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Pelargoniums were shown in excellent condition, and in tolerable 

 abundance. Mr. Gaines, of Batter^ea, obtained the first prize for 

 twelve plants in eight-inch pots. The sorts were : Duche.-s of Argyll, 

 Aspasia, Prince of Orange, Negress, Mont Blanc, Rosamond, Mars, 

 Salamander, Centurion, Painted Lady, Firebrand, and Star. A second 

 prize was awarded to Mr. Bragg, of Slough, for Forget-me-not, Roseum 

 elegans, Star, Ariel, Noiah, Narcissus, Victory, Gulielma. Nepaulese 

 Prince, Conspicuum, Knight of Avenal, Lord Gough. Nine plants 

 in 11-inch pots; 1st, Mr. Chapman, Turn ham-green, for Negress, 

 Luna, Duke of Cornwall, Camilla, Emperor, Rosy Circle, Forget-me- 

 not, Salamander, Adonis ; 2nd. Mr. Gaines, for Mars, Aspasia, Negress, 

 Rosamond, Marion, Orion, Xarifa, Chieftain, Gulielma. 



Fancy Pelargoniums. — 1st prize to Mr. Ambrose, of Battersea, for 

 Defiance, Reine des Francais, Formosum, C'eopatra, Fairy Queen, and 

 Modestum ; 2nd. Mr. Gaines, for Hero of Surrey, Madame Ro.-atti, 

 Orestes, Reine des Francais, Odoratum, Magnificuin, and Lady St. 

 Germans; 3rd. Mr. E. G. Henderson, Wellington Road, for Mrs. 

 Loudon, Alboui, Annette, Prima Donna, Victoria, Princess Maria, 

 and Galitzin ; 4th. Mr. Braggr of Slough. 



Cape Pelargoniums were exhibited by Mr. Parker, gardener to 

 J. M. Strachan, Esq., of Teddington, and Mr. Stanly, gardener to 

 H. Berens, Esq., Sidcup, Kent. The sorts were tricolor, flexuosum, 

 glaucifolium, glaucuni, Blandfordianum, quiuquevnlneruin, ardens, 

 bicolor, and elatum. 



In collections of 20 Stove and Greenhouse Plants, the first prize 

 was awarded to Mr. May, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing-park, 

 for a group whose excellence has never before been approached, e\en 

 in England itself. It contained a specimen of Polygala acuminata, 

 quite seven feet in diameter, beautifully flowered, round and well- 

 proportioned ; another, equally large and fine, of Pimelea spectabilis, 

 which was the admiration of everybody. This was literally one mass 

 of white, fresh, and beautiful flowers. These were in wooden tubs, the 

 largest sized pots being too small for them. Associated with them 

 were the rosy-flowered Pimelea Hendersoni, an admirable specimen of 

 a somewhat slow-growing plant. Eriostemon buxifolium, rather past 

 the best ; Erica tricolor rubra, wonderfully fine ; Pimelea decussata ; 

 Azalea variegata ; two of the best varieties of Aphelexis ; Chorozema 

 Henchmanni ; the graceful Coleonema rubrum ; Leschenaultia formosa, 

 and the blue variety ; the Cavendish Heath ; the glowing Azalea 

 ina«nifica ; the exceedingly handsome Dipladenia crassinoda, beauti- 

 fully flowered ; the Scarlet ixora, and a large and finely managed 

 Epacris grandifiora. The second prize was awarded to Mr. Cole, 

 gardener to II. Colyer, Esq., of Dartford, for an exhibition of finely 

 grown plants. It comprised Polygala cordifolia ; Pimelea decussata, a 

 finely blossomed Stephanotis tioribunda ; Dipladenia splendens, with 

 three clusters of glorious flowers ; the Gledstane Azalea, three Ever- 

 lastings; a handsome Pimelea Hendersoni ; the Cavendish Heath ; an 

 Azalea, composed of lateritia, Gledstanesi, and variegata, all worked 

 together mi <>nv stem, the different colours effecting a charming con- 

 trast ; the Scarlet Ixora, beautifully bloomed ; a well-cultivated Fran- 



