THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 
with purple : from Messrs. Kilway and Son, Lang- 
port. To Tree Carnation, Osman Pasha, very bright 
pale red, the flowers large, full, and very striking in 
appearance: from Mr. C. Turner, Slough. To 
Dahlias, James Willing and Mrs. Shirley Hibberd, 
two very fine exhibition flowers: from Messrs. 
Rawlings, Bros., Romford. And to the following fine 
varieties of double Chinese primroses from Mr. R. 
Gilbert, The Gardens, Burghley Park, Stamford, viz., 
Mrs. Barron, blush, flushed with lilac, and slightly 
spotted and striped with carmine; very fine. White 
Lady, pure white, large full flowers of great beauty ; 
and Princess, delicate blush-ground, slightly spotted 
and pencilled with lilac purple. These fine varieties 
were much admired. Lady Louisa, lilac-pink, was 
very good also. The same award was made to Stone’s 
Apple, a very large, clear-skinned fruit, greenish- 
yellow in colour, and a scarlet cheek on the sunny 
side. It promises to be a valuable culinary variety, and 
was sent by Mr. L. Killick, Maidstone. 
Other objects of interest were cut flowers of 
Escallonia pterocladon, a fine white-flowered species 
that had grown against a fence : from G. F. Wilson, 
Esq. The following fine Tree Carnations, Mazeppa, 
Sir Garnet Wolseley, Proserpine, Gloire de Lyon, 
Rose Perfection, and Fairy Queen: from Mr. C. 
Turner. A small plant of the purple Norway Maple : 
from Messrs. Stewart and Sons, Dundee. A fine 
specimen of Eryngium serra, with long deeply ser¬ 
rated leaves : from Mr. Green, Pendell Court Gardens. 
And a section of an old stem of Heliotropium peru- 
vianum came from Lord Bridport’s Garden, at 
Cricket St. Thomas, Somerset, which grew for many 
years in the conservatory of that place, and so far 
back as 1837 covered 700 square feet of the back wall. 
The dimensions of the stem were something remark¬ 
able. Mr. C. Noble, Bagshot, sent some flowers of 
his new Rose, Queen of Bedders, to show its continu¬ 
ous blooming qualities, and it was stated that the 
plants make but little growth, but flower with singu¬ 
lar freedom. The blooms are large in size and of full 
substance. 
The International Potato Exhibition was held at the 
Royal Aquarium, Westminster, on October 3rd, and 
the display of Potatoes was one of the finest that has 
yet taken place. It is customary to award Certifi¬ 
cates of merit to new varieties, possessing distinctness 
of appearance, and a goodly number was staged on 
this occasion. Certificates were awarded to McKin- 
lay’s Pride, a very handsome early white kidney, 
distinct in character, and promising to be a good 
cropper: shown by Mr. P. McKinlay, Beckenham. 
Yicar of Laleham, a seedling from Red Emperor 
crossed with Paterson’s Victoria, having the shape of 
the latter, but a purple skin and white flesh : from the 
Rev. R. Peake, Laleham. Radstock Beauty, a very 
handsome round variety in the way of Lye’s Favourite, 
but quite distinct from it; excellent quality and 
second early. And to Bedfont Prolific, an improved 
onwards an early white, flat, round, variety of con¬ 
siderable merit : from Mr. R. Dean, Ealing. White 
Emperor, a very handsome white counterpart of the 
well-known Red Emperor : shown by Mr. Henry 
Minchin, Hook Norton. Early Bird, an early white 
selection : from Veitch’s improved Ashleaf : shown by 
Mr. C. Turner, Slough. Ice Cream, a very hand¬ 
some pale-yellow skinned, early, white kidney, quite 
distinct in appearance : shown by Mr. R. Farquhar, 
Fyvie Castle Gardens, N. B. And to Trophy, a very 
handsome flat American variety, with a red skin; 
in shape and appearance a red snowflake, and likely 
to be as useful as this fine white American variety. 
From Messrs. B. K. Bliss and Sons, New York. 
There were many other seedlings, but the foregoing 
were the most noteworthy, and found most favour 
with the judges. 
CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Feom Messrs. James Hartley and Co., Glass Manu¬ 
facturers, etc., Sunderland. Pamphlet on Blue Violet 
Glass, in which the many advantages stated to result 
from its employment in the culture of plants are fully 
set forth. 
From Messrs. Webb and Sons, Stourbridge. A very 
tastefully got up Catalogue of Hyacinths, etc., with 
admirable cultural directions. 
From Messrs. Sutton and Sons. Autumn Cata¬ 
logue of Bulbs, Plants, Seeds, etc., with the usual 
excellent directions for culture. The back of the 
catalogue is adorned with a coloui*ed plate of their new 
‘ Cyclamen Giganteum Roseum.’ 
From Mr. Charles Turner, Slough. Catalogue of 
Roses, Fruit Trees, etc., full of useful information. 
