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larae, and of a compact habit ; Renville, violet blue, wiih a belt of 

 white round the disc; Lady Gertrude, deep blue self, broad petals, 

 habit dwarf and compact; Nymph, white, with dark disc; Pauline, 

 violet plum self, very distinct, fine form, and excellent habit. Also a 

 Splendid plant of Azalea maguifica, covered with its semi-double ro>y 

 crimson blossom; also, a fine high-coloured seedling Amaryllis, named 

 Professor Leibig; a pretty Heath, named Victoiia; a hybrid allied to 

 E. aristata ; and the pretty Cheiranthus Marshallii, a hybrid with large 

 golden flowers, of a good form ; also a pretty Geranium, named White 

 Unique, which promises to be an useful bedding variety. Mr. Bragg, 

 of Slough, sent a fine pan of Pansies in excellent condition. Mr. Ep|is, 

 an Eiica named E. tricolor Eppsii. Mr. Ay res sent some fancy Gera- 

 niums ; and Mr. Ivery, a Pelargonium named Lilac Unique. 



May 22 — On this occasion both seedling and named plants were 

 supplied in tolerable profusion and variety. Of Pelargoniums, Mr. 

 Beck's Incomparable was commended for fine colour, and Mr. Hoyle's 

 Magnet and Herald were recommended to be vi seen again." Among 

 Cinerarias, a certificate was awarded to Rosalind, a medium sized white 

 flower with a grey disc, and narrowly edged with ultramarine blue. 

 This was shown by Mr. Henderson, of the Wellington-road Nur>ery. 

 C. formosa, from Mr. Ambrose, was commended as a good marketable 

 kind : it is a while ground flower, with a io<y purple tip. C. nonsuch, 

 a lilac purple self, from Mr. Henderson, was also commended by the 

 censors. Some nice-looking Calceolarias were produced by Mr. Gaines 

 and others ; but none were considered by the judges worthy of distinc- 

 tion. Pansey Pandora, from Mr. Hunt, received a certificate : it has 

 a bright yellow ground, with a broad purple margin shaded with puce ; 

 surface smooth, and substance and shape good. A white ground seed- 

 ling Pansey, from Mr. Chater, was commended. A collection of 

 Mi mul uses came from Mr. Wyness, aid another of breeder Tulips from 

 Mr. Willison, of Whitby. Among the latter we remarked a finely- 

 formed rose, called Juliet, with a very fine base. Gloxinias, Cine- 

 raiias, &c. were exhibited by Mr. Henderson, Wellington road Nursery, 

 and miscellaneous plants by Messrs. Henderson, of Pine-apple-place, and 

 others. Fancy Geraniums were plentiful ; and conspicuous among other 

 thingso n the table were a straw-coloured Rhododendron, and a pink 

 Azalea, stated to be a hybrid between a Rhododendron and an Azaha. 



June 12. — There was a good display of seedling Pelargoniums on this 

 occadou. A first class certificate was awarded to Elise, a large flower, 

 with pink under petals and whiteeye. Upper petals maroon, edged wih 

 delicate piak ; a similar award v. as made to Ganymede, a distinct nice- 

 looking flower wiih delicate pink under petals, shaded with lilac; 

 upper petals dark, narrowly edged wiih lilac. Ditto, to Magnet, on 

 account of its fine colour and profusion of bloom. The above came 

 from Mr. Iloyle. of Reading. Mr. Beck, of f sleworth, received a cer- 

 tificate for Arethusa, a nice variety, with maroon top, very delicate 

 salmon under petals, and a light eye. Incomparable, from the same 

 rtnSer, was commended for fine colour. Purple Standard, from E. 

 Foster, Esq., of Clewer, received a certificate ; and so did the same 



