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. 

 Vicar 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. 



From 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 coloured plate of their new 

 ' Cyclamen Giganteum Roseum.' 



From Mr. Charles Turner, Slough. Catalogue of 

 Roses, Fruit Trees, etc., full of useful information. 



