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where it is pure white and strongly perfumed, but at the 

 show the flowers were blush white. Another variety that 

 won an award was R. rugosa Rose Apples, which is semi- 

 double and pale pink, very floriferous and quite distinct as 

 a garden Rose. Messrs. Paul had also a new single Rose 

 in the way of Carmine Pillar. It is of an intensely brilliant 

 scarlet, large and abundant, and will make a showy Rose 

 for the garden. It is named Royal Scarlet. The hybrid 

 Briers raised by Lord Penzance were shown beautifully 

 by Cooling, of Bath. There are many varieties now, but 

 several are too much alike. The four which I consider rep- 

 resent all the characters in these hybrids are all beautiful. 



awards of merit to them, notwithstanding that there is now 

 such a multitude of first-rate sorts. All the sorts were 

 what are here called border kinds, in distinction to the 

 tree kinds which flower in winter and are grown under 

 glass. The best yellow I have seen was Admiration, 

 shown from Blenheim by the Duke of Marlborough. It 

 has flowers as large as a Malmaison, very full and of a 

 clear yellow like Penshurst. Mr. Martin Smith, now the 

 most prominent amateur Carnation fancier, obtained 

 awards for Nabob, of a rich terra cotta like Reynolds Hole, 

 but a larger and bolder flower, and Her Grace, with large 

 flowers of a delicate pink that do not burst the calyx. 



Fig- 37- — An Algerian Yew-tree (Taxus baccata). — See page 261. 



These are Amy Robsart, Rose Bardwardine, Anne of Gier- 

 stein and Lady Penzance. They range in color from an 

 orange-red to a rich crimson-rose and are all extremely 

 floriferous and with strong perfume. Some masses of them 

 now in full beauty at Kew on the lawns are the attraction 

 of crowds of visitors, and that fact is a good criterion of the 

 value of a garden plant. 



Carnations were shown in large numbers, and rarely has 

 there been at one show such a gathering of new sorts. 

 Half a dozen were considered so good and distinct by the 

 committee that they could not do otherwise than give 



The well-known raiser Mr. Turner, of Slough, had a large 

 and fine collection and won awards with Delos, brilliant 

 scarlet with a rich Clove scent ; Virgo, a yellow ground 

 flaked and margined with scarlet, and Ness, best described 

 as a scarlet Clove. Several others could have been picked 

 out of this collection as good as those certificated, such as 

 Loveliness, pale pink; Corunna, yellow ground; Lady 

 Biddulph, a fine Malmaison type, and Little John, vivid 

 scarlet. These are all worth including in the choicest 

 selections. 



The Delphiniums, from Mr. Kelway, of Longportj now 



