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habit of that fine variety. This was considered the finest flower of the season, 

 and received a first-class certificate. 



The following includes a few of the best named varieties, as exhibited the 

 past season : — Achiile, red mottled ; Berthe Rabourdin, light ; Calypso, rose and 

 carnation ; Canari, light yellow ; Eldorado, fine yellow ; Hebe, rose carmine ; 

 Le Poussin, rose, red and white; La Quintine, light orange; Compte de 

 Morney, dark rosy red, shading to white ; Madame de Vatry, white ; Salmonia, 

 fine salmon ; Osiris, dwarf purple; Brenchleyensis, fine scarlet; Rembrandt, 

 deep crimson ; Vulcain, scarlet, shaded with purple ; Reine Victoria, fine white ; 

 Princess Mathilde, rose striped ; Princess Chlotilde, salmon rose ; Vesta, white, 

 marked with carmine ; Sulphurens, sulphur colored. 

 Saturday, January 2.3. 



From James McTear: Epacris Princess Royal, a fine specimen, being a 

 shade lighter in color than grandiflora; Epacris hyacinthiflora candidissima, 

 a full spike of fine white ; Erica versicolor ; Rosa America, a Noisette 

 climber, color white, fine bloom. 



Saturday, January 30. 



From E. W. Buswell : Lachenalia luteo purpureo-coerulea, new, from the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Saturday, February 20. 



From E. W. Buswell : Albuca filifolia, curious green colored flowers, more 

 odd than pretty; Ornitiiogulum conicum, a compact spike of large, white, per- 

 sistent flowers, with yellow and brown centre. The above bid fair to be a 

 valuable acquisition to our collection of Cape bulbs. 



From C. M. Atkinson, Belmont: A new Azalea, Grand Duchesse Helene, a 

 very light rose, shading out to white, fine, evenly variegated foliage, compact 

 habit and good ; Azalea amaina lateritiae, (a hybrid between the two), very 

 dark rosy pink, very dense habit, and free bloomer; Azalea cineraria, a seed- 

 ling, white, edged with mazarine, good ; two Erica caflTra densa, ten months 

 old, studded with bloom from bottom to top. 



Saturday, February 27. 



From James McTear: Hypoxis stellata, a bulb from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, flowers white, with a dark azure centre, shading out to black. 



From C. M. Atkinson : Azalea Madame Perin, white, s/jorfing" scarlet ; do. 

 Mars, rosy salmon ; Duchesse of Nassau, semi double, dark rose, shading 

 purple; Quentin Durward, semi-double, mild rose; Magnet, rosy salmon; 

 Souvenir de I'Exposition, rosy pink, free flowerer; Kinghornii, fine bright 

 rosy crimson ; Lorley, white, sporting purple ; A seedling, white, petals large, 

 and good form; Virgin Queen, (English), white, star-shaped, good ; Teutonia, 

 crimson, tinged with violet ; Camellia America. 



Saturday, March 5. 



From Edward Roberts, Hyde Park: Azalea Iveryana, white, with red 

 stripes, good ; plant in profuse bloom. 



