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Anemone japonic! Honorine Jobert. — Messrs. F. & A. Smith, Dulwich [C.].— A 

 hardy perennial of stout, robust, dwarfish habit, with bold, ternate, coarsely-toothed leaves, 

 and pure white flowers, a good deal like those of A. vitijolia. It was considered a good late- 

 blooming hardy border plant. 



Cattleya exoniensis. — Messrs. Veitch & Son, Exeter and Chelsea [S.C.C.].— One of 

 the very interesting hybrid Orchids raised at Messrs. Veitchs' Exeter nursery by the skill of 

 Mr. Downing. The present, a very beautiful flower, was obtained between Cattleya Mossice 

 and LceMa purpurata. The plant was of dwarf, compact, vigorous-lookino- habit. The 

 award was made for its interest as a hybrid. The flowers were moderate-sized, blush white 

 acuminate, somewhat refiexed sepals and petals, and a lip, of which the loAver half the 

 tube-like portion was yellow, and the upper half rich rose purple, the margin bein°- filled 

 and with just a wire-edge of white. This promises to be a fine thing. 



Centatjrea argentea. — Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, St. John's Wood [P.C.C.]. 



This very ornamental silvery-leaved perennial had already, in competition with other plants, 

 received a small award at one of the summer Shows, but was thought to bo so meritorious in 

 its class as to deserve the higher certificate. It is noticed at page 284. 



Cionidium Moorei. — Mr. W. Dean, Bradford Nursery, Shipley [F.C.C.]. — This very 

 interesting Eern is a native of New Caledonia, and is related to Deparia, from which it 

 differs in its reticulated venation. It is sometimes called Deparia Moorei and Trichiocarpa 

 Moorei. It is a plant of moderate size, with pedately bipinnate-pinnatifid fronds, springing 

 from a short decumbent caudex. These fronds are broadish, in three parts, something like 

 small examples of Aspidium trifoliatum, but they have a very different appearance in con- 

 sequence of the numerous spore-cases, which are contained in shallow cups, projected from 

 the margin on little footstalks. 



Dahlia Anna Keynes. — Mr. Keynes, Salisbury [P.C.C.]. — A very pleasing variety of 

 full size and good form; the colour blush white, deeper in the outer florets, and very faintly 

 tipped with lilac. 



Dahlia Annie. — Mr. Collier, Bethnal Green Road [S.C.C.]. — A shaded maroon crimson 

 tipped with white. 



Dahlia Brunette.— Mr. Hopkins, Brentford [S.C.C.]. — A very attractive variety of 

 good properties, and of a bright apricot colour, very heavily laced with deep carmine crimson. 

 The most attractive flower, perhaps, of the season. 



Dahlia Chelsea Hero. — Mr. Burgess, Chelsea [S.C.C.]. — A well-formed variety, the 

 colour of which may be described as fawn tinged with peachy-lilac. 



Dahlia Coronet. — Mr. Wheeler, Warminster [F.C.C.]. — A useful purple violet variety 

 of deep outline and full. ' 



Dahlia Enchantress.— Mr. Legge [S.C.C.]. — A pleasing variety, of good properties 

 pale apricot, tipped with rosy carmine. 



Dahlia Garibaldi. — Messrs, Bragg & Co., Slough [S.C.C.]. — An orange red, of fair 

 quality. 



{To le continued.) 



OBITUARY. 



MR. DONALD BEATON. 



There are few men who have held a higher position in horticulture, or who have done 

 more to advance that science, than Mr. Donald Beaton, who is now removed from the midst 

 of us. It is with every feeling of regret that we have to announce that his death took place 

 at his residence in Surbiton, Kingston-on-Thames, on the evening of Saturday, the 31st of 

 October last. Some months previous to his last illness Mr. Beaton was seized with what has 

 proved to be an attack of paralysis ; but it was of such a nature as not to incapacitate him 

 from attending to his everyday duties, although it so impaired the functions of the brain as 

 to compel him to desist from all literary pursuits. From the singular way in which this 

 attack affected Mr. Beaton's memory, his otherwise active and vigorous mind was not allowed, 

 that scope necessary for him to convey his ideas. 



Mr. Beaton was born at Strathconon, in the parish of Urray, Ross-shire, on the 8th of 

 March, 1802, and was consequently in the 61st year of his age. He was' buried in the 

 churchyard of Surbiton. 



CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 



Conservatory. I present season, when there is so little in the wav of 



Spare no pains to have this house as gay and in- flowers out of doors. The following plants wiil heir, 

 vitrng as possible ; it will then be much enjoyed at the to make a display :— Epacrises, Heaths Camellias 



