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lost to cultivation, but can now be easily found. It grows freely 
in boggy places or in cool damp borders, flowering during June 
and July. 
G. Karroo .—This very beautiful species is a native of the 
Western Himalayas, growing at an altitude of from 8000 to 
10.000 feet. It was first described by Dr. Hoyle, by whom many 
of the Himalayan plants were discovered. It has a woody root- 
stock crowned with tufts of linear acute leaves conspicuously 
veined. Flower stalks axillary, 4 inches or more high, supporting 
solitary flowers about 2 inches long, funnel-shaped, with a brown¬ 
ish white tube and a bright marine-blue limb, finely spotted with 
white, and white throat. It is a magnificent and free-flowering 
species, and may be regarded as quite hardy. 
G. hitea .—A strong-growing species found in the Alps, Apen¬ 
nines, Pyrenees, and other mountain chains of Europe. Stem 
2 to 4 feet high, erect, terminating with a whorled spike of flowers. 
Leaves large, ovate-oblong. Flowers 1 inch across, with 5 to 
6-partite corollas of a bright yellow colour. It is a showy plant, 
succeeding in ordinary borders, and flowering in July and August. 
It is from this plant that the greater part of the medicinal 
Gentian root is obtained. 
G. Newberryi .—A scarce Rocky Mountain species, occurring at 
very high elevations. Stem 4 to 6 inches high, slender, erect, 
arising from a rosette of obovate leaves of a light shining green 
colour. Stem leaves linear lanceolate. Flowers about an inch 
long, tubular, with a spreading corolla limb of a pale sky-blue 
colour, white internally, and spotted with green. A most hand¬ 
some little species, requiring a damp position in peat and loam. 
G. Pneumonanthe .—This is found in this country as well as in 
other parts of Europe. Stems numerous, erect, slender, 6 to 
9 inches high, with lanceolate leaves. Flowers in terminal umbels, 
about inch long, bell-shaped, with a five-cleft corolla limb, 
deep blue. It is an elegant kind, occurring in marshy places, and 
it thrives well in the bog garden or in damp peaty borders. The 
white-flowered variety alba is very scarce. It is a native of Ger¬ 
many. but of unfrequent occurrence even in its native habitat. 
The flowers are white tinged with green. 
G. septcmfida .—This is said to be a native of the Levant. It is 
closely related to G. gelida, with the same habit. The flowers are 
rather larger and deeper in colour, and it is a very showy and 
hardy plant, easily grown, and flowering very freely when esta¬ 
blished during July and August. 
G. urribellata .—A very pretty Caucasian species. Stem 9 to 
12 inches high, four-angled, terminating with dense clusters of 
flowers. Leaves in a rosette, oblong, red-nerved. Flowers about 
half an inch across, open, of a light purple colour, very numerous. 
This is often quoted as a perennial, but it is really nothing more 
than a biennial, flowering and seeding very freely the second 
year, then dying away. It is, however, easily raised from seed, 
and is a very desirable plant, well worth the trouble of occasion¬ 
ally raising from seed. 
G. verna .—This is found in a few British localities, and very 
plentiful in the Alps and other mountains of Europe. It forms 
dense dwarf tufts of evergreen glossy foliage. Leaves ovate- 
oblong, rather blunt and leathery. Flowers about an inch long, 
tubular, with a five-partite spreading corolla limb, of a brilliant 
blue colour with a white throat. This is a gem among alpines, 
the joy of all enthusiasts, especially when established on the 
rockery. It does well in rich loam, leaf soil, and sand, with a 
mixture of small cobbles of limestone, planted in a damp and 
partially shaded posiiion. 
G. Walujemi .—This is a grand species from Asiatic Russia, 
recently sent to this country by Dr. Regel, from whom I had the 
pleasure of receiving several good plants. Stems erect, a foot or 
more high, with lanceolate leaves and terminal flower clusters. 
Flowers large, erect, bell-shaped, bright yellow, spotted and 
marked with blue. A most distinct and scarce plant. It has a 
good constitution, and thrives well in ordinary soil and on the 
rockery, being remarkably showy when in flower.—N. 
RE [GATE ROSE SHOW. 
On July 1st the Reigate Association held their Rose Show under 
most favourable circumstances. Cloudy June -was gone, and July 
opened with sunshine. That favoured locality had also had heavy 
thunder rain two days before—a most invaluable refresher to Rose 
bushes just now. The Show was held again, by invitation of Lady 
Henry Somerset, in the beautiful grounds of Reigate Priory. The 
exhibit was considered decidedly superior to last year. The Judges 
were the Rev. H. H. D’Ombrain and Messrs. George Paul and Francis. 
Mr. Paul brought a box of new Roses, with beautiful specimens of Duke 
of Teck and George Baker. Mr. Prince also contributed two boxes 
of the most exquisite Roses, Jean Ducher beinga marvel and Madame 
Bravy fine. The Judges and Committee, with other friends, were as 
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usual most hospitably entertained at his residence by G. Baker, Esq., 
whose Rose garden of over a quarter of an acre presented a blaze of 
beauty and luxuriant growth very rarely indeed realised. Lady 
Henry Somerset received her friends and the members of the Associ¬ 
ation at a garden party during the afternoon, when the band of the 
Coldstream Guards discoursed at intervals very excellent music. 
The winners, taken in order of the schedule, were as follows :— 
Twenty-four varieties.—Messrs. Wollarton, Cheales, and Cutliell, the 
box of the former containing fine specimens of Etienne Levet and 
Marie Baumann. Twelve varieties (seven entries).—Messrs. Hay¬ 
wood, Horne, and F. O. Paule. The winning box was of very high 
excellence, and contained splendid specimens of Duke of Teck, Louis 
Yan Houtte, and Marquise de Castellane. It had also an Edouard 
Morren, a marvel of colour and symmetry, which obtained the 
National Rose Society’s silver medal as the best Hybrid Perpetual 
bloom in the Show. The first prize carried with it the Ladies’ Cup, 
which, having been obtained three successive years, becomes now the 
holder’s property. Nine varieties.—Mr. G. Baker wa9 first with a 
still more perfect box, containing magnificent blooms of La France, 
Marie Baumann, Baronne de Rothschild. Madame Gabriel Luizet 
(very largely shown this year), Hippolyte Jamain, and Annie Wood. 
Messrs. Wilkins and Warde won second and third. First prize, 
National Rose Society’s gold medal. Six varieties (seven entries). 
—Messrs. Burnside, Mawley, and West were the pfizetakers, Mr. 
Mawley showing a striking specimen of Lady Sheffield, of a pale, 
soft, cerise colour and excellent form. The prizes given by Q,. Baker, 
Esq., for four triplets, two dark and two light, were taken by Messrs . 
Waterlow and Cheales. In the twelve Tea class (three entries) 
Messrs. Baker and Waterlow were made an equal first, while Mr. 
Cuthell obtained a second. Mr. Baker’s box contained an Anna 
Ollivier which obtained the silver medal as the best Tea in the Show. 
Mr. Waterlow’s had an Innocente Pirola of great merit. Six Teas 
(five entries).—First Rev. A. Cheales, second E. Mawley, Esq. In the 
ladies’ classes there was a very spirited competition for the President’s 
prize. A single basket of Roses, all to use the same with Ferns or 
Grass (thirteen entries).—First Miss West, second Miss F. Thornton. 
Five competed for the wall basket piize, which was won by (first) 
Miss Smith and (second) Mrs. Ferrier. Hand bouquet.—First Mrs. 
Ferrier, second Miss Gosse. Buttonhole bouquet.—First Miss Cheales, 
second Mrs. E. Wilkins. Thirty-two shown. The first prize was 
taken by abud of Narcissus surrounded with four little red Sweet 
Briar buds. There were other classes which were also well contested. 
This increasingly large Association bids fair to hold its own in com¬ 
parison with any other, and contains now, in the absence of Messrs. 
Baker and Jowitt, some of the most formidable of the principal all- 
England exhibitors. 
SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS (Blood-root). 
This is a showy Ranunculaceous plant with a fleshy zhizomatose 
rootstock abounding in a red juice, hence its common name. 
Leaves on short petioles, ovate-cordate, variously lobed and 
puckered, netted with reddish veins developed freely after flower¬ 
ing. Flowers solitary, on slender stalks about 6 inches high, 1 to 
1^ inch across, with white oblong petals ; very fugacious. Not¬ 
withstanding the short-lived character of the flowers this is a 
pretty little plant, flowering very early in the year (March to 
May), and succeeds best in a damp and partially shaded position 
in loam, peat, leaf soil, and sand, or in ordinary light border soil. 
It is well suited for the lower part of the rockery among shade- 
loving plants. It is found in the woods of Canada and other 
parts of North America, and according to Morrison was cultivated 
in this country as early as 1680. Dilienius figures three forms of 
it (Dill. Kith. t. 252), and a good figure of it appeared in the 
“Botanical Magazine,” pi. 162. Parkinson regarded it as a 
Buttercup, in which of course he was wide of the mark—Ranun¬ 
culus virginiensis albus (Park. Tlieat., 226). It is increased by 
division of the rootstock, which should be done in the autumn or 
very early in spring, or raised from seeds, which ripen freely 
under cultivation, and they should be sown so soon as they are 
ripe.—T. 
MAIDSTONE ROSE SHOW. 
Amongst those places which do honour to the Rose, and in so doing 
do honour to themselves, the county town of Maidstone holds a fore¬ 
most place. One of our veteran Rose-growers—if, indeed, he be not 
the oldest amateur we have—Mr. Hollingworth, who has been the 
hero and the victor of a hundred fights, lives in the neighbourhood, 
and ever ready as he is to foster every good work, the Maidstone Rose 
Club has prospered, and under the management of their able and 
courteous Secretary, who has about as wide a knowledge of Roses as 
anyone I know, and whose judgment in a case of mistaken identity 
I should be ever quite willing to take, is likely to continue. It has 
ever been a favourite place of meeting for our Kentish growers, and 
its contests are looked forward to with no little interest. 
Suffice it, then, to say that the meeting on Tuesday last was quite 
equal to any of its predecessor^. Its prizes are not such as to tempt 
the outside w.orld, and therefore the Exhibition is small in extent, but 
