633 EEPORTS OF FLORAL COMMITTEE, JULY 9, 1861 



Fellows, a pleasing variety with dark-zoned leaves, and large 

 trusses of cerise flowers, which however were not thought equal 

 to those of Rubens and Mons. Martin. 



Pelargonium (Nosegay) Crimson Bedder :— from Mrs. Con- 

 way, Brompton. A free blooming variety with large heads of 

 crimson flowers, and neatly marked zonate leaves. The variety 

 was not thought to equal that called Stella. It was however 

 stated to be a good sort for edging. 



Pelargoninm (variegated) Gold-edged :— from Mrs. Conway. 

 A variety with gold-edged leaves, and indifferently formed light 

 scarlet flowers. 



Fancy Pelargoniums :— from Mr. R Wood, Bedford Nursery, 

 Hampstead Eoad. Florence Nightingale, an inferior sort, with 

 rosy lake upper petals. — From Messrs. Veitch & Son. Mrs. 

 Thompson, a variety marked with deep red spots. 



Scarlet Pelargonium, Lady Eokeby:— from Mr. W. Bull. 

 A plain-leaved orange-scarlet, without distinctive merit. 



Scarlet Branching Intermediate Stock : — from Messrs. 

 DowNiE, Laird, & Laing, Sydenham and Edinburgh. A hand- 

 some new stock of dwarf habit, with densely placed double crim- 

 son flowers. It was a richly coloured and meritorious variety, 

 but without any prominent distinctness of character. 



Verbenas : — from Mrs. Conway. Imperial Blue, a reddish 

 purple variety.— From Mr. G-. Smith, Homsey Wood. The Moor, 

 a fine habited sort, the flowers dark blood-red with maroou eye. 

 Fireball, a bright scariet of good quality. Mr. Smith also ex- 

 hibited a remarkably fine collection of cut-blooms of named kinds, 

 for which a Special Certificate was awarded. 



Fancy Pansies :— from Mr. W. Dean, Bradford. Pierrot, a 

 light spotted sort. Duchesse de Brabant, sulphur, with yellow 

 lower petals marked with rich dark blotch. Ftoile du Nord, 

 lower petals yellow with dark blotch, the upper ones edged with 

 rosy lilac. These blooms were stated to be smaller than usual, 

 and less perfectly marked, in consequence of the hot dry weather 

 that had prevailed in Yorkshire from the middle of April to 

 within a few days of the date of the meeting. 



Pinks:— from the Rev. G.Jeans, Alford Vicarage, Lincoln- 

 shire. Several unnamed seedlings, some of which were finely 

 coloured, and worth another season's trial cultivation. The best 

 marked among them had small-sized flowers. — From Mr. H. 

 Cook, Horstead, Norwich. An unnamed seedling, the flowgrs of 

 which were badly packed and spoiled. 



