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other Ceanothus, the nearest to it being ' Sceptre d'Azur.' They are 

 deep blue and borne with great freedom. In the colder parts of the 

 country it should be grown against a wall, as it often suffers in severe 

 winters. 



To Tea Rose ' Peace ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Piper, Uckfield. 

 This is a grand bedding variety, with a habit similar to that of 

 ' G. Nabonnand.' It is exceedingly floriferous, with open pale-sulphur or 

 cream-coloured fragrant flowers. 



To Sweet Pea 'Dorothy Eckford ' (votes, 10 for, 5 against), from 

 Messrs. Hobbies, East Dereham. The flowers of this variety are remark- 

 able for their good form, substance, and snowy whiteness. Perhaps the 

 best white Sweet Pea yet raised. 



To Sterculia Russelliana (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Russell, 

 Richmond. An Australian Aralia-like greenhouse plant of free and 

 graceful growth, and a splendid table plant. It bears some resemblance 

 to S. rupestris, its elegant leaves consisting of about six long narrow 

 pale-green segments, the centre one being much the longest, with a 

 prominent white midrib. 



To Thuya occidentalis Ellwangcriana pygmcea aurea (votes, 12 for), 

 from Mr. Turner, Slough. A very dense-habited conifer in which the 

 tips of the shoots are bronzy yellow and the yellow foliage suffused with 

 green. It is quite distinct from the ordinary golden-leaved American 

 Arbor-vita^ and is likely to prove a useful plant for window-boxes and 

 winter- bedding. 



Other Exhibits. 



Owen Turner, Esq., Park Road, Ipswich, sent Carnations. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., V.M.H., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. 

 Bain), sent Onosma pyramidalis, an unusual hardy plant. 



Miss A. E. Langston, Pernbridge, Herefordshire, sent a seedling 

 Pelargonium. 



C. E. Bowden, Esq., Reading, sent Carnations. 



Dr. Doig, Wych Hill, Woking, sent flowers of a greatly improved 

 form of the common Lavender ; the individual blossoms being much 

 larger and of a very much deeper colour, reminding one of Heliotrope 

 blossoms. 



From Messrs. Grieve, Broughton Road, Edinburgh, came a showy 

 seedling DiantJius, and a strain of bronze Violas. • 



Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, sent Lindenbergia grandiflora, a yellow- 

 flowered plant of Salvia- like habit. 



Mr. Shawyer, Cranford, Hounslow, sent a seedling Chrysanthemum. 



Messrs. Bull, Chelsea, sent Philodendron corsinianum, a greenhouse 

 ornamental-leaved plant. 



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