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large beautifully fringed and crispy pinnules. Mr. Parsons obtained similar 

 awards for two forms of Lastrea Filix-mas — one, called rarnosissima, densely 

 ramose and cristate, the other parvula, a remarkable miniature ramose 

 form. First-class Certificates were also given to Ivy-leaved Pelargonium 

 {Lady Edith), a fine magenta rose of improved quality, and also to Verbena 

 ( Countess of Radnor), from Mr. Echford ; and to Rose Clemence Raoux, a 

 large white flower, mottled with pink, and remarkably sweet, from Messrs. 

 Lee. The Rare-plant Medal was awarded to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., 

 for scarce and curious, though small-flowered, Restrepia antennifera, the 

 flowers of which resemble an antennae-bearing insect 



September 21. 



First-class Certificates were awarded to Cupressus Lawsoniana albo- 

 spica, a shrub of elegant habit, with whitish-coloured twigs, from Messrs. 

 J. and C. Lee ; Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, with large panicled 

 flower-heads, from Messrs. Cripps and Son ; Agave pectinata, from W. W. 

 Saunders, Esq. ; Centaurea hybrida, a silver-leaved bedding plant, more 

 finely cut than C. candidissima, from Mr. Salter; Pelargonium Willsii, 

 one of the ivy-leaved varieties, with rose-coloured flowers, from Mr. 

 Wimsett; Veronica Blue Gem, a dwarf, shrubby, free-blooming plant, from 

 Mr. Warren ; and Viola Perfection, with large mauve-coloured flowers, 

 twice the size of those of V. cornuta, from Mr. J. Jobson. Awards were 

 also made to the following Dahlias : — Royalty, from Mr. Rawlings, Pro- 

 vost, from Mr. Turner, both First-class ; Alice Gair, from Mr. Turner, 

 and Lord Weymouth, from Mr. Rawlings, both Second-class. 



October 5. 



First-class Certificates were awarded to Anozctochilus Ordianus, with 

 deep bottle-green leaves, marked with silvery veins ; A. Dawsonianus 

 pictus, a form of this dark olive-green coppery- veined Orchid, more re- 

 ticulately marked than in the form originally shown ; Tydcea Nero, a 

 fine crimson black-spotted variety ; Rhododendron Lobbii, a whorled-leaved 

 Bornean species, with long-tubed, curved, crimson flowers ; Seaforthia 

 Veitchii, a fine, elegant, pinnate Palm, from Australia; and Miltonia 

 Warscewiczii, a fine Orchid with a rich purple white-edged lip, all 

 from Messrs. Veitch and Sons ; DecJceria nobilis, an elegant pinnate 

 Palm, with very spiny stems ; Martinezia caryotcefolia, Plectocomia elon- 

 gata, Ptychosperma Alexandres, Ptychosperma elegans, and Thrinax Ha- 

 vanensis, all handsome acquisitions amongst Palms, and all from Mr. 

 W. Bull; Cupressus Lawsoniana pendula alba, a graceful, pendulous, 

 silvery-leaved, evergreen shrub, from Messrs. Paul and Son ; Pelargo- 

 nium {ivy-leaved) compactum, a close-growing white-edged variety, of the 

 ivy-leaved race ; and Tropceolum ochroleucum, a clear yellow-leaved dwarf 

 sort, suitable for beds and ribbon borders, both from Mr. Turner. A 

 well-bloomed plant of the old Amaryllis reticulata came from the garden 

 of Lord Egerton of Tatton. 



October 20. 



A very curious dwarf variety of Athyrium Filix-fcemina, named Eliza- 

 lethce, was shown by Mr. Moore, of Chelsea, and received a First-class 

 Certificate. It was one of several similar seedlings selected from a crop 

 of A. F.-f. caudigerum, and was remarkable for its short stiff fronds, set 

 shuttlecock fashion, having the rachis irregularly dilated, so as to bear 



