718 REPOETS OP THE FLOKAL COMMITTEE, 



baceous plant, with long narrow leaves, silvery beneath, and 

 panicled racemes of small green star-shaped flowers. 



Galeobdolon luteum, var. albo-maculatum : — from Mr. Sal- 

 ter. A variety in which the ovate leaves are marked with 

 silvery blotches along each side the lamina similar to the mark- 

 ings on Strebilanthes maculata, a few years ago since common in 



,ea, var. fol. variegatis :— from Mr. Salteb. 

 A hardy herbaceous plant of Japanese origin, with dwarf elon- 

 gated lance-shaped leaves, striped with white. 



Veronica ChamsBdrys, tar.'pulclierrima:— fromMr. Salter. 

 A neat-looking hardy variegated plant, the leaves prettily marked 

 with creamy white, 



Xanthosoma maculata :— from Mr. W. Bull. A large- 

 growing araceous plant, requiring a hothouse. The leaves were 

 green, with purplish stalks covered with a glaucous bloom, and 

 margined with white on the sheathing portions towards their 

 base. It has been already noticed at p. 660; and though 

 individually a fine and bold-looking plant, yet wanting in the 

 richness of colour and marking which distinguish so many allied 



The Florists* Flowers shown were all Chrysanthemums, 



Qchess of Wellington (Salter) .-—from Mr- 

 Salter, Hammersmith. This was a large-flowered variety of 

 very fine properties, the ilower heads being of full size, evenly, 

 compactly, and completely incurved, and of a rosy-lilac colour, 

 with the backs of florets lighter or silvery. It was awarded a 

 First-Class Certificate. 



Chrysanthemum Carissima (SmUh) :— from Mr. Salter. A 

 flower of first-rate properties, and awarded a First-class Cer- 

 tificate. It has broad incurved florets of good substance, form- 

 ing a compact flower-head of medium size, sulphury- white, with 

 a faint lilac tint towards the circumference, and in some cases 

 rather streaked with the same colour on the outer florets. It 

 proved to be much more distinct from Lady H. St. Clair than the 

 blooms exhibited on the 6th instant seemed to indicate. 



Chrysanthemum Sparkler [Smith) -.—from Mr. Salter. This 

 variety was Commended. The flower-heads are rather small, 

 but deep and thickly filled out with stiff incurved florets, the 

 colour of which is a bright deep Indian red, with golden backs 



