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and good salmon-coloured flowers), all from Messrs. 1\ and A. 

 Smith, were also selected for reward. Messrs. E. Gr. Henderson 

 and Son sent Pink Nosegay (with fine heads of pink flowers) and 

 G-loire de Nancy (a deep cherry scarlet, and the best of the double- 

 flowered sorts yet produced). A tasselled variety of Adiantum 

 came from Mr, Williams, who also showed Calamus Imperatrice 

 Marie. 



June 28. — Considering the unfavourable season, the show of 

 Roses to which this meeting was devoted was tolerably good as 

 to the quality of the blooms. A very large number of flowers 

 was exhibited, the competition being between the principal south- 

 ern growers in the amateur and nurserymen's classes. From 

 among the many varieties produced, the following may be men- 

 tioned as being particularly fine :■ — Olivier Delhomme, crimson ; 

 Madame William Paul, purplish crimson ; the glorious yellow 

 Tea-Rose, Marechal Niel ; J ohn Hopper, a variety which has been 

 shown in better condition than usual this season ; Princess Mary 

 of Cambridge, pink, with a paler shade towards the extremities of 

 the petals ; Xavier Olibo, a new deep-velvety-shaded crimson, 

 beautiful when about half-blown ; Madame Boll, rose ; Grloire de 

 Santenay, rosy crimson ; Rushton RadelyfFe, a useful crimson kind ; 

 Prince de Porcia, crimson scarlet ; Souvenir d'Elise, large and 

 beautiful ; Madame de Canrobert, blush ; Comtesse de Chabril- 

 lant, large and fine ; Madame Chas. Wood, bright crimson scarlet; 

 Due de Rohan, shaded rosy crimson ; Devoniensis, in charming 

 condition ; Madame Victor Yerdier, excellent ; Marguerite de St. 

 Amand, not unlike Princess Mary of Cambridge in colour ; Centi- 

 folia rosea, rose, shading off to lilac ; Madame Sertot, white ; 

 Francois Lacharme, bright rosy crimson ; Triomphe de Rennes, 

 yellow, beautiful when nearly half-blown ; Baron A. de Roth- 

 schild, brilliant crimson scarlet ; Pierre Nottiug, beautiful violet, 

 shaded purplish crimson; Madlle. Bonnaire, white, tinged in the 

 centre with pink ; Duchesse de Caylus, bright crimson, quite a 

 first-class kind ; Virginal, white, with a slight tinge of pink ; 

 Madame Clemence Joigneaux, violet, shaded rose; Beauty of 

 Waltham, bright rosy crimson; Alba rosa, one of the most 

 beautiful of light- coloured Teas; andL'Enfant Trouve, one of the 

 best of the pale yellow Teas. 



The best of the new Roses were— Charles Rouillard, lilac, with 

 rosy centre ; Alfred Colomb, large and full, bright cherry ; Ma- 

 dame Fillion, light pink, with inner shade of rose, very double ; 

 Marguerite de St. Amand, a large silvery pink ; Xavier Olibo, 



