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variety, and a dozen of it ought to be in every bed. Aglai, feathered, 

 a most desirable variety, beat Heroine. Napoleon, beautiful feather, 

 pyre and excellent, a formidable rival. 



Flamed Roses. — Triomphe Royale, a splendid flower. Aglai, equally 

 so. Camilla, very pretty. La Vandikken, Fanny Cerito, and Vesta, 



all good. 



Breeder Tulips. — Pilot, excellent in form and purity. Princess 

 Eoyal, excellent and pure. Catharine, very superb. 



Novelties.— Blue Bell, feathered Byblcemen, very pretty. Magnet, 

 feathered Bizarre, very neat and attractive. Van Amburg, flamed 

 Bybloemen, when true in character, is a splendid flower ; it is apt to 

 have a yellow-tinged base. Sir Thomas, flamed Bizarre, very attrac- 

 tive, but unfortunately stained. 



At this show some flowers had lost some of their anthers. All such 

 blooms were disqualified, however excellent in other respects. 



Vahxhall Gardens, London.— Another interesting show of 

 flowers, fruits, &c, was held on Wednesday evening, the 20th of 

 August. The collections of miscellaneous plants were numerous, and 

 of Dahlias there were twenty-one stands, exhibited by amateur growers, 

 and eight stands by nurserymen. The blooms were, for this early 

 season, in very good condition. Amongst the varieties exhibited that 

 were sent out last spring, we noticed the following in good condition : 

 — Nil Desperandum, scarlet, full and large ; Roundhead, salmon ; 

 Summit of Perfection, purple ; Sir C. Napier, vivid scarlet ; Admiral, 

 lilac ; Nepaulese Prince, maroon ; Mr. Herbert, orange ; Gem of the 

 Grove, purple ; Model, bronze ; Leda, orange ; Queen of Dahlias, 

 pale lilac; Mrs. Hansard, yellow, tipped with white; Elegantissima, 

 white and bluish purple ; and Pretty Polly, red and white. The fol- 

 lowing old but favourite sorts were shown in good order : — Duke of 

 Wellington, Mr. and Mrs. Seldon, Fearless, Essex Triumph, Richard 

 Cobden, Scarlet Gem, Privateer, Princess Radziville, Siiylock, Black 

 Prince, Nonpareil, and Queen of Lilacs. Among the Hollyhocks 

 were good blooms of Charles Baron, Comet, Rosy Queen, Magnum 

 Bonum, Aurantia, Enchantress, Charles Turner (seedling), Susanna, 

 Sir D. Wedderburn, Model of Perfection, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 

 Venosa rubra, Nobellissima, Prince Albert, Delicata, Standard of Per- 

 fection, Rosea Alba, Rosea grandiflora, Elegans, Eclipse, Sulphurea 

 perfecta, Premier, Beauty of Haverhill, Bella Donna, Lady Clark, 

 Bessy Bell, General Bern, Queen of Whites, Andrucana, Queen, 

 Obscura, Napoleon, Caroline, Pitho, Subrano, Waldren Gem, Mount 

 Etna, Mulberry Superb, Formosa, Bicolor, President, Queen of Lilacs, 

 Snowflake, Princess Alice, Watford Surprise, and Conspicua. Fuchsias 

 consisted of — Dark Varieties : Eppsii, Exoniensis, Serratifolia, Orion, 

 Prince Albert, Orestes, Inaccessible, Sir J. Falstaff, Don Giovanni, 

 Magnificent, Exquisite, Kossuth, Sir R. Peel, Corallina, Dr. Smith, 

 Splendida, Clapton Hero, and Nonpareil. — Light Kinds ; Fair Rosa- 

 mond, Duchess de Bordeaux, Pearl of England, Queen Elizabeth, One 

 in the Ring, Diana, Dr. Jephson, Globosa alba grandiflora, Napoleon, 

 Purity, and Gem of the West. 



Superb Flowering Plants in Bloom in the Royal Gardens 

 at Kew. — In the Open Borders. — Tritoma uvaria : Several large 



