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COMMENDATIONS. 
RHODODENDRON ROMAIN ре SwET.— Messrs, VEITCH & Sox; and also зч 
Lzr, Hammersmith. A Belgian hybrid, shown P Mr. Veitch asa fore 
ne e "RES flowers were blush, spotted thickly on each of the segments with 
blac It was тека to be an improvement on the varieties of this 
fe 
MELLIA NAPOLEON Ш. — ЕЕ. A pleasing double-flowered, ila 
petaled variety, with pretty wae vos pinke = wers, paler at the edges 
shown, the blossoms were scarcely of averag 
: ÜINERARIA JOHN SPENCER ty Te i deep crimson self, the pips large 
= very ND and the Кер early the same colour аз the ray florets, It was 
ewarded as a very telling decorative т mm but was deficient in some of the 
Уем merits sought for by flor 
SPECIAL CERTIFICATES, 
UCUBA JAPONICA.—Mr. Sta DIsH. This was a ve ту. арзане ў weed b the 
. al gree 
flowers, plant being 
hibited in blossom in joi It is hoped, now that the two forms are intro- 
duced to our gardens, we may get vin of this most useful shrub, laden with 
its conspicuous oblong Felipe ted berri 
. DOUBLE CHINESE Pii Mile: Е. & A. Swrrm, Dulwich. Under X 
ыг Fraa or Truce.—Messrs. eec i еж a group of yo ihe uid 
showing that the variety, a double pur ves under cultivation. It is 
à very fine thing, the largest, boldest, н ан of the double whites. 
Several t interesting күра were brought forward, of which the following 
ary record :— 
notes form а summ 
From Messrs. Verron & Son.—Alocasia picta, from Brazil, a moderate-sized 
stove herb, with м leaf-stalks, and с ovate leaves, which are green, 
with white tudinal nerves, в slightly tinged with pink towards the base. _ 
From Messrs. А. HENDERSON & ok semi Nursery.— Hebeclinium macro- 
phyllum, а Mexican vm remarkable for i ie cordate green leaves, and ita 
large corymbs of r Жор . It is said to be much 
leaves more cordate 
Whose leaves are titel tye a йе broad vhi aer ids down the аайы, 5 
ich was м color. Pelar- 
goniums (zonale) : Auricula, Oracle, and Beauty, fin 
the latter, a fine bright scarlet, being especially pro: 
om M. Тел gemi Ghent.—Azalea ойе du Prince e : 
semi double У. wi salmon-red flowers, edged with white; shown in a 
damaged m last dg and not ane in ndition. т s 
From Mr. Ранк beet —Hebeclinium atrorubens, previously noticed; 
scarlet Ty тордой, с called V. | 
From Mr. TORNER. feri Mrs. Harvey, а purplish-rose, with white báse 
om ү c disk ; фей, but not sufficiently de defined. i 
