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beautifully grown plant of the king of geraniums, finely in bloom; next to the 

 king was a small seedling plant (just named Rendle's rival king). The 

 great similarity of these two plants is very striking ; the king has rather a 

 larger spot, but the colour and form exactly correspond ; and the flowers of the 

 rival are much larger, and the trusses finer, being from six to eight pips on 

 each truss, while the king scarcely produces more than four ; and its habit is 

 more free in growth than the king's. There were also two fine plants of Ren- 

 dle's Sir Robert Newman, thickly covered with superb blossoms : this is a very 

 great improvement on the Speculum Mundi, it being of a fine round form, but 

 possessing the tasteful spot and pencilings of speculum in the upper petals. Ren- 

 dle's Lady Elizabeth Bulteel claimed particular notice : the beautifully delicate 

 colour of this flower, together with its fine form, spot, and habit, renders it 

 one of the best of show flowers. A good specimen of Rendle's Bride of 

 Abydos, of a beautiful rose colour, and first-rate form, and very profuse 

 bloomer. A fine plant of Rendle's Daniel Lambert, the largest flower of a 

 good form, perhaps, ever witnessed ; it is of a very bright purple, with a fine 

 spot in the upper petals, and as free a blooming pelargonium as any known. 

 There were also some fine plants of Rendle's alarm and Helen M'Gregor, two 

 established favourites in the country. Among the other sorts exhibited by 

 Mr. Rendle, were the following new and expensive varieties, viz. : Lord Auck- 

 land, Lady Bridport, Climax, Hodge's Queen Victoria, Fosteri ?'6sea, Emma, 

 Foster's Alicia, Garth's Criterion, Ulysses, Magnet, Chef d'oeuvre. Standard, 

 Pictum, Memnon, Duke of Devonshire, Geraldine, Adonis, lantbe, Splen- 

 didissimum. Nosegay, Maid of Athens, and many of the beautiful fayourites of 

 last year's cultivation. He also exhibited a very choice collection of Cape 

 ericas, or heaths, which were universally admired. Among his assemblage of 

 florist's flowers was a beautiful collection of that favourite flower the pansy, 

 comprising some new and expensive sorts ; some excellent varieties of tulips 

 and ixias; and a great quantity of vei-y fine ranunculuses and Dutch anemo- 

 nes. Also, a very fine specimen of Tropag^olum tricolorum, covered' with 

 thousands of blossoms ; a beautifully trained specimen of Rhodochiton volubile j 

 likewise two fine large specimens of Azalea Indica alba ; two beautifully grown 

 plants of i^icus elastica, upwards of 14 ft. high, feathered with leaves from the 

 pot ; some fine plants of Passiflora Bonapartea and kermesina Grevillea 

 punicea, E'pacris grandiflora, Beauf6rt2«! decussata, Chorozema Henchmannw, 

 and ovatum ; three fine plants of Gesnera Coopmi, finely in bloom ; a very 

 large Opuntia brasiliensis, upwards of 6 ft. high ; many varieties of Echinocactus, 

 comprising senilis (old man's head), oxygonus, Tuna, &c. (Devonjjort Chro- 

 nicle, May 19.) 



J'm/z/ 26. TherCj was a very fine display of novelties, and, among others, 

 a beautiful seedhng Canterbury-bell, belonging to the Rev. C. T. Col- 

 lings of Ham. A seedling pelargonium, somewhat resembling that splendid 

 flower the king, reared by S. Topping, Esq., Stoke, excited great attention ; 

 as did also a stove climber, belonging to the same gentleman. Mr. Luke, 

 gardener to the Earl of Morley, displayed a very fine collection of dahlias. 

 Fuchsia fulgens was exhibited by Mr. Rendle, nurseryman, of Plymouth, who 

 had also a very fine collection of annuals. Mr. Pontey's varieties of roses was 

 very fine. (^Devonport Telegraph, July 28.) 



Sept. 13. Mr. Rendle and Mr. Pontey contributed greatly to the beautiful 

 and rich appearance displayed, by their extensive and splendid collections of 

 rare and valuable plants and flowers. Mr. Wood, and several other gardeners, 

 also contributed. Amongst the objects which particularly struck the attention, 

 was a very large bouquet of flowers, in the form of a garland, sent by Mr. Ren- 

 dle ; and a splendid bouquet most tastefully arranged by Mr. Pontey. John 

 Luscombe, Esq., of Luscombe Royal, exhibited a dish of tons les mois. This 

 substance is prepared from the roots of the Canna coccinea, when eight months 

 old. The preparation of it is more tedious than that of arrow-root. The 

 Canna coccinea flowers every"month,and this has led the French to call it tons 

 les mois, and a corrupt English term in popular use is toulemong. It is 



