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particularly attractive with their finely divided fronds bearing 

 diminutive plants. Mr. G. Weedon, Ealing, staged a basket of a 

 bedding Lobelia named Gem of the Season, dwarf and free, the 

 colour of the flowers being a very bright blue. Mr. R. Dean, 

 Ranelagh Road, Ealing, exhibited flowers of a double Stock named 

 Mauve Beauty, very profusely flowered ; also specimens of the dou- 

 ble Mayweed, Matricaria inodora fl.-pl., and samples of two seed- 

 ling Potatoes, The Alderman and Lord Mayor, both crosses obtained 

 between Extra Early Vermont and Early Market. Messrs. Veitch, 

 Chelsea, sent several new and beautiful plants, including a very 

 attractive dwarf Tuberous Begonia with pendulous rich scarlet 

 flowers ; a white-flowered variety named Mrs. Sheppard, of 

 considerable beauty ; a variegated form of Lillium longiflorum ; a 

 plant each of Oncidium dasytyle ; and a variety named aureum with 

 bright yellow labellums. Messrs. William Paul and Son, Waltham 

 Cross, sent a box of seedling Roses. Messrs. J". Carter and Co., 

 High Holborn, exhibited plants of Tropceolum Chameleon, a dwarf 

 compact variety with neat flowers marked with crimson and yellow, 

 and several good Balsams. Mr. J. Smith. Tollington Nursery, 

 Hornsey Road, sent two Fuchsias named President and Magnum 

 Bonum, both having large flowers with purple corollas and scarlet 

 calyxes. Messrs. Standish and Co., Royal Nursery, Ascot, staged 

 specimens of a Phlox named Standish's Perfection, a fine variety 

 with large white flowers in compact trusses. Mr. B. S. Williams 

 sent several new plants, Cattleya Eldorado virginalis being 

 particularly attractive. Mr. Stephen Brown, Weston-super-Mare, 

 sent a collection of Coleuses ; and cut flowers of Pentstemons were 

 exhibited from the Society's garden at Chiswick. Messrs. T. Rivers 

 and Son, Sawbridgeworth, sent about twenty fruit trees in pots, 

 comprising Pears, Cherries, and Apples. One tree of Bigarreau 

 Napoleon was remarkable for the fine crop it was bearing. A vote 

 of thanks was accorded to W. A. Wallington, Esq., Trowbridge, for 

 cut blooms of Carnations. 



In the east quadrant, however, the principal collections of plants 

 were staged, and by far the largest and most remarkable of all was that 

 from Captain Patton of Abbey Road, which is referred to on p. cxxv 

 under the report of the Royal Horticultural Society's Evening Fete. 



