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Menzies, pink, beautifully marked with crimson ; Mrs. Hole, 

 creamy blush, carnation striped, clear and beautiful ; Col. Hood, 

 scarlet feathered with crimson ; J. W. Lane, scarlet with white 

 stripes, yellow throat and crimson feather—a fine bold flower ; 

 Hr, Duffield, reddish violet with crimson feathers ; Achille, deep 

 red shot with lake, throat yellow ; Donald Beaton, pink striped 

 and blotched with maroon on all the petals ; Mr. Rucker, scarlet 

 with white throat and crimson feather — a very huge flower ; Mow- 

 bray Morris, fine scarlet, shaded white throat and deep crimson 

 feather; Prime Minister, scarlet with violet throat; Towardi, 

 deep salmon, a fine bold flower ; and Madame Vilmorin, deep 

 rosy purple with crimson feather. From Messrs. Paul & Sox 

 3 tine spikes; and Mr. Cattell, of Westerliara, 



in pots, were really beautiful; the best came from Mr, Standish, 

 in whose stand were fine examples of Madame Lierval, brilliant 

 crimson; M. I'orest, equally good in colour, but smaller; ^L 

 Amazili, pink with crimson eye ; M. Moisson. white with pink 

 eye ; George Washington, crimson ; John Standish, white with 

 pink eye ; Madame Marseau, white with large bright rosy eye ; 

 and Madame Vilmorin, a large flesh-coloured sort, flushed with 

 rose. Messrs. Cattell & Cutbush also showed some handsome 

 varieties, the most striking among which were Triomphe de 

 Twickle, pink striped with white ; Dr. Josset and Madame liou- 

 gier, the last white with pink eye. 



Of Verbenas the best stand was contributed by Mr. Peurt, of 

 Castle Bromwich, near Birmingham. The sorts were chiefly 

 >ieedliug3 unnamed, all large and handsome. ^Messrs. Minchi.k 

 and Dr. Cooper of Slough also showed some fine varieties, 

 the best of which were Mrs. Moore and Garibaldi among violet 

 sorts with white eye ; Great Eastern, pink with yellow eye ; 

 Fairest of the Fair, white with pink eye ; and, among Scarlets, 

 Firefly and Geaut des Batailles. 



Cut Roses were shown by Messrs. Mitchell, Keynes, Laixo, 

 & CuTBUSH. From the Rev. W. FtADCLYFiE, of Blandford. camo 

 a good collection, which was placed first among amateurs. Among 

 new kinds, Senateur Vaise and Louis XIV. are gems which must 

 long hold a first place among roses, and there were some good 

 examples of Lord Raglan and Gen. Jacqueminot, which seemed to 

 have stood the drought well. 



Miscellaneous subjects were numerous, and formed a promi- 



