618 REPORTS OF 'THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 



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Niphobolus Lingua^ var. corymbiferns : — from Messi 



Veitch & Son, A Japanese variety of this well-known green- 

 house fern, in which the apices of the fronds were divided in a 

 multifid manner. It was CoMMEKDKn as an interesting novelty. 

 Lilium auratiim:— from Messrs. Veitch & Son, Of this 



magnificent Japanese lily, noticed at p- 540, another plant was 

 now exhibited, and in a much finer condition than on the 

 former occasion, the flower being considerably larger^ and sub- 

 declinate instead of erect. A Special C^iExxFicATic was awarded 

 in order io mark its great merit, a first-prize having already been 

 given to it at the exhibition on July 3. 



Verbenas:—- from Mr. G. Smith, Homsey Road. A collec- 

 tion of JJ4 named varieties; among which Ariosto Improved, 

 Mrs. Moore, Nemesis, Foxhunter. and Souvenir de rEsposition 

 were particularly attractive. A Speciai. Certie'icate was 

 awarded. 



Carnations and Pieotees; — from Mr. Tubneb. A Spjecial 



Certificate was awarded to a collection consisting of 13 finely 

 bloomed specimons of Carnations, and 13 of Pieotees. They 

 were remarkably perfect examples of these beautiful flowers. 



The remaiuing subjects were : 



Prom Mr. WtnSss, Buckingham Palace Gardens : — 



Fuchda Novelty, a ctirious upright flowered free blooming variety, wiiii 

 the flowers of a pale undecided flesh colour. lig habit has been 



thought to adapt it for bouquets. 



From Mr. Tukneb : — 



Carnation Samuel MontoUj a large heavily marked^rose flake, the flakes 



tinted vvith purple. 

 Pieotees : Mrs. Taylor, a very light rose edge, the marking scarcely 



discernible ; Jesde, a medium purple, of large size^ and yeiy full of 



|)etals^ but not sufBciently even in arrangement. 



From Mr. Pilbeam, gardener to Mr.* Commissioner Evans, Qolder's Hill, 



Hampstead : — 



A large pan of Dro&era rotuTidifolia, collected ou Hampstead Heath. 



From Mr. Bublev, Albert Nursery, Pembridge Place, Bayswater :— 



Sis plants of an Oxalis, described as having been collected by Col. 

 Sanson, in the north o£ China, but not different from the common 

 hardy 0. violacea. 



From Messrs. Veitch & Son j 



Several kinds of Caladium, among which the best was that called 0. 

 regale, a form with the leaves marked by angular blotches of a faint 



rosy tinge. 

 Vacciyiiim ruffosu7n, a very cinrious greenhouse shrub. 

 Acanthopanax, sp. Japan, a shrub with variegated pentapbyllouB leaves. 

 Jfarfugmm, f^p. Japan, a large and robust habited herb, with roimdiah 



