REPOKTS OF THE FLORAL 



Coniferous Shrub, unnamed :— from Messrs. E. G. Hender- 

 son & Son. " It has proved perfectly hardy during the past 

 severe season, not being in the least browned or discoloured by 

 frost. Its robust and rigid yet free healthy growth pi'eserves a 

 strict pyramidal outline, combined with a rich deep green colour." 

 Such was the statement made respecting it ; but though the plant 

 was greatly admired, in tiie absence of a name or sufficient in- 

 formation to assist in its determination, no award could be made, 

 and it was requested that it might be sent again, with further 



Pelargonium Scarlet ftueen :— from Mr. Tdrner. A free- 

 blooming horse-shoe-leaved variety, with bright orange-scarlet 

 flowers having a white eye. It somewhat resembled Baron 

 Hugel ; but it was thought to be too early in the season to come 

 to any determination on the merits of flowers of this class. 



Cinerarias:— from Mr. James, gardener to W. F. Wat- 

 son, Esq., Isleworth : Lord Elgin, a bright Magenta-coloured 

 variety, with smooth, well-formed florets, and altogether a very 

 promising sort ; Lord Clyde, with the flower-heads deep rose- 

 crimson : these were both yearling varieties. — From Messrs. F. 

 & A. Smith, Dulwich: Aucubitolia, with variegated leaves, 

 and flower-heads heavily tipped with rose ; Rosa Boaheur, large, 

 white, tipped with rose ; Symmetry, white, tipped with rose ; 

 Candidate, reddish-purple ; Delicata, white, with faint tip of 

 light rose ; Louisa, reddish-purple, with white ring around the 

 disk ; Sanspareil, similar to the last, but deeper coloured ; ftaeen 

 of Spring, a full-sized and bright-coloured variety for decorative 

 purposes, having a dark disk surrounded by a white ring, and 

 edged with a broad belt of deep bright rosy-purple : these varie- 

 ties being also yearlings, no award was made.— From Mr. Turner, 

 Slough : Phoebus, a showy variety, with large, deep rose-coloured 

 flower-heads ; Mabel, a deep rosy-crimson, with white zone and 

 dark disk ; Amber Witch, large, deep rose-crimson, with small 

 ring of white around the purple disk ; Morning Star, bright rose, 

 white at the base, the disk grey ; Miss Eyles, a variety of the 

 rosy-tipped class, which received a first-class certificate last 

 season, and was now again shown in good condition. — From 

 Messrs. Cutbush & Son, Highgate : Miss Burdett Coutts, a 

 neat variety, with dark disk, white zone, and purplish margin. 



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