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as the margin was approached. There were also in this collection 

 various forms of P. viscosa, P. marginata ccerulea, P. ciliata, 

 P. Polyanthus, Crimson Beauty, Jackanapes, and Cloth of Gold. 



Messrs. J. Yeitch and Son, Chelsea, had a nice collection, 

 consisting of P. obconica, so useful for blooming almost all the 

 year ; the flowers are white, shaded with lilac ; P. denticulata 

 var. pulcheriima, with fine round heads of shaded lilac flowers ; 

 P. involucrata, a slender grower, with umbels of white flowers, 

 and glaucous foliage ; P. rosea, with fine clumps of bright rose- 

 coloured flowers ; P. vulgaris, double, in yellow and pink ; 

 Polyanthus, Colnbrook Park Beauty, a fine showy regular 

 flower with yellow eye and primrose petals ; several other good 

 forms of Polyanthus were included in the exhibit. 



Mr, Thomas Walkden, Marsland Road,' Sale, Manchester, showed 

 a hybrid Primula with flowers of a pale flesh-colour with a 

 sulphur-coloured eye. 



Mr. T. Ware, Tottenham, staged a good collection, comprising 

 P. rosea, P. farinosa, P. floribunda, P. mollis, P. grandis, 

 a strong grower with noble foliage, with yellow flowers on 

 a drooping panicle ; P. Sibthorpii, a variety of P. vulgaris, 

 several forms of P. acaulis, as rubra plena, alba plena, 

 lilacina flore pleno, and platj 7 petala ; P. suaveolens, a variety 

 of P. officinalis ; P. brevistyla, a hybrid between acaulis and 

 officinalis ; P. elatior ccerulea, P. denticulata, P. media, a hybrid 

 between P. elatior and P. officinalis ; P. cashmiriana, with 

 flowers of violet-purple ; P. auriculata, with long strap-shaped 

 leaves, and bright purple flowers ; P. Fortunei, P. Peyritschii, 

 P. Arctotis and P. Kerneri. Mr. Ware also exhibited a good 

 miscellaneous collection of spring flowers. 



Amateurs. 



J. T. D. Lleivehjn, Esq., PenlJerr/are, Swansea, whose exhibit is 

 further alluded to in the Beport of the National Auricula Society, 

 and who was awarded the first prize, showed some well-grown 

 clumps in pots of P. japonica, P. Sieboldi, P. obconica, 

 P. verticillata syn. involucrata, P. cashmiriana, P. Auricula 

 from the Swiss Alps, P. cortusoides, P. denticulata, P. erosa, 

 pale mauve, P. rosea, P. viscosa, P. intermedia, P. acaulis rubra 

 plena, &c. 



John Poe, Esq., sent some nice cut Polyanthuses from Nenagh, 



