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zod, and Delight, were admirable. For foliage, the Earl of Roslin, 

 Heine Victoria, Emperor of Brazil, and Marshal McMahon, among 

 the bronzes, were extremely fine. As a general rule, he thought the 

 bronzes, as well as the gold and silver tricolors, were more valuable 

 for in-door planting than for bedding out. The Moor and the Har- 

 old, however, are exceptions, doing much better out of the house. 

 Of the golden tricolors, the most valuable in Mr. Gray's collection 

 were the Achievement, Lady Cullum, Mrs. Turner, Macbeth, Flor- 

 ence, Howarth Ashton, Mrs. Grieve, Mr. Grieve, Ealing Rival, and 

 Miss Goring. Of the silver tricolors. Lass o' Gowrie, Lady Dorothy 

 Neville, Clorinda, Mrs. Wilkinson and Eva Fish, were the most 

 beautiful, Mrs. Clutton and Mabel Morris being still great favor- 

 ites. However, the Crystal Palace Gem, for bedding, remains 

 unsurpassed. 



Many other varieties heretofore recommended in our reports, for 

 common use, are almost indispensable. This class of plants has 

 become so important in gai'dening for effect, that he was truly 

 glad to have the public attention called to it. Although many of 

 the new importations have proved worthless, yet many of those 

 lately introduced have added greatly to our flora. The President 

 suggested the Beauty of Calderdale as a bronze variety, which 

 holds its own, and is valuable for bedding, and remarked that he 

 valued the bronzes above the gold and silver tricolors. Mr. 

 Fuller concurred with the President, and was surprised that the 

 bronzes were not more generally planted. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



Saturday, March 28, 1874. 



In response to the call of the president, John G. Barker, chair- 

 man of the Flower Committee, pointed to some fine trusses of 

 geraniums exhibited by William Gray, Jr., and said that a few 

 days previously he had the pleasure of a visit to Mr. Gray's place, 

 and found the show of these flowers truly magnificent. There 

 were in the house about a hundred and twenty plants, in eight or 

 nwie-inch pots, and each one a specimen in itself, — all of dwarf 

 habit, short-jointed, and covered with healthy foliage, — no yellow 



