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New Florists' Flowers. — Some of the old florists, who have ardently 

 longed for the return of that time when their favorite flowers shall be once more 

 in the ascendant, may take heart from the fact that cinerarias are again winning 

 honors, and so suggesting that named varieties are being again sought after. At 

 the meeting of the floral committee on the 6th of April, a first-class certificate was 

 awarded to Cineraria Orb of Day, exhibited by Messrs. F. & A. Smith, Dulwich : 

 it is a very fine variety, with the florets unusually stout and smooth, of a rich, 

 bright rosy-crimson, white at the base, forming a narrow circle round the pale 

 disc, and with a thin line of bright deep rose separating the white from the 

 crimson: the coloring of this flower is superb, but it has a tendency to reflex. 

 Messrs. Dobson & Sons, Isleworth, had anot'.ier variety, called Princess Teck ; 

 white, with a dark disc, but inclined to coarseness. Other new varieties were 

 shown, but not in a condition to call for special notice. In the way of new 

 azaleas, Messrs. F. & A. Smith had Advancer, a taking flower of a clear rosy 

 pink hue, but said by competent judges to resemble too closely Frost's Perfec- 

 tion, sent out a few years ago. Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, exhibited a 

 group of plants of Azalea James Veitch, a variety that was thought very highly 

 of at the International Horticultural Exhibition at Ghent, last year. The flowers 

 are of a remarkably bright deep-rose hue ; but they were shown small and rough, 

 as if they had been pushed on too rapidly into bloom. Primula sinensis Jim- 

 briata alba 7najnijica, a fine white form of the single Chinese Primrose, the 

 flowers produced on red stalks, was shown by Mr. B. S. Williams, Holloway : 

 this was not so pure or distinct in character as one exhibited by Mr. W. Paul a 

 few weeks since. The type of flower shown by Mr. Williams has this season 

 been observed on several occasions, and is not so novel as he would seem to sup- 

 pose. There is also a tendency on the part of all white primulas with red stalks 

 to come striped, or flaked. 



A novel and handsome form of Primula cortusoides amosna, named lilacina, 

 from Messrs. Veitch & Sons, received a first-class certificate from the floral 

 committee on the 20th ult. The flowers are pale lilac, and expand much more 

 fully than those of the paler varieties already introduced. Some plants of/*. 

 amcetia itself, from the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswick, 

 were much admired. They were grown in five-inch pots, and were loaded with 

 masses of deep rose-colored flowers, affording another illustration of the advan- 

 tage of a little "wholesome neglect ;" for the plants which bloomed so remarka- 

 bly well had been allowed to remain in the pots without a shift, and had become 

 pot-bound. H. P. Rose, Prince Leopold, a dark purple-crimson sort, was ex- 

 hibited by Mr. W. Paul as a climbing variety : some doubt was expressed as to 

 whether it could be considered to have a truly climbing habit ; but, at any rate, 

 it will form a valuable addition to pillar roses. A delicate, pale flesh-pink H. P. 

 Rose, named Thyra Hammerich, which is said to be one of the best of the new 

 ones of last year, and which, though not in good condition, was full of promise, 

 together with a beautifully cupped and globular pale pink unnamed seedling 

 rose, were also brought by Mr. W. Paul. Mr. Butcher of Cambridge showed 

 a fine gray-edged, maroon-ground auricula, named Mrs. Butcher, which was 

 awarded a second-class certificate : this will probably develop into a first-class 



