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& Sons, Aberdeen ; Mr. R. Dean, Ealing ; Mr. G. "Westland, Witley 
Court ; Dr. Stuart, Chirnside, N. B. ; Messrs. Milligan & Kerr ; 
Messrs. Robertson & Galloway. 
Those only are here described which obtained certificates. In 
several instances the certificates granted in 1874 under less favour- 
able conditions were now confirmed. The plants were inspected 
by the Committee on June 9th, and again on July 16th. The fol- 
lowing may be regarded as a selection of the best of the Bedding 
Pansies, chosen from the point of view of showing compactness and 
dwarfness of habit, profuseness and continuity of bloom, and useful 
and effective colours rather than that of size and shape in the indi- 
vidual flowers— chosen, in fact, for those special features which give 
them their value as bedding plants. 
First-Class Certificates. 
1. Alpha (Dickson & Co.) 
A very compact-growing, vigorous-habited, free-flowering 
variety. Flowers large, bluish purple, with a reddish flush ; the 
eye yellow, with a bilobed dark spot in front. Good and lasting. 
2. Bedfont Yellow (Dean). 
A free-growing, compact-habited sort. Flowers large, bright 
golden yellow, with pencilled eye. Good and effective. 
3. Blue Bell (Dean). 
A very showy variety of compact, spreading, free-blooming habit. 
Flowers numerous, medium-sized, mauve purple, with a small 
yellow eye pencilled with dark lines. The individual flowers are 
deficient in shape, but the effect of the mass is good, and the plant 
is a continuous bloomer. Awarded a first-class certificate in 1874, 
which was now confirmed. 
4. Blue Perfection (Westland). 
Of compact free-blooming habit. Flowers medium-sized, of a 
deep reddish mauve with yellow eye. A fine effective self-coloured 
variety. The variety sent in as Purple Perfection proved to be the 
same as this. 
5. Dr. Stuart (Stuart). 
Of dwarf compact habit. Flowers mauve purple, with small 
yellow eye surrounded by a narrow dark ring. A neat and pretty 
flower. 
