B82 KEPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



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Prom Mr. Nye : 



Pelargoniums: Souvemr, scarlet carmine, of bright colour "but bad 

 f iorm ; Charles the First, rosy carmine^ with dark upper petals ; 



Royalty^ rosy purple^ with dark upper petals, a loose coarse flower. 



Troni Mr. Sta: 



Rhododendron conchijlorum striatum, a pale rose, with numerous 

 "splashea and spots J Dr, Midler , a deep shaded rose, of large size, 

 but not superior to many older varieties. 



From Messrs, A^eitch & Son : 



Mkodqdendron Marian^ a good garden variety^ French white, the upper 



segment distinctly spotted with brown. 

 Azalea Minnie^ an inferior sort. 

 MimuhiS exoniensis^ yellow, streaked and spotted with crunson^ admired 



for its novel and curious appearance. 



rom Mr. R. Elphinstone, Sprowston Nursery, !N'orwich : 



PelargoniuTns—a, nosegay variety and a white variety, both without 

 names. 



From Messrs. DoBSON & Sons, Isleworth : — 



Pelargonium Flame, a fine light coloured variety, bright orange -scarlet, 

 the upper petals heavily and darkly marked. 



!Prom Mr. Turner :— 



Pelargonium Mrs, Kellc, salmon colour, but of inferior shape ; and 

 Royal Horticultural^ with variegated foliage and rosy scarlet flowers, 

 promising, but not sufficiently in bloom. 



Frotn G, "W- Hotle, Esq. : — 



Felargmiiuvi Ottavia, French white, faintly veined, with dark shaded 

 upper petals ; Tycoon^ promising, but not sufficiently in bloom. 



From Mr. Haeland : 



Begonias, from seedling varieties, not suflficiently novel, 



Frotn IVlr. Holland : — 



Petunia Relleformey deep rose, with large white eye ; not sufficiently in 

 flower- 



PelargoniumSy pleasing foliaged varieties of bedding sorts, withoui 

 ^ flowers. 



!Prom Mr. Watson, St. Albans : 



Calceolarias, six seedlings, considered to be no improvement. 



From Mr. Marcham, Earl's Court Road, Brompton : — 



Vei'lena Magenta, a variety of the colour of the name it bears, but not 

 of sufBcient merit or distinctness. 



From Messrs. Jackson & Son :— ' 



Azalea Dazzle, orange-scarlet; Rinzii, deep rose, of no merit. 

 Weigela Stelzneri, 



From Mrs. Conwat, Old Brompton : 



Pelargonium (nosegay) Crimson Bedded* 



From Mr. W. Paul : 



Pelargonium (scarlet) Red Dragon, b, deep orange^sc^rlet ; considered 

 promising, and to be seen again. 



From Messrs. Downxe, Laird, & Laing : — 



.' Calceolaria Blade PHnce, dark chocolate; Pnnce Oscar, dark ovan^e' 



browH; with light orange upper lip. - * 



