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* George Gleumj. — I could not get it to grow, sol went to Deancroft 

 to see it. It was growing as if the only object was size. I could here 

 have cut a hundred blooms of moderate size, for even the laterals were 

 perfect. The quality of this flower has not been seen in the overgrown 

 mops exhibited. It will be the most satisfactory of all that are coming 

 out. 



Attilus (No. 44.) — A very pretty and useful flower, well worth cul- 

 tivation. It came in handy now and then, and was really useful. 



Gaiety. — An immense flower, very gay for a border, but too coarse 

 for any stand, if the judges go upon the properties. Neither the yellow 

 ground bright, nor the edging good ; all coarse together. 



Lady of the Isles. — Small and pretty, when perfect, but outline not 

 firsi-rate, and petals small and old-fashioned ; a great part of the time 

 semi- double. 



Seraph. — A very clear orange, but rather the old-fashioned form, 

 not like the Duke of Wellington, of the modern cut — a long way 

 behind it. 



Thames Bank Hero. — A very certain variety, but not equal to many 

 of the flowers in its class. It is not of the modern cut : it is coarse, 

 square on the side, and flat on the face, but .still certain. 



Purify. — Double flowers scarce, and the flower generally trea- 

 cherous. 



Those with a star (*) I mean to grow, but I have no room for 

 common old-fashioned sorts. I keep as much as I can to the models 

 of — "Wellington, Toison d'Or, Fearless, Cornwallis, Queen of the East, 

 Princess Eadzivill, Sir F. Bathurst, Yellow Standard, Scarlet Gem, 

 and those that come nearest to them in form, though there is room to 

 improve on these, and particularly on the face and centres. 



Hammersmith Pansey Show. — This annual exhibition is a cele- 

 brated one; all the best flowers are there shown. Mr. Edwards took 

 a list of the best, and comprises the following, from which an excellent 

 selection might be made : — 



White-ground Varieties. — Queen of England (Fellowes), Almanzor 

 CLe Messuriers), Helen (Hunt), Mrs. Beck (Turner), Miss Thompson 

 (Thompson), Duchess of Rutland (Thompson), Penelope (Thompson), 

 Caroline (Thompson), Climax (Bell), Sir P. Peel (Bragg), very fine ; 

 Princess (Turner), Ariadne (Cook), Mrs. Hamilton (Naysmith). 



Yellow or Straw-ground Varieties. — Rubens (Turner), Constel- 

 lation (Thompson), Duke of Norfolk (Bell), Addison (Turner), 

 Inventa (Hooper), Mrs. Bragg (Bragg), Example (Turner), Bellona 

 (Hooper), Miss Edwards (Turner), Supreme (Youell), Leader 

 (Hooper), Lady Franklin (Thompson), Viceroy (Turner), Mrs. Beck 

 fTurner). 



White Self's. — Of these there was nothing very remarkable. Snow- 

 flake (Thompson) has shape, but is rough on the edge; and White 

 Sergeant was much mottled. 



Yellow Self's. — "W^idnall's Ophir is a good early yellow, but degene- 

 rates as the season advances ; Lane's Emma. 



Dark Selfs. — Hunt's Disraeli, Hall's Rainbow, Scotcher's Lucy 

 Neal, Sambo. 



