156 FLORAL EXHIBITIONS. 



Single Specimens consisted of splendid plants of Aphelexis pur- 

 purea and of Erica depressa, from Mr. May, gardener to E. Goodhart, 

 Esq. ; a charming Indigofera decora, from Mr. Ivison, gardener to the 

 Ducliess Dowager of Northumberland, at Syon ; the best variety of the 

 blue Leschenaultia, from Mr. May, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence ; 

 Aphelexis humilis, from Mr. Eruce ; Pimelea decussata, from Mr. Hill, 

 gardener to T. Davies, Esq. ; Polygala acuminata, from Mrs. Lawrence ; 

 an Everlasting and Chironiaglutinosa, from Mr. Cole; Erica depressa, 

 from Mr. Green ; the same species of Cape Heath, from Messrs. 

 Fairbairn ; Epiphyllum Jenkinsoni, from Mr. Collins, gardener to 

 Mr. Elliotson, of Clapham, and a large Coleonema, from Mr. Terry, 

 gardener to Lady Puller. 



Royal Botanical Society, Regent's Park. 



Pelargoniums (Amateurs) : for collections of twelve new first-rate 

 and distinct varieties, grown in 8-inch pots, 1st prize, Mr. Cock, of 

 Chiswick, Forget-me-Not, Star, Centurion, Salamander, Mars, Peril, 

 Arion, Rosamond, Sikh, Cruenta, Gulielma, and Grandiflora; 2nd prize, 

 lo Mr. Black, gardener to E. Foster, Esq., of Windsor, for Alderman, 

 Lamartine, Lalla Rookh, Armida Improved, Norah, Victory, Con- 

 stance, Gipsey Bride, Alonza, Ariel, Narcissus, and Conspicuum. 

 Mr. Staines and Mr. Robinson were made equal, priority being a 

 difficulty to arrive at in these collections. Mr. Staines showed Marian, 

 Lamartine, Negress, Forget-me-Not, Pearl, Victory, Orion, Rosamond, 

 Star, Alonzo, Lalla Rookh, and Norah. Mr. Robinson's collection in 

 eluded Gulielma, Star, Forget-me-Not, Cliimbarazo, Pearl, Orion, 

 Negress, Gustavus, Sun Down, Rosetta Superb, Cassandra, and Sir 

 Walter Raleigh. (Narserymeits Class) : 1st prize to Mr. Dobson, 

 gardener to Mr. Beck, for Symmetry, Star, Emily, Delicatissima, 

 Emilie, Governor, Rosa, Mont Blanc, Agatha, Centurion, Sarah, and 

 Cupy ; 2n(l prize to Mr. Brag, of the Star Nursery, Slough, for 

 Princess, Centurion, Phyllis, Conspicuum, Lalla Rookh, Correggio, 

 Marian, Norah, Narcissus, Gulielma, Bertha, and Pearl ; 3rd prize to 

 Mr.Gaines, of Buttersea, for Centurion, Adonis, Noblissima, Negress, 

 Sikh, Model, Grandiflora, Mrs. Beck, The Nun, Gulielma, Crusader, 

 and Grenadier. In collections of six, large pots ( Opeti Class) : 1st prize 

 to Mr. Cock, of Chiswick, for Thisbe, Centurion, Salamander, The 

 Pearl, Rosamond, and Pictum ; 2ud prize to Mr. Parker, gardener to 

 J. H. Aughton, Esq., of Roehampton, for Orion, Matilda, Forget-me- 

 Not, Aurora, Zenobia, and Negress ; 3rd prize to Mr. Gaines, of 

 Battersea, for Gulielma, Lord Warden, Aspasia, Forget-me-Not, Miss 

 Ilolford, and White Surrey. 



Fancy Pelargoniums {Amateurs) : 1st prize to Mr. Robinson, of 

 Pimlico, for Anais, Bouquet tout fait, Statiaskii, Jenny Lind, Empress, 

 and Magnifica ; 2nd prize to Mr. Staines, for Yeatmanniana grandiflora, 

 Queen Victoria, Statiaskii, ]\Iadame Miellez, Jehu Superb, and Bouquet 

 tout fait ; 3rd prize to Mr. Miller, gardener to R. Mosley, Esq., for 

 Woodsinii, Statiaskii, Jehu Improved, Rossotii, Yeatmanniana grandi- 

 flora, and Mada.me Miellez. {Nurscrymeji's Class) : 2nd prize to Mr. 

 Ambrose, for Reine de Fran5ais, Formosa, Magnifica, Jenny Lind, 



