dickens, Couronne 

 de Celle. Single black : Prince Albert, General Havelock, 

 Double blue: Sir Colin Campbell, Bloksberg, Paarlboot. Double 

 red: Susannah Maria, Duke of WeUington. Sinrile lilac: 

 Dandy. 



