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Nina, pink; Madame Breon, pale rose; Cointe de Paris, pale blush; 

 Cels Multiflora, blush. Gallica : Boule de Nanteuil, shaded crimson; 

 Henri Barbot, bright rose ; La Moskowa, shaded crimson. Bourbon : 

 Paul Perras, rose ; Queen, blush. Hybrid perpetual : Duchess of Suther- 

 land, pale rose. Noisette: Laraarque, white. — Among Mr. Slowe's plants 

 were : — Bourbon : Edouard Desfosses, bright rose ; Gloire de Paris, crim- 

 son, shaded with purple; Armosa, purple. Tea: Safrano, bright fawn ; 

 Elise Sauvage, pale yellow, orange centre ; Nina, pink. Hybrid per- 

 petual : Fulgorie, deep rose, tinged with purple; Pauline Plantier ; Prin- 

 cesse Helene, deep purplish red ; Queen Victoria. China : Mrs. Bosan- 

 quet, pale flesh. In the nurseryman's class, for 18 varieties, there were 

 four exhibitors, viz., Messrs. Lane &l ^ox\s, of Great Berkhamstead ; Mr. 

 Dobson, foreman to Mr. Beck, of Isleworth ; Messrs. Paul & Son, of 

 Cheshunt ; and Mr. Francis, of Hertford. — Mr. Lane sent: — Tea: Adam, 

 rose, very large; Diana Vernon; Moire, rose, shaded with fawn; Le 

 Pactole, lemon, with bright yellow centre ; Abricote, rosy fawn. Bour- 

 bon : Madame Nerard, blush ; Armosa, purple ; Celimene ; Phoenix, red- 

 dish purple; Theresita ; Souvenir de la Malmaison, pale flesh. China: 

 Abbe Moiland ; Fabvier ; Eugene Beauharnais, bright amaranth ; Madame 

 Bureau, white. Gallica: Boule de Nanteuil, large, crimson purple. Prov- 

 ence: Illustre Beaute. Hybrid CAna : Comtesse de Lac6pede, silvery pale 

 blush. — In Messrs. Paul's group were — Tea: Roussel ; Pauline Plantier ; 

 JuHe Mansais, white with lemon centre. Hybrid China: Madame Plantier, 

 white ; Dombrouski ; Velours Episcopal ; General Kleber ; Belle Marie. 

 Hybrid Perpetual: Madame Laffiiy, rosy crimson ; Louis Bonaparte, crim- 

 son. Gallica: Reine des Francais. Hybrid Sweetbrier : Madeline, white, 

 shaded with pink. Alba : Felicit6 Parmentier. Bourbon : Augustine Mar- 

 got ; Paul Perras, shaded rose ; and Chenedole, large crimson. — Mr. Fran- 

 cis produced Hybrid Perpetual : La Reine, brilliant rose ; Madame Laffay, 

 rosy crimson ; Madame Damene, lilac rose; William Jesse, light crimson, 

 tinged with lilac. Hybrid China; Madame Rameau, bright crimson ; Reine 

 des Ilybrides ; General Allard, rosy red; Velours Episcopal; Blairii, 

 No. 2; General Weber. Noisette: Smith's Yellow. Gallica: Laura. 

 Bourbon: Charles Duval, bright rose; Augustine Margot ; Armosa, pur- 

 ple. Tea: Niphetos, la-ge white. Moss: De Metz, bright rose. As a 

 single specimen Mr. Slowe sent Pactolus, a fine plant with upwards of 30 

 pale yellow blossoms, and Mr. Dobson sent a pretty standard plant of Belle 

 Marie. Famous boxes of cut flowers were exhibited by Mr. Betteridge, Mr. 

 Terry, Messrs. Lane, Paul, and Cobbett ; also by Mr. Bunney, gardener 

 to J. H. Slater, Esq., Mr. Milton, gardener to C. S. Chauncey, Esq., Mr. 

 Mitchell and Mr. Cole of Bath. The blooms preserved their freshness 

 well, and engaged that share of attention which the beauty and fragrance 

 of this fine flower deserves. 



Collections of tall Cacti were produced in fine condition, considering the 

 season, by Mr. Green and Mr. Falconer, gardener to A. Palmer, Esq., of 

 Cheam. Mr. Green sent a large Cereus speciosissimus, a remarkably fine 

 specimen of Epiphyllum speciosum, at least 7 feet in height and a mass of 



