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fine varieties, comprising- Hybrid China: Comtesse de Lac^pede, Great 

 Western, Madame Plantier, General Kleber, and Comte de Paris. Hybrid 

 Bourbon: Coupe d'Hebe and Charles Duval. Hybrid Perpetual: Gen. 

 Allard. Tea: Le Pactole, Devoniensis, Josephine Malton, Bisuor, Le 

 Page, Triomphe de la Guillotine, Eliza Sauvage, and Scholastiqne. Gal- 

 lica : Guillaume Tell and Colbert. China : Eugene Beauharnais and 

 Neuilly. Alba: Blanchefleur. Moss: Gracilis, Floralie, and White 

 Bath. Mrs. Stedman's collection did not contain any thing very remark- 

 able which has not been before enumerated. Of single specimens, Mr. 

 Slovi^e sent Gardenia ; and Mr. Dobson, Bourbon Queen, neither of them 

 very striking for single specimens. 



Of cut roses, an immense quantity was present, and among them all the 

 finest kinds in cultivation. We never saw cut roses exhibited in finer con- 

 dition, nor a more gorgeous display of them. To give, however, a list of 

 names, without referring each to its proper class and describing it, would 

 convey little information ; and as, from the crowds which surrounded them, 

 it was impossible to obtain this information so as to be available for the pur- 

 poses of selection, we consider it best to give no names at all, especially as 

 a descriptive list of all the kinds may be obtained by application to the res- 

 pective nurserymen. Moss roses, in collections of 12 varieties, were shown 

 by Mr. Terry, gr. to Lady Puller ; Mr. Williams, gr. to A. Rowland, 

 Esq. ; and J. H. Betteridgc, Esq. : and, in the Nurserymen's Class, by 

 Messrs. Lane, Cobbett, Francis, Hooker, Paul, and Rivers. Other roses, 

 in collections of 50 varieties, came from Mr. Terry, Mr. Parsons, J. H. 

 Betteridge, Esq., and Mr. Williams: and, in the Nurserymen's Class, 

 from Messrs. Lane, Francis, Hooker, Rivers, Cutbush, Cobbett, Paul, 

 Lane, and Waterer, of Bagshot. Collections of 25 varieties, were sent by 

 Messrs. Paul, Crutwell, Slowe, Bennett, and Dobson ; and some fine flow- 

 ers of the old yellow rose, so rarely seen perfect, were sent by Mr. Barnes. 



The pelargoniums were but little inferior in beauty to the excellent dis- 

 play witnessed at the June meeting, and altogether this class of plants has 

 exhibited evident signs of improvement during the present year. In the 

 class established for the express purpose of bringing into notice new and 

 first-rate flowers, the public have had opportunities of witnessing many of 

 the improvements that have recently been made, as this class has generally 

 been well supported, especially by amateur exhibitors. The judges, how- 

 ever, in the present instance, considered it a duty to withhold the gold 

 , medal in the Nurserymen's Class, as the express stipulations, for which it 

 was established, had not been complied with. In the amateurs' Class, for 

 new and first varieties, the Gold Banksian Medal was awarded to Mr. Dob- 

 son, gr. to Mr. E. Beck, of Isleworth, for Hoyle's Pompey, Sultana, Ra- 

 jah, Amazon, Margaret, Isabella, Sunset, Repealer, Marc Antony, Desde- 

 mona, Titus, and Effect. Mr. Cock received the Silver Gilt for 12 finely 

 grown plants, consisting of Mary, Sunrise, Repeal, Conflagration, Gipsey 

 Queen, Jessica, Milo, Achilles, Rosette, Duke of Cornwall, Katinka, and 

 Hector ; and the large silver was awarded to Mr. R. Staines, for Sunrise, 

 Staines's La Polka Clio, Andromache, Emperor Nicholas, Merry Mon- 



