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Cupania Pindaiba :— from Mr. W. Bull. A young example 

 of a Brazilian shrub, evidently an elegant-foliaged stove plant, 

 the leaves as shown being gracefully pinnate, about a foot long, 

 and furnished with numerous leaflets. This was Commended as 

 an ornamental plant for conservatories. 



Cobaea scandens variegata :— from Mr. W. Bull. This 

 differed from the common form only in the leaves being irre- 

 gularly margined with yellow. It was considered desirable as a 

 Variegated chmber, and was Commended. 



The awards made to Florist's flowers were as follows : — 

 Fuchsia Mammoth :— from Mr. G. Smith, Tollington Nursery, 

 Homsey Road. A variety of excellent habit, with neat foliage, 

 and very large durable double flowers, having broad reflexed 

 sepals, and a large double corolla of a deep violet purple, flamed 

 with red at the base. It was awarded a Fibst-Class Certifi- 



PinkDelieata:— from Mr. Turner, F.R.H.S., Slough. A 

 handsome large-flowered variety, heavily laced with pale purple, 

 and marked with darker purple in the centre ; it was very evenly 

 marked. Awarded a Fibst-Class Certificate. 



Pink lady Rokeby :— from Mr. Bragg, Slough. A full- 

 sized and nicely-laced variety, but deeper coloured than the fore- 

 going. It was awarded a Fibst-Class Certificate. 



Phlox Beine blanche . — from Messrs. Downie, Laird & 

 Laing, Edinburgh and Sydenham. A variety with bold trusses 

 of pure white flowers, upwards of an inch and a half in diameter. 

 It was Commended. 



Phlox tydia :— from Messrs. Downie, Laird & Laing. The 

 flowers in this variety, which was also Commended, were rather 

 smaller than in the preceding, and were of a French white, with 

 a prominent and somewhat radiate purple eye. 



Various other plants and flowers were exhibited, namely :— 

 Nemophila atomaria mr. ocnlata :— from Mr. W. Thompson, 

 Ipswich. Owing to the dull unfavourable weather the flowers of 

 this plant were nearly closed. It is a pretty annual, the flowers 

 pale blue, with a dark central eye ; rather small, as in the parent 

 species, but nevertheless desirable from its colour and marking. 



Bose " Aurora ":— from Mr. B. E. Cant, Colchester. This 

 was the same variety as that shown at the previous meeting, 

 and though the blossoms now produced were less vigorous 



