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THE FLORIST. 
rounded and some pointed, occasionally on the same truss. The two 
outer zones are usally too narrow, giving it the appearance of a 
quoit. 
33. Cheetham’s Countess of Wilton: Small late-blooming chestnut 
plum, with a good edge and bold markings ; foliage without meal, 
cramped, light coloured, and slightly serrated like that of a Lettuce ; 
not a healthy constitution. 
34. Hep worth's True Briton : The only white edge that can compete 
with Taylor’s Glory. Next to Matilda it has the most perfect pip of any; 
but it rarely flattens, because from over-size it crumples backwards 
when fully expanded. The white edge is not sufficiently decided, but 
the dark velvet plum contrasts well with the edge. It has clean, ' 
smooth, dark green foliage, without meal, but fleshy, and therefore more 
subject to rot from over watering than any I know of 
35. Lee's Plarl Grosvenor : A late flowerer, violet and white ; foliage 
mealy ; subject to canker. A good flower, but said to be surpassed by 
Gairn’s Model. 
SELFS. 
36. Clegg’s Blue Bonnet: Colour what in the Dahlia is called purple, 
being a light reddish plum. The paste is good, and whiter than that of 
most Auriculas; but though a fine trusser it has a coarse look, and 
the foliage is light coloured, spotted, and unhealthy. 
37- Grimes’ Flora’s Flag: A fine blue self, without paste or shape. 
To the border! 
38. Maltby’s Oxonian: Far over-praised, and little if anything better 
than Key’s Jupiter, which I have discarded. Constitution feeble; 
colour good, a very fine violet black, and very velvety ; paste almost 
wanting, and thin where it is ; pip round, and truss good. 
39 Scholes’ Ned Ludd: To the border. Worthless. 
40. Spalding’s Blackbird : A fine self, one of the best. Colour deep 
violet brown, nearly black; petal rounded, large, and circular, but reflexes 
from over-size when fully open; paste sufficient and good; constitution 
healthy. 
SCOTTISH PANSY SOCIETY. 
The Thirteenth Annual Competition of this flourishing Society was 
held in the Zoological Gardens, Edinburgh, on the 10th ult. The 
competitors were more numerous on this than on any former occasion, 
the number of blooms entered being about 1,400, exclusive of Pansies 
in pots, which were not very numerous. The flowers were all in fine 
condition, a great improvement being observable in the tidy, clean way 
in which the whole of the blooms were staged; and considering the 
continued rain which prevailed for some days previous this must have 
been no easy task for the exhibitors to accomplish, and we have no 
doubt that if the weather had been finer the show would have been even 
larger than it was. Another very cheering feature connected with this 
society is its extending influence every year, as new competitors from 
some hitherto unrepresente'd districts came on this occasion, representing 
