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plant nearly related to JEschynantlius; and a beautiful tricolor-leaved 

 Pelargonium, named Sophia Dumaresq, a decided improvement on 

 Sunset. Mr. Mann, Brentwood, also showed a good tricolor-leaved 

 Pelargonium, called Melona, together with Mimas, a zonal va- 

 riety with good trusses of large bright scarlet flowers. Mr. 

 George, Stamford Hill, showed a useful dwarf variety of Tropceo- 

 lum compactum, called King of Scarlets. Mr. Keynes exhibited 

 several Dahlias, of which the following were accepted as desirable 

 sorts, namely, Paradise "Williams, a medium-sized, finely formed? 

 deep maroon crimson (first-class), and Gazelle, a large violet- 

 shaded bronzy salmon ; Vice-President, a golden-yellow, or amber- 

 coloured kind, and Harriet Tetterell, a light-ground variety 

 heavily tipped and flushed with purplish crimson (second-class). 

 Mr. Eckford produced a pretty rosy-tipped light-ground Dahlia, 

 named Lady Jane Ellice, and a first-class Coleshill, a large- 

 flowered scarlet. Prom Messrs. Carter and Co. came various 

 showy Lobelias of the fulgens section; and examples of the 

 same class of Lobelias were also furnished by Mr. Kinghorn, 

 from whose group Rose Queen and Crimson King, names suffi- 

 ciently denoting their respective colours, were selected as ac- 

 quisitions. 



Messrs. Veitch contributed interesting illustrations of the dif- 

 ferent sections of Asters, both in the shape of plants and cut 

 blooms. Among them were Giant, or Emperor, tall showy kinds ; 

 Chrysanthemum-flowered, large-blossomed sorts, very suitable 

 for pot-culture ; Hedgehog, slightly quilled, tall-growing kinds ; 

 Dwarf Pyramid, each plant of which forms quite a bouquet of 

 flowers in itself; Truffant's Pseony Perfection, varieties with the 

 merits of which most cultivators of Asters are familiar ; the ori- 

 ginal China Aster, a tall straggling kind, which few now would 

 care to grow ; the Victoria, which, like the dwarf Chrysanthemum- 

 flowered, is one of the best sorts either for outdoor display or for 

 pot-culture ; Ranunculus-flowered, with compact, hard, flat, button- 

 like blossoms, each about the size of a crown-piece; Globe- 

 flowered, with blossoms well raised in the centre ; Pseony-flowered 

 Globe, like Truffant's varieties; Imbricated Pompon, a broad- 

 petalled kind ; Reid's New Quilled in various colours, ranged 

 round a light centre, but, as shown, not so compact as the Ger- 

 man Quilled ; Cocardeau, or Crown, a class of Asters comprising 

 some of the handsomest of all varieties, the centre of the flower 

 being white, surrounded by crimson, rose, violet, purple, plum, and 



