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their great size and beauty ; some of them could not measure 

 less than 5 inches in diameter, and although they had travelled 

 all the way from Yorkshire they maintained tteir freshness well 

 throughout the day. Their names were Mrs. Cochrane, crim- 

 son ; Walden Masterpiece, fawn ; Memnon, crimson ; Empress 

 flugenie, fawn and white; Perfection, lilac; Lizzy Robarts, 

 white : Ossian, crimson ; Yellow Defiance ; Mrs. Wardrop, crim- 

 son ; Regina, pink ; Lord Loughborough, crimson ; and Lord 

 Taunton, mulberry. Messrs. Minchin also had good blooms, 

 conspicuous; among which were Havelock, bright red; Jamie, 

 yellow ; and Cynthie, pink. 



Asters, which were present in large numbers, Avere deservedly 

 ol.jects of great attraction. They consisted of what are called 

 . J allied German and tasselled French kinds; of the latter there 

 are two classes, the incurved and reflexed. These were of all 

 shades of colour, and many of them were most beautifully striped. 

 The quilled varieties from Mr. Bettekidge, of Steventon, to whom 

 the first prize was awarded, were in every way excellent ; and 

 the stand of large kinds from Mr. Sandford, Walthamstow, were 

 equally remarkable for beauty and fine gi-owth. A collection sent 

 all the way from Erfurt, by Mr. F. W. Wendell, nurseryman 

 there, contained examples of what were called Crown Asters, par- 

 ticularly handsome. They had large white centres broadly bor- 

 dered with purple and crimson. Some small growing Ranunculus 

 Howered and Pompone sorts were also greatly admired ; and not- 

 withstanding the distance they had travelled they were in good 

 condition, as were also new French kinds which appeared to be 

 an improvement on the older varieties, both in size and double- 

 ness. Asters in pots came from Mrs, Conway of Brompton, and 

 a fine collection of them, filling a circular table in the centre of 

 the^building, came from the Society's Garden at Chiswick. 



large quantities, but thev have not 





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compared with what it 

 : Mr. Standish of Bagshot, in whose collection the following 

 I the most remarkable, viz. :— Miss Ingram, a nice sort, with 

 >w throat and crimson feather ; Lady Caroline Legge, clear 

 e, with crimson lip, very large ; Miss Graham, pure white, 

 bnght crimson feather, very striking; Bridesmaid, large 

 white ; Miss Porter, white, with singular dark lip ; Gold- 

 ?r, lemon and bright yellow ; Juliet, lemon with pink feather ; 

 s- Emilie Seymour, salmon pink, a fiue bold flower; Mrs. 



