723 KEPORTS OP THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 



Mr. Wemyss remarked on the two varieties shown by him : 

 " they make first-rate bedding plants, being dwarf, and standing 

 rough weather well. It has cost me many years' trouble to 

 bring them to this habit." 



Dahlia Lord Eussell (>Sz7t'^r):— from Mr. T. Leslie, Stone 

 House, Broadstairs. A full-sized flower of average form, the colour 

 a deep primrose, heavily tipped with carmine. It was awarded a 

 Second-Class Ceetifjgate for novelty of colour* 



Saccharum violaceuiu : — from Mr, Bull. A tall and 



slender, but elegant grass, everywhere tinged with purple. It 

 was Commended. The plants, however, appeared to be not fully 

 developed, 



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Astrocaryum mexicanum : — from Mr. Bull. A Mexican 



palm, of bold and striking character, having the stalks of the 

 leaves prickly and the leaves themselves broad, and either two- 

 lobed or slightly pinnate, green above and silvery beneath. It 

 was Commended, 



Pentstemon Blue Beauty: — from Messrs. Downie, Laird, 

 & Laing. a fine sort, the bold flowers having rounded well- 



panded lobes, and the colour being a deep reddish purple 

 exth a very dark throat. It was Commended. 



Pentstemon princeps: — from Messrs. Downie, Laird, & 

 Laing-. A variety with the flowers rose-coloured, and having a 

 well-defined white throat and spreading but acute upper lobes. 

 It was Commended for its cheerful colour. 



Special Ceuttficates were awarded ; — To Messrs. Veitch & 

 Son", for a collection of New and Bare Plants, amongst which 

 were fine examples of Lapageria rosea albijlora, Lyfjodiiiia poly- 

 stachyum^ Alocasia zehrina, and Spharogyne latifoUa^vi\\\c\\\iv.^ 

 all previously taken the highest awards distributed by the Com- 

 mittee ; also several handsome plants of Vanda coindea, Aerides 

 Eelchenlteunl, a dull and uninteresting sort, with the sepals and 

 petals greenish-white tipped with rose, and the spurred lip- 

 greenish dotted over with brown; the pretty little Stenogastra 

 %ondnna, Eriocnema viarmoratum, &c. To Messrs. E. G* Hen- 

 Pebson & Son, St. John's Wood, for an extensive collection 

 of PoMPONE Dahlias, and for a collection of Tree Carnations- 

 To Messrs. Paul & Son, for a collection of Boses. 



The remaining exhibitions were : 



From Mr. AYiluams, Holloway :— 



