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The plants composing the group having been noted in the 

 report referred to, it is needless to repeat them here, but the merit 

 of the collection was justly recognized by the award of a large gold 

 medal. The group remained on view until the Popular Show on 

 August 2nd. 



Messrs. James Carter and Co., High Holborn, exhibited a large 

 collection of their Challenge Prize Balsams, which well indicated 

 the excellence of the strain they possess. The majority of the plants 

 were in 48-size pots, were a foot to 18 inches in height, and bear- 

 ing a profusion of large blooms of good form and substance. The 

 lilac, mauve, and purple shades were particularly well represented ; 

 white, flesh, pink, and scarlet were also remarkably fine. A silver 

 Banksian medal was awarded. Messrs. Osborn and Son, Fulham,sent 

 a neat collection of fine-foliaged plants in fresh healthy condition. 

 The central plant was a vigorous specimen of Acalypha musaica, 

 the foliage large and well coloured. In addition to such well- 

 known elegant Palms as Areca Baueri, Kentia australis, K. Wend- 

 landia, K. Canterburyana, and Cocos Weddelliana, small specimens 

 of the dwarf and pretty Pandanus ornatus, Aralia Yeitchii, and A. 

 filicifolia were shown. 



Messrs. Charles Lee and Son, Hammersmith, were awarded a 

 silver Flora medal for a large and beautiful collection of ornamental 

 shrubs and Conifers in pots. The specimens staged were mostly 

 small, but well showed the distinctive habit and colouring of the 

 different species and varieties. Some of the most noteworthy forms 

 exhibited were the following : — Platanus californica, a very distinct 

 species with enormous leaves more than a foot in diameter ; Populus 

 canadensis aurea, an elegant Poplar with neat golden-yellow leaves ; 

 TJlmus campestris variegata, a beautifully variegated Elm, the mark- 

 ings on the leaves somewhat resembling those in Ficus Parcelli ; 

 Castanea vesca alba marginata, an elegant variety of the English 

 Chestnut with narrow leaves edged with an irregular band of white ; 

 Sambucus racemosus, remarkable for its large corymbs of small scar- 

 let berries ; Quercus atro-purpurea, a form with very dark purple 

 flowers ; Quercus Cerris elegantissima, a variety of the Turkey Oak 

 with neatly variegated foliage ; Acer campestris variegata, a charm- 

 ing little maple with small leaves freckled with white ; Quercus 



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