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Mary of Cambridge, the last four somewhat alike as regards 

 colour, and Miss iDgram. Messrs. Veitch & Sons sent on this 

 occasion a fine collection of new and rare plants, among which 

 were the following: — Croton irregulare, a little standard, with 

 narrow green leaves, having a yellow stripe up the midrib ; O. 

 maximum, with broad pale-green leaves veined with yellow ; and 

 C. interruptum, narrow leaves, having yellow midribs changing to 

 red ; Draccena Moorei, with broad olive-brown leaves ; the slender 

 Selaginella Boulteri, with minute foliage ; and Begonia Veitchii, 

 a beautiful dwarf perennial, said to be hardy, the flowers large 

 and of a vivid orange-scarlet, with a cluster of yellow stamens. It 

 is remarkably showy. Mr. Edwards, of Nottingham, showed the 

 following new and interesting British Ferns, and had First- Class 

 Certificates for them, viz. : — Athyrium Filix-foemina Fdwardsii, 

 Footii, Polystichum angulare diver silobium Padleyi, and Scolopen- 

 drium vulgar e Fdwardsii. From Mr. W. Paul, of Waltham Cross, 

 came two very pretty and striking varieties of the summer-flower- 

 ing herbaceous Blilox, — one, named Beautiful, had stout, smooth, 

 round flowers of a pure white colour, with a rosy-violet centre ; 

 and the other, Conqueror, m as pure white, the centre rosy purple, 

 the base of the petals round the centre being suffused with the \ 

 same ; they were masses of bloom, and highly attractive. Mr. Wills, 

 gardener, Huntroyde Park, exhibited a group of gold and bronze 

 zonale Pelargoniums, on which the popular interest centred. Some 

 of these were very fine plants, of vigorous and yet compact habit, 

 the leaf-marking enduring well as the leaves increase with age. 

 The two darkest- zoned kinds in the group were Model, which 

 opens a pale green-leaf ground, changing to gold with age, having 

 a dark-chestnut zone and narrow margin of golden green, a large 

 plant and very showy ; and Beauty of Colder dale, bright reddish 

 broad chestnut zone on a golden-leaf ground, and having a broader- 

 leafed margin than the foregoing, very fine and effective. Some ' ♦ 

 good forms of the common Foxglove were shown by Messrs. 

 Ivery & Son, of Dorking. The two ground-colours, purple and 

 white, are still retained, the variation occurring in the marking 

 found on the interior of the tube ; some of the white flowers 

 were heavily and handsomely spotted with rosy crimson, and 

 would make very showy plants for shrubbery borders. Mr. 

 Fraser, Lea Bridge Road, contributed Gloxinia Hose d' Amour, a 

 large and bold flower of the drooping section, with pure white 

 throat and edged with bright rose, the colour being brighter and 



