'674 KEPORTS OF THE FLOEAL COMMITTEE, 



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From Mr. W. Young, gardener to R. Barclay, Esq., Highgate : — 



Phloxes : Fairest of the Fair, Gem of the Season, Annie, all liglit-coloiired 

 inferior sorts. 



From Mr. Cunningham, gardener to the Lord Bishop of London, Fulham,. 



Punica Granaium rubra plena^ some well-bloomed samples from a plant 

 which flowers very abundantly at Fulham. 



From Mr. Francis, Hertford : — 



Pelargonium (scarlet) Lady Cooper, a yearling plant, of very dwarf bushy 

 habit, with small crenated foliage, and light scarlet flowers ; 

 altogether considered very promLiing. 



From Mr, Salter, Hammersmith : — 



Ferdinanda eminens, a tall shrubby Mexican composite, with broad 

 . angular downy leaves, used on the Continent for planting out in 



summer gardens. 

 Pyrethrum roseum, two varieties : roseum album, with rosy flower- 

 heads, whitish and quilled in the centre ; and Pari ft/, white, with 

 ■ quilled centre. 

 Verbena Glowworm, scarlet. 



Prassica ola*acea, var., leaves of a sort of Kale, with curious morpho- 

 logical developments on their surface. 



From Mr. Cullingfoed, Woodbridge : 

 Trusses of several seedhng Verbenas. 



From Messrs. Carter & Co. : — 



Cerastum Bi^erstdnii, a compact growing perennial, with whitish 

 cottony leaves, employed for flower-garden edging. 



From Messrs. F. &; A. Smith, Dulwich : 

 An imnamed Ei 



Welwy 



Achimenes carminata elegans, deep rosy-carmine. 



From the Societt's Garden :— 



Gloxinia sj)., from Mr. Weir, a small dwarf-growing plant, with smooth 



bluntly-ovate crenated leaves, and small drooping downy white 



flowers, marked with seven purple lines on the throat. 

 Pelargonium, having the leaves variegated in segments with creamy 



yellow, and bearing pink flowers. It had been received from Capt, 



Trevor Clarke. 



From Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux, & Co , Paris : — 



Tagetes signata nana. These were samples of what was described as a 

 dwarf-habited variety of Tagetes signata, desirable for borders or for 

 bedding purposes. As they reached the Committee, the specimens 

 were however mere shrivelled branches, so that no opinion could be 

 formed respecting the habit of the plant, 



September 10.— This was a meeting of Suh-committee on the 



day of the^ show of Autunm Flowers. The following subjects 

 were examined — 



Adiantum Feei :— from Mr.W. Bull, Chelsea. A very elegant 



species of Maidenhair Fern, which has also been named A.Jlex- 

 uosum, and is a native of Mexico and Guatemala. It had tall 



