it showed on a 



fronds, which are ovate lanceolate in outline, and have the 

 bases of the pinnro decurrent into a series of small angular 

 segments, which form a continuous wing to the rachis. The 

 fertile fronds are bipinnate, with numerous short crowded pin- 

 nules, so that the plant is quite unique among Lomarias. It was 

 awarded a First-Class Ckrtificate. 



Calceolaria canariensis :— from Mr, G. Smith, Tollington 

 Nursery, Hornsey Road. This was a shrubby variety, of re- 

 markably dwarf stocky habit, tliickly branched, ajid loaded witli 

 close trusses of largish bright yellow flowers. The excellent 

 habit and free blooming ch>iracter of this plant will render it a 

 valuable flower-garden and decorative object. It received a Fikst- 

 Class Certificate. 



Aralia Sieboldii variegata: — from Messrs. Veitch & Son-. 

 A variety of the well-known and handsome Aralia Sieholdil, 

 introduced from Japan. In this variety the lolies of the leaves 

 are tipped, and hero and there irregularly edged, with white. It 

 was hardly sufficiently variegated, but was adjudged worthy of 



pair have a large purple blotch, slightly radiate at the edge, and 

 extended so as to leave a tolerably even white margin of a quarter 

 of an inch in width; the lower petal, which has a yellow eye, 

 has a white margin of rather more than an eighth of an inch 

 wide, and the rest is occupied by a dark purple blotch, liaving a 

 radiate edge. The variety is effective as a decorative plant, as 

 are many others of this class. 



Pelargonium Amazon : — from Mr. W. Beck, Worton Cottage, 

 Isleworth. This was a variety remarkable for its stocky vigorous 

 habit, and its free-blooming character. It was Commended as an 

 attractive decorative plant. The flowers were large, of a deep 

 purple-rose, with violet centre, and dark-blotched upper petals. 



The following additional subjects were shown: — 



Pansies {fancy): — from Mr. Dean: Pio Nono, a mottley 



