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plus ultra, Lord Byron, Marshal Soult, Hero of Tippecanoe, Miss Pcrci- 

 val, and Quilled Perfection. 



Stands containing very fine varieties, were also shown by Robert Buist 

 and Peter Mackenzie ; about fifty new varieties, not in competition, by 

 Lenfesty & Lentz, Henry A. Dreer, and Edward Hibbert, gardener to 

 Joseph Levering. 



Seedlings : By Gerhard Schmitz — the best American seedling parti- 

 colored dahlia, which he has named, in compliment to the President of 

 the Society, " Caleb Cope," with several others. 



By Robert Kilvington : The best American seedling, self-colored dah- 

 lia and others. 



By Lenfesty & Lentz, other seedlings. 



Roses. — By Robert Buist : The following varieties : Tea scented — Bou- 

 gere, Caroline, Clara, Sylvain, Flavescens, Hymenee, Lillicine, Lady 

 Warrender, Madame Desprez, Melville, Odoratissima, Reine de Bonheur, 

 Strombio and Triomphe du Luxembourg. Bengale — Admiral de Rigney, 

 Arsenie, Belle de Monza, Belle Isidore, Beau Carmine, Cels, Cramoisie 

 superieure, Eugene Hardy, Fragrans, Gigantea, Hortensic, Jacksonia, 

 Louis Philippe, Mrs. Bosanquet, Queen of Lombardy, Roi des Cramoisies 

 and Triumphant. He de Bourbon — Gloire des Rosamines, Hermosa, Jac- 

 ques, Le Brun, Mareschal de Villars, Madame Desprez, Phillipart, and 

 Reine d'lle de Bourbon. JVoiselte — Agrippina, Alba, Alzande, Conque de 

 Venus, Charles X., Fellemberg, Jauue Desprez, La Biche and Setula. 



By Peter Mackenzie : Of varieties : Tea scented — -Aurora, Alba, Arch- 

 duchess Theresa Isabella, Bougere, Buret, Bourbon, Bon Silene, Belle 

 Marguerite, Camellia, Cels, Comtesse de Montmorency, Eliza Sauvage, 

 Golconda, Hortensie, Hymenee, Lady Warrender, La Pactole, Luxemb'g, 

 Mirabilis, Madame Desprez, Odorata, Princesse Maria, Princesse d'Ester- 

 hazy, Vi'ctoire modeste, Odorata lutea and Devoniensis. Bengale — Madame 

 Hersant, Admiral DupeiTe, Bouquet de Nymphe, Duchesse de Berri, Dan- 

 thereuse, Eugene Beauharnais, Fabvier, Grandval, Gigantesque, Hamilton 

 monthly, Indica alba, Louis Philippe, d' Angers, Lawrencia, Setula, Superba 

 and Carmine du Luxemb'g. lie de Bourbon — Agrippina, Gloire de France, 

 Henri Plantier, Hermosa, La PhoenLx, Mareschal de Villars, Madame 

 Desprez, Madame Nerard, Victoire argentee and Charles Desprez. JVoi- 

 sette — Aimee Vibert, Amoena, Belle Noisette, Charles X., Champneyana, 

 Carmine Noisette, Cceur jaune, Conque de Venus, De Metreis, Fellem- 

 berg, Jaune Desprez, Lamarque, Lutea, Monstrosa and Superb. Also, 

 Stanwell perpetual, microphylla, Maria Leonida and Moschata. 



By Henry A. Dreer — a fine collection. 



By Andrew Dryburgh — fine varieties. 



By Ritchie & Dick — a fine selection of choice varieties. 



Many of the devices of cut flowers were very splendid, consisting of 

 arches, grottoes, urns, vases, temples, &c. &c. 



The following were the contributors of the best of these : — 



By Samuel Maupay : A triumphal arch, in height about fifteen feet, 

 but ornamented above, so tliat the altitude of the whole design was up- 

 wards of twenty feet. It was a light and neat structure, in proper propor- 

 tion, and embellished with taste. Also, a beautiful cone bouquet. 



Joseph Cook, gardener to William Norris : A model of a grotto, in 

 height about ten feet, covering an area of about fifteen feet, encased in 

 all its parts with flowers. In this design, which was entirely original, the 



