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' Beauty of Ware. An older sort, but was shown in nearly every lot exhibited, 

 having a most conspicuous appearance. The flower is of a bright rosy-purple, 

 and produced most profusely. 



Rosabella. (Gaines's.) Fine bright rosy-red, large flower. 



Gauntlet. Light scarlet, delicate petals, and large flower. 



Coronation. (Garth's.) Upper petals rosy-scarlet, having a large dark crimson 

 clouded spot lined at the edges. Lower petals a fine ruse. Flower of a very 

 good form. 



Juan of Arc. We gave a figure of this last year, and at the exhibitions still 

 ranks among the most superb. 



Lady Selkirk. White, upper petals having a dark clouded spot ; very fine 

 form. 



Su/tatt. Fine rose, upper petals having a large dark spot ; fine formed 

 flower. 



Matilda. White, tinged slightly with a pretty rose, upper petals having a 

 large spot. A very fine formed flower. 



Lady Palmer. Upper petals of a rosy-crimson, having a large dark-clouded 

 spot. Lower petals, of a tine rosy blush. Flower of a first-rate form. 



Purpurea grand/flora. Upper petals having a large dark spot. Flower of a 

 very good form. 



Mabel. Fine light blush, becoming gradually whiter to the centre. Upper 

 petals having a large velvet spot. Flower of first-rate form. 



Hope. Beautiful flesh-coloured, upper petals having a large dark-clouded 

 spot. Flower of a fine form. 



Guardsman. Upper petals of a fine crimson, having a large dark spot. Lower 

 petals of a pretty pink. Flower of a very fine form. 



(Pelargoniums to be continued in our next.) 



Tliunbergia aurantiaea. A plant eight feet high, trained to a wire frame, very 

 profusely in bloom ; and its beautiful orange-coloured flowers gave it a pretty 

 effect. This kind appears to grow much more vigorously than the buff and 

 white. The plant was exhibited by Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus. 



Clerodendron. New Species, having bright scarlet flowers. The plant was 

 six feet high. Exhibited by Mr. Bruce, gardener to Boyd Miller, Esq. 



Ixora coccinea. A plant five feet high, having twenty fine heads of its beau- 

 tiful flowers, was exhibited by Mr. Pratt, gardener to W. Harrison, Esq. 



Gompho.'obium polymorphi/m. A plant trained to a frame three feet high, and 

 near three across, most profusely in bloom ; also exhibited by Mr. Pratt. The 

 plant was peculiarly striking ; it deserves a place in every greenhouse or con- 

 servatory. 



Sieludia canescens. A pea-flowered plant, of a pretty lilac colour, having a 

 dark centre. 



Ixora er/cata. A plant three feet high, having numerous heads (about six 

 inches across) of flowers of an orange-buff colour, producing a very agreeable 

 erlect in contrast with the scarlet. 



Pelargonium, Joan of Arc. A plant four feet high and six feet across, having 

 more than 300 fine heads of flowers, was exhibited by Mr. Cock, of Chiswick. 

 The plant was clothed with foliage to the edge of the pot, that not any portion 

 of a stem could be seen. 



VISITS TO GARDENS AND NURSERIES. 



London HoinicuM URAL Society Gakuens, July. — Rosa ruga and Rose de 

 I aie trained up posts, as what is termed Pillar Roses, they grow very rapidly, 

 and bloom most profusely. The flowers being large too produce a fine effect. 

 Each kind are very hardy and very suitable for the purpose. 



Jatmimum revolution. A large plant of it trained against an open wall, finely 

 in bloom, its beautiful yellow and fragrant blossoms being very showy and 

 agreeable. 



Yucoa ghriosa. A large plant growing in a bed on the lawn was showing 

 finely fur bloom, the flower-stem being about seven feet high. 

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