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were selected by the judges for prizes possessed distinct and fine cha- 

 racters. They were named Masterpiece, Emperor, Oscar, Viscount 

 Hardinge, Sir H. Smith, and Aurea maculata ; the three former 

 being exhibited by Mr. Kinghorn, of Twickenham, and the latter by 

 Mr. Gaines, of Battersea. The best amongst the others we considered 

 to be Kinghorn's Marquetry, Gaines' Merry Monarch and Lady 

 Mason, Mount Etna, Hon. Mrs. Walroyd, Warwickshire Lass, and 

 Miss Prettyman, the latter a very delicate, pretty-looking flower : 

 these five were sent by Mr. Kimberley, of Coventry. 



Fuchsias. — The most novel flower amongst these was one named 

 Corallina, from Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, of very large size; we 

 could almost fancy, by its appearance, that it was a seedling between 

 Affinis and Exoniensis ; the tube and sepals are bright crimson-red, 

 the corolla deep purple, and, as in the old kinds, this contrast of colours 

 gives that striking appearance of which so many new ones of the pre- 

 sent day are void. A second prize was given to Mr. Gaines for a 

 good sized, stout flower, of a red colour, named Lord Hill, and a 

 certificate was given to Messrs. Fairburn, for Predominant, also a 

 red-coloured flower. 



Heartsease. — Several of these were shown, but only one, from Mr. 

 Thompson, of Iver, named Satirist, received a certificate. This flower 

 is well shaped, flat, and of good substance, and quite novel in colour ; 

 the shield or ground colour, which is generally white or yellow, is of 

 a warm brown, and, the eye, top petals and broad margin round the 

 lower ones, are of a deeper bronzy brown. 



Amongst other seedling flowers, we noticed a clear dark blue Cine- 

 raria, named Royal Blue, from Mr. Irwood ; an Azalea, named 

 Gledsta?iesii formosa, which was pretty, but only slightly differed 

 from the original variety : it was from Mr. Pawley, of Bromley. Mr. 

 Henderson, of Pine Apple-place, Edgeware-road,had a seedling Erica, 

 with bright rose-coloured flowers, named Vestita eximia ; and two 

 seedlings from Ventricosa, named V. globosa alba, and V. nana alba, 

 were from Mr. Pamplin. Finally, amongst the seedlings wc parti- 

 cularly noticed a box of cut blooms of fifty splendid seedling hardy 

 Azaleas, from Mr. Waterer of Knaphill, some of them quite novel in 

 colour; an extra prize was deservedly awarded them. 



Of the many miscellaneous subjects shown we will only observe 

 that the most attractive was the fancy -flowered Geranium, Anais, of 



