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looking self-coloured variety of no special merit, except that the border of the flowers is of a 

 slaty mauve or dove colour; rather pallid-looking, but contrasting well with most other 

 sorts. 



Azalea altaclerensis. — Messrs. J. & C. Lee, Hammersmith : First-class Certificate, 

 May 6. — -A fine, large- flowered, rich orange yellow, hardy Azalea, bred between A. sinensis 

 and one of the Ghent hybrids. It bears very large heads of flowers, and is of free habit. 



Azalea (indica) Bride op Abydos. — Mr. Barnes, Camberwell: Commendation, May 6. — < 

 A vigorous -habited variety of hardy constitution, producing an abundance of large white 

 flowers of average form, marked with flakes of light rose or rosy pink. 



Azalea (indica) elegantissima. — Mr. Williams; Commendation, May 21. — A dwarf 

 white of good habit, and a free bloomer, the flowers of average form and tolerably even, being 

 occasionally striped with rosy carmine. 



Azalea, (indica) Due d'Aremberg. — Messrs. F. & A. Smith, Dulwich : First-class 

 Certificate, April 9. — A first-rate variety. The flowers of good form and firm; the colour a 

 salmon pink with a broad distinct white margin, the pink slightly striped with carmine, and 

 the base of the upper segments below the sinus spotted with deep rose red. Both in form 

 and marking this is quite an acquisition. 



Azalea (indica) Souvenir du Prince Albert. — M. Jean Verschaffelt, Ghent: Second- 

 class Certificate, May 6. — A perfectly novel variety, remarkable for the beautiful colour of 

 its flowers, which are of a bright and deep salmon rose, with a broad and very pure white 

 margin, seniidouble, but rather deficient in respect to form. Its fine and distinct colour will, 

 however, render it very attractive as a decorative and exhibition plant. 



Begonia imperialis. — Messrs. Veitch & Son: Second-class Certificate, May 6. — A 

 dwarf-growing species, the leaves of which have a roughish shagreen-like surface, and are 

 deep green marked with patches of blackish-brown. 



Begonia imperialis, var. smaragdina. — Messrs. Veitch & Son: Second-class Cer- 

 tificate, May 6. — A green-leaved form of B. imperialis, differing in the leaves being of a 

 bright emerald green throughout. Both these are distinct and desirable dwarf-habited plants 

 of their class. 



Begonia mutabilis. — Mr. Harland, Hatfield: Second-class Certificate, May 21.— A 

 variety of somewhat novel character, the ground colour reddish-brown marked and spangled 

 with silver. 



Biota, sp. — Messrs. "Veitch & Son: Bronze Medal, May 21. — A fine-looking Conifer 

 with elegant pendulous twigs, more slender than those of Thujopsis d'jlabrata. 



Calcrolaria Cloth op Gold. — Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, Sydenham and 

 Edinburgh : Second-class Certificate, June 26. — A desirable bedding variety of dwarf habit, 

 growing from 6 to 9 inches high. The leaves narrow and deeply serrated ; the flowers in fine 

 compact trusses of a deep clear yellow, of medium size and firm substance. It appears to be 

 a free and continuous bloomer. 



Calceolaria suavis. — Messrs. Veitch & Son : Bronze Medal, July 2. — An herbaceous 

 Chilian species, having arachnoid leaves and small light purple flowers, remarkable for their 

 decided violet-like odour, and marked with deep sanguineous dots ranged in lines on the 

 lower lip, the upper lip being very small, the mouth open, and the throat yellow marked 

 with larger dots. , 



Calceolaria plantaginea. — Messrs. Veitch & Son: Bronze Medal, May 21. — An 

 herbaceous Chilian species, with broad, ovate, glossy, hairy leaves, narrowed into a long foot- 

 stalk. The flowers clear yellow, with the lower lip much inflated ; the upper one very small, 

 and the throat marked with a few red spots. 



Camellia Contessa Lavinia Maggi. — Messrs. Veitch & Son : First-class Certificate, 

 March 19. — A remarkably fine variety of robust habit, with much the colour and markings of 

 tricolor, but the stripes brighter, and the flowers altogether superior in form, being quite 

 double, with neatly-imbricated petals. The colour blush white, with bold streaks and 

 splashes of bright rosy carmine. 



Chameranthemum Beyrichii. — The Society: First-class Certificate, April 22. — A 

 variegated -leaved stove herb from Brazil, having oval leaves 4 to 5 inches long, dark mottley 

 green with a broad stripe ot white down the centre, radiating towards the edge. 



(Jibotium princeps. — Mr. Bull : Silver Knightian Medal, May 21. — A noble hothouse 

 Fern, with large triangular tripinnate hairy fronds, glaucous on the under surface. 



Cineraria carminata variegata. — Messrs. F. & A. Smith: Commendation, April 9. — 

 A variety with well-marked creamy variegation, the leaves being broadly margined with 

 y ello wish- white . 



Cineraria Lord Elgin. — Mr. James, Isleworth: Second-class Certificate, April 9. — A 

 fine self-coloured, soft rosy or magenta- coloured variety, very effective as a decorative plant, 

 besides having good properties. 



Clematis reginje.— J. Anderson Henry, Esq., Edinburgh : Second-class Certificate, 

 April 22. — Avery fine hybrid raised from C. azurea grandijiora crossed with C. lanuginosa. 



