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a beautiful, satiny pseony rose, large, full and imbricated ; and by 

 M. H. Merriam, a good plant of Anna de Diesbach. 



March 3d being prize day for Hybrid Perpetual roses in pots, two 

 good collections were exhibited by John B. Moore. Again on the 10th 

 of March, Mr. Moore showed a collection of six varieties in pots ; 

 they were Baronne de Rothschild, Captain Lamure, Cheshunt Hy- 

 brid, Mademoiselle Eugene Verdier, Marquise de Castellane, and 

 Paul Verdier, It is due to Mr. Moore to say that the plants ex- 

 hibited by him were the best grown roses in pots ever exhibited, 

 and gave good evidence that they had been grown by skilful hands ; 

 the foliage was very large and healthy, and the flowers as near per- 

 fection as any one ought to expect. 



James Comley has made a fine display of new and other Tea 

 roses ; among them we note, besides well known varieties, the fol- 

 lowing, as new and desirable : 



Charles Rovolli. — New. 



Duchess of Edinburgh. 



Jean Ducher. — Salmon yellow, shaded rose peach ; globular, 

 full ; extra fine. 



Letty Coles. — New. 



Mad. Miolan Carvalho. — New. 



Marquis de Sanima. — New. 



Perle des Jardins. — Straw color ; very fine and very desirable ; 

 one of the best. 



Souvenir de Mad. Pernet. — New. Fine light rose, shaded 

 clear yellow, very eff"ective in color ; large, globular form ; first 

 class. 



CM. Atkinson also exhibited on the 30th of March and the 7th 

 of April, very good collections of roses in pots, which were well 

 grown plants ; among them we noticed the following varieties : 

 Beauty of Waltham, Countess of Oxford, Edward Morren, Marquise 

 de Castellane, Monsieur Pierre Seletszki, and Monsieur Hippolyte 

 Jamain. 



Gloxinias. — We regret to again report that there was no com- 

 petition for the prizes ofiered for this beautiful flower, which for 

 summer decoration for the greenhouse and conservatory has scarcely 

 an equal. From the ease with which it is cultivated, and the large 

 quantity grown in this vicinity by both amateurs and florists, it would 

 seem that the competition for Gloxinias should be very spirited, 

 but the only ones exhibited at any time were some fine cut flowers 

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