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green, and there was a freshness about the flowers which was quite 
delightful. Messrs. Paul obtained the gold medal, with admirably- 
grown specimens, trained according to the plan laid down in “ The 
Rose Garden.” The tallest shoot was brought to the centre of the 
plant, and around this the others were disposed, gradually decreasing 
in height as they receded from the centre, till the lowest branches were 
fixed horizontally, the plants being alike on all sides. We give the 
heights and widths, the latter measured at the base, of the varieties 
forming this collection:—AHybrid Perpetual. — Madame Laflay, a 
splendid bush, 3 feet high and 4 feet wide; Aubernon, 2} feet high 
and 4 feet wide; Mrs. Elliott, 13 feet high and 4 feet wide ; William 
Jesse, 14 feet high and 3 feet wide. Bourbon.—Armosa, 3 feet high 
and 34 feet wide; Ceres, 13 feet high and 2 feet wide; Mrs. Bosan- 
quet, 24 feet high and 4 feet wide. China.—Madame Lacharme, 
2 feet high and 2 feet wide. Tea-scented—Madame de St. Joseph, 
very fine, 2 feet high and 3 feet wide; Niphetos, 23 feet high and 
3 feet wide; Safrano, 3 feet high and 2 feet wide; Comte de Paris, 
14 feet high and 2 feet wide. Mr. Lane’s plants were—Hybrid Per- 
petual.—Baronne Prevost, blush; Comtesse Duchatel, rosy pink ; 
Duchess of Sutherland, blush ; Edward Jesse, lilac crimson; Lady 
Alice Peel, rosy crimson ; Louis Bonaparte, rose ; Robin Hood, pink- 
ish lilac ; William Jesse, crimson; Duc de Chartres, shaded crimson. 
Bourbon.—Armosa, rosy blush. Rubifolia.—Baltimore Belle, white , 
and the Yellow Banksian. The latter was finely grown and beautifully 
flowered. Mr. Francis, of Hertford, showed a third and good col- 
lection, consisting of—Hybrid Perpetual—Aubernon, La Reine, Ba- 
ronne Prevost, Duchess of Sutherland. Bourbon.—Souvenir de la 
Malmaison, Armosa, Reine des Vierges. Hybrid Bourbon.—Charles 
Duval, Paul Perras. Tea.—Elise Sauvage, Comte de Paris. China. 
—Eugene Hardy. Among private growers the competition lay be- 
tween Mr. Slowe and A. Rowland, Esq., of Lewisham. In Mr. Slowe’s 
group, to which the first prize was awarded, we remarked Bouquet de 
Flore, Bougére, Hymene, Elise Sauvage, Triumphant, Belle Emile, 
Safrano, Caroline, Mrs. Bosanquet, Archduke Charles, and Pactolus. 
From Mr. Rowland came Dauphin, Armosa, Safrano, Augustine, 
Mouchelet, Devoniensis, Madame Laffay, William Jesse, Mrs. Bosan- 
quet, and Baronne Prevost. Mr. Noble, of Bagshot, sent a specimen 
of Mr. Fortune’s Yellow China Rose. It resembles Jaune Desprez, 
but is more coppery in colour. 
A SEEDLING PELARGONIUM EXHIBITION 
Took place on June 15, at Upton Park, near Slough, open to all, 
when the following prizes were awarded :— 
Ist prize, five pounds, Mr. Black, gardener to E. Foster, Esq., 
Clewer Manor, Windsor, for Gipsy’s Bride; a very perfect formed 
flower, upper petals rich crimson maroon, surrounded with a narrow 
belt of carmine; lower petals bright deep pink, lighter to the centre 
of the flower; stout in substance and remarkably even, of medium 
size; footstalks firm, elevating the truss just sufficiently high to clear 
