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Lange, Hampton. Evidently a sport from the well-known hybrid 

 Begonia 1 Gloire de Lorraine,' and a welcome improvement on the 

 variety named 1 Caledonia,' also a sport from the same hybrid. The 

 tlowers are large and substantial, and borne on strong stems very much 

 stiffer than those of ' Caledonia,' and thrown well above the foliage. 

 The plant is robust and very floriferous, the flowers white, faintly suffused 



Fig. 71. — Primula sinensis ' The Duchess.' (Journal of Horticulture.) 



with pink when first expanded, but not nearly so pronounced as in the 

 variety ' Turnford Hall,' certificated October 29, 1901. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Earl of Ilchester, Holland House, Kensington (gr. Mr. C. Dixon) , 

 sent a plant of Loropctalum chinense bearing an abundance of small 

 white flowers. 



Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, 34 Grove End Road, N.W. (gr. Mr. C. 



Willingham), sent Begonia manicata variegata. 



