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fVom Messrs. Veitch & Son : — 



Cryptomena sp,^ from Kanagawa. 



Alie& Alcoqidana, from Mount Fusi Yama ; young seedling plants. 

 Thajopsis sp.^ from Yeddo. 



Widdrlngionia sj),, Japan, closely resembling tlie plant formerly sHown 



8^ Retlnospora sqiui'trosa. 

 Ilex sp., Japan. 



Auciiba sp., the female form, from Yeddo, 



From Mr. J. E. Chalice, Avonville Nursery, Ivybrldge : 



Polysiickitm anrjulare^ a multifid or subramose variety, found near 

 Ivybridge. 



Class xxx. — Seedling Florists' Flowers and Garden 



Hybrids. 



Pink Mr, F. Coaffe:— from Mr. Hooper, Vine Nursery, 



Widcombe Hill, Bath. A medium-sized rose-leaf flower, heavily 

 laced with deep crimson. Fiest-Class Certificate. 



Petunia Guide : — from Mr. Bull. A variety with mulberry- 

 crimson veined flowers of medium-size and good form, and very 

 freely produced. Second-Class Cerxifjcate. 



The remaining exhibitions were as follows : 



From Mr. Hooper, Bath : 



Pink: Attraction, Correction^ Conquerory Princess Alices Ellen tlie 

 Fair, Sultan^ Golia/t, Discolor, Sir JosejJt Paxton, Bobert Parher^ 

 Lady Wihon, ^ The whole collection was considered to possess 

 second-rate merit. 



From Mr. Bull : 



Petunia Burpasse Madame Lanzezeur, a miserable semi-double purplish 

 sort; Hose Rendatler^ hght veined and striped, of bad form; Spitfire, 

 rich crimson, bad form; Special, a veined sort, of bad form ; Review, 

 veiny, and no improvement; Nonsuch, rose -with white centre, very 

 coarse and rough ; Madame Pougier, double, pinkish-white with 

 purplish- violet stripes, the light portion spotted with lilac — con- 

 sidered a very promising variety, bvit as only one flower was on the 

 plant, no award could be given, but it was thought worth showing 

 again ; Inimitahilis La Parfait, 



Pdargonium Junon,hTight purplish -rose, of inferior form ; Nigricans, 

 dark maroon, with light purpUsh throat, bad form. 



Fuchsia Review ; International^ double, with dull red sepals, not 

 reflexed, and semi-double corolla; Profusion; Bravo, with very 

 double corolla of a bright plum colour, and bright red but very 

 small sepals, which latter feature was considered a fault. 



From Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton : — 



Petunia : Ensi(^n, Celestial, Caractacus, The Bride, TelegrapJu These 



were promising double Petunias, Caractacus and Telegraph being the 



- " "best ; but as there was but one flower of each, no decision could be 



arrived at as to their real merit. 



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From Mr. Wood, Kirkdale Nursery, Sydenham ; 

 Tropceohim ei^ectura, no improvement. 



