616 EEPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 



Taxus longifolia : a provisional name for a long linear-leaved 

 shrub or tree, which, if hardy, will prove a very handsome plant. 

 The plant was, however, quite small. 



Retinospora argentea : another provisional name for a plant 

 with densely glaucous or silvery spray, which colour was especially 

 marked on the lower surface. The plant was not enough deve- 

 loped to show its true character. 



The remaining subjects exhibited on this occasion were as 

 follows: — 



Rose Beauty of Waltham Cross:— from Mr. W. Paul, 

 F.R.H.S., Waltham Cross. This was a fine English hybrid per- 

 petual variety, a seedling from Jules Margottin, and was raised 

 from seed sown in 1859. It had first bloomed in the summer 

 and autumn of last year, and was now exhibited for the first time. 

 The plant was stated to bloom abundantly in the autumn, and to 

 have lived uninjured in the open air during the past winter. It 

 was evidently of vigorous habit, producing good foliage, and the 

 flowers were moderate-sized, nicely cupped, and of a rosy-crimson 

 colour. It was awarded a First-Class Certificate. 



Rose "Aurora": — from Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester. Under 

 this name Mr. Cant exhibited a finely-formed full-petaled Tea- 

 scented Rose, with flowers of a rich cream-colour, tinged with buff 

 in the centre. It had, he stated, been grown by him as Aurora for 

 the last twelve years. The variety, however, appeared to be quite 

 distinct from and very much superior to that commonly known as 

 Aurora, and was probably some old kind generally lost, or now 

 little known ; but it was not identified with any of the varieties of 

 the present day, though in some points it was stated to bear a 

 close resemblance to Madame William. The Committee was of 

 opinion tliat it was a variety well meriting to be redistributed 

 among cultivators of Roses, as Mr. Cant proposed. The beautiful 

 blooms exhibited were cut from a plant growing against a south 

 wall. 



Pelargonium, Lady Churston {Topping) : — from Messrs. 

 Veitch & Son, Exeter and Chelsea. This was a spotted variety, 

 with remarkably rich fiery orange-scarlet flowers, clouded with 

 rich velvety black on the upper, and spotted on the lower petals. 

 It was CoMMENDEB as a showy variety for decorative purposes. 



Fuchsias:— from Messrs. Veitch & Son: Elegans alba, a 

 strong grower, with rosy-scariet tube and sepals, and a remark- 

 ably long tube-like white corolla. Elegans alba plena, a variety 



