Mr. Green, High Cross, Ware : Variabilis, shaded purple, un- 

 even.— From Mr. TuRNEn : Fairy, a rather small bright yellow, 

 slightly tipped with red ; Blondin, dull red, below medium size ; 

 John Spencer, shaded crimson, of average size, a variety of 

 beautiful general aspect from its depth and the symmetrical 

 arrangement of its petals, but having a faulty eye ; Duchess of 

 Wellington, blush white with bright rose tips, faulty in the 



-from Mr. Standish, F.R.H.S., Bagshot : Rev. 

 Joshua Dix, a very fine brilliant orange scarlet, which had received 

 last season a first-class certificate, an award which it now fully 

 justified ; Herr Rosenberg, a deep rosy carmine, already com- 

 mended ; Mrs. Moore, salmon colour with a creamy centre, and 

 well-formed. — From Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt : a collec- 

 tion of cut spikes of older named sorts. 



Zinnia elegans: — from Mr. Whitk, Woodlands, Islewortli. 

 A stand of various coloured varieties of this fine annual flower. 



Hollyhocks :— from Messrs. Downie Latrd & Laing ; Lady 

 Dacre, a pale salmon-thited sort; Mrs. Downie, a pale buff 

 yellow ; and Pink ftueen, a large and very handsome bright rosy 

 pink.— From Mr. Bragg, Slough : Hon. Mrs. Gerald Wellesley, 

 a fine deep rose-pink ; Royal Standard, Mr. Broadwater, and 

 The Welcome Guest, the latter a faint blush; also Reine 

 Blanche, and Yellow Defiance, two named sorts. — From Mr. 

 W. Chater, Saffron Walden : a collection of 12 named sorts ; 

 also, of seedlings. Invincible, a very fine salmony buff, of excel- 

 lent quality, but somewhat resembling Standard, a variety raised 

 several years since ; Mrs. Fyson, a fine and distinct rosy-lilac, or 

 mauve colour; Cloth of Silver, white with lilac base ; Agenora, 

 light purplish rose ; Standard Bearer ; Augusta Bland, a clear 

 blush, rather small, but neat and pretty ; Miss lizzie King, pale 

 buff-tinged primrose ; Glory of Walden, a fine light crimson ; 

 Imperial, a deep crimson, rather flat and irregular but fine in 

 colour; Rosa magniflora, deep rose; Advancer, mottled lilac; 

 Carminata splendens, a fine bright carmine rose ; Halcyon, rose 

 pink; Vestal, large blush. These were all varieties of showy 

 character. — From Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt : a large col- 

 lection of blooms of named sorts. 



Lobelias :— from Mr. Kinghorn, Eichmond : Purple Standard, 

 a free blooming purple, certificated last year, scarcely sustaining 

 the award then given ; Mars, a very large-flowered showy scarlet, 

 remarkable for the breadth of the lower segments of the corolla. 



