BRIEF KEMARKS. 233 



Dianthiflora, white ground with crimson blotches, only second rate. 



Mignon, ground colour rosy-pink with a dark blotch on upper petals. 

 Second rate. 



Erubescens, upper petals rosy crimson with a white margin. Lower 

 white with a purple spot on each. Good form. 



Monarch, upper petals dark maroon edged with white. Lower white 

 with a bright crimson spot on each. Good form. 



Eclipse, upper and lower petals of a dark mulberry colour, and edged 

 with white; centre of flower white. Good form. 



Crituson King, upper and lower petals a bright crimson with a light 

 margin ; centre of flower lighter. Very showy, and good form. 



Bandomia, upper petals crimson with a light margin. Lower lilac 

 with a white edge. Very excellent form. 



Itesplendens, upper petals crimson with white margin. Lower white 

 with a broad bar of purple across the middle. Very showy, but only 

 second-rate form. 



Gipsy King^ upper petals dark with a crimson edge. Lower flesh 

 colour with a red spot on each. Centre of flower white. Good form. 



General Jung, upper petals a dark maroon edged with white. Lower 

 ones white. Good form and very pretty. 



Julia, white ground, and each petal having a purple spot at the 

 centre. Very showy. 



Horseshoe-leaved Pelargonium. Mr. Gaines had Cerise Unique, 

 light scarlet, with a small white eye ; very good form. The middle of 

 the leaf is yellowish, then a brownish horseshoe mark, and the rest to 

 llie margin a rich green. 



Star, a scarlet of fine form, the best of that class shown. The name 

 of exhibitor not given. 



OriJJamme, a bright scarlet of good form, by Mr. Salter. 



Princess Alice, a light scarlet, good form. 



Petunias. — A number of new varieties were shown, but all of infe- 

 rior form, the petals generally flimsy, or outline irregular and angulated, 

 and many of them had the surface very wavy. The only favourable 

 character was, some were spotted or striped, and if such novelties in 

 colour and marking are upon good formed flowers they will be worth 

 growing. Mr. Salter had one named, Picturata superbe, a reddish 

 purple, spotted and streaked with white that was pretty. Some person 

 exhibited one named Captivation, white with a purple eye, pretty. 



Vekb£N.\s. — Some stands were shown, but few of the new flowers 

 were better than what we previously iiad. Madame Buenzod, white 

 with dark crimson eye, was the best of its class. In our next number 

 we will give a descriptive list of the best grown in this country. 



BRIEF REMARKS. 



BiGNONiA vemjsta.^ — This is one of tiie most splendid flowering 

 climbers, which ought to be in every stove, conservatory, or greenhouse. 

 When tlie plant has got established it blooms profusely, its large 

 clusters of flowers, nearly twenty in each, of a fine orange colour, being 



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