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Minnie, a stout flower with dark top, and bright crimson lower petals, 
the top petals having a narrow fiery scarlet margin.^ E. Beck, Esq,, 
Isleworth, received the same award for The Bride, a very pretty 
medium sized clear white flower, of good quality and form, and 
very free. Mr. Charles Turner, Slough, received certificates for Etna, 
a very bright free flowering variety; Rosy Gem, very lively rose, and 
a large well-formed flower ; and Imperatrice, a bold good shaped kind, 
with a Carlos flower, but larger and more distinct in its marking. 
Richard Benyon (Hoyle), Mars (Beck), Blink Bonny (Foster), 
Sprightliness (Foster), Mazeppa (Turner), and Rose Celestial (Turner), 
are flowers possessing a considerable amount of merit. A new 
variegated Geranium, with bright scarlet flowers, named Perfection, 
received a first class certificate. This variety is a decided advance on 
other kinds. Several fancy Pelargoniums were exhibited, and were 
very good, and among them were Acme and Mrs. Turner, both of which 
received first class certificates, and are great improvements on existing 
varieties. The former is maroon with white centre and margin, and of 
fine form; the latter is a bright carmine rose, with clear white centre 
and white margin, and both varieties appeared to be good growers. 
Crimson Pet, Princess Royal, and Gipsey Bride were also good, and were 
sent by Mr. Turner. Messrs. Downie and Laird, Edinburgh, received a 
certificate for a yellow ground Pansy named Mrs. Hope, a smooth rich 
flower, with very clear gold ground, and dark top and margin. The 
same firm also exhibited a stand of finely grown named varieties, the 
best of which were Countess of Roslin, Duchess of Wellington,-Princess, 
Una, Nonpareil, Alliance, Lord Cardigan, Cyrus, Colonel Wyndham, 
William, Beauty, Matchless, Yellow Model, Lady Matheson, and 
Jeannie. Mr. Sadler, of Wednesfield, sent a bloom of General Vernon 
Pansy, a very good dark self variety; and Mr. Cole, of St. Albans, 
received a label of commendation for a pretty dwarf Heliotrope named 
Compactum, of good habit, but nothing new in colour. Messrs. Cutbush 
and Son sent the new Bhotan Rhododendron Jenkinsi, a large white 
variety of loose habit. 
June 25.—The Rev. J. Dix in the chair. Mr. Parsons, Welwyn, 
exhibited a very bright carmine Achimenes, named Meteor, of good 
size, form, and substance, to which a first-class certificate was awarded. 
Mr. Parker, gardener to Dr. Maclean, Colchester, sent some seedling 
Pinks, among which Miss Eaton, a beautiful purple-edged flower, of 
fine form and excellent petal, received a first-class certificate ; Eugenie, 
a light purple edge, with good petal, which received a certificate ; the 
Pride of Colchester, heavy purple edge ; Miss Nightingale, a fine 
variety that received a first-class certificate last year; Napoleon, a 
superb heavy purple-edged flower, with fine petal, of which only a 
single flower was sent, and could not, therefore, receive an award; and 
Slough Buck, a useful flower. Mr. Bragg, Slough, sent Crystal Palace, 
(which received a certificate), and Blink Bonny, both liglit purple- 
edged varieties, and Norah, a heavy purple. Mr. D. W. Cunningham, 
Craven Cottage, Fulham, sent a box of cut blooms, of a bright rose- 
coloured variety of Phlox Drummondi, called Oculata rosea, a very 
useful variety for bedding purposes. Mr. George Smith, Islington, sent 
