Viii PROCEEDING* OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



pinnse being deeply Berrate; and Adiantuin cuneatum dissectum, 

 a variety with deeply cut pinnules. Several early-flowering 

 Chrysanthemums of considerable merit were also exhihited, 

 notably the yellow Precoeite. 



Mr. John Wills exhibited the distinct new Fern Adiantum 

 Bausei, which is supposed to be a hybrid between A. trapeziforme 

 and A. decorum, and was raised by Mr. Bause, the energetic 

 manager of Mr. "Wills' nursery at Anerley. The fronds have a 

 most elegant drooping habit; the pinnules are large and bright 

 green, and being also pendulous they cause the plant to appear 

 almost as though it was flagging. Mr. G. King, gardener to 

 G. Simpson, Esq., Wray Park, Eeigate, sent a number of seed- 

 ling Coleuses, one being especially bright — viz., majestica, with 

 acute leaves, crimson in the centre and margined with yellow. 

 For this a first-class certificate was awarded. Mr. Charles Noble, 

 Bagshot, sent his dwarf Bose — Queen of the Bedders, with dark 

 crimson flowers very freely produced. Mr. C. Green, gardener 

 to Sir G. Macleay, Bletchingley, was accorded a vote of thanks 

 for a specimen of Brunsvigia Josephineae, with an enormous 

 umbel of red flowers ; and a first-class certificate for Passiflora 

 Hahnii, a neat whitish flower with ovate leaves, velvety green 

 above and purple underneath. Messrs. Rawlings Brothers of 

 Eomford contributed a collection of Dahlias, that was highly 

 commended, including many seedlings of great merit. Mr. H. 

 Cannell, Swanley, staged collections of Dahlias, Pelargoniums, 

 and early-flowering Chrysanthemums, and deservedly obtained a 

 bronze Banksian medal. 



A cultural commendation was awarded to Mr. J. "Walker, nur- 

 seryman, Thame, Oxon, for a quantity of cut flowers of the fine 

 hardy climber Tropseolum tuberosum, which continues blooming 

 for several months during summer and autumn. Mr. C. Turner, 

 Slough, exhibited cut flowers of a fine yellow show Dahlia, 

 Cyprus, and a fancy variety, Queen Mercedes, the florets white 

 tinged with purple. A first-class certificate was obtained by Mr. 

 Turner for an excellent bedding Dahlia named George Thomson, 

 of dwarf habit, and producing large numbers of bright yellow 

 well-formed flowers. He also exhibited flowers of a pretty 



