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aureum nir/ro-maculatum, bearing large erect flowers of a bright 

 orange-red colour thickly ornamented with dark mulberry-coloured 

 spots ; it is a most profuse flowerer, and possibly hardy. Mr. Green, 

 gardener to W. "Wilson Saunders, Esq., brought an interesting 

 group of plants, among which, occurred the slender-growing African 

 Pelargonium alcliemilloides, with small roundish pale-green leaves, 

 on which is stamped a well-defined deep-brown-coloured horse- 

 shoe. Messrs. Lee sent the prettily cut-leaved Witts glabra laci- 

 niala, a handsome form of this useful species. Mr. C. J. Perry, of 

 Birmingham, contributed a stand of splendid new Verbenas among 

 which were Miss Turner, white, with rosy-lilac centre, a beauti- 

 ful and pleasing flower, of great substance, circular, and smooth, 

 and a splendid exhibition variety ; G. P. Tye, one of the finest- 

 formed flowers yet produced, the colour blush suffused with pink, 

 with a violet-rose centre ; Hercules, violet-rose, richly shaded, 

 and having a striking crimson centre round a white eye, very fine 

 quality ; and Thomas Harris, a rich plum-colour, shaded with a 

 glossy darker hue, and having a pure-white centre. Messrs. E. 

 Gr. Henderson & Son exhibited Fuchsia Golden Fleece, which 

 looked as if it would make an effective bedding variety, being 

 dwarf and of a close bushy habit, and at the Wellington Eoad 

 Nursery makes a very beautiful display. They also sent Finlc 

 Napoleon III., an improved form of the rose-coloured Dianthus 

 hybridus multiflorus, the flowers of which are bright crimson-scar- 

 let. Mr. Gr. Smith, Islington, produced two splendid hybrid 

 Nosegay Pelargoniums, viz. Fclat, a rich shade of magenta, suf- 

 fused with purple, the flowers of extra fine quality, the trusses of 

 an enormous size, freely developed, and the foliage slightly zonate, a 

 great acquisition ; and Grand DiJce, colour brilliant orange-scar- 

 let, a very showy and effective variety, with the foliage also 

 slightly zonate. Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, had a golden- 

 foliaged Pelargonium named Countess of Kellie, having a distinct 

 chestnut zone ; its habit is vigorous and yet close, and it promises 

 to make a very effective and durable bedder. 



August 20. — In an interesting collection of plants from Mr. 

 Ball were produced Calamus javanicus and C. adspersus, two small- 

 growing elegant pinnate-leaved species of Palms, well adapted 

 for decorative purposes. Messrs. E. Gr. Henderson & Son had a 

 variety of Iccora crocala, called rutilans, which was deeper in colour 

 and better habited than the older kind. Mr. Parsons, gardener 

 to W. Blake, Esq., Danesbuxy, showed an interesting variety 



