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session of the plant for five pounds" — cheap 
enough too. Of course a tiling " found," and 
of which possession is obtained so cheaply, 
would be sold cheap. After making as many 
hundreds as the finder thought would pay, he 
" distributed young plants at one guinea each." 
Many curious tales have been told of strange 
fruit and flowers being discovered in old gar- 
dens, and sold as new sorts with new names; 
but in this Rose there was real novelty and 
beauty. It is supposed by Mr. Rivers to be 
an accidental sprout from the old Rose de 
Meaux, and not from seed; but be this as it 
may, it is a pretty Rose, and it is almost a 
wonder a family has not been originated from 
it. Perhaps the fact of its not having seed 
has prevented the Rose-growers from saying 
they have hybridized it, or raised something 
from it. 
The Noisette Rose is said by Mr. Rivers 
to have been raised from seed by Monsieur 
Philip Noisette in America, and sent by him 
to his brother in Paris. Now this does not 
happen to be true. It was raised by a gentle- 
man in Long Island; a plant was brought from 
there by Monsieur Landorme, an intimate 
acquaintance of the raiser, to Rouen, where 
it was cultivated in large quantities. Paillard, 
a gardener at Rouen, when Noisette of Paris 
received a plant from his brother in America, 
(who, by the by, might object to inform us 
how he got it from Long Island),- — grew it 
under an iron cage in one of his houses for 
protection, while it was being commonly sold 
in Rouen at a moderate rate. Prevost, the 
well-known cultivator of Roses at Rouen, can 
attest to these facts. 
THE ROYAL BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 
First Exhibition for 1845. 
It is rather our business to select any new 
or extraordinary plants and flowers for descrip- 
tion, than to give any details as to the splendid 
exhibitions which are held, from time to time, 
in the Park, and the May Show affords but 
little opportunity. It was, however, remark- 
able for some things worth notice, and we are 
rejoiced to find, among other subjects,^, 
decided improvement on the best of OTr 
Geraniums ; and it may be worth while, as a 
sort of guide to our floral readers, as well as 
plantsmen, to give a brief sketch of each of 
the few novelties that were exhibited, under 
their several heads. 
Geraniums. — A very beautiful rosy va- 
riety, with a blotch in the upper petals, of 
exceedingly fine form, giving us hope that, in 
time, the model laid down for a perfect Gera- 
nium may be equalled. This flower was 
large, very nearly approaching the circle, 
thick petalled, and of good bright rose colour. 
It was called Patrician : it is the best we can 
boast in the present day. Hebe's Lip was one 
of those varieties which have undefined under 
petals, full of skins of deeper colour, with 
dark upper petals, like several that we know 
of the kind, but far better in form and thick- 
ness of petal. These two were the only ones 
deserving notice. 
Cinerarias. — These were abundant, and 
none of excellent quality; but there were 
many that would shine among the very poor 
varieties now grown in collections. It is 
hardly worth distinguishing one more than 
another ; for there was nothing to command 
much of a preference. The following were 
above the present average : — Mr. Henderson's 
Attraction, Ccelestina, Bijou, and Splen- 
dens. There were two others, said to come 
from York, the Countess of Zetland and 
Maid of Orleans. Mr. Kinghorn showed Lady 
Prudhoe. One was called Azurea alba, but 
we do not know to whom it belonged ; and 
there were also in the same predicament, the 
Surrey Hero, Desirable, and Purpurea. All 
of these had moderately broad petals, and had 
sufficient recommendation to get them places 
in collections. 
Rhododendrons. — Mr. Pince showed a 
splendid new hybrid called Campanulatum 
hybridum. The flowers were enormously 
large ; French white, with slate- coloured spots 
on the upper portion of the petals, which were, 
to all appearance, thick. It is by far more 
handsome than the original species, and, as 
we were informed, as hardy. Smith of Nor- 
biton showed two remarkable for their extra- 
ordinary colour. One was called Macran- 
thum, the other Album florum ; they were of 
an extraordinary bronzy fawn colour, one 
very considerably darker than the other : these 
were valuable only for the colour. 
Nemophiea. — A new seedling variety of 
this attracted some attention ; it was shown by 
Mr. Turner of Chalvey. The flower is of the 
form and size of insignis, but the blue was 
paler, and it was all over striated with white, 
and very distinct. He informed us that he 
found the seed grow constant. 
Trop^eolum Lobbii. — A new importation, 
represented in one of the periodicals, and at 
the time noticed by us, was exhibited there, 
and proved (unlike most of the novelties that 
are figured) more than equal to the plate ; 
the form was exact, but the colour fell greatly 
short of the reality. It is a very brilliant 
object, and Messrs. Veitch and Sons had not 
said one word too much of it. 
New Lisianthus. — A plant was exhi- 
bited by Messrs. Veitch of a new Lisianthus, 
from the Swan River. The foliage was very 
lai-ge, but it was not in flower: nevertheless, it 
must prove a novelty. 
