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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Fuchsias. 
Many of the varieties forming the trial collection were received 
last year, but so late or in so weak a condition that they were 
not fairly represented at the time the Committee made its exami- 
nation. They were accordingly grown again this year from young 
plants, and the following notes may be regarded as supplementary 
to those published last year ( Journ., N.S., vol. iii., p. ex. — cxviii.). 
The approved varieties are placed first : — 
Alpha (G. Smith) Habit free and good, very free-flowering ; 
bright carmine tube and sepals, the tubes short and slender, the 
sepals very broad and short; corolla of immense size, very 
double, clear violet ; one of the very best. 
Avalanche (G. Smith) Habit rather sparse and not very 
free ; tubes small, sepals very short and broad for the size of 
the flower, light rosy-red ; corolla white, exceedingly double 
and large, and of fine form. 
Avalanche (E. G. Henderson) ***. Habit good and free ; tube 
slender, sepals broad, deflexed, scarlet ; corolla deep, full, 
and even, dark violet-purple ; a fine bold variety. 
Blue Beauty ( Jervis) Habit good, compact, free-flowering ; tube 
short, sepals broad and short, reflexed, light red ; corolla large, 
very double, clear purple. 
Crown Prince of Prussia (Veitch) Habit dwarf and free, and 
a free bloomer ; flowers large, the tube bulged, the sepals broad, 
scarlet; corolla prominent, dark violet-purple, reddish at the 
base ; good. 
Belight (Smith) Habit excellent, and a free bloomer, of first- 
class merit for decorative or exhibition purposes; tube and 
sepals clear crimson, the latter sufficiently reflexed ; corolla very 
large, pure white, with a few rosy streaks near the base. A 
really good variety, the best of its class. 
La Favourite (Veitch) Habit first-class ; tube and sepals well 
proportioned, the latter reflexed, scarlet ; corolla large and of 
good substance, well expanded, light violet. A very free- 
flowering and good variety. 
LEmpereur (Cannell) Habit dwarf and floriferous ; tube and 
sepals scarlet ; corolla single, white. 
Lustre (Downie & Co.) Not of free habit ; flowers with blush 
recurved sepals, and deep -red compact corolla. Approved for 
its colour. 
