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laud, bearing fine beads of brigbt deep rose-coloured flowers of 

 great beauty, and Lady Constance Grosvenor, a scarlet kind in 

 tbe way of Stella, but brigbter. Erica Marnockiana, witb red 

 flowers tipped with white, one of the best of recent varieties of 

 the aristate type, was shown by Messrs. Jackson, of Kingston ; 

 and from Mr. Greorge Smith, of Hornsey, came a Pelargonium, 

 named Princess Alexandra, with the leaves boldly edged with 

 white. Messrs. Carter and Co. exhibited specimens of a pretty 

 free-flowering dwarf bedding Lobelia, called Beauty of Ravens- 

 bourne ; it has rosy-lilac flowers with white centre, and will be an 

 acquisition for the flower-garden. 



August 21. — At this Meeting some interesting subjects were 

 shown by Mr. Cripps, of Tunbridge Wells. These were : — Forsytliia 

 viridissima variegata, the leaves of which have a broad edge of 

 yellow ; Hydrangea japonica elegantissima, also handsomely varie- 

 gated, the leaves being heavily blotched and mottled with yellow ; 

 Pteris serrulata polydactyla, a pretty fingered form of this well- 

 known and most useful dwarf evergreen greenhouse Pern ; and 

 two fine large-flowered hybrid forms of Clematis (selected out of 

 several), raised from lanuginosa. One of these, named C. tun- 

 bridgiensis, has the flowers of a reddish purple with blue bars ; the 

 other, called Lady Caroline Nevile, is of a pale ashy grey with 

 deeper-tinted bars. Mr. Bartleman had a Nosegay Pelargonium, 

 Plmmeline, a deep rose-pink with white eye, and bearing a fine 

 truss ; but beiug a yearling plant, it was sent back for proving. 

 Mr. Keeler produced a Pelargonium, Sambo, which was highly ad- 

 mired; it is a zonale, with fine trusses of smallish well-shaped 

 flowers of a rich velvety scarlet. In a group from Mr. Bull, the 

 most noticeable objects were Discorea discolor variegata, adding 

 to the rich colouring of the old form the further ornamentation of 

 longitudinal silvery bands ; Adiantum velutinum, a noble Maiden- 

 hair from Columbia, remarkable for its ample decompound fronds 

 and velvety rachides ; and Yucca liystrix, a species with stiff 

 narrow leaves, resembling Draccena australis. Prom Messrs. Low 

 and Co. came Oncidium cruentum, a bright yellow species having 

 two spots at the base of the lip. Gladioli were sent by Mr. 

 Standish and Mr. J. Stevens of Solihull. The former had in his 

 group Basil (a very large pale salmon-tinted flower with carmine 

 streaks) and Dr. Hogg (a rich crimson with purple throat), both 

 first-class sorts : the latter sent, among others, Exhibitor, a bold 

 flower of a rich carmine-crimson, with a white throat splashed 



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