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Italia Unita (E. G. Henderson). Of moderately vigorous spreading habit ; 

 leaves creamy white, with distinct rosy -pink zone ; flowers scarlet. 1st class 

 in 1868. 



Velvet Cushion (E. G. Henderson). Moderately vigorous ; leaves flat, with 

 green centre, creamy margin, and well-marked deep rosy zone ; very pretty 

 and effective. 1st class in 1868. 



Mrs. Chater (Chafer). Compact habit; leaves with broad creamy-white edge 

 and pink zone ; flowers scarlet ; promising. 



Picturatum ( Turner). Vigorous ; leaves with narrow creamy-white margin and 

 dull deep-coloured zone ; flowers small, bright scarlet, of the nosegay cha- 

 racter. 1st class in 1865. 



Prince Silverwings ( W. Paid). Moderately vigorous ; leaves with a yellowish 

 margin while young, becoming whitish in age, and marked with a rosy-red 

 zone, which is brighter on the younger leaves ; flowers scarlet ; a free-grow- 

 ing, effective, and highly promising plant. 



Passed over:— Amelia Halphen, Attraction (Gaines), Burning Bush, Cambridge Gem, 

 Elegans, Empress, International, Lady Elena Mary, Little Beauty, Mrs. R. Wynn, Pearl, 

 Rose Queen, Rosette, The Countess, Wassand-Hall Beauty, White Lady. 



§ IV. Leaves Angulate (P. peltatum, lateripes, &c). 



L' elegante (Cunningham). A variegated ivy-leaved variety, likely to form a 

 pretty edging-plant. 1st class in 1868. 



FUCHSIAS. 



These were grown as moderate-sized pot-plants, such as would be suitable for 

 decorative purposes. They succeeded tolerably well in the earlier part of the 

 summer, when the following notes were made, but later in the season were, 

 like most other plants, quite overpowered by the excessive heat : — 



Constellation (E. G. Henderson). Of erect habit and vigorous growth, with 

 convolvulus-like flowers, with red sepals, and pale violet very much ex- 

 panded finely shaped corolla. 1st class in 1868. 



Enoch Arden (E. G. Henderson). Of free and elegant habit, with erect, re- 

 fracted, red sepals, and very widely expanded deep blue corolla. 1st class 

 in 1868. 



L'Elisir d'Amore (E. G. Henderson). Of moderately free habit ; flowers large, 

 with reflexed red sepals, and large, moderately expanded, purple corolla, 

 marked with red stripes. 1st class in 1868. 



Light Heart (E. G. Henderson). Of elegant habit, with neatly shaped flowers ; 

 the reflexed sepals and short tube bright coral red, and the slightly expanded 

 corolla very dark purple. 1st class in 1868. 



Father Ignatius (E. G. Henderson). Of dwarf compact habit, with broad, re- 

 flexed, red sepals, and a mottled blue somewhat spreading corolla. 2nd 

 class in 1868. 



Roderick Dhu (Low). Of dwarf branching habit, with short, broad, red, 

 closely reflexed sepals, and a very much expanded violet corolla ; free . 

 2nd class in 1868. 



Vainqueur de Puebla (A. Henderson). Of fine habit, with rosy-scarlet reflexed 

 sepals, and double white corolla ; a remarkably beautiful variety for vases 

 and decorative purposes. 2nd class in 1868. 



Bland's Floribunda (Cannctt). Of small neat habit, in the style of White 

 Lady, with refhxed rosy-scarlet sepals, and moderately expanded white co- 

 rolla ; a free bloomer, and well adapted for beds or edgings, for which pur- 

 poses it was Commended. 



Comet (A. Henderson). Red reflexed sepals and expanded purple corolla ; 

 free. 



Fair Oriana (A. Henderson). White, with carmine corolla ; free. 



General Lee (Low). Rosy-red sepals and close double purple corolla; free. 



