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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



Polyboteya Apiieolia.. — Messrs. V< itch & Son : Bronze Medal, July 2.— A curious 

 dimorphoiis stove acrostichoid Fern from, the Philippine Islands. The sterile fronds of a 

 greyish-green and tripinnate ; the fertile ones entirely soriferous, compound, -with the parts 

 much contracted. 



Polygonatum oppositieolium, var. albo-vittatum. — Mr. Standish, Bagshot: First- 

 class Certificate, April 22. — A beautiful striped-leaved Japanese form of Solomon's Seal, 

 having the stems red, and the leaves distinctly striped with clear -white on dark green ; the 

 flowers white with a greenish-tinted spreading limb. 



Polystichum concavum. — Mr. Standish: Silver Banksian Medal, May 21. — A lovely 

 greenhouse, or, perhaps, hardy Fern from Japan, with large ovate fronds, which are quadri- 

 pinnate, with crowded obliquely ovate, more or less lobed, and rather sharply but shortly- 

 toothed pinnules, the margins of which are curved upwards, so as to give to their upper sur- 

 face a concave. 



Primula pe^enithns (fimbriata flore pleno), Delicata. — Messrs. F. & A. Smith, 

 Dulwich: First-class Certificate, April 1. — A very fine double Chinese Primrose, obtainable 

 from seeds. The flowers are large, full, double, fringed, white changing to a delicate blush. 

 One of the finest forms of double Chinese Primrose yet produced. 



Primula prjenitens (fimbriata flore pleno), The Faiey. — Messrs. F. & A. Smith : 

 Commended, April 9. — A dwarf er-habited, and very double sport of the foregoing. 



Pteeis nemoralis variegata. — Mr. Cole, Manchester: Bronze Medal, May 21. — A 

 new and interesting variegated stove Fern, a sport from P. tricolor. The fronds pedately 

 bipinnate, with the pinnae marked clown the centre with a broad band of greyish-white, on 

 which the ribs show a faint tinge of red. It came amongst plants of P. tricolor raised from 

 spores, and in appearance is intermediate between that plant and P. argyrcea. The fronds 

 are olive- coloured when young, with the grey part pinkish. 



Quercus sempervirens. — Messrs. Veitch & Son : Bronze Medal, July 2. — An Oak from 

 Yeddo, with smooth, ovate, wavy, clean-looking foliage. 



Quercus sp. — Messrs. Veitch & Son, and Mr. Standish : Silver Banksian Medal, July 2. 

 — A Japanese Oak, the leaves of which are pubescent and irregularly pinnatifid. 



Retinoseora pisifera var. aurea. — Mr. Standish : First-class Certificate, May 6. — A 

 form of the graceful Japanese Petinospora pisifera, one of the chief peculiarities of which is 

 its light feathery aspect, arising from the spreading of the pointed leafscales which clothe 

 its finely branched spray. This variety has the young growth of a distinct, lively, yellowish 

 colour. 



Retinospora.sp.. — Messrs. Veitch & Son : Silver Knightian Medal, June 11.— A young 

 Japanese Conifer, with broad, flat branches, bearing pointed falcate leafscales, and appearing 

 glaucous as they become mature. 



Retinospora squarrosA. — Messrs. Veitch & Son: Silver Banksian Medal, June 11. — 1 

 Something like P. pisifera, with the addition of glaucous variegation. 



Ehodanthe atbosanguinea . — Mr. W. Thompson, Ipswich: Silver Banksian Medal, 

 July 2.— A pretty Swan-River annual, branching freely from the base, with spatnulate 

 glaucous leaves a good deal pitted on the surface ; the bracts minute, and the flower-heads of 

 a deep magenta rose, with bronzy red disk. It is a very distinct and desirable plant. 



PiHOdanthe maculata. — Mr. W. Thompson : Silver Banksian Medal, July 2. — Avery 

 beautiful Swan-River annual, stouter and taller than P. Manglesii, and with shorter broad 

 rounded leaves, scarcely at all glaucous ; the flower-heads large, pale rosy pink, marked inside 

 with deep crimson, so as to form a darker- coloured zone around the yellow disk. 



{To he continued) 



FRUIT- JUDGING AT KENSINGTON. 

 On receiving the February Number of the Florist and Pomologist, I was rather sur- 

 prised to read of Mr. Bousie's description of the fruit exhibited by me at the Great Inter- 

 national Show of Fruits, &c, on October 8, 9, and 10, which obtained a prize. He states 

 that one fruit had a piece out of the side, and two others had large black blotches or bruises, 

 and apparently unsound. I beg to ask Mr. Buusie if he really thinks that any gane man 

 would stage such a collection of fruits open to all the world ? I think not. I will endeavour 

 to put Mr. Bousie right on this point. The Pears in question were staged by myself and 

 foreman, and two of my neighbours assisted me — they can bear witness of the soundness of 

 the fruit ; and furthermore, after being three days exposed in the show-room, they were 

 packed-up and sent a distance of 420 miles to my employers, who pronounced them excellent 

 in every way. 



Bloxholme Hall. D. Lumsden. 



