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employed. The latter plants were 4 or 5 feet high that had been 

 forced similarly to Lilacs and Guelder Eoses, and their fine racemes 

 of fragrant purplish flowers were very attractive. 



In the Council Koom a number of plants were staged, some of 

 the most noticeable being those from Messrs. James Veitch and Sons. 

 This collection comprised new and beautiful plants, including Or- 

 chids, Amaryllises, Ferns, and other plants. A first-class certificate 

 was awarded for Polystichum tripteron, a neat species with pinnate 

 fronds, bipinnate at the base. A cultural commendation was accorded 

 for Dendrobium crassinode Barberianum, with two long growths 

 bearing about thirty flowers each. The fine lilac-coloured Primula 

 pulcherrima and the rich deep red-coloured Azalea indica Souvenir 

 de Comte de Gomer were shown with several bright Amaryllises. 

 Plants of the "red Gloire de Dijon," the Rose Reine Marie 

 Henriette, were also exhibited. A collection of Japanese 

 Abies was also staged. Mr. Thomas Speed, The Gardens, Chats- 

 worth, was accorded a vote of thanks for a fine specimen of 

 Renanthera coccinea, over 6 feet high and bearing two large panicles 

 of flowers that had, however, been somewhat damaged in transit. 

 Mr. J. King, gardener to G. Simpson, Esq., Wray Park, Reigate, 

 exhibited some new Abutilons, for one of which named Purity, bear- 

 ing flowers of good size, a second-class certificate was awarded. Mr. 

 J. James, The Gardens, Redlees, Isleworth, exhibited cut flowers of 

 Cinerarias of superb size, form, and colour. A first-class certificate 

 was awarded for plants of a very distinct and pretty variety— Master 

 Harold, the flowers of excellent form and bright crimson colour with 

 a narrow circle of white in the centre. Mr. Robert Greenfield, The 

 Priory Gardens, Warwick, obtained a first-class certificate for a 

 novel double Cineraria named Mrs. Thomas Lloyd. The plant was 

 of dwarf habit, the flowers being perfect little crimson-purple balls 

 about 1£ inch in diameter. 



Mr. H. Cannell, Swanley, sent plants of Cineraria Intensity with 

 good flowers, the colour of which was a deep rich purplish blue, 

 very distinct and pretty ; also plants of a pale lilac blue Polyanthus, 

 Primula elatior ccerulea. He also exhibited plants of Fuchsia 

 pendulaeflora, for which a first-class certificate was awarded. The 



