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Attelaine de Bourbon, bright rose, mottled with a darker shade. 
Belle de St. Cyr, a peculiar pale, but very bright rose colour, 
large, full flower. 
Carmuzet carnee , an excellent variety, pink, velvety petals, 
fine form, and delicious fragrance. 
Charles Duval , bright rose, perfect in shape, and very sweet. 
Among perpetuals La Reine shone preeminent, the large waxy 
flowers and bright pink colour of this variety render it conspi¬ 
cuous in any position. 
Duchess of Sutherland is another superb variety: its large, 
well-filled, pale pink and white shaded flowers are very beautiful. 
Edward Jesse, very large, dark crimson, shaded with purple. 
Prudence Rceser is a remarkable flower, pink and fawn-coloured 
in the middle; the profusion of blooms borne in large clusters 
make it very desirable. 
Rivers , Prince Albert , Louis Philippe , William Jesse , Triumph 
de Montmorency , and Reine de Guillotiere, all dark roses, were 
very beautiful. 
The Noisettes were loaded with flowers, particularly the little 
white Aimee Vibert , Floribunda, lilac; La Victoreuse , large white; 
Jaune Desprez , buff, large; Monstreuse , large, lemon-colour; 
and Boulogne , deep purple. We left them with regret. 
Groom’s, Clapham Rise. The Japan Lilies are the principal 
feature in this nursery at the present season; and very luxuriant 
they look, promising a grand display for a long period. Among 
the choice plants which form the staple of the stock, we noticed 
nice plants of the brilliant Scutellaria Ventenatii , the bright 
scarlet flowers of which, borne on well-filled spikes, make it very 
remarkable, and it seems likely to bloom till a very late period, 
if not through the entire winter. Cuphea platycentra is here, as 
everywhere else, continually interesting with its pretty vermilion 
and black flowers. Torenia Asiatica, one of the finest of recent 
importations, grows and flowers with surprising vigour, the deep 
porcelain of its flowers being quite a relief to the eyes in the 
glare of a hot sun-shining day. The new Gardenias , with their 
large, trumpet-like blossoms, look well, as do the stock plants of 
the pretty Begonia fuchsioides , Abelia rupestris , and Epacris 
miniata and coccinea. Healthy plants of the handsome Wiegelia 
